Mojo 390: Merry Christmas

I'm back with one more post for this Sunday! I wanted to play along with this week's Mojo Monday Sketch.

I took a few creative liberties with my sketch and made it into a square.

using Verve's Pinecone Christmas stamp set

I sponged a little ink around the edges of my die cut label instead of mounting it on a larger label. It adds just the right amount of dimension and keeps the card on the semi-clean and simple side. I couldn't resist the urge to use my liquid pearls to create holly berries and for adding decoration to the edge of the label and the banner trim die.

That's gonna be all from me for this weekend. I hope you all have a very blessed Monday and a great week!

Christmas with ODBD Stamps & The Deconstructed Sketch

Hi Everyone! I'm here today with a card that was inspired by the Shining Light Challenge at Our Daily Bread Designs to create a Christmas card using their stamps.

I also was inspired by The Deconstructed Sketch No. 179. This was my first time playing along with The Deconstructed Sketch but, I don't think it will be my last. Here is the sketch...

Now for my card...

For my card I chose to work with the Poinsettia Wreath stamp set from Our Daily Bread Designs. My patterned paper is from Graphic 45: The Twelve Days of Christmas. I used some pre-made borders from K&Co. that I had in my stash from a couple of years ago for the paper strips. I cut out my square using Lacy Squares from Spellbinders and added some Liquid Pearls as well as Cherry Cobbler ink around the border. I colored the image with Copics, which I am still desperately trying to get the hang of for several years now. LOL The truth is I just don't use line art images that often so, I don't get enough practice. To be honest, line art images intimidate me.

Well, I hope you like my card and if you haven't tried either one of these challenges you should!

Be Blessed,

ODBDSLC167: Sketch

Hello Everyone! It's time for a new Shining Light Challenge over at Our Daily Bread Designs.


This week we are challenging you to use this sketch to inspire your card design:

Before I show you my take on the sketch, I just have to admit what a challenge this sketch was for me. It looks pretty straightforward and simple, right? Well, after my third and final try, I decided to go with that old rule of thumb I've heard about sketches: flip it, rotate it, change out shapes, add a layer, or skip one as long as you can still see the basic outline of the sketch in your design. 

ODBD Stamps Used: Blessed Christmas

I hope that you will join us in our challenge this week. To make the challenge even more fun, we will be giving out a prize, a $15 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!! Entries for the prize must be submitted by Sunday, August 25, at 8 p.m. EST. One random winner will be chosen and announced next challenge. In order to win this prize, you do not need to use ODBD stamps, but if you have them, we would love to see them!! As a way of recognizing those who do use Our Daily Bread Designs Stamps, we will be choosing three or more participants for the Shining The Light Award. In order to qualify for this award, however, you must have your submission added to Mr. Linky by Sunday, August 25, at 8 p.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword ODBSLC167. When creating posts on your blogs, please include a link to the challenge.


I hope that you'll stop by my fellow designer's blogs/galleries and see their lovely creations for this challenge:

Cheryl Scrivens

Jan Marie Ennenga

Diana Nguyen

Chris Olsen

DJ Rants

Thanks for dropping by today. God Bless You!

ODBDSLC163: Inspired by Cake

Hello Everyone! It's time for a new Shining Light Challenge over at Our Daily Bread Designs.

This week our challenge is Inspired by Cake. Create your design using inspiration from either one of these beautiful wedding cakes...

I drew inspiration from the blue cake. I loved the swirls of branches and blooms and the icing pearls outlining each layer.  I also am very low on my stash of birthday cards so, I decided to turn all this into a birthday card.

I started my card with a vertical base of Retired Bordering Blue CS from SU. I think this was my last sheet and luckily I had enough to make the card base and other layers out of this one sheet. Next, using my Birds & Swirls Cuttlebug embossing folder I embossed a smaller layer of bordering blue and then sponged on Ivory White Folk Art Acrylic Paint to make the embossing stand out more.

Since I knew I wanted to make a birthday card, I pulled out Our Daily Bread Designs Birthday Blessings Stamps Set.

Using my Cricut and Elegant Edges cartridge I cut out a 3 1/2 inch label to stamp the pitcher and bowl on and then a 3 3/4 inch label to mat it on. The cut that I used is called "Leaves".

I stamped the image on the white label and colored it with Copics. Coloring is not my specialty so, there is just basic coloring done here with a little bit of the blender pen.

I needed something to place my sentiment on so I cut out a Spellbinders Grommet Tag.

