ODBDSLC114 - Anything Goes... Part 2

Hello, friends!!    It's Tuesday and that means that it is now time for the ODBD Shining the Light challenge.  From this day forward the Shining the Light challenge will be on Tuesday.   Today the challenge team is sharing more projects in the "anything goes" theme that was started on Saturday.  You can find all the details regarding the challenge here in the original ODBD Shining the Light post.   You have until Sunday, July 8th at 8:00 pm EST to upload your card to your online gallery or blog.  Please make sure to use the keyword ODBDSLC114 when uploading it.   And please make sure that you welcome our guest designer for the month of July, Sherry Kushibab!!

For my card I decided to get out my God's Love set, as well as the 2 Step Butterfly set and the matching Grunge Butterfly die.  The color combo for the card comes from last week's Color Throwdown challenge, but I think I'm too late to enter it into the challenge.   Anyway, I stamped the main image from God's Love using aqua ink and one of the sentiments using grey ink.  The solid butterfly was stamped using coral ink and then the second image was stamped on top using dark orange ink.  Some aqua rhinestones were added to the body and clear rhinestones to each corner.

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Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; Stamps:  ODBD; Inks:  Stamping Up!; rhinestones:  Hero Arts & Want2 Scrap

Evenin' Ma'am...

Hello, friends!!  I here with a card that I made for this month's My Favorite Things guest designer challenge.  This month the challenge was to make a project using the sketch.   I just couldn't pass up the chance to make  something with one of the many super cute Pure Innocence stamp sets that I own.   I absolutely adore the Pure Innocence line from MFT!   And having a crack at being the guest designer for the next MFT release and getting $200.00 worth of free MFT goodies was a pretty good incentive, too... hee hee!

For my card I used this cute, cute, cute little cowboy from the PI set appropriately named "Cowboy".  This little feller was part of a PI VIP set that included a little cowgirl PI set, as well as the super duper cute set of four little western themed charms, three of which you see here.   I started out by stamping the little cowboy on Rustic Cream cardstock and then I trimmed him out.  Next he was stamped on multiple pieces of patterned paper from the Cosmo Cricket Wanted 6x6 pad.  Once that was done I got to work trimming out all those little pieces for his outfit and then paper piecing them on to the trimmed out main image.  Once that was done I colored his face and hands with Copic markers.    The cork banners were die cut using my all time favorite set of dies (seriously I LOVE these dies!!), MFT Die-namics Fishtail Flag Stax.   The sentiment banner was also cut using the same dies.  After I got everything adhered to the card front I tied the little charms together using some burlap twine and then adhered them to the banners.

Well... yee haw and thanks for moseying on by....

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI Rustic Cream & Dark Chocolate; PP:  Cosmo Cricket Wanted; Stamps:  MFT Pure Innocence Cowboy; Dies:  MFT Die-namics Fishtail Flag Stax dies & Country Charms

A Lucky Dip and an Announcement!!!

Hello, friends!!  Hope you are enjoying your weekend!  Our's is warm and rainy... not a super great combination!  Anywhoo... I have my card for this week's Less is More challenge that I combined with the new Dynamic Duos color challenge (Crumb Cake & Your Choice) and a little announcement to make, so please make sure you read to the bottom of the post!

As June had 5 Saturdays instead of just 4, the 5th Saturday is "lucky dip" day at LIM and Chrissie and Mandi asked us to make a card based on the LIM header.  I immediately knew I was going to use my SU! Apothecary Art set because of the similarity between one of the images in the set and portions of the LIM header.   The LIM header is basically black and tan or kraft in coloration and when I saw the Dynamic Duo challenge I knew it would be a perfect fit... so my colors are Crumb Cake & Black with white as my neutral.  Initially I stamped the image using Crumb Cake but felt it was a little too light so I made the switch to black.  After stamping the image I trimmed it out and then using the dies that match the Apothecary Art cut a mat for the piece using Crumb Cake cardstock.  I trimmed out the center strip from the image I stamped using Crumb Cake, stamped the sentiment inside using black ink and then adhered it to first image.  To give more definition to everything I added a simple strip of black cardstock and then adhered the main image. Finished things off with a few butterflies punched from Crumb Cake cardstock.

