Spellbinders Design Team Contest - Round 1

Hi there,

Just wanted to let you know that I wasn't selected for the Spellbinders Design Team.  I am happy to have made it to the third round though.  Thought I would show you my entries for the contest so you can see what I made and maybe give you some ideas.

Today I'll show you my first round entry submitted back in December.   I made a Christmas ornament using the Lacy Squares Dies from Spellbinders.  I had just received them in the mail, all excited to have something new, and came up with this ornament within a couple of hours...VERY unusual for me.  God was definitely with me on this one!  This is the picture I submitted to Spellbinders, not the best, but we could only submit one!

Here's the back, all finished off nicely.

Here's a closeup of the front.

This was really simple to make, once I figured out what I wanted to do.  I just glued 2 of the larger die cuts together with the ribbon running through so it's hidden, then 1 diecut each of the next 3 smaller sizes.  I then just matted them with white and designer papers from the Glad Tidings Paper from K&Co, I LOVE these papers.  The 2 stickers with "Joy" and "Jolly" are Word Adhesive Chipboard pieces also from Glad Tidings.  The 2 little corner edge pieces above and below "Jolly" are the leftovers from the Fleur de lis Edge Punch from EKS with Diamond Stickles on them.  The white snowflake is just a button that I threaded the ribbon through in the bottom circle of the larger die.

Here are the full list of ingredients:

Stamps: None
Paper: Glad Tidings (K&Co), Ruby Slipper (Bazzills), Solar White (Neenah)
Ink: None
Accessories: Lacy Squares (Spellbinders), Glad Tidings Word Adhesive Chipboard (K&Co), adhesive pearls, Fleur de lis Edge Punch (EKS), Diamond Stickles, snowflake button, ribbons (Michaels).


I think this makes a nice Christmas Gift and you can do lots with this one design.  I hope this gives you a little inspiration for gifts to make!

Blessings!

Kathy

My First RAK!!! (Random Act of Kindness)

Hi there!

Just a quick post to show you my very first RAK!  For those of you who don't know what that is, it's stands for Random Act of Kindness.  That's exactly what it is!  I've heard about them, but never received one...till now!

My very sweet friend Sabrina Jackson aka okimom2girlz on Split Coast Stampers, sent me this wonderful box of goodies!

Sabrina is a designer on Our Daily Bread Designs that I met in December when joining their challenge team.  She is such a sweetheart and one incredibly talented designer!!!  I was admiring her gorgeous pins with pearls and beads that she uses on her cards and projects and trying to figure out how she does them,  She said she would send me a couple of things she had leftover to see how she makes them.  I was expecting a little bubble wrap package, but instead recieved this box.  I was puzzled why she needed such a big box...then I opened it!!!
Oh my word, it was FULL of goodies!!!  She sent me tons of flowers in different colors (mostly my favorites!) and sizes, all kinds of beautiful lace and gorgeous trims, a bag full of trinkets and charms, and oh, some pins and beads!  She gave me this beautiful handmade bag with lace and a flower on it that contained some beautiful finished pins she had made!!!  They're so pretty, I don't want to use them...just yet!

Here's some more pictures of all the goodies...

I was SO excited to receive my first RAK, but it was so much more than I expected!!! Sabrina said she likes to make it special and more than you expect! How incredibly sweet, it made me feel so special!!! So many different things to try out on my creations...it's SO exciting!!!

Included in the box, Sabrina gave me this beautiful handmade card that you can see in the center of the picture. What a beauty it is!

Oh, Sabrina, thank you so much for your kindness and generousity! I've already used a couple of the beads and pin and can't wait to use the rest!

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

Our Daily Bread Designs Create or Use a Scene Challenge -ODBDSLC97

Happy Saturday!

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

This week the challenge team would like to see you use or create a scene on your card.  The scene does not have to be a stamp, it could also be on your designer paper.

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 24th 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 24th at 8 a.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC97. When creating your posts on blogs please include a link to the challenge.



Here is my sample for the challenge this week! 

I used the Light if the World Stamp Set from ODBD to create my scene. I stamped the image with black onyx ink from Versafine on a light tan pattern paper from the Heritage DSP, and then colored it with black Prismacolor pencil without any blending...just wanted to try something new. I eventually added a little color with chocolate and goldenrod pencil to tie in the ribbon a little. I kind of like the way it came out.

For ingredients used:

Stamps: Light of the World (Our Daily Bread Designs)
Paper: black (SU), iced cocoa (Coredinations), Heritage Scrapper's (HOTP).
Ink: black onyx (Versafine), midnight confession (Powder Puffs)
Accessories: Parisian Accents, Classic Ovals Large, Labels 18 (Spellbinders), metal art (K&Co), silk ribbon (Really Reasonable Ribbon), craft pick, Prismacolor Pencils, Antique scissors (The Creative Memories Collection).

For more inspiration for the challenge, visit my talented Design Team Members!

Sabrina Jackson

Chris Olsen

Jan Marie Ennenga

Jan Keen

Rosemary Dennis

Lori Ulrich

Debi Southard

Thanks for stopping by and for your wonderful comments!  Have a great weekend!

Blessings! 

Kathy

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