ODBDSLC137 - Something Old & Something New

Happy Tuesday!

It's time for a new Shining the Light Challenge!

This week's challenge is:

To use something new and something old

To make the challenge even more fun, we will be giving out a prize, a $15 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!! Entries for the prize must be submitted by Sunday, January 13th at 8 p.m. EST. One random winner will be chosen and announced next Saturday.

While it is not required to use Our Daily Bread Designs images and sentiments on your creations, we would love to see them if you have them. As a way of recognizing those who do use Our Daily Bread Designs stamps, we will again be choosing three or more of our participants for the Shining the Light Award . In order to qualify for this award or join the challenge, however, you must use Our Daily Breadstamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by Sunday, January 13th at 8 p.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC137. When creating your posts on blogs please include a link to the challenge.

Here is my take on the challenge this week...

I decided to make another ivory on ivory card for the color challenge (CC406) at Split Coast Stampers, this time a wedding slider card.  I love the Elegant Scrollwork Die and have been playing with putting a few together like a bouquet.  I finally came up with this design for it.

My "old" on this is the designer paper on the inside, it's actually an old patterned card piece that I've had for years!  The "new" is this "Love One Another" Stamp Set.  I love this set!  It's the same one I used on the wall hanging last week for my "Time With Kathy" post.  Here's a picture of the set again.

Card recipe:

Stamp: Love One Another (ODBD)
Paper: Natural White (Neenah), designer paper (stash)
Ink: Antique Linen Distress Ink (Ranger)
Accessories: Very Vanilla Seam Binding (RAK from Jill), roses (RAK from Sabrina), trim, adhesive pearls (Recollections), Elegant Scrollwork Die (Memory Box), Framed Tulips Embossing Folder, Labels 23 (Spellbinders)

For more inspiration, please visit my design team sisters!

Sabrina Cook, January guest designer

Diana Nguyen

Audrey Hiltke

Cathy McCauley

Jan Marie Ennenga

Chris Olsen, ct coordinator

To see all the creations in one place or join the challenge, click here for the ODBD Blog.

I'm submitting this to the following challenges:

Color Challenge on SCS - CC406 - Ivory on Ivory
Word Art Wednesday #61 - Anything Goes
Really Reasonable Ribbon #63 - My New Toys - new stamp set

Blessings!

Kathy

Heartfelt Creations Inspirations

Happy New Year everyone!

It's Wednesday, which means it's time for some inspiration from Heartfelt Creations! Today I have 2 cards to show you!  This first card is called "Ivory Asters".




I made this card ivory on ivory for the Color Challenge CC406 from Split Coast Stampers to use white on white or ivory on ivory. I used the Delicate Asters stamps and dies for this along with a sentiment from the Timeless Sentiment Set. When I first did this, it didn't show up in the photo very well, so I went back and sponged some Antique Linen and Wheat Inks to give it some depth. It looks much better in this photo here.

(Note: You can click on the pictures for a better view, and all the details are at the end of the post!)

My second card is a center step card I call "Roses in December"...

I have always loved this Bella Rose Vase Set and finally purchased it. I paired it with a flower made with sets from the Vintage Floret Collection and a sentiment from the Timeless Rosette Set. The mat behind the rose image is a journal block from the Timeless Amour Paper Collection, which I think is gorgeous and worked perfectly for the image.

On both my cards I used my new Decorative Labels 8 Dies...I just love these!!!

For more inspiration, please visit the HC Blog to see all the gorgeous creations by the design team this week!

I'm submitting these to the following challenges:

Color Challenge CC406 on SCS - Ivory on ivory - for my Ivory Asters Card
Word Art Wednesday Challenge #61 - Anything Goes
Really Reasonable Ribbon #63 - My New Toys + Ribbon - for my new Decorative Labels 8 Dies

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope I've inspired you in some way today!

Blessings!

Kathy

Ivory Asters

Heartfelt Creations Products & Products Carried by HC:

HCPC 3509 – Timeless Sentiments PreCut Set
HCPC 3494 – Delicate Asters PreCut Set
HCD 726 – Delicate Asters Die
Product ID: 159223 - Paper BlossomsMolding Mat
Product ID: 459222 - Paper Blossoms ToolKit
Product ID: 159723 – Art InstituteGlue – Dries Clear

Other Products Used:

Paper: Natural White (Neenah)
Ink: VersaMark, Antique Linen (Ranger), Wheat (VersaMagic)
Accessories: Very Vanilla Seam Binding (SU), Decorative Labels 8 (Spellbinders), pearl string, adhesive pearls, Snow Pearl Embossing Powder (Recollections), heat tool, sponge, Square Lattice Embossing Folder (SU), distressing tool, corner rounder

Instructions:

Create 5 1/2” x 4 1/4" card with Natural White.  Cut mat 4 1/16” x 5 5/16”, emboss with folder, distress edges, and ink with Wheat Ink.  Wrap ribbon around lower portion and glue to card base.  Cut piece with Decorative Labels 8, ink edges with Wheat, and add to card base with pop dots.

