Stamping In Time / Bible Verse Thursday Combo!

Happy Thursday, everyone! Wow, it's been a while since I've done a challenge combo with the ODBD Stamping In Time: On Assignment Challenge and the Bible Verse Thursday Challenge at Christian Paper Crafts! This week's Stamping in Time: On Assignment Challenge is to use a doily on your card, along with your stamps by Our Daily Bread designs. Our Guest Hostess this time around is Joan S......welcome, Joan!! Joan has a sample for us today, as well as Betty Wright.....leave them some love, huh? Please see this post at the ODBD blog to see how you can win $ toward ODBD stamps by playing along! Hope you can join in!!




This week's Bible Verse Thursday Challenge at Christian Paper Crafts is based on this scripture:
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. Philippians 4:8
The challenge is to take inspiration from this verse, or create something which is lovely to you. My interpretation of 'lovely' is to use beautiful things such as these new cutting dies from Cheery Lynn Designs!! Along with the Bible Verse Thursday Challenge, I have used Gloria's Sketch Tuesday Challenge....perfect for a doily!!! Plus, this is my second entry in the Our Daily Bread designs Shining the Light Challenge....to use piercing on your project!!


Card 'Ingredients':
Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs 'Friendship';
Cardstock: SU Taken With Teal and Whisper White;
Designer Paper: Basic Grey 'Hello Luscious';
Ink: SU Sahara Sand and Taken with Teal;
Accessories: Canadian Kaleidoscope and Exotic Butterfly dies by Cheery Lynn Designs, Want2Scrap Teal Rhinestones, May Arts Crocheted Ribbon, SU Grosgrain ribbon, paper piercer and template, and 'Pearl' Glimmer Mist;
Size: 5-1/2 square.

Thanks for stopping by today! God Bless!

Be Faithful In Small Things

Hi everyone! This is a quick and easy birthday card I made for my aunt Kathy this weekend. Thanks to Prima's gorgeous pre-printed notecards, cards don't always have to take up many hours of my time! The Shining the Light Challenge over at the Our Daily Bread designs blog is right up my alley this week.......piercing!!!! Wahoo!! I will definitely play along again this week since I love to paper-pierce!!


This notecard and designer paper background is from Prima's "Sparkling Spring" collection.....I am in love with the entire collection! The Mother Teresa quote is from the "Faith" set by Our Daily Bread designs. The olive border was cut out with a Cheery Lynn Designs die, called "Border Carnivale", then satin ribbon was threaded through and some Zva Creative pearls added as well.


Card 'Ingredients':
Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs 'Faith';
Cardstock: SU Old Olive and Whisper White;
Designer Paper: Prima 'Sparkling Spring' Designer Paper and matching notecard;
Ink: SU Early Espresso;
Accessories: Cheery Lynn Designs 'Border Carnivale' border die, May Arts Crocheted Lace, Offray Satin Ribbon, Zva Creative Pearls, 'Pearl' Glimmer Mist, Martha Stewart Monarch Butterfly punch, paper piercer and template;
Technique: Paper Piercing;
Size: 5-1/2 square.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a blessed week!!

Ask, Seek, Knock!

Hi everyone! Today I am sharing a "better late than never" graduation card which I made using two ODBD challenges and the Stampin' Sisters In Christ Challenge (to have something on your project which moves). The Shining the Light Challenge is to base your project on this song lyric: "You're a grand old flag, you're a high flying flag.".......use a flag, or something that flies, or something that is high.......okay, I'm stretching here, but inside the door is a scene with clouds...clouds fly (or is it float?!) and they are high, right? Also, the Stamping In Time: On Assignment Challenge with Betty is to use something recycled....the twill ribbon was recycled from a stack of wash cloths.....anybody else buy more expensive choice of something just to be able to reuse the packaging?! I think I have a "problem"! :)

This card looks pretty simple, but it was a bit tricky to create the double door. The real stamped door image from the ODBD set, "Ask, Seek, Knock", is the open door view below. I wanted the door to open and it looked funny opening to the left, so I stamped it onto vellum, colored it with markers, then made a sticker out of it and adhered to white cardstock. I used a craft knife to cut around the door and my Scor-buddy to score the hinged side so that it would fold smoothly. Using a Stamp-a-ma-jig, I stamped the door on the back side. On a separate white piece, the grass and clouds were sponged.....once it was adhered to the back, the scripture verse was stamped in.




