Merry Monday Santa-A Day Late!

Hello!  

I have two cards for the Merry Monday Challenge#190 this week, 

to create a card with a Santa theme.

This Santa image is from Jolly Old St Nick by StampinUp!  

I colored him with copics to match the designer paper and added stickles for a little sparkle.  

Here is my second card:

Editing to add:  I tried to link up both cards to the Merry Monday Christmas Challenge but was unsuccessful.  I also wanted to mention that the tag on my second card was made for the SCSCCFEB16 challenge this month but since I rarely use tags at Christmas I used it as the focal point.  Here is a pic of the card and tag together before making the second card:

Thanks so much for stopping by!  

Have a wonderful day!

Christmas Card Challenge for August

Hi there!  Here are ten cards I made late last night for the Christmas Card challenge at SCS for August!  I used the StampinUp! set called Jolly Old St Nick.  Image is colored with copics.  Eight look like the one up front and you can see a smidgen of the other two behind it.   There is a bit of Stickles too for a little sparkle!  I'm still trying to stay with the CAS technique for easier creating and mailing.  

Thanks for coming by today!!!  

Looking forward to the ODBD Blog Hop on the first!!  Loving the new sets about to be released!!!

See you then!

Friend

Hi there!!  Got a couple of cards to share today!  This one is for the following challenges:

SSCC129-Things with Wings

CLDC18-Doilies

I used the new ODBD set called Faithful Friend.  The designer paper in the background is embossed with a SU! folder and I rounded the top corners.  I glued down two types of lace and then added the Cheery Lynn Designs doily, the sentiment Spellbinders circle and the CLD flourishes.  Then I glued down the Bow Easy bow and the pretty Prima flower.  I stamped the dragonfly and colored it with copics before cutting it out and gluing to the card.  Then I added stickles to the dragonfly!  

And this card is being entered to:

Sentimental Sundays 92- Words of Encouragement

WAW17-Word Art Wednesday

TLC367-One Color, No Color

I used the Faithful Friend set on this card too.  The designer paper is Prima.  I sliced off part of the Cheery Lynn Doily and stamped the sentiment.  Added velvet ribbon and lace and pearls to the edge.  a Bow Easy lace bow and Prima flower along the side more pearls too.  Stamped the dragonfly with the same brown ink as the sentiment and cut it out.  I had to add stickles on him so hope that counts for the no coloring challenge!  

Thanks for visiting!  See you again soon!

 

And Always

Hi everyone!  Here is a card I made this morning for several challenges.

SC366-Sketch

TLC358-Make it Wet(I used stickles on the butterfly)

TSTR95-Time Flies

SNTODBD50-Anything Goes

ODBDSLC90-Anything Goes with ODBD

I've used two new sets from Our Daily Bread designs on this card:

Two Step Butterfly and coordinating custom die

Birthday Blessings (sentiment)

Other supplies:

SU! designer paper

Corner Rounder

Black swirl rhinestones

Spellbinders Squares

Muslin Trim

Lace and Seam Binding

Bow Easy

ATG Tape Glider

Stamp-a-ma-jig

Foam Tape and Beacon Adhesive

Tim Holtz distress ink

Thank you for stopping by!  Have a wonderful Wednesday!

Thinking of You Today

Hi all!  I am late posting this as we had a family emergency but all is better now!  This is for today's Passionately Artistic Blog!  We are still doing summer inspiration so if you would like to link up your summer projects we would love to see!!!  

Here are the supplies I used for this card:

SU! set Elements of Style and Always in my Thoughts

Spellbinders Dies
Cuttlebug Preserves folder
Copics
White Elmer's painter pen
Really Reasonable Ribbon

I also used this week's color challenge at SCS!

Thanks for visiting and I will be back soon!!

Back to School!

 

School started back up in my area this week!!  Shortest summer ever, which makes me so glad my children are all grown up!  Anyway, this week the Passionately Artistic Blog is featuring Back to School cards and projects!  Feel free to go to the blog and link up your back to school inspiration for all of us to enjoy!

This is what I came up with!  This little image from StampinUp! is so cute!  I colored it with copic markers and cut it out with a Spellbinders Labels One Small die.  I cut another Spellbinders Labels One for the mat.  I used a copic to run around the edge of the smaller die cut.  The background is a sheet of Memory Box paper that has letters on it.  I ran it through my Cuttlebug with the Numbers folder and attached it to the card base.  I made a border with the Cuttlebug ruler border and added it to the card.  Added the image with foam tape and then glued the ribbon and Bow Easy bow down with Beacon 3-in-1 glue.  I didn't have red pearls, so I used a red copic marker and colored them!  And that is it!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Enjoy the rest of your week!!

