Paper Tole With ODBD and Helmar

It's been some time since I've really taken the time to do an intricate card...mostly it's stamp it, color it and slap it together! Maybe add a ribbon or some bling! HAHA

I decided it was high time I reeeally played with this set, Mom, from Our Daily Bread designs, being released Thursday... so I did Paper Tole!

It took a while... not so much all the cutting, but because I used Scrap Dots by Helmar which needs sufficient drying time. **edited** some people have asked if Scrap Dots has an odor or if the tip gets clogged. It has a very slight odor...I had to actually go and get the tube to smell it....so, obviously it didn't make a smelly impression on me while making the card! LOL! Also, does the tip clog up? No, it's free flowing all the time! Scrap Dots comes in a tube, squeezes out like thick snot after a bad cold (eewwww, sorry...LOL, but I thought it was a good comparison) and dries stiff! Once it's dry, those leaves and petals aren't going anywhere! You can make your "dot" as tall or as small as you want.

I stamped the floral image 3 times, colored certain flowers and leaves and cut them out....and set them aside while I assembled the base.

This is the Sketch Challenge on Splitcoast. I stamped 2 borders from Vine Borders on Basic Grey Green at Heart, and carefully cut them out. *The striped panel was elongated by using my stamp postitioner and stamping it twice, then I drew in the straight line with a fine tip artist pen. I also cut the panel in half, vertically, to widen it and make it fit the sketch! I also colored in the leaves with a Copic and the flowers with a gel pen.

*The green panel is colored with a Copic marker  and cut in half horizontally to stretch it out to fit the sketch.

Since the striped paper has what looks like stitching, I faux stitched the base and corners of the quote. Zva bling is on each corner of the green panel.

Don't miss our blog hop Thursday! The girls have been making some awesome samples to share with you!!

thanks for stopping!

Dawn

Jacksonbelle Tuesday is Really Sassy!

The Jacksonbelle Challenge today is to have 1 Black item, 3 Circles and 2 Punched items... Keyword BJE099
The product feature this week is Zva Creative products.

Stop by the store and take advantage of the sale still going on!!

Sassy Cheryl's #5 Challenge 
is a technique... distressing.

In addition to our random drawing, at Sassy Cheryl's, for a gift certificate, we're doing something special. The Sassy Girls will be picking their top three favorites from this week's entries. The three winners will get a special blinkie to post on their blogs. We'll do this from time to time. Fun, huh!!

I chose this adorable May Stamp for my card. She's colored with Copics, sponged with Distress inks. I used a Martha Stewart butterfly punch to put 2 butterflies over 2 of the digital ones.

The background paper is Pink Paislee Twilight, and the circles are Basic Grey Green at Heart. I distressed the edges then took a black Copic to them.

Sentiment by Inkadinkadoo...with Zva bling (my one black item)

For more inspiration,
be sure to check out the blogs
of all of the Jacksonbelle Rockstars!

Julie Lacey  Heather Pulvirenti Windy Robinson
Stephanie Severin Amy Tsuruta Pam Varnell
Lynda Benden Tobi Crawford Jill Dunn
Heather Lee-Reppen Shemaine Smith Lindsey Botkin

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For more fun be sure to check the other Sassy Girls.

Ann English Cathy Edgar Dawn Burnworth
Heather Huggins Jackie Mooney Jodi Ann Lee
Kim Rhead Peggy Marsh
Tracy Jackson Alina Meijer
Chrissy Le Christa Knegt Judy Kreucher

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

Place Them In Their Best Light

Treat your friends
as you do your pictures,
and
place them
in their best light.

Today's Technique challenge on Splitcoast is Inside Out, finishing the inside of your card. Something I admire in people who always have a fancy inside, but rarely do! I usually just slap some sentiment in it and be done!

I decided to play with a set I've had for a while but, to be honest, was a little....no, A LOT! intimidated by it. It's Friendship from Innovative Stamp Creations... a beautiful set. I just wasn't sure I could color the face with enough definition! I like how she turned out though, and with practice she can only get better, right?

