An Apple for Teacher...

Hey there... doing a quick post with a card I made for the My Favorite Things Wednesday Sketch Challenge (MFTWSC69).    I recently got the MFT ala' Mode An Apple for Teacher set and had been wanting to make a card with it ever since.  When the new sketch came out last Wednesday I knew I was going to use that set for my card.  I also used the new MFT Die-namcis Fishtail Flag Stax set and one of the little doilies from the Die-namics Mini Doilies set.  How cute is that little doily???  I just love so many of the MFT Die-namics dies... my collection of them is growing by the month!

I used some yummy papers from the My Mind's Eye Miss Caroline Howdy Doody 6x6 pad.  I have used up almost all the papers in the pad, but thankfully I have a new pad on its way to me, along with some other My Mind's Eye goodies.  I did a bit a paper piecing with the apple and then colored the rest of the image with Copic markers.  I tried to pull out some of the colors from the patterned paper, but not sure I succeed completely. I trimmed her out and popped her up on fishtail flag die cut from cork.  I'm really liking the added texture that cork brings to a project.   Button tied with twine was added to the center of the mini doily die cut.  Was so thankful I found a button that was fairly close to the peachy color I used as a mat!   Finished off the inside of the card, as well.

Thanks for stopping by....

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; Bazzill peach; PP:  My Mind's Eye; Stamps:  MFT; Dies:  MFT; Button:  PTI; Twine:  May Arts; Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black; Copic Markers

Lovely as a Tree....

Hey there... I back with one more post before Saturday turns into Sunday in my part of the world.  I have not one, but two cards for this week's Less is More challenge.  Chrissie and Mandi provided us with a sketch that featured either a square or a circular main image.  I decided I would make a card using each idea.

Today I got some happy mail... a large package of cardstock, stamps, dies and ribbon from PaperTrey Ink.  One of the stamp sets in my package is the newly released Trendy Treetops.  And lucky for me... because when I was looking at the Trendy Treetops gallery I noticed that the set is now sold out!    So, first up is the card I made using Trendy Treetops.  I admit to not sticking strictly to the sketch, but the main idea is still there.  I stamped the trunk using Hero Arts Latte chalk ink and then one of the tree top images using Hero Arts Grass chalk ink.  If you have never had the opportunity to try the Hero Arts Chalk inks you really should.  Stamping with them is pure pleasure as they result in rich, vibrant images.   I added a few little buttons and the word "thanks" that is also in the set to finish off the card.

The second card uses a Hero Arts set called Trees for All Seasons and a sentiment from a Stamps of Life set Trees2Build.   For this card I used another Hero Arts chalk ink called Iris.  After stamping the tree image and trimming it out I noticed that the color of the ink is an almost exact match to the recently release PTI Autumn Rose double stitch ribbon!!   I'm pretty darn excited about that because the fewer inks I have to buy, the better!  Anywhoo... I backed the image with a little square of black cardstock and then added a piece of the Autumn Rose ribbon.  Super, super simple, but perfect for the Less is More challenge.   Both cards work for the current CAS-ual Fridays challenge, as well.

One final thing I have to share.  As I was editing my photos just a short time ago, my wee one, Gabriel, came up to see what I was doing.  He stopped and said "You make beautiful cards, mom!"  Now I ask you, how sweet is that?   Thanks for stopping by....

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white & black; Stamps:  PTI, The Stamps of Life & Hero Arts; Inks:  Hero Arts & Memento; Buttons:  PTI; Ribbon:  PTI

ODBDSLC106... No Designer Paper

Hey there!!!   Its Saturday and that means time for another ODBD Shining the Light Challenge... Yay!!!  This week we are asking you to make your card without using any designer paper.   So create your own background using stamps, embossing folders or just plain cardstock.

For my card I decided to create a background using a really lovely embossing fold from Stampin Up! called Elegant Lines.  I stamped the ODBD Bleeding Heart image on kraft cardstock using cream ink and then trimmed it out after it was dry.  It was then mounted on cream cardstock that was die cut using Spellbinders plain and scalloped circle dies.  Some cream double stitched ribbon, a charm from my sweet teamie, Sabrina, and some twine finished off the card.   I also finished off the interior of the card using the ODBD single stamp Each Minute.   Boy oh boy... when I decided to make a kraft & cream card I didn't think that it was going to be so hard to photograph, but it sure was!  Finally got a good picture when I put the card in my kitchen window.

