VLVMay2012 ~ Mother

Happy Mother's Day! Mothers deserve so much credit for all the stuff they do! My Mom is a saint... after all she had to put up with me... lol... But to hear her tell it, I was a joy!  Now that is love! 

Today's card is based on a sketch at Verve. I chose paper by Teresa Collins called Everyday Moments. I love the rich shades of blue, white and yellow! So fresh! Here's the sketch I used...

And my interpretation with some lovely details by Prima, die cuts by Spellbinders and a sentiment from Our Daily Bread Designs...

This will be going to my Mom today. I am so blessed to still have her at the young age of 75! God has been good giving me such an awesome, sweet and patient Mom. She is a joy! Love ya Mom! Make sure if you are still blessed to have your Mom to give her a hug, call or both today! It is the most underappreciated job in the world! Blessings...

Card Recipe

Stamps - Our Daily Bread Designs - Mother's Day
Paper - Bazzill, Colorbok, Teresa Collins Everyday Moments Paper Pad
Ink - CTMH Outdoor Denim
Dies - Spellbinders - Foliage, Blossom Tags and Accents
Paper Punch - Martha Stewart Crafts
Pearls/Rhinestones - Zva Creative
Flowers - Prima

Challenges

Viva la Verve! Week 3 Sketch Challenge

ODBD Shining the Light Challenge #108 ~ Inspired by Mother's Day Gifts!

Woo hoo! Welcome to another Our Daily Bread Designs' Shining the Light Challenge. This week we are participating in a photo inspiration challenge.

Tomorrow is Mother's Day- since most have already made cards for their moms, we want you to use one of the photos to inspire your creation. Please let us know what number you used.

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, May 18th at 8 a.m. EST. One random winner will be chosen and announced Saturday, May 19th. 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 Friday, May 18th at 8 a.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword ODBDSLC108. When creating your posts on blogs please include a link to our challenge.

Here's my take on this week's challenge using photo #3...

For this project I used Our Daily Bread's latest set, Dreams. My base is a soft cream card stock with a nice DP featuring a soft green, cream and khaki (the colors from photo #3)... I embossed the kraft panel before adding the sentiment panel. I stamped my sentiment and images before lightly adding some desert sand ink around the edges and coloring the olive branch and dove with Copics. I finished the card with a lovely bow (compliments of Becca's Peg Bow Maker) and some cream mulberry flowers. I added a touch of bleached hemp for a little touch of nature!

Thanks for stopping in and be sure to check out what my other Sister Sticks have for ya... Blessings...

Jan Marie Ennenga
Debi Southard
Jan Keen
Kathy Roney
Rosemary Dennis
Sabrina Jackson

To see all the creations in one place or join the challenge, click here.
We hope you can join the challenge! We look forward to seeing your creations!!

Card Recipe

Stamps - Our Daily Bread Designs - Dreams
Paper - Colorbok, Bazzill, Neenah, Kaisercraft Dew Drop
Ink - Memento - Tuxedo Black, Copics, Memento - Desert Sand
Dies - Spellbinders - Labels Twenty-Five
Misc. - Becca's Peg Bow Maker in collaboration with Our Daily Bread Designs, Embossing Folder - Provocraft, Paper Punch - Martha Stewart Crafts, Seam Binding, Hemp Cord, Mulberry Roses, Seam Binding

Challenges

Stampin' Sisters in Christ #138 - Use Real or Natural Elements (hemp cord)

Exploring Cricut Daily Project

Happy Friday to ya! So glad you could stop by. Today I am sharing a project I created for Diane over at Exploring Cricut. This is the time of year when my mind turns to creating cards for weddings and graduation. This project will go to a young lady who will making a trip down the aisle this summer. I hope she likes it!

Cricut's Tie the Knot Cartridge provided all the cuts for this project.

Cuts

Initial & Shadow - 2 cuts - 4 inches
Love Birds and Branch - 2 cuts - 2.75 inches

Additional Supplies

Paper -  Colorbok, Bazzill, Little Yellow Bicycle - Swoon Paper Pad
Cuttlebug - Geometric Rings Border
Ink - Ranger Distress Ink Black Soot
Seam Binding
Becca's Peg Bow Maker - Our Daily Bread Designs
Stick Pins - Little Yellow Bicycle
Dimensional Foam

Thanks for stopping by! Blessings...

Lori

ODBD Alumni Love of Spellbinder's Compatible Sets 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 Spellbinder's Compatible sets! Check out each link and leave a comment. If you get lost along the way, go to the ODBD blog for the full link list. 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, May 23rd at 6 pm. The winner will be announced May 24th! So, get hopping and enjoy all the inspiration using For the Love of ODBD Spellbinder Compatible Sets!

If you arrived here from Chris' blog you are in the right spot! If not, head over to the ODBD blog for a full link list.

I decided to work with the Sweet William Small Set pictured below...

Our Daily Bread also has a Sweet William set which perfectly nests with the Small William set...

And my project this week using the Sweet William Small set...

I stamped my Sweet Williams on white card stock with Antique Linen Distress Ink before cutting with the Spellbinder Blossom Three Dies. I then cut each petal, flipped the blossom over and used an embossing tool to break down the fibers in the paper petals. I use an old mouse pad for cushioning. This allows the petals to curve and pop up. I did this to both layers and put them together with dimensional foam before adding a pearl center. I stamped the sentiment using individual words from this set. This makes it super easy to customize your greeting!