For flower, stamp 2 each of 3 smaller flowers and 3 leaves with VersaMark and heat emboss with Snow Embossing Powder.  Shape and assemble as shown.  Ink slightly with Wheat Ink.

Stamp sentiment with Antique Linen Ink, trim as shown, round corners, and ink edges with Wheat Ink.  Add as shown with pop dots.  Make bow and add to card as shown.  Add pearls.

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Roses in December

Heartfelt Creations Products & Products Carried by HC:

HCPC 3500 – Open Vintage Floret PreCut Set
HCPC 3502 – Mini Vintage Floret PreCut Set
HCPC 3505 – Timeless Rosette PreCut Set
HCPC 3395 – Bella Rose Vase PreCut Set
HCD 727 – Vintage Floret Die
HCPC1 228 – Timeless Amour Paper Collection
Product ID: 159223 - Paper BlossomsMolding Mat
Product ID: 459222 - Paper BlossomsTool Kit
Product ID: 159723 – Art InstituteGlue – Dries Clear
Product ID:SF03598 - Prismacolor Pencil Set 48 pc.

Other Products Used:

Paper: Solar White, Natural White (Neenah), Bitter Chocolate, tan (Bazzills)
Ink: Onyx Black, Vintage Sepia (VersaFine), Mocha Mama, Midnight Confession (Powder Puffs)
Accessories: Deco Fan Corner Punch (Martha Stewart), Sparkle Shimmer Mist, Sponge, Decorative Labels 8 (Spellbinders), Olive Wrinkled Ribbon (Really Reasonable Ribbon), Bow-Easy, mineral spirits, Prismacolor Pencils: Kelp Green, Marine Green, Seashell Pink, Sandbar Brown, Espresso, Black

Instructions:

Base: With Natural White Cardstock, use Center-Step Card instruction at Split Coast Stampers: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/centerstepcard/  Create mats for all 3 panels and center with tan cardstock and glue to base.  Then create 2 additional mats for side panels using dark designer paper.  Cut another piece of dark designer paper 5 3/8” x 13/16” and punch each end with Deco Fan Punch and glue to bottom panel.  For side panels, cut tan cardstock with Decorative Labels 8, trim each end, and glue to side panels.

Image: Stamp rose image and flowers on Solar White Cardstock with Onyx Black Ink and color as desired.  Fussy cut vase and cut flowers with matching dies.   Ink all edges with Midnight Confession.  For image base, cut journal block from designer paper and mat with Bitter Chocolate Cardstock.  Add vase image with pop dots and add to card base.  Shape and assemble flower and add to image.

For sentiment, stamp on Natural White with Vintage Sepia, ink edges, trim to fit at bottom panel, and add with pop dots.

Add adhesive pearls, ribbon, and bow as shown.  Spray all with Shimmer Mist if desired.

ODBDSLC125 - Fall Colors & a Verse

Happy Tuesday!

It's time for a new Shining the Light Challenge at Our Daily Bread Designs!  This week's challenge is to use fall colors and a verse.

To make the challenge even more fun, we will be giving out a prize, a $15 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!! Entries for the prize must be submitted by Sunday, October 14th at 8 p.m. EST. One random winner will be chosen and announced next Saturday.

While it is not required to use Our Daily Bread Designs images and sentiments on your creations, we would love to see them if you have them. As a way of recognizing those who do use Our Daily Bread Designs stamps, we will again be choosing three or more of our participants for the Shining the Light Award . In order to qualify for this award or join the challenge, however, you must use Our Daily Bread stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by Sunday, October 14th at 8 p.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC125. When creating your posts on blogs please include a link to the challenge.

Here's my take on the challenge this week:

 

 

For more inspiration, please visit the other designers' blogs for their beautiful creations.  We also have a new guest designer for October, Bridget Finlay, whose creations are always gorgeous!

