QFTD216 ~ True Friendship ~

Good morning!  It's hard to believe another week is here!  The weather is warm here today.  That makes it the perfect day to stay indoors and craft!  :-)  I have a card to share in honor of this week's Split Coast Stamper Queen for the Day, meisu4.  I chose to use a similar design and weathered DP base as one of her creations.  I sure hope she likes it!

 and a close up of the dies used...

 

I started with a pale pink card stock base (5.5 x 4.25 inch card) and added a bit of Kraft paper.  I used Our Daily Bread Designs' new DP, Blushing Rose Collection for my sentiment panel.  I used ODBD's Vintage Flourish Pattern Die to cut the desired panel and inked up a sentiment from My Friend.  I selected coordinating papers from the collection and created my vase (Decorative Vase Die) and asters (Asters and Leaves Die).  Leftover Kraft came in handy for my vines (Fancy Flourish Die) along with some white CS scraps for other blossoms (Ornamental Crosses Die).  A soft moss green card stock worked nicely for the leaves (Asters and Leaves Die).  I cut my die work out first and positioned it (before adhering) and used a stamp positioner to decide where to position my sentiment.  (A stamp positioner makes it SO much easier...)  Some clear glue and tiny gold micro beads adorn the centers along with tiny black jet beads for the smaller flowers.  And did I mention the distress ink?  I had to ink up my Kraft and DP before placement...  :-) 

 

Here's the items you see used today...

Thanks again for stopping by!  I hope you have a wonderful Monday!

 

Hugs

 



QFTD214 ~ A Bike, Flowers AND a Thank You

Good afternoon and thanks for stopping by!  Today, I am taking a few moments to play along with this week's Queen for the Day Challenge at Split Coast.  The featured stamper is the lovely and talented Nancy.  I took my tribute from one of her favorite activities...  biking...

 

I chose a very clean color palette, black and white and added a splash of color with my Flower Soft.  The card base is white card stock with a layer of black matting.  I used a cloud embossing folder to create the background (only on the top 3/4 of the card.)  I placed a die cut black bike and stamped my sentiment on the bottom with black ink.  I added a layer of green Flower Soft and then a Patriotic mix.  Thanks so much for visiting!  I certainly hope you like it!  {{hugs}}

 

Lori

 

Supplies

 

Stamps - Our Daily Bread Designs - My Friend

 

 

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black

Papers - Georgia Pacific

Dies - Spellbinders In'spire - Bicycle

Embossing Folder - Darice - Cloudy Sky

Flower Soft - Meadow, The Patriot

Additional - Scor Pal

 

Challenges

 

QFTD214 - Queen For the Day



Welcome to Our Daily Bread Designs' June Release!

Welcome to Our Daily Bread Designs' June Release!  It is such a blessing to share another set of beautiful stamps and dies this month!  If you love flowers, (and who doesn't) you will love this release!  There are a plethora of beautiful images begging for color and dies that allow you to literally make your own bunch of posies!  Are you intrigued yet? 

 

The design team has some beautiful projects to share plus you have the chance to win a gift certificate you can use toward your very own set!  Three winners will be randomly chosen from the comments left on the designers' blogs to receive a $15 Gift Certificate to the ODBD Store, to be used toward the purchase of ODBD Stamps.  You have until June 2, 2014 at 9:00 p.m. EDT to leave your comments!  The winners will be posted on the ODBD Blog on June 3rd, so be sure to check there to see if you won!

 

I have a couple of projects to share today featuring a few lovely new sets.

 

The first one showcases the new set, Iris.

 

I created a center step card for the iris image, coloring the image on Copic compatible paper.  If you think some of the dies and paper look familiar...  you are right! 

Here's the new...

And here is a paper collection from May Rustic Paper that worked out perfectly with this image...

plus an older die set, Fancy Foliage

 

My second card features the new paper collection,
 Blushing Rose and the beautiful stamp set, My Friend.

I stamped the rose image (My Friend) and colored it with Copics before fussy cutting it.  I used a Kraft card stock base, layered on a soft green DP from the Blushing Rose Collection.  I added a Kraft die cut frame using Vintage Flourish Pattern die, another coordinating DP layer (Vintage Labels) and stamped my sentiment (My Friend) with a rich elderberry colored ink.  I added the fussy cut rose image on the bottom and voila! 

additional products you see on both cards today...

 

 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Don't forget to visit all of the designers today and share the love!  You might just win one of those gift certificates!  :-)

If you get lost along the way, travel back to the ODBD Blog

 

And my "Sister Sticks..."

 Grace * Sandee * Stacy * Dawn * 
Lori (you are here) * Cathy *
 Julie * Sabrina * Angie * Lisa* Silke *
 Audrey * Wanda


Hugs and Blessings!