Peaceful Poinsettias

 Hello friends!  I hope you are doing well!  I have been snowed under this week, but I finally got a card made today to share with you here.  I used the newly released Peaceful Poinsettias from ODBD, as well as a past release, Worship the Lord.    I cut and embossed  three sets of the poinsettia dies from white card stock, sponged with Brilliance Platinum Planet Pigment ink, spritzed with water and then began shaping them with an embossing stylus on an embossing pad.  I loved the shimmer of the platinum ink.  I stamped the word Rejoice from the Worship the Lord set and embossed it with a soft goldis color of embossing powder, but there is no name on the bottle so I can't tell you what it is.  I cut that panel with a Spellbinders Fancy Tags 2 die from white cs.  For my base panel, I used a T Holtz embossing folder (Sizzix) and rubbed the negative side of the folder with the same Brilliance ink, then ran it through my grand calibur.  I love this effect!  I mounted that on a white base, arranged my poinsettias, added some white flourishes from the  Fancy Foliage Die set, and some tiny pearls.

I am entering this in the current Shining the Light Challenge over on the ODBD Blog.  It's anything goes with ODBD stamps!  Hope you can play along!

That's it for me today.  I'm sorry I'm a little busy at the moment, but I'll do my best to keep some samples coming for you!  

Today's Blessing from the Word:

James 5:16

The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective!

Thanks so  much for stopping by!!!

Blessings,  

Happy Birthday Kelley!

 

Hello friends!  Today the ODBD Design Teams have joined together to do a surprise Birthday Blog Hop for ODBD owner, Kelley!  Her actual birthday is tomorrow, so maybe THIS year, since we are posting a day early in order to not double post on the ODBD Blog tomorrow, maybe she will be surprised!

If you arrived here from the talented and sweet Sandee'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!

I have used one of my favorite ODBD sets, Birthday Blessings for my image, and Birthday Doily for my sentiment.  I have also used the ODBD Custom Doily Die, Beautiful Borders Die, and the smallest tag from the ODBD Custom Recipe Card and Tags Die set.  The designer paper is Garden Party (Pebbles) and the base is Neenah Solar White.  I colored the image with Copics and fussy cut it out so I could mount it on the doily.  I used Wink of Stella Gold to trim parts of the cup and saucer, in honor of my grandmother's china, a beautiful Haviland china with a dainty pink floral pattern that's trimmed with gold.  I now have that china and it's so thin you can actually see through the cups, but I treasure every single piece!  This image often makes me think of all the feminine china pieces she had, and what a beautiful table she set! 

Anyhoo.... Happy Birthday Kelley!!!  I hope you have a wonderful Birthday celebration, and that God blesses you with many more healthy happy years!!!  The "breadsticks" all love ya!!!

Here are the ODBD products I used today:

 

 

 

 

Here are the Links to the girls participating in the hop:  So from here you'll hop to Wanda's Gorgeous Blog!  If for any reason any links are not working, just skip to the next one on the list!!

Chris

Lisa

Sandee

Grace (That's Me)

Wanda

Elizabeth

Robin

Paula

Linda

Angie

Cathy

Silke

Sabrina

Cheryl

Blessings,

Welcome to the ODBD Oct. Release!

Welcome to the ODBD October release! If you have not seen the full release, be sure to stop over at the ODBD Blog to view it all!  It's quite a big month here at ODBD!!!  

Before I share the info on my projects today, let me give you the details of how you can be qualified to win a gift certificate toward stamps in the ODBD Store:

Three winners will be randomly chosen from the comments left on the ODBD and the Designers  Blogs to receive a $15 Gift Certificate to the ODBD Store, to be used toward the purchase of ODBD Stamps found in the "stamps column" of the website.  You have until October 2, 2014 at 9:00 p.m. EDT to leave your comments for a chance to win!  The Winners will be posted on the ODBD Blog on October 3rd, so be sure to check back there to see if you won!

Now on to my first card (above).  I used the fabulous new set, God's Timing and the Matting Circle Die set.  I also used last month's release, the ODBD Custom Doily Dies.  I stamped my clock image on a piece of black paper from the ODBD Chalkboard Paper Collection with VersaMark and embossed in white. I embossed the clock hands and cut them with the same Matting Circle Dies.  LOVE this set!!!

My card base is Crumb Cake and I used some Prima "Something Blue" design paper, which I stitched just for fun. The sentiment from the same God's Timing set is stamped on a tag element from the same  paper pack.  I used a Spellbinders square mat of Blushing Bride, embossed with a Cuttlebug clocks and gears folder, and decorated around the clock with the ODBD Custom Fancy Foliage Dies and several flowers which I colored with Copics to match my design paper a bit better. 

 

For this second card I used two of the new ornament stamps:  Merry Christmas Ornament and the Wisemen Ornament.  I used some shiny metallic gold to mat my ornament and I used the new Matting Circle Dies to cut the ornament, and the Circle Ornament Dies from last year to mat it.  I love how these two sets of dies perfectly mat with eachother!!!  I heat embossed both images in gold and instead of showing the entire ornament, I decided to focus on the "Merry Christmas" font, so I used a Spellbinders Petite Oval Lg. die to cut a window, and mounted the Merry Christmas behind it.  I then framed it with gold metallic paper by cutting an oval frame with the Petite Oval Small and Large.  I embossed the Merry Christmas with a Sizzix folder and added some Pine Bough die cuts from the Fancy Foliage Dies which I cut from white and also gold as just a little shadow.  The vertical gold lines on the left are stickers and the gold pearls are from Michael's.  While the card may look a little fussy, it is quite flat and mailable, so that makes me happy!  :)

To wrap up, here are the new ODBD products I used today:

 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Please be sure to visit my DT sisters below:

Grace * Chris * Dawn * Lori * Julie * Sandee * Cathy * Paula * Lisa * 

Silke * Wanda * Sabrina * Audrey * Angie

Blessings,

To Everything there is a Season...

