RS39 ~ More Christmas Blessings ~

I must apologize in advance.  I KNOW this must be the gazillionth Christmas card I've done as of late.  But I just can't stop myself!  And even though my tree isn't up and my house remains almost entirely devoid of decorations (how did that happen?) I continue to crank out holiday cards.   (Maybe I need to stop creating cards and starting putting my tree up...) 

Here's another one based on last week's Retro Sketch...

using Our Daily Bread Design's Christmas Blessings set...

and the sketch...

Another nontraditional color palette... kraft, blue and pink... Isn't it yummy? If you look closely one little corner of blue paper is peeking! Thinking that tree may not make it up for a while... ;-)

Until next time... blessings...

Card Recipe

Stamps - Our Daily Bread Designs - Christmas Blessings

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black (sentiment), Ranger Distress Ink - Pumice Stone (distressing)

Paper - Bazzill, Carta Bella Beautiful Moments, My Mind's Eye All is Bright

Die - Spellbinder - Layered Poinsettia & Labels Eighteen

Misc. - Pearls by Recollections, Seam Binding, Flower Soft - Meadow, Becca's Peg Bow Maker by Our Daily Bread Designs

Challenges

 

Retro Sketches - RS39
Word Art Wednesday - WAW56 - Anything Goes

DS78 ~ A Christmas Sketch ~

Good morning!  We are officially mid week!  And before you know it, the first of December will be here!  That means new releases from Our Daily Bread Designs.  ***And they are DARLING!***  Can't wait for you to see the new items Kelley and company have in store... 

 

So in the meantime, I have a wonderful classic ODBD set, Christmas Blessings to share along with a Deconstructed Sketch challenge...

Here's the card...

the Christmas Blessings set...

and the Deconstructed Sketch...

I actually pulled out my old Coluzzle for this project. I also used a Scor-Pal to score the lines on the DP. It gives it a bead board feel... I couldn't resist the gingham even though it isn't really traditional...  But why not mix it up a bit, right?

 

  As always I hope you have a wonderful day and until next time... Blessings...

Lori

Card Recipe

Stamps - Our Daily Bread Designs - Christmas Blessings

Paper - Bazzill, Georgia Pacific, Teresa Collins Christmas Cottage, Echo Park Very Merry Christmas

Die - Spellbinders Labels Twenty Six

Ink - Close to My Heart - Topiary

Misc. - Coluzzle Circle Template, Creative Memories Paper Punch, Recollections Snowflake, Offray Ribbon

Challenge

The Deconstructed Sketch - DS78
Word Art Wednesday - WAW56 - God's Goodness/Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

ODBDSLC132 ~ Deck the Halls ~

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

Its time to pull out those boxes of tinsel, garland and ornaments.  So while you are in the mood to decorate with beautiful ornaments...  we want to see projects that feature an
ornament or something that hangs!

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!! 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 nor 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. In order to qualify for this award, however, you must use Our Daily Bread stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by Sunday, December 2nd at 8 p.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword ODBDSLC132. When creating your posts on blogs please include a link to our challenge.

This time my tent card features a hanging sentiment panel/ornament...
 

Featuring one of Our Daily Bread Designs' newest releases...  Chickadee Ornament...

For this project I opted to create a tent card.  I stamped the ornament on Copic compatible paper, colored the image and hand cut the image with scissors.  I punched a hole in the top of the ornament and the card and put them together with gold wire.  In the bottom, I nestled some die cut branches and a bit of snow (aka torn cotton balls for interest.)  Look closely and you will see the two little chickadees have been cut out and added with dimensional foam for added interest!  So fun! 

Make sure to stop by and visit my sister sticks! They have some wonderful creations to share! And don't forget to leave them some love!

Chris Olsen *** Jan Keen *** Jan Marie Ennenga *** Kathy Roney *** Rosemary Dennis ***
and welcome this month's fabulous guest, Barbara Pace!

To see all the creations in one place or join the challenge, click HERE.

Thanks for stopping by! Blessings...

Card Recipe

Stamps - Our Daily Bread Designs - Chickadee Ornament

Paper - Bazzill, Neenah, Echo Park Very Merry Christmas

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics

Dies - Spellbinders Standard Circles Large, Sizzix Tattered Pinecone

Misc. - Cotton Balls, Gold Wire, Satin Ribbon, Becca's Peg Bow Maker

Faith and Chalkboard Art

Happy Cyber Monday!  Today vow NOT to visit online retailers and make Christmas cards instead!  You will save yourself some money PLUS get a jump on all of your card making!  ;-) 

I'm popping in today to share a fun card I made mimicking fun chalkboard art I found on Pinterest.  The goal...  to stamp miscellaneous images on black card stock and make it look like a chalkboard.  ***not as easy as it may sound...  lol***

Here's my finished product...

featuring Faith...

