Divinity Designs LLC Special Occasion of the Month Set - Happy 4th of July!

Hi, everyone!  This month's stamp set for the Special Occasion of the Month series from Divinity Designs LLC is 'Happy 4th of July'!  Check out the details on how to subscribe for savings, HERE on the website.  To see more awesome samples, check out the Instagram page HERE!  Enjoy!!

 

My first sample features the following products:

Stamps: Special Occasion Of The Month - Happy 4th of July

Paper: God Bless America Paper/Die Duo

Dies: Pierced Thin Rectangles, Thin Rectangles, Pierced Circles, Circles, Pierced Rectangles, Matting Rectangle, A2 Portrait Card Base with Layer

Misc: Blending Brush, Foam Mounting Tape

 

 

My second sample includes the following products:

Stamps: Special Occasion of the Month - Happy 4th of July

Paper: Star-Spangled A2 Card Fronts

Dies: Sparkling Stars, Pierced Rectangles, Matting Rectangle, A2 Landscape Card Base with Layer, Pierced Thin Rectangles, Thin Rectangles

Misc: Foam Mounting Tape 

Thanks for visiting today!

Blessings,

 

Divinity Designs LLC October New Release!

Hi, everyone! Welcome to the new release party for October!  For this release, we are focusing on lifting up and showing our gratitude for our Veterans.  Making the choice to offer up their lives for our country is so amazing, inspiring, and humbling to me!  Thank you, Veterans!!

To see the entire release and some awesome samples, visit the website HERE or Instagram HERE!  Enjoy!

For my first sample, I created a shaker card from the following products: 

Paper/Die Duo: God Bless America

Dies: Pierced Sunrays Background, Sparkling Stars, Rose Leaves, Matting Rectangle, A2 Landscape Card Base with Layer

Misc: Foam Mounting Tape, Adhesive Sheet, Star-Spangled Shaker Elements

 

Next up is a simple design featuring the following:

Stamps: Thank You, Veteran

Paper: Star-Spangled A2 Card Fronts

Dies: Sentiment Strips, Treat Tags, Pierced Rectangles, Matting Rectangle, Sparkling Stars, A2 Landscape Card Base with Layer 

 

For my third sample, I used the Star Spangled Box Die set to create a baby boy box to show the versatility of the products. The designer paper is from the Baby Boy Paper Pad and the baby dies are from the Baby Blessings Dies.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Blessings,

 

 

Double Feature for Featured Stamper

Hi, everyone!  I have two cards for this post, both for the Featured Stamper challenge over at Splitcoast.  Last Sunday's card took all week to finish, so I'm posting cards for both last week's and this week's featured artist.

This week's Featured Stamper is Debby Hughes aka limedoodle....congrats, Debby!!  I fell in love with this awesome shaker card.  I had two rounds of trial and error trying to create an acceptable watercolor panel, so I went with designer paper instead. Instead of a sentiment strip, I chose a die cut sentiment.  Here are the items from Divinity Designs LLC which I used to create this shaker card: from the July Blessings Box: Geometric Paper Pad, Pierced Balloon Shakers Dies and Sequins; Pierced Squares,  Celebrate and Wish Dies.

Last week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Debra aka derck.....congrats, Debra!  When I saw this beautiful card with the stars and the circle sentiment panel, it gave me the idea to make a door hanger.  I started by cutting out the base and layers, then cut through with a circle die. Here are the following items used in creating this door hanger: America The Beautiful Slimline Paper Collection; Dies: Slimline Scalloped Rectangles, Slimline Rectangles, Slimline Layering Rectangles, Scalloped Circles, Circles, Long and Lean Letters, Letter Board, and Baby Blessings.  All of the letters were cut out of red and blue and layered together (this took a while!) before adhering to the designer paper.

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings,

Simple Moments

Hi, everyone!  This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from Ballard Designs.....I flipped when I saw this cool Patriotic Rooster Art.....perfect to try out a new stamp set, Home To Roost. from my recent Stampin Up order.  The rooster was stamped with Stazon Navy ink and partially colored with SU markers.  Dye ink re-inkers were mixed with white acrylic ink to paint some of the rooster plus the background, as in the inspiration painting. Though the rooster was finished, I had no ideas for a card design, so I waited for the Featured Stamper challenge....this week's featured artist is Joanne aka kenaijo....congrats, Joanne!!  I chose this gorgeous card to help me create a card for the rooster panel.  I used the same embossing folder for the background, along with the same layout and button in the corner.  The following dies from Divinity Designs were also used: Double Stitched Rectangles, Double Stitched Squares, Squares, Double Stitched Pennant Flags, and Pennant Flags. This card will go into my masculine birthday stash.

