Encourage Someone Today

 I seem to be giving this type of card a lot in recent years.  When I am going through sad or stressful times in my life, the more I hear of others that are in need of encouragement and prayer.  Please make some time today to encourage someone you know.  Everyone is going through something...

This is for the Passionately Artistic Blog Be Inspired Wednesday post today.  The background is a piece of designer paper (I'm sorry but I can't remember the manufacturer) adhered to a piece of card stock and then embossed with a Sizzix embossing folder using my Cuttlebug.  

Here is a list of supplies I used:

Our Daily Bread designs Easter Blessings Set (sentiment)

Our Daily Bread designs Butterfly Single and Matching Die

Neenah White card stock and SU! Mellow Moss card stock

Unknown designer paper

Sizzix Embossing folder and Cuttlebug Machine

SU! Pearls

Spellbinders Oval and Scalloped Oval

Lace

EKSuccess Border Punch

I hope you have a wonderful day today!  Thanks for stopping by!

Butterfly Blessings and Prayers

Good Morning!  I have a couple of cards to show you today!  This first card is for two challenges!

SNTODBD34-Tag You're It!

SSCC87-No Designer Paper

The background is Core'dinations paper embossed with the Vintage Border Embossing Plate which was just released this month from ODBD.  I sanded the embossing to show the inner core of the paper.  The tag is made with another new ODBD set called Mini Tags 1, one of three new Mini Tag sets created by our own Lorelie Kim!  The ODBD butterfly and the tag are heat embossed with white embossing powder.  The beautiful lace is from Really Reasonable Ribbon.  I added some Spellbinders Parisian Accents and pearls to complete the card!

For this card, I went a little artsy with a sheet from a Webster's Pages pack.  It is embossed with the ODBD Vintage Border Embossing Plate and rubbed with Tim Holtz Antique Linen ink pad to show the embossing.  The sentiment is from the ODBD Mini Tags 3 set stamped on a Spellbinders Scalloped Oval.  The edge was created with and EKSuccess punch, lace, pearls and trim.  I added Want2Scrap black bling and little pearls to the Martha butterflies to complete the card!

Thank you so much for stopping by today!  See you again soon!

God Understands

Hi there!!!  I wanted to show you a card I made with one of this month's new releases by Our Daily Bread designs called Prayer.  This set is part of Kelley's Full of Grace Collection.  I am using some gorgeous Prima designer paper and a beautiful matching butterfly.  This paper is gorgeous!  Just my style!  I embossed the paper with the Kassie's Brocade Cuttlebug folder.  The pink ribbon is from my stash and I made the bow with my Bow Easy tool.  The pearls are by Prima too.  I used three challenges for this card:

MMSC76-Sketch

SSCC61-Prayer

ODBDSLC33-Anything Goes with ODBD stamp

Here are the supplies I used:

ODBD Prayer

Prima paper,pearls and butterfly

Ribbon and Bow Easy

Spellbinders rectangle and scalloped rectangle

Stazon Brown ink

Cuttlebug folder Kassie's Brocade

His Face Shine Upon You

Hi everyone!  Here is one for the Dirty Dozen Monthly challenge theme and sketch. 

I colored this gorgeous image from the new set From Me To You just released by 

Our Daily Bread designs with copic markers.  I cut it out to fit the rectangle in the sketch design.  

The sentiments are masked from a scripture from the Scripture Series 1 set.

Here are the supplies I used:

ODBD From Me To You and Scripture Series 1

Neenah White Cardstock

SU! Black Cardstock

Anna Griffin Designer Paper

Memento Black Ink

Copic Markers

Spellbinders Lattice Die

Spellbinders Long Rectangle and Scalloped Long Rectangle Die

Spellbinders Circle Die

Stamp-a-ma-jig

Ribbon

Bow Easy

Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch

Zva Pearls

Thanks for stopping by!

Praying for You

Hi there! This is for the sketch challenge today! Haven't done a SCS sketch in a while so when I saw that the sketch being provided was inspired from a card created by my friend Angella, I went right to work! The stamps I used are from two of the three sets released this month from Our Daily Bread designs, called Praying for You and With Heartfelt Sympathy. The dragonflies were cut out and sponged with Soft Sky and Chocolate Chip and then sprayed with Glimmer Mist. The sentiment was masked to fit onto this smaller area. My Stamp-a-ma-jig really comes in handy for this type of thing! I added EK Success punched borders, a pretty white bow, and three tiny brown pearls. Thanks for a great sketch and inspiration! And thanks y'all for coming by today! I love having you visit!

Paper-Kraft, White, Archivers blue to match Baja Breeze, and Parisian Breeze dsp
Ink-Memento Brown, Soft Sky, Chocolate Chip marker

In Our Hearts

Good Morning!!! It's a beautiful day and I have another card using one of the beautiful new collection of stamps from Our Daily Bread designs to share with you! Kelley has added three new sets this month. All of the sets are great for those times when we need to let someone know we care and are thinking about them. Today I am showing you a card made with a set called With Heartfelt Sympathy.