Fleur de Lis Borders...

and Seed Packet...

 

I cut a panel from plain black card stock (with ZERO texture) and used my X-Static (which helps with stray embossing powder) before stamping the first sentiment (Faith) with Versamark.  I added embossing powder, taking care to shake off the excess and return it to the container.  At this point, I DID NOT heat emboss.  Next, I stamped the Fleur de Lis image with my watermark ink and added embossing powder.  I then removed all the excess by shaking the panel over a plain piece of paper.  Finally, I added the last scripture with watermark ink and added embossing powder.  After shaking off the excess, I added heat to the entire project.  I then stamped each sentiment/image with Brilliance Moonlight White ink.  You want to stamp slightly off center to add a bit of shadow.  I then used a white colored pencil and created lines around the edge and slightly inked everything else with the white ink.  Take care, a little goes a long way!  You just want it to resemble chalk dust.  A few die cut holly leaves and rhinestone berries finish it off!  Definitely a keeper!  Thanks for stopping by!  Until next time...  blessings...

 

Card Recipe

 

Stamps - Our Daily Bread Designs -  Faith, Fleur de Lis Borders & Seed Packet

Paper - Georgia Pacific (black) & Bazzill

Ink - Versamark (embossing), Archival Brilliance Moonlight White (sentiment & image shadows)

Embossing Powder - Stampendous Opaque White

Dies - Spellbinders - Little Leaf Sets

Misc. - Colored Pencil - White, Red Rhinestone - Basic Grey

MOJO268 ~ Blessed is the Season ~

Indeed it is!  Thanks so much for stopping by today dear friend.  I feel certain that your day has been a busy one and it makes me smile to know you chose to spend a bit of it with me. 

 

Today we celebrate a milestone.  My dear Mother was able to return to church with us after a LONG recovery from her recent fall and surgery.  God has indeed been merciful and we celebrate this milestone in her recovery! 

I popped in to share a card based on this week's Mojo Monday sketch...

using Our Daily Bread Designs' November 2012 release, Chickadee Ornament...

A very clean design with a great deal of white space... (another outside of my comfort zone moment... lol) Thanks as always for stopping by! Blessings...

Lori
 

Card Recipe

Stamps - Our Daily Bread Designs - Chickadee Ornament

Papers - Bazzill, Georgia Pacific, My Mind's Eye Christmas

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics

Dies - Spellbinders Standard Circles Small & Layered Poinsettia

Misc. - Ranger Stickles - Gold (ornament cap), Flowersoft Meadow (center of poinsettia)

 

Challenges

Stampin' Sisters in Christ - SSIC167 - Christmas
Word Art Wednesday - WAW55 - Anything Goes

Mojo Monday Sketch 268 - MOJO268

 

Clearly Digital Stamps ~ Christmas Blessings

Thanksgiving is officially a memory!  We had a wonderful time this year enjoying one anothers company and reflecting on all of the blessings God has given us.  It amazes me to think just how fortunate I am!  And it humbles me to know just how little I deserve!  It is only through His grace that we have hope. 

So it is my sincere wish this holiday season to not get so caught up in the hustle and bustle.  My desire is to not only hear that small, still voice but to act upon it...  to remember my Savior is near.  For without that voice, I would be truly without hope.  Until next time...

Blessings....
 

Today's card features a plethora of lovely distressed and inked layers. If you look closely you will even see some paper piercing! (something I rarely do...) The poinsettia is a lovely die cut image by Spellbinders with a bit of watered down paint splattered on with my old tooth brush... kinda looks like those jingle bell poinsettias I so dearly love! :-)

Card Recipe

Stamps/Digital Image - Clearly Digital Stamps - Christmas Blessings

Ink - Ranger Distress Ink - Frayed Burlap & Pumice Stone (edges of layers)

Papers - The Paper Studio (kraft), Bazzill, My Mind's Eye - Santa Claus, Fancy Pants Designs - Home for Christmas

Dies - Spellbinders - Layered Poinsettia and Labels Seventeen

Tools - Distressing Tool, Paper Piercer, Martha Stewart Paper Punch (twigs)

Misc. - Embossing Folder - Sizzix Starry Night, Paint - Making Memories Scrapbook Pages - Manilla (watered down and flicked on poinsettia with an old toothbrush), Flowersoft - Meadow, Flourish - Prima, K & Company - Christmas Layered Bird Accents

 

Challenges

Let's Capture These Sketchs - Sketch #40 - Plus Wings

Word Art Wednesday - WAW55 - Anything Goes 

 

Exploring Cricut ~ Enjoy ~

Happy Friday and welcome to another fun project for Exploring Cricut! 

