CCC #17.... Sugar

{for my Shining the Light post, please scroll down}

Hello.... I'm back with my post for this week's CASology challenge.  This week the cue word is sugar and CASology is being sponsored by a fun new stamp company called Neat & Tangled.  Lots of cute stamps to be found at their site so make sure you check them out!   For all the details, please check here.  Our guest designer this week is the very talented Bev!

Danielle, the owner of Neat & Tangled, was so sweet to provide the CASology design team with some of her cute stamps.  For my card I'm using a fun little set called "Hey, Cookie".  The set contains boy and girl cookie images in two different sizes.  I used the two larger images and stamped them on kraft cardstock so they looked like gingerbread.  I then paper pieced their bodies using some My Mind's Eye Merry & Bright patterned paper.  Once, again, I made a card that is a little bit busier than the usual CAS card.  However I'm able to maintain a CAS feel to the card by grouping everything in one spot.  A Sizzix die was used to cut the MME patterned paper that the little cookies were mounted on.  A bit of MME Merry & Bright washi tape was added underneath and then a little fishtail flag was stamped with the sentiment (from the PTI set Holiday Button Bits), a button added and then adhered to the card. 

Thanks for stopping by....make sure you check out the cards from the rest of the design team: Melissa, Tracey, Jen, Ardyth and this week's guest designer, Bev! Can't wait to see what you come up with using this week's cue word!

ODBDSLC128... For the Guys

Hello friends!!  Tuesday is here and that means time for another Shining the Light challenge.  This week the challenge team is asking you to make a card for a guy... something I think all of us find hard to do... I know I find it hard!   Today marks the last challenge for our very special guest Bridget.   Make sure you stop by her blog and leave her some love!   I would also like to ask everyone to please pray for all our fellow crafters and bloggy friends who live on the East Coast and who are now experiencing the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. 

Initially I thought I was going to use the ODBD set The Mighty Sea, but then as I was going through all my ODBD sets to find that particular one I pulled out the set Never Give Up and decided to use that set along with the Grunge Cross and matching die.  As this is a card for a guy I kept everything really, really simple.  I stamped the grunge cross image from Never Give Up using Ranger's Gathered Twigs distress ink and then inked up the piece using Old Paper and Vintage Photo distress inks.  Once I finished the inking I used my distressing tool to rough up the edges and add a few tears here and there.  The single grunge cross was stamped using Gather Twigs and die cut using the matching grunge cross die.  Some distress ink was added to the cross along with an antique looking brad.   I stamped the sentiment using black ink and then adhered the cross.   A nice grungy, masculine card, don't you think?

As always, we will be giving out a prize, a $15.00 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!!! Entries for the prize must be submitted by Sunday, November 4th at 8:00 pm EST. One random winner will be chosen and announced on Tuesday. While it is not required to use Our Daily Bread Design images and sentiments on your projects, we would definitely love to see them if you have them!! As a way of recognizing those who do use ODBD stamps we will be choosing three or more of our participants for the Shining the Light Award. In order to qualify for this award or join the challenge, you must use ODBD stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by Sunday, November 4th at 8:00 pm EST. If you upload to Splitcoaststampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword: ODBDSLC128. When creating your post on your blog, please include a direct 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, Kathy, Chris, and this month's guest designer, Bridget! To join in the fun, please click here.

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI kraft & rustic cream; Stamps:  ODBD; Inks:  Ranger Gathered Twigs, Old Paper & Vintage Photo; Memento Tuxedo Black; Die:  ODBD Grunge Cross die; Brad:  Stamping Up!

nature....

hello friends!  got some time this morning to make a card for this week's Less is More challenge (a sketch) and i used the new color combo from Dynamic Duo (more mustard & so saffron). 

