ODBDSLC111 - Something Old, Something New...

Something borrowed, something blue!   Hello, friends!!  Its Saturday and that means time for a new Shining the Light challenge.  June is the wedding month and so the challenge this week is to use something old, something new, something borrowed or gifted and something blue!  I must admit I had a bit of a time fitting all of those elements into my card... hee!  But, I managed to get'er done!

My something old on my card is all the distressing I did to make the card appear old and worn.  This included using Ranger's Old Paper Distress Ink and my trusty distressing tool!  My something new is the newly released ODBD set Bicycle and I covered the something borrowed or gift and something blue all in the same element... the little blue roses sitting in the basket.  Those were a gift from my super sweet teamie, Sabrina.  I stamped the bicycle image and the sentiment using Memento Rich Cocoa and then the image was colored with Copic markers.  Then I got to work inking and distressing all the edges of the cardstock and papers (My Mind's Eye Follow Your Heart... love those papers!!), adding some well place rips and tears.  Once I was done with that I added the little roses and the twine bow.  I absolutely love how the card turned out!

As with all ODBD challenges 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, June 15th 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, June 15th at 8 a.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoaststampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC111. 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,and Chris!  To join in the fun, please click here.


Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI and Stampin Up!; PP:  My Mind's Eye; Stamps:  ODBD; Ink Memento & Ranger; Roses:  Unknown; Twine:  Funkie Junkie

Dots n' Spots....

Hello friends!!  A quick post with a card for a couple of challenges:  ColourQ and CAS-ual Fridays.   ColourQ is one of my favorite challenges, but lately I have just not been doing a very good job of creating cards using the color combos.   So, I took a bit of a break and I think the break has helped because I really like the card I made using this week's color combo of Real Red, Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade, Tempting Turquoise & white.  Instead of Lucky Limeade and Island Indigo I used Pacific Point and Kiwi Kiss.  

The challenge this week at CAS-ual Fridays is to create a card using dots or spots, depending on what you want to call them. This worked perfectly with the ColourQ challenge because the inspiration photo is of a cool towel covered in dots!  So naturally the first stamp set that came to mind was my PTI set Dot Spot.  Then I thought of one of my most recent PTI purchases, Background Basics Dots & Spots.  But in the end, Dots & Spots just didn't have the look I was going for so I went with Dot Spot.  I stamped the largest circle using the Tempting Turquoise ink and then added the smaller circles using the Kiwi Kiss and Pacific Point colors.  The sentiment, from Signature Greetings, was stamped using Real Red.   I really, really like how the card turned out.... clean and simple a good amount of white space.

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; Stamps:  PTI; Inks:  Stampin Up!

ODBD For the Love of Hop.... Winged Things!

Hello, friends!!  Welcome to Our Daily Bread Designs 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 Love of ODBD Winged Things!   Check out each link and leave a comment.  If you get lost along the way, check the ODBD blog for a full list of links.  One of the posts is a hop "hot spot" and a name will be drawn from that list of comments to win a $15.00 ODBD store gift certificate.  So, all you have to do is hope along and see all the creations and leave a little love!  You have until Wednesday, June 20th at 6 pm.  Enjoy all the awesome inspiration using For the Love of ODBD Winged Things!

Inside

If you got here from the blog of the super talented Jan, then you are on the right track For my card I used the ODBD set "Don't Worry".  This set contains a beautiful floral image, as well as a beautiful "winged thing"... a butterfly.  I decided to go with a pink and green theme for my card.  The layout is based on this month's Sketch for You to Try.   I stamped the floral image once using SU!'s Pear Pizzazz ink and then a second time using SU!'s Regal Rose.  The green image was completely trimmed out.  For the pink image I just trimmed out the flower heads.  They were adhered to the green image using foam dimensionals.   The butterfly was stamped twice using Regal Rose, the entire butterfly trimmed out  and then just the wing from the second one which was adhered to the first butterfly.  The background was created by using the PTI quatrafoil die to emboss the white cardstock.  I used the Memory Box Tessatina border die in the same manner and then die cut it using a Fishtail Flag die from My Favorite Things.  Some Pear Pizzazz ruffled ribbon was adhered to the bottom of flag.  Spellbinders circle dies were used to cut the white and Regal Rose cardstock.  The card was put together as you see and some rhinestone flourishes were added.  I also finished off the interior of the card with a verse from the "Don't Worry" set.  I used the Tessatina border die on the interior of the cards, as well.

Thanks for stopping by.... now off you go to the ODBD blog!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; SU! Regal Rose; Ink:  Regal Rose & Pear Pizzazz; Memento Tuxedo Black; Dies:  Spellbinders, Memory Box, PTI and My Favorite Things; Ribbon:  Stampin Up!; Rhinestone Flourishes:  Recollections

Let Your Dreams...

