Heartfelt Sympathy

 Happy Saturday y'all!  

I made this card today using the Inspiration Challenge of Plaster Art at SCS.  I also combined this challenge with a Dare to Get Dirty Challenge!  Don't know what that is about?  You have to be a SCS Fan Club member to play!  Click HERE to read about it! 

The With Sympathy stamp/die duo is new from ODBD this month.  I used the Log Cabin Quilt Die to cut out the stamped sentiment.  I cut out a stencil with the Boho Background die and used that to add texture paste for my background.  Then I cut out Bitty Blossoms, Pretty Posies, and a Fancy Foliage.  I used a stylus on the flowers and added Pan Pastels to them.  I attached everything together and then made a frame with Pierced Rectangles.

Here are the ODBD supplies I used today:

ODBD With Sympathy Stamp/Die Duos	Pierced Rectangles Dies	Boho Background Die	Bitty Blossoms Die
Pretty Posies Dies	Fancy Foliage Dies	Log Cabin Quilt Die

Thank you so much for stopping by!  

Have a wonderful evening!

Thanks!

Good morning!

I made this card this morning for the Sketch Challenge at SCS today and 

for one of the Dare to Get Dirty challenges! 

You must be a Fan Club member to join in the Dare to Get Dirty challenges.

 Click here for the details on how to join the club.

So while I can't tell you the details of this challenge, I can give you the ingredients for my card!

This is a beautiful new set from Our Daily Bread Designs called Vintage Bird Labels.  This set is a re-do of a prior release but this time they were made to fit into the ODBD Vintage Labels dies, which coordinate with the Vintage Borders dies! I also used the new Flower Lattice Strip die.  The papers are from the Easter Card Collection and the Pastel Paper Pack.  I used a Double Stitched Rectangle and a Pierced Rectangle.  A pretty seam binding bow completes the card!  

Here are the ODBD supplies I used:

ODBD Vintage BIrd Labels	Vintage Labels Die	ODBD Vintage Borders Dies	ODBD Custom Die - Flower Lattice
Double Stitched Rectangles Dies	Pierced Rectangles Dies	Easter Card Collection 2016	Pastel Paper Pack 2016

Thank you so much for stopping by!  Have a wonderful day!

Did You Know It Is 'Dare To Get Dirty' Week?

I am so excited y'all!  

Today is my first time to host a challenge at Splitcoaststampers!  

If you aren't familiar with Splitcoast, you don't know what you are missing! This website is dedicated to providing inspiration, tutorials, camaraderie, for all paper-crafters!  And there is a Fan Club you can join.  The proceeds help to keep the site going.  As a perk, only Fan Club members can see certain areas of the site, such as the Dirty Dozen and Dare to Get Dirty areas!  This week is the much anticipated Dare to Get Dirty week, where we invite all Fan Club members to come and get inky and dirty with the Dirty Dozen Designers, past and present!  

So, the challenge details each day are TOP SECRET, therefore, I can't give you the exact details of my challenge requirements!   :D

However I can tell you that I used a fabulous Christmas set from Artistic Outpost called Sleigh Ride.  I colored the image with copics in vintage colors to match the ODBD Christmas 2014 Papers.  I used white acrylic paint on the papers and then distressed the edges.  The image oval is sponged in sepia colored ink.  I added vintage lace and stickles to complete the card!

Here is another I made for my challenge today:

A cleaner card with ODBD Shabby Roses paper and a pretty Butterfly and Doily from ODBD too!  The outside edge is cut and embossed with ODBD Flourished Star Pattern die and the sentiment is from ODBD Home Sweet Home.  The pearls complete the card!

Thanks for taking a look!  Hope you have a wonderful day!

Cameo Love

I've been trying my best to play in some the Dare to Get Dirty challenges over at Splitcoast Stampers.  You have to be a FanClub Member to play so I can't give specifics of the challenges.  Why not join the Fan Club to see what all the fuss is about?  It's not expensive, about the same as a 1 year subscription to a magazine and tons more inspiration!  

