Graphic 45 Baby Gift Set

Hi there!

Today I have a baby gift emsemble that I have been working on to give to a dear friend.  There is a tri-shutter card, chipboard mini album, and matching gift box to hold the album.  These are made with the Graphic 45 Little Darlings Papers and Chipboard Tags.  (You can click on the photos for a closer look.)




The card is made using the tri-shutter tutorial on SCS here. 

The mini album was created based on the Little Darlings Mini Album Project Sheet on the Graphic 45 Website here.  The base for the album is just an inexpensive chipboard album from Michaels that measures 5" x 6 1/2".  Here is the front cover decorated with the papers, chipboard tag, and lots of ribbons and trims:

Here are the inside pages which show the pockets for tags, photos, and/or journalling.  I made die cut pieces in different shapes and added some chipboard tags and cute photos taken from the papers.

 

 

 

 

 

The back cover:

This is the gift box I created for the album to be kept in.  I used a basic box making technique, adjusting measurements to fit the album.  This shows the box closed up with the ribbon on it that slides off.

This shows the box without the ribbon on it.

Products used:

Stamps: God's Blessings (Stampin' Up)
Paper: Little Darlings Collection (Graphic 45), Natural White (Neenah), Baja Breeze (SU), Coral (DCWV), Dark Caribbean Coral (Color Mates)
Ink: Vintage Photo Distress Ink (Ranger)
Accessories: Little Darlings Collection Chipboard Tags (Graphic 45), chipboard book (Michaels), extra keyring 1 1/4", various punches & dies, Very Vanilla, Baja Breeze Seam Binding (RAK from Jill), various fibers and trims, button, lace, brad, spacer bead, Crop-a-Dial, hole punch


I'm submitting this to the latest Word Art Wednesday Challenge #66 - Anything Goes
Way to Use It Challenge #WT413 - Use green

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you are inspired by my projects today!

Blessings!

Kathy

Sepia Roses - Flourishes

Hi there!

I have a card made with the Flourishes' "Roses are Red" Set that I won recently from them.

 

 

 

I LOVE this image and couldn't wait to color it!  The Timeless Tuesday Challenge this week is for a vintage creation, I hope this is vintage enough!  I decided to do it as a monotone after seeing the Really Reasonable Ribbon challenge this week for it.  I did it in a vintage sepia color combination, which I love, using my pencils and mineral spirits.  The photo isn't the best as it's much prettier in real life.  The beautiful bow is made with Crumb Cake Seam Binding that my sweet cyber friend Jill (JD) gave me!  The photo doesn't show it, but it actually goes perfectly with the image and papers and has a gorgeous color variation on it from the light.

 

I'm submitting this to the following challenges:

 

Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge #205 - Vintage

Word Art Wednesday Challenge #65 - Anything Goes

Really Reasonable Ribbon #65 - Monochromatic Color & Ribbon

 

Card Recipe:

 

Stamps: Roses are Red (Flourishes)

Paper: Solar White (Neenah), Quicksand, Bitter Chocolate (Bazzills)

Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine), Dark Chocolate (Palette)

Accessories: Sponge, Crumb Cake Seam Binding (RAK from Jill), adhesive pearls, Labels 23 Grand, Floral Ovals (Spellbinders), Bow-Easy, mineral spirits, Prismacolor Pencils: Peachy Beige, Light Umber, Dark Brown, Espresso, Black

 

Thank you for stopping by!

 

Blessings!

 

Kathy

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

ODBDSLC136 - Anything Goes

Happy Monday!

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

This week's challenge is for two weeks!!

The challenge is:

Anything Goes with Our Daily Bread Designs Stamps

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 7th 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 7th at 8 p.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC136. When creating your posts on blogs please include a link to the challenge.

Here's my card for the challenge this week:

I used the Sew Special Set for my card.  I love this quilt and rocking chair image.  I colored it with my Prismacolor Pencils and mineral spirits and then cut it with the matching ODBD Custom Die and added it to the card with pop dots.  Here's a picture of the set and die.

I made the card base using the Decorative Labels 8 Die from Spellbinders.  Such a pretty die for the image on this.

