Another quick sneak peek!

Hello friends!  I have another quick sneak peek for you!  I played in today's sketch challenge on SCS but my camera battery was dead so I didn't get to photgraph it until late in the day!  Don't ya just hate when that happens?  Anyway... I wanted to post this as one more quick sneak peek at another new set coming your way tomorrow from Our Daily Bread designs.  This set is called The Light of Life.  It is stamped with Memento Ink, colored with Copics, the lantern itself is popped up for dimension, and there is flower soft added to the plants. The image is cut out with the ODBD Elegant Oval Frame, custom made for ODBD by Spellbinders.   Isn't this a great old lantern?  Perfect for guy cards, which is what I made here, using the CAS sketch for today.  I embossed the panels with the CB Distressed Stripes folder and ran an ink pad over the raised parts for contrast.  A few little brads, and some twine finished it off.

This is also for the following challenges:
 Divas by Design -  Spots or Stripes(distressed stripes ef), Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes, Simon Says Stamp - anything goes, Tandastamps -  no DP, The Perfect Sentiment - must have sentiment on front -  die cut, Creative Craft Challenges -Boys Will Be Boy-sall about masculine projects, Partytime Tuesdays -  Anything Goes, Stamp-N-Doodle - Let's See Embossing Of Any Kind, Creative Mondays - Anything Goes, House of Gilli - Green, Make it Monday - always Anything Goes, The Crazy Challenge -  Anything Goes, The Scrapbooking Queen- Anything goes with a little green

Hope to see you 8am tomorrow morning for the release blog hop!

Sneak Peek!

Hello friends!  I hope you are doing well and are enjoying a wonderful week! I'm excited to be sharing a little "sneak peek" with you today!  This card was made using the soon to be released Flourished Verses from Our Daily Bread designs! This set along with several more will be released Thursday, Mar 1!

My card base is Mark's Finest Papers, the dp is My Mind's Eye Madamoiselle.  I used several dies on this card... just love these dies: Cheery Lynn Italian Doily, Fanciful Flourish, Anastasia Border, Spellbinders Floral Doily Accents, Classic Circles Large.  The ink is SU! Baja Breeze and the pearls and larger flowers were a gift from a sweet friend.  The smaller flowers are Prima, and I sponged them lightly with baja breeze.

I am entering this in the following challenges:

Challenges I am entering my creation in:

Creative Mondays -  Anything Goes 

MyGrafico - Flowers

Nettie G's Digital Gems -  Anything Goes Show Us Your Style Using Your Favorite Technique (layering and elegance)

Stamps & Fun = Creativity - Non Cute

Corrosive Challenges -Another Dimension

Scrappy Frogs -  Die Cuts 

Sentimental Sundays - must include a Sentiment - Lace and Pearls

That Craft Place - Anything Goes

 Drunken Stampers - Texture

Crop Stop - Include at least 3 flowers 

Little Miss Muffet Challenges -  Fancy or lacy

Moving Along With The Times -  Lots of layers  

Penny's Paper-Crafty - #73 anything goes

WordArt Wednesdays - see site for word art free digi


Be sure to stop back by on Thursday for  the release blog hop and lots of chances to win!  Also...in  March ODBD is celebrating it's 4th Anniversary, and there's lots going on, with many opportunities to have some fun and win more prizes!!!  Check the ODBD Blog out often, and for a synopsis of all that's going on, stop by the ODBD Blog on Mar 8th!  See you then!!!

Thinking of You with Flower Soft

Hello friends!  Happy Wednesday!  Who's ready for something spring?

Today I have a Flower Soft card to share with you.  I love this stuff!  This is a preprinted topper from the Country Village Kit, that I simply decorated with flower soft and popped up parts of the image.  I added the sweet fence from a custom fence die from Our Daily Bread designs, and the flower soft sentiment.  I used a Coredinations base and some Martha Stewart seam binding and done. 

To shape the flower soft more than just scattering it onto the glue, I like to place the glue where I want it, pour on the flower soft, tap off the excess, then I use my piercer point to carefully gather it together and shape it. So for the lilacs for example, I kept pushing the edges into little vertical lines which created a definite edge, and popped up what was in the center of the lilac more, giving more definition.   As it dries it becomes very easy to "mold" to the exact shape you want.  If you use your piercer, don't use it like you are piercing your paper, but hold it closer to perpendicular to the paper... so you are using the point but not risking piercing the paper.  I hope I'm explaining that OK!  LOL!

These kits are very fun to work with and you get a lot in a pack!  I encourage you to give them a try!!!

I am entering this in the following challenges:
 Creative Mondays -  Anything Goes, Lollipop Crafts - Anything Goes, Make it Monday - always Anything Goes,  MyGrafico - Flowers, Paper Pretties - Spring, Stamps R Us -  Anything Goes, The Crazy Challenge - Use a Die or Punch, Stampin' Sisters in Christ - Your image must be or include a flower, Scrappy Frogs - Die Cuts,
Have a blessed week!

Something a little different for me!

