It is True! The Lord has Risen!

Hello everyone!
Just a quick post today, but I wanted to give you one more sneak peek at one of the sets being released April 1 at Our Daily Bread designs!  The floral on this card is from a set called Mom.  It's beautiful!  There are 4 fabulous sets coming tomorrow so don't forget to stop by the ODBD blog to have a chance to win some ODBD cash!!!

This card was made for this week's Stampin Sisters in Christ challenge to pop it up, based on Is. 40:31
 "But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint."

The challenge was to mount it up as in paper tole, not just add one layer.  I stamped the largest flower 3 times and popped up various parts for the paper tole effect.

I also used Cross of Christ and The Lord has Risen for this card, both from ODBD.  The DP is  SEI Claire, image is colored with Copics, and I used a SB Frame that I cut down to fit and the SB Label 2 to cut the image panel.  Stickles and ZVA Creative pearls finish it off.  

As you look forward to your Easter celebration, I hope your hearts and minds are focused on just what was accomplished for us on that cross!  Ponder the price the Savior paid, and how much He must value each one of us to do that for us!  Have a blessed Easter!

Easter Cross Box

Hello everyone!  Happy Tuesday!

Today I wanted to show you a little box I made for an Easter gift.  This little cross box is the perfect size to hold some yummy Lindt Truffles or other yummy treats for Easter.  I have one very special person in mind for this. :)  This week's ODBD Shining the Light Challenge is to think  Easter!  Why not play along?

I covered the  chipboard cross with yummy shimmery designer paper from SEI (Chocolate).  It is a silvery paper with little gold sanded lines throughout.  It's so elegant!  I decorated it with the March release Our Daily Bread designs set  Easter Blessings (the Lily of the Valley) and The Lord has Risen (the sentiment).  I used the Spellbinders Fancy Tags which I sponged with Brilliance Platinum Planet Ink.  It really gives it a shine.  To make the Fancy Tag longer for the vertical panel I cut it and taped it to the back of the horizontal panel so it would better fill the cross. I then adhered them to the box with pop dots to give more dimension.  The Lily of the Valley is watercolored and then cut out, and sprayed with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Pearl for LOTS of shimmer! I added some white ribbon to the bottom of the flower.

For the lid, I added some self adhesive paper ribbon from K&Co.  This little box holds 6 Truffles.

This qualifies for several challenges:

Fussy and Fancy Friday - Easter
Paper Play - Easter
Stamp Simply - Easter
Stampin for the weekend - Easter

Lexi Creations - Easter
Craft Challenge - Easter

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Please be sure to stop back on April 1 for a new release and a lot of fun for all!!!  Check it out at the Our Daily Bread designs blog on the first!   For a sneak peek at what's coming just scroll down one post.  Just one of four GREAT new sets coming Thursday!!! See you then!
 

Mom CAS

Hello everyone!  Where did this week go?  I know it flew for me because I spent most of my week in TN helping out my daughter with the kids so she could work.  She works evenings and her hubby was away so Grandma to the rescue! LOL!  Like it was a big problem for me???? We had a blast and I just thank God every day that we live only a couple hours away now so we can get together more!!!

Anyway.... because I was away, I am running like mad to catch up since I got home late this afternoon!  I wanted to share a sneak peek with your of a new release coming on April 1 at Our Daily Bread designs.  This image is from the set Happy Mother's Day, and the sentiment is from another set called Mom.  Both sets are beautiful and so versatile.  They include those hard to find words like Daughter, Grandma, and more... Stay tuned for more sneaks soon!

 I made it for this week's Stampin Sisters in Christ Challenge, to make a Clean and Simple card.  For me, THAT is a challenge!!!  I loved the verse the challenge was based on....
 
Ps. 51:7-10 "Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.  Let me hear joy and gladness, let the bones you have crushed rejoice.  Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquity.  Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me."

A wonderful prayer to pray daily, wouldn't you agree?

