Our Daily Bread Designs Shining the Light Challenge #238

Greetings Stampers and Friends!

Unfortunately, it's been a couple of weeks since my last posting because I have been ill with pneumonia! I discovered it takes the wind out of your sails, so to speak. If I am not making cards or doing needlework, then I am really sick!  Now I am starting to feel better and want to (slowly) get back to my life!!

I decided to enter a card in a contest today:  Our Daily Bread Shining the Light Challenge #238, a "Sketch" Challenge.

For those of you who don't know what a "Sketch" Challenge  is, it's a template drawing of how the front of the card is designed and then you follow the design in making your own card.

It didn't take very long to come up with the color combination I wanted to use this time. I chose "Chocolate Chip" and "Crumb Cake" from Stampin' Up.  I also chose a pink card stock from scraps that I save from larger pieces.

I added the sentiment "Bless You" on the front of the card and left the inside blank to write a note to the recipient.

On the inside of the card, I layered (first) pink, then "Crumb Cake" and punched out a heart in the lower right-hand corner.

I made a detailed list of supplies for this card below the photo.

                                                      ODBDSLC #238

  

 

ODBDSLC#238 (Inside)

 

Card stock:  Pink Card stock from scraps bin and "Chocolate Chip" & "Crumb Cake" from Stampin' Up.

Stamps:  ODBD Item #309, Prayer Bookmarks (I used just the top line of the "Bless You" bookmark.)

Ink:  Archival Inks in Sepia.

Adhesives: ATG; Tombow Aqua Mono Liquid Glue (clear); Studio G Adhesive Foam Dots 11 mm, 7/16 Inch; also unnamed Foam Dots with less depth.

Ribbons & Such: Pearls from Recollections; Opaque glitter from Stamp LaJolla #616 Teaberry.

Embossing Folders: Swiss Dots from Cuttlebug; Flower Background from Darice.

Dies:  Impression Obsessions DIE063-I Bow.

 

I hope you have enjoyed my card today.  I had FUN making it!

 

This card won the Splitcoast Stampers Card of the Week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Blessings,

Linda

 

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"Be still and know that I am God."

Psalms 46:10  

A Bright Card and a Thank You!

Greetings Stampers & Friends!!

First of all, I would like to thank Our Daily Bread Designs for awarding me $15 worth of stamps for my card for last week's "Shining the Light Color Challenge 233."  I truly appreciate your prize.  Thank you so much!

Today's card is for a teenage cancer patient who lives in Texas.  I decided to use bright and vibrant colors and will hopefully make her happy and cheer her up when she receives it. It was a blast to make (after I finally decided what I wanted to do!).

 

"God has your back!"



Cardstock:  SU Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight;  Staples, White #110 cardstock.
Inks:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Memento Angel Pink.
Dies:  Sizzix flower, Sizzix Leaves; Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps, Butterfly.
Flower Center:  Jolee's Boutique Dimensional Stickers, Yellow.
Embossing Folder:  Cuttlebug, Dotted Swiss.
Copic Markers:  Butterfly, R81, R83 & R85.
Michael's:  Rickrack in Light Pink with Glitter Filament.
Sentiments: Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps, "God has your back" & (Inside) "You WILL beat this."
Adhesives:  Tombow Aqua Mono Liquid Glue; ATG.

Enjoy the card!

Happy Stamping!

Linda

"Be still and know that I am God."
Psalms 46:10

Our Daily Bread Designs "Shining the Light Sketch Challenge" (ODBDSLC234) OOPS!

Greetings Stampers and Friends!

I love to challenge myself! Stepping up to the plate, to be under a time crunch, just to see what I can do. That's the story on today's card.

I've looked at this challenge all week but haven't gotten around to doing something about it until this afternoon. Okay stampers, I've said I love the challenge, so let's go! I have four hours to get this done.

OOPS! I'm too late!! Well, chin up! This would have been my entry! (I was a minute late!)

