ODBDSLC100 ~ Every Word

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:

After all this is the month of March. So the challenge team wants to see Aqua or Topaz with your favorite scripture or quote!

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, March 23rd at 8 a.m. EST. (Yes, this is a two week challenge!) One random winner will be chosen and announced Saturday, March 24th. 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, March 23rd at 8 a.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword ODBDSLC100. When creating your posts on blogs please include a link to our challenge.

Here's my take on this week's challenge...



For this card I chose ODBD's The Living Bread. I selected a couple of coordinating aqua print designer papers. The white edging is a Spellbinder's Classic Scalloped Petite Borders. I then used a thin satin ribbon and wove it through the holes to mimic lacing. The scripture panel (stamped in an ink appropriately named Lagoon,) is surrounded by mulberry flowers and greenery.

For more inspiration for this challenge, please visit my Sister Sticks:

Chris Olsen
Jan Marie Ennenga
Debi Southard
Jan Keen
Kathy Roney
Rosemary Dennis
Sabrina Jackson

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!! Blessings...

Supplies
Stamps - Our Daily Bread Designs - The Living Bread
Ink - CTMH - Lagoon
Paper - Bazzill, Colorbok, Echo Park Country Drive, unknown
Dies - Spellbinders - Classic Scalloped Border Petites, Classic Scalloped Ovals Small, Classic Ovals Small Accessories - Flowers - Prima, Petaloo; Satin Ribbon - Offray

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

A CAS Card & Some Fun News!!

Happy Monday! I have so many fun things to share with you!

Everyone wants to know if we have puppies. Yes, Dakota delivered her last puppy safely on Sunday morning. Momma and pups are doing fine!

I have to share a cute story. At 9AM that morning Dakota had blessed us with 10 little bundles of fur. She had not delivered a pup in several hours. John separates the pups into two “batches” to make it easier for Momma to nurse, taking care to rotate them out every 2 hours. This makes Momma frantic, so John placed the box of puppies in the other room of our basement. Dakota was contentedly nursing Batch number 2.

Now by this time, John had been up all night and decided he needed a little snack to make it through. He slipped upstairs, wolfed down a sandwich and a cup of coffee before returning to check on the new Mom. Naturally, he counts heads to make sure everyone is safe and NOT under Momma. (Since Saints are such a large breed, they can accidentally crush a puppy.)

One little Saint, two little Saints, three little Saints, four little Saints, five little Saints, SIX little Saints??? So John counts again... One, two, three, four, five, SIX!!!! By this time my hubby REALLY thinks he needs some sleep! So he runs to the back room to check and sure enough there are 5 puppies in there! Thankfully Dakota has not learned how to turn doorknobs, steal her puppy back AND close the door behind her! So Mom had an extra surprise for us!

So as you can see it has been an exciting weekend here! But that’s not all! I have more exciting news I can share. I am deeply honored to be guest designing at The Shabby Tea Room this April. Thanks to Debbie for extending the invitation! They always have the most amazing inspiration photos! Every Monday you will find a new challenge. Please be sure to stop in and say hello!

So on to today’s card….



I am trying CAS (clean and simple). With spring coming and naturally spring cleaning… I find myself thinking about a more simple approach on some of my cards. Never fear! I’m just mixing it up a bit! Thanks so much for visiting and until next time…

Blessings…

Supplies
Paper – Bazzill, My Mind’s Eye
Stamps – Our Daily Bread Designs – Special Blend
Ink – Close To My Heart – Hollyhock; Ranger Distress Ink – Tea Dye
Dies – Cheery Lynn Designs – Fanciful Flourish
Accessories – Flower – Prima; Lace

MOJO230, TSTR103 ~ Your Light

Thank you so much for popping in to say hello! First of all my prayers go out to all those who suffered damages and in some cases even lost loved ones during Friday's tornado outbreaks. My family and I spent some tense moments in our basement that evening as multiple tornadoes were spotted in the area. It was the most terrifying experience I have ever gone through. The noise, the dark, the quiet was nothing short of amazing!

During this time we were awaiting the birth of puppies. Our basement is made up of two areas, a bonus/family room and a garage which we have converted into kennels for our brood. Dakota was so pitiful that night. I went out to check on her and she was literally shaking. Keep in mind that this big ball of fur came home with us at a tender 6 weeks of age. The first time we took her out in the yard to conduct her business, she promptly ran over to the fence and barked ferociously at the neighbor's massive bull! She has absolutely no fear. But things were very different Friday night. (Who says animals can't sense danger?) So I promptly climbed into her birthing pen and plopped on the floor. Dakota placed her head in my lap and I petted and comforted her as much as she did me. When the horrible sounds died off, my step son advised we could return upstairs and we were so thankful to see zero damage! Other area counties were not so fortunate... West Liberty where I took classes while in college was nearly destroyed... areas of Kenton County where I have friends and former co-workers was hard hit as well...