This also qualifies for the following challenges:

Creative Cottage- Sparkle (Embossing and sparkle on Butterfly)
Frosted Designs - Vellum (Butterfly)
Paper Garden - Spring and  embossing
Crazy 4 Challenges - Spring
Challenge Up Your Life - Spring Flowers
Jacksonbelle - Spring
Fab N Funky - Favorite technique- heat embossing
Incy Wincy- Easter or Spring
Allsorts - Spring is in The Air
Secret Crafter - Spring has Sprung
Bee Crafty - Spring
Flutter by Wednesdays- butterfly, fairy or angel-OPEN

Here is my CAS card's recipe:
Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs Happy Mothers Day and Mom
CS: Papertrey Vintage Cream, Bazzill Caramel
Designer Papers: BasicGrey Porcelain, Brushed Gold - the Paper Co
Technique: Heat Embossed with Ranger Super Fine detail Gold Embossing Powder, Watercolored, Stipled cream layer with Rose and then Old Olive around the outter side of the wreath.
Accessories:  MS Shell Corner Punch, Gold Half Pearls, Butterfly from Bridal dept. at Michaels

 

My Soul Finds Rest in God Alone

Hello everyone!  Today I have a wonderful Scripture card to share with you from the newly released Our Daily Bread designs Scripture Collection 4 and the Vine Borders set.  I stamped with Memento Ink on GPW and used the Stamp- a- ma- jig to center the verse in the frame.  I lightly colored in a bit of the vine border with olive green.  I cut panel with SB Long Scalloped Rectangles, then matted with brushed silver and old olive.  My textured embossing is Sizzix, and I cut the lower edge with an EK Success Punch.  I duplicated that layer with an olive layer and then matted on silver, and on a base of white.  The Fleur de lis is Spellbinders with tiny pearls added.  I used a textured silver ribbon then covered that with a sheer ribbon and tied on a little charm that was a RAK from a dear friend.

This qualifies for the following challenges:
Totally Gorjuss - Ribbons

 Hand Full of Stamps - Remove the dust (silver ribbon)

Practical Scrappers - Use Something you have had for over 1yr(ribbon)
I love this verse.  What a comfort... the world around us may be in a terrible state, but our assurance in our God, who never changes,  and we can rest in that. " My soul finds rest in God alone, my salvation comes from Him.  He alone is my Rock and my Salvation; He is my fortress, I will never be shaken."

I am away from my computer visiting with family, and this post is on auto pilot.  I will be back later with some new things to share with you.  Have a blessed day and thanks so much for stopping! I love knowing you were here!

Praying Your Day will be filled with Joy!

Hello everyone! Happy Saturday!
I made this card with the March Our Daily Bread designs sets The Lord has Risen and the sentiment is from Easter Blessings.  I also entered it in to the Our Daily Bread designs Shining the Light Challenge, which was to think spring/ new life. (If you have not been playing these weekly challenges, you SHOULD!  A great chance to win prizes and awards!)  Today's inspiration challenge on SCS was Cutest Food and while I can only link to the page, not the photo, I chose a beautiful cake iced in this color spring green and the field was filled with little violet colored flowers and it screamed spring.

For this card I used some dp from the ODBd store (Prima Indeed Lilac) and Bazzill purple and green.  I also used my Lotus Blossom Spellbinders, which I cut from white and sponged with SEI Clover Chalk Ink.  I then wove the May Arts ribbon in and out of the Lotus and tied it with thin wire behind the blossom so it poofed in the front and got tight in the back.  The ribbon is pretty wide so if I didn't tie it, it just didn't look right.  I stamped one extra Violet image and cut them all out, colored with Copics and popped up on dimensionals arount the sentiment which is cut with the SB Label 6.  The butterflies are punches from MS.  The one on the top left is punched from a scrap of K&Co flocked Vellum! Yummy!

I hope you like my springy card, and  thanks for visiting!  Blessings on your weekend!

Midnight Madness Tiled Petunias

Hello everyone!  I hope you have had a wonderful week!  Today I wanted to play in a couple of challenges.  I made this for MMSC45 and also for the Saturday Spotlight, to slick it up!
I am also entering it in:

Secret Crafter Challenge (Anything Goes).