Card 'Ingredients':
Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs 'Ask, Seek, Knock' (front), 'For The Graduate' (inside);
Cardstock: SU Basic Black, Whisper White, White Vellum ;
Designer Paper: Bo Bunny 'Timepiece';
Accessories: (?)Key Charm, SU Linen Thread, Recycled Twill Ribbon, Pewter Brads, Craft Knife, Xyron Sticker Maker, Scor-buddy, Paper piercer and template, Scratch paper and sponge daubers for scene;
Technique: Reverse Image, Paper Piercing, Masking;
Size: A2.


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

Cake Inspired Wedding Gift and Card

Hi everyone! Just wanted to take a second and share a quick and easy wedding set I made. Thanks to all of the gorgeous designer papers out there today, some projects just fall into place because of the beautiful designs and colors....like this wedding set did for me!



This gorgeous frame I found on clearance at Target many months ago.....oh, how I wish they would have had more of them....they are perfect for wedding gifts!!



Both the "1st Corinthians" scripture stamp for the frame and the "Love One Another" scripture on the card were stamped (directly on Memory Box "Gossamer" paper) with SU Early Espresso Craft Ink, then clear embossed with Ranger Clear Embossing Powder. (Both stamps are from Our Daily Bread designs.) After heat embossing the framed piece, I used a die-cut oval mask to sponge lightly around the edges, then adhered each single pearl separately. The flourish on the card was a peel and stick...whew! :)



The Prima flower was sponged with pink and brown and a large Zva Creative pearl was added to the center. The May Arts Satin Ribbon was tied with a Bow Easy and adhered with Scor-tape. The Zva flourish was cut and pieced around the flower....I don't like to cover up any gorgeous pearls, so I always cut the sticky strip and piece them here and there....or save pieces for later!



Card 'Ingredients':
Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs '1st Corinthians' single and 'Love One Another' set;
Cardstock: SU Early Espresso and Whisper White;
Designer Paper: Memory Box 'Gossamer';
Ink: SU Early Espress Craft Ink and Early Espresso Classic Ink (sponging);
Accessories: Ranger Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Bow Easy, May Arts Satin Ribbon, Prima Flower, Zva Creative Pearls, 'Pearl' Glimmer Mist, Martha Stewart foliage punch, sponge dauber, paper piercer and template;
Techniques: Heat embossing, paper piercing;
Size: 5-1/2 square.

This week's Inspiration Challenge at Splitcoast is to choose a cake (or cookies) from Maggie Austin Cake.....wow, you have to see these works of art!!! I loved the falling petals from the cake on the right, but the brown tones of the platter against the soft flowers of the cake on the left also spoke to me!

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

Christian Paper Crafts July Design Team Delights Sneak Peek!

Happy Wednesday, everyone! Today it's my turn to share a "Gracious Glimpse" (aka sneak peek) of the upcoming Design Team Delights gallery, which will open up on July 15th for all Christian Paper Crafts' Super Sister and King's Daughter subscribers....just an extra way for us at CPC to thank you for supporting our wonderful community, so that we may continue to be there for all of you!

This month's theme is Vintage and Retro.....there is such a fun variety of projects in the gallery....I can't wait for you all to see it!! But for now, there are some fantastic sneak peeks going on over at the CPC blog....check them out here!