Believe -A word of encouragement

 

 

I used ODBD Shabby Rose papers for most of the card.  I took a second paper identical to the top one and cut out roses for a 3-D look. The circle was a Prickley Pear Red Rubber Stamps die. The butterfly is from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps & die. The sentiment is from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps inked in SU Melon Mambo.

 

Even though I missed the deadline by a minute, I still enjoyed making this card!  I'm off to make another card!

 

Happy Stamping!

 

Linda 

 

 

"Be still and know that I am God."

Psalms 46:10

 

A Word of Encouragement

 

Greetings Stampers & Friends!

A word of encouragement.....don't we ALL need it at some point in our lives? Whether we've been disappointed by someone or if an illness has gotten us down, we all need to be lifted up at some point and a homemade card has a way of doing just that!

My sentiment stamps today are from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps "God is Bigger, SNS-13-065." This is a really nice stamp set if you want some positive, short sentiments to send to someone.  The front of the card says "Don't give up," while the inside says, "Praying you through this."  Some of the other sayings in the set are "God's got this; Think positive; You will rise above; God has your back; You inspire me," among many others.

The sentiment on the front of the card was stamped in "sepia" from Archival Ink. The sentiment on the inside of the card was stamped in "Frost White" from Color Block inks on Chocolate Chip cardstock from SU.

Also on the front of the card, I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder called "Distressed Stripes" to make the Chocolate Chip paper look "woodsy."

The flower on the front is the same one that I have used in two other cards.  It wasn't intentional--lol.  I loved the stamp, started practicing with it right away and made three flowers. This is also from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps, "SNS-14-032 Mini-Flower Blocks #2." I filled all three with different Copic marker colors as soon as the Memento Tuxedo Black Ink was dry. I was trying to decide which Copic colors I liked the best and as it turned out, I loved all three!

The center of the flower has just a touch of  "Flower Soft" in Ivory, adhered with Tombo Mono Aqua Liquid Glue.

For the vines, I used Spellbinders Shapeabilities "S5-129 Foliage Two."

I used Stampin' Up paper in the following colors: Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake and Garden Green.

Three very light gold pearls were attached to the upper right corner (from my stash).

I have to say, this card went together as easy as peanut butter and jelly!

Don't give up!

 

 

Try to give someone a word of encouragement who needs it today.

 

Happy Stamping!

 

Linda

 

 

"Be still and know that I am God."

Psalms 46:10

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Today's Card.

Today's card is a sympathy card that I needed to make.  For some reason, I decided to use Stampin' Up's Daffodil Delight cardstock---not a typical color to use for a sympathy card. I decided to go ahead and use it.

That being said, I really enjoyed making this card! The flower and sentiment on the front are from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps. The inside sentiment is from Stampendous No. 33 "Blessing," purchased at Hobby Lobby:

                   "May God who understands each need, who listens to every prayer,

bless you and keep you in His tender care."

On the face of the card, the white cardstock was embossed with Swiss dots. The yellow cardstock was embossed with "Musical Flourish."  Both of these embossing folders are made by Cuttlebug.   The black-and-white butterfly ribbon ia Item #2008-03-121 from Michael's.

On the upper corner, there are three black Hematite Swarovski crystals.

 

 

 Happy stamping!

 

Linda

 

 

"Be still and know that I am God."

Psalms 46:10

 

He is Risen!

He is risen, indeed! Allelujah!!

Happy Easter, Stampers & Friends!

These are two of the cards I made for Easter. I was commissioned to make the first one for a friend who wanted to send 12 of them to family in Ireland. (See March 20, 2015.) While I didn't have time to make a lot of cards for family, I did accomplish that much!

 Easter Blessings!
 



Happy Easter!

 

 

Thank you for visiting my blog.

 

 

Happy Stamping!

 

Linda

 

"Be still and know that I am God."

Psalms 46:10