Double Dare Saturday

It seems like a month since I posted! I have been very busy (at my "day" job) trying to close out books for the year. The word hectic doesn't seem to capture the sense of what the last few weeks have been like. Hopefully, we will get things under control in the coming weeks and I can take a breather! The beauty of accounting... you're never really done with a project.... The next month you start the routine over! My Lord has blessed me tremendously. I have a wonderful job which meets my needs and allows me to have the extra time to create paper projects! I marvel at how far my life has come in the last year. But I know it was all His plan and it humbles me to know that!

I have posted a couple of cards today... hence "double dare"... I created these cards for a couple of challenges over at Our Daily Bread Designs. The card in my post below was chosen for this week's Shining the Light Award there. Please take a moment, scroll down and click on one of the award icons on the bottom right of my blog. If you haven't checked out their website please do! There are some wonderful creations over there. They never fail to inspire me! Blessings to you this week and as always I look forward to hearing from you!

Lori
aka Saintsrule!



Recipe

Card Stock - Vanilla, Chocolate and Burgundy - Gina K. Designs, Gold - Bazzill
Designer Paper - Bo Bunny - Snowy Serenade Overture
Image & Sentiment Stamps - ODBD - You Will Find Refuge
Inks - Memento Desert Sand - Image; Ranger Distressed Ink - Tattered Rose - sponged around image
Embossing - Sentiment; Versamark Ink and Ranger Queen's Gold Embossing Powder
Punch - Martha Stewart (trim under image); Paper Shapers - (flourishes)
Die Cuts - Nestabilities - Standard Circles Large, Petite Scalloped Circles Large, Lacey Circles, Pendant Lattice
Ribbon - Offray - 5 / 8 Satin Oatmeal and Brown
Flowers / Leaves - unknown
Pearls - Imaginisce - I-Rock
Ranger Diamond Stickles - coated on centers of flowers after setting



And this little beauty will go in the challenge as well...



Card Stock - Red, Green - Gina K. Designs; Peach - Bazzill
Designer Paper - Daisy D's (out of my ancient stash) Boston Garden
Image & Sentiment - ODBD - Faith
Ink - Copic - E33, R00 (light color on butterflies before applying Stickles)
Cuttlebug - Embossing Folder - Birds & Swirls
Embossing - Ink - Versamark; Powder - Ranger Rich Red
Punch - Martha Stewart
Die Cuts - Nestabilities - Small Labels, Labels Eleven
Pearls - Kaisercraft Basics - Red
Ribbon - Stampin Up
Ranger Diamond Stickles

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Amazing that I would be able to put out a second post today! I created a new card this afternoon and am so excited I have to go ahead and post it. As many of you know I love Our Daily Bread Designs stamps. And I love to participate in their challenges. This week the challenge is to create something combining their top three challenges. That wasn't hard for me considering I really love bling! So creating a glitzy card with die cuts and punches was a delight for me! The bling on this card is very subtle. You will have to look close to see it in the photos. But when you see the card in person it really pops! It was cool to use non-traditional Christmas colors too! I mean, who normally thinks of pink and white at Christmas? Maybe I will try purple next? Thanks to those who read and comment. I appreciate your feedback!

Lori

Card Design

5 X 6 inches

Card Stock - Bazzill - White and Pink
Card Stock - Image - Gina K. Pure Luxury
Embossing Folder - Cuttlebug - Flurry
Ink - Image - Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics
Ink - Sentiment - Memento Tuxedo Black
Stamp - Image and Sentiment - Our Daily Bread Designs - Blessed Christmas
Die Cuts - Nestabilities - Fancy Tags
Punch - Ionic - Ticket Punch
Pearls - Scrappers Must Haves
Stickles - Ranger - Diamond
Smooch Spritz - Vanilla Shimmer
Ribbon - Offray - Swiss Dot Light Pink



Tips

The second layer of white card stock was embossed with the Flurry folder and the image was reversed (placed upside down) before adhering.

The Fancy Tag die cut (under the image) was split in two and then applied to the bottom. It makes the tag appear to be the full length of the image!

The poinsettia colors are very simple.

Petals R20, R22
Centers YR15
Leaves - YG07

The entire poinsettia was covered with a light layer of Diamond Stickles for shimmer. The other "shimmer" is the Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz applied to the embossed underlayer.

How did I create the ribbon? I placed scor-tape on the the card and then folded the ribbon onto the card. I placed a small glue dot under each "fold" to help it hold! Voila! I also highlighted the tags with Stickles!

