JUGS144 ~ Serve ~

Good morning! Hope all is well with you and yours! Today I am sharing a recent sketch from Just Us Girls.

And my interpretation...

The designer paper (from K & Company's Susan Winget's Meadow) drove the color scheme. I wanted to keep the feel of Rudbeckia so I chose a rich yellow and deep brown for the matting and base respectively. I selected Our Daily Bread Designs' Serve the Lord set for my sentiment and a Cheery Lynn Designs die for embellishment. The embellie is not Rudbeckia but a sunflower.  But I decided to keep it for the cheery look! A very simple project to complete! Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings...

Card Recipe

Stamps - Our Daily Bread Designs - Serve the Lord

Paper - Bazzill; K & Company - Susan Winget Meadow

Ink - Memento - Rich Cocoa

Dies - Spellbinders - Sunflower Set Two (leaf) & Cheery Lynn Designs - Sunflower

Embossing Folder - Cuttlebug - Wicker Weave

Challenges

Just Us Girls #144 - Sketch Challenge - JUGS144

MOJO249 ~ Hospitality ~

Thanks so much for stopping by to visit! Today's card is for the Mojo Monday Sketch challenge.

And my take on it...

I picked this paper pack up recently at Michaels. We had chickens on our farm when I was a child so this paper immediately grabbed my eye. I combined it with a deep red card stock, kraft paper and black to come up with a French Country feel. I even added a tiny bit of burlap to remind me of those old chicken feed sacks... Thanks for looking and until next time...

Blessings...

Lori

Card Recipe

Stamps - Our Daily Bread Designs - The Living Bread

Paper - Recollections - Rooster Provincial; Bazzill

Ink - Versafine - Onyx Black

Die - Sizzix - Tim Holtz Alterations - Tattered Foliage

Misc. - Flourish - Recollections; Flowers - Ashland; Microbeads - Recollections - Champagne; Paper Punches - Martha Stewart Crafts; Burlap

Challenges

Mojo Monday #249 Sketch - MOJO249

ODBDSLC115 ~ Torn or Distressed

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

This week we want to see projects that are torn, distressed or both!   

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, July 15th at 8 p.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword ODBDSLC115. When creating your posts on blogs please include a link to our challenge.

And my project for the week... framed and ready to gift...

And a closer view of the die cuts including a corrugated matting and birdie...

The black frame is one I found at Walmart for $3 and coated with Ranger's Distress Crackle Paint (Picket Fence). I removed the glass and adhered my DP (Prima's Nature Garden) to the backing. I distressed the center with Ranger Pumice Stone ink and ripped the top center before gluing to the backing. For this project, I selected Our Daily Bread Designs' On Eagles' Wings. This set is one of the very first I ever purchased and remains one of my favorite sets to work with! I cut/embossed my sentiment panel and scalloped matting (a torn cardboard box) and glued them together with dimensional foam. I lined the back of the scalloped matting with ScorTape and added a thin gathered edge of white tulle. before placing in the center of the frame panel. For interest, I die cut a tiny bird out of the same distressed card board piece and a branch/leaves out of card stock. I placed them where desired and added yellow blossoms. Now I just need to box it up and send it to a dear friend!

Thanks for stopping in and be sure to check out what my other Sister Sticks have for ya... Blessings...

Chris Olsen  *** Jan Keen *** Jan Marie Ennenga *** Kathy Roney *** Rosemary Dennis *** Sabrina Jackson *** and our very special guest designer this month Sherry Kushibab!

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!!

Blessings...

Lori

Card Recipe

Stamps - Our Daily Bread Designs - On Eagles' Wings

Paper - Prima - Nature Garden; Reclaimed Cardboard Box; Colorbok; Bazzill

Ink - Versafine - Onyx Black; Ranger Distress Ink - Pumice Stone

Dies - Spellbinders Ovals Large & Classic Scalloped Ovals Large; Memory Box - Tender Leaves, Nestled Bird & Grove Branch

Misc. - Blossoms; White Tulle; Black 5 x 7 Frame; Ranger Distress Paint - Picket Fence

 Additional Challenges

Stampin' Sisters in Christ - SSIC147 - Use 1 oval or circle element, 2 types of paper (for me a designer paper and cardstock) and 1 embellishment (roses or tulle)

Word Art Wednesday - WAW35

FS282 ~ Enter His Gates ~

Ahhhh... A week of vacation!  There is nothing quite like it! Time to relax, reflect and clean the dust bunnies out from under the couch! OK, I guess that takes relaxation out of the picture, right? :-) So with a little R & R in mind I took to my craft table. Where else can a stamper, papercrafter get a little rest and relaxation, right?

I'm sharing a project I created for Splitcoast's Featured Stamper Challenge.

