June Release - Heartfelt Creations

Hi there!

It's the second Wednesday of the month which means it's time for Heartfelt Creations' new release!

The Garden Romance Collection is teeming with birdies, butterflies and blooming peonies. Fun bird houses, mailboxes, and trellises dot the landscape of this new set. Don't say you weren't warned- you may get butterflies in your stomach. There are 7 new PreCut Stamp Sets and one beautiful new exclusive Spellbinders die designed for Heartfelt Creations. Leave a comment on the HC blog by June 19th and you will be eligible to win the entire release valued at $141.99.

Here is my first creation using the new release.  Everything here is from the new collection, except for the flower.  The house image and the birds are from the "Brookside Manor Set".  The house image will be fun to color!  The mailbox is from the "Mailbox Surprise Set".  The partial flower swirl at the bottom that the bird is sitting on, is from the "Twining Roses Set".  The sentiment is from the "Special Delivery Set".  The fence and birds are cut with the "Garden Romance Die".  There's all kinds of fun dies to use in this collection, there's even a mailbox die that goes with this image!  Can you tell I'm excited?  As soon as I heard the name of the collection, I knew I was going to LOVE it!

(Note: You can click on the image for a better view and all the instructions/products are at the bottom of the post.)

You'll definitely want to check out the HC Blog to see all the gorgeous creations from the other Designers and all the new stamps and dies!!!

Blessings!

Kathy

Here are all the details...

Heartfelt Creations Products & Products Carried by HC:

HCPC 3475 - Special Delivery PreCut Set
HCPC 3476 - Mailbox Surprise PreCut Set
HCPC 3478 - Twining Roses PreCut Set
HCPC 3480 - Brookside Manor PreCut Set
HCPC 3468 - Tattered Blossoms PreCut Set
HCD 723 - Garden Romance Die
HCD 722 - Tattered Blossoms Die
Product ID: 159723 – Art Institute Glue – Dries Clear

Other Products:

Paper: Solar White (Neenah), White (Georgia Pacific), Black (Stampin’ Up), The Chateau Lavender Stack (DCWV)
Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine), Purple Hydrangea (Versa Magic), Soft Suede (SU)
Accessories: Ebony Microbeads (Recollections), sponge, sponge makeup applicator, Detail Clear Embossing Powder (Stampendous), heat gun, adhesive pearls (Want 2 Scrap), pop dots

Instructions:  For card base, cut piece white (GP) 5 3/16” x 10 3/8”, score at 5 3/16”.  Cut black cardstock 5” x 5”.  Cut green designer paper 4 3/16” x 4 13/16” and ink edges with sponge and soft suede ink.

On green designer paper, stamp the following with Onyx Black Ink and heat emboss with Detail Clear  Embossing Powder:  Stamp house on top right, mailbox on lower left, sentiment on lower right, and partial swirl from Twining Roses on bottom right.  Glue designer paper to black cardstock mat and use pop dots to adhere to card.

On Solar White cardstock with Onyx Black Ink, stamp 1 each of the birds and 2 smallest flowers from the Tattered Blossoms Set.  Sponge all these with Purple Hydrangea Ink and cut with matching dies.  Adhere birds as shown with pop dots.  Glue flowers together and add Ebony Microbeads to flower center using Art Institute Glue.  Let dry, and add to card with pop dots.  Add 2 black adhesive pearls.

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

Heartfelt Creations Wednesday Inspiration

Happy Wednesday!

It's time for me to show you more inspiration using some new stamps from Heartfelt Creations and also an older set too this time!

On this first card, "Tattered Thank You Swirl", I used two of the new sets Tattered Blossoms Swirls and Heartfelt Expressions for the sentiment.  The flowers are colored with Prismacolor Pencils.  I love this Swirls set because you can do lots of different designs with it. 

Note: Full instructions are at the bottom of the post, and you can always click on the picture to see a better view of it!


On the second card, "Purple Rose Simplicity", I used an older set that I've been wanting a long time named Classic Bella Rose.  HC sent me this set, as well as the matching dies, as a welcome gift for the Design Team...boy was I excited to see it!  I love roses and it's such a pretty set!  The sentiment is from the new set Heartfelt Expressions.