Once everything was adhered to the card the way I wanted it, I began to add the liquid pearls in Opal White and Baby Blue. For finishing touches I added a pre-made butterfly embellishment from K & Co.

I hope that you will join us in our challenge this week. To make the challenge even more fun, we will be giving out a prize, a $15 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!! Entries for the prize must be submitted by Sunday, July 28 at 8 p.m. EST. One random winner will be chosen and announced next challenge. In order to win this prize, you do not need to use ODBD stamps, but if you have them, we would love to see them!! As a way of recognizing those who do use Our Daily Bread Designs Stamps, we will be choosing three or more participants for the Shining The Light Award. In order to qualify for this award, however, you must have your submission added to Mr. Linky by Sunday, July 28, at 8 p.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword ODBSLC163. When creating posts on your blogs, please include a link to the challenge.


I hope that you'll stop by my fellow designer's blogs and see their lovely creations for this challenge:

Cheryl Scrivens

Jan Marie Ennenga

Diana Nguyen

Chris Olsen

Thanks for dropping by today. God Bless You!

CDS: March New Releases

Happy Friday Everyone! It's the 15th at that means it's time for new releases at 

I'll be showcasing 2 of the new releases right here on my blog and you can see the rest at the Clearly iStamp Blog.

First up is Everyone is a Genius:

Supplies: Everyone is a Genius Digital Stamp Set by Clearly Digi Stamps; computer generated sentiment; EK Success Waves border punch; Photoshop Elements.

 


Next is Josephine Clematis...

  

Supplies: Josephine Clematis digital stamp set by Clearly Digi Stamps; K&Co. Watercolor Bouquet designer paper; Queen & Co. felt border; Spellbinders Lacy Circles; Concord Crush Distress Ink. 

 

I printed out the extra pieces that came with this set and fussy-cut all of them out and layered them from the base up with pop-dots to create a 3-D effect.

There are a ton of new digital sets being released today so be sure to stop by Clearly iStamp to see all the releases and fabulous samples from the Clearly Digi Stamps Design Team.

Thanks for stopping by. Have a blessed day.

Our Daily Bread Designs Shining Light Challenge: Scripture

When I saw that the Shining Light Challenge this week at Our Daily Bread Designs was to use Scripture, I knew that I would be participating. I just love their Scripture stamps and I try to add to my collection as often as possible.

I needed to make a birthday card for one of my co-workers who has a birthday coming up this week. She just so happens to be a Godly woman so Scripture would be more than appropriate for her. Her favorite color is lavender.

I like to start my cards off with a sketch even if I can't follow it to the letter so I went over to Mojo Monday and found this sketch to work with...

Here is what I ended up with...

I knew that I wanted to use this Watercolor Bouquet DSP from K & Co. However, I needed to find a cardstock that would match it. So, I dug into the retired Stampin' Up collection that I have and wouldn't you know that Lavender Lace was the perfect match. Who remembers that color? I know I never had much use for it when it was in ample supply. Now that I only have a few sheets left, I've found something to match it. Isn't that just the way things go?

Supplies: pre-made card base by Recollections; Lavender Lace CS from SU; Watercolor Bouquet designer paper from K & Co.; tag from Watercolor Bouquet Tag Pad from K & Co.; die-cut acetate floral embellishment from K & Co.; adhesive border from K & Co.; Liquid Pearls in Lavender Lace; Scripture stamp from Our Daily Bread Designs Scripture Collection 4; Janome Sew-Mini for stitching; Dusty Concord Distress Ink; Black Memento Ink; Spellbinders Lacy Circle Die.

Challenges I would like to enter:

• Crafty Mess: Words No Images
• Just Some Lines: Lots of Layers
• My Heart Pieces: Designer Paper
• Cute Card Thursday: Use a Tag (my tag is behind the lacy circle
• Paper Crafting Journey: Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by my blog today! I hope I have blessed you with inspiration in some small way.

Whimsical @ Sentimental Sundays

Hello blogging friends! It's time for a new challenge at Sentimental Sundays!

This week we want you to get "Whimsical". Our sponsor this week is A Day for Daisies and they have generously provided the team with images to use. I chose to work with "Daisy Bird Bath".

I have very limited skills when it comes to working with line art drawings. I find it difficult to color the image and then incorporate it into my style of cards. Some people are so talented at this coloring thing but, not me! But, every now and then, I fool myself into thinking I might be able to get it right this time so, I give it another try.