I stamped on Prism Kraft and colored the entire image with Prismacolor pencils, blended with baby oil. then I went back over most of it with Copics.

The cool thing about coloring over Prismas with Copics is you can still move the color around with your blending stump! Yeah, really! It works! AND... you don't use as much because the ink doesn't soak into the paper...it stays wetter longer on top of baby oil or OMS! Cool, huh!

The butterflies are colored strictly with Copics. That cute little background stamp is part of the same set, I stamped it in Adirondack Willow and Salmon. The sentiment is from another Innovative Stamp Creations set called Nature Silhouettes II

Now, I should take the extra few minutes to finish EVERY inside!!

stamp: friendship, nature silhouettes II- innovative stamp creations

ink: memento tuxedo black, versamark, adirondack willow, salmon

paper: prism kraft, intense kiwi, georgia pacific white, sei green at heart

other: prismacolor pencils, baby oil, blending stumps, copics, sakura white gel pen, clear embossing powder, spellbinders square/deckled rectangle, glue dots, martha stewart deep edge punch, foam mounting tape, fine tip artist pen

Remember the pictures of the daffodils in the snow? Well, they've all popped back up and are blooming! Yippee!!!

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

She Speaks With Wisdom...

Proverbs 31: 25-26
She is clothed with strength and dignity,
she can laugh at the days to come.
She speaks with wisdom,
and faithful instruction is on her tongue.

Another peek at one of the new sets , Mom, coming April 1st from Our Daily Bread designs.  I stamped the floral image twice around the embossed verse, then cut around it, sponged with distress ink and went around the edge with a Copic marker to define the edge.

Layered on SEI Green at Heart and Prism sage and blush red, Spellbinders labels 10 and classic oval, then spritzed with Glimmer Mist, Hondy Dew.

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

Mother Nature Messing Around, MDP#24, and Peeks

Yesterday, as it was just starting to sprinkle, I went out to pick some Daffodils. They're just starting to bloom here and I wanted to get a bouquet in the house before the weather hit that the news was calling for... SNOW!

Yes, Mother Nature is messing with us... we had some beautiful "60's" days, could even sit out and drink iced tea! But, it's Spring, and I guess that means anything can happen!

The small bouquet in my kitchen window... see the raindrops in the background?!

Several raindrops on the flowers too... I should have gone around the entire yard and picked them all.......but the rain was coming down harder and there were other things to do... I should have though....

This is what we woke up to! Ahhhh, SPRING in Ohio!

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The challenge at DP2, a sketch this week. I just love these girls...lol. Watercolored with reinkers, highlights with white gel pen.

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And some Peeks at what's coming from Our Daily Bread designs!

Mom & Happy Father's Day

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Hope your day is wonderful and weekend fabulous!

Thanks for stopping!!

Dawn

Have You Seen...

The new Prima cardstock? Just go take a peek...be prepared to drool, it's soooo GORGEOUS!! and now is a great time to stock up!! Lindsey's running a Spring Sale going on thru Mar 31! 25% off entire store!

Here's another card I did using some of that yummy paper, and Flower Girl from MFT.

The daffodils are blooming!! And can you believe there is snow forecast for after midnight tomorrow!! Ah...yes... it's Spring!

thanks for stopping!

Dawn

Jacksonbelle Tuesday-Easter Card

Our Jacksonbelle Embellishments challenge
is to make an Easter card!
Keyword JBE098 for SCS and PCP

Be sure to stop by the store too, Lindsey has all sorts of yummy new stuff in and a 30% special!! Oh, my, wait till you see the new Prima cardstock... DROOL! It's so gorgeous! It's the Product Feature this week too!!

Lucky me, I had a small piece of Prima Life in Colors, so I made a "scrapling". I measures 3x5.5.

Quick and simple too! I stamped Happy Easter from the set by Our Daily Bread designs. Martha Stewart punched edges and Prism Intense Azalea on the inside (matches perfectly!)

For more inspiration,
be sure to check out the blogs
of all of the Jacksonbelle Rockstars!

