SC624 To Pray is to Let Go and Let God

Hi Friends!

I hope all of you are having a wonderful week so far!  It’s time for the new Splitcoaststampers’ SC624 Sketch Challenge and I just love the sketch that Carey designed for us this week!

I decided to create a quick Mixed Media card using the brand new ODBD December 2016 release Handle with Prayer stamp set along with the coordinating ODBD Praying Hands Die, ODBD Deco Border Die and the ODBD previously released Pierced Circles Dies, Pierced Rectangles Dies and ODBD Beautiful Boho Collection 6x6 Paper Pad.

I also incorporated the ODBD Shining the Light ODBDSLC281 “Let’s Be Sentimental” Challenge as well as the Word Art Wednesday #260-#261 “Anything Goes” Challenge into the design.

If you have not already visited the above challenge sites yet, I hope you will have a chance to do so- fabulous inspiration from my DT Sisters at the SCS Sketch Gallery and ODBD Blog as well as the Word Art Wednesday challenge site!

To create this card:

1). Ink the ODBD Handle with Prayer hand image with archival black ink and stamp onto white cardstock. Heat set with a heat tool.

2). Color the image with Prismacolor colored pencils, blend the colors with a paper stump and add darker shadows with a dijon and blush water-based marker.

3). Die cut and emboss the ODBD Handle with Prayer image using the coordinating ODBD Praying Hands Die and also die cut another hand image from white cardstock to layer for additional thickness.

4). Die cut and emboss a piece of white cardstock with the ODBD Pierced Rectangles Dies, layer onto a piece of light blue cardstock, trim and mount onto the bright pink card base.

5). Die cut and emboss a piece of white cardstock with the ODBD Deco Border Die.

6).  Cut a piece of patterned paper (angled per the SC624 sketch) from the ODBD BeautifulBoho Collections 6x6 Paper Pad and adhere the die cut ODBD Deco Border Die piece along the angle.

7). Die cut and emboss a piece of white and light blue cardstock using the ODBD Pierced Circle Dies, layer and mount onto the card front (again, per the sketch).

8). Add the die cut/colored ODBD Handle with Prayer hand image with dimensional foam.

9). Ink the sentiment from ODBD Handle with Prayer using archival black ink and stamp onto a piece of white cardstock.  Die cut and emboss with the ODBD Pierced Circle Dies, mount onto the card front.

10). Add a few rhinestones to finish off the card.

I had fun designing this card and hope I have inspired you to come join us in the SC624 Sketch Challenge and/or the ODBDSLC281 “Let’s Be Sentimental” Challenge! 

Hugs and have a blessed Christmas week, my friends!

Handle with Prayer

Praying Hands Die

Deco Border Die

Pierced Circles Dies

Pierced Rectangles Dies

Beautiful Boho Collection

ODBDSLC281 Let's Be Sentimental Reminder

Hi Friends! 

Woohoo!  We know that the Christmas week is very busy but we wanted to remind you that it is not too late to join in with us at the Our Daily Bread Designs Shining the Light “ODBDSLC281” Let’s Be Sentimental” Challenge!  

Remember, you have until Friday, December 30, 2016 to join us for a chance to be spotlighted for the Shining the Light award or to win a $15 ODBD gift certificate (one random participant will be chosen).  To be spotlighted for the Shining the Light Award, you must use ODBD stamps (or stamps from our sister companies: North Coast Creations or Artistic Outpost). 

I paired the brand new ODBD Pennant Flag Verses (Clear Stamps) with the new coordinating ODBD Pennant Flags Dies and ODBD Double Stitched Pennant Flags Dies from the December 2016 ODBD Release with the previously released ODBD Fragrance stamp set and ODBD Pierced Rectangle Dies for this sympathy card.

If you have not visited the rest of my ODBD Design Team Sisters’ blogs and checked out their fabulous inspiration yet, I hope you will find time to do so:

Chris   ∙ Diana   ∙ Robin

To create this card:

1). Ink the ODBD Pennant Flag Verses (Clear Stamps) sentiment with archival black ink and stamp onto white cardstock.

 2). Die cut and emboss the sentiment with the ODBD Pennant Flag Dies and layer onto a piece of black cardstock that was die cut and embossed with the coordinating ODBD  Double Stitched Pennant Flag Dies.

3). Ink the floral image from the ODBD Fragrance stamp set with archival black ink and stamp onto a piece of white cardstock, also stamp another image onto a piece of scrap paper or sticky note paper, fussy-cutting this image to create a mask.

4). Mask the first stamped image on the white cardstock, re-ink the floral stamp with archival black ink and stamp onto the panel.

5). Heat set the flowers with a heat tool, use water-based markers to watercolor the image (also full strength markers for shadows), add white highlights with a extra fine white paint pen and use a clear glitter pen to add shimmer to the flower petals.

