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Hi, everyone! This week's Queen for the Day over at Splitcoast is NancyRuth......yay, Nancy Ruth!!! Her gallery is immense....she is a card-making-machine!!! I fell in love with this gorgeous card, with the hot pink stamping with light pink sponging and the square design is so cool! I used the 'Pansies' set by North Coast Creations (sister company to Our Daily Bread designs) with Stazon Fuschia ink and sponged with SU Pink Pirouette. The paper piercing on each square took a while and placing the squares evenly was a challenge, but I love how it turned out. (Once I began assembling the card, I realized that my squares were too big, but it was too late!!) This is a birthday card for my niece, who loves pink and anything girly, so I added some stickles to the flowers and some hot pink pearls.
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Happy Saturday, everyone! It's a snowy day here in Indiana, so I'll be stamping the day away!!! Today's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is all about 'inchies'.....I chose this beautiful stitched art from the Pinterest board provided. The card design is based on this lovely card from this week's Queen For the Day......big congrats to Kecia aka LittleSeaOtter!!! To match my inspiration piece, I stamped the 'Wildflower Silhouette Background' in green, punched out the flowers I wanted to showcase with a square punch, sponged in banana then kraft on the edges, matted in white and green, then added liquid pearls. The background was stamped in Versamark with the 'Honeycomb Background' and the sentiment is from 'Life is a Gift'.....all of the stamps I used are from Our Daily Bread designs.
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Have a safe and blessed weekend!!
Happy Saturday, everyone!!! This week's Queen for the Day is the jazzy and fabulous Tenia Sanders-Nelson.....congrats, Tenia!!!!! Tenia has the most fun and creative style!!! Check out her blog here! It is an absolute honor to help Tenia to celebrate this week!!! I chose this awesome card to case because I loved the cool layout. I did a masculine version, to create a birthday card for a friend, and I did not do the "off the page" technique since I wanted it to fit inside a normal envelope. Today's Inspiration Challenge helped me with the color scheme...I chose these olive soaps....I loved the blue and gray colors and texture of the natural ribbon! Once I got to my stamp room, I realized that I couldn't match the colors exactly, but did the best I could. I started with Naturals White cardstock, designer paper with smoky blues, and cotton ribbon which I trimmed down the center to create a smaller edging. The stamps are from North Coast Creations, called 'King of the Road' and the designer paper is from Our Daily Bread designs, the 'Blooming Garden Collection'.
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Have a blessed weekend!!
Happy Saturday, everyone!!! Today's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast will definitely make you hungry.....we are to find inspiration from the Harry and David site.....yummy!!!! I fell in love with this harvest cookie bouquet and had to make a Thanksgiving card! My card's layout comes from this beautiful card by Dianne aka Sarahebo, who was just dubbed Queen for the Day....congrats, Dianne!!! For my card, I used the following items from Our Daily Bread designs: leaves and acorns from the Autumn Blessings set, cut out with the ODBD Custom Fall Leaves and Acorn Dies, the Leaves Background stamp, and sentiment from Serve The Lord (retired). The images, background, and sentiment were all embossed in copper, then colored with sponge daubers in inks which matched the inspiration piece.
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Happy Saturday!!! My fave stampy time of the week!! This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from Audrie's 'Writer's Passion' Pinterest Board. Since I do not wish to sign up for a Pinterest account, I was only able to see a few photos, but fell in love with the colors of this beautiful fountain pen. The layout of this card comes from this gorgeous card by #Francine, this week's Queen For The Day....congrats, Francine!!! The sand dollar image from 'Ocean Treasures' was heat embossed with silver, popped up with foam tape, then painted with Glimmer Mist, a combination of Patina Blue, Pearl and Silver.
Here is a close up view which shows the Glimmer Mist shimmer!
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Have a blessed weekend!!
Happy Saturday, everyone!!! Today's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from the Leif Shop......I loved the colors of this phone case. The background of my card was stamped with the smaller floral image from the ODBD Be Joyful set, then colored with markers. Seeing the phone case with the camera cut-out inspired me to have a cut out as well, so I used a circle die to cut out a section, then stamped the sentiment in the negative space. I have also incorporated the Friday Free4All Challenge, which was to use a stamp repeatedly to create a background.