For all of my friends who partake in Black Friday sales...  a nice reminder to slow down and relax a bit...

 

 

 

Cartridges

 

Graphically Speaking - Navy CS - 1 inch (page 57)

Pack Your Bags - Light Blue, Pale Yellow, DP - 5 inches (page 70)

 

Card Recipe (6x6)

 

Paper - Bazzill, Bo Bunny Barefoot & Bliss DP

Ink - Ranger Distress Ink - Pumice Stone (umbrella edges)

Misc. Dimensional Foam





ODBD Alumni Love of Gift Giving 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 Love of Gift Giving! Check out each link and leave a comment. If you get lost along the way, check the ODBD blog for full list of links. One of the posts 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, December 5th at 6 pm. Enjoy all the beautiful designs using For the Love of Gift Giving!

If you arrived here from Connie's FABULOUS blog you are in the right spot!

If not, head over to ODBD's Blog for a full link list.

This time I created a few tags, perfect for Christmas packages.  I used ODBD's Perfect Gift 

and Christmas Blessings sets.

And the menagerie of tags include both embossing and coloring...

 

Now I will send you on your way to visit ODBD's blog! Make sure to leave a comment! Big hugs and thanks so much for stopping by! Happy Thanksgiving!

Tag Recipes

Stamps - Our Daily Bread Designs - Perfect Gift and Christmas Blessings

Papers - Bazzill, Neenah, Bo Bunny Powder Mountain, My Minds Eye Merry

Ink - Versamark Embossing Ink, Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics

Dies - Spellbinders - Standard Circles Large, Petite Scalloped Circles Large, Kaleidoscope Pendant

Embossing Powder - Stampendous White Opaque

Misc. - Ribbon, Stickles - Diamond, Lace

ODBDSLC131 ~ Thanksgiving or Christmas

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

It is a wonderful time of year!  We want to see projects that celebrate
Thanksgiving or Christmas! 

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!! 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 nor 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. In order to qualify for this award, however, you must use Our Daily Bread stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by Sunday, November 25th at 8 p.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword ODBDSLC131. When creating your posts on blogs please include a link to our challenge.

And my creation for the week celebrating Christmas...

using another Christmas classic, ODBD's Christmas Door...

Make sure to stop by and visit my sister sticks! They have some wonderful creations to share! And don't forget to leave them some love!

Chris Olsen *** Jan Keen *** Jan Marie Ennenga *** Kathy Roney *** Rosemary Dennis ***
and welcome this month's fabulous guest, Barbara Pace!

To see all the creations in one place or join the challenge, click HERE.

Thanks for stopping by! Blessings...

Card Recipe

Stamps - Our Daily Bread Designs - Christmas Door
Ink - Versafine - Vintage Sepia, Ranger Distress Inks - Pumice Stone & Frayed Burlap
Papers - Paper Studio, Bazzill, MME - Santa Claus
Misc. - Blossom - Petaloo, Paper Punch - Martha Stewart Crafts, Rhinestone Flourish - Recollections, Blossom & Lace, Stickles - Gold

Challenges

ODBD131 - Thanksgiving or Christmas
Let's Capture Those Sketches - Sketch #39 & Bling
The Shabby Tea Room - TSTR141 - "Tic Tac Toe"(embossing, pearls/gems/seam binding/ribbon) and the following inspiration photo

Exploring Cricut ~ Count Your Blessings ~

It's Monday again!  And that means it's time for another fun challenge at Exploring Cricut! 

There are so many things we have to be grateful for and today our design team takes a few moments to

Count our Blessings...

Here's my project using Autumn Celebrations and Thanksgiving...

Cricut Cuts

Autumn Celebrations - Turkey - 5 inches

Thanksgiving - Harvest Blessings - 4.25 inches

Card Recipe

Papers - Bazzill, The Paper Studio, Simple Stories - Harvest Home

Ink - Pumice Stone

Misc. - Paper Piercer

Thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful week! Blessings...

