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Good morning all!  It is Tuesday and time for another Papertake Weekly challenge , I have missed the last couple of weeks because of some complications from my sinus surgery but I'm back!  This week challenge is entitled "Creature Comforts"  so drag out you cute little critter stamps and play along! It looks like this one will work for this weeks Stampin' Sister's in Christ challenge as well. What I used: Our Daily Bread Designs Seed Packet and single Butterfly with matching die SU bordering blue, crumb cake BoBunny designer paper Versafine black and sepia clear embossing powder, SU ribbon

I am so excited about tomorrows Our Daily Bread Designs new release that I just had to squeeze in time to share a sneak peek for you while playing along with the Stampin' Sisters in Christ challenge.  Their challenge this week is to make a red, white and blue thank you card. The sets Not Forgotten and the Old Flag background are simply beautifully done. The first time I saw them it brought a tear to my eye because I have a young man from my church that is currently serving in Afghanistan and he has been injured in the line of duty.  These sets are exactly what I needed to make a card to sent off to him to let him know that I (and my whole family) are thinking about him and praying for his safe return. What I used: Our Daily Bread Designs Not Forgotten, Old Flag background SU early espresso, not quite navy, riding hood red, basic black, GP white Memento black, Versafine black Ranger brushed corduroy and antique linen Copic markers, sponge, twine, Michael's copper brads

Found a bit of playtime this evening to play along with this weeks Stampin' Sisters in Christ challenge.  Their challenge this week is a bit of doodling.  If you notice I did a bit of freestyle doodling in the background, just a quick bit of fun.  My card was made using this months Our Daily Bread Designs new set Time with some perfectly matching BoBunny Timepiece designer paper. What I used: Our Daily Bread Designs  Time SU cherry cobbler, early espresso, confetti cream BoBunny Timepiece designer paper Versafine sepia, and various Ranger distress ink pads SU espresso ribbon and vintage brads sponge

Good morning all!  It's Tuesday again and time for the Papertake Weekly challenge.  This weeks challenge is entitled Trio Tastic and you are challenged to use three of anything.  Why don't you join us and play along? our sponsor Make sure you pop over to the  team blog  and play along with us. Check out what the rest of the team has done and show them some love. Dawny Jill Katina Lols Sharon Steph Angie Lisa Maddy Jo I also did this card for the Mojo Monday challenge and the Stampin' Sister's in Christ challenge which is to use something you treasure and I so treasure new designer paper and lovely ribbon. What I used: Our Daily Bread Designs He Will Rise SU crumb cake, early espresso Prima Reflections designer paper versafine black, SU early espresso, Ranger brushed corduroy Spellbinders and Grand Caliber sponge, dark brown satin ribbon, clear embossing powder

Hello all!  I hope you had a great weekend.  I know I did.  Between all those before work household chores this morning I managed to sneak in a little stamping time so I could share a sneak peek of one of tomorrows new Our Daily Bread Designs releases with you.  This set is called Eternity and I think it is going to be a favorite!  Now you know I love, love, love my new Grand Caliber and all my Spellbinders dies so what could be better then that?  How about a set of dies made especially just for Our Daily Bread Designs ?  And a matching stamp set!!!  I thought you would like that! Now tomorrow is the new release blog hop so make sure you pop over to the ODBD blog in the morning and get all the details... I did this card for a couple of challenges.  The Stampin' Sisters in Christ challenge which was to use 3 buttons and the Mojo Monday sketch , tho I mangled it just a bit. What I used: Our Daily Bread Designs Eternity SU crumb cake, bas...

Good morning all.  I took a quick trip to the beach last week to try to beat the winter blues.  I'm back now and mostly caught up in my personal life so I took a couple of minutes this morning to bang out a card for the Stampin' Sisters in Christ challenge which was to make a one layer card. What I used: Our Daily Bread Designs Anchor kraft card stock Versafine black, SU early espresso, Ranger distress antique linen and brushed corduroy ink SU espresso stripped ribon clear embossing powder, sponge, mask

Hello all!  Winter is on us with a vengeance here in Central New York.  A little over 10 days ago we had had no snow yet for the season, then we got blasted.  Four feet of snow in four days and it hasn't stopped for more then a day at a time since.  With snow totals someplace in the 60" region you can image that I have been a bit distracted.  So much extra time has been spent shoveling or driving or obsessing over having to drive in the snow that I haven't had much play time at all lately.  Since I had a short day at work today, and a stress free drive home courtesy of my hubby I thought I would indulge in a bit of crafty play time this evening.  I am super excited that I managed to actually get two cards done.  The first card I made using Our Daily Bread Designs Blessings and some lovely Basic Grey Curio designer paper.  I made it for the SplitCoastStampers sketch challenge and this weeks Color Throwdown Challenge .  My second card use...

