Receive the Savior

Hi Sweet Friends! 

Happy Monday!  I had a chance to play with the brand new Receive the Savior Clear Stamp Set (designed by Krista Hamrick) from Sweet ‘n SassyStamps (SNSS) this weekend :-)

I love the new Receive the Savior Clear Stamp Set with the image of Mary and Joseph holding the baby Jesus as well as a manger scene, stars, banner and sentiments!  Perfect for Christmas and the true “Reason for the Season”!

I decided to create another card with this week’s SC609 Sketch Challenge at Splitcoaststampers (SCS) along with the Simon Wednesday STAMPtember® "Stamp It" Challenge and the Addicted to Stamps and More #210 Inspiration Photo (I was inspired by the blues and purples).

If you have not had a chance to visit the above challenge sites or drop by the Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps blog yet, I hope you will find the time to do so- fabulous inspiration from all!

To create this card:

Trim a piece of white cardstock and score a few lines (per the sketch), add silver cord and mount onto a piece of light gray cardstock.

Adhere the entire background panel onto the white card base.

Die cut a piece of light gray cardstock along with a piece of white cardstock with stitched dies and mount onto the card front with dimensional foam.

Lightly watercolor the background with a water brush and ink from a blue marker.

Stamp the SNSS Receive the Savior  image using black archival ink onto a piece of white cardstock and color the image with water-based markers (using water as needed to blend - I used Zig® Clean Color Real Brush markers).  

FYI- I used a very dark plum purple marker for the baby Jesus (looks almost black) to depict royalty :-)

Fussy-cut the SNSS Receive the Savior image and mount onto the card front with dimensional foam.

Stamp the banner and sentiment with archival ink onto white cardstock, coloring with the water-based markers and add to the card front with dimensional foam as well.

Use a clear glitter pen to apply glitter to the stars in the banner as well as Mary and Joseph’s robes (difficult to see in the photo but it is "sparkly" IRL :-)) to finish off the card.

Thanks for taking the time to visit- hugs and I hope you have a blessed week, my friends!

ODBB August 2016 Mid-Month New Release Reminder

Hi Friends! 

I hope all of you are having a great week so far!  Today we are taking a look back at the Our Daily Bread Designs August 2016 Mid-Month Release!  These stamps, dies and papers are perfect for summer, nautical and masculine cards, scrapbook pages and 3-D projects!

I know that you will not want to miss out on the inspiration from the rest of the Breadbaskets and we would love to have you visit each of our blogs as well as the ODBD blog- please see more details below...

My first card features the new You Anchor Me (Stamp/Die Duo-Clear Stamps) along with the Flourished Star Pattern Die, Ornate Ovals Dies, Ovals Dies, Double Stitched Rectangles Dies and the new By The Shore Collection 6x6 Paper Pad. I added a piece of rope that I "upcycled" from a shipping package as well and used the  Leafy Edged Border Dies a guide to create the sloping angles for the paper layers :-)

I think that this card could be perfect for an encouragement for either a guy or a gal, don’t you?

My second card features the new By The Sea stamp set along with the Lavish Layers Dies, Double Stitched Circle Dies, Double Stitched Rectangle Dies and the new By The Shore Collection 6x6 Paper Pad.

My husband and I love watching birds and even though we do not have a chance to see pelicans that often, it was fun to color this image and recall the times that we have visited areas where pelicans were hanging around :-)  In fact, until I "googled" for images of pelicans, I did not realize how many different types of pelicans there are in the United States- I chose a white pelican for my image today.  

I had so much fun designing these cards with the August 2016 Mid-Month Release and know you will as well!! I hope you will take the time to visit the rest of my Breadbasket Design Team Sisters to check out their gorgeous creations!

Dawn * Lori * Julie * Melissa * Robin * Cathy * Sabrina * Diana * Angie

Thanks again for stopping by- I hope you have a blessed week, my friends!

ODBD You Anchor Me	ODBD Ornate Ovals Dies	Flourished Star Pattern Dies	Ovals Dies	Double Stitched Rectangles Dies
ODBD By the Shore Paper Collection	ODBD By the Sea	Lavish Layers Dies	Double Stitched Circles Dies