For my sample, I went with a "retro" look, which is not easy since I don't have many stamps of this style for some reason. When I saw this adorable phone stamp at Hobby Lobby, I decided to create my own sentiment for the inside (next photo)...hope you like it! The little letters were stamped with a SU set, Alphabits, then punched out, edges sponged, and popped up with foam tape onto a Crumb Cake panel which was CB'd with Polka Dots, scored, sponged, and pierced.


I know, it probably could have used some ribbon or something, but I tried several things and decided to leave it as is! I mailed it out to a friend who needed a lift ......hope it puts a smile on her face! :)


Card Details:
Stamps: Stampabilities 'Old Telephone', Stampin Up 'Alphabits' and 'Business Boosters' (hand);
Cardstock: SU Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler, and Whisper White;
Ink: Stazon Timber Brown, SU Cherry Cobbler and Early Espresso;
Accessories: Scor-buddy, Polka Dots CB EF, small circle punch, foam tape, paper piercer and template;
Size: 5-1/4 x 4-1/4.

Thanks for stopping by today! God Bless!

Splitcoast Featured Stamper is Patter Cross!!!!

Hi everyone! I have a fun card to share with you which I made in tribute to one of my fellow "Breadsticks" (Design Team sisters) at Our Daily Bread designs...... Patter Cross! Patter is this week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast.....yay, Patter! I thoroughly enjoyed cruising through Patter's gallery, identicaltriplets.....full of the most beautiful scrapbook layouts, cards, altered items, and many organizing tips as well! It was a tough decision, but I finally decided on this awesome card.....as I was creating it, my hubby suggested I flip the sketch and I agreed! Thanks, honey! I used Memory Box "Frond" designer paper (since Patter is on the DT there), and instead of the popsicle stick, I decided to try out my new Sew Easy tool across the strips.....just roll the piercing tool over the paper, then hand-stitch following the pierced holes. It took a few minutes to get used to the loop stitches, but I can't wait to do it again!


I have also incorporated this week's Wednesday Case Artist Challenge over at Christian Paper Crafts, where you can re-create an item from anyone's gallery! Plus, Patter was our Wednesday Case Artist a couple of weeks ago, but I wasn't able to play along then. So, this means my card is a Patter triple feature!!! Also, the Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge is to use "what works for you"......I have many fave items and techniques when stamping, as long as it's something TEDIOUS! I love to paper pierce, I love fussy cutting and making 3d items, however, on this card I added hand-stitching; it took me about 30 minutes, but "it works for me"! :)



Card 'Ingredients':
Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs 'Sweet William - Small';
Cardstock: SU Old Olive;
Designer Paper: Memory Box 'Frond';
Ink: SU Early Espresso;
Accessories: Zva Creative Pearls, 'Pearl' Glimmer Mist, paper piercer and template, Sew Easy Tool with 'Vine' attachment, olive embroidery thread, paper distresser, sponge, foam tape;
Size: 5-1/2 square.



Thanks for visiting with me today! Have a blessed weekend!!!

Clean and Simple Sweet William

Happy 4th of July, everyone!!! Since I don't have to work today (Yay!), I decided to stay up late and head to my stamp room! Splitcoast is having some fun Clean and Simple Challenges all day....the first one began just before midnight....it's a sketch challenge and I was glad to see that, since I have trouble planning CAS cards! Sad I know, but I'm still learning to simplify! The Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge is to make a clean and simple card, so I'm covering two challenges with one card!

Card 'Ingredients':
Stamps: 'Sweet William - Small' by Our Daily Bread designs;
Cardstock: SU Poppy Parade, Certainly Celery, and Whisper White;
Designer Paper: Prima 'Sparkling Spring' Pre-cut Notecard, cut into four sections;
Ink: SU Poppy Parade, Certainly Celery, and Early Espresso;
Accessories: Spellbinders Blossom 3 dies, Cheery Lynn Designs' foliage die, Zva Creative Pearls, SU Oval Punch, 'Pearl' Glimmer Mist;
Technique: Clean And Simple;
Size: 5 x 6-1/2.

Thanks for stopping by! See you soon! God Bless!