Hello my friends!  Today I have something a little different than my usual.  I wanted to make a tag using The Mighty Sea and The Sea from Our Daily Bread designs, but I wanted to explore some different techniques and mediums, and this is what I came up with.  I'm not even sure there is a name for this technique, but it's more of a combination of black magic and faux wood (mine would be without the wood grain but instead it's faux clouds???) LOL

Anyhow..... I'll try to explain what I did.  I began by cutting SU! Kraft card stock into a tag shape.  I stamped the image from The Mighty Sea with Memento Ink.  I used various tear drop inks from Brilliance, mainly white and applied directly to the paper in various places on the sky to give a lighter base to work on later.  I added tans and blues to the other parts of the scene, not covering it, just laying down areas of color.  When that dried I began applying chalks to the scene, layering them on until I got the depth of color I wanted.  The Brilliance ink gives a sheen that shows through even the chalks and adds some drama that I kind of like!  After coloring most of the scene with chalks I spritzed with water and dried.  I stamped the sentiment and added details with Prisma Pencils, then topped some of the white capped waves with a Sharpie Poster Paint pen.  I also have a very old Galaxy white pen that I used to add some lighter shades here and there.  Finally, I mixed two shades of T Holtz Distress embossing powders and heat embossed that on to the sandy shore and the grasses.  This gave lots of texture.  The shell punched border is Martha Stewart, and the little shells are shell beads.  The twine is just plain old twine from the hardware store.

I wanted to create a stormy scene and use this sentiment on a tag for my husband as he is going over seas soon with his new job.  I wanted to give him a reminder of how God DOES work in mysterious ways.  As most of you know, he was laid off last year and we had several long months of praying and seeking His will for the next stage of our lives.  Then, the end of January,  he was offered a job which quite honestly is much better than the one he had in many ways!  During the time he was laid off, we did feel like we were in a storm... one of life's big storms, yet we always had peace that God knew what His plans for us were, and waited for Him to move.... and He did!  Sometimes when we are IN the storm, we might be temped to ask God "why" or even get angry with Him or doubt His goodness, but we must always remember that He has plans for us and they are plans for our good, and not to harm us (Jer. 29:11).  Sometimes as Laura Story's song "Blessings" states... life's greatest disappointments can be our greatest blessings in disguise!  That is because God DOES work in mysterious ways.... but always in His PERFECT ways!

I am entering this in the following challenges:

• Bloggers -  By the Seashore,
• Fabulous Friday – Brads or Eyelets (eyelet),
• Hotshot Crafts – 3W – Week 1, One for the Boys,
• Inspire Me Fridays – Link Up Party,
• Stamp Man -craft type  Texture, C.R.A.F.T. -  No designer papers,
• Sassy Studio Designs - Use kraft cardstock,  
• Our Daily Bread designs - Scene it

For The Love of ODBD Borders & Frames Blog Hop!

Welcome to Our Daily Bread Design's  Alumni Team's bi-monthly For the Love Blog Hop. If you got here from Chris' awesome blog, you are in the right place!  If you just happened on my blog, you might want to hop on over to  the ODBD Blog for the full list of links so you don't miss a chance to win!!!  

  This week the Alumni team along with some of the ODBD designers (like me)  are featuring a hop for the Love of ODBD Borders and Frames! Check out each link and leave a comment. If you get lost along the way, go to ODBD Blog for the full link list.  One of the posts is a hot spot and a name will be drawn from that list of comments to win a $15 ODBD store gift certificate.  So, all you have to do is hop along and see all the creations and leave a little love!  You have until March 14th at 6 pm EST.  We are skipping Thursday, March 1st for a NEW RELEASE Hop!  The winner will be announced March 16th!  So, I hope you've been hopping and enjoying all the inspiration using our Love of ODBD Borders and Frames! 

 I used the Vine Border set for my card.

 ...And here is my card...

ODBD Stamps used:  The Sea, and Vine Borders.
Card Stock:  Gina K
Designer Paper: BasicGrey Periphery, Glitz
Accessories:  Spellbinder's Label 16,  Parisian Accents, Memento Ink, Copics, Hug Snug Seam Binding, Recollections Pearls

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I am the last stop on the hop. If you want to,  pop on back to the  ODBD blog to check the list and be sure you caught every stop!  Hope you had fun!!!






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It is Well at Dawn and all the time!

Hello my friends!  I have a quick card to share today.  I entered this into the SCS inspiration challenge today, which was to find your inspiration from a wonderful photography site, Better Photo.   I chose this photo, because I loved the hues in the lovely water scene at dawn!  I also wanted to play in this week's H-E-A-R-T challenge over at Let Your Light Shine challenge at ODBD.  For this challenge we were to use at least 3 things that started with any of the letters in the word HEART.  I used Hymn, Embellishments, Airbrush, and Twine.


I used Our Daily Bread designs It Is Well With My Soul Hymn BG, and airbrushed it with Copics.  I used The Mighty Sea for my focal point, stamping with Memento and coloring with Copics.  I piereced around the edges, added some twine and sea shell charms, and left it simple for a masculine card. 

This passage comes to mind as I ponder the words of this wonderful old hymn:

Isaiah 43:2
“When you go through deep waters,
I will be with you.
When you go through rivers of difficulty,
you will not drown.
When you walk through the fire of oppression,
you will not be burned up;
the flames will not consume you.” (NLT)

Trusting that even if you are in the deep waters right now... that God fills you with His peace and you can truly say, "It Is Well With My Soul".

I am linking up to the following:

• Inspire Me Fridays – Link Up Party.
• Poodles Parlour -Anything,
• Craft Us Crazy -  Anything goes,
• Pixie Dust Studio -  Use 2 or more images on your card (hymn image and ocean image)

Blessings,

A quick gift idea...

Hello my blogging friends!  Today I am sharing a really quick little gift I made for a dear friend a little while ago.  It is a bookmark made with a Scripture from  ODBD Scriptures Collection 3.

I wrote a tutorial on how to create it over on the Our Daily Bread designs Blog today.   I hope you'll  check it out there!

I received an email this morning and this was part of it.  I thought it fit perfectly with this verse, so I'm sharing it here.

Be still for a while Dear Woman of God. Be still for a while and

praise God for His favor, His grace and His awesomeness. God is able
to do the impossible and is always near. He loves us unconditionally.

Blessings,