Twinkles Glow with Stamps

Hello, Friends!! I hope you are all doing well!!  As time keeps fleeting by so does my preparations for Christmas!!  It is hard to believe that in less than 2 months, Christmas will be here!!

I have made a gift card holder for this week's Double Embossing ODBDSLC260- Heat and Dry Embossing challenge at ODBD!!
I was inspired by a gift card holder I got from my dear friend, Grace, last Christmas.  I used a similar design with the pocket in the middle but added an additional pocket for my bookmark.

Julie, Diana, Paula, and Robin

We would love to have you join us for the challenge!! You have until Nov 1 at 8 pm EST to add your creation to the links at ODBD here.  Anyone may join with any stamps on the first creation, but the second creation must use ODBD stamps. For more details on how to win a $15 gift certificate or to be spotlighted, click here.

Ephesians 2:8 - For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God.

Thanks for stopping by!! Have a blessed day!! Thanks for your comments.  They are so appreciated!!
hugs,
Chris

Hello, friends!! I hope you are all enjoying the week and all is well!!  Time certainly seems to be fleeting and fall is definitely here, you can just feel it in the air and the mornings are colder and darker!!

Today I am popping it to share another card that I made for the inspiration challenge at ODBD....a Christmas card that I really had a fun time creating with my ODBD ornament stamps and dies.


Our Daily Bread Designs Card Recipe:
Stamps: Elegant Embellishments, Christmas Carols, Snowflake background
Dies: Elegant Embellishments, Flourished Star Pattern, Elegant Ovals, Stitched Ovals, Ovals, Splendorous Stars

This card is just full of glimmer and sparkle as the ornaments are embossed in gold or holographic glitter and then the embossing resist technique was used. They are created using the Elegant Embellishments stamps and  Elegant Embellishments dies. The white background is cut from glitter paper using the Flourished Star Pattern and just sparkles in real life.  I just love the blue, gold and white together. The gold behind the Flourished star pattern is dry embossed as well.

Here is the inspiration photo


For more inspiration, please visit my dt sisters:
Julie, Robin, Diana, and Paula. Chris

To join the challenge or see more details about the challenge, please visit the ODBD blog here.  All entries must be linked by Sunday, Oct. 18.  

Hello, Friends!!  Today the ODBD team has lots of inspiration to share!! Our Daily Bread Designs is not having only one but a second Christmas Release!!  There are lots of new fun and beautiful dies and stamps so you won't want to miss it!!

Three randomly selected winners will each receive a $25 gift certificate to the ODBD Store, to be used toward the purchase of ODBD Stamps found in the "ODBD stamps column" of the website just for commenting on the Design Team cards!  You have untilOctober 16, 2015 at 9:00 p.m. EDT to leave your comments on the Designers Blogs for a chance to win!  The Winners will be posted on the ODBD Blog on October 17th, so be sure to check back there to see if you won!

Here is my first creation using the new Peaceful deer image, the Perfect light sentiment, Merry Mosaic dies, and the Christmas Candle Dies.  

The deer was so much fun to color with copics!!  After I colored the image, I cut it out and mounted it on the Vintage Labels and Vintage Flourish Pattern. The pine in the corner is created using one of the dies in the Christmas Candle Die set.  The flowers and foliage are created using the Merry Mosaic dies and the Fancy Foliages dies.  The paper is from the ODBD Winter Collection 2014, Patriotic Collection, and Christian Faith Collection. 


Here are photos of the materials used from the new release:



Here are a few of my creations I made with the new releases that are posted earlier this week.  You can scroll down my blog a couple of posts for more details.









I hope you are inspired in some way by my creations!!  For more inspiration or eye candy, please visit my dt sisters:
Julie * Dawn * Amy *
 Chris- me * Cathy * Grace * Sandee 
* Robin T. * Lori * Sabrina * Angie * Diana

Thanks so much for stopping by and for your comments.  Have a blessed day!!

Hello, Friends!! Happy Hump Day!!

Today I wanted to pop in and share a gift set I created with the new Christmas candle dies released at Our Daily Bread Designs tomorrow!!!  I just love these candles and I can see so many creations that can be created with it.  

Earlier this week I shared the ornament.  Today I would like to share the matching card I created with lots of glimmer and sparkle.

