Shining the Light Challenge 70

Good Saturday morning stamping friends!! WOW, this week has just flown by. Since it is Saturday it is time for a new Shining the Light Challenge and this week it is a sketch!!! We know how much you all love those sketch challenge so, lets get those ODBD stamps out and get creating :D:D

This weeks challenge:



Create a card or project using the sketch with a twist. The twist is you can use any center panel shape you would like in the center.

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, August 4. 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 without using ODBD stamps will not be commented on or 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 August 4 at 8 p.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC70. When creating your posts on blogs please include a direct link to the challenge.

Now on to what I came up with. I had tons of fun with this one....seriously. I am also sharing a little sneak peek of a new stamp set that will be released on Monday 1. August 2011, called "Weave in Faith" and is a stamp of the Full of Grace Collection, can you guess what the theme of this release will be?  Have a look and see


Weave in Faith........

Recipe:

Paper: PTI Rustic Cream, Prima Melody, Bazzill textured cs in green, SU Pink Pirouette

Stamps: ODBD  Full of Grace Collection "Weave in Faith"  (link will be available on Monday after the release ;D)

Accessories: Zva Creative pearl flourish, handmade angel stick pin, hand dyed seam binding, Spellbinders Fleur De Lis Squares, Classic Squares Large, Classic Scalloped Squares Large, paper roses, charms

Isn't this a fabulous sketch? And that new stamp set......awesome!!!

To see what the rest of the Challenge Team has come up with make sure you will check out

Chris

Fran

Lori

and  Pat

after you leave here.

To read all the details and see who won last weeks challenge make sure you head on over to the ODBD Blog. You can also find out what else is going on over at ODBD. Remember there is a total of three challenges going on right now and each and every one has a prize that you cold possibly win, but you have to play along ;D;D

Well, this is it for me for today!! Thanks so much for stopping by and making my day just a little brighter!!

Have a blessed and super creative day!!

Hugs,

Are you ready for some piercing?

Good Saturday morning my stamping friends! Are you ready for some piercing? Today the Shining the Light Challenge 69 over at Our Daily Bread Designs calls for just that.


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 29 at 8 a.m.. 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 without using ODBD stamps will not be commented on or 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 July 29at 8 a.m. EST.If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC69. When creating your posts on blogs please include a direct link to the challenge.

All right, are you ready to see what I came up with? For my creation today I chose a set called Sweet William small for my words and Hydrangea.  The Hydrangea was stamped with VersaMark and embossed with white embossing powder and colored in using Twinkling H2O's. It was hard to capture the shimmer, but IRL it looks so pretty. Have a look and see my

Peace, Love, Joy

Recipe:

Paper: PTI White, Ripe Avocado, Pink Paislee Butterfly Garden

Stamps: ODBD Hydrangea, Sweet William small

Ink: VersaMark, white embossing powder, ODBD Olive

Accessories: Cheery Lynn Designs French Pastry doily die, Spellbinders Fancy Tags Two, white lace with satin ribbon from my stash, Recollections pearl flourishes and half pearls, handmade stick in, Dusty Olive seam binding

What do you think, was I able to inspire you to play along this week? Maybe you need just a little more inspiration, if so, make sure you'll stop by and see what

Chris

Fran

Lori

and Pat

have come up with!  These ladies blow me away every week.

Remember you can find out what all is going on over at the OBDB Blog.

Well, this is it for me for today. Thanks so very much for stopping by today. I hope to see your creation throughout the week over at the ODBD Blog, and who knows, it might just be you that wins that gift certificate, you'll never know whom Random.org picks.

Have a blessed and very creative weekend!!

Hugs,

Happy Wednesday......

my stamping friends!!  I have a card to share with you all that I've made using two of Our Daily Bread Designs July releases.  For this one, I kind of went outside the box a little and stamped on fabric, Crinoline to be exact and it turned out wonderful.

Why don't you sit back for a minute and check it out and let me know what you think.