lately i have seen alot of people using their dies in a fun new way and i wanted to get it a try.  basically what you do is die cut your image on your main card stock, then die cut the image a second time using a contrasting color and place the die cut image into the negative space on the first piece of card stock.  the look created is really neat.  so i got out my memory box prim poppy die and die cut a strip of black card stock.  a second image was die cut using more mustard card stock and the placed in the negative space on the black cardstock.  because of the nature of the sketch diva chrissie provided for the LIM challenge i then cut the image in to three sections.  but before i did that i made the black strip a bit more stable by adhered a piece of card stock to the back.  the three piece were aligned and then matted using a strip of so saffron card stock.  everything was then mounted on a white card stock base.  the sentiment (also memory box) was stamped, die cut using a spellbinders long rectangle die and then adhered to the card.

thanks for stopping by....

supplies:  card stock:  pti white & black; stampin up! more mustard & so saffron; dies:  memory box prim poppy & spellbinders long rectangles; ink:  memento tuxedo black

just for you....

hello friends!  the weekend has arrived and i have a little card to share.  this one uses the current sketch from CAS(e) this Sketch and the current ColourQ combo. 

I do admit this isn't a very original take on the sketch, but i like it.  i recently got a couple of new stamp sets from stampin up! and i used one of the sets for this card.  a strip of white cardstock was cut and then a partial circle punched out.   i placed the strip on my card based, applied some eclipse tape to the piece so that i wouldn't get any ink on the strip and then stamp the flower using orange and green inks.  the lattice image was then stamped using dark purply-maroon ink and the sentiment in black.  before adhering the piece to the card base i added a thin strip of black cardstock.  some clear rhinestones finished things off.  

thanks for stopping by and for all the lovely comments i get... i really appreciate them.

supplies:  cardstock:  pti white & black; stamps:  stampin up! summer silhouettes; inks:  stampin up! & memento; rhinestones:   hero arts; punch:  stampin up!

perfect gift...

Hello friends!!   A few weeks ago I was contacted by the super talented Kim Teasdale of ISpy Sketches asking if they could use this card as the basis for an upcoming ISpy sketch challenge and I, of course, said YES!!!  Can't tell you how excited I was to have been given this honor because the ISpy design team is fab-u-lous!!    So the current ISpy sketch found here is based on my little ol' card and I just  had to play along!

I used another newly release ODBD set for my card called Perfect Gift.  I decided to make it easy on myself and just stamp the tree image and leave it uncolored.  It is for this reason I chose to stamp the image using my favorite red, SU!'s Cherry Cobbler.  I trimmed the tree out and then lightly inked the edges with Rangers Old Paper distress ink.  The verse was also stamped using Cherry Cobbler, die cut using a Spellbinders long rectangle die and then lightly inked the edges with Old Paper.  The tree and verse were mounted on a circle cut using a Spellbinder plain circle die that was matted with a Spellbinders scalloped circle.  The papers are from the My Mind's Eye Merry & Bright 6x6 pad. 

Thanks for stopping by and if you have a chance give the ISpy sketch a try....

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI cream; SU! kraft; PP:  My Mind's Eye; Stamps:  ODBD; Ink:  Cherry Cobbler & Ranger Old Paper; Spellbinders dies

CCC #16 - Go Hog Wild!!

{for my Shining the Light post, please scroll down.}

Hello!!!  Back with my post for this week's CASology challenge.   Lots of fabulous cards for last week's challenge!  It was so fun to see how everyone interpreted the cue word "night".  This week the cue word is "wild"... so many different options for that one!!   Our fabulous guest designer this week is Vicky!  All the details for this week can be found here.

I'm going to admit that this week's cue word was a bit tough for me.  I don't have a ton of stamps that lend themselves to the word "wild".   Then I remembered that I had a super cute My Favorite Things Pure Innocense set called Piggy Bank and in that set is the sentiment "go hog wild".  Perfect for the challenge.   I used a striped down version of Chupa's Sketchbook Saturday sketch for the layout.   I recently purchased the My Favorite Things Jumbo Fishtail Flag Stax dies and have been wanting to use the largest one to make a card... which is what I did here.  I stamped the little PI using Tuxedo Black ink, then did a combination of Copic coloring and paper piecing and trimmed her out.   She was then mounted on the second fishtail flag and that was adhered to the card base as shown.   A couple of tiny fishtail flags and a button were added to the top.  I'm going to drop this card into the current CAS-ual Friday "off the edge" challenge.