6). Die cut and emboss a piece of black cardstock with the ODBD Pierced Rectangles Dies, trim the floral panel and mount onto the die cut panel ( I apologize that it is a bit difficult to see the piercing in the photo but it is there and I love this die for framing your images).

7). Mount the entire floral panel onto the green card base and add the sentiment with dimensional foam to finish off the card.

I love the new ODBD Pennant Flag Verses (Clear Stamps) sentiments with the coordinating ODBD Pennant Flags Dies and ODBD Double Stitched Pennant Flags Dies – perfect for so many occasions. 

I am also linking this card to the Word Art Wednesday #260-#261 “Anything Goes” Challenge- I love their bi-weekly challenge that focuses on the Word of God and hope you will stop by their gallery to check out all of the gorgeous creations as well!

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by!  We would be thrilled to see your artwork in the Our Daily Bread Designs Shining the Light “ODBDSLC281” Let’s Be Sentimental” Challenge gallery!  Hugs and have a blessed Christmas week, my friends!

Pennant Flag Verses

Fragrance

Pennant Flags Dies

Double Stitched Pennant Flags Dies

Pierced Rectangles Dies

SUO164- Hey, Chick! Sneak Peek for SAB

Hi Friends!   

It’s time for the SUO164  “Circles or Ovals or Squares, Oh My!” Challenge at SU-Only Challenges!  I decided to take a break from Christmas cards and give you a sneak peek of a fun new Sale-A- Bration stamp set, Hey, Chick with a fun Mixed Media card :-)

 

Staring January 4, 2017  through March 31, 2017– for every $50 in purchases (not including sales tax or shipping), you can select one of the SAB items for free and Hey,Chick is so cute, I could not resist!! Those chickens look so frazzled, just like our lives are at times and I love the sweet sentiments as well :-)

I am also linking this card to the Simon Says Monday “Party Time” Challenge- if you have not had a chance to stop by the SU-Only Challenge site to check out the rest of the Design Team projects  or the Simon Says Challenge site, I hope you will do so- spectacular inspiration from all!

To create this card:

Ink the Hey, Chick images with Stampin’ Archival Basic Black Ink and stamp onto Whisper White cardstock.

Die cut the images with Circle Framelits™ (also die cutting two circles for each image from black cardstock).

Color the stamped chicken images with the new Stampin’ Up! Watercolor Pencils (yes, you read that correctly, the new Occasions Mini will have watercolor pencils in colors to match sixteen of the exclusive SU! Colors- yea!!) along with Stampin’ Write Markers.

Once you are satisfied with the coloring of the images, use Clear Wink of Stella to add shimmer to the chickens (I added it to their head areas :-)).  A chick has to have some shimmer, right? 

Layer the die cut black circles behind the images and set aside.

Emboss a piece of Whisper White cardstock with the Woodgrain Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, trim and mount onto a piece of Basic Black cardstock, trim and mount onto the Whisper White card base.

Adhere a strip of the Serene Scenery DSP Pack paper onto Basic Black cardstock and mount into the card front.

Heat emboss the sentiments from Hey, Chick with white embossing powder onto Basic Black cardstock creating the fish tail banners either by hand or using the retired Hexagon Punch (you can also use a square punch).

Mount the chick images and sentiment using Stampin’ Dimensionals® (I did adhere the far left chick directly to the card front) and add a bit of Clear Wink of Stella® to the chickens to finish off the card,

Mount the chick images and sentiment using Stampin’ Dimensionals and add a bit of Clear Wink of Stella®

Stamp Sets:  Hey, Chick

Ink: Versamark™, Stampin’ Archival™ Basic Black, SU! Watercolor Pencils, Stampin’ Write Markers; Clear Wink of Stella®

Paper/Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Black; Serene Scenery DSP Pacok

Accessories: Big Shot™, Woodgrain Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, Circle Thinlits™, Embossing Buddy®, Heat Tool, Stampin’ Emboss® White Embossing Powder

Thanks again for taking the time to visit – I hope that you will create your own Stampin’ Up! Only project and play along with our “Circles or Ovals or Squares, Oh My!” challenge!

Hugs and have a blessed Christmas week, my friends!

Peace on Earth

Hi Friends! 

I had a chance to create a quick Mixed Media card using Artistic Outpost (AO)  stamp sets, Christmastime and Gloria along with ODBD Pierced Rectangles Dies (all available at Our DailyBread Designs) and decided to incorporate the Watercooler Wednesday Challenge #97 Kath's Colour Challenge into the design.

I love the elegance of this color combination and decided to create a two tone embossed card with silver and gold.  

I am also linking this card to the Inkspirational #124 Neutrals Only Challenge (hopefully gold and silver are considered neutral) as well as the CAS-ual Fridays #163 Christmas & Hanukkah Challenge :-)

If you have not had a chance to visit The Artistic Outpost Blog or the linked challenge sites yet, I encourage you to do so- gorgeous inspiration from my Design Team sisters on the AO Blog as well as the challenge galleries!