Happy Birthday Honey!

Today is my dear husband's birthday!   

I bought this Impression Obsession stamp just for this occasion!  Let's just say I have a couple of these beautiful creatures hanging on the wall in my den!  When you are married to a hunter, well, there are just some things you put up with, ya know?  I stamped the buck with Stazon Brown ink, sponged with several brown inks and then cut him out. (I also sprayed him with Marshmallow Glimmer Mist! LOL!)  He is mounted onto an ODBD Elegant Oval made by Spellbinders.  I stamped the background with ODBD Wood Background and then embossed it with a Cuttlebug folder.  

I added a Martha fence and SU! Kraft seam binding.  

   Happy birthday honey!  I love you!

Thank you for visiting with me today!

Violets and Lilacs and Plums, Oh My!

Hi there!  Some of the Our Daily Bread designs DT are so excited to have been invited to sponsor the latest challenge on the Really Reasonable Ribbon Ramblings Blog!  The ribbon on my card is just one example of the beautiful ribbon they have!  Well, as you may have guessed, the challenge is to use violet, lilac or plum on your project along with ribbon, of course!  I sponged SU! Pale Plum ink on the SU! designer paper (which is embossed with a SU! embossing folder) and the Labels Seventeen.  The tulips are colored with copics and cut out for the bouquet.  And the edges of the Fancy Label are adorned with die cuts using a Parisian Accents Spellbinders die!  

Please join us for this fun challenge!  

Thanks so much for visiting with me today and hope you have a great weekend!

Recipe:

ODBD Tulip Corner 

ODBD Fancy Labels

Really Reasonable Ribbon

Spellbinders Label Seventeen

Spellbinders Parisian Accents

Neenah Cream Card Stock

SU! designer paper and embossing folder

distressing tool

SU! Pale Plum and Tim Holtz Antique Linen inks

Copics, pearls, and a button

A Good Man

Hello everyone! Welcome to the April 1st Our Daily Bread designs Blog Hop!

If you got here from sweet Grace's blog, you are in the right place!
If not, you might want to start at the Our Daily Bread designs Blog and hop from there!
The Hop will run from 8am EDT April 1 until 8pm EDT. April 2. The winners will be announced on the ODBD Blog on Sun. April 3.

For this hop, there will be THREE Prizes of One Free Set (your choice), and
ONE GRAND PRIZE of THREE FREE SETS, YOUR CHOICE!

Here is what you need to do to be entered in the drawing:

Leave comments for each designer on each blog. Return to the ODBD Blog

and leave a comment, telling us you completed the hop and noting any blogs you were

unable to comment on. Also answer the question on the ODBD blog.

Here are my card details:

 

I decided to make a masculine card for our hop today!  You all know this is a challenge for me right?!!!  But I love this moose image from the Father's Day set so just had to try it out!  First, I embossed a piece of SU! designer paper with the Cuttlebug Herringbone folder and sponged it with Always Artichoke ink.  I stamped the moose twice so I could cut one out for layering.  Then I decided he needed to be standing in a field of flowers so added the flower soft!  Moose like flowers I am sure!  LOL!  To balance out the flowers on this manly card I added buttons.  I used my Grand Calibur to cut out the Spellbinders square and the new cool Ribbon Tag.  So what do you think?   So glad you joined us today and hope you love the new sets as much as we do! 

Now head on over to the blog of the very talented Connie!!!  Enjoy the hop!!!

April Sneak Peek!

 

Hi there!  Here is a little peek at two of the new sets being released on Friday by Our Daily Bread designs!  And no I didn't make this card for my hubby to give to me!  LOL!!  A friend has asked for three cards to give to his wife for her birthday!  These new sets are fantastic!  I stamped the image and then the sentiment with a little help from my Stamp-a-ma-jig and then cut it out with the Spellbinders Labels Eighteen.  My Grand Calibur was a huge help since I could cut the Label, the Parisian Motif and the Parisian Accent at once!  Such a time saver!  For the mat behind the image I used my x-acto knife to cut around the die.  The background is embossed with a StampinUp! embossing folder.  I sponged all of the pieces with Blush Blossom ink and then Tim Holtz Antique Linen ink.  The card stock is Neenah Cream and SU! Blush Blossom.  I also sponged the gingham ribbon to shabby it up a bit!  I added the Martha butterflies and Zva pearls and then finished up the card by coloring parts of the image with a copic marker to match and added a little Diamond Glaze!  