I managed to feel up some time yesterday to play around in my office with some of the August release from Our Daily Bread Designs that hadn't seen ink yet.  The Scripture Collections have always been some of my favorites and on this one I used a scripture from the first set.  It paired up so nicely with the new Flower Frames 2.  I stamped the verse in the frame then masked the center and sponged around the frame with wheat colored chalk ink.  I add a bit of color with some Copic markers as well.  For a finishing touch I added one fancy metal brad in the corner so that I could enter the card in this weeks S tampin' Sisters in Christ challenge .   What I used: Our Daily Bread Designs Flower Frames 2 and Scripture Collection 1 SU whisper white, basic black and ruby red card stock more scraps of designer paper that have become anonymous over time Versafine black Versamagic wheat clear embossing powder Copic markers SU designer brad wide black grosgr...

Welcome to the 100th Color Throwdown Celebration!  I was so pleased when the girls asked me to play along with them for their big celebration.  Today if you visit all the blogs (see the list below) you have the chance to win some amazing prizes that have been donated  by various companies.  My prize that I will be choosing a random winner for will be a $25 gift certificate from You need to have commented on my blog before midnight on July 12th EST to qualify for the prize.  You also need to play along with the challenge to use Regal Rose, Certainly Celery, Real Red and Baja Breeze on a project and put a direct link in Mr Linky over on the Color Throwdown blog .  Now if you don't have the exact colors don't worry, just use the closest you have. On my card I used Our Daily Bread Designs; Scripture Series 1 stamps set.  The verses in this set where selected from various verses submit by members of SplitCoastStampers that Kelley, the owner of ODBD, t...

Good morning all!  Todays Papertake Weekly challenge is entitled "In Stitches" and we are challenging you to show us your stitches, wether they are real, faux or doodles is up to you.  I used my Grannies antique sewing machine to stitch around my main image panel to satisfy the challenge. Do you like the image and verse?  They are a little bit of a sneak peek of Our Daily Bread Designs July new release.  (Make sure you join us on the first for new release blog hop) our sponsor: Make sure you pop over to the  team blog  and play along with us. Check out what the rest of the team has done and show them some love. Dawny Jill Katina Lols Mandy Nancy Sharon Steph While creating this card I found inspiration from several different sources, including th e Stampin' Sisters in Christ challenge ; to use stripes, the sketch for Card Positioning Systems and Christian Paper Crafts Bible Verse Thursday challenge ; to use a favorite verse. What I used: Our Dai...

Good morning all!  We had a lovely weekend here and I hope you did too.  All of my children were home for the weekend, what a rare treat!  I managed to make a card to play along with the Stampin' Sisters in Christ challeng e this week.  The challenge is to use distressing or sponging on your project.  I thought that was the perfect opportunity to give you all a little sneak peek of one of the Our Daily Bread Designs set "From Me to You" which will be released June 1st.  Isn't this a fabulous image?  Fuchsias are one of my favorite flowers and nearly every year have several baskets of them hanging from my porch.  So what do you think? What I used: Our Daily Bread Designs From Me to You GP white, SU soft suede, always artichoke card stock Versafine black, Tim Holtz brushed corduroy clear embossing powder Prismacolor pencils, OMS and blending stumps sponge SU soft suede polkadot ribbon American Craft brads

 It is time again to play along with the Stamping in Time with Betty challenge .  This week Betty's guest host is Marcelle and she is giving us challenge choices. We can choose to either use brads or colored pencils, so being the adventurous type I chose to us both.  Now brads and colored pencils may not be used that much by others people but they are staples for me so this was a super easy challenge. A bunch of the breadsticks are playing along with Betty and Marcelle today so you may want to check out their blogs and see what they have come up with using colored pencils and/or brads. Connie Sabrina Francie Patter Angie Betty My card today was also inspired by three other challenges.  I used flowers as challenged by the Stampin' Sisters in Christ , the sketch from The Lord Have Mercy sketch challenge and my color choices were from the Color Throwdown . What I used: Our Daily Bread Designs Mom GP white, SU sage shadow, bordering blue and almost amethyst card s...

I haven't found time lately to play along with the Stamping in Time with Betty challenge but this week I was honored to be able to make one of the samples for the challenge.  The guest challenge host is Our Daily Bread Designs own guest designer Randi Barrett and she has challenged us to use tearing or faux tearing in our design. I used one of this months newly released sets Mom from Our Daily Bread Designs.  I stamped the verse on vellum with dark gray ink and tore the edges of the vellum.  After adding some fun Green at Heart designer paper I made one of those scrunchy roses out of some matching designer paper then added die cut leaves, a touch of ribbon and a heart charm. Make sure you pop over to the ODBD blog to check out the challenge and the following design team members blogs to see their samples as well: Randi Angella Chris Betty Now I also made this card with a couple of other challenges in mind.  My color choices were inspired by this weeks Color ...

