King for a day!

I LOVE doggies! We have two “other” children and they inspired me to play with one of the super cute Charlie Dog digital stamp from McMahon Five Designs.

I made Charlie a cute little crown using my EK Success Morocco Lace border punch:

Oh, and these are our other children. Bella is a Maltese/Shih Tzu/Lhasa Apso mix which I like to call a “Shiapsotese”…LOL! That giant on the left is our 5-month old German Shepherd, Eli. Believe it or not they get along just fine!

Challenges for this card:

Card Patterns – Sketch 65

Color Throwdown - #94

Tuesday Throwdown – TT001

Basic Grey Challenge – Punch It

Crafty Creations Challenge - Use your favorite stamp or digi

Card Recipe

Stamp: McMahon Five Designs Charlie Dog digital, Stampin Up Yappy Day (sentiment)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up Tangerine Tango

Paper: Basic Grey Max & Whiskers pad, Stampin Up (Tangerine Tango, Soft Sky, Close to Cocoa)

Accessories: Spellbinders Labels One, EK Success border punches (Morocco Lace, Embossed Dotted Lace), Prima Pearls and Crystals Sunflower, Zva Creative Line Pearls Night Blue and Taupe, Basic Grey Basics Label Stickers, white organza ribbon, mini Glue Dots

ODBD June Sneak Peek and an add-on to my blogoversary candy!!!

Our Daily Bread designs will be releasing brand new sets in less than a week so I thought I’d give you a little sneak peek of the goodness that’s about to arrive:

Are you giddy with excitement yet? And here I thought fuschia was just the name of a color…LOL! Now you all know I don’t have a green thumb, but rather…a black thumb. I’m prefectly happy coloring flowers since I can’t keep them alive!

Challenges for this card:

Mojo Monday – MOJO140 (followed sketch)

Basic Grey Challenge – Week 20 Punch It (used border punch)

Color Throwdown - #94 (used muted versions of their selected colors)

Card Recipe

Stamp: ODBD God Loves You and Scripture Series 1

Ink: Versamark, Tim Holtz Tea Dye distress pad

Paper: Basic Grey Cappella, Stampin Up Basic Brown

Accessories: Ranger black detail embossing powder, Sizzix Bigz Frame Hanging Scallop, Cuttlebug Victoria embossing folder, Martha Stewart Deco Fans Punch Around the Page set, taupe crystals, white eyelets, cream organza ribbon, Ice Crystal Stickles, watercolor markers, mini Glue Dots

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If you’ve entered for a chance to win my blogoversary candy then you know I said I just might add a few more to the giveaway as June 19 nears (winner will be announced June 20). Today I’m adding these:

Two sheets of Basic Grey Basics Label Stickers!

If you haven’t entered for the blog candy then check out the post HERE. Stay tuned…more may be added :).

Play along with the ODBD Shining the Light Challenge

There’s a new Shining the Light Challenge posted over at the Our Daily Bread designs blog so I hope many of you will participate! This week’s challenge is to make the sentiment or scripture the focal point of your card or project. Very easy, especially if you own ODBD stamp sets because the scriptures are so beautifully made that they can stand alone on any card!

I’m still LOVING the paper flowers I’ve been making, thanks to Beate’s tutorial. Here’s my card for the ODBDSLC14 Sentiment Challenge using a scripture from the For the Graduate set:

I used the negative cut out of the Spellbinders Classic Frame die. A great way to use those scraps! I love the open space it gave me to place designer paper under it and add texture with my Cuttlebug.

I took inspiration from the movie “Becoming Jane” which is the current challenge over at Cinema Saturday.  I wanted my card to look timeless as Austen’s work truly is timeless.  Her writings were of hope for the future and oddly enough I think the Jeremiah scripture fit that idea.

Enter your sentiment card today by linking your post over at the ODBD Blog and you just may grab a Shining the Light Award badge to display on your blog or even win an ODBD gift certificate!

Challenge for this card:

Cinema Saturday Creative Challenge #80 – Becoming Jane (use flowers and pearls)

Card Recipe

Stamp: ODBD For the Graduate

Ink: Versamark

Paper: Memory Box Rhubarb Tart, DCWV La Crème Stack, Jenni Bowlin Vintage Red Line

Accessories: Spellbinders Classic Frame, Spellbinders Large Oval, Martha Stewart Arch Lattice border punch, Martha Stewart branch punch, black embossing powder, Prima Holiday Poinsettia (leaves), Cuttlebug Textile Texture embossing folder, Tim Holtz Tattered Florals Alterations die, Glue Dots

ODBD Stamping In Time Challenge

Today is another Stamping In Time Challenge (SNTODBD10) from Our Daily Bread designs and the hostess is none other than Bread Stick alumna Silke Ledlow. She is challenging us with a sketch and you can go check that out over at the ODBD Blog as well as the challenge guidelines. For the current sketch you have your choice of either creating a low and long card or a tall and thin one.

I decided to create a low and long card and used one of my favorite ODBD sets, Lift Up Our Hands, and paired it with one of the May sets, God’s Hands. I thought they were a perfect match!