 

 

Chris Olsen-Challenge Team Coordinator

Jan Keen

Jan Marie Ennenga

Kathy Roney

Lori Ulrich

Rosemary Dennis

Bridget Finlay - Guest Designer

 

 

Card recipe:

 

Stamps: Friendship, Get Well (Our Daily Bread Designs

Paper: Sunshine (My Mind's Eye), Capers (Bazzill)

Ink: VersaMark, Gingerbread (VersaMagic), Amaretto (Powder Puffs)

Accessories: Chenille fibers (stash), Elegant Scrollwork Die (Memory Box), Old Fashioned Olive Embossing Powder (SU), wood heart button, buttons, bead spacer (Michaels), adhesive pearls (Kaiser Craft)

 

I'm submitting this to the latest Word Art Wednesday Challenge #48.

 

Hope you can join in the challenge this week!  Thanks for stopping by!

 

 

Blessings!

 

Kathy

 

 



ODBDSLC110 - Color Challenge

Happy Saturday!

It's time for a new Shining the Light Challenge at Our Daily Bread Designs!

This week's challenge:

Use the colors pink, black and/or grey and white/vanilla.

This week will be a two week challenge.

To make the challenge even more fun, we will be giving out a prize, a $15 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!! Entries for the prize must be submitted by Friday, June 8th at 8 a.m. EST. One random winner will be chosen and announced next Saturday.

While it is not required to use Our Daily Bread Designs images and sentiments on your creations, we would love to see them if you have them. As a way of recognizing those who do use Our Daily Bread Designs stamps, we will again be choosing three or more of our participants for the Shining the Light Award . In order to qualify for this award or join the challenge, however, you must use Our Daily Bread stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by Friday, June 8th at 8 a.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC110. When creating your posts on blogs please include a link to the challenge.

Here is my take on this week's challenge:

For my card, I used the Sentiments Collection from ODBD and made this into a Wedding card.  I love the font on this stamp set and the sentiments are perfect for all kinds of occasions.  The added little hearts and wings are so cute too!  This is definitely one of my favorite stamps set from the recent releases!

The designer paper is a new collection I bought called Enchanted from Bo Bunny.  The flourish on the bottom is a new die called Flauntleroy Crest from Memory Box...so pretty!

For all ingredients used:
Stamp: Sentiments Collection (Our Daily Bread Designs)
Paper: Black, Whisper White (SU), Enchanted Collection (Bo Bunny), Tutti Frutti (Bazzills)
Ink: Onyx Blac (VersaFine)
Accessories: Ribbon (Celebrate It - Michaels), Labels 20 Dies (Spellbinders), Flauntleroy Crest Die (Memory Box), Flower (Recollections), adhesive pearls, Nestabling Pearls for Labels 20 (Want-2-Scrap), Fond punch (Marth Stewart), butterfly punch (Marvy), Dazzling Diamonds (SU), Aleene's Paper Glaze, button (Jo-Ann's)

For more inspiration, please visit the other "Breadsticks'" Blogs for some gorgeous creations!

Jan Marie Ennenga

Sabrina Jackson

Jan Keen

Rosemary Dennis

Lori Ulrich

Debi Southard

Chris Olsen

Hope to see you join in the challenge this week at ODBD!

I'm also submitting this to Word Art Wednesday Challenge #29.

***Just a little note to let you know about a sale Kelley at Our Daily Bread Designs has just posted for this weekend only...

This weekend we will be having sets on sale at 20% off and will also have FREE SHIPPING on all orders in the US. Please use code MEMORIAL in coupon code area of the shopping cart. Prices will be reflected in the cart.
(International customers receive $5.00 off their shipping charge - use code MEMORIAL5.)

Please note several of these stamps are brand new to the website!!

Offer is valid until Monday, May 28, 2012 midnight EST.

*****Might be a good time to check things out, here's the link!
Have a wonderful weekend!

Blessings!

Kathy

Elphine House Australia - It's a Girl Thing

Hi there!

It's time for a new challenge at Elphine House Australia!  The new challenge is called "It's a Girl Thing", use pink and/or purple colors on your design.  This was a perfect time for me to use another new stamp from EHA called "It's a Girl"!  Isn't this cute?  Another wonderful image done by the talented Elisabeth Bell!

To join in on the challenge, you can use any Elisabeth Bell image.  The winner will be chosen randomly and will receive 2 Elphine House Australia Stamps of their choice...very generous!

For ingredients used:

Stamp: It's a Girl (Elphine House Australia)
Paper: Solar White (Neenah), Nana's Nursery Baby Girl (DCWV), Certainly Celery, Blushing Bride (SU)
Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine), Certainly Celery (SU)
Accessories: White gel pen, Floral Ovals Nestibilities, Classis Petal & Classic Decorative Inserts Four (Spellbinders), Fanciful Flourish (Cheery Lynn Designs), lace (RAK & Jo-Ann's), Ribbon (my stash), adhesive pearls (Recollections), flowers (RAK & Michaels), Prismacolor Pencils, mineral spirits

I hope to see you join in the challenge this next 2 weeks!