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Sew Special (Our Daily Bread Designs)
Paper: Solar White (Neenah), Blush (My Mind's Eye), Sage Shadow
Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine), Amaretto (Powder Puff)
Accessories: Rocking Chair ODBD Custom Die, Labels 8, Decorative Labels 8 (Spellbinders), Rose Petal Seam Binding (Really Reasonable Ribbon), Linen Thread, charm (RAK from Sabrina), adhesive pearls, pearl button, mineral spirits, Prismacolor Pencils: Pink Rose, Henna, Tuscan Red, Jade Green, Dark Green, Denim Blue, Kelly Green, Black, Chocolate, Dark Brown, Cool Greys 50%, 70%, 90%

For more inspiration, please visit my teammates to see their gorgeous creations for the challenge this week...

Chris Olsen-Challenge Team Coordinator

Jan Keen

Jan Marie Ennenga

Lori Ulrich

Rosemary Dennis

I'm entering this in the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday Challenge #59 - Anything Goes
Really Reasonable Ribbon #62 - Anything Goes & Ribbon

I pray you all have a Merry Christmas and enjoy time spent with family in celebrating the day of our Savior's Birth!

Blessings!

Kathy


 

ODBDSLC122 - Birds

Happy Tuesday!

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

This week's challenge: Use a bird or birds on 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 Sunday, September 16th 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, September 16th at 8 p.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC122. When creating your posts on blogs please include a link to the challenge.

Here's my take on the challenge this week...

 

 

 

I used a little bird charm I bought at Michaels and attached it with a chain and jump ring to the bow.  The quote from Mother Teresa is from the Let Us Begin Stamp Set from Our Daily Bread Designs.  Here's a view of the whole set...

 

Next time, I'd like to use the lotus flower corners so I can do some coloring!  Here's the complete card recipe:

Stamps: Let Us Begin (Our Daily Bread Designs)
Paper: Almanac (Prima), Black (Recollections), Iced Cocoa (Coredinations)
Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine), Mocha Mama (Powder Puffs), Capers (Bazzills)
Accessories: Detailed Embossing Powder (Stampendous), heat gun, Labels 23 (Spellbinders), rhinestone flourish, silk leaves (Recollections), chain, jump ring, brad, charm (Michaels), flower (RAK from Sabrina), ribbon (Jo-Ann's), distressing tool, Fanciful Flourish (Cheery Lynn).

There's lots more inspiration from my design teammates along with our Guest Designer this month, Katherine Lawson!  Please visit their blogs and get inspired!

 

Chris Olsen-Challenge Team Coordinator

Jan Keen

Jan Marie Ennenga

Lori Ulrich

Rosemary Dennis

Katherine Lawson (Guest Designer)

 

 



 

Hope you can join in the challenge this week!

 

I'm submitting this to the latest Word Art Wednesday Challenge #44 which you can find here! 

 

Blessings!

 

Kathy

 

 

 



 

Frosty Ornament - Heartfelt Creations

Happy Wednesday!

Today I have an ornament I made with the new Frosty Blanket Collection.

This time I used some of the blue designer papers and heat embossed with white embossing powder.  I love the the pretty contrast of the blue and white and decided to make the flowers the same way.  So simple to make these, and so pretty! 

I used recycled cardboard packaging inbetween the papers for the ornament to give it some stability.  Here's a picture of the back.

I'm not sure I used the right paper for the back of it to show the sentiment, but it's such pretty paper!    I love the flowers on this with the blue designer paper and the white embossing, so simple to do and it comes out very pretty!

Please visit the Heartfelt Creations' Blog for more inspiration from the Design Team this week!

I'm also entering this in the following challenges:
Word Art Wednesday #43
Stampin' Sisters in Christ #154 - use punches, dies, or shapes

Blessings!