My second card was a work in process all week.....each day before work I would spend a few minutes on it and finally got it finished....whew!! I combined the Color Challenge in which I chose Daffodil, Strawberry, and Olive (and the dessert option of 'summer', the Sketch Challenge, and the Ways To Use It Challenge which was to use dots. The strip of designer paper is from the ODBD 'Blooming Garden Collection' and the stamps are from the ODBD set, 'Zinnia'. The flowers were colored with sponge daubers in daffodil first, then strawberry in the centers. The flowers and leaves were cut with the ODBD Custom Zinnia and Leaves Die set.
My third card today I made for the Queen for the Day Challenge.....congrats to Dianne Beans aka sarahebo....woo hoo!!! I chose this adorable card to recreate using the ODBD Custom Pennants Die Set, the Pennant Swag Alphabet stamp set, and a brand new embossing folder (from Darice). The single letters for "have" were stamped one at a time, then cut out with a word window punch; the "fun" letters were stamped then punched out with a star punch. Using a paper piercer, I made holes at the top of each pennant, then sewed baker's twine through them. The colors for this card were inspired from another piece from the Leif Shop, this tea towel.
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Have a blessed weekend!!
Hello there! I am regrettably late in creating a card, but could not pass up the chance to celebrate a previously crowned Queen for the Day over at Splitcoast, one of my designer sistahs over at Our Daily Bread designs, Cheryl Scrivens aka CherylQuilts!!! Cheryl is one of the sweetest people I have ever met.....she has the biggest heart and it's made of gold! It was an absolute honor to case one of her beautiful cards! If you have not before, you have got to visit her Splitcoast gallery or ODBD gallery and check out her amazing God-given talents!!! I really loved the clean layout and punched border of this gorgeous card so I chose it for inspiration for a birthday card for a mentally disabled friend who's favorite color is orange (and she likes cats). The kitty image is from the ODBD set, Cat Sympathy, and the sentiment is from Mini Tags 3(retired). The grass was sponged over a piece of scratch paper and the clouds were sponged over a scalloped circle.
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Hi, everyone! This week's Queen for the Day is Susie Nelson....congrats, Susie!!! Her gallery at Splitcoast is chock full of beautiful cards! I finally decided on this gorgeous card to re-create.....I loved the stamped background and general layout of this card. The stamped background on my card is the "Vintage Pattern Mini 2" Background stamp and the sentiment is from "The Earth", both by Our Daily Bread designs. The ivory sentiment panel was cut out with the ODBD Custom Antique Labels and Border die set; the razzleberry mat was cut by hand after tracing the outside edge of the same die. The razzleberry ribbon was tied with a Bow Easy.
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Happy Saturday, everyone!! I LOVE having a Saturday with no plans.....that means I get to spend at least a couple of hours in my stamp room....yay!!!! Stamping is priority #1.....housework will have to wait on me! :)
Today's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to choose an item from this Pinterest page.....I was inspired by these gorgeous foliage covered votives. I've been wanting to make a birthday card with this bear for a while, but did not have a clear vision until today. The design of the card comes from this week's Queen For The Day, Dara.....congrats, Dara!!! I saw this beautiful card in her fabulous gallery and knew it would be a perfect layout to use.
All of the paper and stamps are from Stampin Up....rare for me since I usually use all ODBD, but I had to go back to my roots and go with SU! The adorable bear is from "Under the Stars", the cake is from "Simply Sweet", the trees are from "Wide Open Spaces", and the sentiment is from "Sassy Sayings 2".
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Hello, everyone! This week's Queen for the Day over at Splitcoast is Ruth aka RDey.....congrats, Ruth!!! After taking a long cruise through her wonderful gallery, I chose this beautiful card to recreate, using the "Vintage Pattern Mini 1" Background stamp and sentiment from "The Earth", both from Our Daily Bread designs. The photo looks like black and white, but the ink and cardstock are navy blue. I will also be submitting this to the CAS-ual Friday "Embossing" Challenge.
In case you haven't seen it yet, there is another fabulous sale this week over at Our Daily Bread designs.....check out the sale items and details HERE!