Thanks for stopping by....make sure you check out the cards from the rest of the design team: Melissa, Tracey, Jen, Ardyth and this week's guest designer, Vicky! Can't wait to see what you come up with using this week's cue word!

Supplies:   Cardstock:  SU! kraft; PTI white; PP:  My Mind's Eye Breeze; Stamps:  My Favorite Things; Dies:  My Favorite Things; Twine:  PTI; Button:  DeNami Designs; Ink:  Tuxedo Black; Copic Markers

ODBDSLC127... A Recipe

Hello friends!  It is Tuesday and that means time for a brand new Shining the Light challenge!!  The challenge this week is a recipe challenge using the word LEAF.   That means we want you to take at least three letters from the word to help you create your project.  Examples:  l - lace, e - embossing, a - acetate, f - fabric, flowers, etc.    Once, again, the design team is joined by the super talented, Bridget Finlay.

For my card I used the following letters:  L (lace), E (embossing), & F (flowers) and the ODBD sets, Eternity and Quote Collection 2, along with the ODBD/Spellbinders Elegant Oval dies.   I went with a pretty navy, yellow and white color combo.  I embossed the navy cardstock using a Stampin Up! embossing folder called Tulip Border and then adhered a strip of yellow designer paper to the piece.  Some lace was adhere over top of that.  Some additional designer paper was die cut using a My Favorite Things fishtail flag die.  The oval image from the Eternity set was stamped using navy ink and then die cut using the largest Elegant Oval die.  The quote from Quote Collection 2 was stamped in navy ink and die cut using a Spellbinders plain oval die, then layered on the Elegant Oval frame.  Three yellow flowers finished off the card.   The layout for the card is based on the current Deconstructed Sketch.

As always, we will be giving out a prize, a $15.00 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!!! Entries for the prize must be submitted by Sunday, October 28th at 8:00 pm EST. One random winner will be chosen and announced on Tuesday. While it is not required to use Our Daily Bread Design images and sentiments on your projects, we would definitely love to see them if you have them!! As a way of recognizing those who do use ODBD stamps we will be choosing three or more of our participants for the Shining the Light Award. In order to qualify for this award or join the challenge, you must use ODBD stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by Sunday, October 28th at 8:00 pm EST. If you upload to Splitcoaststampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword: ODBDSLC127. When creating your post on your blog, please include a direct 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, Kathy, Chris, and this month's guest designer, Bridget! To join in the fun, please click here.

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; SU! Night of Navy; PP:  My Mind's Eye Breeze; Stamps:  ODBD Eternity & Quote Collection 2; Dies:  ODBD/Spellbinders Elegant Ovals; Spellbinders Plain Ovals; My Favorite Things Fishtail Flag Stax; Ink:  SU! Night of Navy; Lace:  May Arts; Flowers:  Prima; Embossing Folder:  Stampin Up!

happy fall.....

hello friends!!  hope you are having a nice weekend.  i was hoping that the weather would cooperate so i could take my boys to an annual halloween event at our local zoo, but it is looking more and more like the rain will be making a comeback after disappearing this morning.  i'm kinda bummed.  (eta:  we were able to go to the zoo... it was cold and rained a tiny bit, but the kids had fun and that is all that matters!)  anyway... have a card that i made for several different challenges:  Less is More - autumn; CAS(e) this Sketch - sketch, CASE Study and ColourQ. 

the leaves are from a close to my heart set that i purchased several years ago.  the small leaf was inked using su!'s pear pizzazz ink, then the edges rolled in su! pumpkin pie, stamped and then trimmed out.  the large leaf was inked with memento tangelo, rolled in pear pizzazz, stamped and trimmed out as well.  the black card stock was run through my big shot in the su!/sizzix woodgrain embossing flower and then a circle die cut a plain spellbinders circle die.  the white cardstock piece was also embossed using the woodgrain ef.  the sentiment was stamped using pumpkin pie ink and die cut using my fishtail flag dies.  a bit of bakers twine in orange and green were added to the leaves for a little finishing touch.  i did beef up the sketch from CAS(e) this Sketch by adding the die cut circle... thus making it fit the current CASE Study challenge.  love how the card turned out!