Thankful

Recipe:

Paper:  PTI Dark Chocolate, White, Prima Melody

Stamps: ODBD Large Scrapbook Words, Sweet William small

Ink: PTi Perfect Match Vintage Cream, Memento Rose Bud (flower)

Accessories: Wilton Doily, Spellbinders Fancy Tags Two, Blossom Three, Zva Creative pearl flourish, Glimmer Mist in Pink Taffy, Sizzix Embossing Folder Damask, . Recollections half pearls, rhinestone brad

I have to tell you, I loved the way the Memento Ink just so beautifully stamped the Sweet William unto the Crinoline. To achieve the bleeding on the edges of the petals I spritzed the Glimmer Mist in Pink Taffy unto a piece of acetate and just dipped the edges of the flower into it and dried it with my heat gun making sure that I did not overheat the fabric (we all know what happens when you do that ;D;D).   To give the flower a little more life I simply snipped in where the petals meet and viola, this fun Sweet William cam to life.

Thanks so much for stopping by today and visiting.

I hope all of you are enjoying a blessed day!

Hugs,

Hello on this wonderful Saturday....

my stamping friends!  It is this time again to share the new Shining the Light Challenge over at Our Daily Bread Designs with you. This week Chris is challenging us to

Be Inspired by a WORD or the ENTIRE PHRASE "You're a grand old flag, you're a high flying flag."



You can use a flag, something flying, something high or grand.....


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, July 21. 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 without using ODBD stamps will not be commented on or 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 July 21at 8 p.m. EST.If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC68. When creating your posts on blogs please include a direct link to the challenge.

So, are you ready to see what I came up with? I really stretched it on this one ;D.

I went with old/Vintage and flying (this is where the stretching comes in,LOL) I used butterflies on my DP and a die cut butterfly...butterflies do fly, right?

Have a look and let me know what you think

Recipe:

Paper: PTI Fine Linen, White, Recollections Kraft, Pink Paislee Butterfly Garden DP

Staps: ODBD Scripture Collection 7

Ink: Tim Holtz Distressing Ink Old Paper, Memento Rich Cocoa

Accessories: Cheery Lynn Designs French Pastry doily die and Exotic Butterflies small, Spellbinders Labels 10, Prima flower in pink, seam binding in Dusty Olive and spritzed with Glimmer Mist in Iridescent Gold, , Recollections half pearls, Recollections pearl flourishes, white lace

This is it for my inspiration, after you leave me some love :D:D, you know we all love it when we get comments, I will send you on over to see what

Chris

Fran

Lori

and Pat

have come up with.  Silke is still taking a break but will be back 1. August.

Make sure you also head on over to the ODBD Blog to see what other challenges there are still going on. I am sure you will find it interesting that in all three challenges ODBD has going on you have a chance to win a gift certificate and all it takes is for you to play along. That is not hard, is it? I would love to see your creation added to Mr. Linky and get that little bit closer on on possibly winning.

Well, this is it for me for today. This is my girls last weekend off before it is back to school on Monday. It has its benefits to be in an all year round school district ;D;D

Thanks for stopping by today and making my day a happy day.

Have a blessed and super creative weekend!!

Hugs,

You are not forgotten!!

Hello my stamping friends! Hope you all are doing well on this super sunny and hot Thursday! I have a card to share with you all today that I've made using two of the new releases from Our Daily Bread Designs, called "Not Forgotten"  and  "Old Flag BG".  The "Old Flag BG" was directly stamped unto some designer paper I had for a long time (sorry don't recall the name). For the soldier image I used Palette Moulin Rouge and aged it with Tim Holtz Distressing Ink in Tea Dye. The words "you are not forgotten" were stamped in ODBD's Steel Blue. Have a look at my


You are not forgotten

Recipe:

Paper: SU Buckaroo Blue ( I believe it is retired), PTI Rustic Cream, textured blue cs from my stash (can't quite recall the name, sorry) Bless America themed paper from my stash

Stamps: ODBD Old Flag BG, Not Forgotten

Ink: ODBD Steel Blue, Palette Moulin Rouge, Tim Holtz Distressing Ink Tea Dye

Accessories: Spellbinders Petite Ovals Large, Labels 21, red/white/blue grosgrain ribbon, SU star brads

What do you think? Pretty simple card, but I wanted to keep the importance of the Old Flag and this wonderful image of a soldier leaving for deployment. I think in this case less is more!