I hope these give you a little inspiration today!   Next Wednesday I will be using the new June Release stamps and are they gorgeous!  You can see a sneak peak of them on the HC Blog if you would like.  You can also see lots more inspiration from the other DT members there on the Blog!

Blessings!

Kathy

Tattered Thank You Swirl

Heartfelt Creations Products & Products Carried by HC:

HCPC 3474 –Heartfelt Expressions PreCut Set
HCPC 3469 –Tattered Blossoms Swirls PreCut Set
Product ID:159723 – Art Institute Glue – Dries Clear
Product ID:9brn – Brown Gala Glitz

Other Products:

Paper: Solar White (Neenah), Black, So Saffron (Stampin’ Up)

Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine)

Accessories: Regal M-Bossabilities Embossing Folder, Labels 23 (Spellbinders), adhesive pearls (Want-2-Scrap), Prismacolor Pencils (Kelp Green, Jasmine, Goldenrod, Yellow Ochre, Cool Greys 10% & 30%), mineral spirits, pop dots, glue dots, scissors

Instructions:  Cut black cardstock 5 1/2” x 8 1/2", score at 4 1/4" and fold.  Cut So Saffron cardstock        4 1/8” x 5 3/8” and emboss with Regal Embossing Folder.  Glue to front of card.  Cut Black Cardstock       3 5/8” x 4 7/8”.  Cut white cardstock 3 1/2” x 4 6/8”, stamp large flower swirl in corner on it as shown, and color with pencils.  Stamp small flower swirl on separate piece on white cardstock, color and cut out the flower only.  Add Gala Glitz with glue to flower centers.  Stamp sentiment on white cardstock and cut out with Labels 23 die.  Add small flower to sentiment die with a glue dot.  Adhere image to black cardstock.  Add this to the card using pop dots.  Add sentiment to card with pop dots.  Add pearls as shown.

Purple Rose Simplicity

Heartfelt Creations Products & Products Carried by HC:

HCPC 3474 –Heartfelt Expressions PreCut Set
HCPC 3394 – Classic Bella Rose PreCut Set
HCD 712 – Bella Rose Die

Other Products:

Paper: Solar White (Neenah), white (Georgia Pacific)

Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine)

Accessories: Framed Tulips Embossing Folder (Stampin’ Up), adhesive pearls (Want-2-Scrap), mineral spirits, Prismacolor Pencils (Sage Green, Kelp Green, Marine Green, Prussian Green, Parma Violet, Dioxazine Purple Hue)

Instructions:  Cut White (GP) cardstock 5 ½” x 8 ½”, score at 4 ¼” and fold.  Emboss folded card with Framed Tulips Embossing Folder.  Stamp sentiment on lower right of card.  Stamp one each of the 3 roses on Solar White Cardstock and color with pencils.  Die cut roses with match dies.  Add to card as shown using pop dots.  Add pearls.

June 1st ODBD Release Blog HOP

Welcome to the Our Daily Bread Designs June Release Blog Hop!  If you got here from Chris' Awesome Blog, you are in the right place.  If not, you might want to start at the Our Daily Bread Designs Blog and start from the beginning.  If you get lost along the way, simply return there where the entire Hop is listed with the links!

All the sticks in the bread basket have been having soooo much fun with all the fantastic new sets!!! If you have not had a chance to see the release, you can see it HERE.

Now, here are the Hop Details:

• The Hop will run 8am EST June 1 until 8pm EST June 2. The winners will be announced on the ODBD Blog on June 3.
• The prizes this month will be done a little differently! There will be three prizes of $20.00 Gift Certificates to the ODBD store for stamps, hidden on three different blogs along the hop. No one will know where they are! The winners will be randomly chosen from the COMMENTERS on these three blogs!
• The GRAND PRIZE of the entire Bread Basket Bundle will be drawn from the comments left on the ODBD Blog post, from all who tell us they completed the hop and which set is their most favorite!

Here is what you have to do to be qualified to win one of these prizes:

• Hop to each designer’s blog and leave a comment  
• Return to the Our Daily Bread designs blog and leave a comment telling us that you completed the hop, making note if there were any you could not comment on.

