Love warms.......

Hello and happy Friday stamping friends! I pray that you all had the most blessed Christmas ever. Ours was pretty quiet, with lots of family time, food and watchin' movies with our girls. God is good!

Today I have a fairly simple card to share with you all that I have made using TWO of the Our Daily Bread Designs December Release stamps called Snowy Blessings and Snowflake Background  which are both still great to use even after the Holidays!

Have  look and see for yourself


Love warms......

Recipe:

Paper: PTI White

Stamps: ODBD  Snowy Blessings and Snowflake Background

Inks: VersaMark, silver chalk ink, Filigree silver embossing powder

Accessories: Spellbinders Floral Ovals, Labels 4, Cheery Lynn Designs Small Exotic Butterflies,  white Mulberry roses, German Glass Glitter, white cluny lace, crystal garland, Want2Scrap clear rhinestone flourish, silver heart button

Size: 5.5" x 5.5"

 

If you have a minute I'd like to know what you think about this very monochrome card.

Thanks so much for making my humble Blog a stop today, it means the world to me!

Hugs and blessings,

May you have........

Good Monday morning sweet stamping friends. Today I have another fun little Christmas card to share with you all. For this one, I did not use traditional Christmas embellishments, I went with what I love most....flowers that is!  Have a closer look at my


May you have.....

Snowy Blessings

 



 

 

Recipe:

 

Paper: PTI Vintage Cream, Ripe Avocado, Scarlet Jewel, My Minds Eye Lost & Found Christmas

 

Stamps: ODBD Snowy Blessings

 

Ink: Tim Holtz Distressing Ink Aged Mahogany

 

Accessories:  Spellbinders Resplendent Rectangles, Fancy Tgas Two, ZVA Creative pearl flourish, maroon colored lace, gold trim with sequins, ivory and maroon colored Mulberry roses, acrylic wheat spray

 

What do you think? I know the maroon colored lace looks kind of red in the picture, but believe me when I say IRL it is much darker. ;D

 

I hope I was able to inspire you just a little bit today. Thanks so very much for stopping by to say "hello".....it truly means a lot to me!

 

Have a blessed and super creative day my sweet friend!

 

Hugs,

 

 





 

 

Glistening Snow.....

Hello and good Friday afternoon my stamping friends! I have a fun little project to share with you all. For my project I have used a very different color combination for me.....Kraft, silver and cream. To see how well these colors actually go together have a look at this


Glistening Snow.....

   Snowflake Background

 

 

 

Snowflake Sentiments

 

 

 

 

Sparkling Snowflakes

 

 

Recipe:

Paper: Recollections Kraft, silver specialty paper from my stash

Stamps: ODBD Snowflake Sentiments,  Sparkling Snowflakes, Snowflake Background

Ink: silver chalk ink, VersaMark, Winter White embossing powder

Accessories: Spellbinders Persian Motifs, Spellbinder ODBD Custom Dies Snowflakes,  Spellbinders Jewel Flowers and Flourishes, pearl trim, white Mulberry roses, white poinsettias, German Glass Glitter, Celebrate It silver tinsel ribbon, clear rhinestones, acrylic diamond shaped baubles,


What do you think? This can be just a little hanger to put on your TV cabinet or curio or even on your Christmas tree!  The base of this wall hanging is 6.5" x 4.5".

Before I go I have some announcements to make. If you have a Facebook account you can win a $25 gift certificate just for hitting the "Like" button on the ODBD FB page. How awesome is that? To see the entire post and all of the details make sure you'll check out this post right HERE.

Also, if you are still looking for some amazing gifts for friends and family, how about a gift certificate from Our Daily Bread Designs? Kelley has a special going on right now if you spend $ 50 in gift certificates, which start at only $5.00, you will get a $10 gift certificate for FREE for every $50 you spend!!!  That is one fabulous deal!!!! 


Well, this is it for me for right now!  I urge you to please say a little prayer for all of those that were part of the horrific Elementary school shooting in Connecticut and their families. I saddens me that someone would just shoot these little babes! I have a daughter in 2nd grade and I can only imagine what the parents who lost their child today are going through!

Have a blessed and safe weekend!

Hugs,

Snowy Christmas Blessings

Hello and happy Friday stamping friends! Sorry it has been a few days since I posted, but I was down with a severe migraine. I finally was able to take a picture of my card I made a few days ago and this is what came out. I know it very rarely snows here in Southern Arizona, but I remember oh so good how much snow we've had back home n Germany growing up. There were more than one days that we had no school because of too much snow. So, this card is in remembrance of those days.