thanks for stopping by....

cardstock:  pti white & black; stamps: close to my heart; ink:  stampin up! and memento; dies:  spellbinders & my favorite things; embossing folder:  stampin up!/sizzix.

pink rosettes...

hello friends!   got a little time to make something the other day and came up with this little card.  its a bit "out of the box" for me, but i do like how it turned out.  the layout is based on the current ISpy sketch and the colors are based on the current CR84FN combo of pink, tan and cream. 

there no stamping on this card.  i started to put a sentiment on it, but then decided not to since i'm not sure exactly what i will use the card for.  i'm probably going to put it into a box for operation write home.  anywhoo... i used some lovely pink ribbon rosettes that i got from my sweet friend and fellow odbd teammate, sabrina, along with a bit of burlap, some pink and cream twine and a few buttons.  it took a bit of futzing around to get the rosettes just right, but i think it was worth the time.  the burlap and pink twine are from the funkie junkie and if you are into shabby chic bits and pieces you really need to check out linda's store.  going to pop this into the current frilly & funkie sunday share.  well... that's about it.

thanks for stopping by.....

supplies:  cardstock:  pti rustic cream; burlap:  funkie junkie; twine:  funkie junkie & pti; buttons:  denami design; fishtail flag die:  my favorite things

a christmas wish...

hello friends!!  happy wednesday!  here with a little circle card that i made for several challenges:  dynamic duos (pool party & soft suede), flourishes (winter cards) and catered crop (circle round challenge).   and can i just say that i'm really, really pleased with my little card??

inside of card

the idea for this card came when i saw dynamic duos dt member kim's beautiful christmas card.  i would have never thought to make a christmas card with these colors, but i really think the combo is actually perfect for christmas... icy yet warm at the same time.  anywhoo... i knew i wanted to use my new stampin up! set christmas blessings.   i got the set because i love poinsettias (and thanks to some very helpful tips from the gal in the floral dept. of my local grocery store i now know how to keep them alive all through the holiday season!) and the poinsettia image in the set is just gorgeous!  i stamped the image using pool party and then added the little pearls that a shade lighter than soft suede.  there is a sentiment in the set that i wanted to use for the front of the card, but it didn't fit on my fishtail flag so i used this lovely sentiment from the flourishes set petals and peace.  it went perfectly with the sentiment that i used on the inside of the card.  after stamping and die cutting the sentiment with a fishtail flag die i trimmed the end, adhered it to the card and added the button and twine embellishment.  the card base was cut using the largest die in the spellbinders lacey circle dies set and then dies from the small and large plain circle dies from spellbinders.

supplies:  cardstock:  pti white; su! pool party & soft suede; stamps:  flourishes & stampin up!; inks:  hero arts latte chalk ink & su! pool party; dies: spellbinders and my favorite things; button:  pti; twine:  the twinery

CCC #15... Night

{for my Shining the Light card, please scroll down}

Hello!! It's me, again... back with my post for this week's CASology challenge!  This week our cue word is night and with Halloween just around the corner the possibilities are endless.   Must take a moment to tell you all that the design team was completely blown away by all the amazing entries for last week's leaf challenge!   Thanks so much to everyone who played along last week.   Now.. you can find all the details concerning this week's challenge here.  Our super talented guest designer this week is Amy!!

Since the cue word is night I knew I definitely wanted to make a Halloween card and used PTI's Spooky Sweets & Hero Arts Spooky Halloween.   The layout for the card is based on the current sketch from Retro Sketches.  It stamped the little bats and trimmed each one out and then adhered some black Waxy Flax to the back of each using Zip Dry.  Cut the top piece and punched one edge using my Fiskars Upper Crust punch, then attached the bats.   I to keep the night theme going I decided to make my card base black. 

