MOJO231, TSTR104 & CLD18 ~ The Storm

Happy Thursday! I hope you and yours are doing well! Thought I would pop in to share a card I put together for this week's Mojo Monday sketch. I also took the opportunity to play along at The Shabby Tea Room.

Here's the Mojo sketch...



And here's The Shabby Tea Room inspiration photo, Colorful Confections...



And here's my interpretation...



I created the base with some lovely bubblegum colored card stock and added a distressed layer of white Colorbok paper. I then added a layer of embossed Lily Bee Designs designer paper. The doily is a die cut by Cheery Lynn Designs. I added a few pearls for added pizzazz. The stamp is from Our Daily Bread Designs set, The Sea. I stamped it on white card stock and cut it using ODBD's Tag die. The mossy green flourish is also a Cheery Lynn Designs die that I cut and placed behind a fun Prima rose. It's so sweet, it makes my teeth hurt! lol... Thanks so much for stopping in and until next time...

Blessings...

Supplies

Paper - Bazzill, Colorbok, Lily Bee Designs - Head Over Heels Paper Pad
Stamps - Our Daily Bread Designs - The Sea
Ink - Versafine - Onyx Black
Dies - Our Daily Bread Designs - Tag; Cheery Lynn Designs - French Pastry, Fanciful Flourish
Embossing Folder - Stampin' Up - Sizzix - Square Lattice
Accessories - Pearls - Recollections; Rose - Prima; Ribbon - Offray

Challenges

Mojo Monday Sketch #231
The Shabby Tea Room 104 - Aqua, Pink, Green & a Tag
Cheery Lynn Designs #18 - Doilies

Exploring Cricut - Daily Project

Here comes the weekend! Thanks so much for stopping by! Today's project is for the daily post at Exploring Cricut. Today's project features three cartridges - Just Because Cards, Forever Young and Accent Essentials.

Month is a busy month for birthdays so I decided to get a jump on some cards.



Cricut Cuts

Forever Young - Flower - pg 71 - & Layer, & Layer - 2.75 in.
Accent Essentials - Flourish - pg 49 - & 1 flipped - 1.75 in.
Just Because Cards - Card Base - pg 36 - - 5.25 in

Supplies

Paper - Bazzill, Colorbok, Lilybeedesigns - Head Over Heels Paper Pad
Stamp - ODBD - Birthday Blessings
Ink - Versafine Onyx Black
Pearl - Recollections

MOJO 228 ~ God's Mercy

Hope you and yours are having a wonderful day! If you would like to take a look at this week's Our Daily Bread Designs Shining the Light challenge check here.

I'm popping in with a second post today to share a card based on the recent Mojo Monday sketch...



I found a fun rose embellishment recently on a trip to Michaels. And this sketch proved to be just the inspiration I needed.



The Labels One Die cut was embossed with a Sizzix folder. All edges were heavily distressed and inked. I nestled the rose on a kraft circle die cut and added some die cut leaves for interest. The sentiment is part of a sentiment from ODBD's The Sea. I covered the parts of the sentiment I did not want to stamp with scotch tape, inked it up and then carefully removed the tape. I then stamped just the words God's Mercy. Love the scotch tape technique! Thanks for stopping in and pray you have a wonderful Sabbath! Blessings...

Recipe

Stamps - Our Daily Bread Designs - The Sea
Paper - Kraft - Paper Studio, K & Co. - Susan Wingot Meadow, Julianne
Ink - Versafine - Onyx Black; Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Tea Dye
Dies - Spellbinders - Labels One, Foliage, Standard Circles Large
Embossing Folder - Sizzix - Sugar
Pearls - Prima - Branch Brown
Rose - Recollections
Lace - Simplicity - Edged Lace

Challenges

MOJO228 - Sketch Challenge

The Sea

Happy Valentine's Day! Hope you carve a little time out today to spend with your loved ones! Today, I am sharing a card created with the recent Our Daily Bread Designs release, The Sea. Even though it is Valentine's Day you won't find any red or pink on this card! Instead, I pulled out one of my favorite colors... BLUE!



I embossed my card base with a Provocraft folder, Mary Ann. I also had a chance to use one of my new Cheery Lynn Designs' die, Swedish Spring Oval Frame! I won a mini shopping spree a few weeks back by participating in one of their challenges. I selected a couple of new dies as my prize. Come back later this week and I will be using one of their new border dies!

This week promises to be a busy one. Stay tuned Thursday for Our Daily Bread Designs Alumni Love of Hop. Friday come back to visit and see what my project for Exploring Cricut will be. And then Saturday I will have a project for Our Daily Bread's Shining the Light Challenge! It promises to be one fun filled week! And if I work REALLY hard I might find a Mojo entry or two as well! Thanks for visiting and until next time... blessings...

