MOJO270 ~ Wishing You a Heavenly Christmas ~

Happy Sunday to you!  Stopping in to share a quick card featuring this week's Mojo sketch. 

Here's my card...

Using ODBD's Christmas Blessings set shown here...

Thanks for stopping by... until next time, hugs and blessings!

Card Recipe

Stamps - Our Daily Bread Designs - Christmas Blessings

Ink - Versafine - Vintage Sepia

Paper - The Paper Studio, Bazzill, Recollections Botanical Noel, My Mind's Eye Santa Claus, Bazzill Basics Paper Believe

Dies - Spellbinders Floral Ovals and Layered Poinsettia

Misc. - Ribbon, Flower Soft - Meadow, Pearl Flourish by Recollections, Jingle Bells by ArtMinds, Hemp Cord

Challenges

MOJO270

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

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

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

MOJO250, WAW37 & SSIC147 ~ Christmas Joy

Praise be to our Lord who always provides! A few weeks ago, I shared how hot and DRY it was here in my beloved Bluegrass state. As of Thursday, we had over 6 inches of rain! WOW! Definitely answered prayers! Our lawn has rebounded and today dear hubs will mow the lovely crop of weeds AND grass that has sprung up seemingly overnight. I am so very grateful for continual provisions!

I created today's card for a few challenges including the weekly Mojo Monday challenge, Stampin' Sisters in Christ plus their sister site, Word Art Wednesday.

Here is this week's Mojo sketch...

And my take... ANOTHER Christmas card!!! My stash is growing! ;-)

I found the coordinating DP at Hobby Lobby. I love it! The base is cream card stock (5.5 x 4.25 inches) with embossed black card stock matting. I stamped the sentiment (Our Daily Bread Designs' Christmas Blessings) with black ink on the same cream CS before cutting/embossing with a Spellbinder Die. The bottom layer of DP has a bit of ecru lace peeking out on both the top and bottom. I also cut tiny tags out of the music print to tuck under the edge. I created the poinsettia with a Spellbinders die and added some paper punched greenery and 2 silver bells (for sparkle) and an altered pearl flourish. If you look closely, you can see a bit of yellow Flower Soft in the center of the blossom. I just love the non-traditional colors! Thanks as always for stopping by!

Blessings...

Lori

Card Recipe 

Stamps - Our Daily Bread Designs - Christmas Blessings
Paper - Bazzill; Paper Studio - Old World Winter
Ink - Versafine - Onyx Black
Embossing Folder - Sizzix - Starry Night
Dies - Spellbinders - Layered Poinsettia; Petite Scalloped Circles Large; Standard Circles Large
Misc. - Lace; Horizon Group - Jingle Bells; Recollections - Pearl Flourish; Flower Soft - Meadow; Punch - Martha Stewart Crafts

Challenges 

Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge 250 - MOJO250

Stampin' Sisters in Christ - 147 - Sparkle - SSIC147

Word Art Wednesday - WAW37

WT382 ~ Silver Bells

Thanks for stopping by. If you are looking for today's Exploring Cricut post please click HERE.

Wow!  Is it ever hot today!  Temps in my part of the state are projected to hit 104 degrees!  With the heat index it could feel like 110 degrees plus!  With temps being this warm, the Saints are spending a great deal of time in our nice cool air conditioned garage with plenty of water and a circulating fan.  I bet they think life is RUFF!!  Sorry, couldn't resist! 

So to keep my mind cool, I have turned to creating Christmas cards.  Here's one I put together today for Splitcoast's Ways to Use It Challenge.  The challenge...  to use tissue paper.  I grabbed some silver dotted  tissue paper and applied it to a white card stock base I ran through my Xyron.  When smoothed down, it takes on the look of linen.  I opted to emboss my sentiment this time (from Our Daily Bread Designs' Christmas Blessings) with silver powder.  All the matting is silver card stock as well.  The die has been in my tool arsenal for a while.  I must admit, I've been terrified of this bad boy!  But after working with it, I'm not so sure what I was scared of! 

I gathered some silver tulle behind the Angle die cut and adhered it with ScorTape. A tiny silver pearl sits on top. Now this card is pretty tall so this will either be a hand delivered item or mailed with a present this year. Sometimes pretty things just can't be hindered by an envelope! Blessings...

Lori

Card Recipe

Stamps - Our Daily Bread Designs - Christmas Blessings
Paper - Colorbok, Tissue Paper, American Crafts (silver)
Ink - Versamark - Watermark Ink
Powder - Ranger Embossing Powder - Silver
Die - Spellbinders - Angle Approach
Misc. - Silver Tulle, Silver Pearl