Thanks for stopping by....make sure you check out the cards from the rest of the design team: Melissa, Tracey, Jen, Ardyth and this week's guest designer, Amy! Can't wait to see what you come up with using this week's cue word!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI black & white; Ink:  black; Stamps:  Hero Arts & PTI; Fiskar punch; black Waxy Flax

ODBDSLC126... Let's Get Sketchy!

Hello friends!!  It's Tuesday and that means time for a brand new Shining the Light challenge!!  This week we have a fabulous sketch for you to use to spark your creativity! Use the sketch however you like just make sure that we can still see the overall layout of the sketch.   I decided to turn the sketch on its side to make it work a little better with how I wanted to use the images I chose. 

 

I'm trying to get in the mood to make Christmas cards so I decided to use the sketch to get at least one done.  I used the ODBD sets Blessed Christmas (and matching die) and Holly Tag.   The papers are from one of my favorite set of Christmas papers, The Scrap Cake's Cozy Xmas.  I love the slightly non-traditional colors and the lovely Christmas images used.  I stamped the poinsettia image on white cardstock using Tuxedo Black ink, colored it with Copics and then die cut it using the matching die.  The sentiment was stamped on white cardstock with dark red ink and then inked the edges with Old Paper ink.  A larger plain white circle was die cut and the edges inked with Old Paper, as well, and the poinsettia image was mounted using foam dimensionals.  Both circles were matted with dark red cardstock.   The strip along with side was edged with some lovely Venise lace from the Funkie Junkie and then trimmed with some red twine, also from the Funkie Junkie.  Because I used items from the Funkie Junkie I'm going to pop this card into the Sunday Share at Frilly & Funkie.

As always, we will be giving out a prize, a $15.00 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!!! Entries for the prize must be submitted by Sunday, October 21st at 8:00 pm EST. One random winner will be chosen and announced on Tuesday. While it is not required to use Our Daily Bread Design images and sentiments on your projects, we would definitely love to see them if you have them!! As a way of recognizing those who do use ODBD stamps we will be choosing three or more of our participants for the Shining the Light Award. In order to qualify for this award or join the challenge, you must use ODBD stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by Sunday, October 21st at 8:00 pm EST. If you upload to Splitcoaststampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword: ODBDSLC126. When creating your post on your blog, please include a direct 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, Kathy, Chris, and this month's guest designer, Bridget! To join in the fun, please click here.

Supplies:   Cardstock:  PTI kraft & white; Stampin Up! Cherry Cobbler; Stamps:  ODBD; Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Cherry Cobbler & Ranger Old Paper; Dies:  ODBD & Spellbinders; Lace:  Funkie Junkie; Twine:  Funkie Junkie; PP:  The Scrap Cake

spooky halloween....

hello friends!!  our typical western washington weather has finally shown up!  we have rain, rain and more rain!  but that's okay because we had apparently been experiencing a drought for about the last three months.  so with all that rain it makes for the perfect time to get a little card made for this week's less is more challenge.  this week is one layer week and the divas (chrissie & mandi) are asking us to use something with wings on our card.  i decided to make a little halloween card.

for this card i used stamps from the pti set, spooky sweets, and a hero arts set, spooky halloween.  i used a piece of scrap paper and took the time to work out exactly how i wanted to stamp the bats before getting to work on my card.   after stamping the bats i inked up the pumpkin with some mustard yellow ink and then using the rock & roll method applied some dark orange ink and then stamped the image.  the little stem was stamped using always artichoke ink.  finished things off with the sentiment stamped in black.  very pleased with how the card turned out.

thanks for stopping by....

supplies:  cardstock:  pti white; stamps;  pti and hero arts; inks:  stampin up! more mustard, pumpkin pie & always artichoke, memento tuxedo black.

unleash your joy.....

hello friends!   have a card today that i made for the flourishes "think pink" challenge which closes in a few hours!  this week is release week at flourishes and when it is release week they always have fun challenges.  the "think pink" challenge was the only one i was able to get completed in time.  