Kathy

Frosty Ornament

Heartfelt Creations Products & Products Carried by HC:

HCPC 3415-1 – Petite Poinsettia PreCut Set
HCPC 3493 – Yuletide Sentiments PreCut Set
HCPC 3491 – Holiday Haven PreCut Set
HCPC 3490 – Holiday Mail PreCut Set
HCDP1 – 225 – Frosty Blanket Paper Collection
Product ID: 125126 – Layered Poinsettia Die
Product ID:159223 - Paper Blossoms Molding Mat
Product ID:459222 - Paper Blossoms Tool Kit

Other Products Used:

Paper: Capers (Bazzills)
Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine), VersaMark
Accessories: Recycled cardboard, Heirloom Ornament 2010 Die (Spellbinders), white gel pen, White Embossing Powder (SU), Detail Clear Embossing Powder (Stampendous), heat tool, Sparkle Shimmer Spritz, lace trim (RAK – Sabrina), adhesive pearls, Nestabling (Want-2-Scrap), string, glue, Bow-Easy

Instructions:

Ornament base: On blue designer paper, randomly stamp poinsettia flower, branch (Holiday Mail), swirl (Holiday Haven) with VersaMark and heat emboss with White Embossing Powder.  With Black Ink on a piece  of matching designer paper, stamp sentiment and heat emboss with Detail Clear Embossing Powder.    Cut an ornament out of each of the papers with the largest die from the Heirloom 2010 Die.  Cut a piece of cardboard with same die and ink edges with black ink.  Glue the 3 pieces together with the cardboard in the middle.  Add dots around the edge of the blue paper with a white gel pen.

On a piece of blue designer paper, stamp 2 extra small flowers, 1 small flower, and heat emboss with White Embossing Powder.  On Capers cardstock, stamp a medium flower with Black Ink.  Cut all flower with match dies.  Add one of the extra small flowers to the ornament as shown and assemble remaining pieces to make a flower.  Add pearls and Nestabling as shown on front and back.  Make bow with Bow-Easy and adhere string, bow, and flower to ornament as shown.

ODBDSLC120 - Sketch Challenge

Happy Tuesday!

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

This week's challenge:

is a sketch.

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, August 26th 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, August 26th at 8 p.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC120. When creating your posts on blogs please include a link to the challenge.

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

I'm not very experienced with sketches, but I really like this one!  For the main image, I used the wonderful Light of the World set.  I believe this was my very first ODBD stamp set I bought, and I've definitely used it many times.  I love lighthouses and I like that I can make a card masculine or feminine with it!  Masculine can be really hard to find and do!   I stamped the lighthouse image, stamping off the color on scratch paper first to make the image fade in the background, then stamped the Bible verse over it.  I love these Little Black Dress papers by Basic Grey, just so classy.  I finished it off with some bling and ribbons and a rose.

For all ingredients used:

Stamp:  Light of the World (Our Daily Bread Designs)
Paper: Little Black Dress (Basic Grey), Black (SU), cream
Ink: Onyx Black, Vintage Sepia (VersaFine), Midnight Confession, Amaretto (Powder Puffs)
Accessories: Standard Circles Large, Small Petite Scallops (Spellbinders), Square Punch (SU), sponge, flower (RAK from Sabrina), trim (?), adhesive pearls (Recollections & Want-2-Scrap), ribbon (Offray), rhinestone flourish (Recollections)

For more inspiration, please visit the others designers gorgeous creations and live them a little love!

Chris Olsen-Challenge Team Coordinator

Jan Keen

Jan Marie Ennenga

Lori Ulrich

Rosemary Dennis

Linda Lucas (Guest Designer)

I'm submitting this to the latest Word Art Wednesday Challenge #41 to use uplifting sentiments or Scripture or use a Mother Teresa quote they provided.

Hope you have a wonderful week!

Blessings!

Kathy

ODBDSLC118 - Scripture Challenge

Happy Tuesday!

We have a new Shining the Light Challenge at Our Daily Bread Designs!

This week's challenge:

Is to use scripture on your card or project

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, August 12th 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, August 12th at 8 p.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC118. When creating your posts on blogs please include a link to the challenge.

 

Here is my sample for the challenge this week...

 

 



For my card, I used Scripture Series 2, verse John 1:16.  I have received so many blessings from God's Grace.  One of the biggest blessings for me is to be able to create things with my hands and share them with others.  My hope is that in doing this, I Glorify God in some way.

