Happy MLK day .........

my stamping friends. As this is a day a very important male of history is honored, I thought I'd share two masculine cards I made with the ODBD January newly released sets Baptism/Confirmation and Confirmation. I have told you all many times that I have a hard time creating more masculine cards as I love lots of embellishments and flowers and such, but these wonderful stamps sets allow you to focus on the scripture and symbolism more than anything else and I felt that they would work great for something more masculine. Have a look and see for yourself ;D



John 3:5






Recipe:


Paper: PTI Kraft, PTI True Black, DCWV La Creme

Stamps: ODBD Baptism/Confirmation John 3:5


Ink: Kraft, VersaFine Onyx Blak

Accessories: Nesties Large Deckled Rectangles


Kraft hemp cording, silver Ichtus, Tim Holtz Distressing Tool


That is it for number 1 now on to number 2


another simple one but a little more texture as I embossed the BG.



A masculine Cross "God Bless You"







Recipe:


Paper:PTI Vintage Cream, SU Chocolate Chip

Stamps: ODBD Confirmation

Ink: SU Close to Cocoa (for the sponging) and Chalk Box Chestnut Roan (for the stamped images)

Accessories: Cuttlebug embossing folder Forest Branches, Nesties Megabilities Curved Rectangles, antique copper mini brads and eyelet, antique copper Dove

What do you think, do these two cards pass as masculine? As you can see very simple cards but yet the impact they make is remarkable as the scripture of the first one says so much and in the second one the symbolism of the cross is just well, so much said without words!!!

This is it for me for right now, make sure you check back this week as I have a few more creations to share with you ;D.

Thanks for stopping by today. It truly means a lot to me when you come and visit me.

Hugs,

Good Saturday morning....

my stamping friends!! I have a few cards that I made over this past week and I have one today that I'd like to share with you. Kelley, over at ODBD has this fantastic DP by S.e.i. and it is called Juliette, yep, it is an entire series of absolutely yummolicious paper. Since I wanted to focus on the paper for this card I did not add very much else.


See for yourself


God Bless You

Recipe:

Paper: PTI White, unknown textured burgundy cs, S.e.i. Juliette DP and Secret Rendevous available at ODBD

Stamps: Dove and God Bless You from the Confirmation Set

Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black, Silver Ink by Studio G

Accessories: Nesties Standard Circles Large, pearl Dew Drops

Another pretty simple card...but as I said above I wanted this one to focus on this gorgeous designer paper.

Well, this is it for right now, I have a pretty busy day ahead of me.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

Have a fabulous weekend!

Hugs,

Hey and good Friday morning.....

my stamping friend!!! I have a fun little baby card to share with you all today. I have used this gorgeous new stamp set from ODBD called Noah's Ark. Goodness, did I have fun creating this one. I am usually not a bold colors kind of girl but this fun stamp set lead itself to it as I wanted to use some paper that would work for a boy or girl (we have two ladies pregnant at church right now and neither one knows what they are having) so I went for the unisex choice ;D.





I've got to use some of my Copics.....but don't be to hard on me....I am still trying to figure them out and I only have like 40 markers. :D:D





Have a look





Noah's Ark bold and bright






Recipe:
Paper: PTI White, Basic Grey Lime Rickey, SU Certainly Celery

Stamps: ODBD Noah's Ark

Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Broken China and Fired Brick

Accessories: Nesties Petite Ovals Large, lime green grosgrain ribbon from my stash, Sakura Glaze Pen (used on the waves) Yellow buttons and Cranberry Dew Drops

What do you think? Does this card work for both a boy or girl? I know it is bright...but seeing most of the new bedding and room decor for kids....they are way past the baby pink and baby blue! ;D

Thank you so very much for stopping by today, you gals always make my day and I love reading about what you think about my humble creations. I read each and every one of your comments...kind of like my daily dose of reading :D:D.

Talk to you all later...have a fabulous day!!!

Hugs,

Me again.....

here is the post of my other ISC cards I was telling you all about yesterday. For this card I chose some more masculine colors, well, according to my hubby they are not masculine, but if it is not blue it is not masculine to him ;D.




