Debi's Crazy Life;

I took a couple of minutes out of my crazy, insane week of cooking and cleaning for the hubby's and mine vow renewal this weekend.  Looks like we may have around 70 people, OH MY!  I banged out this card using Our Daily Bread Designs Happy Fall and the matching die and the Lord Have Mercy sketch  and the Color Throwdown color challenge. What I used: Our Daily Bread Designs Happy Fall and matching die SU pretty in pink, rose red, so saffron, pear pizzazz, basic black and just a tiny bit of chocolate chip card stock Prisma designer paper Versafine black clear embossing powder pear pizzazz ribbon

 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...

Are your ready to see a bit of the new Our Daily Bread Designs March release?  Here is my first sneak peek!  For this card I used "Easter Blessings", a wonderful set with a lilies of the valley image.  The Lord Have Mercy sketch  was my inspiration for this card.   What I used: ODBD Easter Blessings SU old olive, very vanilla card stock My Mind's Eye Everyday Tango designer paper Versafine Black, VersaMagic Tea Leaves clear embossing powder circle Nestabilities SU earth elements brads sponge recycled brown ribbon (was wrapped around a set of pillow I received for Christmas)

Good morning everyone. I am spending one of my last free mornings at home today, before I start back up at work tonight. Between doing all of that stuff that needs to be done to keep a family of 7 running smoothly and babysitting for one of my little buddies I found some time to bang out a card for a couple of challenges. I did this one for todays SplitCoastStampers color challenge and I used Mercy's Lord Have Mercy sketch for inspiration. I colored up the sparrow from Our Daily Bread Designs, "He Watches Me" to look like a gold finch, something I have been wanting to do since I received the sets. What do you think? What I used: ODBD He Watches Me SU french script white, bravo burgundy, basic gray card stock SU Nouveau Chic designer paper Versafine black stamp pad, basic gray stamp pad Prismacolor pencils, OMS and blending stumps crushed curry polka dot ribbon

Another sneak peek of one of Our Daily Bread Designs February release . This set is "He Watches Over Me". This sparrow with his thistle was a joy to color. I used my favorite Prismacolor pencils, of course. I cut the main image out with a deckled rectangle Nestabilities and sponged with some Colorbox chalk ink. I created this card for this weeks SplitCoastStampers Limited Supply challenge hosted by my stamping buddy Wendy. And boy did she come up with a tough one involving palindromes. I used this weeks sketch from the Lord Have Mercy blog, though I shifted it a touch to the left to make room to put a touch of ribbon. What I used: ODBD He Watches Over Me GP white, soft suede, elegant eggplant card stock Basic Grey Wisteria designer paper Memento black and brown, Colorbox chalk ink Prismacolor pencils, OMS, blending stumps Textile Cuttlebug embossing folder deckled rectangle Nestabilitie die soft suede polkadot ribbon

Whipped up this quick card for the Lord Have Mercy sketch challenge and the Whiff of Joy challenge . I kind of mutilated Mercy's sketch, flipping it and stretching it to fit the size of the image. The image is colored with Prismacolor pencils, the skin and shadows with Copic markers. What I used: Whiff of Joy Willow with flower basket GP white, SU riding hood red, going grey, basic grey Cosmo Cricket Ever After designer paper EKSuccess wavy edge punch basic grey taffeta ribbon Prismacolor pencils, OMS and blending stump Copic markers Nestie

Avoiding everything I am supposed to be doing today and playing instead. I combined a couple of challenges on this card. The color combination; Pretty in Pink, Bermuda Bay, and Old Olive is todays SplitCoastStampers color challenge . The card layout is from the current Bella SCS sketch challeng e and I am also entering it in the Bella Birthday Bash contest. I colored this Ketto image a while ago to match some Basic Grey Urban Prairie paper and have just been waiting for the perfect time to make her into a card. Today was that day because the paper contains all the colors in the challenge. Ketto is colored with my favorite Lyra colored pencils blending with odorless mineral spirits and a blending stump. Hard to see in the picture but I also added some touches of glitter with a Sakura glitter pen and a bit of glaze with their glaze pen. This second card I did for the Lord Have Mercy sketch challenge . I can't say enough how much I love Mercy's sketches, the simplicity o...

I still have one kid home from school sick with the flu and one of my girlfriends sons too. I am watching her son today so she can work and she is watching my daughter tomorrow so I can work. Thank God for friends! Since the kids are being so good I got a little time this morning to stamp. Checked out the Lord Have Mercy sketch first thing (because she has the bestest sketches ever) and the color challenge on SplitCoastStampers . Decided to combine the two together but didn't quite get the sketch right, so I did a second one with one of the images that I colored earlier this week. What I used: Elzybell Art Stamps (reindeer card), Stamping Bella Ketto GP white, SU basic black for both cards, Elzybell kraft (reindeer card), SU riding hood red (Bella card) Memento black stamp pad Cuttlebug embossing folder (reindeer card) Lyra colored pencils, OMS and blending stump white gel pen, glitter pen, glaze pen Spare Parts brads SU red polka dot ribbon (reindeer card) and baja breeze st...

I could not sleep for some reason this morning so I got up early and actually had time to finish a card before the kids are even all off to school. Good thing since I have to work today. I was quite literally dreaming about this set and the other 2 new sets that Our Daily Bread Designs will be releasing on Sunday, all night long. And you are going to LOVE them! I have a couple of other cards using the sets done already and I will see if I can fit in another sneak peek for you before Sunday. Make sure you visit the Our Daily Bread Designs blog , it has a new location on Sunday so you can participate in the blog hop and challenge. Kelley has a couple of wonderful prizes for you, so you really, really want to play along. For this card I combined two of todays challenges. The Lord have Mercy sketch challenge , I love her sketches and the SplitCoastStampers color challenge . This card is really very, very simple but I think the colors work really well together and the simple sket...

I made this quick card this morning for the Lord have Mercy Tuesday sketch challenge . I love Mercy's sketches and this one is wonderful in its simplicity. The verse I used is from the With Heartfelt Sympathy stamp set from Our Daily Bread Designs . The message oval was cut with my coluzzle cutting system and gently sponged around the edges. What I used: ODBD With Heartfelt Sympathy very vanilla, chocolate chip card stock My Minds Eye Bella, Bella designer paper chocolate chip classic stamp pad coluzzle cutting system wide chocolate chip striped ribbon jumbo vanilla brads double slot punch sponge