Don't forget to hop with us on Friday!  You will love the new sets!!!  

Thanks for coming by!  See you soon!!!

Happy Birthday Kay!

Good morning!  Today is my friend Kay's birthday!  She is now the same age as me but we aren't talking about that!!  LOL!!!  Anyway, I made this for her.  I asked some of her family to email photos of her when she was little and they happily obliged.  I chose this sweet photo of her when she was about a year old. I printed it in sepia and got to work.  I altered a plaque that I have had for a number of years.  I prepped it with gesso and then painted it with black acrylic paint. I used my Spellbinders Grand Calibur to cut the Oval, Beaded Oval and Grand Oval and also the Oval for the sentiment and Fancy Tag. I did cut the Fancy Tag in half to better fit my design.  I ran the Grand Oval through my Cuttlebug with the Kassie's Brocade embossing folder.  It didn't cover the entire oval but I was able to camouflage the areas that didn't emboss.  The sentiment is from the Eternity set and the tulips are from the Tulip Corner set, both from Our Daily Bread designs.  I colored the tulips with copics, and cut them out to frame the photo.  I also did lots of sponging with Tim Holtz Antique Linen and Vintage Photo inks.  The designer paper and card stock is from StampinUp! and the tag is Neenah card stock.   I added lace and ribbon and then some Martha butterflies and Zva pearls!  I gave this to her during her party and she loved it!!!  

Don't forget the 

Customer Contest for the Second Scripture Series Customer Favorites Set

ends March 31st!!!  

To get the details of the contest click on the above words in bold!

Thanks for coming by today! See you again soon!

Happy Third Anniversary ODBD!!!

Welcome to the Our Daily Bread designs Third Anniversary Release Blog Hop! 

If you got here from Julie's fabulous blog, you are in the right place! 

If not, you might want to start at the Our Daily Bread designs Blog and hop from there!

The Hop will run from 8am EST Mar.17 until 8pm EST. Mar.18 and the winners will be announced on the ODBD Blog on Sat. Mar 19 along with the Shining the Light winners and challenge.

For this special event, there will be SIX PRIZES of One Free Set,

and ONE GRAND PRIZE of the Bread Basket Bundle (All 3 Anniversary Sets)

Here is what you need to do to be entered in the drawing:

• Leave comments for each designer on each blog
• Return to the ODBD Blog and leave a comment, telling us you completed the hop and noting any blogs you were unable to comment on.
• Answer the question on the ODBD blog

Ok, on with the show!!  Here is a close up of my card!

This is such a powerful verse, don't you think?  Even as a Christian, I sometimes have a hard time seeing how God is working in my life.  But the bible tells us to be assured and confident in our faith.  We have hope for our future because God is always with us, even when we think we don't see Him!  Praise the Lord!!!

Isn't this Fancy Labels set just gorgeous?!!!  And to have it coordinate with the Spellbinders Labels Seventeen die is such a beautiful thing!!  LOL!  To start my card, I stamped the label in SU! Bordering Blue ink, and the scripture in Memento Black ink.  Then I used my Grand Calibur to cut out the Labels Seventeen and a Petite Scalloped oval.  To create the mat for the Labels Seventeen, I just lightly traced around the outside of the die with a pencil and carefully cut it out.  The background paper is from Prima and is embossed with the SU! Lattice folder.  The card stock I used is Neenah Cream and SU! Bordering Blue.  The lacy border is punched with an EKSuccess border punch.  I added SpellbindersZva pearl swirls and tiny pearls to the Martha Stewart punched butterflies.  I made the bow with my Bow Easy tool and I added little roses to the bow.  I did a little sponging to the tips of the flower petals, the edges of the scalloped oval and the edges of the blue pieces of card stock.  I finished the card with a few more Zva pearls on the border strip and one large SU! pearl to the top of the oval. 

Now, before I send you on your way, 

I want to tell you that we do have one more exciting way you can win 

during this Special Anniversary Celebration!

It’s our Second Customer Favorites Contest!

We will be taking submissions of favorite verses for a card until Mar. 31, 11:59pm est. There is a special post on the ODBD Blog and a special link to it in the right side bar so you can easily find it through the rest of this month. Simply read and follow the rules, and submit the verse you’d most like to see on a card or scrapbook layout. If your verse is selected you will receive the set free and you will be invited to be a guest designer for the release of these new stamps when they are ready, by sending a photo of your card to Kelley to post on the ODBD blog. Please see THIS post for all the details!