Blessings!

Kathy

Elphine House Australia Color Challenge

Hi there!

It's time for another challenge at Elphine House Australia!  This time it's a color challenge using Easter or pastels colors.  You can use any Elisabeth Bell image for your creation, not just Elphine House Australia.  The winner will be chosen by random.org and will receive 2 stamps of their choice!

Here is my take on the challenge:

I decide to use one of EHA's new stamps called "It's a Boy".  Isn't this adorable, cute little man with a cute little one?  I colored the image with my Prismacolor Pencils and mineral spirits.  I had some fun with my stylus this time to create a little texture before I applied the pencil color.  I did lines on his hair and pants, argyle on his sweater, and dots on his tie.  I've had these designer papers from K & Co. for a long time, about time I used them!

For ingredients used:

Stamps: It's a Boy (EHA), Teeny Tiny Wishes (SU)
Paper: Itsy Bitsy Baby Boy Designer Paper (K&Co.), blue (DCWV Cardstock Pack), yellow & orange (Bazzill's Earthtones Mat Stack), white (Georgia Pacific)
Ink: Onyx Black (Versafine), Banana Bliss (Powder Puffs)
Accessories: Brads, star & wood buttons, ribbons (Michaels), Labels Eight Nestibilities (Spellbinders), square punch (SU), pearl cotton thread (DMC), stylus, Prismacolor pencils, mineral spirits, Bow-Easy


Hope to see you join in on the challenge this next 2 weeks!

Blessings!

Kathy

Our Daily Bread Designs Shining the Light Challenge - ODBDSLC101 - Silk or Faux Silk

Happy Saturday everyone!

It's time for another challenge at Our Daily Bread Designs!

This week's challenge:

Today marks the third March Anniversary challenge at Our Daily Bread Designs. . One of the traditional gifts is silk for the fourth anniversary. This week's challenge is to use silk or faux silk on your creation with your Our Daily Bread Designs stamps. Angie has created a wonderful tutorial here for the faux silk technique.

To make the challenge even more fun, we will be giving out a prize, a $15 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!! Entries for the prize must be submitted by Friday, March 30th at 8 a.m. EST. One random winner will be chosen and announced next Saturday.

While it is not required to use Our Daily Bread Designs images and sentiments on most of our challenges, this month it is an Our Daily Bread Designs only challenge month in honore of the ODBD 4th Anniversary. Three or more of our participants will be chosen for the Shining the Light Award .In order to qualify for this award or join the challenge, however, you must use Our Daily Bread stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by Friday, March 30th at 8 a.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC101. When creating your posts on blogs please include a link to the challenge.

Now for my take on the challenge:

For this card, I used the Scripture Series 2 Stamp Set from ODBD using 1 Timothy 6:17, "God richly gives us everything to enjoy."  Beautiful verse, beautifully designed with the fonts.

Instead of doing Angie's faux silk technique, I decided to use this luscious silk ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon, this ribbon is gorgeous and rich!  I did 2 other challenges with this, SC377 Sketch Challenge and F4A108 Monochromatic Challenge borth at Split Coast Stampers.

For some reason, I struggled this week with this challenge and finally gave up and asked God to HELP me!  I promised Him I would give Him ALL the Glory!  So here you have it, this is what He came up with!!!  Thank you Lord!!!  :-D

For all ingredients used:

Stamps:  Scripture Series 2 (Our Daily Bread Designs)

Paper: BM - Hermit, Iced Cocoa (Core'dinations), Ancestry Designer Paper 12x12 & Mat Pad (K & Co)

Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine), Amaretto (Powder Puffs - for sponging edges)

Accessories: Silk ribbon (Really Reasonable Ribbon), Adhesive Pearls (Recollections), flower (RAK from Sabrina), head pin/pearls/beads (Michaels), sponge, Classic Scalloped Ovals Large #5, Floral Ovals #3, Elegance M-Bossibilities (Spellbinders).

For more inspiration for the challenge, please visit the other design team members and see their gorgeous creations.

Chris Olsen
Jan Marie Ennenga
Lori Ulrich
Sabrina Jackson
Rosemary Dennis
Jan Keen
Debi Southard

That's it for now!  Hope to see you join in on the ODBDSLC101 Challenge this week!

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On another note....If you like my creations, please see my sidebar for a contest I'm currently in!  You can also read more about it in my March 21st post here.  Thank you so much!

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Blessings!