This card features the new ODBD Faith Hope & Love set!  

I stamped in black and then over stamped in pink. 

The beautiful papers and flowers and blue cameo were gifts from a dear friend!  Aren't they gorgeous?  I masked the word Love from the new ODBD set called Scripture Bookmarks for my little oval tag.

Thanks for stopping in!  See you again soon!

Three New Cards

I have been a busy girl this week!  I completed all of the challenges presented for Dare to Get Dirty 2011!  WooHoo!!  If you would like to see the other ones, here is a link to my SCS gallery.

For this card I used the new sets Weave in Faith and Spool and Tape along with the Spool and Tape Die from Our Daily Bread designs.  I also used the Cheery Lynn Designs French Pastry Doily Die.  One little note, I died the white string in the button with a copic marker to make it pink!

This is a one layer card with a matching envelope!  I embossed with Spellbinders Labels 18 dies around the Flower Border and the sentiment from Weave in Faith.  I used the Spool and Tape set too but cut out the spool of thread only.  I added a little border of flowers at the bottom by cutting each little blossom out by hand!  I colored in polka dots with a sharpie marker.

This card features the new Pincushion and Sewn with Love sets.  Did a little bit of hand stitching on the top left.  I added a little silver paint to the thimble.  I love that this little pincushion has it's own little pincushion die too!!!

Thanks for stopping by!  See you again soon!

 

Christmas in July and Getting Dirty Week!

Hi there!  Hope you are having a great day!  Are you a fan club member at Splitcoast Stampers? 

This week is Dare to Get Dirty Week, 

 a fun filled week of challenges that you can only participate in if you are a Fan Club Member!  

I can't share details but this is my first completed challenge which I combined with the Christmas Card Challenge.  Six more cards for the stash!  WooHoo!!  

The price to join the fan club is about the same as a one year magazine subscription and 

you get way more inspiration and lots more fun!!  

I also want to mention that tomorrow is the Our Daily Bread designs' release day blog hop 

and we hope you will join us!  The new sets for August are gorgeous!!!

Harvest Blessings to You

Good Morning!!! Welcome to Our Daily Bread designs' August release blog hop! 

If you arrived here from the extremely amazing Becca's blog, then you are in the right place!  

If not or if you get lost along the way or any links are broken, 

just return to the ODBD Blog for the full list of links! 

We hope you enjoy this months sets as much as we do!!!

This month Kelley is giving away THREE Gift Certificates of $15.00 toward stamps at the ODBD Store! To make it a little more fun ... the prizes are hidden on three different blogs and you won't know which ones, so be sure to leave a comment on each DT blog, because three blog owners will be choosing a winner from their commenters now through Aug 2, 8pm Eastern! 

So grab your favorite beverage and enjoy the hop! 

Be sure to return to the ODBD Blog and leave a comment there that you completed the hop and left comments for everyone, noting there if there were any you could not comment on.

The hop will close at 8pm eastern tomorrow night (Aug 2).

The winners will be announced Tues. on the ODBD Blog!

My card above is made with the new set called Harvest Blessings.  I just love this set!  Sunflowers are so pretty!  I masked three of the sunflowers from the five that are in the image and colored them with copic markers.  I did this twice so that I could cut out the flowers and leaves and pop them up a little bit!  I used my Stamp-a-ma-jig to place the sentiment.  I made the cute little bow with my Bow Easy!  The cuttlebug backgrounds are Victoria and part of the Preserves Collection.

And here is my second card!

I used the new set called Don't Worry for this card.  Worry is something I struggle with so much!  I know the sentiment and scriptures will speak to many of you out there too!  I wanted to make this a happy card, so I used that cute Cuttlebug folder called Bloom Dots.  I colored the flowers with copic markers.  I stamped the sentiment over the blooms and then stamped it again with Versamark and embossed with clear embossing  powder for a little bit of a shadow effect.  Again I used my Bow Easy for the little bow, and I added brown Flower Soft to the flower.