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Hi, everyone! This is a birthday card for my brother-in-law, which I created using the "oldie but goodie" stamp set "With Heartfelt Sympathy" (cattails and dragonfly) along with a scripture from the "Bookmarks - Scriptures" set, both from Our Daily Bread designs. The card design was cased from this lovely card by this week's Queen For The Day, Phyllis aka Tater.....congrats, Phyllis!! I am also using the ODBD Shining the Light Challenge, to create a masculine or Father's Day card.
The background was sponged, using scratch paper masks and sponge daubers. After matting, paper piercing and grosgrain ribbon was added. I love masculine cards......they like 'em plain and not too many "doo-dads", although I did use a glitter pen on the dragonfly! :)
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Happy Saturday, everyone! Today's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to choose an item from the Etsy store, jennspendants. I chose this beautiful Bird Necklace Scrabble Tile Pendant.....I absolutely love pink and green together! These colors reminded me of some Pink Paislee designer paper in my stash which I have been hoarding. The design of the card I borrowed from this gorgeous card by Emily aka Stamp Muse, who was crowned Queen For The Day this week......congrats, Emily!
The three "faux pendants" on my card were stamped with the ODBD Cathedral Window - Marble stamp, then the individual sections were cut out, colored, and framed with a Creative Memories punch which I have had for many years but have not used before. The sentiment is from the ODBD "Sentiments Collection 2" set.
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Before I sign off, just wanted to let you know that Our Daily Bread designs will be discontinuing quite a few stamp sets and you can pick them up, while supplies last, at a 40% discount......check them out HERE on the Retired/Clearance page.
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Blessings,
Hi, everyone! This is a card I made for the Queen For The Day Challenge #160 at Splitcoast, where Bonnie aka bon2stamp was the featured artist.....congrats, Bonnie!! I chose this beautiful card from her gallery to re-create, using the new Finch Collage stamp from Our Daily Bread designs. If you like to color, this stamp is for you!!!
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Blessings,
Hi, everyone! Here is a sneak peek of the new "Hyacinth" set by Our Daily Bread designs, which will be included in the April New Releases. Don't forget.....the ODBD April New Release Blog Hop will start at 8 am EST tomorrow....and that's no April Fool's joke!! :)
The newly crowned Queen For The Day over at Splitcoast is Sharon aka smadson....congrats, Sharon!!!! I fell in love with the design of this gorgeous card and just had to case it (copy and share everything) in order to create a sympathy card for a friend.
The frame/image stamp from the "Hyacinth" set was stamped twice; one was cut out with the Spellbinders Labels 26 die set and the second I cut out the inside frame to pop up with foam tape. The designer paper is SEI from my scrap bin....I was too lazy to look up the name!
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Hi, everyone! My great-niece turns two today....this is her birthday card. I don't have many cutesie stamps for toddlers, so I opted for the Cupcake Plate, Gingham Background, and Baking Tag Sentiments from Our Daily Bread designs. I used the Inspiration Challenge for the colors and the Queen For The Day Challenge for the layout of the card. The IC is to choose an item from Madewell....I chose this beautiful purple dress with yellow and coral flowers. Val aka Greywolf is this week's Queen for the Day.....congrats, Val!!! I chose this beautiful card, though once I finished I realized that I should have had a rectangle behind my image....oops!
Card 'Ingredients':
Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs 'Gingham Background', 'Cupcake Plate', 'Baking Tag Sentiments', 'Baking Gift Tags';
Accessories: May Arts Crocheted Lace and Satin Ribbon, Bow Easy, , 'Recipe Card and Tags Die Set'; Zva Creative Pearls, Paper Piercer and template, sponge daubers, foam tape;
Size: A2.
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Blessings,
Happy Friday, everyone!! This week's Queen For The Day over at Splitcoast is the wonderfully talented Carole aka ckbythesea! Congrats, Carole!! I chose this beautiful card from Carole's fabulous gallery. This is a birthday card for a dear friend of mine....I hope she likes it!!
The stamp I have used for this is from one of the new chalkboard sets by Our Daily Bread designs, called "Chalkboard - Birthday and Thank You"...there are two stamps in this set. I love that there are so many options with these chalkboard stamps....ink them in any color, emboss them, color the white sections, or go with the straight black and white......too fun!!
