Saturday, November 27, 2010

I see snowflakes......

Hello my stamping friends!!! Can you believe this is the last weekend in November? Oh my goodness, where has time gone. Since today is Saturday and it is time for a new Shining the Light Challenge we the Challenge Team have a fun challenge for you!!

December is just around the corner...and in most places of the USA comes the cold and/or snowflakes. So this week's challenge is to add snowflakes to your creation (this can be on the DP, punched, the image, your ribbon, and etc.)



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 Thursday, December 2. 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. If you are not using Our Daily Bread Designs stamps, please do not submit your entry more than once or we will have to delete one entry. 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 December 2 at 8 p.m. EST.If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC39. When creating your posts on blogs please include a direct link to the challenge.

On to my little project I have to share with you all today!! Since we don't get much snow here in Southern Arizona, I was trying to come up with something fun and yet useful, so I made a card and gift tag set. What I call tags in this project are actually snowflake ornaments that I found at my local Target for only $ 1.00 for 4 of them. To make them more interesting and an actual tag I simply cut circles with my Spellbinders Standard Scalloped Circles and Standard Circles dies and stamped "to: and from:" from the Poinsettia Tag Set on them in silver.




For my card I cut a 5.5"x5.5" base added a layer of Aqua Mist card stock and another layer in white which I embossed with the snow flurries embossing folder by Cuttlebug. I painted this embossed layer with some glitter acrylic paint which I picked up at Joann's embellished it with some gorgeous white lace and hand dyed seam binding in Bermuda Bay and a snowflake garland from Michael's. The tag in the middle of the card is cut from ODBD's new Tag Die and the tag stamp is the Holly Tag Set. To give the edges some dimension I simply rubbed my handy silver ink pad over the edges and viola, ready was my card to go with my little snowflake gift set.

Recipe:
Paper: PTI White, Aqua Mist

Stamps: ODBD Holly Tag Set (Tag), Poinsettia Tag Set (To: and From:) Christmas Verses (Merry Christmas)

Ink: VersaMark, silver embossing powder, silver chalk ink

Accessories: Standard Circles, Standard Scalloped Circles, ODBD Tag die, Cuttlebug embossing folder snow flurries, white cotton lace, hand dyed seam binding in Bermuda Bay, snowflake garland

If you would like to see some more snowflake creations head on over to

Chris

Chrissy

Fran

Patter

for these ladies have some awesome creations to share with you all!! 

Thanks so much for making my day by stopping by to say "hi".

Remember, Kelley still has the Free Shipping Deal going on until Sunday, make sure you read all the details on the ODBD Blog.

Have a fabulous and super creative weekend!!

Hugs and blessings,




Friday, November 26, 2010

It's a SALE......

hello my stamping friends!! I hope and pray that you all had a fabulous Thanksgiving, I sure know mine was a blessing! We had a LOT of food and some amazing company, so it was a blessed day indeed.

Today is Black Friday, but I am not one that gets up in the middle of the night and stands in line to get run over. I am more of the type that sits at the computer and takes advantage of the Internet deals ;D;D. If you are like me I have just the right DEAL for you.

Kelley, the wonderful owner of Our Daily Bread Designs is offering FREE Shipping to all of her valued customers in the US!!









Also, for the first time ever, Kelley is offering the amazing stamps that will be released on 1.December 2010 on Pre-Order!!!! So, if you have been looking at ODBD stamps for a while this is your opportunity to order them now and enjoy free shipping!!! You also have a chance on winning an entire December Breadstick Bundle for FREE!!! Head on over to the ODBD Blog to find out more. You can also read about some more exciting NEWS. ODBD was chosen to be one of the NEW Preferred Stamp Companies by Spellbinders!!!! If you are like me and can't imagine what you would do without your Spellbinders, you will love to hear that there will be a bunch of new ODBD stamps that will coordinate with some of the awesome Spellbinders dies we all love so much!! I sure can't wait to see what this will all include :D:D

Well, I hope you will be ale to take advantage of this awesome FREE shipping deal and the chance of winning some amazing stamps for free!!! If you have not tried out ODBD stamps yet, this is the time to do so, you will love the supreme quality of ODBD stamps!

Thanks for stopping by today, I have the day to spend with my cuties, my DH had to work, but we are going to have a girls day and I will see you all tomorrow for yet another exciting Shining the Light Challenge!!

Hugs and blessings,

Sabrina

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Good Saturday morning....

 my stamping friends!!! I hope you all had a fabulous week and are ready for the weekend and some creative time ;D. Our Daily Bread Designs Shining the Light Challenge is a good one and you won't want to miss it, are you ready?


Thanksgiving is just around the corner but since some of our viewers are from Canada or elsewhere and do not celebrate at this time of year, we are challenging you to create any holiday card (Thanksgiving, Christmas or etc.)

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 Thursday, November 25, 2010. 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 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 November 25, 2010 at 8 p.m. EST.
If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC38. When creating your posts on blogs please include a direct link to the challenge.