MOJO267, TSTR140 & WAW54 ~ Pastel Christmas ~

Happy Friday!  The weekend is almost here!  This weekend will be a busy one at the Ulrich household!  With Thanksgiving coming up, I will be shopping, cleaning and trying to cook some items in advance.  Sound familiar? 

 

I am so very thankful for the many blessings I have received this year.  As many of you know, my mom fell this summer and suffered a broken ankle.  It was a nasty break.  Wednesday, she finally was able to leave her boot behind and walk with the aid of a walker!  Praise God!  I am so very thankful to see her mobile again and healthy! 

The last few weeks I have been working on Christmas cards and I have a nontraditional one to share today...  pastels...  What do you think?

And the Our Daily Bread Designs set I used... Christmas Door...

Love the pink, blue and white combo! I may have to try that one again! Thanks so much for stopping by and until next time... blessings...

Card Recipe

Stamps - Our Daily Bread Designs - Christmas Door

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper - The Paper Studio, MME - Merry, MME - All is Bright

Dies - Spellbinders - Layered Poinsettia & Labels Eighteen

Misc. - Recollections - Pearl Flourish, Baker's Twine - Jillibean Soup, Button - Close to My Heart, Flower Soft - Meadow

Challenges

Mojo Monday 267 Sketch Challenge - MOJO267

The Shabby Tea Room - TSTR140 - Sweet Shabby Christmas

Word Art Wednesday - WAW54 - Anything Goes

Clear Dollar Stamps November Digital Release

Welcome to the November digital release for

Clear Dollar Stamps!

 

This month, I am working with more fun and NEW images from Clearly Digital Stamps (by Clear Dollar Stamps). So let's hop in and take a look at these delightful images.

Everyone needs a little chocolate in their life! And for this confessed chocolate addict the set called Chocoholic is just the ticket...  Is it the golden ticket??  :-)

Hard to believe that Christmas is almost here!  And with the number of Christmas cards I need to make, it can be a little, shall I say "stressful?" So when I saw this colored/non-colored set, Simple Gifts, I knew this would make card making a breeze...

Thanks so much for stopping by! Don't forget to visit the other DT members to see all of the exciting releases this month! Hugs and blessings...

Lori

Clear Dollar Stamps Digi Team

Jerusha Borden - Digi Design Team Coordinator

Barb Gmitro Best *** Candy Fosta ***

Cassie Trask *** Kathy Dunnegan *** Laurie Wilson *** Linda Anderson *** Lisa Lara *** Sarah Taylor *** Vicki O'Dell *** Jen Young *** Angela Pruisman *** Sarah Nelson *** Dana Colburne *** and Lori Ulrich (me)

Card Recipes

Card 1

Stamps/Images - Chocoholic

Inks / Markers

Paper/CS - Bazzill, Neenah

Accents/Tools - Offray Ribbon, Spellbinders Standard Circles Large & Petite Scalloped Circles Large

Card 2

Images/Stamps - Simple Gifts

Papers/CS - Neenah, Paper Studio

Ink/Markers - Copic

Accents/Tools - Spellbinder Decorative Labels Eight, Ribbon - Offray, Baker's Twine - Jillibean Soup, Jingle Bells - ArtMinds

ODBDSLC130 ~ Silver or Gold

It is time for another Our Daily Bread Designs' Shining the Light Challenge...

You can't go wrong with Christmas classics like...

Silver or Gold!
 

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!! 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 nor 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. In order to qualify for this award, however, you must use Our Daily Bread stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by Sunday, November 18th at 8 p.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword ODBDSLC130. When creating your posts on blogs please include a link to our challenge.

And my creation for the week...

using another Christmas classic, ODBD's Christmas Blessings...

 

 

Make sure to stop by and visit my sister sticks! They have some wonderful creations to share! And don't forget to leave them some love!

Chris Olsen *** Jan Keen *** Jan Marie Ennenga *** Kathy Roney *** Rosemary Dennis ***
and welcome this month's fabulous guest, Barbara Pace!

To see all the creations in one place or join the challenge, click HERE.

Thanks for stopping by! Blessings...

Lori

Card Recipe

Stamps - Our Daily Bread Designs - Christmas Blessings

Ink - Close To My Heart - Grey Wool

Papers - Georgia Pacific, American Craft

Dies - Spellbinders - Fancy Lattice, Layered Poinsettia, Classic Ovals Large & Classic Scalloped Ovals Large

Misc. - Crystal Flourish - Recollections, Snowflakes - Recollections, Jingle Bells - ArtMinds, Flower Soft - Meadow

Challenges

Crafty Cardmakers - Challenge 79 - More than one punch/die
Southern Girls Challenge - SGC57 - 46 Days to Go! (anything Christmas)
Twist of Faith Card Challenges - Challenge #11 - Religious Christmas

Clearly Digital Stamps ~ Happy Rainbow

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope this Sunday finds you well!  I want to share a digital image I been working with called Happy Rainbow.  I used this one along with this week's Deconstructed Sketch...