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings,

A Mighty Warrior

Hi, everyone!  This week's Friday Free4All Challenge over at Splitcoast is to make a Father's Day card or a masculine card.  Since my three Father's Day cards are finished, I created a birthday card for my brother-in-law who is a chaplain for the Indiana National Guard.  His favorite color is green, so I combined Always Artichoke and Crumb Cake for his card.  The soldier and scripture are from the ODBD set, 'Not Forgotten'; the backgrounds were stamped with the 'Rope Background' stamp; the little cross was stamped with a retired 'Stamped By Me' stamp, the Wood Fish Mini (which has three crosses...I cut one of the smaller crosses out to fit on the tiny banner.) The banners were all cut with the ODBD Custom Large Banners Dies set; the scripture panel was cut down using the die-resizing technique to make it a perfect fit for the verse. The tiny stars are from the ODBD Custom Sparkling Stars Dies set. I will also be submitting this to the 'Boys of Summer' challenge over at the CAS-ual Fridays challenge blog.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Have a blessed weekend!

This Land Was Made For You and Me!

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Beverly aka ruby-heartedmom...congrats, Beverly!!  Wow, what an awesome gallery!!  I chose this cool card to recreate....instead of using color blocking, I used four star panels cut out with the ODBD Custom USA Flag Die.  The star frame was cut out using two dies from the ODBD Custom Double Stitched Stars Dies and the inset star was cut with the ODBD Custom Sparkling Stars Dies set.  The tiny silver stars and red strip borders were leftovers from another card made with the flag die.  The sentiment is from the 'Let Freedom Ring' set.  The red strips were mitered at the corners to create the frame.

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings,

Spirit of the Lord - Bookmark

Hi, everyone!  This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from Kirkland's.... I loved the message of God and Country in this framed piece and it reminded me of the scripture in the 'Justice for All' set by ODBD.  I cut out each line of the scripture separately, sponged the edges, then adhered them to a bookmark cut with the ODBD Custom Bookmarks Dies from a flag pattern from the ODBD Stars and Stripes Paper Collection.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Blessings,

Patriotic Butterflies

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Rachel aka stampinrachel...congrats, Rachel!!  I chose this super fun card to recreate because of the awesome layout! Instead of fruit, my three objects are butterflies. The three butterflies were cut out with the ODBD Custom Bitty Butterflies Dies, the rectangle panel was cut out with the ODBD Custom Double Stitched Rectangles Dies, the sentiment from 'Let Freedom Ring' was stamped on white then cut out with the ODBD Custom Double Stitched Pennant Flags Dies (the die was resized to fit the sentiment perfectly). The patriotic butterfly ribbon is some I found in the $1 bin at Michael's many years ago... I finally have the perfect chance to use it!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Blessings,

Our Daily Bread designs September New Releases!

Hi, everyone!  Welcome to the September new release party for Our Daily Bread designs!  Wow, what an amazing patriotic release this month....new stamps, new dies, and new designer paper!  Check out all of the new goodies HERE!

If you'd like a chance to win a gift certificate from ODBD, please follow the instructions below:

Prize Information: 

Three randomly selected winners will each receive a $25 Gift Code to the ODBD Website  just for commenting on the Design Team cards!  You have until September 2, 2017 at 9:00 p.m. EDT to leave your comments on the Designers Blogs for a chance to win!  The Winners will be posted on the ODBD Blog on September 3rd so be sure to check back there to see if you won!

* Sandee * Cathy * Grace * Lisa * Angie (that's me!) * Lori * 

 * Chris * Dawn * Diana * Helen *

Here are the new and previously released items featured in my samples for today:

My first card features the awesome new ODBD Custom USA Flag Die, a sentiment from the 'Let Freedom Ring' stamp set, matted and framed with the ODBD Custom Double Stitched Stars Dies and ODBD Custom Sparkling Stars Dies. The flag die was cut in silver, navy, red, and white, then the pieces were put together atop a piece of cardstock which I turned into a sticker with my Xyron machine. It was so easy to adhere them this way instead of gluing down one piece at a time!

My second card took about ten minutes to make....yay!  I cut a strip from one of the patterns in the new Stars and Stripes Paper Collection, stamped the Pledge of Allegiance from 'Justice for All', then glued on three tiny stars which were leftover from the ODBD Custom USA Flag Die from my first card!

My third card is a shaker card which I created with another design from the Stars and Stripes Paper Collection and the 'Let Freedom Ring' stamp set.  The designer paper was trimmed down to a 5x5 square; the shaker element was created by stamping the Star Spangled Banner onto a piece of acetate then cut out with the ODBD Custom Pierced Circles Dies set.  Foam tape created the wall for the silver micro-beads then another circle cut from cardstock sealed the beads in.  Some tiny silver stars leftover from the USA Flag card above were added as embellishments.

Thanks for hanging out with us!!