All right, since I would like to get a little of a head start for my Christmas cards this year, yes, I am one of those that waits until last minute to make the Christmas cards and usually don't finish them all :C, but this challenge allows me to get at least started ;D

Have a look and see my Holiday card

Wishing you a Blessed Christmas



Recipe:

Paper: PapertreyInk  Vintage Cream

Stamps: ODBD Blessed Christmas

Ink: VersaMark Filigree gold embossing powder, Tim Holtz Distressing Ink Tea Dye

Accessories:  ODBD Poinsettia Die,   Sizzix embossing folder Starry Night, Spellbinders Fancy Tags, cream cotton lace, gold tone ribbon, Studio112 half pearls,


I know this is not a typical Christmas color card, but I just loved the way the gold embossing looked against the Vintage Cream and the aged edges :D:D.

What do you think? 

Are you ready to see what my teammates have created? Have a look and see what

Chris

Chrissy

Fran

Patter

have come up with. You will find some amazing eye candy and hopefully get some inspiration to make your own Holiday card. If you do, we'd love to see them, so don't forget to add them on Our Daily Bread Designs Blog   under Mr. Linky . It is always a joy to see what you create.


Thanks so much for stopping by today and making my day a happy day!!

Hugs and blessings,



Saturday, November 13, 2010

Hello, hello, hello....

my stamping friends!!!!  Can you believe it is Saturday already? Well, it is and that means it is time for a new Shining the Light Challenge over at Our Daily Bread Designs.   This week we have a pretty cool challenge....are you ready?

Do you sometimes get in a slump and just create cards with your stamps...I know I do. This week we want you to create anything but a card. It need not be 3D...it can be a bookmark, tag, etc. I hope this helps you think outside of the box.




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 Thursday, November 18. 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 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 November 18 at 8 p.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC37. When creating your posts on blogs please include a direct link to the challenge.

This challenge was really fun for me....have a look and see

Thinking of You




Recipe:

Paper: K&Company Wild Saffron (still LOVE this paper ;D)

Stamps:  ODBD Thinking of You

Ink: Tim Holtz Distressing Ink Vintage Photo, StampinUp Close to Cocoa

Accessories: Spellbinders Nesties Labels 5, Fancy Tags, Standard Circles Large, Prima Hydrangeas in yellow distressed with Vintage Photo Distressing Ink, Flourish was cut with my Cricut Expression and the Storybook cartridge, antique copper brad, Filling of the cup:  Almond Biscotti, tea, Lindt Truffles ;D(yum!!!)

So, what do you think? Are you inspired to join us in this fun challenge? Remember you do not have to make a 3D project, you can make a bookmark, tags (they all would make pretty nice little gifts for a teacher, a friend....you name it ;D;D)

The idea for this cup came from the new Scor-Pal Ezine, but I have to confess that I changed it just a little, I made the cup a tad bit taller because I knew I wanted to fill it with all of those goodies :D:D

Would you like to see what my Challenge Team Sisters have come up with? Well, head on over to see


Chris

Chrissy

Fran

Patter

those girls will blow off your socks!!!! 

Thanks so much for stopping by today, it really is always a joy to read your comments!!

Oh, before I forget, I would like to THANK all of those that played along last week....it was so much fun to come by your place to see your creations.....thank you!!! If you did not win, don't give up, you'll never know when God will bless and you'll be the winner of the $ 15 gift certificate that can go toward a stamp purchase at the ODBD store.  Also make sure you'll check out what else is going on at ODBD over at the ODBD Blog

Have a blessed day!!

Hugs,



Saturday, November 6, 2010

Happy Saturday......

morning my stamping friends!!! I hope you all had a fabulous week and tons of time to stamp. I did not have much time as both of my girls were sick :C. I guess that is how it is after 3 weeks of Fall break when everybody gets back together ;D. They are not 100%, but much better and no more fever.

Anyhow, you did not come here to hear about my girls, you want to know what this weeks Shining the Light Challenge over at Our Daily Bread Designs will be, right? Well, for challenge # 36 we are asking you to use gold/silver cording or twine, hemp cord etc.  I know for me this is not usually a go to item, so I had to dig a little and find mine in my big basket of "stuff",LOL!!


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 Thursday, November 11. 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 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 November 11 at 8 p.m. EST.If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC36. When creating your posts on blogs please include a direct link to the challenge.

All right, let me show you what I came up with. I made a Christmas card, to get started, ya know ;D;D

Merry Christmas




Recipe:
Paper:  PTI Soft Stone, Scarlet Jewel, Basic Grey Wassail, silver paper with a shimmer finish, Shrink plastic

Stamps: ODBD Christmas Verses  and    Blessed Christmas

Ink: Palette Moulin Rouge, Black StazOn, Copic markers in R05, R29 , G 85

Accessories: silver cording, burgundy satin ribbon, dark red rhinestones, circle punches 1 1/8" and 1 3/8", EK Success border punch, heat gun, ODBD Poinsettia die

So, what do you think? 

Are you inspired to get out that cording and play along in this weeks Shining the Light Challenge or do you need a little more inspiration? Well, if you head on over to see

Chris

Christy

Fran

and Patter

came up with you will get plenty inspiration as these ladies really came through on this one.


Thanks for stopping by today.

I hope you get to play along and remember to add your creation to Mr. Linky on the ODBD Blog so we can come on over to your place and check out what you came up with!

Have a blessed and super creative weekend!

Hugs,