Now next on the hop is Julie. She has a beautiful project to share! Thanks so much for hopping along with us! Blessings!

Recipe

Stamps - Our Daily Bread Designs - Sweet William Small Set
Paper - Colorbok, Recollections, Lily Bee Designs - Double Dutch, Prima Meadow Lark Collection
Ink - Ranger Distress Ink - Antique Linen, Versafine Onyx Black
Dies - Spellbinders Standard Circles Large, Petite Scalloped Circles Large, Blossoms Three; Cheery Lynn Designs - Fanciful Flourish
Etc. - Ribbon (recycled from a card), Pearls - Recollections


Challenges

Mojo Monday #240 Sketch Challenge

Wednesday Word Art #27

Exploring Cricut ~ Celebrate Mother's Day!

Welcome to another fun challenge at Exploring Cricut.

This week Diane has asked the team to Celebrate Mother's Day!

Specifically, make a card, layout or papercraft celebrating Mother's Day!

For my project this week I chose to do a one page layout celebrating the most important woman in my life, my Mom! I used Cricut's Flower Shoppe and Mother's Day cartridges to complete the task. And here it is with a photo of my Mom and I taken around Christmas of 1971... So glad I managed to grow some hair! :-) I plan to put this in a shadow box and give it to Mom this Sunday! Don't tell!!!

Cuts

Mom - Mother's Day - Fit to Page
Flower Shoppe - Flowers & Leaves - Mum cut 3.75, 2.75, 2.25 staggered

Recipe

Paper - Paper Studio, Bazzill, K & Co. Watercolor Bouquet Paper Pad
Paper Crimper, Distressing Tool, Brad - Making Memories, Pearls - Prima

Thanks for stopping by! Be sure to visit Friday as I will have a daily post for Exploring Cricut and Thursday/Saturday for some projects with Our Daily Bread Designs! Praying I can get back to some creating soon and that my Expression will be on the mend! Blessings...

Lori

ODBDSLC107 ~ Let's Scrapbook!

Welcome and happy National Scrapbook Day! Several of my friends will be scrappin' the night away tonight lovingly recording memories for future generations. Today, Our Daily Bread Designs wants to issue a special challenge. We want to see a scrapbook layout. One page or two, 8 x 10 or 12 x 12... let your imagination go wild!

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, May 11th at 8 a.m. EST. One random winner will be chosen and announced Saturday, May 12th. 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 Friday, May 11th at 8 a.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword ODBDSLC107. When creating your posts on blogs please include a link to our challenge.

Here's my take on this week's challenge... (shhh... don't tell John I used a photo of us both... lol...)

This was taken a few years back when I completed my Masters. I used Our Daily Bread's latest set, Dreams. This set is perfect for graduation and/or retirement projects! Behind our photo I used a die stamped with the word graduate (from this set). I used the quote included by Eleanor Roosevelt as well. This quote was so fitting because for me going back to school was a dream come true! I had long wanted to be a teacher. Finishing this Masters program gave me the chance to student teach. Finally, I knew I could do it! And even though I am not in a classroom I don't regret a moment. It was such a blessing for me to complete the program!

Thanks for stopping in and be sure to check out what my other Sister Sticks have for ya... Blessings...

Chris Olsen
Jan Marie Ennenga
Debi Southard
Jan Keen
Kathy Roney
Rosemary Dennis
Sabrina Jackson

To see all the creations in one place or join the challenge, click here.
We hope you can join the challenge! We look forward to seeing your creations!!

Card Recipe

Stamps - Our Daily Bread Designs - Dreams
Paper - Colorbok, Georgia Pacific, Bazzill, Kaisercraft - Sweet Nothings Collection - Cupids Arrow
Ink - Versafine - Onyx Black
Dies - Cheery Lynn Designs - English Tea Party, Fanciful Flourish; Spellbinders - Labels Twenty-Five
Cricut - Varsity Letter - 5.25 inch
Etc. - Cards, Ticket Stubs - Recollections; Mulberry Flowers; Lace

Your Service

So glad you could stop by for a few moments today! Things have been very quiet on the Ulrich front. John spent some time this past weekend visiting his youngest in Virginia while I puttered around the house. I did manage to get some household chores but very little crafting! Boo...hoo...

So bear with me as I get my crafting mojo back in full swing. I plan on getting some projects done this week! I hope to play along with Mojo Monday sometime soon. Those lovely sketches keep calling my name!

Don't forget about Our Daily Bread Designs Shining the Light Challenge this Saturday! It promised to be fun! And next week I will have a couple of Cricut projects plus a Love of Alumni hop project for ODBD. Should be a busy one! In the meantime, here is a simple project I whipped up last week...

The lace edging and sentiment can be found in ODBD's Serve the Lord set. I hand trimmed the lace edges for added dimension. The base and frame are a rich chocolate card stock and the ink is Memento's Rich Cocoa. I created the frame using Spellbinder's Large Ovals and Labels Twenty sets. I found the magnolia blossom and leaves in a Petaloo stash I had! Simple, fun and delightful! Until next time... blessings...

Card Recipe

Stamps - ODBD - Serve the Lord
Paper - Bazzill, Colorbok
Ink - Memento Rich Cocoa
Etc. - Blossom/Petals - Petaloo; Pearls - Recollections
Dies - Spellbinders - Standard Ovals Large, Labels Twenty

Tuesday Throwdown #96 - In the Garden (magnolia blossoms and leaves)
Clear it Our Challenge - Mother's Day/Card for a Mentor & Flowers from your stash