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 Friday, May 4th at 8 a.m. EST. One random winner will be chosen and announced next Saturday. If you are not using ODBD stamps, please do not enter more than once. Additional entries that are made without using ODBD stamps will not be commented on nor will they qualify for prizes. While it is not required to use Our Daily Bread Designs images and sentiments on your creations, we would love to see them if you have them. As a way of recognizing those who do use Our Daily Bread Designs stamps, we will again be choosing 1 to 2 creations to spotlight for our Shining the Light Award. In order to qualify for this award, however, you must use Our Daily Bread stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by Friday, May 4th at 8 a.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC106. When creating your posts on blogs please include a link to the challenge.

Thanks for stopping by... please take some time to check out the beautiful projects created by my fellow "sticks" Lori, Jan Marie, Jan, Debi, Kathy, Chris and Sabrina! To join in the fun, please click here.

Supplies: Cardstock:  PTI cream and kraft; Stamps:  ODBD; Ink:  PTI Vintage Cream & Memento Tuxedo Black; Ribbon:  PTI cream double stitch; Spellbinders plain & scallop circles; charm:  ebay; Twine:  May Arts; Embossing Folder:  Stampin Up!

Go Confidently...

Hey there!    Just a quick post with a little sneak peak of a new set (Dreams) that will be available from Our Daily Bread Designs on May 1st!!     The May ODBD release is fabulous (as always) with great sets that celebrate graduations, retirement and many other life occasions.

For my card I decided to go with a masculine retirement card.   In the Dreams set there are several great quotes, one of which I used here.  I have always loved this quote from Henry David Thoreau and now I have it in a fabulous stamp set!!  I used some papers from the My Mind's Eye Breeze 6x6 pad.  The layout is based on the current ISpy sketch.   The Dreams set was designed to work with the Elegant Ovals die set designed exclusively for ODBD by Spellbinders.  I used one of the ovals to die cut the sentiment.  I inked distressed the edges of the oval with Rangers Old Paper Distress ink.  A wee bit of distressing was done to the papers, as well to give it a bit more aged appearance.  A few buttons and some twine finished things off.  I also finished the interior of the card... something I have been doing more and more of lately.

Thanks for stopping by... and make sure you check out the ODBD blog hop on May 1st!  There are prizes to be had!!!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI kraft; Bazzill cream and teal; PP:  My Mind's Eye Breeze; Buttons:  PTI; Ink:  VersaFine Vintage Sepia; Stamps:  ODBD

ODBD For the Love of ..... FLOWERS!!

Welcome to Our Daily Bread Design's Alumni Team's bi-monthly For the Love Blog Hop. This week the Alumni team along with some of the ODBD designers are featuring a hop for the For the Love of ODBD Flower sets! Check out each link and leave a comment. If you get lost along the way, go to the ODBD blog for the full link list. One of the post is a hop hot spot and a name will be drawn from that list of comments to win a $15 ODBD store gift certificate. So, all you have to do is hop along and see all the creations and leave a little love! You have until Wednesday,May, 9th at 6 pm. The winner will be announced May 10th! Enjoy all the awesome inspiration using For the Love of ODBD Flower sets!

Don't ya just love these "For the Love of Blog Hops"?   I know I do!!  If you got here from the uber talented Patter's blog, then you are on the right track.  If not, you will want to head back to the ODBD blog to start at the beginning.  This week I'm featuring stamps from the beautiful ODBD set Mother Teresa.   This set had long been on my wishlist and I finally got a chance to get it several months ago.  The waterlily image is so beautiful and the quotes from Mother Teresa are so very beautiful, as well.  I inked up the waterlily with Tuxedo Black ink, colored with Copic markers and then trimmed out.  All the papers are from The Scrap Cake 6x6 pad My Private Happiness.   Because I wanted the waterlily to really take center stage on the card I finished off the interior with some patterned paper and one of the sentiments from the sent.