For my card I used the new set "Bicyle".  I love this set!  The bicycle image totally reminds me of being on Cape Cod, especially being on the Islands of Martha's Vineyard or Nantucket.  You see bicycles like this everywhere, where it's easier to get around than a car.  There's usually a basket like this on the front too!  The quote above the image is a separate stamp that's included in the set.  I love the way it fits with the image.  There's also 2 other awesome quotes in the set you can use, one from John F. Kennedy, the other from Abraham Lincoln..

Here's a picture of the whole set:

I colored my image (my favorite thing to do) with Prismacolor Pencils and mineral spirits.  I cut it out with Labels 8 Nestabilities and added flowers and ribbon and twine.


Now you need to Hop over to the super talented Lisa's Blog!


For all ingredients used:

Stamp: Bicycle (ODBD)
Paper: The Guy Stack (DCWV), Solar White (Neenah), Mocha Devine (Bazzills)
Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine)
Accessories: Labels 8 Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Petals-a-Plenty Embossing Folder (SU), Adhesive Pearls (Want-2-Scrap), Flowers (Recollections), Moss Seam Binding (Really Reasonable Ribbon), Prismacolor Pencils, mineral spirits, Baker's Twine (Martha Stewart)

I'm also submitting this the the latest challenge at Really Reasonable Ribbon #49 for a flowers and ribbon theme!

Thanks for stopping by!  Good luck with the Hop!!!

Blessings!

Kathy

Simply Trust - Proverbs 3:5,6

Hi there!

I made this card for a couple of Challenges using mostly "leftovers" from other projects.  It's amazing what you can do with what you already have, especially if you keep things organized!  All the pieces I used were filed away in my recipe card boxes where I store them.  If you're interested, I posted about this around a year ago.  You can find it here if you want to check it out.  You can also see all my organization posts on my blog by clicking "Organization" under the "Labels" heading on my side bar (way down).

Anyway, I'm submitting this to a couple of challenges at Split Coast Stampers, TLC379 - distressed edges and CAS172 - love.  Distressing is something I never do, I find it distressing lol!  I finally bought a paper distresser from Tonic and it wasn't too bad to do.  For the clean and simple challenge, this about as CAS as I can get although for some it probably isn't very CAS!

I'm also submitting this to Little Birdie Blessings to use Scripture.  Abby has some wonderful thoughts on "Balancing Priorities" talking about Mary and Martha.  For me, this is a daily struggle that I ask God to help me with.

Also, I'm submitting this to Word Art Wednesday Challenge #30 where you can use anything uplifting or Scripture.  I thought I was using the right verse for WAW, but it's actually for Matthew 5:16.  Oh well!

For complete ingredients:

Stamps: Scripture Collection 2 (ODBD)
Paper: White (Georgia Pacific), Solar White (Neenah), Pool Party (SU)
Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine)
Accessories: Flower & adhesive pearls (Recollections), White Seam Binding (Really Reasonable Ribbon), Elegant Scrollwork (Memory Box), Labels 8 & Elegance M-Bossibilities (Spellbinders), Paper Distressing Tool (Tonic)

That's it for today!  Tomorrow I will be showing you a new stamp set from Our Daily Bread Designs' June Release, so stay tuned!!!

Blessings!

Kathy

Wednesday Inspiration - Heartfelt Creations

Happy Wednesday everyone!

Today I get to share with you my favorite set from the May release!  It's called "China Fragments", and it has the most gorgeous tea cups with flowers on them!  I LOVE this set!!!  The tea cups come in 3 sizes and match the Spellbinders' Nested Tea Cup Dies.  I've also used the Tattered Blossoms and Tattered Blossoms Swirls Sets for these.  Here is my card using the large tea cup:

Here is a wall hanging I made using the medium and small tea cup:

The tea pot is from a chipboard album I bought at Michaels last year on clearance...I knew I'd use it for something!  This isn't what I planned to use it for when I bought it, but I love how it came out and it's perfect for the tea cup set and dies!