We can’t wait to see your submissions!

I thank you so much for joining us today!  We love having you visit!!!  From here, hop on over to the amazingly talented Silke's blog!  You won't be disappointed!

Bella Bugs

Good morning!  

If you are here for the Our Daily Bread designs Blog Hop that began yesterday and ends tonight at 8 PM,

scroll to the next post or just click HERE.

Today is another Be Inspired Wednesday at Passionately Artistic!  I made this card for someone who recently asked me to make a Thank You card, with flowers, ladybugs, and lots of pink.  

I think I did it!!!  LOL!

The base card is Neenah White.  The designer paper is K&Company and is embossed with a StampinUp! folder.  I layered this with SU! Pink Pirouette card stock that is punched on one end with an EKSuccess lacy punch.  The SU! Bella Blossom is stamped three times with Regal Rose and Always Artichoke ink so that I could cut out the flower and leaves for a 3-D effect.  I used the retired SU! set, Bugs and Slugs for the little lady bug.  She is stamped randomly three times and then colored in with a red copic marker.  I added Diamond Glaze to each little ladybug.  I cut the sentiment out with a Spellbinders oval and layered with Spellbinders Scalloped oval and then again on a Spellbinders Fancy Tag!  I threaded pink satin ribbon through the fancy tag and then added some sparkle to the card!  Oh yeah, I used a Spellbinders Scallop Square to layer behind the flower panel!  Almost forgot that!!  

Well, thanks again for stopping by!  Enjoy your day!!!

It's ODBD Release Day Baby!!!

Welcome to the Our Daily Bread designs Mar. 1 Release Blog Hop! 

If you got here from Dawn's fabulous blog, you are in the right place!

If not, you might want to start at the Our Daily Bread designs Blog and hop from there!

The Hop will run from 8am EST Mar. 1 until 8pm EST. Mar. 2. The winners will be announced on the ODBD Blog on Thurs. Mar 3.  This month, there will be Three prizes of a Flower Corner and Tag Set, 

and one grand prize of a Bread Basket Bundle! WooHoo! 

Here is what you need to do to be entered in the drawing:

• Leave comments for each designer on each blog
• Return to the ODBD Blog and leave a comment, telling us you completed the hop and noting any blogs you were unable to comment on.
• Answer the question on the ODBD blog

 Here are the details of my card above:

I cannot tell you how excited I am that Spellbinders has partnered with ODBD!  This die is perfect for so many stamps but this first coordinating set called Eternity, which was designed specifically for this die, is so wonderful!  With the help of my Stamp-a-ma-jig, I stamped the label, sentiment and scroll design in Stazon Brown ink, and then used my Spellbinders Grand Calibur machine to cut it out.  I went around the edge of the label with Tim Holtz Antique Linen ink.  The base card is Neenah Cream and the background designer paper is by K&Company.  The center portion is embossed with a Cuttlebug folder from the Preserves collection and these two pieces are also inked up with the Antique Linen ink pad.  I added the EKSuccess punched lace border and finished the card with SU! seam binding and SU! Hat Pin from the Pretties Kit, pretty blue Zva pearl swirls and a Prima flower!  The seam binding was also inked up with the Antique Linen ink just to mute the color down a little for a more vintage look!  I have one more project to share!

I used the little scroll from the Eternity set on the egg and then made the tag with the 

Daffodil Tag Set and matching die! 

The egg is a candy holder I have saved for over 25 years!!!  I painted it with acrylic paint and then sprayed it with Suede Glimmer Mist.  I stamped the scroll onto the egg with Stazon Brown ink and then used Beacon 3-in-1 glue to attach the lace, velvet ribbon and buttons.  For the tag, I colored the daffodils with copic markers in muted colors and sprayed it with Suede Glimmer Mist.  I made a huge Bow Easy bow with SU! seam binding, also sprayed with Suede Glimmer Mist and glued it down to the tag and then the egg.  I sort of curled the tag down to better show the design.  This was a fun project as I love altering things!  I love paint and glimmer and embellishments!!!

I do want to remind you that March 17th is Our Daily Bread design’s Third Anniversary! We have MANY fun activities lined up, and ALL our teams will be participating! There will be special challenges, some lasting all month, some for 2 weeks, and some just for one week! There will be a BLOG HOP on the 17th and 18th to reveal the new Anniversary Sets! These are always HUGE sellers, so you don’t want to miss this! There will be MANY chances to win free sets! Be sure to check out the ODBD blog for the dates of all the festivities and chances to win prizes!!!(Lots of prizes!!!!)