Thanks for stopping by... your next stop on the hop is the equally uber talented Angie!  I know she is going to knock your socks off!!!


Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white, SU! pink; Stamps:  ODBD; Ink: Tuxedo Black; Dies:  Spellbinders; Copic Markers; Pearl Flourishes:  Recollections; PP:  The Scrap Cake

Take Flight....

Hey there... long time no post!  Things have been a little crazy this week and I'm trying to get back in the swing of things.   So... I have a card for the current Taylored Expressions sketch challenge (TESC156).  

I recently started getting the TE Key Ingredients Kits and so I used this month's kit to make my card.  The stamps used are from the TE set Make It Amazing.  Love, love, love this set!  It is full of gorgeous butterflies, leafy branches and beautiful sentiments.  First chance I get I'm going to get the matching dies.   In the meantime I hand trimmed out the butterfly image I used on the card.  The papers are from the Simple Stories Fabulous 6x6 pad.  The pad came with the KI kit and it is the first time I have had an opportunity to use papers from this company.  I'm really likin' what I have seen and may have to pick up some more of their papers.   At the time of my last TE purchase I decided to pick up some sheets of cork.  I have seen others use them on cards and I was intrigued.  I used some cork on this project and I really like the bit of added texture it adds to your project.  The cork is super supple and easy to cut with your dies and paper cutter.  The leafy branch and banner dies are from TE (love them!) and the circle dies are Spellbinders.  I finished off the card with a few little flowers that also came with the KI kit.

Thanks for stopping by.....

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI Cream; Bazzill brown, teal and rust; PP:  Simple Stories Fabulous; Ink:  SU! Rose Red; paper flowers;  Dies:  TE Leafy Branch & Banner dies; Spellbinders Circle dies; Cork

sending big hugs....

Hey there.... the weekend is winding to a close and it was a beautiful one here in Western Washington!!  YAY!!  I'm hoping the week ahead is just as nice.   Here with a card I made using the current My Favorite Things Wednesday Sketch Challenge sketch (MFTWSC68).  

For my card I used some 6x6 papers from the Simple Stories Fabulous pad.  This is the first time I have used any papers from Simple Stories and I must say that they are rather cute!  It's funny because I used to be so afraid of using patterned paper, but then a friend I made through the Hero Arts Flickr group expressed such admiration for my skill with patterned papers that my confidence grew tremendously and now I thoroughly enjoy combining different papers on my cards.  It also helps that all these pads are coordinated to begin with... hee hee!!  Anywhoo... the only stamping on the card is the sentiment which is from the MFT set Big Greetings. All the dies used on the card are from MFT, as well.  They recently released their Fishtail Flag Stax dies and when I saw then I just had to get them!   I used the 2nd to smallest fishtail flag die to create my little flag.  The felt rose was created using their Rolled Rose die and the leaves with their newly released Royal Leaves die set and some MFT Sour Apple felt... yummy!!!   I added a little buttoned embellished with some twine to finish things off.

Thanks for stopping by... wishing you a wonderful week ahead!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  Bazzill teal & cream; PP:  Simple Stories; Stamps:  MFT; Dies:  MFT; Punch:  EKSuccess; Button:  PTI; Twine:  May Arts; Ink:  Tuxedo Black & Ranger Old Paper

for you....

{For my Shining the Light post click here}

Hey.... I'm back with a card that works for three challenges:  Less is More (use a charm), ColourQ and CAS-ual Fridays (sketch).

I did not make a card for last week's LIM challenge (hangs head in shame).  Unfortunately, the challenge was to doodle on your one layer card and I am not very good at doodling (that's the reason I stamp!).  I struggled to come up with an idea, but unfortunately once I did decided on what I would do, a set of circumstances conspired to leave me mojo-less for the majority of the week!  I'm hoping to redeem myself with this week's card.  

