Twinkles Glow with Stamps

This week's challenge : 

Anything goes with ODBD stamps!  It doesn't get any easier!!!

To make the challenge even more fun, we will be giving out a prize, a $15 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!!  See the Challenge for all the details!

  I would like to notify all our readers and players that we are changing our challenge day to Tuesday's beginning on July 3. This week's challenge will be extended through Sunday, July 8 at 8 pm EST. All Challenges will begin on Tuesday's at 8 a.m. EST and end on Sunday's at 8 pm EST. This coming Tuesday, July 3, we will show you more for the same challenge.

I hope you'll play along!  I can't wait to see what you come up with!!!  

  If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC114. When creating your posts on blogs please include a link to the challenge.

My card is a sneak peek of two new ODBD sets coming your way July 1.... Sharing your Sorrow, and Flowering Faith. The flowers on the borders are using a flower in the Flowering Faith set.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Chris

Card Recipe:
Dies available at ODBD: Spellbinders Labels 18
Accessories: May Arts Wrinkled Ribbon,  Provocraft Scrollwork Embossing folder, lace

 This card uses Our Daily Bread Designs Thank God, some My Mind's Eye Lost and Found paper, stitching, pearl and ribbon trim (that I have hoarded), recycled and reformed flowers, Martha Stewart Butterfly punch, lace from Joann Fabrics, kraft/crumb cake and cream cardstock, Tim Holtz Vintage ink, and the Spellbinders Romantic Rectangles.  

challenges I am entering my creation in:

Happy Saturday all!! I hope you are all enjoying a wonderful weekend.  I made the long trek out to visit my parents in NY, my first time driving myself and the girls on a 10 hour trip.  Amazingly, I did well..God answered my prayers!!  We have been having a great time visiting with family.  Last night was my Dad's retirement party.  He now starts a new chapter in his life, exciting yet scary all wrapped in one.  I pray God will be with him and guide his footsteps through this transition.

Today I would like to pop in and share today challenge at the Our Daily Bread Designs Shining the Light challenge.  This week's challenge is simple yet fun.




card recipe:
stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs- Thank You, Mini Tags 1
paper: My Mind's Eye- Lost and Found
accessories: Spellbinders Fleur De Lis Squares, Martha Stewart Daisy border Punch, scrap ribbon, pearls, sewing machine, Spellbinders Ribbon Tags Trio

• Fun with Shapes & More must include die cut/punch -  Summer
• Hotshot Crafts Distress Ink 
• Raise The Bar –  Summer

• Paper Crafting Journey - Handcoloured image 
• Divas by Design #39 Summer theme 
• Paper Pretties -  Summer Inspiration 
• Creative Craft Challenges - Gold & Cream 
• Bearly Mine - #39 Tic Tac Toe* dies, ribbon, lace 
• Creative Mondays - Summer  
• Sweet Stampin - Summer Fun
• Inspire Me Fridays – Always Anything Goes 
• WordArt Wednesdays - use an encouraging uplifting sentiment

Happy Saturday all!! I hope you are all enjoying the weekend!!  It has been beautiful weather here in Virginia, not too hot and a little breeze....PERFECT!  Summer has officially begun for many in our area as all the schools are out for the summer!!  In a few days, I leave for NY to spend time with my parents.  I really am looking forward to it although I have to leave my hubby behind.  That is the hard part....

Anywho....Today I want to share this week's Shining the Light challenge at Our Daily Bread Designs.

Happy Tuesday!!  It seems like a while since I posted...guess because it has been five days.  This weekend our family went camping at North Bend Campground in VA and had a blast on the lake with my brother and sister and law and family.  I can't wait to go again.

Anywho...while in summer mode, I would like to share a card I made using on of Our Daily Bread Design's new releases from last Friday called Bicycyle.  I just love this image and I had a blast coloring it.


Card recipe:
Stamps: Bicycle and Thank You Sentiments from Our Daily Bread Designs

Welcome everyone to the Our Daily Bread Designs June New Release Blog hop!!!  This month Kelley has outdone herself with some really awesome sets that we the breadsticks have all been having a blast creating with!!  Come join us for the hop with lot of inspiration and even a chance to win free stamps!!!

 If you got here from Sandee`s Fabulous Blog, you are in the right place!
  If not you might want to start at the Our Daily Bread Designs Blog
  and start from there so you don't miss any chances to win free
  stamps!!!  The prizes are hidden among the teams blogs and even we don't know where they are!!
There will be three prizes of $20.00 Gift Certificates to the ODBD store for stamps, hidden on three different blogs along the hop. The winners will be randomly chosen from the COMMENTERS on these three blogs! The GRAND PRIZE of the entire Bread Basket Bundle will be drawn from the comments left here on the Our Daily Bread Designs Blog hop post, from all who tell us they completed the hop and which set is their most favorite!


  Here is what you must do in order to win:

 1.   Comment on each of the team members blogs as well as the Our Daily Bread Designs during the hop.  The Hop will run from 8:00 am EDT June 1 to 8:00 pm June 2 Winners will be announced on June 3 on the ODBD Blog. 

2.  MAKE SURE TO COMMENT ON THE OUR DAILY BREAD DESIGNS BLOG letting us know that you completed the hop and which set is your favorite for a chance to win the entire Bread Basket Bundle!!


3. HAVE FUN!!!


  Now... on to my project!!  I had so much fun creating a gift basket with the Thank You Sentiments and Grace stamp sets!!

I created a basket using my dear and talented friend Grace's basket tutorial found here.  I altered it a bit, however, since I wanted to make it look woven.  I cut 20 strips of kraft paper into 1/4 an 3/8 inch strips,  distressing all the sides of each strip with Tim Holtz Vintage Distressed Ink.  I then alternated the 1/4 and 3/8 strips (horizontally) around the box I created.  After I had gone to the top with horizontal strips all around the edge, I wove the strips (alternating the 1/4 inch and 3/8 strips) and snipped them to the height of the basket.



The tag on the box is created with classic ovals and Ribbon Tags Trio Three from Spellbinders.
The ribbon is a small spool of pink gingham which I have been hoarding.  The basket image is from the Thank You Sentiments stamp set.

Here is a few of the items I created for inside the basket:

The first is a bookmark created with a prayer from the Grace stamp set released today at Our Daily Bread Designs. The bookmark is framed with the Fleur De Lis Rectangles and the Antique Frames and Accents from Spellbinders. The designer paper is from My Mind's Eye Blush.


The second item is a recipe card which I shared on my blog yesterday.  If you would like a yummy apple cobbler recipe, you may want to scroll down a post or click here and check it out.

Here the outside of my recipe card using the Thank You Sentiments stamp set.


 Items used for the Recipe card:
Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs!!  -Thank You Sentiments stamp set.
Paper: My Mind's Eye Blush
Spellbinders Tags Trio two and classic scalloped ovals and rectangles, Martha Stewart Daisy Border punch, sewing machine, Tim Holtz distress ink (vintage)


I also made gift packets of apple cinnamin tea and dried apple slices. Here is a photo of my tea bag packaging.  The apples are masked from the small basket in the Thank You Sentiments stamp set.