Enjoy Simple Beauty

Good morning! I made this card with a beautiful set called Old Grist Mill from Artistic Outpost.  I will be entering it into their monthly challenge-Anything Goes with AO stamps!  I have really become a fan of creating CAS cards lately. For this one I stamped the image and sponged the edges with TH Vintage Photo ink.  It is popped up on a layer that has an embossed frame done with Spellbinders dies. 

Hope y'all have a wonderful Thursday!

Morning Glories and Butterflies

Hi there!  Hope you are having a good week!  

Here is a card I made with the new Glory set from ODBD.  I am submitting this for the CAS challenge this week to choose three colors from a palette offered.  I chose the two greens and the dark pink.  And of course I tried to keep it clean and simple for the CAS challenge.  I colored the image with copics.  I used my SAMJ to place the sentiment.  And then I added a few butterflies and rhinestones.   That's it!  

Thanks so much for stopping by!  See you again soon!

TLC and CAS and NCC! Got it? :)

Good morning!  

I played a little bit yesterday with one of my new stamps from North Coast Creations!  It's called Floral Sentiments and has this beautiful flower stamp in it along with some great sentiments. I wanted to try my hand at the TLC for this week to watercolor on Kraft card stock in and image that has been heat embossed in white.  Got it!  The CAS challenge this week was to use scallops.  Got it!  And I tried to follow the Color Challenge but that didn't really happen.  My colors ended up too dark.  I added a pretty bow and a flower center made with some goodies that my sweet friend sent to me!  Sparkly!

Here is the NCC stamp set:

Hope y'all have a wonderful Wednesday!  See ya again soon!

Still Catching Up!

 Happy Thursday!

I am still catching up but narrowing the gap!!  LOL!!!  

Here are three that I made before my Dad got so sick.  Time to share them!

The first one above focuses on the pretty new ODBD Christmas Paper collection 2013!

I made little presents with pieces from the pack, cutting strips of 'ribbon' from gold card stock and a pretty bow from the ODBD Custom Circle Ornament Dies.  The Merry Christmas sentiment is from the new Christmas Pattern Ornaments set.

This ornament card is also made with the Christmas Pattern Ornaments set and the ODBD Custom Circle Ornament dies and is framed with Spellbinders dies.   The image is heat embossed in clear and is embellished with a few rhinestones.

 This card features the ODBD Christmas Paper Collection for a pretty background.  The die cuts are made with Memory Box dies.  The sentiment is from The Earth set and is cut out with a Spellbinders die.  A few rhinestones were added to complete the card.

Here are all the ODBD products I used for these cards:

A Look Back at the ODBD October Release!

Good morning!

Today we are taking a look back at this month's new releases from Our Daily Bread designs!  

I chose to feature the new Candy Cane set!  

My card is clean and simple and fun!  I stamped the candy cane image three times and colored with copics.  I cut each one out and added a coating of glossy accents and stickles.  I stamped the canning jar from Blue Ribbon Winner onto vellum and cut it out with the ODBD custom Canning Jar Dies.  I colored lightly with copics on the wrong side of the die cut vellum jar and used a X-acto knife to trim a space for the candy canes to slide through.  I stamped and cut out two more images to color and cut out the bows.  I used only the tails of one of the bows to go 'around' the jar.  I added a cute heart button with red twine to the bow.  I masked the sentiment and used my Stamp-a-ma-jig to stamp it nice and straight.

Here is one more look:

For more inspiration using the October releases, be sure to visit the ODBD Blog and my DT sisters!

Here are the links:

ODBD

CHRIS

GRACE

JULIE 

LORI  
DAWN
SABRINA  
CATHY

Have a wonderful day!!!

I Love This Time of Year!

 

What a beautiful time of year! 

 I love seeing the colorful autumn leaves falling, and feel the cool crisp mornings.  

Summer is waving good bye!

Here is a card I made using one of the new October releases from ODBD called Autumn Blessings.  

 I stamped the leaves onto musical designer paper and cut them out with the ODBD Custom Leaves and Acorn Dies.  I did a little sponging on the edges of the leaves and on the Spellbinders Square. The base card is embossed with a Spellbinders Marvelous Square die.  I used a Stamp-a-ma-jig to help get the sentiment straight.  And that is it!  Clean and Simple!

I am posting this to the ODBDSLC173-Fall Leaves

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

 

Welcome to the Our Daily Bread designs August Release!!!

 Good morning!  

