Copic Certified

Hi there!

Happy Sunday!  Just a quick note to let you know I became Copic Certified a couple of weeks ago!  I just added the logo to my sidebar.  I still have lots of practice and fine tuning to do, but it's fun having another coloring method to use!

Blessings!

Kathy

Our Daily Bread Designs Heart Challenge - ODBDSLC96

Happy Saturday!

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

This week's challenge:

This week the challenge team would like to see your creations using three items, materials, or techniques beginning with three different letters in the word “HEART”.

*Please write the three letters used and the items or techniques used for each letter.

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, February 17th at 8 a.m. EST. One random winner will be chosen and announced next Saturday. If you are not using ODBD stamps, please do not enter more than once. Additional entries without using ODBD stamps will not be commented on or will they qualify for prizes.

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 1 to 2 creations to spotlight for our Shining the Light Award.Inorder to qualify for this award, however, you must use Our Daily Bread stamps and have yoursubmission added to Mr. Linky by Friday, February 17th at 8 a.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC96. When creating your posts on blogs please include a link to the challenge.

Here's my take on the challenge:

I've had this Bella Rose DSP from Stampin Up for a long time.  I save these for special projects and thought this would be pretty for this time of the year.  Looking at this card now, I probably should have put a red mat between the plaid and flower paper, but too late now!

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I'm also entering this in the Stampin' Sisters in Christ "Heart" Challenge, my second entry this week! If you haven't seen this yet, pop over to see what it's all about!

For more inspiration on the Our Daily Bread Designs "H-E-A-R-T' Challenge, visit my Challenge Team Sister's Blogs and leave them some love!
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Ingredients:

Stamps:  Scripture Series 2 (Our Daily Bread Designs)

Paper: Bella Rose DSP, Whisper White, Riding Hood Red (SU)

Ink:  Real Red (SU)

Accessories:  Labels 18 & Parisian Accents Dies(Spellbinders), seam binding (Really Reasonable Ribbon - love this ribbon & store!), head pin, beads, crystal, resin rose (Recollections), adhesive pearls (Rec.).

Jan Marie Ennenga

Sabrina Jackson

Jan Keen

Chris Olsen

Lori Ulrich

Debi Southard

Rosemary Dennis

That's it for now, hope to see you join in on the challenge!  Have a wonderful weekend!

Blessings!

Kathy

Sweet Love - Elphine House Australia Heart Challenge

Hi there!

It's time for a new challenge at Elphine House Australia!  This time the challenge is to use hearts on your card or project!  Easy one for this time of the year!  You can use any Elisabeth Bell Design to join in.  The winner will be chosen randomly, and will receive 2 stamps of their choice from EHA. 

This is my sample for the challenge:

Can you tell I love pinks and greens?  Can you tell I love Daisy?  She's so sweet!  This is new paper I bought from DCWV called The Preppy Princess Stack.  It had some really pretty pink roses in it, so I just HAD to get it...of course it was on sale at Michael's!

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I'm also entering this in the Stampin' Sister in Christ Challenge #125:

Create a card/project that shows love. It could be a heart, or the word love. My extra-bonus challenge is: give your card to someone who might need to be reminded that they are LOVED.

The Bible Verse for the challenge is:

John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life..."

 

What a beautiful verse that show the ultimate gift of love given to us by Jesus.

 

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For ingredients:

 

Stamps: Daisy Hugging Dolly

Paper: The Preppy Princess Stack (DCWV), Old Olive (SU), Solar White (Neenah)

Ink: Certainly Celery (SU), Onyx Black (Versafine)

Accessories: Liquid pearls white opal & petal pink, Labels 18 (Spellbinders), buttons, flower (Recollections), adhesive pearls (Recl. & K&Co), old olive marker (SU), medium branch punch & rose leaf punch (Martha Stewart), sponge, heart punch (EKS), Prismacolor pencils, mineral spirits.

 

 

I hope to see you join in on the challenges!

 

Blessings!

 

Kathy

 

Our Daily Bread Shining the Light Challenge - ODBDSLC95

Happy Saturday everyone!

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

This week's challenge:

Since it is February and we are acknowledging national heroes (President’s Day) or people who are special to us (Valentine’s Day) in the U.S. , the challenge team is challenging you to acknowledge and case a crafter you admire or a creation you admire changing just two elements to make it our own.

Please let us know who you cased and leave a link to their creation as well as tell us what you changed.