Cute Daisy May - Anything Goes

Ooh-la-la Creations - Anything Goes

Paper Cutz Challenge - Anything Goes

Challenge Up Your Life - Bouquet/Flower

The Crazy Challenge - Simple & Elegant

My card is 5 x 7 so it's a lot bigger than I usually make, and I had to photograph it flat, so I'm sorry about the ugly photo!  This week's MMSC fancy option intrigued me to say the least!  I had colored up this image from Serendipity Stamps with Copics, and decided to try it for this sketch, so I cut it all up!  I then sponged T Holtz Distress Ink in Black Soot around all the edges, and attached them to a black piece of cs.  I then embossed the whole thing 3 times with Ranger Ultra Thick Embossing Powder.  It really gave a thick glossy shine.  I had intended to crackle it at this point, but decided I liked the clean white tile look so left it. I think that qualifies it for the Crazy Challenge, which is simple and elegant.  For the butterfly I stamped a second one, embossed it as well, bent the wings when it was still hot, and then attached it to the card.  The corner treatments are Spellbinders.  It's actually a simple card, and different for me, but I have someone in mind who I think will love it.


If you hopped along with us on any part of our Our Daily Bread designs Anniversary celebration, please check out the ODBD Blog to see all the winners! 

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a blessed weekend!!!

ODBD Second Anniversary Special Edition Release Blog Hop

Hello everyone!  The big day is finally here!!!  Today is the Second Anniversary of Our Daily Bread designs!  We've been celebrating for the last 5 days with daily challenges, prizes, blog candy and lots of fun!  If you came here from Chris' Blog, you are in the right place!  If not you might want to start at the ODBD Blog and hop in the order given there so you can collect the secret letters in order!

Today, Kelley is releasing Four new and truly wonderful Special Edition sets! They are near and dear to our hearts, because each of us on the Design Team submitted one of our favorite Scripture verses that we would like to put on a card, and those Scripture Verses are two of the sets being released today. If that wasn't exciting enough... she also created two sets of gorgeous borders that fit the Scriptures! If you want that special touch to present your sentiments in... these borders are it!

Today's Blog Hop is special because it allows each of the Design Team members to make the first card with their own favorite Scripture! We hope you will truly enjoy the hop... and of course it wouldn't be a Blog Hop without prizes! Today, Kelley is going to give 3 Prizes of your choice of one of these new Anniversary sets! 

My card uses Phil. 4:6, the verse I submitted.  "Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God".  There wasn't really room for the next verse, but vs. 7 goes on to say "And the peace of God,which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."  What a comfort these verses are to me! I can think of so many times that these are just the right words for a card I want to send!  I hope you are blessed by them as well!

My Card details:
Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs Scripture Collection 4, ODBD Vine Borders
Verse and border are stamped with VersaMark and embossed with Ranger Gold EP on Papertrey Vintage Cream CS.  I cut out the verse and mounted on Legacy Designer Paper by Design Originals. Ran cream cs through to emboss with Cuttlebug ef, rubbed with VersaMark and brushed with gold Perfect Pearls, then sprayed with Tattered Angels Iredescent Gold Glimmer Mist.
Accessories: Gold thread and sewing machine, Prima Flowers, Cross Charm, May Arts sheer ribbon, Gold wire

Now let me encourage you to continue on the hop!

Here is what you have to do to qualify for the prizes:

• Hop from first to last, and collect the secret LETTER each designer will have.
• Leave a comment for the designer on their blog.
• Return  to the ODBD blog, leaving a comment to tell us that you visited all the blogs.
• Email me at: gnywening@yahoo.com, giving me the secret message the letters spell.

You have until 8:00 PM EST on Mar 18th to complete the hop and email me the message. The winners will be announced on the ODBD Blog on Mar. 19th!

From here you need to go visit Debi!

My secret letter is:  Y

 Blog Candy Update!

If you've been playing with us all week you know that every day, certain of our team members were giving away blog candy. It remained hidden on the day it was awarded, but on the next day, the blog owners who had the candy revealed it and their winner. Well... yesterday, I had some hidden blog candy! Last night I randomly chose a winner from those who visited and commented on my blog yesterday, and the winner is:

#39 is Lori!

Congratulations Lori!  Please contact me (email me from the link in my side bar) so I can get your details and send you your candy! 

For this candy I am giving away the box I made for the March 1 blog hop, and it will be filled full of fun little stamping goodies!  I hope you enjoy it!!!

Have a blessed day and enjoy the hop!!!