Best Friend

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Carolyn aka snowmanqueen...congrats, Carolyn!!!  Wow, so many gorgeous projects to choose from....I eventually came back to this beautiful card.....such a fun layout!  Instead of a Christmas tree, I used the ODBD Custom Layering Hearts Dies set to cut out a heart from the ODBD Heart and Soul Paper Collection.  While the heart was still inside the die, I used a black journaling pen to add 'faux stitching'. The pennant was cut out of a burgundy piece from the ODBD Old Glory Paper Collection using the ODBD Custom Double Stitched Pennant Flags Dies set.  As with Carolyn's card, I added faux stitching around a rectangle.  The sentiment is from 'To My Favorite'.  The tiny hearts were cut out with the ODBD Custom Umbrellas Dies set.  I had trouble with the twine....couldn't get the same look as Carolyn's card, so I opted for three loops on each side instead of two.

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Inspired Irises

Happy Saturday, everyone!  This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from the Threadless site.....I chose this cool photo for my inspiration.  The purple and white reminded me of a pattern from the ODBD Whimsical Wildflowers Paper Collection.  My card is for a co-worker's birthday.....she loves purple irises, so this worked out great!  The image from 'Iris', also from ODBD, was stamped in Stazon Jet Black, then watercolored.  The image panel and designer paper were cut out with the ODBD Custom Pierced Rectangles Dies, the sentiment panel was cut out with the ODBD Custom Pierced Ovals Dies, and the butterfly was cut out with the ODBD Custom Bitty Butterflies Dies.  Satin ribbon (bow tied with a Bow Easy) and three pearls were added as embellishments.

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Have a blessed weekend!

Happy Birthday, Cowboy!

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Lynne Jardine aka Ruby-dooby-doo....congrats, Lynne!  I chose this super cute card to case today because I loved the layout and doodling around the edges.  I changed the stamps and colors since I needed some masculine birthday cards for this month, but kept the layout and doodling.  I loved this layout so much that I made five identical cards!  The cowboy image from 'Ride 'Em Cowboy' was stamped in Stazon Jet Black, then the background was colored with sponges and ink using masking and reverse masking.  The following dies were used as well:  ODBD Custom Double Stitched Pennant Flags Dies, ODBD Custom Pennant Flags Dies, ODBD Custom Double Stitched Rectangles Dies, ODBD Custom Rectangles Dies, and the ODBD Custom Circles Dies.  The three 'faux brads' were created with a hole punch.

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Blessings,

A Happy Hello!

Hi, everyone!  This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from the Oh So Beautiful Paper site.....I loved the color combo and cool die cut design of this ensemble.    For my card, the designer paper from ODBD 'Whimsical Wildflowers Paper Collection' and a white panel were both cut out with the ODBD Custom Pierced Rectangles Dies.  The white panel was then cut with the ODBD Custom Leafy Edged Borders Dies, sponge with yellow, then the image from 'A Happy Hello' was stamped in eggplant and highlighted with markers.  The sentiment was cut out with the ODBD Custom Ornate Ovals Dies and matted with the ODBD Custom Ovals Dies.  This card took about twenty minutes to create.....yay!!! I will also be submitting this to the ODBD Shining the Light Challenge, which is a color challenge this month.

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Blessings,

A Look Back at the ODBD January New Release

Hi, everyone!  Today we are re-visiting this month's awesome releases from Our Daily Bread designs.  This has been a super fun release to work with all month!  Here are the new and previously released goodies which are featured in my two projects for today's post:

My first project for today is a card which features the new Bible Journaling stamp, 'His Timing'.  Since I do not have a journaling Bible yet, I'm enjoying creating bookmarks and cards from these awesome stamps!  I paired this stamp with the cool new ODBD Custom Steampunk Gears Dies since they fit the theme of the vintage clocks.  I cut several gears out of scratch paper, glued the edges together and made my own stencil in order to sponge the background panel (cut out with the ODBD Custom Pierced Rectangles Dies).  Then, more gears were cut out of black and copper to place inside the frame cut out with the ODBD Custom Lavish Layers Dies.  The gear dies were introduced last week along with the Artistic Outpost new releases.  (Psst.....some of you may not know, but Our Daily Bread designs, North Coast Creations, and Artistic Outpost are sister companies.  You can order from all three companies in one store, with only one shipping charge....check them out HERE!)

My second project is a "cookie basket" created with the ODBD Custom Bountiful Basket Dies.  These little baskets are so fun and easy to make.....you can stamp them, use designer paper, or leave them plain....there are so many ways to decorate them!!!  Since I had fresh toll-house cookies for my basket, I chose to use the 'Baking Tag Sentiments' (cut out with the ODBD Custom Pierced Ovals Dies), the Gingham Background stamp for the layers, and red brads to match the heart on the sentiment.

Please visit the ODBD Blog and my Designer Sisters' blogs for more inspiration:

* Cathy * Robin * Helen * Kathy * Angie (Me) * Julie * Sabrina *
                             * Sandee * Lori * Dawn * Diana *

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God bless!

Warm Congratulations

Hi, everyone!  This week's Ways To Use It Challenge over at Splitcoast is called 'Warm Up!'....this may be stretching it a bit, but how about warm colors and paper that looks like a flannel shirt?  I LOVE flannel....I have several 'girly' flannel shirts that I wear in the winter, even at work!  For my card I chose a pattern from the ODBD Old Glory Paper Collection, the ODBD Custom Congratulations Die, ODBD Custom Steampunk Gears Dies, ODBD Custom Pierced Rectangles Dies, and the curves were cut with the ODBD Custom Leafy Edged Borders Dies.  The word die is usually straight but it was flexible enough to curve....I glued down a few letters at a time in order to get the right spacing.

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Blessings,

Thoughts Of You

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Twila Davis aka tjdstampsalot.....congrats, Twila!!!  I chose this stunning card for inspiration today to help me create a card for a co-worker who is retiring due to health issues.  Since my co-worker's fave color is purple, I changed Twila's blue theme to purple, changed the stamps and designer paper, but kept the awesome layout.  The roses from 'Rose Bouquet' were stamped on white, fussy cut, colored with markers, then popped up with foam tape over a strip of designer paper from the ODBD Christian Faith Paper Collection. Both the top white panel and designer paper were cut out with the ODBD Custom Pierced Rectangles Dies (the same die was used for both....the strip was cut using the die-resizing technique.) Three tiny pearls and a white bow were added for embellishments.

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Blessings,