Announcements and Quadruple Challenge Card

Let's start with the BIG announcements first:

(Sorry for the short notice!)

Here are the details of the NEW WEEKLY SUPER SUNDAY SPECIALS!! Every Sunday ODBD will offer a different item at a sale price at Our Daily Bread designs that will be effective for a whole week! Sign up for the newsletter so that you will know about each week's special!
For this week's Super Sunday Special it's a Punch-A-Bunch Frenzy! All Martha Stewart, Fiskars and EK Success punches are 25% off! There will be no rainchecks so make sure to get in on this fabulous deal, but hurry! Punch sale will end Saturday night, June 20, at 12:00 AM EST.

NOTE: Sale prices will be reflected in your shopping cart.
Be sure to be on the look out for the next Super Sunday Special announcement!

Now, for the second important announcement:

Christian Papercrafts Magazine is now an open site.... no membership fees! Check out the daily devotionals, Bible lessons, and friendly chit-chat about scrapbooking, cards, tools, etc.....plus there are daily challenges for you to try! Check it out!

Now, on to the Quadruple Challenge Card:


Today's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to choose a pair of shoes from Bugaloo as your inspiration......they are all so cute, but I chose the little green elephant since it reminded me of the elephant from the Stampendous "Baby Invite" clear set. The Ways To Use It challenge was to use texting on your project, so I used Alphabits for the background. The layout is from this week's sketch challenge over at Christian Papercrafts Magazine. Also, the "Fun on Friday" challenge at CPCM was to make a baby card with non-traditional pink or blue.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a blessed weekend!!!

Little Layers Anniversary Card

My friend, Robin, needed an anniversary card to give to his wife, who adores her fishes. He asked me to replicate a previous card from my gallery, but I modified it a bit to be a little more girlie....and mushy!
I started out with Stampin' Up "Little Layers" for the fish, used a reverse stamp to get the second fish, added extra stripes and colored with a gel pen and popped up on foam tape. The seaweed and shells are from SU "On The Beach". The sentiment is from Sugar Loaf See-D's clear stamps, called "Love, Love, Love". The background was sponged using scratch paper masks. If you click on the photo for a close-up, you can see the Pearl Glimmer Mist which was sprayed over the layers. Added Hero Arts heart-shaped pearls for the bubbles, paper piercing, and double ribbon to finish.
Thanks for stopping by! Have a blessed day!


SU Little layers and On the Beach; Sentiment by Sugar Loaf See D's

Quiet Waters Sumtoy CASE

Well, we're back from vacation....already! Boy, time flies when you're.....not at work!!!

This week's featured stamper over at Splitcoast is Roseann aka sumtoy! Wow, it took a while to cruise her immense gallery! Sooooo many great cards....it was hard to make a decision, but I finally chose this card to case. I loved the layout and the center panel....unfortunately I miscalculated on the size of my image panel and it turned out much larger than Roseann's. My second error was to make a square card....it wasn't very balanced so I added blue pearls.
This card also fits Judy's Limited Supply Challenge from Friday, to use only colors of water or sand....blues, greens, and browns......perfect! Plus we were to use piercing, ribbon, and brads (I saw others cheat by using pearls instead of brads, so I jumped on board too!!!) Please don't crack my knuckles with a ruler, Judy!!! lol!!!

Now for the card details: This set is called "Quiet Waters", new this month from Our Daily Bread Designs. The image was stamped on watercolor paper with Stazon Jet Black, an extra tree stamped on the right side, and the rest of the scene I sketched in before watercoloring with an Aquapainter. After it was dry, I painted over the water with Pearl Glimmer Mist to give it a sparkle. The deer were highlighted with a Signo Gel Pen. The background dsp is Basic Grey Wisteria. Finished with Hero Arts blue pearls and ribbon from May Arts.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I will post some vacation photos later this week! Have a blessed day!

Ask, Seek, Knock Flowery Columns

There were too many fun challenges this week both on Splitcoast and Christian Papercrafts Magazine.....there were three that fit together for this project perfectly. First, Dawn's sketch challenge had me stumped for a few days, until Julia's Ways To Use It Challenge was to create something from stamps, die-cuts, etc other than what the items were originally intended for. I knew then that I had to make columns! And thirdly, Chrissy's New To You Wednesday Challenge over at CPCM was to try the grid technique...this was a real challenge, since I don't have a scor-pal or boning tool. (I use my Fiskars paper cutter and a Pampered Chef pan scraper to do my scoring!!!) Anyhoo....after scoring criss-cross lines across a 3" x 5" pc of Whisper White, I cut the three columns at 1 inch. I cut and embossed three times with the Labels 4 Spellbinder die, cut each in half long ways to make the top and bottom caps of each column, and sponged all of the pieces with Sahara Sand. The background scene was sponged with Sahara Sand, Old Olive, and Bashful Blue. The sentiment tag was also cut with Labels 4, stamped with one of the verses from "Ask, Seek, Knock", a new release from Our Daily Bread Designs. Finished everything off with Hero Arts pearls and Flower Soft.