when i saw the challenge theme i knew right away i would use my flourishes sweet peas set.  it is one of the first flourishes set i purchased and it is still one of my favorites.  i stamped the smaller sweet pea image using tuxedo black ink, colored the image with copics and then die cut it with a plain spellbinders die.  the papers i used are from my mind's and the lovely bit of lace is a little freebie that i received in a recent order from the funkie junkie.   the banners were cut using my MFT fishtail flag stax dies.  the sentiment is from the flourishes country charm labels set.  the layout is courtesy of the current deconstructed sketch.  as the lace i used is from the funkie junkie i'm going to pop this into the sunday share at frilly & funkie.

thanks for stopping by....

supplies:  cardstock:  pti white & kraft; pp:  my mind's eye; stamps:  flourishes; ink:  memento tuxedo black; lace:  funkie junkie; dies:  spellbinders & my favorite things; copic markers

its your day to....

hello friends!  wow... where has the week gone?  can't believe it is thursday already.  tomorrow i'm going to be volunteering in my little one's class for the first time this school year.  should be interesting to see how he acts while mommy is in the room!!  anywhoo...

here is a little card i made for the current colourQ challenge.  it was a nice surprise to check the colourQ blog on tuesday to see what the new combo was and to find that i had been crowned colourQueen for challenge #156.  i was so pleased with how that card turned out and hopefully it will make whoever receives it smile as i sent it off last week to operation write home.  this is kinda funny, but i had nearly completed work on my card for this week's combo when i realized that i was using the same exact stamp set that i used for challenge #156.... wplus9 design's woodgrain silhouettes.  i love that set and must admit that i was influenced to use it again by the super talented chupa.  i had been on her blog checking out the current sketchbook saturday sketch (i used it for the layout) and saw the lovely card she had made using the same set.   i must also admit that i was a bit perplexed as to how i would make these colors work and originally thought i would make a halloween card, but so glad i decided not to go that route.  the sentiment is from a hero arts set called many birthday messages.

thanks for stopping by....

supplies:  cardstock:  pti white; bazzill black; stamps: wplus9 designs & hero arts; ink:  stampin up and memento; ribbon:  pti; punch:  stampin up; rhinestones:  hero arts

CCC #14.... Holly Wears the Crown

{for my shining the light card please scroll down or click here}

hello friends!  i'm back with my card for this week's CASology challenge.  the cue word this week is leaf.  all the details for the challenge can be found here.  our fabulous guest designer this week is the talented bridget finlay!!  

now when i saw the cue word i did initially think to do a fall card because was says fall more than beautiful fall leaves.  but then i remembered that i had just gotten a box of PTI goodies that included the new holiday button bits dies and i decided to go with a christmas card.  i also recently purchased the jumbo fishtail flag stax dies from my favorite things and had been wanting to use them on a card, so i combined the two.   i used the largest die in the jumbo fishtail flags stax dies to cut the white piece and then popped it up on a white card base.  the holly image was die cut and then stamped with the corresponding image from holiday button bits.  some dark red buttons and a white twine bow were added to complete the image.  the sentiment (from the pti set merry little christmas) was stamped in red on white cardstock and then die cut using the original my favorite things fishtail flag stax die set.  super simple and i love, love, love how it turned out.   i'm going to pop this into the moxie fab world world cardmaking day christmas card challenge, as well.

thanks for stopping by....

supplies:  cardstock:  pti white; stamps:  pti; dies:  pti and my favorite things; ink:  stampin up!; buttons:  pti; twine:  montana misfits

ODBDSLC125... Fall is in the Air!

Hello friends!!  It is Tuesday and that means time for a brand new ODBD Shining the Light challenge!!  This week the design team is welcoming the super talented Bridget Finlay as our guest designer for the month of October.   You are going to be wowed by her talent!!   And what is the challenge this week?  The design team is asking you to use a verse and fall colors for your creation.