Julie Lacey  Heather Pulvirenti Windy Robinson
Stephanie Severin Amy Tsuruta Pam Varnell
Lynda Benden Tobi Crawford Jill Dunn
Heather Lee-Reppen Shemaine Smith Lindsey Botkin

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

Sassy Cheryl's Tuesday Challenge

Tracy challenged us to make an Easter card or 3-D item.

I chose Butterfly Bunny to alter this composition book

It's colored with Copics, masked and airbrushed, and my cloud template.

For more fun be sure to check the other Sassy Girls.

Ann English Cathy Edgar Dawn Burnworth
Heather Huggins Jackie Mooney Jodi Ann Lee
Kim Rhead Peggy Marsh
Tracy Jackson Alina Meijer
Chrissy Le Christa Knegt Judy Kreucher

 

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY Our Daily Bread designs!

The big day is finally here!!!

Today is the Second Anniversary of Our Daily Bread designs! We’ve been celebrating for the last 5 days with daily challenges, prizes, blog candy and lots of fun! If you came here from Becca's Blog, you are in the right place! If not you might want to start at the ODBD blog and hop in the order given there so you can collect the secret letters in order!

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Today, Kelley is going to give 3 Prizes of your choice of one of these new Anniversary sets! Here is what you have to do to qualify for the prizes:

• Hop from first to last, and collect the secret LETTER each designer will have.
• Leave a comment for the designer on their blog.
• Return to the ODBD blog, leaving a comment to tell us that you visited all the blogs.
• Email Grace at: gnywening@yahoo.com, giving her the secret message the letters spell.

You have until 8:00 PM EST on Mar 18th to complete the hop and email the message.

Now, here's my card and special Scripture. I gave Kelley a long list, this is the one she used.

I embossed both the Scripture Collection 3 and Vine Borders in Ranger Detail Gold on Georgia Pacific white. Gold cardstock is from Marco's Paper and cut with Spellbinders Fleur de Lis pendants and border.I sponged the edges of main panel with Ranger Distress ink Antique Linen and Walnut Stain, and took my Zig gold paint pen around the edges and also around the Basic Grey Origins layer.

 

My letter is I

Now, on to Deb's stunning creation

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

ODBD Anniversary Challenge #4 My Favorite!

Post 3 of 3 today! If you're looking for Jacksonbelle Tuesday or Sassy Cheryl's, they're under this post...keep scrolling!

This is the last day of our challenges

Today, as we continue our Anniversary celebration, we are challenging you to use your all time favorite Our Daily Bread designs set! As with all the challenges this week... this challenge was announced on Mar. 7th on the ODBD blog so you could get a head start, and we hope you have had the chance to play along with us, but if not, you have until 8:00 pm EST tonight to link your creation to Mr Linky on the ODBD blog! The winner will be chosen by random and will receive ONE FREE SET of their choice from the Our Daily Bread designs store! The winner will be announced tomorrow on the Blog when we issue you the instructions for the big reveal of the Very Special Edition Anniversary Release Sets and Blog Hop! You do not want to miss it!!!

Now, for my favorite. This was really hard as so many ODBD are my favorite!!! But I do tend to use Sing to the Lord often!

I used one of Flower Soft's Display Globe & Oval Aperture Card.

I stamped the bird, masked it and stamped the flowers several times. It's colored with Copics, masked and airbrushed. The card base is colored with a Copic to match. That great paper is SEI Claire along with some Prism Island Mist. Spellbinder's Fleur de Lis pendants accent the Scripture.

stamps: Sing to the Lord

paper: sei claire, prism island mist

ink: memento tuxedo black

other: flower soft display globe/oval aperture card, copics, airbrush system, spellbinders fleur de lis pendant/oval, corner rounder, zip dry glue by beacon, love my tapes

Please be sure to visit all the blogs linked below, and leave a comment for each designer, because there is hidden candy on some of the blogs! You will not know where it is, but if your name is chosen and you have left a comment for the designers... you will win it!!! You won't know how many have candy each day... so be sure to visit them all and leave some love!