I used gray card stock scored at 1/2 inch intervals to mimic siding. The die (my new item) is by Memory Box. I cut two strips of tan card stock and dry embossed them with a brick embossing folder to create steps. I also added just a touch of distress ink to the edges with a sponge for definition. The flower pot is a black circle punch that I cut on opposite sides to make my pot. I added some paper punched leaves and tiny hydrangea punched blossoms which I molded lightly with a stylus. A bit of glue in the center along with some tiny gold microbeads finish them off. The doorknob is a simple silver flat backed pearl and the kickplate is a sliver of silver card stock I added. The sentiment (ODBD's Give Thanks set) was stamped on white card stock before hand trimming to mimic a sign for hanging above the door. Really not that complicated and fun to create!

Thanks for reading and until next time... blessings...

Lori

Card Recipe

Stamps - Our Daily Bread Designs - Give Thanks
Paper - Bazzill, America Crafts
Ink - Versafine - Black Onyx; Ranger Distress Ink - Pumice Stone
Dies - Memory Box - Grand Madison Door
Punches - Circle Punch - Creative Memories; Embossing Folder - Sizzix Tim Holtz - Bricked; Flower & Leave Punches - Martha Stewart Crafts
Misc. - Microbeads - Gold - Recollections; Flat Back Silver Pearl - Mark Richards - Metal Stickers
Challenges

Splitcoast Stampers Featured Stamper - FS282
Stampin' Sisters in Christ - Use Something New - SSIC146

CR84FN57 ~ Bread Alone ~

Thanks for stopping by today!  I created this card several days back for a color challenge at CR84FN using Our Daily Bread Designs' The Living Bread set.  I'm keeping posts short this week as I am on vacation this week! And hubs will hurt me if he finds me near the computer. Shhh! Don't tell on me, please! ;-)

Card Recipe

Stamps - Our Daily Bread Designs - The Living Bread
Ink - Close To My Heart - Grey Wool
Paper - Bazzill; Authentique - Uncommon
Misc. - Pearls - Recollections; Rose Trim

Challenges

CR84FN57 - Bright Pink, Tan & Neutral

IBSIC16 & QFTD120 ~ Sketch Challenge

Another hot day in the Bluegrass State...  there's absolutely nothing blue about our grass right now!  Everywhere you look, it's a nice crispy looking brown!  So instead of hanging outside I decided to play in a sketch challenge at Inspired By Stamping.  Here's the sketch...

And my interpretation...

Thanks for stopping by!

Card Recipe
Stamps - Our Daily Bread DesignsGrow in Grace
Paper - Bazzill; Colorbok; Authentique - Uncommon
Ink - Versafine - Onyx Black
Misc. - Blossoms - Inspired by Stamping & Jolee's; Jet Flourish - Unknown; Paper Punches - McGill & Martha Stewart Crafts; Becca's Peg Bow Maker; Satin Ribbon

Challenges

Splitcoast Stamper's Queen For A Day - Honoring Arizona Maine
Inspired by Stamping - BSIC16 - Sketch Challenge

WT382 ~ Silver Bells

Thanks for stopping by. If you are looking for today's Exploring Cricut post please click HERE.

Wow!  Is it ever hot today!  Temps in my part of the state are projected to hit 104 degrees!  With the heat index it could feel like 110 degrees plus!  With temps being this warm, the Saints are spending a great deal of time in our nice cool air conditioned garage with plenty of water and a circulating fan.  I bet they think life is RUFF!!  Sorry, couldn't resist! 

So to keep my mind cool, I have turned to creating Christmas cards.  Here's one I put together today for Splitcoast's Ways to Use It Challenge.  The challenge...  to use tissue paper.  I grabbed some silver dotted  tissue paper and applied it to a white card stock base I ran through my Xyron.  When smoothed down, it takes on the look of linen.  I opted to emboss my sentiment this time (from Our Daily Bread Designs' Christmas Blessings) with silver powder.  All the matting is silver card stock as well.  The die has been in my tool arsenal for a while.  I must admit, I've been terrified of this bad boy!  But after working with it, I'm not so sure what I was scared of! 

I gathered some silver tulle behind the Angle die cut and adhered it with ScorTape. A tiny silver pearl sits on top. Now this card is pretty tall so this will either be a hand delivered item or mailed with a present this year. Sometimes pretty things just can't be hindered by an envelope! Blessings...

Lori

Card Recipe

Stamps - Our Daily Bread Designs - Christmas Blessings
Paper - Colorbok, Tissue Paper, American Crafts (silver)
Ink - Versamark - Watermark Ink
Powder - Ranger Embossing Powder - Silver
Die - Spellbinders - Angle Approach
Misc. - Silver Tulle, Silver Pearl