Coneflower Thank You

Happy Friday, everyone!  My card today is one of a group of thank you cards created for those who came to support me during my Dad's funeral visitation earlier this week.  I have combined this week's Splitcoast Color Challenge of Vanilla, Melon Mambo, and Pecan Pie, along with the Friday Free4All Challenge, which was to incorporate anything beginning with a 'B'.....brown is my 'B' word.  I have used the 'Nature's Harvest' stamp set by Stampin Up; the image was stamped with Stazon Timber Brown onto ivory cardstock; the petals were water-colored and the leaves were colored with markers.  I used an air-art tool for adding the 'splatters' once the coloring was finished.

Thank you for visiting with me today!

Blessings,

With Deepest Sympathy

Hi, everyone!  This week's Ways To Use It Challenge theme over at Splitcoast is 'Make It Monochrome'.  This card was designed around my fave Stampin Up color, Blackberry Bliss....yummy!!  This gorgeous floral pattern from the 'Beauty in Bloom' Paper Pad matched the cardstock beautifully.  The Spiral Sphere Die, top layer of the 'With Deepest Sympathy' and Layers Dies, plus the square mat were all cut from a shimmery white cardstock.  Other dies used: Double Stitched Squares, Squares, Square Card Base with Layer; Foam Mounting Tape was used to pop up the die cut frame (created by nesting two stitched dies) and sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by! 

Blessings,

Sending You Strength

Hi, everyone!  Today I would like to share a card created for two challenges over at MFT, the Color Challenge 206 and Sketch Challenge 633.  This card began as a rare 'just for fun' card and had the card mostly completed when I got unfortunate news that I needed to send out a sympathy card for a friend.  Instead of using a sentiment from the 'Spread Your Wings' set, I chose a more thoughtful sentiment from 'Essential Sentiments'.  The butterflies were stamped with Stazon Jet Black onto ivory cardstock; a clear glaze pen was used as a resist, then the butterflies were sponged with the three colors for the challenge, then fussy cut and popped up with foam tape. The designer paper is also from MFT but is now retired. (I love getting good deals from the Clearance section!)

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings,

Hummingbird Prayers

Hi, everyone!  Happy Friday!!  This week's Friday Free4All Challenge theme over at Splitcoast is 'Free As A Bird'....my card today features one of the hummingbird images from the 'Already There' Stamp/Die Duos set by Divinity Designs LLC. The image was stamped in Stazon Jet Black, water-colored, then popped with Foam Mounting Tape.  Other items used: Sentiment Strips 2 Dies, Square Card Base with Layer Dies, Petals Square Background Die, Pierced Circles Dies, Circles Dies, Rainbow Sherbet Slimline Paper Pad, and Rhinestones.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Blessings,

Peaceful Park Sympathy

Hi, everyone!  This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from 'A Cottage in the City'....unfortunately I needed to make a sympathy card and this Town Square Bench led me to creating a peaceful park scene with items from Divinity Designs LLC.  The background was sponged with dye inks and sponge daubers, then cut out with the Pierced Rectangles Dies; the bench, bird, lawn, and tree (the tree leaves were also used as a shrub) are from the April Blessings Box. Additional dies used: Matting Rectangle and A2 Portrait Card Base with Layer.

Thanks for stopping by!!

Blessings,

Lake Scene Pet Sympathy

Hi, everyone!  My card today will be sent to a dear friend and her family who lost their beloved fur-baby last week.  He loved to go swimming in a nearby lake and did so right up until he passed, so I chose the 'With Deepest Sympathy' set as a tribute to him.  The scene was stamped onto watercolor paper with Stazon Jet Black, then both water-colored and colored with markers.  The heart and sentiment on the side are from the 'Dog Sympathy' set. (Both stamp sets are from Divinity Designs, formerly Our Daily Bread designs.)  The 'Faux Wood' Technique was used on the card base: a blue ink pad was swiped in downward lines onto the card base and I used the pad to ink up the edges of the card for extra dimension. The scene was cut out with the Double Stitched Squares Dies.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Blessings,