I haven't done a CAS-ual Fridays challenge in a long time, but the simplicity of their sketch challenge this week drew me in.   I do admit that this is a very loose interpretation of the sketch.   The arrangement of the charm, sentiment and bird image is meant to approximate the second square in the sketch.   Initially I was going to use some Hero Arts stamps, but instead decided to use a set from Stampin  Up! called Clearly for You.  The ColourQ combo this week is a hard one for me as I don't really care too much for rusty orange (the dusty durango color), but decided that in small doses everything worked.   After the trouble I had with last week's LIM challenge I was thankful that Chrissie & Mandi gave us some thing easy... just add a charm to your card.  The little rose charm is one that my sweet bloggy friend & ODBD teamie, Sabrina sent me.  If it weren't for her sending me a packet of charms, I wouldn't have been able to do this week's LIM challenge because charms are just something I don't generally buy.

Anywhoo... thanks for stopping by!!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; Bazzill rust; Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black & London Fog; Charm:  Ebay; Stamps:  Stampin Up!; Twine:   May Arts

ODBDSLC105 --- We're Goin' Green!

Hey there!!  Its Saturday and that means time for another ODBD Shining the Light challenge!  With Earth Day occurring on Sunday the 22nd the challenge this week is to "go green".   This means that you can use green on your project or you can use some type of recycled item on your project.

I had a bit of a tough week and so I decided to go clean and simple for my card, as well as to use the color green.  The layout of my card is one that I have used often because I can count on it to help me create a lovely card.  The stamps I used are Faith and Quote Collection 1.  The quote from Joyce Meyer is so true and a reminder that we shouldn't worry about things we cannot control.   I stamped the butterfly branch image using SU!'s Old Olive ink and the sentiment using black ink.  The cardstock and ribbon are also Old Olive and from Stampin Up!   The scalloped edge was created using an EKSuccess punch.

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 Friday, April 27th at 8 a.m. EST. One random winner will be chosen and announced next Saturday. If you are not using ODBD stamps, please do not enter more than once. Additional entries that are made without using ODBD stamps will not be commented on nor will they qualify for prizes. While it is not required to use Our Daily Bread Designs images and sentiments on your creations, we would love to see them if you have them. As a way of recognizing those who do use Our Daily Bread Designs stamps, we will again be choosing 1 to 2 creations to spotlight for our Shining the Light Award. In order to qualify for this award, however, you must use Our Daily Bread stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by Friday, April 27th at 8 a.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC105. When creating your posts on blogs please include a link to the challenge.

Thanks for stopping by... please take some time to check out the beautiful projects created by my fellow "sticks" Lori, Jan Marie, Jan, Debi, Kathy, Chris and Sabrina! To join in the fun, please click here.

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI White & SU! Old Olive; Stamps:  ODBD; Ink:  SU! Old Olive & Memento Tuxedo Black; Ribbon:  SU! Old Olive; Punch:  EKSuccess 

Just Sharin....

Hey there!!  Hope your week has been going well.   Mine has been a little tough and my mojo has flown away. So, thought I would share a couple of cards that are in the May/June issue of CardMaker magazine.   Both are Mother's day cards and use one of my favorite stamps, Hydrangea from Hero Arts and some of my favorite papers from My Mind's Eye.    When I initially made the card and submitted it to CardMaker I made it only in the yellow color scheme.   When I got the acceptance email from CardMaker they requested that I make a second card using the same stamps, but just a different color scheme.  

Thanks for stopping by.... hopefully my mojo will return soon.   And I hope that you will take the time to check out CardMaker magazine.  It is a wonderful papercrafting magazine full of great articles and art work.

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI kraft & cream; Stamps:  Hero Arts & PTI; PP:  My Mind's Eye Blush & Sunshine papers; Buttons:  PTI; Lace: unknown; Twine:  May Arts; Ink:  Stampin Up!

so sweet of you....

Hey there... hope your week is off to a good start!   Have a card for two challenges:  The Craft's Meow sketch challenge and the current CR84FN color challenge (medium pink, tan and cream).