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, February 10th at 8 a.m. EST. One random winner will be chosen and announced next Saturday. If you are not using ODBD stamps, please do not enter more than once. Additional entries without using ODBD stamps will not be commented on or will they qualify for prizes.

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 1 to 2 creations to spotlight for our Shining the Light Award.Inorder to qualify for this award, however, you must use Our Daily Bread stamps and have yoursubmission added to Mr. Linky by Friday, February 10th at 8 a.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC95. When creating your posts on blogs please include a link to the challenge.

This is my take on the challenge:

This is a CASE of a very sweet lady who I totally admire for her talent and also for the special person she is, Pat Smethers.  Here is the card I cased.  I changed the colors and added a ribbon and bow.  This is actually a very pretty sketch that I've never done before, not like me to go outside the "box".  This is the second card I made, as the first card didn't make the "cut", lol.  I have since finished the first card and will post it in the next couple of days.

Here are the ingredients I used:

Stamps: Eternity (Our Daily Bread Designs)
Paper: Botanical Collection (Prima), Witch Hazel, Palo Verde, Safari, & Citrus (Bazzills)
Ink: Versamark
Accessories: Elegant Oval Frame Custom ODBD Dies, adhesive pearls (Recollections), pearl gems  (K&Co), burst 3/4" punch (Fiskers), petite petals (McGill), medium branch punch (Martha Stewart), fanciful flourish pie (Cheery Lynn Designs), flower (Recollections), wrinkled ribbon (Really Reasonable Ribbon), Old Fashioned Olive embossing powder (SU), stylus.

Now on to our challenge teams inspiring creations for this challenge:

Please note the designers link, challenges used and the stamp set they used is listed under each creation. If you take a moment to leave the girls some love at their blogs, I am sure they would greatly appreciate it.

Jan Keen

Jan Marie Ennenga

Rosemary Dennis

Chris Olsen

Lori Ulrich

Debi Southard

Me

That's it for today!  I hope to see you join in on the challenge this week and encourage someone you admire!  Have a wonderful weekend!

Blessings!

Kathy

The Lord's Great Love - ODBDSLC94 - Love Recipe

Happy Saturday everyone!

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

The team challenges you t0 a Love Recipe- Use items that remind you of Valentine’s including the word Love or Loves, hearts, lace and the colors red, white, pink and white, or both (must be more than minimal..make these colors the main colors)

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, February 3rd at 8 a.m. EST. One random winner will be chosen and announced next Saturday. If you are not using ODBD stamps, please do not enter more than once. Additional entries without using ODBD stamps will not be commented on or will they qualify for prizes.

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 1 to 2 creations to spotlight for our Shining the Light Award.Inorder to qualify for this award, however, you must use Our Daily Bread stamps and have yoursubmission added to Mr. Linky by Friday, February 3rd at 8 a.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC94. When creating your posts on blogs please include a link to the challenge.

Here is my take on the Challenge:

I just love pink and green, and I really love this Bazzill's "Fussy" color.  It's so bright and cheery!

I stamped the verse in black at first, but it looked too "harsh" for the colors and embellishments I used.  So, I ended up using "Snow" Pearl Embossing Powder by Recollections.  It's hard to see in the photo, but it's a pretty, subtle shade and goes nicely with the card. 

I also used my new purchase from Really Reasonable Ribbon, this beautiful wrinkled ribbon.  When I won the candy for them from True's Blog, I just had to purchase some more things that I have wanted.  :-D  Their ribbon is beautiful, and really is super reasonable!!!

Here are the ingredients I used:

Stamps: Scripture Collection 1 (Lam. 3:21-23) (Our Daily Bread Designs)

Papers: Fussy (Bazzills), Solar White (Neenah), Springtime Vintage DSP (SU), Watercolor Bouquet (K&Co)

Ink:  VersaMark, Spanish Olive (VersaMagic)

Accessories: Snow Pearl Embossing Powder (Recollections), adhesive pearls and swirls (Rec.), Pearl Gems  (K&Co), rhinestones, flowers  (Rec. & Prima), Parisian Accents, Labels 18, Fleur de lis Squares (Spellbinders), monarch butterfly punch, medium branch punch (Martha Stewart), perfect polka dots EF (SU), Dazzling Diamonds (SU), lace & trims (Jo-Anns), piercer, charm, chain, wrinkled ribbon (Really Reasonable Ribbon).