Blessings,

A Mighty Warrior

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Christine Alexander aka calex....congrats, Christine!  I fell in love with this clever CAS balloon card.  I have been trying to come up with something clever for a birthday card for my nephew, so this balloon design along with the camo background technique from last week just seemed to be a perfect combo! Since the camouflage background technique calls for crumpling the paper, I was unable to copy exactly the masked and sponged balloon like Christine's card but kept the same layout with my die cut balloon. Once the camo background was finished, the balloon was cut out using the ODBD Custom Circle Ornaments Dies, the kraft panel was cut out with the ODBD Custom Pierced Rectangles Dies, and the scripture from 'Not Forgotten' was stamped in the corner.

Thanks so much for visiting with me today!

God bless!

Congratulations!

Happy New Year, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper is Tara aka tkcspot......congrats, Tara!!!  I chose this super cute card to case so that I could try out my new ODBD Custom Congratulations Die from Our Daily Bread designs.  Since my die was longer than her congrats stamp, I flipped Tara's card design sideways, used stars instead of dots, but kept the same colors and basic design.  I also used red ribbon, but did not add a knot or bow so that it would be flat for mailing. The designer paper at the bottom is from the ODBD Patriotic Paper Collection, the stars are from the ODBD Custom Sparkling Stars Dies, and the top panels were cut with the ODBD Custom Pierced Rectangles Dies.

Thanks for visiting with me!

Blessings,

Birthday Bot!

Hi, everyone!  Today's Ways To Use It Challenge at Splitcoast is to base your project on a song.....my song pick is 'Mr. Roboto' by Styx. This is a birthday card for my nephew, who is in a robot battle club.  I tried to recreate one of the battle robots but they were too complicated, so I decided to create a robot character instead.  Along with the sentiment from 'Pennant Flag Verses', here are all of the items from Our Daily Bread designs which were used in this design:  ODBD Custom Double Stitched Pennant Flags Dies, ODBD Custom Pennant Flags Dies, ODBD Custom Double Stitched Squares Dies, ODBD Custom Double Stitched Circles Dies, ODBD Custom Circles Dies, ODBD Custom Circle Ornaments Dies, ODBD Custom Double Stitched Rectangles Dies, ODBD Custom Pierced Rectangles Dies, ODBD Custom Sparkling Stars Dies, and the ODBD Patriotic Paper Collection.  The robot and pennants were cut from red and silver mirror paper, which is super challenging to photograph! After cutting the squares and pennants, I used the leftover scraps with the stitching for the limbs, hands, and neck.

Thanks for visiting with me!

Blessings,

Celebrate!

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Jen Carter....congrats, Jen!  I chose this awesome card for inspiration to help me to create a birthday card for my brother in law. I have used the following items from Our Daily Bread designs in the making of this card: Patriotic Paper Collection, ODBD Custom Celebrate and Wish Dies, ODBD Custom Sparkling Stars Dies, ODBD Custom Leafy Edged Borders Dies, and the ODBD Custom Pierced Rectangles Dies.  I chose the striped paper so that I may also join the Ways to Use It 'Simply Stripes' Challenge this week.

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings,

Wishing You Success!

Hi, everyone! This week's Sketch Challenge 575 at Splitcoast is a fun one.....I love clean and simple sketches!! Instead of a circle, I used a star, plus I flipped it to the left side. For my card, I used the ODBD Custom 'Wishing' Die, a sentiment from 'Wishing Words', some stars from the ODBD Custom 'Sparkling Stars' Dies, curved die from the ODBD Custom 'Leafy Edged Border' Dies, and two patterns from the ODBD 'Patriotic Paper Collection'. The sentiment was heat embossed in white onto the navy blue card base. For the Wishing die, I used stars to dot the I's since the dots would have been near invisible against the designer paper. The curved star panel was created by using the 'non-leafy' curved die from the ODBD Custom 'Leafy Edged Border' Dies; after making the first cut, the die was lined up again parallel to the first cut...very easy if you use re-positional tape.

Thanks for visiting with me today!

Blessings,

Rock Star Thank You!

Hi, everyone! Today's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Claudia aka cjzim.....congrats, Claudia!!  Check out this cool star-shaped chipboard ornament from her gallery....love it!  Instead of an ornament, I made a shaped card with the ODBD Custom 'Sparkling Stars' Dies, then puched a hole and made a tag for this plate of  'Thank You Cookies' for a friend.  The image from 'Rock Star' was stamped in navy onto kraft, cut out with the same die set, then popped up over the designer paper from the ODBD 'Patriotic Paper Collection'. 

Here is a close up of the front of the card/tag:

I used the ODBD 'Patriotic Paper Collection' on the inside also, along with a sentiment from the 'Mini Tag Sentiments' set.

Thanks for stopping by today!!

Blessings,