Thankful Song / Color Challenge

Hi everyone!  I am so excited to announce that I was asked to be a guest designer for the Splitcoast Color Challenge for the month of October....yay!!!!  This week's Color Challenge #446 is to use Summer Starfruit, Cajun Craze, and Soft Suede.  What a fabulous opportunity to create another fall-themed card using some new sets by Our Daily Bread designs.  The "dessert option" for the challenge is to decorate your bow with a button, charm, etc.  The leaves and acorns are from "Autumn Blessings" and were cut out using the ODBD Custom "Fall Leaves and Acorn" Die Set; the quote is from "Thankful Song", and the embossed outline was created with the largest die from the "ODBD Elegant Ovals" Die Set.  I have also incorporated this week's Featured Stamper Challenge.....this week's artist is Susie aka PaperPunchScissors....congrats, Susie!!!  I fell in love with the layout of this beautiful card, so I used it for my sample here today (although I did add ribbon and a bow).

Thanks so much for visiting today!  If you are seeing this Monday evening, come on back at 8 am in the morning for the October New Release from Our Daily Bread designs!!!

Blessings,

"Autumn Blessings" Sneak Peek

Hi, everyone!  Today's Clean and Simple Challenge over at Splitcoast is to create your card based upon the Pinterest Inspiration Photo shown at the left.  Fall is  my favorite time of year and Our Daily Bread designs has some amazing autumn-themed stamps for October.  My card today is a Sneak Peek, getting ready for the big release tomorrow morning!

I started off with a Kraft card base, stamped with the ODBD "Wood Background", then stamped and colored three leaves from the "Autumn Blessings" set, then cut them out with the ODBD Custom "Fall Leaves and Acorn" Die Set and adhered them over a burlap ribbon banner.   The sentiment is also from "Autumn Blessings".

Thank you for visiting today!  Before I go, I do need to mention that Our Daily Bread designs has a sale again this week on select items....check out the deets HERE!  Happy Shopping!

Have a blessed week!

Sugar and Spice and All Things Nice!

Hi, everyone!  This week's Ways To Use It and Friday Free 4 All Challenges at Splitcoast were both about using squares, so I took this opportunity to make a birthday card for my sweet little niece, Madilyn, who will be four in a few weeks.  The lady bugs were stamped with the Stamped-By 'Ladybug Mini' by Our Daily Bread designs, then cut out and glued onto panels which were stamped with the ODBD 'Stitch Background'.  The sentiment is from the ODBD 'Little Girls' set and I felt that I just had to use the ODBD 'Gingham Background' to tie it all together!

Thanks for visiting today!

Blessings,

ODBD Sneak Peek - Autumn Blessings

Hi, everyone!!  Woo hoo, it's the weekend!!  Today's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to choose any item from The Bella Cottage for your inspiration.....I really love the lavender, pink, and gold combination in this parfum photo....yummy!!!!  For my card, I used alcohol inks on glossy cardstock, then heat embossed in gold with the "Leaves Background" stamp which will be available on Tuesday, October 1st.  The sentiment is from another October set, "Autumn Blessings" and it's framed by "Mini Tags 1", which coordinates with SB Ribbon Tags Trio 3. The tag was stamped in dark purple, sponged in pink, and then accented with 'Gold Lame' Smooch paint to match the embossing.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a beautiful weekend!!

Blessings,

Chalkboard Birthday

Hi, everyone!   I have created this birthday card using the Clean and Simple Sketch Challenge and Color Challenge of gray and green, both from Splitcoast this week.  I really wanted to incorporate these two challenges together, so the ODBD "Chalkboard - Birthday and Thank You" set was just right for a masculine card.

Hey, just in case you did not know, Our Daily Bread designs has a sale going on this week on select items....check out the deets HERE!

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings,

Teenage Mutant Ninja Birthday!

Hello!  My nephew chose Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for the theme of his birthday party, so I had to figure out a way to create a matching card.  I searched around for ideas, but ended up printing off a free on-line coloring page onto white cardstock, colored and cut out the Michaelangelo image and popped him up over a scene which was sponged over scratch paper.  The sentiment is from the Our Daily Bread designs "Special Boy" set.

Thanks for visiting!

Blessings,

Rev Up Your Engines!

Hello!  Today's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Curt O'Brien aka indycurt....congrats, Curt!  There were so many wonderful cards in his gallery with fun scenes, so I chose this one to recreate for a quick birthday card for my nephew's party this afternoon.  He asked for a card with a dog, so Snoopy it is!!!  Since I wanted to make a one-layer card, there was a lot of masking involved, but I love the tedious stuff!

The sentiment is from "Special Boy" by Our Daily Bread designs, the "Snoopy's Chopper" image is by Stampabilities, the dirt specks are from a Stampin Up classic, "Itty Bitty Backgrounds", and the trees are by Inkadinkado.

Thanks for stopping by!  Enjoy your Sunday!!

Blessings,