On Angels Wings

Hi, everyone!  This week's Color Challenge at Splitcoast is so soft and beautiful, so I have used it to make a sympathy card.  The background image from 'Belles Vignes' was embossed in white on white cardstock, then pink, lavender, and light blue inks were sponged (embossing resist technique).  The angel wings image from 'Holy Angels' was inked in light blue then edged with a lavender marker before stamping onto white cardstock (the thumping technique).  The wings were fussy cut and popped up with foam tape on each side of a layered flower cut out with the ODBD Custom Bitty Blossoms Dies set.  The sentiment from 'Carried To Heaven' was stamped in lavender to match the sponging and the panel was cut out with the ODBD Custom Pierced Rectangles Dies.  The only embellishments added were baby blue pearls.

Thanks so much for visiting with me today!

Blessings,

Always Be There For You

Hi, everyone!  This week's Technique Lovers' Challenge is to create a quick, easy to duplicate, card for someone in need.  I have used the 'To My Friend' set by Our Daily Bread designs to create this quick, one layer card for a friend.  I chose royal blue and lime green so that I may also submit to the Less Is More color challenge.

Thanks for visiting today!

Blessings,

Inspired Sympathy Cards

Happy Saturday, everyone!  This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from a ceramics Pinterest board.  Unfortunately, I have several sympathy cards to make so I chose two different ceramic pieces for two different cards.

For my first card, I chose this photo since the flowing petals reminded me of a calla lily.  The set I used for this card is 'Loving Memories' by Our Daily Bread designs.  The image was stamped onto a panel cut with the ODBD Custom Double Stitched Rectangles Dies set, colored with markers and water-coloring, then masked the image and sponged a blush color around the image.

This beautiful vase inspired me to create the second sympathy card, on which I used the 'Dragonfly' single, along with a sentiment from 'Loving Memories'.  The ivory panel was cut out with the ODBD Custom Pierced Rectangles Dies, stamped the dragonfly in Stazon Jet black, colored with markers, then clear-coated with a Glaze pen for a resist effect to keep the wings light.  The panel was sponged with green and gray to match the inspiration piece, then piercing was added instead of embellishments so that it would be easy to mail.

Thanks for visiting today!

Blessings,

Inspired Sympathy Cards Times Six

Happy Saturday, everyone!  This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to choose one of the projects from Audrie's Inspiration Genius Board over at Pinterest......I am so tickled that quite a few of my cards have made it there in the past!!!  Unfortunately, I have many sympathy cards to make, for two different losses in the past week.  I chose this gorgeous card by Julia Aston as inspiration.....I loved it so much that I used the same design for six different cards.  The flourish vine is from 'Belles Vignes'; the sentiment is from 'Loving Memories'; the die cut birds are from the ODBD Custom Birdcage and Banner Dies set; the rectangles were cut from the ODBD Custom Pierced Rectangles Dies (the black die-cut panels were re-sized to match Julia's design).

Here is a view of all six cards together and then separate photos of each color.

Thanks for visiting today!

Have a very blessed weekend!

Our Daily Bread designs August New Releases!

Hi, everyone!  Welcome to the August New Release Party for Our Daily Bread designs!  By now, you've probably seen most of the new products, but you can everything in one place HERE.  If you'd like a chance to win some goodies, 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 August 2, 2016 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 August 3rd, so be sure to check back there to see if you won!

* Robin * Melissa * Julie * Sandee * Cathy * Dawn * Lori *    * Chris * Grace * Lisa * Sabrina * Diana * Angie...me! * Diane *


Here are both the new and previously released items featured in my projects today:

My first card features the new 'Vintage Bird Labels' set, along with the ODBD Custom Vintage Labels Dies, the ODBD Custom Vintage Flourish Pattern Dies, and the ODBD Custom Pierced Ovals Dies.