Please join us and you just might win a $15.00 gift code to be used in the ODBD store! Stop by the other Bread Sticks who played along and see what gorgeous samples they have created:

Betty
Silke
Grace
Sabrina
Angie
Fran
Debi
Kathy
Randi
Connie

Card Recipe:

Stamp: ODBD Lift Up Our Hands and God’s Hands

Ink: Versamark, Tim Holtz Tea Dye distress pad

Paper: Stampin Up

Accessories: Spellbinders (Petite Oval Large, Petite Scallop Oval Large), black embossing powder, Hero Arts Midnight Black Pearls, watercolor pencils

Yes, I AM a Twilight Saga fan!!

Ever heard of Stephanie Meyer? LOL! I read the whole Twilight series one after the other and it made me feel like a teenager again so I wanted to salute the whole Twilight craze with this shadowbox frame. I had the design in my head for quite some time and finally made it to fruition, having worked on it through last night and into today.

I wanted to highlight the main characters and some of my favorite quotes from them so here it is:

The anticipation of the Eclipse movie is almost unbearable!!! My friend is a true fan of Twilight and I wanted to give her a card to help with the wait of the Eclipse movie release:

Challenges for this project:

Cinema Saturday – Creative Challenge #79 New Moon

Paper Cubed - Shadow Box Challenge

Your hand will guide me…

The God’s Hands set from Our Daily Bread designs holds such a powerful message and just by looking at the main image you can see why!

I instantly knew I wanted to make the dimensional flowers after seeing Beate’s wonderful tutorial on SCS. I also knew that using heavier weight paper would make it more difficult to shape, but I just had to use the beautiful print from the DCWV Cafe Mediterranean Stack. The thing that helped keep my cardstock flowers stay together were mini Dot n Go Glue Dots! They may be mini but they sure are STRONG little dots!

Stop by the ODBD store and check out what’s new! From Spellbinder dies to Memory Box papers to real wood papers…you’ll find lots of new things to play with!

Challenges for this card:

Caardvarks – sketch

Just For Fun – Color Challenge #11

Tally Scrapper – sympathy cards

Also…May 21 is my 2nd Blogoversary and I’ve got some candy to give away! Stay tuned!

Card Recipe

Stamp: ODBD God’s Hands

Ink: Versamark

Paper: DCWV Cafe Mediterranean Stack, Stampin Up (So Saffron, Certainly Celery), watercolor paper

Accessories: Zva Creative Pearls, Martha Stewart Branch punch, black embossing powder, yellow organza ribbon, Crystal Stickles, Stampin Up Crystal Effects, mini Dot N Go Glue Dots, watercolor markers

Flowers Abound!

There’s a new ODBD Shining Light Challenge up and it smells like flowers! The ODBD CT is asking for flowers in your creations so break out your precious stash (I’m talking to all you hoarders! I’m guilty of hoarding, too!) and play them up in your cards or projects.

I actually used my Martha Stewart punch to add my floral accents to my ensemble, along with the ODBD For the Graduate and As You Graduate sets:

I loved the tealight cake idea from Splitcoast and thought it would be neat to use it on a cake box I cut from my Cricut Expression (cut at 8.5”). I traced a circle using a Spellbinders die on top of the cake box and cut out a hole. The size I chose was a snug fit so that the tealight didn’t need to be secured in any way.

Get all the details of the current Shining Light Challenge HERE. We hope you’ll play along because we love seeing your creations!

Card and Cake Box Recipe

Stamp: ODBD For the Graduate and As You Graduate

Ink: Versamark

Paper: Making Memories Sabrina pad, Cricut black 12x24 cardstock

Accessories: Cricut (Expression machine, Tags, Bags, Boxes and More cartridge – cake box), Fiskars Effervescence border punch, Hero Arts Pearls, black embossing powder, flickering tealight, Martha Stewart 3-in-1 Hydrangea punch, black linen ribbon, Bow Easy

New digis at McMahon Five Designs

Sue of McMahon Five Designs recently released brand new digital stamps and stocked up on some fab embellies so head on over there to check them out, BUT before you go, here’s a card I made using the Charlie Dog Watching digi:

Isn’t Charlie a cutie patootie?! I do have to make a confession. I didn’t actually color the image. I let my Photoshop Elements do the work. It was the first time I used the paint bucket in PSE to color in my digital image and I think I’m hooked! I just duplicated the finished image and cut out the fish bowl to add dimension.

Challenges for this card:

MMSC53

Digital Doodle Palace – Recipe calls for 3 buttons, 1 ribbon, 2 papers

Dare You To Digi – Challenge 37 Anything Goes

Card Recipe

Digital Stamp: M5D Charlie Dog Watching

Paper: DCWV Linen Closet, Stampin Up Blue Bayou

Accessories: Zva Creative Line Pearls Night Blue and Taupe, Fiskars Effervescence border punch, light blue buttons, taupe paper floss, Photoshop Elements 7

A gift for a very special occasion

My husband’s niece had her First Communion ceremony this past Saturday and I wanted to give her something that would help her commemorate such a special occasion with a little memory book for her to fill with pictures and a bookmark for her bible. I used my Bind-It-All and Spellbinders to create these for her:

It was a beautiful day and a beautiful ceremony and we hope that each of the children will continue to receive communion with the same feeling of excitement and wonder as their very first. It was truly a blessing to witness it!