Kathy

Your Heart's Delight

Hi there!


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If you're looking for my post on the "4th Anniversary Blop Hop for Our Daily Bread Designs", please "hop" down one post to find it!!!  :-D
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This is a card I made for the latest Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge #130 to:

Create a card or project that uses both dark and light. Opposite colors; black/white, brown/ivory, deep blue/baby blue, red/pink etc.

This is my submission for the Challenge:

I decide to use a deep blue and baby blue combination.  The blues are actually much darker than they look here, the paper is Night of Navy from Stampin Up.  This week I received a new Spellbinders' Die "Floral Ovals" and the "Elegance" M-Bossibilites Embossing Folder which I used here.  Both of the are GORGEOUS!!!  I fell in love with this Floral Oval the minute I saw it, and I know I'll be using it a lot!

The Scripture Verse Psalm 37:4, is from Our Daily Bread Designs' Scripture Series 2 Set.  This is a wonderful Verse and beautifully designed with the fonts.

For the ingredients I used:

Stamp: Scripture Series 2 (ODBD)
Paper: Solar White (Neenah), light blue cardstock (DCWV Stack), Night of Navy (Stampin' Up)
Ink: Onyx Black (Versafine), Night of Navy (SU)
Accessories: Classic Ovals Large & Classic Scalloped Ovals Large, Floral Ovals , Elegance M-Bossabilities EF (Spellbinders), Fleur de Lis Punch (EKS) (inside card), adhesive pearls (Want 2 Scrap), button heart, sponge, flowers (Recollections & Michael's $1 bin), Branch with Leaves Die (Sizzix).

That's it for now!  Hope you're having a wonderful weekend!

Blessings!

Kathy

Really Reasonable Ribbon - I Won!!!

Hi there!

I'm so excited!!!  I just found out I won the latest challenge at Really Reasonable Ribbon!!!  This was for their Monocromatic Green Challenge for this card I made...

You can see is here on their website!  Thank you Really Reasonable Ribbon!  Their ribbons are fabulous and REALLY  are reasonable!

Blessings!

Kathy

Light Up in Green

Hello again!

I'm back with another card today!  I made this card for a 3 different challenges which is unusual for me!  I decided to use one of the brand new March Release stamps from Our Daily Bread Designs called The Light of My Life.

The first challenge is for Split Coast Stampers SC374 Sketch Challenge, again.  The second is for Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge #18 to use doilies (I have a doily from a RAK, but it was too big for this).  The third challenge is for Really Reasonable Ribbon RRR43 to do monochromatic green.

The sentiment is stamped on the solar white paper, then die cut with the label die from the Parisian Accents set, and sponged while in the die.  I then die cut another label from the white and glued the 2 labels together to look like a motiff.  I noticed this looked good together a few weeks ago when I was doing the Spellbinders competition, and finally got around to doing it...although I'm sure it's already been done before by someone else.  :-)


The ingredients used:

Stamps: The Light of My Life (Our Daily Bread Designs - March Release)
Paper: Cardstock Stack (DCWV - green), The Preppy Princess Stack (DCWV), Solar White (Neenah), White (Georgia Pacific - inside card)
Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine), Green with Envy (Powder Puffs)
Accessories: Doilies (Wilton), Parisian Accents, Standard Circles Large #4 (Spellbinders), Fanciful Flourish (Cheery Lynn Designs), Doily Lace Edge Punch (Martha Stewart - inside card), ribbon (Really Reasonable Ribbon), adhesive pearls (Recollections & Want 2 Scrap), resin rose (Recollections), ribbon flowers (Michaels), Copic Sketch Marker YG63 Pea Green (colored the pearls in the middle of the flower), sponge

That's it for now.  Hope you are having a blessed weekend!

Blessings!

Kathy

Our Daily Bread Designs Shining the Light Challenge - ODBDSLC100

Happy Saturday!

It's time for another Shining the Light Challenge at Our Daily Bread Designs! 

This week's challenge:

Since next week will be the Our Daily Bread Designs Anniversary Blog hop, this challenge will last two weeks.

Today marks the second March Anniversary challenge at Our Daily Bread Designs. The anniversary stone given for the fourth anniversary is topaz and the birthstone for March is aquamarine. This week we want to see aqua or topaz (blue) with your favorite scripture, sentiment, or quote. You must use Our Daily Bread Stamps to link your creation.

To make the challenge even more fun, we will be giving out a prize, a $15 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!! Entries for the prize must be submitted by Friday, March 23rd at 8 a.m. EST. One random winner will be chosen and announced next Saturday.