Snowy Christmas Blessings

Snowflake Sentiments

                                                               

Sparkling Snowflakes

Recipe:

Paper: PTI Vintage Cream, Vest Occasions Collection textured card stock, BoBunny Snowfall    Collection

Stamps:   ODBD   Snowflake Sentiments. Sparkling Snowflakes

Ink: Memento RIch Cocoa, StazOn Opaque Cotton White

Accessories:  Spellbinders Floral Ovals, Petite Ovals Large, ODBD Custom Die Snowflakes, lace, Brides rhinestones in champagne,

I thought that the BoBunny Snowfall DP worked great, what do you think?

Well, this is it for me for today, thanks so very much for stopping. I truly appreciate each and every one of you.

Hugs and blessings,

Our Daily Bread Designs December Release Blog Hop!

Hello and welcome to Our Daily Bread Designs December Release Blog Hop! 

 If you got here from my sweet friend Angie's Blog, you are in the
right place! If not, you might want to start at the ODBD Blog so you
don't miss anything! Here are the details for this month's hop:

*Hop to each Designer's Blog and leave a comment *Return to the ODBD
Blog and tell us you completed the hop, and note any problems you had
*There will be 3 prizes of $20.00 Gift Certificates and 1 GRAND PRIZE
of $75.00 Gift Certificate toward stamps in the ODBD Store!!! *You
have until 8pm EST Dec 2 to complete the hop, and winners will be
announced on the ODBD Blog on Dec. 3

And here is what I came up with.  I've altered a clear ornament and made a tag with two bookmarks, which I thought was the perfect combination for a gift. Have a look for yourself.

and here is the ornament itself

and the tag/ bookmark holder

Here are the sets I've used:

Recipe:

Paper: PTI Rustic Cream, Recollections The Ballet Christmas Stack

Stamps: ODBD Bookmarks Snowflakes, Snowy Blessings, Snowflake Sentiments

Ink: VersaMark, golden detail embossing powder

Accessories: Spellbinders Grand Labels 4, ODBD Custom Bookmark Dies, Snowflake die (from two years ago), white lace with pearls, German Glass Glitter, felt angel (RAK from my sweet friend Sherry....thank you girl!) Recollections rhinestone flourish, Merry Mini Snowflake ornament, white feathers, rhinestone rings (ring part removed)white Mulberry roses dipped in German Glass Glitter, white pearl string, seam binding, lace trim, mini crystal baubles, clear beads, white pearls, glitter, Recollections flaky glitter

So, what do you think, doesn't this make a cute little gift?

Well, this is it for me, from here I will send you off to see Grace's amazing Blog.

Remember, if you leave each and every one of us some love and go back to the ODBD Blog and answer the short and sweet question, you will be in the drawing for the amazing prizes that are to be won. ;D;D

Thanks so much for visiting today and have a blessed and super creative weekend!

Hugs,

Peace and Joy

Hello and good Thursday afternoon my stamping friends! I have another Christmas card to share with you all. For this one I went with cream, burgundy and gold and this is what my card came out to be


Peace and Joy

Recipe:

Paper: PTI Rustic Cream, Recollections corrugated Kraft card base (I typically make my own card bases, but these cards are so sturdy and awesome, I just had to use another one :D) My Minds Eye Lost & Found Christmas Designer Paper

Stamps: ODBD Turtle Dove Ornament

Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black, VersaMark, golden detail embossing powder, Tim Holtz Distressing Aged Mahogany

Accessories: Spellbinders Standard Circles Large, Twisted Metal Tags and Accents, ZVA Creative Pearl Flourish, Mulberry roses in ivory and burgundy, Recollections half pearls, flat back pearl trim, antique gold lace

See, pretty simple, but yet elegant. What do you think?

Well, only two more days before the December Release, so make sure you'll get ready for that. All I can say is that you will absolutely LOVE it!

Thanks so very much for stopping by today to visit.

Have a blessed and super creative day!

Hugs,

Angels Sing

Hello and good Tuesday afternoon stamping friends. I have a sweet little Christmas card to share with you all today. I bought some ribbon flowers the other day and have been itching to play with them, well, use some of them. :D:D  So today I've decided to make a card in silver and white and they worked perfectly as they are white with clear rhinestone in the center and this is what my card looks like

Angels Sing

Recipe:

Paper:  PTI White, silver specialty paper from my stash

Stamps: ODBD Christmas Flourished Verses

Ink: VersaMark, silver detail embossing powder

Accessories: Cheery Lynn Designs French Pastry Doily Die, Spellbinders Labels 25, white ribbon flowers with rhinestone centers, white mini flat back pearl trim, handmade stick pin, Want 2 Scrap rhinestone flourish, white lace, Sizzix embossing folder Starry Night

What do you think? I really like the way this one came out.

