Heartfelt Creations Feathered Friend

Happy Wednesday everyone!

It's time to show you the new release for March from Heartfelt Creations!

We are pleased to present the Sweet Serenity Collection. This set includes a floral frame die, four new nature stamps, four animal stamps and some fun floral and typographical stamps. Leave a comment on the Heartfelt Creations blog by March 19th and you will be eligible to win the entire release valued at $113.94

Here is my first creation with this beautiful release:

I just love this floral frame stamp and matching die!  It comes out so gorgeous with little effort.  The scenery stamps in the new collection go beautifully with this, but I decided to use one of the sentiments from the matching designer paper.  The bird with flowers is from the Feather Friend Set that I fussy cut and added to the frame.  Here's a close-up of this cute little guy.

 

 

I just love this little chubby baby bird!  I think I might be using him again and again!

All the images were stamped on white paper and colored with mineral spirits and pencils.  You can see the complete instructions at the end of my post here.  Make sure to check out all the gorgeous creations from the design team on the HC Blog and leave a comment for a chance to win the whole release!

I'm submitting this to the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday Challenge #71 - Anything Goes
Tuesday Throwdown #138 - Paper Piecing
Allsorts Challenge Week 197 - Springtime
No Matter Which Challenge #7 - Anything Goes
Paper Playtime Challenge #5 - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings!

Kathy

Feathered Friend

Heartfelt CreationsProducts & Products Carried by HC:

HCPC 3523 – Feathered Friends PreCut Set
HCPC 3522 – Vintage Floret Frame PreCut Set
HCPC 3502 – Mini Vintage Floret PreCut Set
HCPC 3500 – Open Vintage Floret PreCut Set
HCDP1 231 – Posy Patch Paper Collection
HCD 731 – Vintage Floret Die
Product ID: 159223 - Paper BlossomsMolding Mat
Product ID: 459222 - Paper BlossomsTool Kit
Product ID: 159723 – Art InstituteGlue – Dries Clear

Other Products Used:

Paper: Solar White (Neenah), Crushed Olive Distressed, Purple Grandeaur (Core’dinations)
Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine), Amaretto, Midnight Confession (Powder Puff), Eggplant (VersaMagic)
Accessories: Olive Wrinkled Ribbon (Really Reasonable Ribbon), Bow-Easy, sponge, Antique Copper Microbeads (Recollections), adhesive pearls, mineral spirits, Prismacolor Pencils: Marine Green, Black Grape, Peach Beige, Light Umber, Dark Brown, Henna, Tuscan Red, Black

Instructions:

Card base: Cut Purple Grandeaur 8 1/2" x 6 1/8”, score at 4 1/4", and crease.  For mat, cut Olive 4 1/16” x 5 15/16” and add to base with pop dots.

Images: Stamp Vintage Floret Frame on Solar White with Onyx Black Ink, color, and cut with matching die.  Stamp bird image twice, color one completely and color only the flower and bird’s wing on the second.  Fussy cut all three.  Add flower and wing to image with pop dots.  Stamp extra flowers from Mini Vintage and Open Vintage Sets, color and add to frame image as shown.  Cut light green designer paper to fit behind frame.  Cut sentiment block from designer paper to fit behind frame opening, ink edges with Eggplant, and glue to light green panel to it shows through frame opening.  Add frame image with pop dots and glue to base.  Add bird image with pop dots as shown.  Add bow, adhesive pearls, and microbeads as shown.



 

ODBDSLC146 - Anniversary Card, Include Silver

Happy Tuesday everyone!

(This is my second post for today, if you are looking for my CottageCutz "Happy Bird" card, you can see it here.)

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

This week's challenge is: Make an Anniversary card with silver

Since this week mark's the 5th Anniversary of Our Daily Bread Design and the gift for a fifth year Anniversary is Silverware we would like to see your Anniversary cards with silver on it.

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, March 17th 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, March 17th at 8 p.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC146. When creating your posts on blogs please include a link to the challenge.

Here is my card for the challenge this week using the 1 Corinthians and I Am the Way Stamps.

 

 

 

Here is a close-up of the little flower from I Am the Way Set that I colored and fussy cut to add to this with pop dots.

 

 



The card base is made with the Decorative Labels Eight Die, I just love this die and it's so pretty as a card base!  The 1 Corinthians image is heat embossed with Metallic Silver Embossing Powder and cut with the Labels Eight Die to match the card base.  I added some pearls, a bow and a leftover earring (heart with rhinestone) I didn't want.  Pretty easy card to make and I added lots of silver!