Gift Ensemble Recipe

Stamp: ODBD First Holy Communion

Ink: Versamark, ODBD Pink

Paper: Basic Grey Green at Heart, Stampin Up (Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink, Very Vanilla), watercolor paper

Accessories: Bind-It-All (6x6 white cover, cream inserts, 3/4 Antique Silver O-Wire), Spellbinders (Cross Collection, Fancy Tags, Large Scallop Circles, Classic Large Circles), Basic Grey Opaline Pearls, Zva Creative Pearls, EK Success Crochet Lace Edge punch, pink rhinestones, cross rhinestone, Prima Daisy Dreams (Ballet, Key Lime), Shimmerz (Angel Wings, Golden Wheat), Glue Dots, watercolor markers, computer generated personalization

Teacher and Staff Appreciation Week and Glue Dots goodies!

We love to show our teachers and staff over at Ronald Reagan Elementary how much we appreciate all their hard work in furthering our children’s education so I took the time to make some extra special treats, thanks to bakerella.com. I took her creation and mixed and matched flavors to create my own cake pops!

Here are two cake pop bouquets made with chocolate or vanilla covered yellow cake with toasted coconut and colored sugar sprinkles:

This carrot cake bouquet is for one of my son’s teacher who loves carrot cake and the colors blue and pink. The border and sentiment is from the Give Thanks and Vine Borders sets by Our Daily Bread designs and the gorgeous pink Prima Lilies can be found over at McMahon Five Designs:

Here’s an Oreo Truffle pop and what these and the cake pops look like when I…umm…took a taste test. Hey, all bakers should always taste their creations for quality control…ALWAYS! LOL!

So, did you gain 5 lbs. just by looking at the sinfully sweet treats? I made sure to give them all away. Well, except for maybe 2 or 3 or 5. For my kids…for my kids! Sheesh! LOL!

On another sweet but CALORIE-FREE note…I was chosen as Glue Dots Fan of the Week over on Facebook and look at the goodies they sent me:

Thank you, Glue Dots!! I was running low so these will definitely be put to good use! If you haven’t used them, you really should. They have all different kinds for all your crafting needs!

Thanks for taking a look at my baked goods! Sorry if I made you drool….

Welcome to the Our Daily Bread designs “May Day” Blog Hop!

Hello everyone! Welcome to Our Daily Bread designs May Release Blog Hop! The hop will run from May 1 through Monday, May 3 at 8PM Eastern Time. The winners will be announced on the ODBD blog on Tues. May 4.

Here are the NEWLY RELEASED SETS:

So for our hop, you are going to collect flowers from each designer to fill your May basket! If you got here from Connie’s Blog, you are in the right place! If not, you might want to go to the ODBD Blog and start from there so you don't miss anyone!

There will be three winners for this hop. Each winner will receive a $15.00 store credit toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread designs store!
Here is what you need to do to qualify to win:
1. Hop from blog to blog, leaving a comment and collecting the flower that designer is giving away.
2. Return to the ODBD blog and leave a comment that you completed the hop and left comments for each designer. If you were unable to leave a comment for any one, just state their name in the comment and you will still be entered into the drawing. This is meant to be fun, not stressful.
3. Send Grace an email at gnywening@yahoo.com giving her the names of the designers and the flowers you collected.
If for any reason you get lost along the way, just return to the ODBD Blog for the list of names.

Now on to my card details:

Many will be graduating in June and ODBD’s two new graduation sets are a welcome add-on to your stamp collection to make those special cards and projects for your graduate! I used the As Your Graduate set for my ensemble:

The little graduation cap pop is made up of a miniature Reese’s peanut butter cup, a peanut butter Ghirardelli square, a strip from an Airhead Xtreme candy and a star candy sprinkle. My son wants me to make these for his classmates at the end of the year. I can’t believe he’ll be in middle school next year! I wish I could say that it was all my idea, but it’s from a fabulous site called Bakerella. Go check it out!

From here you will hop to Deb’s Blog, but before you leave, here is the flower I'm giving you:

MARIGOLDS

Challenges for my card:

Mojo Monday – MOJO136

Paper Cutz – Challenge #39

Paper Play – Challenge Week 17 Pretty Pastels

Card Recipe

Stamp: ODBD As You Graduate

Ink: Versamark, StazOn black, Stampin Up (Summer Sun, Mauve Mist, Orchid Opulence, Bordering Blue, Ballet Blue)

Paper: Basic Grey Kioshi pad, Stampin Up Orchid Opulence, DCWV Metallic Stack

Accessories: Martha Stewart 3-in-1 Butterfly punch, EK Success Morocco Lace border punch, black embossing powder, Spellbinders (Classic Large Circles, Large Pinking Circles), Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder, silver cording, white linen ribbon, Bow-Easy