Well, this is it for me for today!  I am taking my girls out for a little while. This is there last week of summer vacation. Tomorrow we have meet the teacher. My girls are not quite ready to go back to school, but they've gotta do what they've gotta do, right? ;D

Thanks for stopping by today!

Hugs and blessings,

SSIC97...What works for you

Hello and good morning my sweet stamping friends! It is time for  new Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge and this week it is the ever so talented and super sweet Rebekka Reed that is challenging us. For her scripture Rebekka chose


James 2:18,19 But someone will say, You have faith, and I have works." Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe and tremble


and the challenge is:


"What works for you" use your favorite item for stamping, it could be a stamp,embossing folder, favorite spellbinder shape

To be honest, I have so any favorites that I had to narrow it down just a bit. ;D  So, for my card I went with some yummy paper, Spellbinders off course, no card is complete without Spellbinders ;D;D and a flower, lace and some pearls and this is what came out

Recipe:

Paper: PTI Vintage Cream, True Black, Recollections Designer Paper

Stamps: ODBD Mini Tags 1

Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black

Accessories: Spellbinders Labels 20, Fancy Tags Two, Recollections half pearls, Zva Creative pearl flourish, white and black lace from my stash, Prima flower

What do you think? It's a pretty easy challenge and I ope that you all get to play along. If you should need some inspiration, make sure you'll head on over to see what

Chris, Grace, Kris, Linda, Marilynn, Miesje, Peggysue and Rebekka have come up with.

To find out all of the detail make sure you'll stop by the Stampin' Sisters in Christ Blog.

This weeks sponsor is     Simon Says Stamp


Well, this is it for me for today! Thanks so very much for stopping by today and making my day a brighter day!

Have a blessed day and happy stamping!!

Hugs,
                        

ODBDSLC67..Red, white, blue

Hello and good morning my stamping friends!! It is Saturday and time for a new Shining the Light Challenge over at Our Daily Bread Designs. Chris, the wonderful Challenge Team Coordinator is challenging us this week to focus on the colors "red, white and blue"!! You can use other colors but those three need to be the main focus. I know I am not officially a member of the Challenge Team anymore, but I can't get enough of these awesome challenges I asked permission to keep participating as a regular so to speak, so all of you will have just that one more inspiration card, 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, July 14. 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 without using ODBD stamps will not be commented on or 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 July 14at 8 p.m. EST.If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC67.When creating your posts on blogs please include a direct link to the challenge

For my sample this week I've used a set just released last week called "Sweet William small", the small stands for regular size words actually as there is also a set that focuses more on Scrapbooking and those blooms  are larger. Anyhow, have a look and see how I have tied the Sweet William flower into the red, white and blue challenge

Recipe:

Paper:  PTI White, Poppy Red, Prima Reflections

Stamps: ODBD Sweet William small

Ink: ODBD Steel Blue, Palette Moulin Rouge

Accessories: Spellbinders Fleur De Lis Motifs, Cheery-Lyn-Designs French Pastry doily die and Exotic Butterflies small, Bohemia rhinestones in blue, white and red lace from my stash


What do you think? I'd like to know what you think about my interpretation  of the "red, white and blue". 
If you should need some more inspiration make sure you'll head on over to see what

Chris

Fran

Lori

and Pat

have come up with.

TO see what else is going on over at ODBD make sure you visit the ODBD Blog. Thanks for stopping by today and making my day just that little bit brighter.

Have a blessed and wonderfully creative day!!

Hugs,

It's a new day....