While it is not required to use Our Daily Bread Designs images and sentiments on most of our challenges, this month it is an Our Daily Bread Designs only challenge month in honor of the ODBD 4th Anniversary. Three or more of our participants will be chosen for the Shining the Light Award . In order to qualify for this award or join the challenge, however, you must use Our Daily Bread stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by Friday,

March 23rd at 8 a.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC100. When creating your posts on blogs please include a link to the challenge.

Here is my sample for the challenge this week!

After taking this picture, I decided to add some leaves and some pearls around the quote.  I like it much better, but when I re-did the picture it made the card look more blue than aqua.  It makes it look like a different card, but it's actually the same one!  I figured I'd give you both pictures!

The stamp I used for the quote, is from the God's Love Set released in January.  There's something about this quote that I just LOVE.  I keep saying it over and over in my head!  I tried to pick a favorite verse, but that's like picking your favorite child!  I love them all!

For ingredients used:

Stamps: God's Love (Our Daily Bread Designs)
Paper: Natural White (Neenah), Mocha Devine (Bazzills), The Linen Closet Stack & Cardstock Matstack (DCWV)
Ink: Vintage Sepia (VersaFine)
Accessories: Adhesive pearls (Recollections), stick pin with beads (RAK from Sabrina), flowers (RAK, Recollections, Prima), leaves (Recollections), ribbon (Michaels), seam binding (Really Reasonable Ribbon), heart button ( Dress It Up), Classic Ovals & Scalloped Ovals Large Nestibilities, Classic Petal Edgeabilities (Spellbinders), Fanciful Flourish Die (Cheery Lynn), sponge.


I also made this card using last week's Sketch Challenge SC374 at Split Coast Stampers...I'm a little late with this one!

For more inspiration for the challenge, please visit my Design Team Sisters!

Sabrina Jackson

Jan Marie Ennenga

Debi Southard

Jan Keen

Rosemary Dennis

Chris Olsen

Lori Ulrich

Thanks for stopping by!  Hope to see you enter in the ODBD's Challenge this week!  Lots of fun happening at ODBD this month with their 4th Anniversary!

Have a great weekend!

Blessings!

Kathy

It's a Boy Thing - Color Challenge - Elphine House Australia

Good Morning!

It's time for another challenge at Elphine House Australia!  This time the team challenges you to use a blue/green color combo on your card/creation.  You can use ANY Elisabeth Bell image or stamp.  The winner is selected randomly, and will win 2 stamps of their choice!  Here is my take on the challenge this week.

This was a fun challenge for me to use something other than pink and green as I have been lately!  It also gave me a chance to use a brand new stamp from EHA named "Tommy Splashing Puddle".  Isn't he cute and typical for a boy!  I love the little frog leaping!

Elphine House Australia has added 4 new stamps to their website by Elisabeth Bell. In addition to "Tommy Splashing Puddle", there is:

"Carrie Swan Princess"
"It's a Boy!!"
"It's a Girl!!"

You can find these here on their website to check them out!  They're all adorable!

I colored the image with my Prismacolor Pencils and mineral spirits on solor white paper from Neenah, and used some new paper I got named "The Guy Stack" by DCWV, perfect for boys too.

For ingredients used:

Stamps: Tommy Splashing Puddle (EHA)
Paper: White (Georgia Pacific), Solar White (Neenah), The Guy Stack (DCWV), Sizzix Cardstock Brights (DCWV)
Ink: Black Oynx (Versafine), Spanish Olive, Wheat, Turquoise Gem(Versamagic)
Accessories: Sponge, adhesive buttons (Stickopotamus), hemp cord, burlap fabric (Jo-Ann's), buttons (Dress-It-Up), boat sticker (old SU colored over with pencils), star punch (Fiskers), large Petite Scallops Nestibilities, Standard Circles Small, Standard Circles Large (Spellbinders), mineral spirits, Prismacolor Pencils.

That's it for now.  Hope you can join in the Challenge at Elphine House!

Blessings!

Kathy

Butterfly Smile

Hi there!

This is a card I made for some challenges I found that gave me a chance to use an old stamp and a border technique I learned in making my final Spellbinders DT submission recently.

By the way, speaking of Spellbinders, I wasn't selected for the Spellbinders Design Team last week, but I am grateful that I made it to the final round.  I'm dissapointed, but the other designers were all SO talented.  I will be posting my 3 projects I made for the 3 rounds, probably sometime this week if you are interested in seeing them.

Anyway, this card I made shows the border technique I did using the dies they sent me for the final round.  It comes out really pretty with a dramatic color choice..