I really enjoyed having you hop with me today!!  Thank you so much!!!

Now from here hop on over to Betty's Blog!  I know you will love what she has to share today!!!

Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge #85

Hi there! Hope you are having a good day!  I am enjoying a snow day!  Very rare event for me!

Just wanted to do a quick post with this card I made for the Midnight Madness Sketch this week!

Thanks for looking and hope you have a great week!!

Here are the supplies I used:

StampinUp! sets-Autumn Days and Very Versatile

Sahara Sand card stock and Basic Grey Archaic Designer Paper

Pumpkin Pie, Stazon Black and Tim Holtz Tea Dye inks

Spellbinder Square Die and Grand Calibur

Cuttlebug and Herringbone embossing folder

Buttons, twine and burlap ribbon

Getting Ready for New Year's Too!

Good morning!!!  In the midst of the Christmas frenzy, I took a little time out to create a card for New Year's!  Today, on the Passionately Artistic blog, we are sharing New Year's projects with you before we take a little time off for Christmas and New Year's Day!  If you have a moment, go check out what some of the other team members created!  I used the clock from the StampinUp! set called Sense of Time.  I stamped it twice, once masking off the clock hands and then cut out the hands and the second hand piece from the other stamped image.  I used three layers of versamark and clear embossing powder on the clock and diamond glaze on the hands.  The second hand piece is popped up with foam tape and the hands are attached with a brad.The image is stamped onto designer paper.  I used K & Co designer paper for the clock and the background.  The background is embossed with the Cuttlebug Clockworks folder.  I did the direct to paper technique on the embossed areas and then sprayed them with several shades of Glimmer Mist.  The base card is SU! Creamy Caramel.  I added more brads, ribbon and pearls to complete the card!  For my design, I used the sketch on the Midnight Madness Blog!!!

Thanks for visiting!!!  Talk to you soon!!!

Take a Deep Breath!

Hi there!!!  Like a lot of you, I have many different projects and commitments I am trying to meet.  A sweet friend recently reminded me to take a deep breath!  So I did, and I am now much closer to meeting those commitments!!  LOL!!!  So to all of you out there, stressing over all that needs to be done in the next few weeks,  BREATHE!!!  LOL!!!

Here is one of the cards I have made recently!  I tend to put those dreaded masculine cards off until the last second since they are so hard for me!!!  I used the Midnight Madness sketch for this one.  One more done!!!  YAY!!!

Here is the list of supplies:

Penny Black stamp

SU! sentiment stamp

SU! card stocks and designer paper

Cuttlebug embossing folder

Memento ink and SU! ink

 Felt ribbon

Brads

Spellbinders die

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Shabby Tea at Midnight

Good Morning!  Happy Saturday!  

So glad I had a little time to play in a few challenges this week!  

This is for:

The Midnight Madness Sketch #67

 The Shabby Tea Room Delicate Cottage Rose Challenge

and 

The Splitcoast Inspiration Challenge Pink Taffy Designs! 

  The sentiment is from one of the new August sets from 

Our Daily Bread designs called Light!  

I really love this set!

Here are the supplies I used:

ODBD Light

SU! Pretty in Pink and White Cardstock

Anna Griffin Designer Paper

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder Preserves Collection

Spellbinders Oval and Scalloped Oval

Lace and Organdy Ribbon

SU! Vanilla Hodge Podge Hardware

Zva Pearls

Prima Flower

Thanks so much for visiting with me today! 

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:

DTGD10debbiedee

DTGD10Toy

DTGD10Edna15

DTGD10LodiChick

DTGD10rainy

Crown Thy Good

Good Morning!  Hope you all are staying as cool as possible during this HOT weather!  

It should be near 100 today in my area of the world! 

And what better way to stay cool than to stay inside and create!!  

I made this card following this week's Midnight Madness sketch, the Stampin' Sisters in Christ challenge to use red or blue, and The Shabby Tea Room's challenge to emboss.  I'm still using this beautiful designer paper from My Mind's Eye and I embossed it with my new StampinUp! embossing folder!  The sentiment is from one of Our Daily Bread designs' new releases this month called Our Daily Bread.  

Here are the supplies I used:

ODBD Our Daily Bread

SU! Naturals Ivory Cardstock

My Mind's Eye Designer Paper

SU! Lattice Embossing Folder

Spellbinders Oval Dies

Stazon Black Ink

Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Ink

Brads

Lace

Bow Easy

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a great day!