I had a couple of old paint chips hanging around and decided to incorporate them into my design. Don't you just love being able to repurpose stuff?

 

Thanks for popping in and don't forget to stop back by Tuesday for Our Daily Bread Designs' Shining the Light Challenge. I'm also still working on the ornament tutorial... I can't seem to get it photographed/recorded to suit me... Hubs says I'm too picky... lol... So hang in there! I hope to have it up and ready for you soon! Until next time...

Blessings...

Card Recipe

Stamps/Image - Happy Rainbow

Paper/CS - Bazzill, Glitz Vintage Blue

Ink/Markers - Memento Summer Sky (clouds)

Accents/Tools - Paint Swatches, Paper Edger Fiskars, Spellbinders Standard Circles Large and Petite Scalloped Circles Large, Ribbon

Challenges

The Deconstructed Sketch - DS77
Word Art Wednesday - WAW53

Exploring Cricut ~ A Christmas Notecard ~

Happy Friday and welcome to another fun project for Exploring Cricut!

I realize that Thanksgiving is still a few weeks away, but in order to get an adequate number of Christmas cards done...  I have to start EARLY!  Today's project is a simple note card using one of my new favorite cartridges, A Quilted Christmas.

 

This cart has a TON of card base ideas! I opted to used the card base shown on page 74 cut at 5 inches (red CS). I then cut the shadow in white. The reindeer may be found on page 64. There is another standing fellow but I kinda like this leaping guy... He is cut at 4.5 inches using the Deer2, Layer 3 and assorted accessory cuts. I added a bit of dimensional foam to make him pop off the page and a rhinestone flourish bit leftover from another project. Super easy!

Thanks as always for stopping by and until next time... blessings...

Lori

Cartridge

Cricut A Quilted Christmas

Card Recipe

Paper - Bazzill & Georgia Pacific

Flourish - Recollections

ODBD Alumni For the Love of Family 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 Love of Family! Check out each link and leave a comment. If you get lost along the way, check the ODBD blog for full list of links. One of the posts 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, November 21st at 6 pm. Enjoy all the beautiful designs using For the Love of Family!

If you arrived here from Grace's FABULOUS blog you are in the right spot!

If not, head over to ODBD's Blog for a full link list.

Here's my creation using ODBD's Father's Day set...
 

And the set...

 

A great deal of kraft and distressed elements... This set is perfect to create those "manly" cards you might need!

Now I will send you on your way to visit Jan's DELIGHTFUL blog! Make sure to leave her some love! Big hugs and thanks so much for stopping by!

Card Recipe

Stamps - Our Daily Bread Designs - Father's Day

Ink - Memento Espresso Truffle

Paper - Kraft - The Paper Studio, Farm House Paper Company - Sugar Hill

Dies - Spellbinders - Standard Circles Large, Petite Scalloped Circles Large

Embossing Folder - Sizzix Tim Holtz Alterations Cattails

Misc. - Button - Bo Bunny, Dew Drops, Twine

Challenges

Mojo Monday - MOJO266

ODBDSLC129 ~ WInter White

It is time for another Our Daily Bread Designs' Shining the Light Challenge... 

and this month we welcome a fabulous guest team member, Barbara Pace!

And this week's challenge???

Winter is on it's way... 

So we want to see your white creations!

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!! 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 nor 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. In order to qualify for this award, however, you must use Our Daily Bread stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by Sunday, November 11th at 8 p.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword ODBDSLC129. When creating your posts on blogs please include a link to our challenge.

And my creation for the week...

Using one of my all time favs... The Living Bread shown here...

Make sure to stop by and visit my sister sticks! They have some wonderful creations to share! And don't forget to leave them some love!

Chris Olsen *** Jan Keen *** Jan Marie Ennenga *** Kathy Roney *** Rosemary Dennis ***
and welcome this month's fabulous guest, Barbara Pace!

To see all the creations in one place or join the challenge, click HERE.

Thanks for stopping by! Blessings...