Winners of the individual blog candy will be announced by the blog owners who had the candy on the next day on their blogs. There will also be a big announcement on March 19th on the ODBD Blog recapping ALL the winners... the challenges, the blog candy, and the blog hop winners!

Now, are you prepared to be WoW'd?!!

Debi Southard*Sandee Shanabrough 
Connie McCotter*Christine Okken
Grace Nywening*Sabrina Jackson 
Angella Crockett*America Kuhn*Fran Gumprecht
Julie Warner*Lorelie Kim*Natalie Dever 
Deborah Saaranen

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

Jacksonbelle Tuesday...What's New?!

Post 2 of 3 today! Sassy Cheryl's Challenge is under this one..keep scrolling!

Our Jacksonbelle Embellishments challenge
is to use NEW stuff!
Keyword JBE097 for SCS and PCP

I had fun coloring up my new Stampavie image, Sarah Kay's, Bernadette Admiring Spring Flowers.

But that's not all that's new! Cosmo Cricket's Garden Variety paper, and my new EK Success Parisian border punch! The sentiment is from Basic Grey Delta Series.

For more inspiration,
be sure to check out the blogs
of all of the Jacksonbelle Rockstars!

Julie Lacey  Heather Pulvirenti Windy Robinson
Stephanie Severin Amy Tsuruta Pam Varnell
Lynda Benden Tobi Crawford Jill Dunn
Heather Lee-Reppen Shemaine Smith Lindsey Botkin

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

A Sassy Color Challenge

This week we have a color challenge with glitter... orange, green, black. I wasn't too sure about these colors when I read them, to be honest, but I LOVE my card!

I used Teddy Bear Tea Party.

It's colored with Copics, partially cut with Spellbinders Labels10, then finished with my craft knife. I sponged Distress ink while it was still in the die. I used my Sakura Glitter pen around the edges (thanks GinaK for reminding me about this trick), and added some to the teapot, sugar bowl and her dress.

the DCWV, Pocket Full of Posies paper also has glitter.

I colored some half pearls with a black Copic marker for the bear's eyes.

digi image: teddy bear tea party- sassy cheryl's

paper: georgia pacific white, dcwv pocket full of posies, unknown orange

ink: ranger distress peeled paint, shabby shutters

other: printer, copics, sakura glitter/white gel pen, spellbinders labels 10/scalloped oval, cuttlebugs swiss dots, corner rounder, dauber, craft knife, pearls, glue pen

Through a random drawing, Sassy Cheryl is offering a $5.00 gift certificate to her shop to one lucky participant! Come play along!

See what the rest of the Sassy Girls did by clicking on their name.

Ann English Cathy Edgar Dawn Burnworth
Heather Huggins Jackie Mooney Jodi Ann Lee
Kim Rhead Peggy Marsh
Tracy Jackson Alina Meijer
Chrissy Le Christa Knegt Judy Kreucher

 

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

ODBD Anniversary Challenge #3

Today, we continue our Anniversary theme. As with all our challenges, it was announced on the ODBD blog on Mar. 7th so you could get a head start, and we hope you had a chance to do that, but if not there is still time!

Silver and Gold are the traditional gifts for those special milestones in a marriage... the 25th and 50th Anniversaries.
Today's challenge is to make a project that includes silver and/or gold.
Be sure to link your project to Mr Linky on the ODBD blog by 8pm EST tonight! The winner will be chosen by random and will receive a $25.00 Gift Certificate for stamps from the Our Daily Bread designs store! The winner will be announced on the ODBD Blog post tomorrow when we issue the next challenge!

Please be sure to visit all the blogs linked below, and leave a comment for each designer, because there is hidden candy on some of the blogs! You will not know where it is, but if your name is chosen and you have left a comment for the designers... you will win it!!! You won't know how many have candy each day... so be sure to visit them all and leave some love!
Winners of the individual blog candy will be announced by the blog owners who had the candy on the next day on their blogs. There will also be a big announcement on March 19th here on the ODBD Blog recapping ALL the winners... the challenges, the blog candy, and the blog hop winners!