Hello, friends!!   Seems like ages since I last posted, but it has only been a few days.  I'm in a bit of a crafting funk right now and not feeling very creative.    Not sure what is going on, but I have been feeling like I need to just take a bit of a creative break.   Even though I have been feeling that way I did manage to make a couple of cards today.  I will be sharing one in a few days and the other one I'm going to share right now.  I made this one for the current Frilly & Funkie challenge to use kraft and twine.  When I saw that challenge I just had to play along as I just love creating with kraft cardstock.    The layout is from the current Deconstructed Sketch (I am really lovin' the Deconstructed Sketches!).

I went with a teal, white and kraft combo.  This came about based on the patterned papers that I pulled from the My Mind's Eye Follow Your Heart 6x6 pad.   All that stamps used are from the Taylored Expressions set Be Amazing.   I followed the sketch very closely and kept things very simple.  I brought in a bit of funky on the card by using some corrugated cardstock that I got from the Funkie Junkie Etsy shop.   A bit of frilly was brought into the project by distressing the edges a bit and adding the little rose to the center of the little butterfly (Part of a little gift that I received with my last purchase from the Funkie Junkie.  Please take a moment to check out Linda's shop... she has LOTS of really fun items!).   The twine (from PTI) ended up being a bit on the thin side and so I'm not completely satisfied with it, but it is what it is!

Thanks for stopping by....

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white & kraft; PP:  My Mind's Eye; Corrugated CS - Funkie Junkie; Stamps:  Taylored Expressions; Twine:  PTI; Rose:  unknown; Ink:  SU! Taken with Teal & Crumb Cake

celebrate!

Hello, friends!!   No post today for the ODBD Shining the Light challenge... which is kinda weird for me.  So, thought I would have gotten my card for this week's LIM challenge done and posted by now, but that didn't happen!   And my card is such a simple one, too!   Anywho... finally getting it posted now.

The LIM challenge this week is a color challenge and since England is celebrating the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Chrissie and Mandi thought it very appropriate that the colors be red, white and blue (the colors of the British flag or Union Jack).   After I saw what the LIM challenge was I roamed around blogland a bit and saw that the new sketch for Retro Sketches had been posted.  It was perfect for the LIM challenge.   Very clean and super simple.   I used a strip of patterned paper from my Taylored Expressions Key Ingredients kit, as well as one of the canvas resist flowers.  I inked it up with Barn Door Distress Ink, but felt it wasn't red enough so I added some SU!'s Riding Hood Red to deepen the color.  I spritzed the flower with Perfect Pearls Mist to dampen it and make the flower easy to shape a bit.   Some red bakers twine was added to the button and then adhered to the center of the flower once it was dry.   The sentiment "celebrate" is from the TE set Vintage Dreamer.

Thanks for stopping by....  think I will try to catch some of the Jubilee celebrations if I can.  My paternal grandfather was born in England.  King's Lynn, Norfolk to be exact.  When he came to the US Queen Victoria was on the throne!   When Elizabeth was crowned queen he was in his late 60s, but I'm sure he probably watched her coronation with great interest.   I'm sure he would be surprised to know that 60 years later she is still queen!!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; PP:  Pebbles; Canvas resist flower; Button:  PTI; Twinery Baker's Twine - Red; Stamps:  TE Vintage Dreamer

Much Appreciated...

Hello, friends!   Happy Friday!  Have a card I made using my Taylored Expressions May Key Ingredients kit.  The kit came with these fun little canvas resist flowers and some sweet little buttons.  For my card I used two of the flowers and two of the buttons, as well as cardstock and patterned paper from the kit.  I like how the card turned out, but honestly it is one of the busiest cards I think I have ever made!  There are a whole lot of patterns going on!   The layout is another lovely sketch provided by Chupa and her really fun Sketchbook Saturday sketch challenge.  I used some ribbon from the KI kit to create the little ruffle at the bottom of the sentiment strip.   The flower was created by using Ranger's Distress inks in Chipped Sapphire and Barn Door.   I then sprayed the flowers with Perfect Pearls Mist (Pearl color) to soften up the flowers and allow me to shape them a bit.  I threaded some bakers twine through the buttons before adhering them as you see.  The leafy branches were die cut using my TE Leafy Branch die.  I distressed the edges of everything a bit for a slightly shabby look.  I'm going to be putting this card into the current TE Key Ingredients Subscriber Challenge (my first time participating!).

Thanks for stopping by...

Supplies:  All supplies except for the bakers twine are from the May TE KI kit; Stamps:  TE Love Grows Here Set