Hello sweet friends!  Today I'm sharing a sneak peek with you for the current Shining the Light Challenge, fall inspiration photos. This card is a sneak peek of two sets being released Oct. 1 at ODBD!  One is called Autumn Tree. The second is called God's Timing.  The verse is from God's Timing and  I loved how well it went with this cute tree.   I had fun working with it and went with typical fall colors, using the current inspiration photos for the Shining the Light challenge. I am also linking this to Word Art Wednesday.

I stamped with Memento and colored with Copics, then sponged lightly with pastel chalks for just a hint of background.  The base is dark chocolate and the design paper is from MME Lost & Found "Sunshine" and K&Co Fall Harvest (an older pad).  The bling is from Hobby Lobby, and I used an Ornare piercing template for my sunrays in the upper corner.

Here are the Copics I used for this little scene:
E49, 43, 44,  57,  55, 31, 35, 37
YR 21, 24, 27
Y13, 17, 19
R27, 29
C1, 5

I love this Scripture, as it helps me remember that not only are there times and seasons for all of God's creation, but as we live our lives, we too go through various seasons.  I think as we get older and look back at our lives we see a remarkable pattern of how God has been leading us along, through various experiences that are sometimes joyous, sometimes difficult.  There are times for us to learn, times for us to share what we've learned,  times for us to  be busy but also times for us to be still. There are times we don't understand the "why".... why did He choose to allow this to happen?  We can rest assured that every thing has a purpose in our lives and  He loves us infinitely! 

I hope you enjoyed my card and even though this card is all fall... don't be fooled... fall isn't all that's coming Oct. 1!  I hope to see you back here then!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Blessings,

I'm sew happy to share....

 

Hello friends!  I hope you are all well!!! 

 

Today the we are taking a look back at the ODBD September release!  I don't know about you, but  I know the "breadsticks" have been having a lot of fun this month with our sewing, knitting, and stitching themes!  From crocheted doilies to gorgeous dresses, and from rustic knitting to cute CAS designs... we've had a blast! Hence my title... I'm sew happy to share!

So today, I wanted to show something a bit different. I think most of us have interpreted the images with a vintage flare, but this time,  I created a white on white card to show how elegant these stamps and dies can be.  I used Pearl Embossing powder to emboss my dress, doily, sentiment and the edges of the oval panel.  While it was hard to get a photograph that really showed the embossing, in person I really love how this came out  and could think of many different uses for it... from a confirmation or a special day for your little princess, to a bridal shower or other special event... what girl wouldn't love something this elegant?

The lighting varied so much while I was trying to photograph this.  Here's a close up of the embossing, but the sentiment panel in real life is not gray!  It's all white! LOL!

Here is what I used:

ODBD Victoria (dress single stamp), ODBD Birthday Doily,  ODBD Doily Blessings, ODBD Doily Dies

Spellbinders Heirloom Legacy, CB Swiss Dot Embossing Folder, Oval Punch, 

Pearl Embossing Powder, VersaMark ink pad and also Liner, Lace, Satin Ribbon, Punched Flower, Pearl

For more inspiration from my DT sisters, please visit their blogs below and maybe leave a little love while you're there to encourage them!

Chris * Grace * Julie * Cathy * Lori * Sandee * Dawn * Paula * Stacy * Wanda

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Blessings,

 

A Warm Christmas Wish!

Hello my friends!  I hope you are all doing well!

I have been away for almost 2 weeks and have so much catching up to do!

Today I'm sharing a different take on this month's release from ODBD, Quilts.   I colored it up with Christmas colors and used a sentiment from a past set, Warm Wishes.  I used Cherry Cobbler, Pear Pizazz, a tan Bazzill paper, and white.  The lace is Websters Pages and the little tag I used to die cut my sentiment is Spellbinders.  I love the little buttons image that comes in this Quilts set and had to use it to anchor my tag.  Hope you enjoyed my Christmas quilt!

I am linking this to the current Shining the Light Challenge over on the ODBD Blog, which is Stitch it!  Use real or faux stitching or a stitching theme!  Still time for you to play along!!!

Blessings,

Memories are Stitched in Love!

 Hello my friends!  I hope you are all well!

I have a real CAS (clean and simple) card to share with you today.  For this card I used ODBD's Sept. release Hand Knit, and Stitches sets. I also used a past release, Beautiful Border Dies.

To create the card I started with a base of Neenah  Solar White and embossed it with a  Cuttlebug folder which was a gift from a very dear friend.  On that I layered a panel I had constructed using a mat of dark chocolate, then a mat of blush blossom, and finally my main panel, which was another Neenah White panel on which I had stamped and masked the yarn images from Hand Knit, colored with Copics and masked the strip across and sponged the background with Distress Ink (Victorian Velvet).  I also stamped the sentiment from Stitches and added a little heart button.  A wrap of yarn (SU!) was added before adhering all the layers.  I popped up this main panel on dimensionals.  I felt it needed something at the top so  I die cut the pretty crocheted border, using blush blossom and the Beautiful Borders Die set.  Quick and easy!  We all need a few of them, don't we?  LOL!

Today's blessing from the Word:

Eph.4:2

Be completely humble and gentle;  be patient, bearing with one another in love.

I hope you have a wonderful day!!!