Here are pictures of the stamps I used:

For more inspiration, please visit my design team sisters to see their beautiful creations this week!


 

Diana Nguyen

Audrey Hiltke

Cathy McCauley

Jan Marie Ennenga

Chris Olsen, CT Coordinator

Card recipe:

Stamps: I Am the Way, 1 Corinthians (Our Daily Bread Designs)
Paper: Solar White (Neenah), Pastel Pink (Core'dinations)
Ink: VersaMark, Onyx Black (VersaFine)
Accessories: Heat tool, Metallic Silver Embossing Powder (Recollections), adhesive pearls, heart earring, Bow-Easy, Rose Petal Seam Binding (Really Reasonable Ribbon), Petal Pink Liquid Pearls (Ranger), Labels Eight and Decorative Labels Eight Dies (Spellbinders), mineral spirits, Prismacolor Pencils: Metallic Silver, Black, Kelp Green, Sage Green

I'm submitting this to the latest Word Art Wednesday Challenge #70 - Anything Goes.

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings!

Kathy 

CottageCutz Happy Birds

Hi everyone!

Today I havea Happy Birds card for you to share using CottageCutz Dies!  I love this Bluebird Die with the bird, branch, and flowers!  You can use each separately or all together!

You can click on the photo for a closer look

I couldn't decide whether to use blue or lavender on this, so I decided to use both of them!  I cut all the die pieces in Solar White Cardstock and colored them with VersaMagic Chalk inks (Eggplant, Hint of Pesto, and Aegean Blue).  I arranged them around the Oval Doily & Frame Die and placed it on a white mat embossed with a folder.  I added some Buttercup Liquid Pearls to the flower centers, adhesive pearls and a twine bow.

Here are the dies I used on this:

Card recipe:

Stamp: Sentiments Collection (Our Daily Bread Designs)
Paper: Solar White (Neenah), Baja Breeze (SU), Chateau Lavender Stack (DCWV)
Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine), Eggplant, Hint of Pesto, Aegean Blue (VersaMagic)
Accessories: Bluebird, Oval Doily & Frame Dies (CottageCutz), blue twine (Jo-Ann's), Buttercup and White Opal Liquid Pearls (Ranger), adhesive pearls (Want-2-Scrap), Molding Kit & Mat (McGill), Birds & Swirls Embossing Folder (Cuttlebug), Bow-Easy, Sponge

I'm submitting this to the latest Word Art Wednesday Challenge #70 - Anything Goes.

Thank you for stopping by!

Blessings!

Kathy

Flourishes Thank You Rose

Hi there!

I made this thank you card for the latest Flourishes' Timeless Tuesday Challenge FTTC210 to use cardboard or do dry embossing.  I didn't have any cardboard, so I did dry embossing on the mat for the base.

You can click on the photo for a closer view

The rose image is from the Roses Are Red Set and the sentiment from the With Graditude Set.   I colored the rose with pencils and mineral spirits, fussy cut it, and popped it on a Decorative One Labels diecut.

I'm also submitting this to the latest Word Art Wednesday Challenge #70 - Anything Goes.

Card recipe:

Stamps: Roses Are Red, With Graditude (Flourishes)
Paper: Solar White (Neenah), Watercolor Bouquet (K&Co), Colonial Blue Linen (Recollections)
Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine)
Accessories: Four Petal Embossing Folder (Sizzix), Decorative Labels One (Spellbinders), Modern Label Punch (SU), Bow-Easy, adhesive pearls, ribbon, White Netting, Olive Wrinkled Ribbon (Really Reasonable Ribbon, mineral spirits, Prismacolor Pencils: Indanthrone Blue, Kelp Green, Black

Thank you for stopping by!

Blessings!

Kathy
 

Heartfelt Creations Inspiration

Happy Wednesday!

It's time for a little inspiration with Heartfelt Creations!

(You can click on the photo for a closer look)

This week I have the second butterfly image from the Butterfly Melody Set.  I used the same color combination of yellow and turquoise as I did before.  I love this combination together, it's so vibrant and cheerful!  I stamped the image twice, partially colored the base and fully colored and fussy cut the second.  Next time, I would do this only to the butterfly, I think it would be prettier that way!  You can see the full instruction for this at the bottom of my post.

I'm submitting this to the Word Art Wednesday Challenge #70 - Anything Goes.

Thank you for stopping by!

Blessings!

Kathy

Butterfly Melody

Heartfelt Creations Products & Products Carried by HC:

HCPC 3519 – Butterfly Melody PreCut Set

Product ID: SF03598 - Prismacolor Pencil Set 48 pc.