We are so excited to have you with us for the Our Daily Bread designs August release!  

So many fun stamp sets this month!

 Kelley will be choosing one random winner from one of the designers blog comments to receive

 a $50 Gift Certificate to the ODBD Store  to be used towards the purchase of stamps!  

Wow!!!!  $50!!! 

You have until August 3, 2013 at 9:00pm EST to leave your comments on the designers blogs.  

The winner will be posted on the ODBD Blog on August 4th, 

so be sure to check back there to see if you have won.

Here is my first card:

My first card features the Strawberries set along with the new ODBD/Spellbinders Fancy Foliage Dies!  The image is colored with copics and highlighted with Copic Opaque White.  I made a frame out of designer paper using Spellbinders Labels 26, Scalloped Labels One, and Marvelous Squares.  I made the little bow with Becca's Peg Bow Maker and adhered it to the button to complete the card!

My second card features the Garden Minis set and the Garden Sentiments set.

A quick little CAS card!  I colored the image with copics and did slight touches with the Copic Opaque White again.  With the help of my Stamp-a-ma-jig, I stamped the sentiment and highlighted the greenery with a copic marker.  And then just framed it with embossed Spellbinder Squares.  

***Pssssttt!... This little image is a sneak peak of a future ODBD set!!!  Stay tuned!***

Here are links to all of the other designers participating in the release today!  

Dawn * Sabrina * Lori * Grace * Julie * Chris *  

Cathy * Lisa * Angie * Silke *Audrey * Tosh

And here are links to all the ODBD products I used for my cards:

 

Thanks so much for joining us today!  Enjoy the rest of the hop!

 

Home of the Free, Because of the Brave!

Another CAS card from me!  Must be some kind of record!  LOL!!!

This one features the new ODBD set Home of the Free!  The eagle is colored with copics and cut out.  I added stickles for a little sparkle.  And I added the little border from the ODBD/Spellbinders Cathedral Window and Border Dies!  

Here are the ODBD supplies I used:

 

 

Thanks for coming by again!  Enjoy your day!

You Melt My Heart!

Hello!  Hope you are doing good today!  

Let me be the first to say that I did not complain one time about the cold this last winter.  Not even once.  However, I do believe I will complain about the heat!  We will get to 90 today.  YUK!  I really dislike the heat!  But if I had a yummy Popsicle like this one I would feel better.  Agree?

This card is very CAS.  Just a little copic coloring and stickles.  The popsicle from the NCC set called You're the Bomb! and is popped up for a little dimension and that's it!  C. A. S.  LOL!!!

Here is the set from North Coast Creations!

 

Thanks for taking a look!  See you again soon!

Color Blocking

A couple of weeks ago SCS had a tutorial on color blocking.  I have done this before but it has been a long while.  You just take several scrap pieces of card stock and glue them down to a piece of white card stock and then trim to the size you want!  Not hard and makes a nice statement.

I used my color blocked piece for a background for this cute little ice cream cone!  This is part of the new North Coast Creations set called What's the Scoop?  I colored the cone with markers and cut it out.  Then I stamped the ice cream image onto designer paper and cut it out, popping it up over the cone.  Then I stamped the sentiment and added the rhinestones all in a row!  Oh and I added some stickles to enhance the ice cream!  EASY!

Here is the NCC stamp set including the link!

 

Thanks for coming by!  Enjoy your day!

 

Serenity

 

Hi everyone!  Here is a quick card that I made with the new The Waves on the Sea set from Our Daily Bread designs.  It is made much like the one I shared a couple of weeks ago.  I painted a panel of white card stock with blue paint in a white wash fashion.  I stamped the image and sentiment and then cut it into three panels to pop up on the card base!  So easy and great for those men in your life!  

Here is the stamp set with link that I used:

Also, ODBD is retiring some sets and they are on sale!  Check it out!

 

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful evening!

Hawg Rider

Good morning!  Hope you all had a wonderful weekend! 

 And for all you moms out there, hope you were spoiled rotten! 

Here is a card I made using the new North Coast Creations set called King of the Road!  I stamped the motorcycle with versamark and heat embossed it in silver.  The silver card stock is embossed with a cuttlebug folder.  The sentiment is encased in some hardware and I added Glossy Accents over it to make a nice embellishment!  A quick and easy masculine card!!!

Here is a pic of the set:

So glad you stopped in to take a look!

Be sure to visit the NCC Blog on Wednesday the 15th to see the May releases!!  

You're gonna love 'em!