Thanks to Our Daily Bread Designs!

I am so excited! Yesterday one of my cards was selected as the Our Daily Bread Designs Stamping in Design winner! I love doing challenges and this one in particular! I am very blessed to have been fortunate enough to be drawn for the winner! If you haven't checked out this portion of the Our Daily Bread Design site, check out the announcement here here! I have posted the card below for a second look! Take a few minutes to challenge yourself and enter! It is so much fun!



I hope to be back later this weekend with some cool projects! I am teaching at an all night crop tonight. Please pray that my stamina and creativity remain awake! LOL... Blessings to you and have a wonderful Friday!

Lori

Just a Little Sparkle

I must admit bling SCARES me! I'm an accountant and anything flashy doesn't go over well. But I love snow and how can you create something wintry and not use some shimmer? I'm trying to get a leg up on some Christmas cards. And each week or so (if my plan comes to fruition) I will create a card or two to share. Then maybe by the time the 25th rolls around I will not be frantically throwing some cards together. Or even worse buying cards at the local discount store... :-) Maybe for once I will be ahead of the game... or maybe not... but I can always dream of that and a white Christmas... Hope you are having a wonderful day...

Lori



Card Recipe 5 X 7 inches

Card Stock - White - Georgia Pacific, Bazzill Birthstone
Designer Paper - Pebbles Inc. - Snow Fun Snowflakes - Green
Image & Sentiment - ODBD Peace & Joy
Versamark
Embossing Powder - Stamp n Stuff - Winterwonderland Opaque
Ink - CTMH - Indian Corn Blue
Glimmer Mist - Tattered Angels - Sapphire
Smooch Spritz - Silver Foil, Vanilla Shimmer
Ribbon - Offray
Stickles - Ranger - Star Dust

First I embossed the snowflake image and sentiment on a white piece of card stock. After embossing I sponged CTMH ink (Indian Corn Blue) on. I then wiped the excess ink off of the embossed image and sentiment (resist technique). To give my "custom paper" shimmer, I then spritzed the image with Sapphire Glimmer Mist (lightly on the edges). I also applied a light spritz of Vanilla Shimmer Smootch and Silver Foil all over. My final touch was to lightly apply Star Dust Stickles to areas of the snowflake that I wished to highlight. Voila! My image was a work of bling or art... whichever you prefer!

ODBD Shining the Light Award!

Tinkled pink, I am... Thanks so much to the ladies over at Our Daily Bread Designs for spotlighting one of my cards in their Shining the Light Award Challenge this week! I am so excited. Anyone who follows my blog knows I use a number of their stamps. It is so hard to find inspirational and beautiful stamps. ODBD never fails to disappoint. I am attaching the link to the post announcing the challenge winners. Be sure to stop over at their shop afterwards and pick up some beautiful stamps! They will not disappoint! Blessings!

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The Blessing of the Lord Be Upon You

I told you Saturday that I love these new designs from Our Daily Bread! I couldn't wait to try a different card. If you check out Our Daily Bread Designs Blog they are having a challenge this week and I decided to use these stamps to submit a card. The challenge is to use 3 of something... inks, layers, stamps, etc. Kinda fun, huh? So I decided to use three different stamps. It mushroomed though, as it often does, and I managed to use three inks, three layers and three colors too... :-) I thought the three challenge was pretty cool... after all three plays such an important part in the Bible... Jesus was in the tomb three days... the trinity, Father, Son and Holy Ghost... Hope you have a blessed Monday!



Card Recipe 5 X 7 Inches

Cardstock - Black - Georgia Pacific, Dark Red and Orange - Bazzill
Cardstock - Image - Simply Smooth
Pattern Paper - Sweetwater - Autumn Sweet Collection - 2005
Stamps - Sunflowers & Psalm 129:8 - Our Daily Bread Designs - Harvest Blessings
Stamps - Happy Fall - Our Daily Bread Designs - Happy Fall (stamped on pattern paper)
Ink - Image - Memento - Tuxedo Black
Ink - Happy Fall! - Memento - Rich Cocoa, CTMH - Barn Red, Autumn Terracotta (stamped randomly on pattern paper)
Ribbon - Unknown
Adhesive - Pop Dots and Dotto
Ink - Edges of Image - Tim Holtz - Distress Ink - Tea Dye (sponged on edges)
Markers - Copic



Copic Colors

Sunflowers - R59, YR14, R02, YR23
Foliage - YG23, YG25
Sunflower Seeds - E13, E18, E35