Thanks for stopping by! We're leaving in a few wee hours for vacation, so see you next week!!! God Bless!

Marcelle Case and Blog Awards

Each Saturday, Christian Papercrafts Magazine features one talented and inspiring artist from their gallery. Last week's featured artist was my new and dear friend, Marcelle! If you haven't found a reason yet to subscribe to CPCM, then Marcelle is it! She writes the "Daily Bread" column and has a fantastic lesson every day! Marcelle is a true inspiration to me......she loves the Lord and wants to help others overcome their strong-holds so that they can walk closer with the Lord. And another thing, she is an AWESOME paper-crafter! Marcelle has such an elegant, beautiful style! I chose this gorgeous card to case. I changed the colors, paper, type of ribbon, etc. but tried to keep the design as close as possible. This "Serenity Prayer" is from Our Daily Bread Designs, along with the Basic Grey Porcelain dp, Basic Grey Opaline Pearls, Glacier Glimmer Mist, EK Success Scalloped Scallop border punch, Spellbinder nestabilities, and Spellbinder Floral Accents. The cardstock is SU Barely Banana and Elegant Eggplant. The velvet ric-rac is from May Arts.

Wanted to send a warm thank you to both Kim MacNutt and Grace Nywening for leaving blog awards for me. I will try to post them and pass them along before I go on vacation on Monday! You girls really are special and your awards mean a lot! Thanks again!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Don't forget to check out the daily challenges and Bible lessons and discussions over at Christian Papercrafts Magazine! God Bless!

White-washed Door Inspiration Challenge

I know! I'm using this set again!!! This is a birthday card for my brother-in-law, Mike, who is desperately waiting for a Youth Pastor position to open up for him. At the same time, he is looking for a better job, even during this economic crisis. I chose this verse, because it is very fitting for his situation. When we desire something for our life, we are not commanded to "Ask".....then "Wait"! It takes action on our part! What I admire about Mike is that he doesn't let fear or doubt hold him back.....he's not afraid of change in order to make things happen. How many of us stay in our comfort zone because we're too afraid of failure? God considers faithfulness as righteousness......if we step out in faith and BELIEVE that we will receive what we ask....it is ours!


Now for the card details. This set, "Ask, Seek, Knock" is one of the new releases this month from Our Daily Bread Designs. The Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast today is to choose a photo from the Design Dazzle website. I chose the Garden Gate Wall Decor because I LOVED the white-washed look on the wooden gate! This card was also made in tribute of two awesome stampers: Roxie aka Rox71 was featured stamper last Sunday, so I chose this card to CASE. Also, I am dedicating this to Karen aka imastampin, because this is the very first time I used distressing on a card!!! I teasingly call Karen "Wolverine" because she uses her fingernails to distress her edges! So, I jumped clean out of my comfort zone and allowed myself to be a little rough around the edges!!!

Card Details: The door image was stamped on Kraft with Stazon Jet Brown, then "painted" with Craft White ink with an aquapainter. After it dried, the verse was then stamped with Stazon. I used a piece of corrugated cardboard for one of the layers. The dp is retired SU, called Outlaw. The key charm is made by 7Gypsies.

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a blessed weekend!!!

Quiet Waters Sketch Card

I am totally in love with the news sets from Our Daily Bread Designs! If you haven't yet, you have to check out the ODBD Card Gallery! Not only are there awesome creations by our design team, but from customers also!
This set is "Quiet Waters". I split the verse into two sections and used only a portion of the scene in order to participate in this week's Sketch Challenge over at Christian Papercrafts Magazine. I am also using CPCM's Monday Color Challenge of Kraft, Basic Black, and Baja Breeze. Since I don't have Baja Breeze, I used Basic Grey "Marrakech" instead. The punched border is from EK Success Fleur De Lis punch. Pretty simple....added paper piercing and brads to finish....no ribbon!
This card is for a friend and co-worker, Clarence....I hope he likes it!!!
Thanks again for stopping by! Have a blessed day!