This weeks Papertake Weekly challenge is sort of an Easter free for all.  So I pulled out this Stampin' Up! stamp set from last year that *gasp* had never actually even been inked up!  I stamped my image twice and colored both images with prismacolor pencils, blended with odorless mineral spirits.  I then cut out parts of the second image and popped them up to adds some extra dimension to the first image.  I used the sketch from this weeks Crazy 4 Challenges and the technique (paper toile) from the Stampin' Sisters in Christ challenge. Our sponsor this week: Simon Says Stamp Make sure you pop over to the  team blog  and play along with us. Check out what the rest of the team has done and show them some love. Dawny Donna Jill Lols Mandy Sharon Steph What I used: Stampin' Up! Serene Spring and Well Scripted SU kraft, white and cool caribbean card stock Basic Grey Kioshi Versafine Onxy Black clear embossing powder Prismacolor pencils, OMS and blending ...

Good morning all. If you are looking for the Our Daily Bread Designs blog hop please scroll down one post. If you are looking for this weeks Papertake Weekly challenge you are in the right place! Our challenge this week is entitled "Love Actually", so your card should be all about love. This image from Rachelle Anne Miller reminds me of my children on one of those rare days when they show their love for each other. Our sponsor this week is Sunshine Stamps . This card was also inspired by the Sweet Sunday sketch challenge and the Stampin' Sisters in Christ challenge. What I used: Rachelle Anne Miller - Lily & Milo Rainy Days GP white, old olive card stock Cosmo Cricket Girl Friday designer paper Nestabilities circle and scalloped circle dies old olive wide grosgrain ribbon and brads Prismacolor pencils, OMS and blending stumps glaze pen and fine crystal glitter scallop edge punch

Hello and welcome to the Our Daily Bread Designs February Release Blog Hop ! If you arrived here from Grace Nywening's blog Th-INK-ing of You , you are in the right place! If not, you might want to start at the Our Daily Bread Designs blog to be sure you hop in the correct order, because we are having a Scripture Hop, and you will be collecting our Secret Scripture Words as you hop along, so you will want them in the order given! You have until Thurs. Feb 4th at 8:00PM EST to complete the requirements to be eligible to win. There will be THREE BLESSED WINNERS... who will each receive a $15.00 Gift Certificate to the Our Daily Bread designs Store to go toward the stamps of your choice! Winners will be randomly chosen from all the qualified entries. Here is what you need to do to be eligable to win: Hop from blog to blog in the order given below, writing down the secret words you will find clearly written in their post, and leaving a comment on each blog. Return to the Our Daily...

I am so very, very excited today to share with you a sneak peek of one of Our Daily Bread Designs new sets for February. This one is called Nest and I thought that it was the absolutely perfect set to use for this weeks Stampin' Sisters in Christ challenge . Their challenge this week is to create a card or project focused on the home. I combined that with this weeks Midnight Madness Sketch challenge . Make sure you pop over to the Our Daily Bread Designs blog on Saturday and get to know the new Challenge design team and participate in their blog hop/scavenger hunt. It begins this Saturday at 8:00 AM and runs through the 28th. What I used: ODBD Nest GP white and baja breeze card stock Fancy Pants Christmas Magic designer paper Memento black stamp pad Prismacolored pencils, OMS and blending stumps baja breeze striped grosgrain ribbon

Okay so I do know I am a little late for the Mojo Monday sketc h, it being Sunday and all but it was wonderful inspiration for this card that I did for todays Stampin Sister in Christ challenge . Which was to make a new beginnings card, either for a new baby or for a new conversion. I thought that this verse seemed appropriate for either occasion. What I used: Our Daily Bread Designs, Baptism/Confirmation Verses vanilla and cocoa card stock Basic Grey Wisteria designer paper Tim Holtz distress inks wide vanilla grosgrain ribbon Prisma flowers brown cord brads Sizzix scalloped square die nestie circle and scalloped circle dies Victoria cuttlebug embossing folder sanding blocks and sponges

If you are looking for the Our Daily Bread Design blog hop please scroll down to the post below this one or click here . I started this card this morning then got called into work and almost 12 hours later am finally able to finish it. I combined several challenges on this card. The color combination is from todays SplitCoastStampers color challenge; Very Black Suede . The second challenge is this weeks Mojo Monday sketch , I actually placed my ribbon where the verse panel should have been. And the third is the Stampin' Sisters in Christ challenge which was to have a "gift" some where on the card, hoping that the word gift works for them because it works for me! I stamped the poinsettia from the newly released Our Daily Bread Designs set His Gifts on vanilla card stock with soft suede ink, stamped off once first. I then sprayed the entire thing with Suede glimmer mist. After the mist dried (or more correctly, when I got home from work and kid activities) I stamped t...

Sometimes your Mondays just need a little mojo, or at least mine do and when mine needs it, I head on over to the Mojo Monday sketch challeng e for a little bit of inspiration. Todays sketch is a wonderfully simple one. A great one I thought to highlight this really fun Sei designer paper that I have been hoarding all month. I thought I would combine the sketch challenge with this weeks Stamping Sisters in Christ challenge which is to make a card expressing thanks or thanksgiving. Rejoicing is thankgiving, right? What I used: Our Daily Bread Designs Christmas Verses navy and white SU card stock SU navy ink pad Sei designer paper EKSuccess wavy edge punch corner rounder rhinestone brad white satin ribbon