To create this card:

1). De-static two pieces of white cardstock with an embossing static tool, ink the AO Christmastime stamp and AO Gloria angel with embossing ink and stamp onto the prepared cardstock.

2). Apply gold embossing powder over the scroll area and ornaments as well as the body of the angel image, tap off the gold powder onto a piece of scrap paper (to funnel back into your container of embossing powder) and immediately apply silver embossing powder to all of the remaining areas before heating and embossing with the heat tool.

3). Trim the AO Christmastime embossed image and mount onto a piece of espresso cardstock (I die cut and embossed the espresso cardstock with the largest die from the ODBD Pierced Rectangles Dies).

4). Mount the panel onto the white card base and add the looped silver metallic thread.

5). Fussy-cut the AO Gloria angel image, mount onto a piece of espresso cardstock and fussy-cut again, close to the embossing (this gives the angel more stability to be mounted onto the card front).

6). De-static a piece of espresso cardstock, ink the sentiment from AO Gloria with embossing ink, stamp onto the prepared cardstock and heat emboss with white embossing powder.

7). Trim the AO Gloria sentiment and add the fish tail banner by hand.

8). Mount the AO Gloria sentiment and fussy-cut AO Gloria angel to the card front with dimensional foam to finish off the card.

Quick and easy and perfect for mailing or hand-delivery:-)

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by- hugs to all of you and I hope you have a wonderful Christmas week!

Gloria

Christmastime Background

Pierced Rectangles Dies

Our Daily Bread Designs December 2016 NR Reminder

Hi Friends! 

Today we are taking a look back at the Our Daily Bread Designs December 2016 Release on the Our Daily Bread Designs Blog today and I that you will not want to miss out on the inspiration from the rest of the Breadsticks- fabulous examples from all!

My card features the new ODBD The Beatitudes stamp set along with the previously released ODBD Bitty Blossoms Dies, ODBD Small Bow Dies and ODBD Beautiful Boho Collection 6x6 Paper Pad.

To create this card:

Using archival black ink, stamp the ODBD The Beatitudes image onto a piece of vellum, trim and stitch to a piece of tangerine cardstock.

Trim a piece of the ODBD Beautiful Boho Collection 6x6 Paper, mount onto a piece of white cardstock, trim and mount onto the tangerine card base.

Die cut and emboss the flowers and leaves using the ODBD Bitty Blossoms Dies from white, tangerine, melon, light blue and green cardstock, mount onto the card front and add pearls to the flower centers.

Die cut and emboss green cardstock using the ODBD Small Bow Dies, assemble the bow and mount onto the card front to finish off the card.

I had fun designing this card and hope you will find the time to visit each of my "Breadstick" DT Sisters and leave them some “love” (comments) :

   Dawn * Kathy * Cathy * Lisa * Robin * 

Sandee*  Julie (you are here) * Helen 

* Anita * Diana * Lori * Sabrina

I am also linking this card to the Word Art Wednesday #260-#261 "Anything Goes" Challenge :-)

Thanks again for stopping by- hugs and have a blessed weekend, my friends!

The Beatitudes

Bitty Blossoms Die

Small Bow Dies

Beautiful Boho Collection

Cocoa Sends Love

Hi Friends! 

Today Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps (SNSS) is releasing two brand new clear stamp sets, Cocoa Sends Love (designed by Korin Sutherland) and the Creative Worship Give Praise (designed by Jennifer Rydin).

We are highlighting a few designs for the new release on the SNSS Blog and SNSS FB Page- I hope you will take the time to stop by and check out the wonderful inspiration from the SNSS Creative Team.

I decided to play along with the SNSS Cocoa Sends Love Clear Stamp Set and create a quick, fun card! 

To create this card:

1). Ink the SNSS Cocoa Sends Love image with archival black ink, stamp onto white cardstock.

2). Color with image with water-based markers using a water brush and ink direct to the image, add glossy accents to the hearts.  Fussy cut the image and mount onto a piece of black cardstock, fussy cut the image once more.

3). Die cut a heart from white and black cardstock, split the black heart and layer behind the white heart allowing a bit of the black die cut to show as a frame.

4). Die cut a larger black oval and a smaller patterned oval using stitched oval dies, layer together.

5). Use a heart embossing folder to emboss a piece of white and light pink cardstock, layer together, add the white crocheted lace and 5/8” black satin ribbon to cover the seam.

6). Mount the background panel onto black cardstock, trim and mount onto the rose card base.

7). Mount the oval focal image onto the card front with dimensional foam.

8). Heat emboss the sentiments from SNSS Cocoa Sends Love Clear Stamp Set with white embossing powder onto black cardstock, trim and create the banner points before adding to the card front with dimensional foam to finish off the card.

I had fun designing this card and hope I have inspired you to create something this weekend!  Hugs and have a blessed week, sweet friends!

SNSS Cocoa Sends Love