Happy Valentines Day

Recipe:

Paper: PTI True Black, SU Riding Hood Red, PTI White

Stamps: With all my Love ISC

Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black

Accessories: Nesties Scalloped Hearts, Marvy Uchida small scalloped heart punch, Recollections silver half pearls, Darice red crystal heart, Nesties Petite Ovals Large

This is a pretty simple card....but simple sometimes does the trick. What do you think?

How about another card? This one is so not your typical Valentine colors...I actually used some of the new digi paper it is called Distressed Warmth and perfect for a man color ;D

Check out my card

# 1 In My Life

Recipe:

Paper: PTI KRaft, ISC digi paper Distressed Warmth

Stamps: I {heart) for You ISC

Ink: Palette Moulin Rouge

Accessories: Cuttlebug embossing folder heart blocks, med. corner rounder, Making Memories pewter brads and photo turn, Fiskars paper crimper ( I had to dust that thing off ;D)

Well, this is it...another totally SIMPLE card. I kind of like how the green and red compliment each other. The green is IRL really not that bright ;D.

Oh, a little enabling.....these newly released sets are on sale right now....go check it out!!! All you have to do is click in the name of the stamps I used and it will take you straight to the ISC website.

All right now.....two posts in one day...wheew.... I hope I did not bore you.

Thanks again for stopping by and making my day.

Hugs,

Happy Wednesday afternoon....

my stamping friends!!! I have a card for you that I just made this morning. While getting my daily dose of blogging updates from my friends out there in blogging land one update jumped at me and it was one from the ODBD Blog In that post Betty aka Stamping to the Wright is announcing that she will be doing a special challenge bi-weekly. I couldn't wait and read the details and went to work ;D. Here is my humble card I made for this challenge which is called "Stamping in Time On Assignment With Betty" SNTODBD01 I chose the Scripture Collection 1 as my stamp set and from there I picked Ecclesiastes 3:1.





To everything.... there is a season......





Recipe:
Paper: PTI VIntage Cream, Bazzill textured cs shades of green, Basic Grey Origins

Ink: Versa Fine Onyx Black, SU Certainly Celery

Stamp: Scripture Collection 1 Ecclesiastes 3:1

Accessories: Nesties Labels 5 + 9, Maya Road Trinket Pins Vintage Pearls, Kaiser half pearls in Champagne, satin ribbon, Prima Woodstock flower, foam tape

For those of you that like challenges this is the challenge for you as this challenge only takes place every 2 weeks and the best part....if you upload to SCS or your Blog and add the link with your comment on ODBD Blog you have a chance of winning a $ 15.00 gift certificate that can go towards a stamp purchase over at the ODBD store . How cool is that?

Well, I am off to link my creation :D:D.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

Hugs,

Love is in the air!!!!

Hi all, today is release day over at Innovative Stamp Creations and let me tell ya.......some fun stamp sheets ( 2 of them) are being introduced today. The new Stamp lines truly have a little bit for everyone !!!

The names of the new January line are

I Heart for You!

With all my love


I have a few sample to show you today as I did not do a sneak peek this month...sorry!! ;D


Here is my first one

Love



Recipe:


Paper: PTI white, SU Riding Hood Red

Stamps:" I heart for you" ISC for the solid frame and flower and "With all my Love " for the word Love

Ink: VersaMark, Ranger embossing powder "Rich Red", VersaFine Onyx Black, Ranger Sparkle embossing powder (frame), Palette Moulin Rouge (also on the bold frame)

Accessories: Recollections silver half pearls, Darice crystal heart, 2 tone satin ribbon from my friend Jami (thanks girl!!!), Cuttlebug embossing folder Swiss Dots, round crystal brad (Making Memories I believe), Studio18 red round crystals (Michaels) Tim Holtz distressing tool


Now on to a little more non-traditional Valentine's card. For this card I've got some use out of my Cricut Expression, even if it only for 2 letters,hehe.

For this card I used the "With all my love" stamp sheet.