 

I am submitting this to 2 other challenges:

 

• Word Art Wednesday #39 - God's Peace
• Really Reasonable Ribbon #53 - Bling with ribbon

For all ingredients used:

Stamps: Scripture Series 2 (Our Daily Bread Designs)
Paper: Nature Garden (Prima), Always Artichoke (SU), peach (DCWV Stack)
Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine), Amaretto (Powder Puff)
Accessories: Paper flower (stash - I made with a scallop circle punch a long time ago), Floral Oval, Classic Ovals Large (Spellbinders), Fanciful Flourish (Cherry Lynn), adhesive pearls & swirls (Recollections), trim (Jo-Ann's), Ivory Pleated Satin Ribbon (Really Reasonable Ribbon), charm (RAK from Sabrina), sponge

For more inspiration, please visit the other Designers and see their awesome creations!  We also have a Guest Designer this month, Linda Lucas,  who will be sharing her gorgeous creations with us!  Welcome Linda!

 

Chris Olsen-Challenge Team Coordinator

Jan Keen

Jan Marie Ennenga

Kathy Roney

Lori Ulrich

Rosemary Dennis

Linda Lucas (Guest Designer)

That's all for now!  Thank you for visiting! 

 Blessings!

Kathy



Things With Wings - Elphine House Australia

Hi there!

It's time for a new challenge at Elphine House Australia!  This time the challenge is to include anything with wings on your creation!  There's lots of Elisabeth Bell images with wings, so that shouldn't be difficult to do!

All you need to do is create a card or project using any Elisabeth Bell stamp from any company and make sure there's wings!  The winner will be chosen randomly and will recieve 2 stamps from EHA.  You have a whole month to enter the challenge, as we are doing a monthly challenge for the summer.  Here is my take on the challenge...

This is Carrie Swan Princess, isn't she so sweet!  I love this Botanical paper, and decided to color the image to match it...the best I could anyway.  After I was done, I was wishing I had used the Natural White paper for the image instead of the Solar White, but oh well!

All ingredients used:

Stamps: Carrie Swen Princess (Elphine House Australia)
Paper: Botanical (Prima), Solar White (Neenah), copper color paper (DCWV Stack), Paol Verde (Bazzills)
Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine), Wheat (VersaMagic), Amaretto (Powder Puffs)
Accessories: Diamond Stickles (Ranger), sponge, green Hem Tape (Wrights), Classic Ovals Large, Classic Scalloped Ovals Large, Floral Ovals (Spellbinders), Medium Branch Punch (Martha Stewart), Cream Seam Binding (Really Reasonable Ribbon), adhesive pearls (Want-2-Scrap), adhesive pearls flourish (Recollections), flower (RAK from Sabrina), mineral spirits, Prismacolor Pencils

Hope to see you join in the challenge this month!  The next challenge will be on August 15th!

Blessings!

Kathy

ODBDSLC114 - Anything Goes

Happy Saturday!

 

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

 

Before I show you the challenge, I wanted to let you know about a change that is being made.  The challenge day will be changed from Saturdays to Tuesdays being on July 3rd.  This week's challenge will be extended through Sunday, July 8th at 8 pm EST.  From now on, all Shining the Light Challenges will begin on Tuesdays at 8 am EST and end on Sundays at 8 pm EST.  This coming Tuesday, July 3rd, we will all show you more creations for this Anything Goes Challenge.

 

I've been blessed to be asked to stay on the Challenge Team for the next six months, along with the rest of the Team.  We will be losing Debi Southard on the CT, but she will be returning back to the Design Team where she was previously.  This will be Debi's last creation on the CT, so please leave her a little love on her Blog if you can!

 

Next week we will also have a new guest designer: Sherry Kushibab. Sherry is an amazing paper crafter and Christian women who has participated regularly in our challenges. I know you will enjoy her creations. Welcome Sherry!! We can't wait to see your creations as a guest designer!!

 Now, time for this week's challenge!

 

 

This week it's "Anything Goes"!  One of my favorite types of challenges!

 

For my sample, I made a card using the Lacy Squares Die and K & Co. Ancestry Designer Paper which is double-sided.  It makes a nice card without much effort!