Lori

Card Recipe

Stamps - Our Daily Bread Designs - The Living Bread
Paper - Bazzill, Neenah, Georgia Pacific, The Paper Studio
Ink - Memento London Fog (image), Versafine Onyx Black (scripture)
Embossing Folder - Sizzix - Sugar
Dies - Spellbinders Ovals Large & Foliage Two
Misc. - Pearls Recollection, Blossoms - stash

Exploring Cricut ~ Saluting Our Veterans ~

Welcome to another fun challenge at Exploring Cricut!

 

This rotation we want to honor our veterans! 

After all, Veteran's Day is quickly approaching and there is no more deserving group to celebrate! 

 

For today's project I used Alphalicous cuts (3 inches - Thank You) and Autumn Celebrations (5 inches - Bugle Boy).

 

 

I chose to create a Marine in Summer dress whites. I am a bit prejudiced as my Dad was a Marine serving during the Korean conflict. Even though my Dad passed away several years ago, I know a gentleman who will love this card! Make sure to thank a veteran on November 11th! And thank them for the blessings of living in a free country!  Many paid the ultimate price.  Hugs...

Lori

Thanks Dad! I love and miss you.

Card Recipe

Papers - Bazzill, Georgia Pacific

Cartridges - Cricut Alphalicious & Autumn Celebrations

 

CDS ~ Times of Trial ~

Welcome!  Thank you for stopping by. 

 

Today I am sharing a card I created with digital images from Clearly Digital Stamps.  I printed a script circle (Leaves) on white card stock and modified the ink color before printing.  I cut/embossed the circle and added a die cut maple leaf in the center for interest.  I'm hoping to add a few more clean and simple cards to my stash as the holidays approach.  Pretty soon it will be time to gear up for Christmas cards!  ACK!!!  Let me just start hyperventilating now!  :-) 

And here's my card of encouragement celebrating the textures and colors of fall...

Hope you and yours are having a wonderful day! Don't forget to stop back by tomorrow and Friday for Exploring Cricut projects. Tuesday I will have a new Our Daily Bread Designs Shining the Light Challenge to share. Plus Thursday, the Alumni team at ODBD will be hosting another blog hop! And if all goes well, I hope to share a fun tutorial this week featuring floor wax AND a stamped image... Now you gotta come back for that one! Blessings...

Lori

Card Recipe

Image - Clear Dollar Stamps - Digital Image - Leaves

Papers - Bo Bunny Apple Cider, Bazzill, Neenah

Dies - Spellbinders Fall Foliage, Standard Circles Large, Petite Scalloped Circle Large

Misc. - Pearls - Recollections, Embossing Folder - Cuttlebug - Bit of Paisley

Our Daily Bread Designs November Release Blog Hop!

Hello friends! Welcome to the Our Daily Bread designs November Release Blog Hop! If you got here from Silke’s blog, you are in the right place! If not, you might want to start at the ODBD Blog so you don’t miss a thing!

The hop will run from 8am EDT Nov 1 until 8pm EDT Nov 2.  Winners will be announced on the ODBD Blog November 3rd.   Three blessed hoppers will win their choice of one free set, and 1 hopper will win the entire Nov. Bread Basket Bundle!!! Simply hop to each stop, leave a comment and return to the ODBD Blog to tell us you completed the hop and let us know if you had any problems along the way! That’s it! Blessings!!!

For today's hop I selected the Chickadee Ornament set shown below...

For my project, I created a Christmas ornament and coordinating gift box.

For the ornament, I stamped the image on white tissue paper and colored it with pencils. After lightly coating a clear ornament with liquid floor wax, I placed the trimmed image inside the ornament.  (It is much easier to roll the image up before putting it inside the ornament...)  I used a pipe cleaner to position the image before the wax dried. I added another coating of wax and coated it with glitter. Easy! (I'll follow up with a tutorial in the coming week...) 

I adorned the box with a Copic colored image with a layer of shirred lace on the back. Another fun project! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Now I will send you on to your final stop... the ODBD's blog!
 Blessings...

Card Recipe 

Stamps - Our Daily Bread Designs - Chickadee Ornament

Paper - TPC Studio - Yuletide & Wreaths (box); Neenah Solar Crest (image); White Tissue Paper (image inside ornament); Bazzill (matting)

Dies - Spellbinders Standard Circles Large; Petite Scalloped Circle Large

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics

Misc. - Crayola Colored Pencils (image inside ornament); Ribbon Offray; Lace; Pledge Liquid Floor Wax (ornament); Clear Coarse Glitter; Clear Fine Glitter; Clear Ornament

Challenges 

WAW52 - Anything Goes