I used this week's Midnight Madness sketch and this week's Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge to make a card to let someone know you care. I started with a base card of Kraft paper. I used my cuttlebug to emboss the designer paper. I used an EK Success border punch along the edge of the sentiment panel and added Kraft ribbon. Notice I tied only a half bow! First time I did that, (it was an accident) but I liked the way it looked! Then I added pearls in the corners to finish the card.

CANDY, CANDY, CANDY!

Now, today is Blog Hop Day too! If you arrived here from Grace's blog you are going the right way! If not, go back to the ODBD blog and start from there! Now from here, go check out the gorgeous creations by these ladies:

Dawn L
Connie
and
Angella C

CANDY, CANDY, CANDY!

Three winners will be randomly drawn to receive three prizes that are hidden along the way! Remember that after you have visited and commented on all the blogs,
you need to go back to the ODBD Blog and tell us:

1. That you have visited and commented on each blog on the hop,
and
2. What you liked best about these new sets!

This hop will be open for comments until 6PM EST Friday Oct 2.
Grace will announce the winners on the ODBD Blog on Sat. Oct 3.

So don't forget to check back on the ODBD Blog to see who won!

Here are the prizes:

A $5.00 Store Credit,

a $10.00 Store Credit,

and a $20.00 Store Credit!

These credits will be for any merchandise in the Our Daily Bread Designs Store!

How's that for great prizes!!!

WooHoo!!!

Hope you have fun hopping with us today! Can't wait to see who wins!!!

Paper-Kraft, Always Artichoke, Manchester dsp, Vanilla
Ink-Memento Brown
Accessories-ribbon, pearls, EK Success punch, slot punch, cuttlebug and eb folder, foam tape

Three For Thee

Hey ya'll!

Hope everyone is ready for a fun challenge!

This month's Our Daily Bread designs releases are out and we're ready to play! The challenge for September is to make a Pocket Card! Here are the highlights but you can visit the ODBD blog to see more details and lots of inspiration to get you going!

THREE new sets released on the first,
and Kelley has generously offered to give away
THREE PRIZES!
(one of each of the three sets)
So this challenge is called
Three For Thee!

1.Make a pocket card of any style, shape, with as many pockets as you want. There are numerous tutorials on SCS in the Resources Section that you can use, or come up with your own design.

2. Link your card to the ODBd Blog by Thurs Sept. 17, 8PM EST. Winners will be announced on the ODBd blog on Sat. Sept. 19.

3. Anyone can play along, but only those using ODBd Stamps as the main focal point will be eligible to win.

4. Be sure to visit the ODBd Blog on Sept 19 to find out who won!

Ok, so let's get started!

I made a pocket card using this wonderful tutorial in the resources section of SCS. I started with a sealed envelope (4 3/4 x 6 1/2). I cut off one end about 1 3/4 and then punched the border with an EKSuccess border punch. I stamped the image from the Thinking of You set on the top portion and then one from the Get Well set on the lower portion first with ODBd Olive ink before running the lower portion through my crimper. Then I sponged front and back with ODBd Victorian Rose and Terracotta inks. I also sort of tapped the sponge in places which gave it the speckled look. I stamped the butterflies again with the rose ink and cut them out and glued in place. Then I stamped the sentiment in Memento Black and cut it out with the Labels Four Spellbinders die. I sponged and also stamped just the swirls before taking it out of the die. I placed the SU! ribbon and then added the label with foam tape. I added the cross charm with silver cord. The Hero Arts Flowers are colored with a copic marker #RV14 and added to the swirls on the label. Then I added Hero Arts pearls to finish the pocket.

Here is a photo of the card opened slightly.

And now for the insert,
I stamped the sentiment and the swirls and then sponged all around again
and added it to SU! Old Olive paper.
And that's it!

Now it's your turn to play!

Go check out these creations from some of the other breadsticks!
They're gonna leave you speechless!

Jane
Loretta
Angie Z
and
Becca

I hope you enjoy the challenge as much as I have and let us see your work!
Thanks for stopping by to see me today!
Come back soon!

I am up way too late! But I really was inspired by the inspiration challenge for today! The challenge today is the artwork by Sarah Collier. I chose this piece to use as my inspiration. I stamped the image onto vanilla cardstock. I masked off the circle and the left side to sponge Bashful Blue. While still masking, I sponged the right side with Barely Banana. Then I sponged the circle with Creamy Caramel. The sentiment from Our Daily Bread designs, Flourished Christian Symbols, is stamped with Memento Brown. I then covered the design with a piece of clear window sheet, attached at the top with brads. I tied a pretty piece of yellow ribbon to hold the bottom together and then attached the whole thing to a Bashful Blue base card. I have no idea who makes the bird image. I bought it at a rubber stamp show and it is unmounted rubber. Thanks again for stopping by! Sleep tight!

Stamps-Unknown unmounted rubber stamp and ODBD Flourished Christian Symbols
Paper- Bashful Blue, Vanilla
Ink-Memento Brown, Bashful Blue, Barely Banana, Creamy Caramel
Accessories-ribbon, brads,SU! scallop border punch, sponges, sticky notes
Technique-masking, sponging