Thank you for visiting and I hope you enjoyed my projects today. 

From here, hop over to the superbly talented Chris to be inspired and blessed!

Four More Dirty Challenges!

Hi everyone!  Here are four more projects I made for the Dare to Get Dirty Challenges on Splitcoast!  This first one is one of those little pocket New Testaments that I covered with designer paper and this wonderful scripture from Our Daily Bread designs Scripture Collection 4!  I added a little ribbon bookmark too!

And here is a Lindt chocolate bar that I covered.  Just added a pretty bow and the birthday tag!  Easy!!

I have had this little band-aid box for a couple of years now and finally altered it thanks to one of the dirty challenges!  Yay!!!  Wouldn't all the above projects make a cute little gift for someone?  You could fill the band-aid box with candy or money or a gift card or... band-aids...LOL!

Here is the last one I am showing today!  The little flowers are cut out and attached with glue dots for a little dimension.  The last three projects use the StampinUp! set called Happy Moments.  

All projects use SU! cardstock and designer papers. 

Here are all of the challenges I used:

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Proverbs 31:30

Good morning!  I am so excited to show you this fun little project today!  Altering things around the house that I have saved for years is becoming one of my favorite things to do.  The frame on this particular plaque was originally a blue color and the design was cute but I wanted an updated look.  

I painted the frame using several colors of acrylic paint in creams and browns.  

Then I sprayed it with a brown Glimmer Mist color and sort of wiped it off a little.  

Then for the background, I embossed the designer paper with one of the new cuttlebug folders in the Preserves collection and sponged it with Tim Holtz ink.  I attached it to the plaque with Mod Podge.  

I then attached a piece of a doily, a piece of lace and a piece of velvet ribbon with glue.  

I sponged this a little bit too to dirty it up a bit!  

The little flower is actually several prima flowers glued together.  

My DT sister Patter showed us how to do this on her blog!  

Thanks Patter!

I chose to use the scripture that I submitted for the Scripture Collection 4 set!  When I read it, it reminds me to strighten up!!!  LOL!  Seriously, I love this scripture and was honored to have been able to have it made into a stamp!  Thank you for that Kelley!  I stamped it with Versamark and Memento Brown ink and clear embossed it.  I cut it out and layered it with Spellbinders circles and framed this with the Spellbinders Lotus Die!  I added the button and Zva pearls to finish it up!

And that's it!  I really appreciate y'all taking the time to visit with me today!  We invite you to join us for our monthly blog hop this coming Sunday the 1st.  You are gonna love the new sets coming out for August!

A Little Sneak Peek!

Good morning!  Hope you all I had a great weekend!  I did!  

I got to play in the Dare to Get Dirty challenges this weekend!  

I used a set here that is a sneak peek of two new sets coming out August 1st by

Our Daily Bread designs! 

Be sure to visit the  

Our Daily Bread designs blog 

on the first for our monthly blog hop!  

We look forward to having you spend some time with us!  You will LOVE these new sets!!!!

Here are the challenges I participated in with this card:

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Thanks to the Dirt Pile at SCS for a fun week of challenges!  Seriously, if you are not a Fan Club Member, you should really consider it!  You will be seeing more of my DTGD10 projects in the next few days!  

Thanks for visiting and see you soon!

More Dare to Get Dirty Challenges

Hi everyone!  I've got three cards to show you today!  I've been feverishly working on some Dare to Get Dirty projects and some DT Projects the last few days.  I'm saving some for the next few days.  If you aren't a member of the Fan Club at SCS, you are really missing out on some fun! 

This card above uses Our Daily Bread designs set called Blessed Christmas 

and is for the following challenges:

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And this sweet little image is a Pure Innocence Digi Stamp from Digi Stamp Characters.  The sentiment is from a Taylored Expressions set called Christmas Blessings.  

Here are the challenges I followed for this cards:

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And last but not least, I used the StampinUp! set called Happy Moments for this card

and it fits the following challenges:

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Thanks for visiting today and see you soon!