Grow in Grace

Welcome to another wonderful Lord's day! The past week has been a little chaotic and as a result I have had ZERO time to create! Boo hoo... However, Saturday, I was able to get back in the swing of things. Dakota finally had her litter of puppies Friday evening. We are so excited! It will be great to have some littles running around... But I guess they aren't little when they are St. Bernards, right?

I just wanted to take a moment to reflect and ask for your prayers. This week our community lost a dear Christian man. I had the pleasure of working with him a few years back in my previous job. I also have had the pleasure of getting to know his wife and daughter at scrappin' get togethers. They are a wonderful family and I know he will be missed deeply by his church, family and friends. But I know today there is a new angel in heaven. (He was their church's song leader.) We will miss you Lowell!

Blessings to you...

Lori

And today's card...



In the bottom of the photo you can see the lace I used. Originally it was a light cream color. I distressed it with Distress Ink (Antique Linen & Tea Dye) before adhering. I also added the gold brads to each center. All of the edges were scuffed up with my MM distressing tool and then inked with Distress Inks. There's something about getting ink all over you that is good for the soul!

Supplies

Card Stock - Bazzill
Designer Paper - Stampin' Up
Stamps - ODBDBird Borders & Corners; Grow in Grace
Ink - Memento Rich Cocoa (bird corner), Versamark (scripture), Tim Holtz for Ranger Distress Inks - Antique Linen, Tea Dye (distressing)
Embossing Powder - Ranger - Queen's Gold Royal Satin Embossing Powder
Paper Punch - Fiskars
Pearl Brads - Paper Studio Spare Parts
Lace - Small Trend Flower Cream by Offray
Baker's Twine

ODBDSLC70 Sketch

Don't you just love a good recipe? A little dash of this and a little dash of that... The perfect dish also takes a whole lotta love! Today, the challenge team at ODBD has an assignment! We have been asked to use a recipe of sorts... a sketch! The ladies have been asked to use the following sketch...



This weeks challenge:

Create a card or project using the sketch with a twist. The twist is you can use any center panel shape you would like in the center. 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 Thursday, August 4. One random winner will be chosen and announced next Saturday. 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 or 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, ODBD 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 August 4 at 8 p.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC70. When creating your posts on blogs please include a link to the challenge. You may find the Mr. Linky on ODBD's blog.

And here is my creation this week...



Supplies

Card Stock - Bazzill, Colorbok; Designer Paper - Stampin' Up
Stamps - ODBD - Serve the Lord
Die Cuts - Cheery Lynn Designs (Doily & Butterfly); Spellbinders
Pearls, Ribbon, Violet Petals

Check out what my fellow teammates have created and be sure to leave them some love on their blogs! Can't wait to see what YOU create!

Chris

Fran

Pat

Sabrina

Where's my mojo??

I've lost it! I don't know where I put it... I think the 100 plus temps have fried it... I can't even speculate... Boy, I sure hope it comes back soon! It seems like everything I work on lately is a struggle. I shuffle paper here and there... tear cards apart... start over... Whew! I know God has a lesson for me here! Lord, please give me the strength to get it!

I have attached today's card for this week's Mojo Monday challenge below!

The background is actually a cut from my new Cricut cartridge, Elegant Edges. I then cut a small bit of ivory card stock and embossed it. I framed the sentiment and popped it up with dimensional foam on top of the embossed panel. I used a paper edger to cut a design and then left it slightly peeking out on the bottom! The brads are from a trip to Hobby Lobby! They have a gold shimmer to them! Super fun! Thanks for looking and I look forward to seeing you again!



Supplies

Card Stock - Bazzill, American Crafts
Designer Paper - Stampin' Up
Stamps - ODBD - The Living Bread, Faith
Ink - Memento Rich Cocoa
Lace - Stampin' Up
Ribbon - Offray Satin Brown
Brads - Paper Studio
Paper Punch - EK Success
Embossing Folder - Provocraft - Moroccan Screen
Die Cuts - Cricut Elegant Edges

Fight the Good Fight

Hope you are enjoying a beautiful Lord's day! The weather is still very warm here. The sheep and I are looking forward to a cool down soon. They are threatening to jump in the pond and I am thinking I might join! Just one problemo... I CAN'T SWIM! **probably not a good idea as most likely I will sink like a rock** So instead I will stay in the air conditioning and make cards! Sounds like a tough assignment to me! **wink, wink**

Blessings

So here is today's creation...