Hello my stamping friends!!  I am back from vacation and I am trying to get back into the swing of things.  :D
So, to start this new day out right, I have a card I would like to share with you all that I've made with one of the newly released stamps from Our Daily Bread Designs last week called "Not Forgotten". I know the image of the soldier is supposed to be a male, but I thought that I could easily make this into a little more feminine looking card as well. See, my husband was active duty Air Force for 26 years and I have seen more than one soldier (male and female) leaving for deployment or TDY or training and from the back some females even look like men, no offense. The uniform/BDU's do not distinguish between male and female, it's one for all. To make a long story short, I have made a pretty girlie card to honor a lady that recently joined our church, she is in the Air Force as well.

Have a look and if you have some time I'd like to know what you think about my card honoring one of the brave women defending our freedom. She is not deployed right now, but she had been last year.

Fight the good fight...

Recipe:

Paper: PTI Rustic Cream, Dark Chocolate, Recollections Kraft, Basic Grey Nook&Pantry

Stamps: ODBD Not Forgotten

Ink: SU Close to Cocoa (Image) , Memento Rich Cocoa (scripture)

Accessories: Offray cream cotton lace, May Arts ribbon, handmade flower, Recollections half pearls, Spellbinders Classic Ovals Large, Labels 20, Standard Circles Large, Parisian Accents,


All right, so, what do you think? I think it works pretty well for a female.

I am sure that I will be using this set over and over again, and it does not have to be for a holiday, I can now make a card that honors one of these brave military members, active duty, retired it is just a perfect addition, wouldn't you agree?

Well, this is it for me for today! Thanks so much for stopping by and making my day a happy day!

Have a blessed and super creative day!

Hugs,

Welcome to ODBD's July release....

Good morning stamping friends!! I hope you all are doing well and are ready for a  new release of some super cool stamps over at Our Daily Bread Designs! This post is scheduled as I am on vacation with my family, so if you have any problems with my links, please make sure you will go to the ODBD Blog and click on the link of the person after me, which is Julie. I will be back home on Friday night and will update all links to direct links!!! If you have arrived here from Lisa's fantabulous blog you are in the right place, if you just started here, you might want to head on back to the ODBD Blog to start there as we not only have some awesome projects to share with you all, but we also have some cool goodies to give away. But first, let me tell you that I am super excited that starting today I am officially a member of the Design Team! I know, there is not much difference between the Challenge Team and the Design Team, but I am forever grateful to Kelley, that she allowed me to be part of this ever so fabulous group of stamping and creating sisters!! Thanks, Kelley!!! All right, let me show you my humble little card I made. When I was growing up in Germany, we had one giant Hydrangea bush and it was kind of lavender/pinkish and I took it as my inspiration today. So let me introduce you to one of the awesome new stamp sets called "Hydrangea" and one that is called "Large Scrapbook Words".


So Blessed......

Recipe:

Paper: PTI White, SU Pale Plum, Pink Paislee Butterfly Garden

Stamps: ODBD Hydrangea and Large Scrapbook Words

Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa

Accessories: Spellbinders Classic Circles Large, Fancy Tags 2, Labels 10, Wilton Paper doily, Zva Creative Corner Pearl Flourish, lavender Marcella K rhinestones, white lace from my stash, Copics V01, V04, RV00, G 82, G 9, BG 93

What do you think? Isn't this an awesome Hydrangea image and amazing "big" words? I love that I can either use these words for Scrapbooking or my cards. You know sometimes you want to make a statement and these words are perfect for that.

To send you on in the Hop I am sending you over to see what Julie has created. Make sure you'll leave love at all the designers blogs. There are some prizes to be won, but we are not having you to answer any hard questions ;D. We just want you to have fun and complete the Hop and let all of us know what you like about our projects and then on the ODBD you simple state that you have completed the Blog Hop and that will automatically qualify you for the random drawing of  one of THREE free sets or the Grand Prize, which is nothing other than the entire Bread Basket Bundle. So make sure you complete the Hop sweet friends. The Hop runs from 8 AM EST, today, 1. July until 8 PM EST on Saturday 2. July.

All of the details can be found over at the ODBD Blog.

Well, this is it for me for today, thanks for stopping by today.

Have a super blessed day!

Hugs,