I used a very pretty set from The Craft's Meow called Simply Delightful and a piece of patterned paper from the MME Blush pad.   All cardstock is from PTI (kraft and Vintage Cream), as are the buttons and cream ribbon.    The flowers were stamped using SU!'s Crumb Cake in and then trimmed out.  I used my Taylored Expressions banner die to create the little banner that the sentiment was stamped on.  The scalloped border was created using a EKSuccess border punch.  It has a really long and funny name that quite frankly doesn't have alot to do with the type of border created by the punch!  How funny is that?   So, there you have it... a sweet and simple little card.

Thanks for stopping by... I so appreciate those of you who take the time to comment regularly on my cards! It really means alot to me.  

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI kraft & cream; PP:  My Mind's Eye; Stamps:  The Craft's Meow; Ribbon & Buttons:  PTI; Die:  Taylored Expressions; Punch:  EK Success

You Make....

Hey there... here with a card I made for the current MFT Wednesday Sketch challenge over at Splitcoaststampers.  This time I decided to go with the MFT set "Vertical Greetings".  This set comes with a matching die making it super easy to perfectly place any one of the four sentiments that come in the set.  Both ends of the die are curvy, but as I was putting the card together I decided to trim off one end so the sentiment would fit better.  The I decided to mat the sentiment as well so I die cut some kraft cardstock and created the mat.  Love how it looks.  I used some My Mind's Eye Blush 6x6 papers for the card.  The little roses were created by using one of the MFT mini rolled roses dies (the larger of the two) and my quilling tool... boy that little tool sure makes it easy to roll up the roses perfectly!   The leaves were cut using a Sizzix leaf branch die.  Love how it turned out.

Thanks for stopping by....

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI Fine Linen & kraft; PP:  My Mind's Eye Blush; Ink:  SU! Regal Rose; Dies:  My Favorite Things & Sizzix; Stamps:  My Favorite Things; Pearls:  K&Co.

peaches...

{For my Shining the Light post, click here}

Hey there... back with a card for this week's Timeless Tuesday challenge.  The challenge this week is to use fruit on your project.  Flourishes has lots of stamp sets that feature fruit, unfortunately I only own one of those sets:  Cherries & Peaches.   Definitely need to change that situation!!    The layout for the card is based on the current sketch from Retro Sketches.   Lovin' those Retro Sketches!!   The card I submitted for last week's Retro Sketch earned a shout out... thanks, ladies!!!

Earlier in the day I had made a card that used papers from the My Mind's Eye Sunshine 6x6 pad and I had some of those scraps laying around so I decided to continue in that theme with this card.  I stamped the peaches image using SU!'s More Mustard, trimmed out the image and then applied some Scattered Straw and Spiced Marmalade distress inks to the image.  After that was done a light coating of Diamond Stickles was applied.  Some of the patterned paper was trimmed to fit the sketch, as was a piece of cream cardstock.  The edges of the cream piece were distressed with Ranger's Old Paper distress ink.  Added a bit of lace and then layered two buttons together using some brown twine.  I also finished the interior of the card with some patterned paper and the remainder of the lace.  The sentiment was stamped inside, as well.

Thanks for stopping by....

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI Vintage Cream; Stamps:  Flourishes; Ink:  SU! and Ranger; Lace:  unknown; Diamond Stickles; Buttons:  PTI; Twine:  May Arts

ODBDSLC104 - S P R I N G!!

Hey there!!!  Its Saturday and that means time for another Shining the Light challenge!!  This week's challenge is a word challenge.  We want you to use embellishments, craft items and/or images based on three letters from the word SPRING on your project.  Please make sure to let us know what letters and items you use.  (Example- s=stitching, p=pink, r=ribbon, i=ink, n=nestabilities, g=green)  

On my card this week I used the simply adorable brand new ODBD Cat Sympathy set.  Isn't that little kitty just the cutest thing ever??  This set has one of the funniest quotes I have ever seen regarding cats.  It says "Dogs come when they are called.  Cats take a message and get back to you later".    I couldn't agree more with that sentiment!   The layout for the card is based on this month's Sketch for You to Try.   The paper are from the My Mind's Eye Howdy Doody 6x6 pad.   As you can see I decided to finish the inside of the card, as well.  I used the cute little heart with a paw print in it on one side of the card.  The sentiment was stamped on the patterned paper 