Card Recipe

Card Stock - Bazzill, Colorbok
Designer Paper - Fancy Pants Designs - It's the Little Things Paper Pad
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Stamps - Our Daily Bread Designs - Not Forgotten; Grow in Grace
Die Cuts - Cricut Elegant Edges Cartridge
Lace; Black Jet Swirls; Charm, Twine

Playing in the following challenges -

Stampin Sisters in Christ Challenge #99 Black & White, Black & Ivory
Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge 113
Shabby Tea Room #71 So Charming

ODBDSLC69 Paper Piercing

Its hard to believe its time again for Our Daily Bread Designs' Shining the Light Challenge! Time flies when you are having fun! This week's challenge:

Paper Piercing

To make the challenge even more fun, Kelley 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 Thursday, July 28. One random winner will be chosen and announced next Saturday. 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 or will they qualify for prizes. You can find complete details/rules at ODBD's blog. Make sure when posting your creations to use the tag, ODBDSLC69. We want to see what fabulous things you are making! Make sure you join us next Saturday to see the prize winning creation plus to see what the new challenge will be! I promise it will be fun!

And my design for this week's challenge...




I stamped the image of the soldier and scripture on first. I then created a mask to place over that half of the card and stamped the flag background on. I stamped the scripture on a second piece of kraft card stock, matting it and using pops dots to give it dimension. I used a paper piercing tool to outline all of my images and portions of the flag (white stripes.) I finished off my image with a simple satin yellow bow attached with a dress makers pin and affixed patriotic metal embellishment. Here's a close up...



Card Recipe

Card Stock - Bazzill
Stamps - Our Daily Bread Designs - Not Forgotten, Old Flag Background
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Ribbon, Embellishment, Dress Maker's Pin
Paper Piercing Tool

Thanks again and I can't wait to see what you will create! Please visit my sister sticks to see the eye candy they have for you!

Chris
Fran
Pat
Sabrina

When Life Hands You Lemons...

you make lemonade! With a record heat wave scorching the entire country, an ice cold glass of lemonade sounds pretty good! This card will go to a dear friend who recently opened her home to us. John and I had such a nice time visiting and her hospitality warmed our hearts!

And speaking of warming my heart, a big thank you to my dear friend Sabrina for sharing some lovely products I am using on today's card! Thanks girl! You rock!



I enjoyed pulling out the Cricut to make die cuts for this project! I had the lemon DP on hand but thought it needed some fun cuts! The glass is 3 1/2 inches and the lemon itself is 2. Both are on the Just Because cartridge. And isn't this ODBD stamp the perfect sentiment? You can find this on The Living Bread set. Thanks as always for reading... a complete product list follows...

See ya next time!

Recipe

5 1/4 x 4 1/4
Card Stock - Colorbok, Bazzill
Designer Paper - Kaisercraft - Nan's Collection
Stamp - ODBD - The Living Bread
Ink - Memento - Rich Cocoa; Desert Sand (inking around sentiment)
Die Cuts - Glass & Lemon (Provocraft - Just Because); Doily - Cheery Lynn Designs; Spellbinders - Small Labels
Paper Punch - EK Success
Ribbon


Challenges

Mojo Monday 200 - Sketch

A Clean Heart

Things are starting to settle down after the storms we had last week. Saturday night we had another large thunderstorm pop up. My English Shepherds, Shooter and Shiloh normally stay out with the sheep to control predators. Remember me telling you about the lightning strike last week? Those poor boys about tore my front door down trying to get in Saturday. They normally sleep under our deck and John speculates they may have taken a slight "tingle" the night of the big storm. You see the satellite dish would be about 15 feet above their little heads. So Saturday or I guess early Sunday morning... Lori was out putting the little guys in. They decided the sheep were on their own that night! I'm not sure who has bigger bags under their eyes, the dogs or me! :-)

Well, if you can tell I am in a brown frame of mind. And today is no exception. The paper is from a paper pad I picked up recently by GCD Designs. Until the last year of so I rarely used paper pads. I have discovered the joy of coordinating papers! What in the world took me so long? Until next time...

Blessings

Lori

Card Recipe

Card Stock - Bazzill
Designer Paper - GCD Designs - Ella Blue Paper Pad
Ink - Memento Rich Cocoa
Stamp - ODBD - Scripture Collection 5
Pearls, Ribbon
Paper Edge Punch - EK Success
Paper Punch - Butterfly - Cheery Lynn Designs