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