I have had a pad of BasicGrey's Indian Summer patterned paper for ages and have never really been able to figure out what to do with it.   So, I decided to get it out and use it for this week's challenge project.  I found a piece paper from the pad that had a lot of fall colors in it and then used several different cardstocks that matched those colors.  Lots of die cutting and distressing on this one.  I used three different ODBD sets for the card:  Faithful Friend, Sweet Friendship and Scripture Series 3.  I stamped the wheat frame from Sweet Friendship on kraft cardstock using Ranger's Gathered Twigs, trimmed it out and distressed the edges.  The verse was stamped on some Indian Summer patterned paper and die cut using a SU!/Sizzix die and then matted using some peachy-orange Bazzill cardstock.  I also threw my trusty Fishtail Flag stax dies into the mix.  The dragonfly, from Faithful Friend, was stamped on patterned paper, trimmed out and then painted with Diamond Stickles.  The edges of all the papers were distressed as well.

As always, we will be giving out a prize, a $15.00 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!!! Entries for the prize must be submitted by Sunday, October 14th at 8:00 pm EST. One random winner will be chosen and announced on Tuesday. While it is not required to use Our Daily Bread Design images and sentiments on your projects, we would definitely love to see them if you have them!! As a way of recognizing those who do use ODBD stamps we will be choosing three or more of our participants for the Shining the Light Award. In order to qualify for this award or join the challenge, you must use ODBD stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by Sunday, October 14th at 8:00 pm EST. If you upload to Splitcoaststampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword: ODBDSLC125. When creating your post on your blog, please include a direct 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, Kathy, Chris, and this month's guest designer, Bridget! To join in the fun, please click here.

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI kraft; Bazzill peachy orange & mustard yellow; PP:  BasicGrey; Stamps:  ODBD; Inks:  Ranger & Memento Tuxedo Black; Dies:  Sizzix/SU! & My Favorite Things; Diamond Stickles

happy bee-lated birthday!

hello friends!  so october 6th is world cardmaking day and to celebrate lots of papercrafting/stamping blogs were having contests.  i decided to see if i could play along with a couple of them and was able to get this card made late last night for the trend watch challenge  (challenge #5) over at ellen hutson's classroom blog and the craft's meow world cardmaking challenge. 

i'm not a hugely trendy person when it comes to papercrafting.  i don't tend to be trendy because there are just too many to follow at any given time and when i do try some of them what i come up with looks well... decidedly untrendy!  but i do happen to like the current trend of hexagons and using hexagons has been made super easy by the fact that one of my favorite papercrafting companies, my mind's eye, has included them in many of their papercrafting lines.  for my card i used papers from the follow your heart be amazing line.  the stamps are from the craft's meow set thanks bee to thee.  most of the hexagons are found on the paper, but i did stamp one using two of the stamps from thanks bee to thee and then trimmed it out.  finished things off with some matching bakers twine and a small bee from the thanks bee to thee set.

thanks for stopping by....

supplies:  cardstock:  pti kraft; pp:  my mind's eye; twine:  my mind's eye; ink:  memento & stampin up!; stamps:  the craft's meow

beautiful memories...

hello friends!! here with a card for the current less is more challenge, as well as the current craft's meow sketch challenge.   this week chrissie and mandi have challenge used to use silver on our projects.  metallics are generally one of those paper crafting items that i like when i see someone else using it, but don't care to use it myself because i'm not always happy with the end result.  but as this is for chrissie and mandi i will rise to the occasion and accept the challenge! 

as indicated the layout is based on the current sketch from the craft's meow.  i used two different craft's meow sets:  celebrating you and beautiful spring.  the butterfly from beautiful was stamped using versamark watermark ink, silver embossing powder applied and then heat set.  after that was done i trimmed it out and added silver rhinestones to the body.  i cut a white circle with my spellbinders plain circle die and then cut a mat using grey cardstock.  the little banner was cut using the verve pennant trim die.  i stamped the sentiment from celebrating you in grey ink on the white cardstock strip and then created the fishtail end using my 1" square punch... a little trick i learned from my bloggy friend, michelle.  i included this detail shot so you can actually see the silver embossing.   this is actually the second version of the card.  the first one turned into an utter disaster.  the only thing i saved from it is the butterfly.  the rest of the card ended up in the recycling basket.  i don't often throw an entire card into the recycling basket so that first card was pretty bad!