Supplies

Stamps - Our Daily Bread Designs - The Sea
Ink - Memento Danube Blue
Paper - Colorbok, Bazzill
Dies - Spellbinders, Cheery Lynn Designs
Embossing Folder - Provocraft
Paper Punch
Mulberry Roses

Challenges

Word Art Wednesday #14
Stampin' Sisters in Christ #126 - Make Us Smile

MOJO227 & SSIC126 - There's a Buzz in the Air

Happy Sunday to you! I'm popping in to share my card for the weekly sketch challenge at Mojo Monday. I also took the opportunity to play along with Stampin' Sisters in Christ. They are looking for cards that will make them smile! With Valentine's Day almost here and the sun shining in Kentucky, my thoughts have turned to spring! My poor daffodils are peeking out! With the snow we had over the weekend, I feel certain they want to pop back underground! I love the wonder of spring! Each year it feels like a breath of promise to come... of not only warmer but longer days... lightning bugs twinkling in the summer night and days spent visiting outdoors with family and friends... What a wonderful gift it is! The power of Easter and what it symbolizes... the resurrection of our Lord and Savior... His defeat of death and the grave! Spring is a promise. A promise that life can begin anew if we just have faith! Blessings...

Today's card...



And the Mojo Sketch...



Thanks for stopping in and don't forget to visit tomorrow as I will be sharing my bi-weekly post for Exploring Cricut! We have another fun project for you!

Supplies

Paper - Echo Park Country Drive
Stamps - Our Daily Bread Designs - Simple Things
Ink - Versafine Onyx Black; Close to My Heart Cotton Candy
Dies - Sizzix, Spellbinders
Embossing Folder - Sizzix
Pearls - Recollections
Paper Punch - Martha Stewart Crafts
Seam Binding - tinted with Glimmer Mist Dazzling Diamonds and Memento Tuxedo Black Reinker

Challenges

Mojo Monday 227 - Sketch
Stampin' Sister in Christ - Challenge #126 - Make Us Smile!

Daisy Notecard

Can you believe I did not stamp a single sentiment on the front? It was a struggle! lol... I decided to make a simple note card this week. One of my favorite color combos (black and white) won out! This DP from Bo Bunny is called Enchanted. And it's just that... absolutely lovely! I stamped ODBD's Honeycomb Background on one sheet with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and picked a coordinating paper to stamp ODBD's Daisy image on. Can you believe I didn't color this one? I really think my Copics were screaming at me in frustration... (sigh...)

Thanks so much for stopping in and until next time...

Blessings

Ingredients

Paper - Colorbok, Bo Bunny Enchanted; Stamps - Our Daily Bread Designs' Honeycomb Background, Daisy; Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Dies - Spellbinders Labels Eighteen, Classic Scalloped Ovals Small; Ribbon

ODBDSLC93 - Sketch Challenge

Happy Saturday All!! I hope you are all having a great weekend!! Today I am popping in to share this week's Our Daily Bread Designs Shining the Light challenge!!

This Week’s Challenge-

A Sketch



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, January 27th at 8 a.m. EST. 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, 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, January 27th at 8 a.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC93. When creating your posts on blogs please include a link to the challenge.

Now on to my take for the challenge:



The layers are heavily distressed! If there was an edge I could ink, rough up or otherwise destroy, I did! I found some lovely leaf stick pins awhile back and decided to add those for interest. And if you look very closely, you will see Our Daily Bread Designs' Time image stamped on the background paper for added interest! Who says you just have to stamp on the central panel?

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs - Time, Birthday Blessings
Paper: Bazzill Kraft, Bazzil Card Stock, Iron Orchid Designs Beach Cottage Paper Pad, Prima - Romantique
Accessories: Ink - Ranger Distress Inks - Tattered Rose, Tea Dye(edges), Close to My Heart Cranberry; Dies - Spellbinders Postage Stamps, Classic Squares Large, Cheery Lynn Designs - Fanciful Flourish; Seam Binding; Paper Punch; Stick Pins - Maya Road

For more inspiration for this challenge, please visit my dt sisters:

Jan Marie Ennenga
Debi Southard
Jan Keen
Lori Ulrich-Me!
Kathy Roney
Rosemary Dennis
Sabrina Jackson
Wanda Cullen
Angella Crockett - DT

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!!

Thanks for stopping by and for your comments!!

Mojo Monday #204 - Fullness of His Grace

Thank you to everyone who stopped by my blog earlier this week to celebrate ODBD's mid month release! Today's card was created for a sketch challenge at Mojo Monday. I decided to use the new Scrolly Borders and Scripture Se"ries 2 set for this one. As you can see, the design is a tad more contemporary than what I am used too. But that is what challenges are for, right? They get us out of our comfort zone! So here's hoping that you are having a WONDERFUL Thursday! Check back later this week as I will be giving a little blogoversary prize! I have a Spellbinders Fancy Tags set to give away! Blessings...

Card Details

Card Stock - Bazzill; Designer Paper - K & Company - Blossomwood; Stamps - ODBD - Scrolly Borders; Scripture Series 2; Paper Crimper, Paper Piercer, Spellbinders Standard Circles Large & Floral Doily Motifs; Cuttlebug Folder - Celtic Knot

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