Now on to our challenge teams inspiring creations for this challenge:

Jan Marie Ennenga

Wanda Cullen (Guest Designer Dec/Jan)

Rosemary Dennis

Sabrina Jackson

Jan Keen

Lori Ulrich

Debi Southard

Me

Chris Olsen

You can also see all their gorgeous creations here all in one place!

That's it for now, hope to see you join in on the challenge!

Blessings!

Kathy

Pink Daisy Notepad - Elphine House Challenge

Hi there!

It's time for another challenge at Elphine House Australia! This time it's "Anything Goes"! How easy is that!  You can use ANY Elisabeth Bell stamp or image, not just EHA, so you have lots to choose from!

Here is my sample for the challenge...sorry, I can't resist using "Daisy"! She's SO sweet and so much fun to color! 

I was in the mood for pinks and browns on this one! Such a pretty combination! I used the Sending Love Specialty paper from Stampin Up, I love this one particular paper from the collection, and I've been saving it for something special.

I decided to make a junior notepad cover for this one, it makes a beautiful gift! I used the Junior Notepad tutorial on Split Coast Stampers under "Resources-Tutorials-Junior Legal Pad" which you can find here. I adapted it to use the full size legal pad, not the pad cut in half. As usual, I love to take things and change it up a little.  Using this tutorial as a base, you can adapt it to cover all kinds of notepads.  One of these days, I need to my own tutorial!

Here is the inside of the note pad:

I added a favorite Bible verse inside, Proverbs 3:5,6, for encouragement.  This stamp is from the Scripture Collection #2 from Our Daily Bread Designs which you can find here.  I love the Scripture Collections from ODBD, I use them all the time for all kinds of occasions.  The inside is decorated with matching paper from the same designer paper collection and a couple of butterflies with pearls.  I try not to put too many embellishments inside so it closes nicely.

Here is a photo from above it:

Here is a close up photo of Daisy...so sweet!

I am also entering this in two other challenges. The Stampin Sisters in Christ Challenge #123, to make a heart stand out on your card/project which you can find here.  I hope my heart(s) stand out enough! The focus for the challenge is:

Scripture: "Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart." Proverbs 3:3

The other challenge is from Cheery Lynn Designs for Challenge #12, to do dry embossing.  You can find the challenge here.  The butterflies and mats are embossed, and I used my one and only Cheery Lynn die (wish I had more), Fanciful Flourish.  I love the delicateness of this flourish.

For all the ingredients, please see my post here in my Split Coast Stampers Gallery!

Hope to see join in on the EHA Challenge! It's getting to be a lot more popular, Yeah!!! Blessings!

Kathy

ODBDSLC93

Happy Saturday everyone!

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


This Week's Challenge:
The team challenges you to create a card or project using this 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 Friday, January 27th at 8 a.m. EST. One random winner will be chosen and announced next Saturday. If you are not using ODBD stamps, please do not enter more than once. Additional entries without using ODBD stamps will not be commented on or will they qualify for prizes.

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 1 to 2 creations to spotlight for our Shining the Light Award.Inorder to qualify for this award, however, you must use Our Daily Bread stamps and have yoursubmission added to Mr. Linky by Friday, January 27th at 8 a.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC93. 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 use to doing sketch challenges, so this was a little different for me.  I'm pretty happy with what I came up with though!

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Scripture Collection #1 (Our Daily Bread Designs)
Paper: Union Square (Recollections), very vanilla (SU), black (SU)
Ink: black (VF), bloody mary, amaretto (Powder Puffs)
Accessories: Sponge, ribbon, charms, rose flower, adhesive pearls (all Michaels), Parisian Accents, Large Labels, Large Petite Circles dies (Spellbinders).

For more inspiration on the ODBD Challenge, please visit the other Design Team Members to see their awesome creations!  The Designer's link and stamp set used are under each of their creations.  Please take a moment to visit them and leave them some love!

Angie Crockett

Jan Marie Ennega

Lori Ulrich

Wanda Cullen

Jan Keen

Rosemary Dennis

Debi Southard

Sabrina Jackson

Hope to see you at the Challenge!!!

Blessings!

Kathy

Mirabelle Birthday Blessings - Stampin Sisters in Christ Challenge

Hi everyone, happy Friday!

I wanted to share with you a card I made with Our Daily Bread Design's "Happy Birthday" Set and new paper I bought called Mirabelle by The Paper Studio.