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 Friday, April 20th at 8 a.m. EST. One random winner will be chosen and announced next Saturday. If you are not using ODBD stamps, please do not enter more than once. Additional entries that are made without using ODBD stamps will not be commented on nor will they qualify for prizes. While it is not required to use Our Daily Bread Designs images and sentiments on your creations, we would love to see them if you have them. As a way of recognizing those who do use Our Daily Bread Designs stamps, we will again be choosing 1 to 2 creations to spotlight for our Shining the Light Award. In order to qualify for this award, however, you must use Our Daily Bread stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by Friday, April 20th at 8 a.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC104. When creating your posts on blogs please include a link to the challenge.

Thanks for stopping by... please take some time to check out the beautiful projects created by my fellow "sticks" Lori, Jan Marie, Jan, Debi, Kathy, Chris and Sabrina! To join in the fun, please click here.

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white & kraft; Stamps:  ODBD; Ink:  SU! Crumb Cake & Memento Tuxedo Black; Dies:  Spellbinders & TE leaf die; Papers:  My Minds Eye; Roses:  Prima; 

Flourishes Noontime Challenges...

Hey there!!   This week is release week at Flourishes and to go along with the sneak peeks they are having some noontime challenges.   I was able to get something made for the Wednesday noontime challenge to use lace, as well as the Thursday noontime challenge to make a bookmark.  

For the Lovely in Lace challenge, I went super simple, using some patterned paper from the My Mind's Eye Sunshine 6x6 pad and an the tiger lily image from A Year of Flowers 2 set.   I stamped the image using Tuxedo Black ink and then colored it with Copic markers using the Sunflower collection (Y21, Y23, Y35 & Y38).  The image was die cut using a Spellbinders plain circle die.  The scalloped mat was cut from some Sunshine paper using a Spellbinders Large Scallop circle die.   A strip of lace was added and the image adhered over that.  I finished off the inside of the card by adding strips of Sunshine papers, a bit of lace and stamping the sentiment from the Botanical Bookplate 1 set.

For the Book Worm Challenge, I made a bookmark using a PaperTrey Ink Half & Half die.  I diecut the patterned paper using the die and then to create the mat I placed the die on my cardstock, traced around it and then trimmed it out.  The image is the snowdrop image from Botantical Bookplates 1.   The image was stamped using Tuxedo Black, colored with Copics and then die cut using the matching Botanical Bookplates die.  A mat was created by adhering the die cut image to cardstock and then trimming around it.  I added a little mini binder clip with a bit of black twine tied in a bow.  

Thanks for stopping by....

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; Bazzill green and red; PP:  MME Sunshine; Stamps:  Flourishes; Ink:  Memento; Copic Markers; Lace:  May Arts; Twine:  PTI;  Mini Binder clip:  SU!; Dies:  Flourishes Tailor-Made Bookplate die; Spellbinders plain and scalloped circle dies; Ribbon:  unknown

ODBD For The Love Of Hop... Tags!

Welcome to Our Daily Bread Design's Alumni Team's bi-monthly For the Love Blog Hop. This week the Alumni team along with some of the ODBD designers are featuring a hop for the For the Love of ODBD TAG sets! Check out each link and leave a comment. If you get lost along the way, go to the ODBD blog for the full link list. One of the post is a hop hot spot and a name will be drawn from that list of comments to win a $15 ODBD store gift certificate. So, all you have to do is hop along and see all the creations and leave a little love! You have until Wednesday, April 25th at 6 pm. The winner will be announced April 26th! Sit back and rela and enjoy all the amazing creations using For the Love of ODBD TAG sets!

Hey there... today I'm sharing a card that I made using the ODBD Tulip Tag set and the matching ODBD custom tag die.   If you got here from the amazingly talented Lori's blog, then you are on the right track.  If not, you might want to head to the ODBD blog and start from the beginning   The die makes cutting your tags easy peasy!   I used some yummy papers from the Teresa Collins Carolina Breeze 6x6 pad.  I stamped the tulip tag image on white cardstock using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and then colored the tulips with Copic markers.  The tulips portion was stamped again, colored with Copics, trimmed out and popped up on the original image.  The verse is from the ODBD Scripture Col. 6.  I finished everything off with some black & white bakers twine and a couple of little butterflies.