My second card features the butterfly trio stamp from the 'Vintage Bird Labels' set, word die and sentiments from the 'With Sympathy Stamp/Die Duos', ODBD Pastel Paper Pack, and the ODBD Custom Double Stitched Rectangles Dies. I used the same large rectangle die to 'resize' all three of the  panels. Cut the large rectangle, then choose your measurement and just match up the stitched marks to the die, tape the die to the panel, run through your die-cutting machine.  This technique is super easy...you can create any custom panel size you want! :)

Thanks for hanging out with me and my Sistah Sticks today!!!!

God bless!

Featured Stamper Times Two!

Hi, everyone!  Today's post covers this week's and last week's Featured Stamper Challenges from Splitcoast.  This week's Featured Stamper is Kendra Sand aka jksand...congrats, Kendra!  I fell in love with this beautiful card and decided to change the design from birthday to sympathy since I need to mail out a card this week, unfortunately. Instead of a straight edge, I used two dies from the ODBD Custom Leafy Edged Borders Dies along with a polka dot design from the ODBD Christmas Paper Collection 2014 pack.  The lily and sentiment stamps are from 'Loving Memories'.

Last week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast was Lisa Somerville, one of my Sistah Sticks (design team sister from Our Daily Bread designs)!  Lisa not only designs for Our Daily Bread designs, North Coast Creations, and Artistic Outpost, but she is "the machine behind the scene" of all three companies!  Thanks, Lisa, for all you do!!!!   After cruising through Lisa's IMMENSE gallery, I chose this beautiful card to case.  Instead of a heart, I cut a birthday cake from the ODBD Custom Cakes and Candle Dies set, stenciled in turquoise, then adhered over some silver cord and a panel which was sprayed with turquoise Glimmer Mist.  The sentiment was cut out with the ODBD Custom Celebrate and Wish Dies. Three clear gemstones were added for some sparkle to go along with the Glimmer Mist, silver cord and silver card base.

Thanks for visiting with me today!

Blessings,

Always In My Prayers

Happy Saturday, everyone!  This week's Inspiration Challenge at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from Google Doodles....I chose this logo because of the gorgeous pink flower petals, purple background, and elegant silver bowl. All of these colors were incorporated into my card.  I decided to use hot pink and silver mirror paper with the ODBD Custom Filigree Frames Dies, along with Almost Amethyst (light purple) cardstock.  The sentiment from 'Faith Card Sentiments' was stamped in black onto a panel cut with the ODBD Custom Rectangles Dies, stenciled with amethyst ink. The flower was cut from both the ODBD Custom Pretty Posies Dies set and ODBD Custom Birds and Nest Dies set, sponged in hot pink and the matching amethyst.

Thanks for stopping by!  Come on back tomorrow for another fun ODBD Anniversary post....psst....another chance to win prizes!!! :)

Blessings,

Remembering With You

Happy Monday!  This week's Clean and Simple Challenge over at Splitcoast is an Alumni Featured Stamper Challenge.....we are to choose a  CAS card from Brenda aka tessaduck's awesome gallery.....I chose this beautiful card for inspiration to create this sympathy card for my boss who lost his father last week.  The calla lily image and sentiment from Loving Memories were stamped in Stazon Jet Black, then using a scratch paper mask over the calla lilly, light blue was sponged around it, then the image was colored with markers.

Before I sign off, just wanted to remind you to hurry over to Our Daily Bread designs....they are giving away free grab bags with any $75 purchase, while supplies last!  Check out the details HERE!!

Thanks for stopping by today!!

Blessings,

You Will Never Walk Alone

Hello! Happy Monday!! Today's Clean and Simple Challenge is to choose a card from the amazingly talented and super creative Tenia Sanders-Nelson's gallery....congrats, Tenia, for being featured this week! You know that you are a ROCK STAR in my book!! I had not seen this awesome card before and I fell in love with it, so, after I quit giggling over it, I had to case it today! I used the 'Walk with Jesus' set and 'Christian Faith Collection' designer papers, both from Our Daily Bread designs.

Praying that you have a fabulous week!!

Blessings,