 

For all ingredients used:

 

Stamps: The Light of Life (Our Daily Bread Designs)

Paper: Ancestry Designer Paper (K & Co.), Natural White (Neenah)

Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine), Amaretto (Powder Puffs)

Accessories: Very Vanilla Seam Binding (SU - RAK), Lacy Squares Die, Classic Scalloped Ovals Large, Labels 18 (Spellbinders), Branch with Leaves Die (Sizzix), rhinestones, adhesive pearls, charm, flowers (all from Michaels), Bow-Easy

 

For more inspiration, please visit the other ladies' Blogs for their beauties!

 

 

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

 

Hope you can join the challenge this week!  On Tuesday I'll have another sample for you!

 

Blessings!

 

Kathy

Distressing or Tearing - Elphine House Australia

Hi there!

It's time for a new challenge at Elphine House Australia!  This time the challenge is to use distressing or paper tearing on your card or project.  The only paper tearing I usually do is by accident, and the only distressing is on how I'm going to get done on time LOL!!!  I recently bought a new distressing tool which made it much easier.  Here's what I came up with!

Here's the front of the card:

And, here's the inside:

This is another new Elisabeth Bell stamp from EHA called Fairy Faye Flying High.  Isn't she cute!  I colored her with my Prismacolor Pencils and mineral spirits trying to match these pretty Fairy Belle papers from Prima.  These papers are gorgeous!  I wanted to put the wings on the front, but I didn't like the way it looked so I put them on the inside.  When you turn the wings upside down, it kind of looks like a tulip...I may use that sometime!

Here are all the ingredients I used:

Stamps: Fairy Faye Flying High (EHA), Short & Sweet (SU)
Paper: Fairy Belle (Prima),  Solar White (Neenah), white (Georgia Pacific), Baja Breeze (SU), plum/rose cardstock (DCWV Cardstock Stack)
Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine), Aegean Blue (VersaMagic)
Accessories: Labels 8, Wings of Hope Dies (Spellbinders), Elegant Scrollwork Die (Memory Box),
Word Window, Modern Label Punches (SU),Flower Burst 3/4" (Fiskers), distressing tool, Baja Breeze Seam Binding (RAK/SU), flower (Prima), Prismacolor Pencils, mineral spirits, adhesive pearls (Want-2-Scrap), Gold & Diamond Stickles, Aleene's Paper Glaze, microbeads (Martha Stewart)

To join in the challenge, you can use any Elisabeth Bell stamp or digi image.  The winner will be chosen randomly and will recieve 2 Elphine House Australia Stamps of their choice!  That's very generous!  Here's a link to their Blog to check it out: Elphine House Australia Blog

I'm also submitting this to the Really Reasonable Ribbon Challenge #49 to use flowers and ribbons which you can find here. 

Thanks for visiting today!

Blessings!

Kathy

ODBDSLC111 - Something Old, New, Borrowed, Blue

Happy Saturday!!!

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

This week's challenge:

Since June is known as the wedding month...This week the team is challenging to make a creation using something old, something new, something borrowed or gifted, and something blue.

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 15th 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 15th at 8 a.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC111. When creating your posts on blogs please include a link to the challenge.

Here's my take on the challenge this week:

Old: black cardstock scraps; New: stamp set; Gifted: ribbon; Blue: ribbon, panel paper

I used the new Bicycle Stamp Set again for this one, this time using the quote from Abraham Lincoln.  I like how the quote is tall and narrow and thought this was a good sketch for it.  I used some new designer papers for this, Prima's Nature Garden and My Mind's Eye's Lost & Found.  The crochet flower is also from Prima and the gorgeous seam binding is from a RAK from my sweet friend Jill!

For all ingredients used:

Stamps: Bicycle (ODBD)

Paper: Black (SU), Nature Garden (Prima), Lost & Found (MME)

Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine)

Accessories: Baja Breeze Seam Binding (RAK/SU), adhesive pearls, (Want-2-Scrap), Fanciful Flourish (Cheery Lynn)

For more inspiration, visit the other DT ladies and their beautiful creations!

Jan Keen

Jan Marie Ennenga

Rosemary Dennis

Lori Ulrich

Chris Olsen

Debi Southard

Hope to see you join in the challenge this week.

I'm also submitting this to Word Art Wednesday's Challenge #31 to use anything uplifting or use the verse image they provided, Ezekiel 36:26.

Also, to Really Reasonable Ribbon Challenge #49 to use flowers and ribbon.

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Blessings!

Kathy