Thanks for stopping by... now off you go to the blog of the super talented Jan.   I know she will have something that will knock your socks off!!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white & lemon yellow; SU! grey; PP:  Teresa Collins; Ink:  Memento; Copic Markers; MS butterfly punch; ODBD Tulip Tag stamp set & matching die; Black & white bakers twine; rhinestones 

I Love You, Mom....

Hey there!!!  Here will a card for the Flourishes release week challenge (Motherly Love Challenge).  This time the challenge is to make a card for a mom.   With Mother's Day coming soon it was the perfect chance for me to make a card for my mom.  There isn't a ton of stamping on this card... just the tag and the sentiment.   The card design is based on the current Sketchbook Saturday sketch.

I used some lovely muted papers from The Scrap Cake 6x6 pad One Moment in Time.  The papers matched fairly well with the beautiful Prima roses that I used.   I used stamps from the following Flourishes sets:  Country  Charm Labels & Mother's Words of Wisdom.   The label was stamped using Ranger's Victorian Velvet distress ink, trimmed out and the edges distressed with Old Paper.   The center panel was embossed using a Cuttlebug embossing folder (Victoria).   This is the first time I have used so many paper roses on a card and boy was it a challenge to get them all placed correctly!  I'm also going to pop this into the current Frilly & Funkie challenge to make your sentiment the focus.

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI Cream; PP:  The Scrap Cake One Moment in Time; Stamps:   Flourishes; Cuttlebug EF; Lace:  May Arts; Seam Binding SU!; Roses:  Prima 

You Had Me at Meow....

Hey there!!  Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter!!  I think we now have more candy in the house than we did at Halloween!!!   Anywhoo... have a card today using another super sweet My Favorite Things PI set called "Puurfect".  When I saw this sweet little set I had to get it because I have a sweet little kitty named Cleo who I just love to bits!    The card layout is based on the current MFT Wednesday Sketch challenge sketch (MFTWSC66)

I used some yummy papers from the My Mind's Eye 6x6 pad Howdy Doody.   And once, again, I did some paper piecing, as well as coloring with Copics.   These little PIs are absolutely puuurfect (hee hee!) for paper piecing!     Thanks for stopping by....

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI cream and lemon tart; PP:  My Mind's Eye Howdy Doody; Spellbinder dies; Lace ribbon; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Stamps:   MFT

happy birthday!

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Hey there!!   Happy Easter everyone!!  Here with a little card that works for three different challenges:  Less is More - 3 shades of green; Retro Sketches & Timeless Tuesday - birthday cards.   When I started making this card I hadn't planned for it to work for three different challenges.  But as I was finishing it up I decided to use a sentiment from the Flourishes Sweet Violets set for the little banner.  It was at that point I remembered that the Timeless Tuesday challenge is to make a birthday card.  So I used the "Happy Birthday" sentiment from the set.   Chrissie and Mandi should be happy with all the white space I left on the card this week.  I really like the simplicity of the Retro Sketch this week, so I think I will have to create another project using it.

I had made a little rose using the Spellbinders Rose Creations dies and decided that the little single violet leaf from the set would be perfect to use with the flower.   The three shades of green I used are all from Stampin Up!:  Gable Green (a retired SU! color), Pear Pizzazz and Wild Wasabi.    Finally busted out some of the really cute pleated ribbon that Stampin Up! had in the spring mini... that is the Pear Pizzazz color on the card.  The sentiment and leaves were stamped using Wild Wasabi.  The mat is the Gable Green.   I'm a bit disappointed with the flower, but I think that is mainly because I haven't made many flowers using the Rose Creation dies and so I'm still getting the hang of making flowers with them.  Anywhoo... that's it for now.

Thanks for stopping by....

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white & SU! green; Ink:  SU!; Ribbon:  SU!; Stamps:  Flourishes; Dies:  Spellbinders Rose Creations