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Hi, everyone! This week's newly crowned Queen For The Day over at Splitcoast is Mary aka octoberbabe.....congrats, Mary! Wow, what a fantastic gallery.....full of gorgeous-ness and creativity (and lots of Clean and Simple inspiration too!) I chose to re-create this beautiful sympathy card because I loved the one layer design plus the sponged oval for the center. I did add a bow and some pearls, but kept the design as similar as possible.
For the center, I placed one of the dies from the Our Daily Bread designs "Elegant Ovals" die set onto the card, and sponged inside the die with yellow and peach ink. The Calla lilies and sentiment are from the "Loving Memories" set by Our Daily Bread designs. The May Arts satin ribbon was tied with a Bow Easy and the pearls are Zva Creative.
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Blessings,
Hi, everyone! The reigning Queen for the Day over at Splitcoast is the mega-talented, Beate Johns....congrats, Beate!!! What an honor to help her to celebrate! Her gallery is full of amazing creations!! I chose this beautiful card to re-create, even though it ended up with a few changes, for example, pearls and the ribbon and bow were added, and paper piercing was added all around instead of in one corner. The card panel was embossed and sponged (using a Spellbinders Labels Eight die). I wanted to use my new Crocus image from the "Let the Earth Rejoice" set by Our Daily Bread designs, but it wasn't quite the height needed for this size panel and so I added the ribbon....voila!!!
Card 'Ingredients':
Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs 'Let The Earth Rejoice';
Cardstock: White;
Accessories: Sizzix Embossing Folder, Spellbinders Labels Eight die, paper piercer, Zva Creative Pearls, May Arts Satin Ribbon, Bow Easy, sponge dauber, foam tape, Stamp-a-ma-jig stamp positioner;
Size: A2.
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Blessings,
Hi, everyone! Today I have two re-creations to share with you. The reigning Queen For The Day over at Splitcoast is Gabby aka gabalot....congrats, Gabby!!! I chose this beautiful card to case.....I loved the layout and tried to keep it as clean and simple as possible....no piercing, no pop-ups other than the butterfly. This is a birthday for my neice, Madelyn. I chose the kittie image from the "Cat Sympathy" set and the sentiment from "Mini Tags 3", both from Our Daily Bread designs. After all, what little girl doesn't love kitties?!
Card 'Ingredients':
Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs 'Cat Sympathy' and 'Mini Tags 3';
Cardstock: Stampin Up 'Pink Pirouette' and 'Whisper White';
Designer Paper: Basic Grey 'Green at Heart';
Accessories: Zva Creative Pearls, 'Pearl' Glimmer Mist, Spellbinders Lacey Circles, Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch;
Size: A2.
For my next card, I got some creative inspiration from this week's Featured Stamper at Splitcoast, Lee-Anne Cross aka Shadow's Mom. I chose this gorgeous card......I love the cool CAS design. This is a birthday card for another niece, Mahalia, who is one of Madelyn's older sisters. I started off by creating two straight masks with scratch paper, stamped the grunge background from the "God's Love" set in plum, then sponged the edges and over the background with Melon Mambo. I removed the masks, then stamped the "2-step Butterfly" in Rich Razzleberry and black, then added the sentiment, piercing, pearls, and Glimmer Mist for some sparkle.
Card 'Ingredients':
Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs 'God's Love', '2-step Butterfly', and 'Sentiments Collection';
Cardstock: Stampin Up Rich Razzleberry and Whisper White;
Accessories: Scratch Paper, sponge dauber, paper piercer and template, Zva Creative Pearls, 'Pearl' Glimmer Mist, Foam Tape;
Size: A2.
Thanks so much for stopping by today! God bless!
Hello!!! Today I would like to share a card I made for last week's Queen For The Day Challenge.......better late than never, congrats to AudreyAnn, who is one incredibly talented stamper!!! I chose this beautiful card
to re-create because I fell in love with the layout, with the partial
designer paper covering and double mat for the image panel.
Card 'Ingredients':
Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs 'The Babe';
Cardstock: Stampin Up Creamy Caramel (retired), Watercolor Paper;
Designer Paper: Bo Bunny 'Weekend Market';
Ink: Stazon Timber Brown, Stampin Up Markers;
Accessories: Paper Piercer and template, foam tape, sponge dauber, sheer ribbon;
Size: A2.
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Blessings,
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