Twinkles Glow with Stamps

It's Saturday and the weekend has finally arrived. Yeah!! I hope it is a better weekend than this week. Our household has been battling the flu. Both my girls as well as myself have been affected. I apologiaze for not posting yesterday as I said I would. Unfortunately," life happens when you are busy making other plans."

Anywhoo......

I am so excited to be sharing a card and a 2-5-7-10 box today. The card I received for Valentine's Day from my ODBD design team sistah, Angel. We had a challenge amongst the designer team to use one of the Our Daily Bread Design's stampsets and make a Valentine card and send it to another team member. I was the lucky recipient of this GORGEOUS card from Angel. She used the I Am the Way set from Our Daily Bread Designs. It can be found here. This is so much more beautiful in person than in the picture I took. Thanks Angel!! Angel has a lot of awesome creations. If you have a moment, you can visit her blog here for inspiration!

The 2-5-7-10 box was made for yesterday's Limited Supply Challenge on Splitcoast (SC207) hosted by one of my other design team sistah's, Judy. Judy's challenge was to "stretch yourself" and do two things that you don't normally do on projects. Make it look like something different than anything in your gallery. Well I stretched......This was my first time ever making a 2-5-7-10 box. I wanted to make something different for my dear husband, Scott, for Valentine's Day. I used an unopened package of River Rock CS from Stampin Up. River Rock is just not one of the colors I would normally choose. Thirdly, I used a Polka dot and Posies roller that I bought a few years ago from SU. I have never used a roller before. I even blew myself away.... I didn't use any embellishments!!! LOL!!! All of my friends know that I love lots of glitz and embellishments! I only used ribbon to tie it together. Even the ribbon is a first. I got this ABC ribbon from a RAK. I don't normally use ribbon like this. I think this 2-5-7-10 box turned out pretty cute. I think my husband will love the Lindt Dark Chocolate Truffles I put inside!! lol! The toad and saying came from a stampset I bought two years ago from SU called UNFROGETTABLE! The stamps are very darling with just a little touch of humor. This was my first time using it!

Thanks for stopping by today!! Happy Valentine's Day! For an added bit of interest, please share your most memorable Valentine's Day gift or what you received for Valentine's Day this year from your Valentine. My hubby brought home a dozen and a half red roses yesterday for my two daughters and I. He wrote on the tag "For my 3 special ladies". A dozen roses were for me and three each for the girls. After being sick this week, it really meant a lot to Nicki and Meghan as well as myself. Isn't that just so SWEET!!

Yesterday I had fun playing with one of my all time favorite stamp sets from Our Daily Bread designs called Sing to the Lord. I am so looking forward to spring and seeing the green grass, the flowers, and the birds. The color challenge was so springy (Pirouette Pink, Perfect Plum and Kiwi Kiss) and this set just matched perfectly. I even got to use some of my all time favorite designer papers from Stampin Up (Bella Rose and Parisian Summer, I only wish I hoarded more of Parisian Summer before it retired!!). They are so yummy!!!

The Pink Pirrouette background paper and the white behind the image are embossed with the textile embossing folder.

The Technique Lover's challenge for Monday was to take a stamped image, dry embossed image or designer paper and cut it out to make it a part of your card. My entire image as well as the corner is cut out. The birds and flowers were embossed, glittered and layered for a 3D look. I used Mojo73 for my sketch! Combining these challenges was indeed a challenge but FUN!

Happy Tuesday Morning Everyone!!! Today I would like to share two cards I completed yesterday for a few different challenges.

The first card I created using the May God Hold You set from Our Daily Bread designs. The challenge at OCC this week was hosted by Laurie Schmidlin. The Inspirational challenge was create a card using a favorite embellishment and create your whole card around it! My inspiration was the flowers by K&Co. I also did the Lsc206 on Splitcoast using a sentiment. This was a super fun challenge!!!

Paper: K& Co.-Classic K, SU Vanilla, SU Chocolate Chip

Accessories: Sizzix Flourish #4, K&C0 flowers, Martha Stewart Leaf Punch, Martha Stewart Floral Border Punch, American Tradions Brown Glitter Ribbon, Offray Sheer Forest Green Ribbon, pearls

The second card uses the sets Keep My Lamp Burning from Our Daily Bread designs. I also did the LSC206 challenge on this card as well. My verse of focus was Proverbs 18:10 "The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and they are safe. Proverbs 18:10." In these tough economic times this is truly a verse to remember. We need to trust!!

The paper is one of my ultimate favorites on this card. I used the Gold Color Prismatic Paper Cardstock also from Our Daily Bread designs and K&Co. Blue Awning! They both have a sheen or sparkle!! The charm is from Jolee's New Crystal Collection that Michael's is now selling.

Paper: K&Co.- Blue Awning, ODBd- Gold Prismatic Color Paper Cardstock, Navy Textured CS

Accessories: Jolee's Crystal Collection Anchor set, sheer blue ribbon from Offray, craft hemp, nestabilities, floral border punch from Martha Stewart, blue thread, swirl embossing folder, large eyelets, and teal green crystals.

Thanks for looking! Hope you all have a wonderful day!!! I appreciate your comments!!