I'm entering this in 2 different challenges.  The first challenge is WT362 - Ways to Use It - Borders on your creation on Split Coast Stampers.  The second, is Really Reasonable Ribbon's Challenge #RRR42 - use pink and brown with ribbons. 

For ingredients used:

Stamps: Boxed Wishes (Inkadinkado)
Paper: Pink Pirouette (SU), Mocha Devine (Bazzills), Chocolat Papillon (S.E.I)
Ink: Dark Chocolate (Palette)
Accessories: Large Labels Nestibilities Classic Petal Edgeabilities (Spellbinders), ribbon: white (RRR), brown - Lush (MME), pink w/flowers (Celebrate It - Michaels), pearl thread, button, brads (SU), adhesive pearls, Tombow marker #761, Prismacolor pencils: chocolate, pink rose, deco pink, and blush pink.

Hope you are all having a wonderful weekend! 

Blessings!

Kathy

Timeless Roses - FTTC156 & Cheery-Lynn Designs Challenge #15

Good morning again!

I have another card to show you this morning that I worked on this week.  This rose stamp is from Flourishes' "A Year in Flowers 2" Set.  I bought the entire set of stamps to make calendars for next year.  I love to color flowers, and these make beautiful calendars or can be used alone like this on a card or project.

I'm entering this in the Flourish's Timeless Tuesday Challenge this week to incorporate red on your card.  You can find the challenge here on their website.

I'm also entering this in the Cheery-Lynn Designs Challenge this week called "Pretty in Pink" to use pink on you card.  You are required to use at least one of their dies, I used the Fanciful Flourish...only one I have, so far!  You can find their challenge here on their website.

Among the ingredients I used on this card, the pin with the pearls, rhinestones, and charm are from a RAK (Random Act of Kindness) I received from a sweet friend, Sabrina Jackson!!!  Sabrina is on the Our Daily Bread Designs' Design Team.  She was going to send me a couple of pins and beads to show me how she does hers...they are gorgeous...I ended up with a whole box of goodies!!!  I'm going to show you all the things she sent me in a separate post, as soon as I can get a pretty picture of them all together!

Here is the inside of the card:

It's a little hard to see in the picture, but I used the Scripture Collection 2 Set from Our Daily Bread Designs.  I embossed it with Pearl Embossing Powder and VersaMark.  This is actually a leftover from the card I made last month for the Love Recipe Challenge - ODBDSLC94.  I pretty much save all my leftovers from projects (they are organized in my recipe card boxes - you can see that in an older post on organization here), and use them when I can.  I sponged around the image with old olive ink.  It's actually very pretty with the designer paper.  The lace is also from my wonderful RAK from Sabrina.  So very pretty!!!


For all the ingredients I used:

Stamps: A Year in Flowers 2 (Flourishes), Scripture Collection 2 (ODBD)
Paper: Rose Red (SU), Solar White (Neenah), Watercolor Bouquet (K&Co), Preppy Princess Stack (DCWV).
Ink: Black Onyx (Versafine), Old Olive (SU), Versamark
Accessories: Prismacolor pencils - Pale Sage, Old Olive, Crimson Red, Pink Rose, Kelp Green, Le Plume marker English Red, mineral spirits, Fanciful Flourish die (Cheery Lynn Designs), Fleur de Lis Squares, Labels 18 (Spellbinders), pearl cotton thread, sewing needle, adhesive pearls & flowers(Recollections), lace (Really Reasonable Ribbon & Sabrina's RAK), netting (Jo-Ann's), charm/pin/beads (Sabrina's RAK), sponge.

That's it for now!  Thank you for looking and hope you're having a wonderful weekend!

Blessings!

Kathy

Belles 'n Whistles challenge

Hi everyone! This is my second card for Belle 'n Whistles as a Guest Designer!!! How exciting is that! This time the challenge is to use your favorite color combo...that would have to be pink and green for me! This cutie pie is called Li'l Miss Poppy that I got from Belles 'n Whistles when I won their challenge last month. She is just SO adorable, I love the way she has her hand on her face.

I wish the picture was a little better with showing the colors, they are so much better in real life. The flowers were made with a new punch I bought, Petite Petals from McGill. I'm having fun making these. They're not as nice as all the beautiful roses and other flowers that are out right now, but I haven't bought much of these yet. I also used my new oval dies from spellbinders that I picked up at Michaels on sale. I've been wanting these for a long time...finally got one set at least! The papers used are Eva by Basic Grey, and rich razzleberry and pear pizzazz by Stampin Up. I love these Eva papers. I colored these with my Prismacolor pencils and mineral spirits. Go join the Belles 'n Whistle challenge using any of your Elisabeth Bell stamps or image. Thanks for taking the time to look at my creations! Blessings! Kathy

Belles 'n Whistles Color Challenge

Hi Everyone!

