Thank You So Much!

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Kathy Straw aka MochaFrap....congrats, Kathy!  I loved the fun layout of this super cute card, so I chose it for inspiration. I used the same layout with two rectangles and a banner, but instead of an image, I have used the ODBD Custom 'Thank You' Die along with a partial sentiment from the 'With Much Thanks' stamp set.  My intention was to stamp the sentiment onto the metallic pearl banner, but ended up with a smudge so the boo-boo was covered up with a rectangle panel instead.  The Thank You was also cut from the metallic cardstock, so I had to use permanent ink to stencil the die cut so that it wouldn't rub off.  All three rectangles were cut with the ODBD Custom 'Double Stitched Rectangles' Dies. The designer paper is from the ODBD Easter Card Collection 2016.

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God bless!

Deer Silhouette Times Two!

Happy Saturday, everyone!  This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from the China Online Museum....so many beautiful works of art there!  I fell in love with the colors in this beautiful painting and used them in two different masculine birthday cards.  I will also be submitting this to the SCS Fan Club 'More is More' Challenge and 'Central Theme' of  'Forest Friends'.  There are a lot of masculine birthdays in my family this month, so thought this would be a good opportunity to play in the MIM challenge.  I have used the 'Deer Silhouette Greetings' set by North Coast Creations (sister company to Our Daily Bread designs).  For both cards, white panels were cut with the ODBD Custom Double Stitched Rectangles Dies, sponged aqua, green, yellow, and gray inks in the background, stamped the images in black, and added some paper piercing.  For the 'more' version, a black frame and sentiment panel were cut from the same die set and popped up with foam tape.

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Blessings,

God's Blessings

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper is Michele Greenwood aka Whimsey....congrats, Michele!  Wow, such a fabulous gallery with so many different styles!  I decided to case this beautiful card. Instead of dry embossing the bottom layer, I decided to use the same pattern of designer paper throughout.  Instead of sewing on my card as Michele did, I added some hand stitching.  The flower and leaves were cut with the ODBD Custom Pretty Posies Dies and sponged with kraft ink.  The sentiment is from the 'Thinking of You' set and the designer paper is from the ODBD Shabby Rose Paper Collection. The center rectangle panels were cut with the ODBD Custom Double Stitched Rectangles Dies and ODBD Custom Rectangles Dies.

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Blessings,

Bible Bookmark

Hi, everyone!  Today I would like to share another bookmark I will be submitting for the Inspiration Challenge at Splitcoast.  I literally gasped when I saw the amazing colors in these bath salts....so gorgeous!  I made this with another of the new Bible journaling stamps by Our Daily Bread designs, called 'Your Heart'.  Since this stamp was too long to use with the ODBD Custom Bookmarks Dies, I used one of the ODBD Custom Vintage Labels Dies to cut the top of the bookmark only.....see my tutorial on how I did this HERE....this is so easy, you won't believe it!  Choose the die with the width you want, cut your paper strip so that it will fit within the die frame, then follow the instructions on the tutorial. Once my strip was die cut, stamped, and colored, I used a corner rounder at the bottom.  I traced the top of the die onto aqua cardstock, cut by hand, trimmed the sides with a paper cutter and used a corner rounder for the bottom.  This was so quick and easy that I will make more of these to give out at church!

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Blessings,

Blessed Is The Nation

Happy Saturday, everyone!!  This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from the Uncommon Goods online store....I fell in love with the regal colors of this pedestal jewelry dish and thought that they would be perfect for a scripture bookmark with the 'The Nation' bible journaling stamp from Our Daily Bread designs.  Since I do not own a journal-type bible, I have been having a blast making cards and bookmarks with the journaling stamps instead.  I started by cutting a white bookmark with the ODBD Custom Bookmarks Dies set, stamped 'The Nation' in eggplant, colored with a yellow marker (and a clear glaze pen), then sponged navy blue onto the edges.  For the mat, I traced the top of the bookmark die onto eggplant cardstock, cut the straight edges with a paper cutter, then trimmed the top and bottom by hand after adhering the bookmark.

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Have a safe and blessed weekend!

What's The Scoop?

Hi, everyone!!  This week's Clean and Simple Challenge over at Splitcoast was about 'Snow and Ice'....I put a twist on the challenge and came up with ICE cream instead!  This was a super quick birthday card I made with the 'What's The Scoop?' set by North Coast Creations (sister company to Our Daily Bread designs).  I have also used the following items by our Daily Bread designs:  ODBD Custom Double Stitched Rectangles Dies, ODBD Custom Stitched Ovals Dies, ODBD 'Vintage Ephemera' Paper Collection.  The ice cream cone was stamped, colored with sponges and markers, coated with a clear glaze pen, then popped up with foam tape over a sponged oval shadow.  The sentiment was stamped, cut into two sections, then popped up with foam tape as well.

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Blessings,

Birthday Wishing Well

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is a 'miniatures' expert, Minnur!  Wow, there are so many shadow boxes, cards, and creative projects to look at in her gallery.  I loved the country feel, sunflowers, and rich colors of this gorgeous shadowbox, so I incorporated those colors and some country elements in my card.  For my card, I clear embossed the Honeycomb Background on the mustard card base, cut a banner from the ODBD 'Blooming Garden' Paper Collection, cut the sentiment panel from the ODBD Custom 'Pennants' Dies set, stamped the 'Wishing Well' image onto a panel cut with the ODBD Custom 'Ovals' Dies, stamped the bee from the 'Butterfly and Bugs' set, then cut him out with the ODBD Custom 'Butterfly and Bugs' Dies set.  Other than the added pearls, this card is flat and should mail easily. 

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Blessings,