Well, this is it for me for today, pretty short and sweet.

Thanks so very much for stopping by to visit me. It is always a joy to read your comments.

Hugs and blessings,

Sing To The Lord

Hello and happy Monday evening sweet stamping friends. I have a card to share with you all tonight that I've made using the Chickadee Ornament stamp set by Our Daily Bread Designs.  If you have a chance have a look and let me know what you think. To be honest, this card came together so very quickly, that it totally would be a card you could mass produce. Oh, and the best part, it is pretty flat and can be mailed in a regular envelope :D:D

See for yourself

Recipe:

Paper: PTI White, Recollections corrugated card

Stamps:  ODBD Chickadee Ornament

Ink: Memento Rich Coca, Tim Holtz Distressing Ink Broken China

Accessories: Spellbinders Standard Circles Large, Labels 25, Cheery Lynn Designs French Pastry doily die, ZVA Creative pearl flourish, white poinsettia (from Michael's $1.50 bin) white lace, mini half pearl trim

I really like how this one came out. What do you think?

Thanks so much for taking the time to come to visit. I truly appreciate each and every one of you.

Have a blessed Thanksgiving and if you are traveling, be safe!!

Hugs,

The Babe

Hello and happy Thursday stamping friends. I have a tag to share with you all today, but first I would like to say to all of my stamping friends out there. I am sorry I have not been around much. I am still dealing with shoulder pain and have seen my PCM and he has written up another referral to the specialist and I am waiting to hear from my insurance. It looks like that the inflammation I have is still present and I most likely need an MRI and another shot into my shoulder joint. To make a long story short, my time on the computer is very limited and time crafting has to be spread out as too long in the same position is causing a lot of irritation, so please don't give up on me yet!!

Anyhow, here is the tag I created.

The Babe

Recipe:

Paper: Light weight chip board, Recollections Kraft, PTI Vintage Cream, My Minds Eye Lost&Found Christmas

Stamps:  ODBD The Babe

Accessories: Spellbinders Grand Labels 4, Labels 4, Labels 25, Cheery Lynn Designs Fanciful Flourish, cross charm, burlap, twine ribbon, muslin strips, poinsettia

So, this is my tag for today. If you have a minute I'd really like to know what you think.

Well, this is it for me for today. Thanks so very much for stopping by to say hello! It is always a joy to my friends visit!

Have a blessed and super creative day!

Hugs,

Peace & Joy

Hello and happy Hump day stamping friends! Today I have a Christmas card to share with you all that I have made using one of the November release stamp sets by Our Daily Bread Designs called Turtle Dove Ornament.  For some reason I am not in a Christmas mood yet, I mean really, we still have 90 degrees temperatures here in sunny Southern Arizona, but with some Christmas carols on my iPod I've tried and this is what I have come up with.


Peace & Joy

Recipe:

Paper: PTI Vintage Cream, Recollections Kraft, My Minds Eye Signature Christmas

Stamps: ODBD Turtle Dove Ornament

Ink: VersaMark, Ranger Detail Embossing Powder

Accessories: Spellbinders 2012 Heriloom Ornament, Standard Circles Large, French Frills, beaded trim, Brides golden rhinestones (from Michael's Bridal Section), deep red Mulberry roses, Cuttlebug embossing folder Damask

Well, this is my card. I hope that I was able to inspire you with today's post and that you will find some time to tell me what you think.

Thanks so much for stopping by today, I truly appreciate your visits !

Have a blessed and super creative day!

Hugs,

Our Daily Bread Designs November Release Blog Hop

Hello my friends! Welcome to the Our Daily Bread Designs November  Release Blog Hop! If you got here from Dawn's   Blog, you are in the right place! If not, you might want to start at the ODBD Blog so you don’t miss anything!


The hop will run from 8am EDT Nov 1 until 8pm EDT Nov 2. Winners will be announced on the ODBD Blog Nov 3 Three hoppers will win their choice of one free set, and 1 blessed hopper will win the entire Nov. Bread Basket Bundle......YAY, how awesome is that?! Simply hop to each stop, leave a comment and return to the ODBD Blog to tell us you completed the hop and let us know if you had any problems along the way! That’s it! Enjoy!!!