Other Products Used:

Paper: Solar White (Neenah), Rain (Bazzills), So Saffron (SU)
Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine)
Accessories: Decorative Labels One (Spellbinders), White Seam Binding (Really Reasonable Ribbon), Bow-Easy, adhesive pearls, Buttercup Liquid Pearls, mineral spirits, Prismacolor Pencils: Jasmine, Goldenrod, Muted Turquoise, Cobalt Turquoise, Black, Olive Green

Instructions:

Card base:  Cut Rain Cardstock 8 1/2" x 4 1/4", score 4 1/4", crease.  Cut mat with So Saffron at 4” x 4” and glue to card base.
Image: On Solar White with Onyx Black, stamp butterfly image twice.  On one color all outside portions of image and die cut with Decorative Labels One.  On second image, color flowers and butterfly complete, fussy cut, and add to first image with pop dots.  Glue image to base.  Add liquid and adhesive pearls, and bow as shown.

ODBDSLC145 - Sketch

Happy Tuesday everyone!

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, March 10th 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, March 10th at 8 p.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC145. When creating your posts on blogs please include a link to the challenge.

Here is my card for the challenge this week.

I used this beautiful "Dahlia" flower image and a sentiment from the Birthday Blessings Set.  The flower is colored with pencils and mineral spirits and fussy cut.  Here are pictures of the stamps I used.

 

For more inspiration, please visit the other designers to see their beautiful creations for the challenge this week.  You can also see all the creations together on the ODBD Blog.

 

Diana Nguyen

Audrey Hiltke

Cathy McCauley

Jan Marie Ennenga

Chris Olsen, CT Coordinator

Card recipe:

Stamps: Dahlia, Birthday Blessings (Our Daily Bread Designs)
Paper: Solar White, Natural White (Neenah), BM Hermit (Core'dinations), Ancestry Designer Paper
Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine), Vintage Photo Distress Ink
Accessories: Square punch, adhesive pearls, Four Petal Flowers Embossing Folder, mineral spirits, Bow-Easy, Golden Maple Silk Ribbon (Really Reasonable Ribbon), Prismacolor Pencils: Jasmine, Goldenrod, Yellow Ochre, Chocolate, Black

I'm also submitting this to the latest Word Art Wednesday Challenge #69 - Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by!  Hope to see you in the challenge this week!

Blessings!

Kathy

 

 

Yellow Roses - JustRite Color Challenge

Hi there!

I made this Yellow Roses card for the latest challenge at JustRite to use yellow, grey, charcoal and neutral.

I love yellow roses, but I find it hard to color them and have them look real.  This is what I came up with.  I'm not totally happy with it, but it's not too bad.  I colored this with pencils and mineral spirits and inked the edges a little with yellow chalk ink.

Card recipe:

Stamp: With Sympathy (JustRite)
Paper: Solar White (Neenah), Pollen (Bazzills), Neutral Cardstock Stack (DCWV)
Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine), Banana Bliss (Powder Puff)
Accessories: Nested Oval Medallion Labels (JustRite/Spellbinders), Bow-Easy, sponge, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder (Sizzix), Pewter Ribbon (Offray), flower (Recollections), silver brads, mineral spirits, Prismacolor Pencils: Olive Green, Black, Canary Yellow, Deco Yellow, Sunburst Yellow, Goldenrod

I'm submitting this to the following challenges:

JustRite Challenge #JR091 - Color Combo
Word Art Wednesday Challenge #69 - Anything Goes

Blessings!

Kathy
 

ODBD Customer Linky Party - 5th Anniversary!

Hi there!

Just wanted to let everyone who loves Our Daily Bread Designs know about a Customer Linky Party that are having right now to celebrate their 5th Anniversary.  It sounds like a lot of fun!  Here's the information on it from their blog:

Sunday, March 3, 2013

ODBD Anniversary Customer Linky Party

Hello friends!! March is a very exciting month for Our Daily Bread Designs! Five years ago this month, Kelley began Our Daily Bread Designs. Now...five years later we want to celebrate with you, our fans and customers, with a 24 hour Linky Party beginning on March 10 at 2 pm EST. In order to participate, however, you must have a blog and use ODBD stamps.

All you have to do is....
1.... put a link to your blog on the linky below
2.... create a card with Our Daily Bread Designs stamps only and...
3. ... post it on your blog on March 10 at 2 pm EST with a link to the ODBD blog so others can see all the participants.

To make it even more fun...we will be selecting 3 random guest designers to be our guest for one month each from those customers/fans who participate in the linky party. If you are interested, please put the letters GDT after your name in the linky. The winners/guest designers will be announced on March 12.