 

 

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supplies:  cardstock:  pti white; su! basic grey; stamps:  the craft's meow; ink: versamark watermark ink and memento london fog; rhinestones:  want2scrap & su!; embossing powder:  ranger ultrafine silver; dies:  spellbinders and verve

you're special...

hello friends!  have a little card today that i made using the current colourQ combo, as well as the current sketchbook saturday sketch.

 

i decided to create a background by randomly stamping the large dahlia image from the pti delightful dahlia set in light pink ink and the smaller dahlia image using dark pink ink on white cardstock.  the sentiment is from the hero arts/basic grey cling set called special lace.  the sentiment strip was matted with a strip of vellum, but you can't really see the vellum very well. finished things off with a few clear rhinestones  overall i'm pretty happy with this very simple card.

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supplies:  cardstock:  pti white, su! basic grey; inks:  su! pink pirouette & melon mambo, memento tuxedo black; vellum:  pti; stamps:  pti & hero arts; rhinestones:  want2scrap

count your blessings....

hello friends!  i have another card i made using one of the newly released set from Our Daily Bread Design.  i made this card using the current ISpy sketch... a lovely sketch with many possiblities. 

 

i went with a rustic sort of look and used a kraft, cream and mustard yellow color combo.  i embossed the kraft cardstock using a new stampin up! embossing folder, woodgrain.  after embossing the cardstock i swiped on some cream pigment ink to bring out the woodgrain a bit more.  the wreath image was stamped using kraft ink for a soft look and a bit of old paper ink was used to distress the edges.  the sentiment was stamped using more mustard ink and then cut out using a small spellbinders plain circle die. this was matted using additional more mustard cardstock.  finished off the card with some twine and a mustard colored button tied with additional twine. 

thanks for stopping by... please make sure you check out the new releases and the brand new ODBD webstore!

supplies:  cardstock:  su! more mustard & crumb cake, pti cream; stamps:  ODBD pumpkin wreath; ink:  su! more mustard & crumb cake; twine:  may arts; button:  my minds eye

CCC #13... Its A Zoo!

Hello friends!!   It's Tuesday and that means that a brand new challenge is up over at the CASology blog!!   Once, again, I was blown away by all the entries for last week's challenge!  There is so much creativity out there and I, for one, am happy, happy, happy that so many of you are sharing it with us at CASology!!  This week the cue word is "zoo".... all the deets for the challenge can be found here.  Our super talented guest designer this week is Donna!!  

I don't have a lot of stamps that feature animals, except for a really cute set from Stampin Up! called "Fox & Friends".   I was going to make a baby card, but decided to make it a birthday card instead.  The layout for my card is based on the current Cardabilities sketch.  I love that there are lots of sketches out there in blogland that are perfect for CAS cards and the Cardabilities sketch fit the bill.  (Love the Cardabilities sketches... I was fortunate to have my card for the last Cardabilities sketch picked as one of the featured designers!!)  The patterned papers are from My Mind's Eye Tangerine 6x6 pad.  Patterned paper (in small amounts) can be the perfect addition to your CAS design.  The little lion from Fox & Friends was stamped in yellow ink, trimmed out and then layered as you see.  The little fishtail flags were die cut using my favorite die set:  My Favorite Things Fishtail Flag Stax. 

Thanks for stopping by....make sure you check out the cards from the rest of the design team: Melissa, Tracey, Jen, Ardyth and this week's guest designer, Donna!   Can't wait to see what you come up with using this week's cue word!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; SU! Calypso Coral; Ink:  SU! So Saffron; PP:  My Mind's Eye; Dies:  Spellbinders & My Favorite Things; Punch:  Stampin Up!