Now... for my exciting news!  There is a new CAS challenge blog in town called CASology and I was fortunate to have been chosen to be on the first design team!!!   How cool is that???    The first challenge will be on July 10th, so I hope you will check it out!    Below is a list of the design team... please take the time to check out their blogs.

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Jen Wills

Melissa Chipperfield

Rosemary Dennis (me!!)

Tracey McNeely 

Thanks for stopping by....

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white & black; SU! Crumb Cake; Stamps:  SU! Apothecary Art; Punch:  MS Butterfly; Dies:  SU! Labels dies; rhinestones:  Want2Scrap

ODBDSLC114... Anything Goes!!

Hello, friends!!!  Saturday has arrived and that means time for another ODBD Shining the Light challenge.  I have a little announcement to make before I get to this week's challenge.  This is the last Saturday for the Shining the Light challenge.  Starting on July 3rd, the Shining the Light challenge will be moving to Tuesday.  All the details can be found here.  This is also Debi Southard's final post for the challenge team.  Debi is moving back over to the design team.

As my post title says this week's challenge is "anything goes" meaning we want to see any kind of project using ODBD stamps.  How fun is that??   I stuck to the tried and true:  a card.   Earlier this week I had spent some time working on my project for my Time With Post (found here) and since I was getting inky I decided to use my new acquired ODBD Honeycomb background stamp to do some emboss/resist.  I stamped the background using VersaMark ink, applied the embossing powder and heat set it.  I then inked up the image using Ranger's Squeezed Lemonade and Scattered Straw inks. I then trimmed the piece to fit my card front. I then stamped the oval from the ODBD Eternity, as well as the sentiment from the same set using Tuxedo Black ink.  The image was then die cut using the ODBD/Spellbinders Elegant Oval dies.  Some black double  stitched ribbon was tied around the background piece and a clock charm (thanks, Sabrina!) attached using some yellow baker's twine.  Finally I adhered the oval piece.

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, July 6th at 8 a.m. EST. One random winner will be chosen and announced next Saturday. 

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 three or more of our participants  for the  Shining the Light Award . In order to qualify for this award or join the challenge, however, you must use Our Daily Bread stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by Friday, July 6th at 8 a.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC114.  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 Vintage Cream; Inks:  VersaMark watermark ink; Memento Tuxedo Black; Ranger Distress inks:  Squeezed Lemonade & Scattered Straw; Stamps:  ODBD; Dies:  ODBD; Ribbon:  PTI; Baker's Twine; Clock Charm

Friday Evening Post

Hello, friends.. going to try to make a quick post here.  Have a card I made using sweet Chupa's current Sketchbook Saturday sketch and the colors from the current ColourQ challenge.  I just couldn't let the week end without making a card using Chupa's sketch.  I just LOVE her sketches!!  Anywhooo... on to the card.

When I saw the sketch I wasn't too sure what I was going to do, but then when I saw the ColourQ colors I knew I had to use my favorite HA set Bold Pop Designs.  I inked up the largest flower in the set using Hero Arts Hero Hues Punch ink and the smaller flower using SU!'s So Saffron.  Then both flowers were die cut using the matching dies.  I'm still in my white on white mode and so I embossed the background using my PTI Quatrefoil die, added the lace and the ribbon (SU!'s Pacific Point).  The circles were die cut using Spellbinders circle dies and then adhered to the card.  The bakers twine was added to the grey cord buttons, adhered to the flowers and then the flowers were added to the circle.  I die cut the fishtail flag using my MFT Fishtail Flag dies and then stamped the sentiment (also Hero Arts) using Pacific Point ink.

Thanks for stopping by and thank you those of you who took the time to comment about my shoulder.  It has been feeling better!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; SU! Grey; Stamps:  Hero Arts; Inks:  Hero Arts & Stampin Up!; Dies:  MFT, Spellbinders and Hero Arts; Twine:  Twinery; Ribbon & Buttons:  Stampin Up!

Gettin' Inky...

Hello, friends... long time no post!!  Been a little busy with life!  Today I have very short post with a card that  is being featured today on the ODBD blog, along with my very first tutorial!   Please hop over to the ODBD blog to check out all the details!!  And while you are there, make sure you check out the fantastic sale that is going on at the ODBD store.  Lots and lots of super yummy rubba is on sale right now (All Christmas sets and "garden" related sets).   Check it out here and here!!!   Now, here is my card:

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