Now, here's my card

Believe it or not, this was a very quick, simple card to put together! Easter Blessings embossed in Ranger detail gold, colored with Prismacolor pencils! Two layers of Big Scalloped Rectangles, wired ribbon atop black and gold layers... voila! Done!

*If uploading to SCS or other on line gallery, please use keyword ODBD2AC3.

Now, go see what the these girls did with Silver & Gold!

Actually I think they should all come with a warning... *Jaws Could Be Injured While Viewing* LOL... Gorgeous!

Debi Southard
Lorelie Kim
Kathy Jones
Becca Feeken
Chris Olsen
Patter Cross
Connie McCotter
America Kuhn

thanks for stopping!

Dawn

Let The Celebration Begin! ODBD 2nd Anniversary!

 

Since we are celebrating the Anniversary of Our Daily Bread designs, we will be focusing on gifts for Anniversaries. Cotton is the traditional gift for the second anniversary. Today’s challenge will be to use Cotton in some way…. stamp on cotton, use cotton ribbon, make a cotton flower… get creative.

As with all the challenges this week… this challenge was announced on Mar. 7th here on the ODBD blog so you could get a head start, and we hope you have the chance to play along with us, you have until 8:00 pm EST tonight to link your creation to Mr Linky on the ODBD blog! The only stipulation is that it must be new work, no back links please! The winner will be chosen by random and will receive a $15.00 Gift Certificate for stamps from the ODBD Store! The winner will be announced on the ODBD Blog post tomorrow when the next challenge is issued!

Now, here's my project... The keyword is ODBD2AC1

This is one of those $1 wooden frames, and you'll never guess what I used for my Cotton! Give up? It's my old clothespin bag! I just couldn't throw it away...one of those "it might come in handy for something"! And it did! I cut out the center with my square Spellbinders and stamped the verse from Easter Blessings on that piece. Then I stamped, masked and colored (Copics) the daffodils from Happy Easter. On another piece of the cotton, I stamped and colored (Copics) the Chickadee from You Will Find Refuge. I glued the cotton to a piece of cardstock for support and cut it out. The flowers are 4 sizes of the large scalloped rectangles Spellbinders, put together, gathered and "shaped" into a flower. In the name plate is just the word from Happy Easter stamped on cotton, glued to cardstock.

Please be sure to visit all the blogs linked below, and leave a comment for each designer, because there is hidden candy on some of the blogs! You will not know where it is, but if your name is chosen and you have left a comment for the designers… you will win it!!! You won’t know how many have candy each day… so be sure to visit them all and leave some love!

Winners of the individual blog candy will be announced by the blog owners who had the candy on the next day on their blogs. There will also be a big announcement on March 19th on the ODBD Blog recapping ALL the winners… the challenges, the blog candy, and the blog hop winners! So be sure to check back there then!!!

See what the Breadsticks did with Cotton!

Chris Olsen Christine Okken Patter Cross 
Fran Gumprecht Sabrina Jackson 
Natalie Dever  America Kuhn  Debi Southard

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

A Sketch and ODBD Anniversary Celebration

Our Daily Bread designs is going to be celebrating it's second anniversary on March 17th! The sticks in the bread basket are celebrating too!!! We have come up with 5 days of fun and excitement for you, so you can join in as well!!!

Beginning on March 13th, we will have a daily challenge. You can get all the details and heads up on the challenges on the ODBD blog!

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Now for my cards. I did two for the sketch challenge on Splitcoast, two totally different cards!

My Lily of the Valley isn't even pushing up through the ground yet, but I can almost smell the beautiful fragrance these delicate flowers give! This is from the set Easter Blessing by Our Daily Bread designs. The leaves are colored with Copics. The layers are "fauxed" cardstock, my cheap trick, just white cardstock colored with a marker to match. The flowers themselves are colored with an Elmer's Painty pen.

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This next one is for Mo's DP2 Challenge, a color challenge using brown, blue and neutral.

It's colored with Prismacolor pencils blended with OMS. The background is airbrushed. I merged two different digi's for this one, Lookin for Clues and Bronte from Makin Cards.

Enjoy your day! Thanks for stopping!

Dawn