The linky will remain open for sign ups until Thursday, March 7 at 8 pm EST. We would love to have you join us!!!

 

Hope you can join in the fun!  Here's the link to their blog to take you there!

 

Blessings!

 

Kathy

CottageCutz Birdie in Blossoms

Hi there!

Today I have a new card to show you using CottageCutz Dies.

For my card, I used the bird from the Bluebird Die, the flowers and branch from the Blossom Branch Die, and the frame from the Oval Doily & Frame Die.

I used a piece of designer paper (Secret Garden - Graphic 45) with a pretty bird and flower image and enhanced it with the dies matching the colors. The bird from the Bluebird Die, was cut with white paper and colored with Aegean Blue Chalk Ink and Vintage Photo Distress Ink. The beak and feet were inked with Red Brick Chalk Ink. The Blossom Branch was cut with peach cardstock for the flowers and green for the branch. The flowers were shaped with a mat and tool kit, inked with Red BrickChalk Ink, and dotted with Buttercup Liquid Pearls in the center. The branch was cut to piece around the lower corner of the image. The frame from the Oval Doily & Frame was cut with Natural White Cardstock.

I added a bow made with Natural Jute String from Really Reasonable Ribbon and the Bow-Maker. I didn't add a sentiment to this, but a small, short sentiment would be cute on the bottom right or as a tag hanging from the bow.

Here are pictures of the dies I used on this.

 

 

CottageCutz has a new release for Februrary called "This 'N That" that has lots of fun dies including envelopes, bags, tags and tabs.  You can see them all here at their store!

I'm submitting this to the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday #69 - Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by!

Blessings!

Kathy

Heartfelt Creations Inspiration

Happy Wednesday!

It's time for a little inspiration from Heartfelt Creations!  This week I have a card and matching door hanger using the Timeless Amour Collection.

The card is quick and easy to make!  I used one of the sentiment blocks from the designer paper, added a burgandy mat, and popped it on an embossed card base.  Then I added a bow and flower to the corner.

The door hanger is just a $1 bin find at Target that I add the Timeless Amour Designer Papers to with Mod Podge and embellished with the heart shaped dies, bow, and flower.

I am submitting these to the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday Challenge #69

Thank you for stopping by!  Be sure to visit the Heartfelt Creation's Blog to see the designers beautiful creations this week and also a sneak peek of March's New Release!

There is also a Design Team right now call for Heartfelt Creations!  Here is a little exerpt from the Blog if you are interested:

Design Team Call: The time has come to do another open design team call. If you are passionate about stamping or scrapbooking, and love Heartfelt Creations products, CLICK HERE, for more details.

Blessings!

Kathy

Doorway to My Heart

Heartfelt Creations Products & Products Carried by HC:

HCPC 3500 – Open Vintage Floret PreCut Set
HCPC 3502 – Mini Vintage Floret PreCut Set
HCD 728 – Timeless Amour Die
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: 273900 - Zip Dry PaperGlue

Other Products Used:

Paper: Cream, Always Artichoke (SU), Brandy Wine (Bazzills), Solar White (Neenah)
Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine), Victorian Velvet, Moss, Vintage Photo Distress Ink
Accessories: Framed Tulips Embossing Folder, door knob holder (Target $1 bin), Mod Podge, brush, Always Artichoke Seam Binding (SU), White Jute String (Really Reasonable Ribbon), Bow-Easy, adhesive pearls, craft knife, cutting mat

Instruction:

Card: Cut Always Artichoke cardstock 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", score at 4 1/4", fold.  Emboss front of card with folder.  Cut sentiment block from designer paper and mat with Brandy Wine cardstock.  Glue together and add to card base with pop dots.  Make bow with Jute String and add to card as shown.  With Solar White and Onyx Black Ink, stamp 1 small flower from Open Vintage Floret and 1 leaf flower from Mini Vintage Floret Set.  Color with pencils or inks, cut with matching dies, shape and add to bow as shown.  Add adhesive pearl to flower center.

Door Knob Holder: Ink edges with Vintage Photo Ink.  Adhere designer paper with door image as shown onto door knob holder with Mod Podge on both front and back of holder.  Dry complete and trim excess with craft knife.  Sand edges if needed and ink edges.  With cream cardstock, die cut hearts and ink edges as shown or desired.  Glue to holder as shown.  Make bow with Bow-Easy and add to holder.  Stamp one each of the 3 smallest flowers from the sets, color, and cut with matching dies.  Shape and assemble, add to bow and add adhesive pearl to center.