This time around I did not make a card, I went with some gift tags and a little gift bag to put them in.

and here is view of the backside where the names can be added.

And here are the stamp sets I've used to make it easier for you to find

Christmas Flourished Verses

and Chickadee Ornament

Recipe:

Paper:  PTI Ripe Avocado, Vintage Cream, Recollections Naughty or Nice DP

Stamps:  ODBD Christmas Flourished Verses and  Chickadee Ornament (I only used the "To: Love:" stamps from that set)

Ink:  VersaFine Onyx Black, Tim Holtz Distressing Ink Aged Mahogany

Accessories: Spellbinders Beaded Circles, Labels 28, Cheery Lynn Designs Fanciful Flourish, moss green grosgrain ribbon, clear rhinestone brads, poinsettia flowers from a flower spray I bought at Michael's, red and green dew drops, Dusty Olive seam binding.

So, what do you think? I thought this would make a sweet little gift and the recipients could use it to put on their gifts or gift bags. I did tie the seam binding into a bow just to make it easier to photograph. The seam binding is 14" long and should be long enough to tie unto a handle or some other ribbon and still get a nice size bow at the top.

Well, this is it for my project for this wonderful Hop. From here I will send you off to my German buddy the super talented Silke.

Thanks so much for stopping by today for a visit! I do appreciate you taking the time and leaving me a comment.

Have a blessed day!

Hugs,

Sabrina

Thinking of you at Thanksgiving

Happy Hump Day my stamping friends!  Wow, can you believe this is the last day of October? Goodness, time flies. I am here to share with you all a fun little Thanksgiving card I made. This year we are supposed to celebrate Thanksgiving with my BIL and SIL in California, they have a huge house and most of the family will be there to celebrate. I made this card to give to my SIL and hope she will like it.

Have a look and tell me what you thank about

Thinking of you at Thanksgiving

Recipe:

Paper: PTI Vintage Cream, Recollections Kraft, Glitz French Kiss

Stamps: ODBD Pumpkin Wreath

Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black, Tim Holtz Distressing Ink Tea Dye and Vintage Photo

Accessories: Zva Creative pearl flourish, handmade flower, half pearl trim, cotton crochet lace, Spellbinders Decorative Labels 8, Resplendent Rectangles

Well, this is my card. I really like how it came out, what do you think?

Thanks so much for stopping by today for a visit.

Have a blessed and save day!

Hugs,

Give Thanks!

Hello and good Monday morning stamping friends. I hope you all had a fabulous weekend. Ours was as usual very busy with church, but that is a good thing! I am just popping in real quick today to share a card with you all. For my card I've used one of the October release stamps by Our Daily Bread Designs  called "Apple Wreath". 

Give Thanks

Recipe:

Paper:  PTI Rustic Cream, Ripe Avocado, Basic Grey Curio

Stamps:  ODBD Apple Wreath

Inks: Memento Rich Cocoa, Tim Holtz Distressing Ink Tea Dye

Accessories: Cheery Lynn Designs French Pastry Doily Die, Spellbinders Classic Scalloped Circles, Asian Accents, rhinestones, cotton crochet lace in cream and green, Glossy Accents


What do you think? Pretty simple and quick to make and would be perfect to go along with a hostess gift for that Thanksgiving invitation. 

Well, this is it for me for this morning. I thank you for stopping by to brighten my day with your visit. If you have any questions about this card or any other cards on my Blog, please feel free to contact me.

Hugs and blessings,

Sabrina

Feature Focus.....Crown of Thorns

Hello and good Monday morning stamping friends. Today I have a card for you that I have made for today's "Feature Focus" post for October over at Our Daily Bread Designs.  To see all of the wonderful samples some of the Design Team members have come up with make sure you'll check out the ODBD Blog where the focus is on one stunning stamp set called "Crown of Thorns" . Here is what I have come up with. I went for a more masculine card :D



Forgive them...

 

 

 

Recipe:

Paper:  PTI Rustic Cream, True Black, Spring Rain, Basic Grey Granola

Stamps: ODBD Crown of Thorns

Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black, Memento London Fog, VersaMark and black detail embossing powder

Accessories: Jute trim, copper brads, Spellbinders Labels 11 and 26


See, very simple, but this set is so powerful that I wanted the focus to be on the stamps!


To see all of the wonderful samples as said, make sure that you'll check the ODBD Blog.

Well, this is it for me this morning. Thanks so very much for stopping by and I will see you all soon.

Hugs and blessings,

It's a tag...a Christmas tag!

