ODBDSLC103... New Life

Hey there... its Saturday and that means time for a new Shining the Light challenge!!!  Spring is here (hmmm at least I think its here!  Our weather has been anything but spring-like at times!) and that means that new life is bursting out all over the place.   The Shining the Light challenge this week is to create a card or project that symbolizes new life.   Some ideas include Easter, a new baby, budding trees and/or flowers.  

As tomorrow is Easter Sunday I decided to make a card that symbolizes what Easter means to me... the resurrection of my Lord and Savior, Jesus!  I used the ODBD set I am The Way.  The lily images in the set are just so lovely and all the verses are equally beautiful.  I chose to use the verse John 11:25, along with the large lily image.   My color palette was based on the patterned papers I decided to use.  Several months ago I came a cross a scrapbook company from Sweden called Pion Papers.  I was able to pick up some of their papers from the Flying Unicorn.   The colors are so soft and lovely.  I colored the lily with some Copic markers and then trimmed it out.  The layout for the card is from this week's Mojo Monday.  

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 13th 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 13th at 8 a.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC103. 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 kraft & cream; PP:  Pion Papers; Stamps: ODBD; Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black; Dies:  Spellbinders and My Favorite Things; Border punch:  Stampin Up!; Rhinestone flourish:  Recollections; Copic markers

thinking of you...

Hey there... have a little card I made for this week's Make It Monday over at PTI.  This week the technique is all about second generation stamping.  I haven't had the opportunity to do a MIM challenge in a few weeks so thought I would get something made for this week's challenge.  I used the current ColourQ combo for the card... although I admit I'm probably stretching it a bit in that my white isn't a bright, crisp white, but a soft, creamy white.

For the card I used the PTI Botanical Silhouettes set, stamping the flowers using SU!'s Pear Pizzazz and So Saffron.  As I was doing the second generation stamping I wasn't sure the lighter shade of the yellow would show up well, but after taking the photo I was so happy to see that it did.  The little pleating detail (an idea I got from Nichole Heady) was created using some SU! designer paper that has the peachy color required for the ColourQ challenge in it.   I used PTI's Sweet Blush double stitch ribbon in place of the Blushing Bride (pink) color.   The sentiment, also from Botanical Silhouettes, was stamped using kraft ink.

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Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI rustic white; DP:  Stampin Up!; Inks:  Stampin Up!; Stamps:  PTI; Ribbon:  PTI

Laughter....

Hey there... Switching gears today from the soft and romantic card I made the other day and bringing out a bright and cheerful little card I made using some bits and pieces from Stampin Up! and some lovely stamps from Hero Arts.  The design for the card is based on the current Cardabilities sketch.   If you haven't checked out the Cardabilities blog yet, you really should.  There are some fabulous sketches to be found there!

I have to be honest and tell you that I would have NEVER thought the color combo of yellow, aqua and poppy  red would be one that would work, but wow... it sure does!  I'm really loving this combo!  When I saw the Cardabilities sketch I knew these little bits of ephemera would be perfect to use.   The only stamping on the card is the little heart and the sentiment.  A small clear rhinestone was added to the heart for a little something extra.  I think I shall pop this into one of the current Moxie Fab challenge, DIY embellishments as the flower is one I made myself and I guess you could view the little heart as an embellishment, as well.  Some lace and a few buttons finished off the design.

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Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white & Aqua Mist; PP:  Stampin Up! Attic Boutique ephemera; Buttons:  PTI; Rhinestone:  Stampin Up!  Lace:  Unknown:  Ink:  Hero Arts Punch & Memento Dandelion; Stamps:  Hero Arts

dear heart....

Hey there!!  Hope your week is going well!   I have a card I made for the brand new challenge blog, A Blog Named Hero!  For their first challenge they are asking us to "play favorites" or to use our favorite HA stamps.  For my card I used a new favorite HA stamp, Fleurettes, and an old favorite HA stamp, Classic Fabric Design background stamp. After I finished my card last night I started thinking that I had been channeling my super sweet (and super talented) bloggy friend, Sue, as I made it.  The card has a very soft and kind of romantic feel to it that is reminiscent of many of her cards.   I hope she likes this when she sees it!!   The design for my card is based on the current Sketchbook Saturday sketch.

I colored the fleurettes image with very pale colors using my Copic markers and then soften the image a bit more with some Tattered Rose distress ink.  The Classic Fabric Design was stamped using kraft ink and then the edges distress with Tattered Rose as well.  All the edges of the papers were distressed with my distressing tool.  To add to the romantic feel I used patterned papers from The Scrap Cake One Moment in Time 6x6 pad.  Love, love, love the papers from The Scrap Cake!   I created the fleur dis lis pieces using my Spellbinders Fleur Dis Lis Motifs.   The sentiment is from another Hero Arts set, Sweet Hearts and was stamped in kraft ink on a tag made using the PTI Tiny Tags die set.

I will also be putting this into another new challenge blog out there, Frilly & Funkie, as I think this fits into  their challenge of your favorite vintage style... for me it is to go just a bit shabby.  Thanks go out to Sue, for pointing me in their direction!

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Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; PP:  The Scrap Cake One Moment in Time; Stamps:  Hero Arts; Ink: Stampin Up!, Memento & Ranger; Dies:  Spellbinders & PTI ; Lace:  unknown; Pearls: Stampin Up!, Copic Markers 

You're Such a Doll..

Hey there!!  Monday is here and my kiddos are on spring break!  Unfortunately, today looks to be the only nice day out of the whole week... the rest of the week the forecast is for what else... rain!!  Ugh!  Anywhoo... I have a little card today featuring another super cute My Favorite Things Pure Innocence set.  This set is called Paper Dolls and when I saw it I knew I had to get it!  Took me a while because being that it was so darn cute it sold out in a nanosecond and I had to wait for it to come back in stock.   I inked her up for the current My Favorite Things Wednesday Sketch Challenge (#65) over on Splitcoaststampers.

I used some sweet papers from the LilyBee Designs 6x6 pad Picket Fence to do some paper piecing.  I stamped the little PI girl on a piece of the LilyBee paper and then cut out... yes, cut out, the teeny tiny paper dolls!  I then stamped her again on some white cardstock and colored the rest of her with Copic markers. After I finished coloring her and trimming her out I adhered the little paper dolls.  I used a MFT die-namics die from the Polka Dot Greetings set to die cut the piece she is mounted on.  In order to create the mat, I simply traced around the outside of that same die and then trimmed it out.  Some little roses were created using the Die-namics mini rolled roses dies... aren't they cute???

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Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white & kraft; SU! green; Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black; Dies:  My Favorite Things and Spellbinders; Stamps:  My Favorite Things; PP:  LilyBee Designs Picket Fence

LIM - Lucky Dip

Hey there!!   I have my card for this week's Less is More challenge.  Since there were five Saturdays in March, the last challenge for the month is what they refer to in the UK as a "lucky dip" which is basically the same thing as a "wild card" here is the US.   For our lucky dip Chrissie and Mandi provided a lovely inspiration photo with accompanying color swatches.  And since I'm a stickler for all colors being represented I had to make sure that I worked all the colors into my card.    I also decided to incorporate the new sketch from Retro Sketches into my card.   The stamps used are from the SU! set Every Moment.  Love those sweet line drawn images.  The daisy image was perfect for the challenge.    I colored the image with some Copic markers and then trimmed it out.   Not a ton of white space on this one, but still pretty clean and simple, I think.

Thanks for stopping by... hope your weekend is going well!  :)

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; SU! light pink; PP:  SU!; Copic Markers; Ink: Tuxedo Black; Pear Pizzazz; Buttons:  PTI;