What struck me as I cradled Dakota's head Friday night? She put her trust in me to make everything alright. She settled down and drifted off to sleep even as the wind, rain and hail roared around us. And so it is with our Savior, if we truly put our trust in him and recognize the Light... we can have peace... Blessings...

Last week's Mojo Monday sketch...



And the inspiration photo from The Shabby Tea Room...



And finally my interpretation...



I created the base for this card using a Cricut cartridge cut at 4.25 inches. I then layered Cheery Lynn Design's Italian Flourish Die in white. The designer paper is called Blue Lace Column and was cut with a Spellbinder die and split in half. The Shabby Tea Room challenge asked participants to use a distressed element. For this project I selected a torn box lid which I cut with Spellbinders' Standard Circle Large dies and inked with distress ink. The sentiment is from the recent Our Daily Bread Designs release, The Light of Life.

Supplies
Stamps - ODBD - The Light of Life
Ink - Close To My Heart - Outdoor Denim
Paper - Recollections, Colorbok, K & Co. - Blue Lace Column
Dies - Spellbinders - Classic Scalloped Rectangles Large, Classic Rectangles Large, Standard Circles Large; Cheery Lynn Designs - Italian Flourish
Electronic Die - Cricut - Ribbons & Rosettes - pg. 55 Rhinestone/Medallion Shadow (4.25 inches)
Accessories - Pearls - Recollections; Lace - Offray; Paper Punch - MS Crafts; Mulberry Roses

Challenges
Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge 230
The Shabby Tea Room - Shabby Shutters

ODBDSLC99 - Stamped Flowers

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:

Since this month marks the FOURTH Anniversary of Our Daily Bread Designs, all our challenges will focus on the Anniversary!!! Since one of the traditional gifts for the fourth anniversary is flowers. We would like to see flowers on your creations. Not just flower embellishments, but flower stamps! You must use Our Daily Bread Stamps to link your creation.

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, March 9th 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, March 9th at 8 a.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword ODBDSLC99. When creating your posts on blogs please include a link to our challenge.

Here's my take on this week's challenge...



I pulled out one of the very first sets I ever purchased from ODBD, The Lord Has Risen. I used Copics on this one, V12, V15, V17, for the violets and G43, G46 for the leaves. Touches of Y11 and Y17 highlight the centers. I also used C1 to lightly shade the background. I cut and embossed the image with a Spellbinder die before adding a coordinating DP scalloped die underneath and a lacy doily die. Some ruffled ribbon adds interest!

For more inspiration for this challenge, please visit my Sister Sticks:

Chris Olsen
Jan Marie Ennenga
Debi Southard
Jan Keen
Kathy Roney
Rosemary Dennis
Sabrina Jackson

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!! Blessings...

Supplies

Stamps - Our Daily Bread Designs - The Lord Has Risen
Ink - Versafine Onyx Black; Copics - V12, V15, V17, G43, G46, Y11, Y17, C1
Paper - Colorbok, Bazzill, Prima - Londonerry
Dies - Spellbinders - Ovals Large, Scalloped Ovals Large; Cheery Lynn Designs - Swedish Spring Oval Frame, Queen Anne's Lace
Accessories - Pearl Flourish, Ruffle Ribbon

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

For You

Good morning! Are you ready for spring yet? I sure am! And I find my creative thoughts turning to pinks, cabbage roses and lacy white doilies... Not a finer combo anywhere!!!

Today's card is definitely a shabby design. I even used some roughed up card board for matting! But oh, how fun that was!

And here it is...



The base is white card stock with a mat layer of plain card board that I tugged at one corner until I had two pieces. I then added some DP (K & Company) strips on top that had been distressed and inked. A strip of floral DP by Webster's Pages is nestled under a Wilton doily. The foliage is from a Cheery Lynn Designs die and is nestled under a bargain bin Jolee's flower find. Another CLD butterfly die is nestled at the bottom right above my sentiment. The sentiment (Verve's Great Friend set) was stamped in black. Very shabby, very fun and I was able to use some cool stamps I won recently at a Mojo Monday sketch challenge! Thanks for visiting and until next time...

Blessings....


Supplies

Stamps - Verve - Great Friend
Paper - K & Company - Life's Journey; Webster's Pages - Petite Papers Ladies & Gents and Trendsetter Double Pack; Bazzill; Card Board
Ink - Ranger Distress Ink - Tea Dye; Versafine Onyx Black
Dies - Cheery Lynn Designs
Accessories - Jolee's; Wilton Doily