Here's a close up of the flower using the Tattered Blossoms Set:

And, a close up of the tea pot:

I colored these with Prismacolor Pencils and mineral spirits.  The tea pot is done with white paper that I stamped with various inks using the background stamp from the Broken Cinder Blocks Set and sponged a little.

Here are the complete ingredients and instructions for these which you can also see on the Heartfelt Creations Blog.

Tea Cup Thank You Card

Heartfelt Creations Products & Products Carried by HC:

HCPC 3474 –Heartfelt Expressions PreCut Set
HPC 3469 –Tattered Blossoms Swirls PreCut Set
HCPC 3472 – China Fragments PreCut Set
204800 Nested Tea Cups Shapeabilities Dies
Product ID:159723 – Art Institute Glue – Dries Clear

Other Products:
Paper: Solar White (Neenah), Certainly Celery (SU), White (Georgia Pacific)
Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine)
Accessories: Elegance M-Bossabilities Embossing Folder , Labels 23, Floral Ovals Nestibilities (Spellbinders), scissors, mineral spirits, Prismacolor Pencils (Periwinkle, Indanthrone Blue, Prussian Green), Silver Stickles (Ranger), Sterling Micro Beads (Martha Stewart), adhesive pearls (Want-2-Scrap), charm (Michaels), White Seam Binding (Really Reasonable Ribbon), Bow-Easy, pop dots.

Instructions: Cut White (GP) cardstock 5 ½” x 8 ½”, score at 4 ¼” and fold.  Emboss folded card with Elegance EF.  Make mat from Certainly Celery cardstock using Floral Oval larges die.  Add to center of card with pop dots.  Stamp onto Solar White CS: large teacup, sentiment, and 3 of the second smallest swirls from the Tattered Blossoms Swirls Set.  Color teacup, 3 flowers, and 1 swirl using pencils.  Die cut teacup, glue handle to cup and adhere to card with pop dots.  Die cut sentiment with Labels 23 and add to card with pop dots.  Make bow and attach charm to secure.  Cut out 3 flowers and 1 swirl with scissors a add to card as shown.

Tea Pot & Cup Wall Hanging

Heartfelt Creations Products & Products Carried by HC:

HCPC 3469 – Tattered Blossoms Swirls PreCutSet
HCPC 3472 – China Fragments PreCut Set
HCPD –Broken Cinder Blocks PreCut Set
HCPC 3468 –Tattered Blossoms PreCut Set
HCD 722 –Tattered Blossoms Die
204800 – Nested Tea Cups Shapeabilities Dies
Product ID:159723 – Art Institute Glue – Dries Clear
Product ID:159223 - Paper Blossoms Molding Mat
Product ID:459222 - Paper Blossoms Tool Kit

Other Products:

Paper: Solar White (Neenah), Roam Designer Paper Pad (K & Co)

Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine), Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, Night of Navy (SU)
Accessories: Chipboard Teapot Book (Mary Engelbreit – Michaels), charm, spacers (Michaels), Moss Seam Binding (Really Reasonable Ribbon), Silver Stickles (Ranger), Sterling Micro Beads (Martha Stewart), sponge, Mod Podge, foam brush, craft knife, cutting mat, Tombow glue, glue dots, pop dots, Crop-a-dial, mineral spirits, Prismacolor Pencils (Periwinkle, Indanthrone Blue, Prussian Green).

Instructions: Remove 1 tea pot chipboard sheets from book.  Apply Mod Podge to one side and place glue side down onto green Roam Paper from pad for back.  Let dry and cut out with craft knife and cutting mat.  Trace teapot on Solar White paper and cut out with scissors.  Stamp smallest swirl from Tattered Blossoms Swirls Set as shown.  Color with pencils and add Stickles to flower centers.  With Broken Cinder Blocks stamp, stamp around outside of teapot using any combination of Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, and small amount of Onyx Black till you’re happy with it.  Adhere this to the other side of teapot chipboard, let dry and trim and/or sand edges as needed.  Ink edges with Night of Navy ink using sponge.  Stamp medium and small teacups onto Solar White Paper with Onyx Black ink and color with pencils.  Cut out with Tea Cup dies and add stickles to flowers and rims of cups.  Adhere to teapot as shown.  Stamp one of each flower from the Tattered Blossoms Set on Solar white, color with pencils, and die cut with Tattered Blossom Dies.  Shape with Tool Kit and Molding Mat and adhere each flower together with pop dots.  Add Sterling Micro Beads to center with Art Institute Glue.  Make to holes on top of teapot and add seam binding and spacers as shown for hanging.  Glue flower to top.  Make bow, attach teapot charm to center and add to bottom of pot with glue dot.



