ODBD "Fragrance" Sneak Peek

Hi, everyone!  Today's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Melissa Stout aka mstout928....congrats, Melissa!!!  I chose this beautiful card to recreate today.  Since I do not have embossing paste, I decided to do the embossing resist technique instead, but keep the same card design.  The inset panel was stamped in Versamark with the wild rose image from an upcoming set (July 1st) from Our Daily Bread designs, called 'Fragrance', heat embossed in white, then sponged with pink, peach, purple, and colored the leaves with an olive marker.  A few hot pink pearls were added for a simple embellishment.  The two white panels were popped up with foam tape for dimension.

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God bless!

Father's Day Deer

Hello!  Yesterday, in the gallery for the Inspiration Challenge samples, I fell in love with this card by beesmom and knew that I wanted to borrow this design for two quick Father's Day cards for today. Due to a sore shoulder, I didn't feel like cranking out lots of die cuts, so I took the clean and simple approach. Two strips of scratch paper masking were adhered to the white panel; the strip was sponged with yellow, orange, and green; the masks were removed then the tree and deer from the North Coast Creations 'Deer Silhouette Greetings' were stamped in black, along with the sentiment from the Our Daily Bread designs set, 'Good Man'.  Paper piercing and baker's twine were the only additions. Done and done!!  Now I'm ready to make my Father's Day rounds and deliver the cards (and gift cards inside)!

Thanks for stopping by!!  Happy Father's Day to all of you dads out there!!

God bless!!

Let Your Light Shine!

Happy Saturday, everyone!!  Today's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to choose a design from the Miracle Suit site.....I loved this tropical pattern and used the yellow, aqua, and teal colors in my card.  I have used the following items from Our Daily Bread designs in the making of this card:  Hello Sunshine (scripture), Sunshine Blessings (smiley sun image), ODBD Custom Layered Lacey Square Dies, and ODBD Custom Clouds and Raindrops Dies. The sun was stamped on a white panel, sponged with yellow, aqua, and teal; the scripture was stamped in black, sponged with yellow, then cut into sections and popped up with foam tape around the image. I stamped an extra sun and popped it up with foam tape and added some clouds sponged with aqua. I really love this scripture and am happy with how this card turned out, so I might cut the card base in half and pin the top half onto my bulletin board at work as a reminder to be an example for others!!

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Have a blessed weekend!!

Brilliant Blue Butterfly

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is one of my Sistah Sticks (Our Daily Bread designs designer sister), Paula Bigelow aka laughingstamper.....congrats, Paula girl!!!!  I'm a sucker for any design in blue, so I chose this gorgeous card to recreate.  Once I finished the top panel, I realized that I didn't have much room for the designer paper panel underneath, so I decided to go with just one panel.  The 'Belles Vignes' image was white embossed on white, then sponged in blue.  The scripture from 'God Verses' and butterfly from 'Butterfly and Bugs' were both stamped in blue.  The butterfly was cut out with the ODBD Custom 'Butterfly and Bugs' Dies, sponged with blue ink, then dotted with a white paint pen.

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Blessings,

Father's Day Tools

Happy Saturday!!!  My fave challenge of the week at Splitcoast is the Saturday Inspiration Challenge.....Audrie chose The Shabby Creek Cottage for us this week....wow, what a find!!  I will be subscribing since there are so many cool DIY projects there!!  I was drooling over this awesome paint sprayer....have always wanted one but didn't think I would use it much....perhaps this will go onto my wish list!!  I used the colors of the sprayer for this Father's Day card (I need to make two more like it before next weekend!)  I used the following items from Our Daily Bread designs:  'Father's Day Tools' (sentiment at the bottom), ODBD Custom 'Pegboard and Hooks' Dies, ODBD Custom 'Workshop Tools' Dies.  The tools were cut out of gray and blue, then paper pieced together.  I still have an entire roll of Brilliant Blue ribbon, so I used it to bring out more of the cobalt blue color.

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God bless!

Vintage Deer

Hi, everyone!! It's tough finding time to stamp in the middle of the work week but I couldn't resist this week's ODBD Shining the Light Sketch Challenge!  Though I didn't use Our Daily Bread designs stamps, I did use the new 'Deer Silhouette Greetings' from North Coast Creations, which is ODBD's sister company.  Along with the awesome deer set, I used the ODBD 'Vintage Ephemera Paper Collection' and ODBD Custom 'Vintage Labels' Dies to create this monochromatic, masculine design.  For the image panel, I used the same die for all three layers.  Two were cut and embossed with white, one of which was hand-trimmed on the embossed line and used for the stamping and sponging.  The brown mat was hand-trimmed after tracing the outside of the same die....since the curves of this die were not dramatic, it was fairly easy to cut by hand....even if I did have to stick out my tongue while doing it! :)  I will also be submitting this to the Ways To Use It "Go West" challenge at Splitcoast....with the mercantile themed designer paper and brown tones, I think this will fit right in.

Speaking of ODBD, did you know that you can now purchase Our Daily Bread designs, North Coast Creations, and Artistic Outpost products all in one place?  Woo hoo!!  Get everything on your wish list and pay one shipping charge!!  Just visit Our Daily Bread designs and check it out!!

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Blessings,

Hope and a Future

Hi again!!  My third post today!  Some weeks I just don't seem to make it to my stamp room, so when I finally get there, I have catching up to do!  I needed to make a graduation card, so I went back to Caryn's awesome gallery for inspiration and to help her celebrate her Featured Stamper week.....I chose this super cute card since I love banner designs and paper piercing!  I chose this paper from my stash since it's the graduate's favorite colors.  The scripture is from Our Daily Bread designs set 'Good Man'.....though this stamp set was designed with Father's Day in mind, like most of ODBD's stamps, they are extremely versatile! I meant to stick to Caryn's CAS style, but ended up adding green gems, ribbon, a bow tied with a Bow Easy, and a butterfly from 'Butterfly and Bugs', and cut out with the ODBD Custom 'Butterfly and Bugs' Dies.

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God bless!