I {heart} U




Recipe:


Paper: PTI Kraft, Crafty Secrets Earthy (checkered paper)

Stamps: With all my love ISC (script BG and flourish heart )

Ink: Palette Moulin Rouge, Versa Mark, Ranger Rich Red embossing powder

Accessories: Cricut Expression Printing 101 cartridge for the letters I + U, Fiskars edger punch threading waters, saddle stitched grosgrain ribbon, Studio 18 red crystals (Michaels) foam tape

These are my sample for today's release but the other gals have been putting on their thinking hats and let me tell you...you will be blown away by their creativity, so head on over to see what

KAT aka Kathy Tucker

Connie McCotter

Joanne Grzelak

Julie Warner

Karen Dunbrook

Wendy Weixler

cooked up for you. But wait, before you go I have to share some more news with you all. ISC is offering two different digi papers. So you can get an idea, I will show you one sample I made today and another one tomorrow...so make sure you come back tomorrow, all right?!

Take a look at this one...the digi paper is used on the BG

Matthew 7:7

Recipe:
Paper: PTI Vintage Cream, SU Chocolate Chip, ISC Digi paper" With all my love"

Stamps: ISC Thoughtful Verses Matthew 7:7

Ink: SU Chocolate Chip

Accessories: Nesties Labels 6, Nesties Petite Ovals Large, pink sheer ribbon from my stash, pink Dew Drops, Martha Stewart 3 butterflies punch, Maya Road Vintage Pearl pin, Prima Fairy Tale flowers

I am sorry I could not capture the colors of the digi paper better, but it has shades of pink, cream and brown in it. If you click on the picture it will enlarge and you'll get a better idea ;D.

O.k. this is it for sure now....sorry this was such a long post. Thanks so much for stopping by today and please make sure you go over and see the other Creative Architects for they have some awesome creations for you.

Make sure you come back tomorrow for some more eye candy :D:D.

Hugs,

Happy Saturday......

my blogging friends!!! Today is the day that you can get your ODBD stamps out and participate in a fun challenge that Chris has come up with. She is challenging us to put brown and punches or dies on our creation. This challenge will run from today, 9.January 2010 until 23.January 2010 8 PM EST, so you will have quite some time to put on your thinking hat and get those ODBD stamps inked up :D:D.

Edit: Please forgive me.....NEWBIE error ;D, but I forgot to say that you can participate using ANY stamps, but if you have ODBD stamps please show us how you use them :D. Another point....if you don't have a Blog you can use your SCS gallery, simply add the code: ODBDC110 standing for Our Daily read Designs Challenge 1 (JAN) 10 (2010), which will ensure that we get to see your wonderful creations all in one spot ;D.

But wait, since this is a challenge there is a prize....NO.....not just one prize but two. Yep.....you have heard right, 2 participants have the chance of winning a $ 15.00 gift certificate which you can use toward a stamp set of your choice in the ODBD store!!!! How awesome is that? So, let me show you what I came up with



God Bless You



Recipe:
Paper: SU Chocolate Chip, SU Creamy Caramel, PTI Rustic Cream

Stamps: ODBD set Confirmation

Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, SU Creamy Caramel

Accessories: Nesties Labels 4, Nesties Petite Scalloped Ovals Large, Kaiser half pearls in chocolate, Cuttlebug embossing folder Victoria, chocolate colored satin ribbon, foam tape, Copic markers E 47, E 35, E 21, E 33, G 99, G 21, BG 93

Isn't this Confirmation set absolutely amazing? I think this one might be my favorite...no wait....I think I like all three new sets and they are so versatile....just perfect!!! :D:D:D

If you want to see what the other gals came up with check out the links below....but make sure you'll get yourself a cup of coffee or tea.....sit back and enjoy the show. A show of absolutely amazing art is being displayed and you'll get lots of inspiration ;D.

Lets start with Chris....our awesome challenge coordinator

Grace , Connie, Julie, Lorelie, Dawn Debi, Deb, Sandee, Christine, America, Becca , Kathy,

AngieZ, AngieC

and if you want to find out a little more about this challenge head on over to the Our Daily Bread Designs Blog there is everything in detail written down.

All right, this is it for me for right now. I hope you are having a fabulous weekend and that you will be able to play between today and the 23.January 2010 and don't forget to add your creation to Mr. Linky so we can check it out!

Thanks for stopping by today.

Hugs,