Today I have a card I made as a Guest Designer (Woohoo!) for Belles 'n Whitles' Challenge that started this week. So exciting, my first time as a guest designer, which I won for my "Letters to Santa" card. This is a color challenge using red, yellow, and blue. This is what I came up with.

Not exactly the bright primary colors, but still red, yellow, and blue! The stamp I used is "Planting some Love" that I won on the Elisabeth Bell World Challenge blog for my Letters to Santa card. I was able to get 4 new stamps with my gift certificate (plus a couple of $1).

I used K & Co Watercolor papers (love these) and colored the image with my Prismacolor pencils and mineral spirits. There's lots of other details that I will post on SCS's in my gallery.


Blessings!

Kathy

Something Yummy - EHA Challenge

Hi everyone!

I have another new stamp from Elphine House Australia by Elisabeth Bell to show you! She is so, so adorable! This stamp is called "Yummy Pudding". I love the little mouse on top of the pudding.

I did this card for the Elphine House Australia's challenge this week "using shades of pink and blue" which you can find on their blog here. This is a fun challenge, and you can use ANY Elisabeth Bell image! You can even download one of her digi images to do it like I did with "Pati's Kisses" back in May. This is a great chance to win something sweet!

I hadn't planned to cut this image out, but I had everything the way I wanted it and then shaded around the image at the end, big mistake! It totally messed up everything around it. So this is what I finally came up with. I really love that in-color "pool party". I got the sample cardstock packages for both sets of in-colors right now. I can't wait to try out some more of the colors.

This is the first time I tried using a charm with a chain to have it hanging instead of glued. Really easy, all you need is a little piece of chain and a jump ring to attach them together. I'm not sure I like the way this one came out, but not bad for the first try! I submitting this card on Split Coast Stamper's WT332 challenge to use metal.

For stamps on this I used Yummy Pudding (EHA), Yummy, Language of Friendship (SU). Paper used: white, Kraft (Papertry Ink), solar white (Neenah), soft suede, pool party (SU), sweet stack (DCWV). Ink used: black (Versafine), soft suede (SU). Accessories: Prismacolor pencils, mineral spirits, rick rack, weaving fibers, adhesive pearls, button (Basic Grey), micron pen, charm, chain, jump ring, standard circles small, small petite scallops dies (Spellb), punches: boho blossoms, wide oval (SU), deco fan (MS).

That's it for now! Make sure to check out Elphine House Australia's website and challenge!

Blessings!

Kathy

Bathtub Riley Moose in Pinks

Hi there!

I made this card for 2 challenges on Split Coast Stampers. The first, is for a color combination of light pink, medium pink, and dark pink (#CC326). The second, to use a stamp that "you had to have", but never used (F4A68).

This is a stamp called "Bathtub Riley Moose" from Hanna Stamps that I just had to have, but never used the poor little thing. It's so cute too! I WAS surprised at how few stamps I had that hadn't been used yet...from my older ones anyway.

For colors, I used pink pirouette for light pink from Stampin Up, Chablis from Bazzills for medium, and Melon Mambo (SU) for dark pink. The other papers used were Whisper White and Black from SU and Solar White from Neenah. Ink used was Versafine in Black which is a new ink I bought and I really like the image quality it gives, the quick drying time and easy cleanup. It's my new favorite ink now!

I colored the image using my Prismacolors pencils and mineral spirits and Diamond Stickles. I used Spellbinders dies in circles and scallops which I have barely used. With the round shaped image, I decided to make a card in a square shape of 5" x 5" which is different for me.

Thanks for looking!

Blessing!

Kathy

Color Challenge Purples & Browns

I just finished up a card for a color challenge on one of my favorite designer's website.  It's for Sharon Johnson's blog 'no time to stamp' you can find here.  The challenge was for any shades of purples, lavenders, browns, and ivory.  It's also supposed to be "stamped simply" - the image took some work on this one, but the card itself is pretty simple.

The image was colored with prismacolor pencils.  This is my first attempt to use these without using mineral spirits to blend the colors.  I used the colorless blender and my eraser only.  Wow, it was hard for me to get use to the difference.  Of coarse, it would probably be easier if I know what I was doing!  This technique required me to bear down a lot with the blender which really started to bother my hands and arms...definitely don't want to flair up the fibromyalgia.  I'll have to check this out more, maybe I'm not doing it right.  Anyway, this is what I came up with...not to bad.