That's it for today!  There are lots more creations on the HC Blog from the other Designers that will blow you away!!!

Blessings!

Kathy

Sketch Challenge - Elphine House Australia

Hi there!

It's time for a new challenge at Elphine House Australia!  This time we have a sketch challenge using one designed by the talented EHA Designer Janneke!

For the challenge, use ANY Elisabeth Bell Design in order to qualify to win any 2 stamps of your choice from Elphine House Australia.

Here's my take on the challange...I'm not the best with sketches...lol!

This image is a brand new Elisabeth Bell stamp from EHA that I just received from them a couple of days ago!  She's called "Fairy Faye Making a Wish"...so cute!  I colored her with Prismacolor Pencils and mineral spirits and used Diamond Stickles on her wings and popped them up with pop dots.  The beautiful papers I used are mostly from Prima's Nature Garden Collection.

For all ingredients used:

Stamps: Fairy Faye Making a Wish (EHA)
Paper: Nature Garden (Prima), Little Black Dress (Basic Grey), Solar White (Neenah), Always Artichoke (SU), Mocha Devine (Bazzills)
Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine), Vintage Photo Distress Ink (Ranger), Wheat & Spanish Olive (VersaMagic)
Accessories: Flower (Recollections), Adhesive Pearls (Want-2-Scrap), Amana Circle Die (Memory Box), Large Petite Scallops, Fleur de Lis Squares (Spellbinders), Diamond Stickles, White Opal Liquid Pearls (Ranger), Prismacolor Pencils, mineral spirits

That's it for today!  Hope you can join in the challenge!

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

For the Love of Celebration HOP

Welcome to Our Daily Bread Design's Alumni Team's bi-monthly For the Love Blog Hop. This week the Alumni team along with some of the ODBD designers are featuring a hop for the For the Love of ODBD Celebrations stamp sets! Check out each link and leave a comment. If you get lost along the way, go back to the ODBD blog for a full list of links. One of the post is a hop hot spot and a name will be drawn from that list of comments to win a $15 ODBD store gift certificate. So, all you have to do is hop along and see all the creations and leave a little love! You have until Wednesday, June 6th at 6 pm. Enjoy all the awesome inspiration using For the Love of ODBD Celebration sets!

It you got here from Rosemary's Blog, you're in the right place!  If not, you may want to start back at the ODBD Blog so you don't miss any of the beautiful creations!

For my card, I used the Birthday Blessings Set.  I colored the image with Prismacolor Pencils and mineral spirits and cut it out with Standard Circles Large Dies.  I added a So Saffron Small Petite Scallops Die behind it along with a couple of Elegant Scrollwork Die cuts from Memory Box.  The card base is embossed with the Rebecca Embossing Folder by Cuttlebug.  For the sentiment, I stamped it on plain white paper and cut it out with scissors.  I finished it up with seam binding, a heart button and some adhesive pearls.



Thanks for stopping by!  Next on the HOP is the fabulously creative Sabrina!!!

Blessings!

Kathy


I'm submitting this to the latest Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge #140, adding layers.

For all ingredients used:

Stamps: Birthday Blessings (Our Daily Bread Designs)
Paper: Solar White (Neenah), So Saffron (SU)
Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine)
Accessories: Standard Circles Large, Small Petite Scallops (Spellbinders), Elegant Scrollwork Die (Memory Box), Bow-Easy, Rebecca Embossing Folder (Cuttlebug), White Seam Binding (Really Reasonable Ribbon), adhesive pearls (Want-2-Scrap), button (Michaels), Prismacolor Pencils, mineral spirits, white gel pen.