I love the vintage look of this paper, so pretty!  Even though it's  larger than normal, 4 1/2' x 6 1/2", I wanted to have the frame on the paper included.  I love the way it came out, and there's lots more in the matstack to work with that's just as pretty!

I also used my new Labels 20 dies from Spellbinders. I LOVE the curvy shape of these dies! I think it fits the Psalm 118:24 verse beautifully!  I plan to check out my other verses to see what fits in these dies too!

I'm entering this card in the latest challenge at Stampin Sisters in Christ #122 to use something new! The verse for the challenge is Rev. 21:5. You can see the challenge here and read all about it if you would like to join in!  The winner wins two prizes from Nina Brackett of Nina B. Designs.

For the ingredients|

Stamps: Happy Birthday (ODBD) for the verse, Garden Flower Set (Inkadinkado) for the sentiment and bird
Paper: Mirabelle (The Paper Studio), dark chocolate (Papertry Ink), kraft (SU)
Ink: vintage sepia (Versafine), wheat, gingerbread (Versamagic)
Accessories: sponge, fabric, fiber, adhesive pearls, buttons, brad, spacer bead, 2-step bird punch (SU), petite petals punch (McGill), labels 20, classic scalloped ovals large dies (Spellbinders).

Well, that's it for now!

Blessings!

Kathy

Blog Candy - True's Gift's from the Heart

Hi everyone!!!

I'm so excited!  I won blog candy at True D's True's Gift's from the Heart!!!  It took me a couple of days to realize it, poor True had to email me!  (I'm a little busy with ODBD Team and my Spellbinder's submission for round 3!)

You can see True's post here, thank you so much True!!!  Check out what  I won!!!!

Isn't this adorable!  This is the January Ribbon Club Set which is PERFECT for Valentine's Day cards I need to make!!!  RRR has a monthly ribbon club that you can join to receive ribbon sets, I'll have to check that out!!

I've been wanting to place an order with RRR for a while, but I just hadn't had a chance to do one.  So I just HAD to order some other things along with it, lol!  Bonnie at RRR has been awesome to work with, thank you Bonnie!  Thank you too, True!!!

Blessings!

Kathy

Our Daily Bread Designs Shining the Light Challenge - ODBDSLC92 - W-I-N-T-E-R

Happy Saturday everyone! Hope you're having a wonderful weekend!

I'm back with another Our Daily Bread Designs Shining the Light Challenge .

This time the team challenges you to create a card or project using three items, tools or embellishments beginning with three of the letters in the word "W-I-N-T-E-R-".  For example:


W- White, watercolor, etc.


I- Ink


N- Nestabilities,


T-triangles, trees


E- Embossing


R-Ribbon, ripping, red

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, January 20th at 8 a.m. EST. One random winner will be chosen and announced next Saturday. If you are not using ODBD stamps, please do not enter more than once. Additional entries without using ODBD stamps will not be commented on or will they qualify for prizes.

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 1 to 2 creations to spotlight for our Shining the Light Award. Inorder to qualify for this award, however, you must use Our Daily Bread stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by Friday, January 20th at 8 a.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC92. When creating your posts on blogs please include a link to the challenge.

Now for my take on the Challenge:

For the word play, I used:

I - ink, N - Nestibilities, R - ribbon.


Card Recipe:
Stamps: Birthday Blessings (Our Daily Bread Designs)
Paper:  Natural White (Neenah), Le Creme Matstack (DCWV), Black (SU)
Ink: Black (VersaFine)
Accessories: Ribbon, rhinestones, adhesive pearls, charms (Recollections - Michaels), black marker (Zig), bird punch (EKS), Petite Petals (McGill), Labels 20 (Spellbinders).



For more inspiration for the Our Daily Bread Challenge, please visit my design team sisters and note the designers link, challenges used and the stamp set they used is listed under each creation. If you take a moment to leave the girls some love at their blogs, I am sure they would greatly appreciate it.

Wanda Cullen

Jan Marie Ennenga

Debi Southard

Lori Ulrich

Chris Olsen

Rosemary Dennis

Jan Keen

Sabrina Jackson

Kathy Roney (Me!)

We hope to see join in on the challenge this week and show us your creatons!


I am also submitting this to the Stampin Sisters In Christ Challenge #121. This is the first challenge of the new year. The challenge is to create a "Thinking of You" card, with the inspiration from
Phil. 2 3-4:

Scripture: "Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. rather, inhumility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others." Philippians 2:3-4

Thank you for stopping by and for your much appreciated comments!!!

Blessings!

Kathy