The dies were cut in gold and then I ran the die through a few more times in green and red to fill in the gold with the colors.  In this set there are additional holly leaves and berry that I cut out to give more dimension to my foliage.  The pinecones are created using the pinecone from the Fancy Foliage  die.

The background of the card is created using the Flourished Star Pattern die.  The sentiment is from the Perfect Light stamp set to be released tomorrow. It is cut out and framed with the Stitched Ovals and Ovals dies and layered on the Beautiful Borders dies.

Here is a close up of the card in different types of lighting.  The first shows the glimmer and gold and the second shows the sentiment etc.  clearer.



Thanks for stopping by and for your comments!
Have a blessed day!!

Hello, Friends!! I hope this post finds you all well!!  For many in the USA it was a holiday weekend (at least for the school kids or the USA mail).  It was the first weekend in a LONG time that my husband did not have to work!! What a blessing!! We were finally able to get to things around the house that he had not had time to get to when working so much over-time.  God is good!!  It was a great weekend!!

Well, on to a card I would like to share that I made using the sketch challenge at the ODBD Shining the Light challenge!!  I used some sneak peek dies and stamps that will be released on Thursday!!
Love the Merry Mosaic dies that match with the Peaceful Poinsettia dies that were previously released last year!!  I layered the Merry Mosaic dies (cut in white) on top of blue poinsettias cut with the Peaceful Poinsettia dies.  The Leaves and foliage are cut using silver metallic cardstock. The sentiment is from the Peaceful Deer stamp set to be released on Thursday!



The border of the card is created with the Flourished Star Pattern.

For more inspiration for the challenge, please visit my dt sisters:

I hope you enjoy the rest of your day!!! Thanks for stopping by and for your kind comments.  I so enjoy reading them!!

blessings,

Hello Friends!!  I hope all is well!! It amazes me that it is already October, another month has flown by!!  It will be Christmas before we know it!! Yikes!  It is time to do some of that holiday crafting!!

Today I am sharing a Christmas card I created for this week's Shining the Light Color Challenge. It is all about the metallics.  There is nothing more glamorous or elegant, in my humble opinion, than adding silver or gold to those Christmas cards.

Here is my creation using the Tree Trimming Trio dies and stamps as well as the sentiment from Elegant Embellishments.  The sentiment is framed with a Spellbinders Oval and ODBD Elegant Ovals.  The gold border of the card is cut out from ODBD Flourished Star Pattern die.  The background is embossed using the Sizzix Holly Branch and Pine Branch Embossing Folder.

ODBD Stamps Used: Elegant Embellishments, Tree Trimming Trio
ODBD Dies Used: Tree Trimming Trio, Elegant Ovals, Flourished Star Pattern
Other Supplies: Holographic embossing powder, gold metallic thread and paper, Sizzix Holly Branch and Pine Branch Embossing Folder

Here is the color challenge for ODBDSLC257

We hope you can join us for the challenge.  You have until October 11 at 8pm EST to add your creation to the linky at ODBD here.  By participating in the challenge, you may have a chance to win a $15 gift certificate toward stamps or to be spotlighted (if you have used ODBD stamps).  We look forward to seeing your creations.

For more inspiration, please visit my dt sisters:
Julie, Diana, Robin, and Paula,

Thanks for stopping by!! Have a blessed day!!  Your comments and visits have made my day!

blessings,

Hello, All!!  Today, the Bread Basket at Our Daily Bread Designs has lots of beautiful projects using the new dies, stamps and papers now available at ODBD!!  They really lend themselves to so many creative or even clean and simple projects for Christmas!!!

Three randomly selected winners will each receive a $25 gift certificate to the ODBD Store, to be used toward the purchase of ODBD Stamps found in the "ODBD stamps column" of the website just for commenting on the Design Team cards!  You have until October 2, 2015 at 9:00 p.m. EDT to leave your comments on the Designers Blogs for a chance to win!  The Winners will be posted on the ODBD Blog on October 3rd, so be sure to check back there to see if you won!

Here is a creation I made for Christmas using the new Christmas Carols stamp set, Flourished Letters stamp set, Delightful Decorations die set, Embellished Elegant dies,and the 2015 Christmas Paper Collection.

* Robin T. * Lisa * Chris * Grace * Sabrina 
* Silke * America * Loretta * Robin C.

Here are some of the sneak peeks previously shown this week.  For more details, scroll down the blog or click on the links of the sample number under each project photo.