Hello and good Thursday morning stamping friends. Just popping in real quick to share a Christmas tag with you all that I have created using one of Our Daily Bread Designs  October release stamp sets called "Perfect Gift". I kept it fairly simple and only added a few embellishments, you all know how much I love embellishments. Have a  look and see for yourself.


Peace, Joy, Love

Recipe:

Paper: 4"x6" piece of medium weight chip board, Memory Box DP Spiceberry, silver gray cs from my stash (might be Recollections?)

Stamps: ODBD  Perfect Gift

Ink: Versa Fine Onyx Black, silver chalk ink, Versamark , silver detail embossing powder

Accessories: Spellbinders Labels 28, charms, red organza ribbon, silver cording, red and silver lace, poinsettia, silver mesh bling cut apart and glued into a cluster, berries, silver glitter sprig, red rhinestones, clear rhinestones, silver eyelet

See, not very embellished, but enough to make a statement. I'd like to know what you think and appreciate your comment.

Thanks so much for stopping by today and making my day a little brighter.

Hugs and blessings,

It's a Fall card!

Hello and happy Monday stamping friends!  The other day I had some time to stamp a quick card and this is what came out. For this one I've used one of the October Release stamp sets by Our Daily Bread Designs which is called "Pumpkin Wreath" and in combination with some older Basic Grey paper called Pyrus, that has some pretty Fall colors I came up with this

Our God

Recipe:

Paper:  PTI Rustic Cream, Ripe Avocado, Recollections Kraft, Basic Grey Pyrus

Stamps: ODBD Pumpkin Wreath

Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Tim Holtz Distressing Ink  Tea Dye and Vintage Photo

Accessories: Cheery Lynn Designs French Pastry doily die, Fanciful Flourish, Spellbinders Labels 8, Toffee colored seam binding, cotton crochet lace in cream, harvest gold colored lace, loop trim, Memory Box Nestled Bird die, Mulberry sprig

Size: 5.5" x 5.5"


What do you think? Isn't this Basic Grey paper not perfect for a Fall card?

Well, this is it for me. Gotta run and get my little one from school. I wonder how the first day of school went after being home for 3 weeks. :D  She did not want to go to school this morning. ;D

Thanks so much for stopping by. It is always a joy to read your comments.

Have a blessed and super creative day!

Hugs,

A blue and peaceful Christmas

Hello and good Friday morning stamping friends!  I am popping in to share a card I've made. With my girls being home for three weeks for their Fall break I did not get much stamping done, but I was able to sneak in  little time and create this very blue and white Christmas card. For my card I've used  the set "O Christmas Tree" and a bunch of embellishments. Have a look and see for yourself


P e a c e

I am not sure you can see, but I sprayed the image layer with Lindy's Stamp Gang Glitz Spritz in Scintillating Silver and the shimmer is amazing. It looks like snow crystals :D. Maybe a little side shot of the card will show it a little better

For that extra little touch I also added a little dove, I don't know about you, but when I think of peace the peace dove comes to mind, so I've added one.

Recipe:

Paper: Classics Card stock in silver gray, SU Buckaroo Blue, PTI White,  The DP I believe is BoBunny, but if I am wrong please correct me. :D

Stamps: ODBD "O Christms Tree"

Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black, VersaMark, opaque white embossing powder

Accessories: Lindy's Stamp Gang Glitz Spritz in Scintillating Silver, white Mulberry roses, acrylic flowers, Zva Creative pearl flourishes, Recollections half pearls, Deco Art Glamour Dust, clear rhinestone gem, small dove, Spellbinders Floral Ovals, Petite Ovals Large, Decorative Labels 1, lace with pearl trim

So, what do you think? I know this is not a card you want to mass produce and mail out, but I thought for a very special friend, lovingly wrapped in lots of bubble wrap and mailed with a little extra care it would be alright. ;D


Oh, before I leave you, I have an announcement to make. Since 48 hours have passed since I announced the winner of  the Birthday Hop candy I was giving in honor of Kelley's 50th Birthday, my first pick has not contacted me, so I did use Random.org again and this time it pulled  Cindy K..

Cindy K.  please contact me right here on my Blog or via e-mail at sjbutterflydreams at gmail dot com. You also will have 48 hours to contact me.

Edited: Sorry, Cindy K. time has run out!!!

Well, this is it for me for today, got a busy last day of Fall break lined up. Thanks so very much for stopping by and I hope I was able to inspire you with my card.

Thanks for looking and have a wonderfully blessed day!

Hugs,