RS41 ~ Love Was Born ~

Good morning dear blogger friends!  Popping in today to share a card I created for this week's Retro Sketch.  I used one of Our Daily Bread Designs' recent release,  Chickadee Ornament along with my new favorite Spellbinder set, Layered Poinsettia.  I just can't get enough of this paper flower!!!  This time I opted to go with a blue one...

The card...

using the Chickadee Ornament set...

based on Retro Sketch #41...

I just love using black and white DP with a splash of color! I spritzed the poinsettia with a bit of Glimmer mist for shimmer and added a rhinestone flourish behind the main panel. If you look closely, you will see I embossed the white panel with a swiss dots folder. Super cute! And I LOVE ODBD's Chickadee Ornament set! It is so versatile! I can pull these sentiments out to whip out some lovely cards! Well, thanks for stopping by and until next time... blessings...

Card Recipe

Stamps - Our Daily Bread Designs - Chickadee Ornament

Papers - Georgia Pacific, Bazzill, My Mind's Eye Christmas

Ink - Versafine Tuxedo Black

Embossing Folder - Provocraft - Swiss Dots

Dies - Spellbinders - Layered Poinsettia

Misc. - Rhinestone Flourish by Recollections, Flower Soft - Meadow, Paper Punch - MS Crafts, Glimmer Mist - Dazzling Diamonds

Challenges

Retro Sketch #41
Stampin' Royalty #154 - Christmas / Winter
ABC Christmas Challenge - Y is for your Favorite Punch and/or die (Spellbinders Layered Poinsettia)

ODBDSLC132 ~ Deck the Halls ~

It is time for another Our Daily Bread Designs' Shining the Light Challenge! 
 

Its time to pull out those boxes of tinsel, garland and ornaments.  So while you are in the mood to decorate with beautiful ornaments...  we want to see projects that feature an
ornament or something that hangs!

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, December 2nd at 8 p.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword ODBDSLC132. When creating your posts on blogs please include a link to our challenge.

This time my tent card features a hanging sentiment panel/ornament...
 

Featuring one of Our Daily Bread Designs' newest releases...  Chickadee Ornament...

For this project I opted to create a tent card.  I stamped the ornament on Copic compatible paper, colored the image and hand cut the image with scissors.  I punched a hole in the top of the ornament and the card and put them together with gold wire.  In the bottom, I nestled some die cut branches and a bit of snow (aka torn cotton balls for interest.)  Look closely and you will see the two little chickadees have been cut out and added with dimensional foam for added interest!  So fun! 

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...

Card Recipe

Stamps - Our Daily Bread Designs - Chickadee Ornament

Paper - Bazzill, Neenah, Echo Park Very Merry Christmas

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics

Dies - Spellbinders Standard Circles Large, Sizzix Tattered Pinecone

Misc. - Cotton Balls, Gold Wire, Satin Ribbon, Becca's Peg Bow Maker

MOJO268 ~ Blessed is the Season ~

Indeed it is!  Thanks so much for stopping by today dear friend.  I feel certain that your day has been a busy one and it makes me smile to know you chose to spend a bit of it with me. 

 

Today we celebrate a milestone.  My dear Mother was able to return to church with us after a LONG recovery from her recent fall and surgery.  God has indeed been merciful and we celebrate this milestone in her recovery! 

I popped in to share a card based on this week's Mojo Monday sketch...

using Our Daily Bread Designs' November 2012 release, Chickadee Ornament...

A very clean design with a great deal of white space... (another outside of my comfort zone moment... lol) Thanks as always for stopping by! Blessings...

Lori
 

Card Recipe

Stamps - Our Daily Bread Designs - Chickadee Ornament

Papers - Bazzill, Georgia Pacific, My Mind's Eye Christmas

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics

Dies - Spellbinders Standard Circles Small & Layered Poinsettia

Misc. - Ranger Stickles - Gold (ornament cap), Flowersoft Meadow (center of poinsettia)

 

Challenges

Stampin' Sisters in Christ - SSIC167 - Christmas
Word Art Wednesday - WAW55 - Anything Goes

Mojo Monday Sketch 268 - MOJO268

 

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