I added butterflies to my card as I see them as being "whimsical".

Head on over to Sentimental Sundays to see what my fellow designers created for this Whimsical Challenge. Get inspired and join the fun!

Here are some other fun challenges I would like to submit my project to:

Craft Your Days Away: All Creatures Great and Small
Crafty Calendar Challenge: Things with Wings
Crazy 4 Challenges: Birthday Card
Secret Crafter: In the Garden
Stamp, Scrap, & Doodle: Flowers


Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today. May God Bless You!

The Glory, The Wonder, The Miracle

Hello everyone! I can't believe that Christmas is almost here. Where did the 2011 year go? It sure went by too fast.

I have a Christmas card to share with you today. This card was inspired by two challenges:

Stamps R Us: 
Our challenge theme is Angelic!  We challenge you to make a card or paper craft project with an angel on it!

Stampin' Sisters in Christ:

Challenge:  Make a Christmas card or project that has a Christian image and/or sentiment, one that reflects the TRUE meaning of Christmas.  

I found some incredible deals on the K & Co. Christmas line at Michael's. My Angel is one of their Grand Adhesions Dimensional Stickers from the "Visions of Christmas" collection. I love using their pre-made embellishments on my cards. That fabulous sentiment is from Verve's "Blessed Christmas" stamp set. 

Thanks for stopping by. May you be blessed this Christmas and always. 

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September Viva la Verve Week One

Hello and Happy Labor Day! Hope you all are having a splendid holiday. It is a four-day weekend for me and that means a little extra time for creativity.
I just love playing along with the Viva la Verve sketch challenges. Each week a different Verve Diva provides a sketch to challenge us with and you just never know what you are going to get! Here is what Amber came up with for the first week of September:

I was really at a loss when I saw this sketch! Tall skinny cards are not my thing.
But, since I had some tall pre-made card bases from K&Co. I decided I may as well challenge myself to use the sketch.

I got my idea for the color scheme from the CRE84FN challenge blog...

as well as from this weeks challenge at Stampin Sisters in Christ:

Challenge:  Nothing bright. Use 'quiet' colors in your creation, either pastels, or low key earthtones, soft, muted shades of beige or neutrals.

The sentiment for my card was inspired by The Paper Players:

One final look and a few details...

Supplies:

• Fancy Florals Verve stamp set
• Spice Cake DSP - SU
• Soft Suede CS - SU
• Spellbinders Labels Eighteen
• Pool Party, Soft Suede Classic Ink - SU
• Cocoa Polka Dot organza ribbon - CTMH
• Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Spots and Dots

Thanks for stopping by today!

Sweet Stop Sketch 121

Hi Everyone! Hope you all are having a fantastic weekend. It's Saturday and time for another sketch at the Sweet Stop.
Here is the sketch for this week:

Here is my take on the sketch...

My image is "Cocoa's Teacup" from Sweet n Sassy Digi stamps. My sentiment is from Verve Stamps. Everything I used on this card is from my older "stash" of products. This sketch was a lot of fun and pretty straightforward. It is definitely going in my stack of go-to sketches.
Be sure to visit my fellow Sugar Babies to see what they did with the sketch...

Shannon

Monika

Wendy

Janice

Shelby

Cathy

Korin

Kim

Join us at the Sweet Stop to play along and link up your creation! Have a blessed weekend!

Christian Paper Crafts Color Monday 114

Hello everyone! It's time for the Christian Paper Crafts Color Monday challenge!
I know, I know, it's Tuesday and I was supposed to have this up yesterday. Well yesterday just wasn't my day. You have ever have those?

Let's take a closer look at the details...

Using my Cricut Expression and Fabulous Finds cartridge I cut out this ribbon slider and insert. I used Groovy Guava cardstock from Stampin' Up! ® for the slider and Very Vanilla cardstock for the insert. I stamped the insert with a sentiment from the Fluttering By stamp set from Verve. I used a gel pen to add little dots around the inside of the frame. The ribbon running through the slider is Groovy Guava{SU}.

Using the butterflies from the Fluttering By stamp set along with Bermuda Bay{SU} and Groovy Guava{SU} inks I stamped the butterflies onto Very Vanilla cardstock and fussy cut them out. I adhered them with 3-D glue dots. 

The patterned paper is from K&Co. Abrianna Collection and is mounted onto a Bermuda Bay{SU} card base.

We would love for you to come play along with us at the Christian Paper Crafts Creative Blog!

Thanks for stopping by today!