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Hi! I am Chris, also known as Glowbug on Splitcoaststampers. I live in Appomattox, VA. I so much enjoy blogging and the so many good friendships that have formed as a result. During my free time, I am creating cards or projects and I so enjoy Challenges. I have a very supportive husband, Scott, who understands my addiction and two young daughters,Meghan, 9 and Nicki, 12 years of age, who can't wait to get their hands on my stamps and embellishments. I was an elementary school teacher until my youngest was born. I have now been blessed with the opportunity to teach my two girls at home. I use stamping as a hobby or way to escape.
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Friday, March 5, 2010

Wags N Whiskers- Tags or bookmarks/ ODBD Passion for pink

5:56 AM | Posted by Chris Olsen, Glowbug | | Edit Post


Happy Friday Everyone!!! The weekend is upon us!! To begin the weekend, Wags n Whiskers is kicking off another challenge.


This week my talented and sweet dt sister Karen is asking you to use or create either a tag or bookmark. You may want to combine the tag with a card like I have below.

To play our challenges you must use a Wags 'n Whiskers Rubber Stamp as your main image to be entered into the prize drawing.

If you don't have any Wags 'n Whiskers, then it's time to go shopping!!!. The images are just too cute!!!


Once again, one of our participants will have a chance to win a stamp of their choice!!

Before I go, I want to wish a farewell and best wishes to my sweet and talented dt sister, Inge who is leaving Wags n Whiskers dt. I have enjoyed working with you Inge!! You will be missed!! See you in blogland!


For my creation I used the sketch created by dt sister Nikki that she made for
Incy Wincy. The image is Bedtime Story from Wags n Whiskers that I colored with distress inks. The paper is from Basic Grey Wisteria. The prima flower is covered with beads for some sparkle.

Card Recipe:
stamps: Bedtime Story from Wags n Whiskers
Paper: Basic Grey Wisteria, Soft Blue, MS Glitter Paper
Accessories: Spellbinders Fancy Labels,MS Lattice Border Punch, Satin ribbon, silver baubles, satin ribbon

Challenges:
Wags n Whiskers: use or make tags or bookmarks with a Wags n Whiskers image
Incy Wincy: Sketch
Delightful Sketches- Kids

CPractical Scrappers: Ink
Clearly Inspired challenge~square cards.

The Treehouse Stamps - Bling
Lexi's Creations - Anything Goes
Crazy 4 Challenges #26 "3 Different Textures" (pearls, lace, ribbon, paper)
Fussy And Fancy- Cinderella
Secret Crafter~stitching.
by the Cute and Girly- Think Spring
Spoonful of Sugar- Beads
SSDS-Sparkle



I hope you enjoyed my creation. For more inspiration for this challenge, please visit my dt sisters:
Sharon, Nikki, Lacey, Jacqui, Michele, Karen, Inge, Tina, Jeanette



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I made this card earlier in the week but have been waiting for the right day to post it since I have had atleast two creations on each day earlier this week. I made this for the Stampin Sisters in Christ Challenge:

Stampin Sisters in Christ Challenge #28 - Colossians 3:17 - The challenge for this week is for you have free reign of what you want to do this week. But here's the deal: you are to actively do this as an act of worship to our God. Before starting, pray. Thank God for your gift. While working, feel free to pray more, or perhaps sing out to Him. Put your focus on Him and remember that it is He who gave you your gift (however good or bad you think you are at this) and remember that it makes Him happy to see you at work. Do this challenge, as if you were doing it for Christ himself! The verse for this challenge is:

Colossians 3:17 "And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him."

With Easter coming up, I thought this would be a nice one to make for this challenge and one that shares the true meaning of Easter.




Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs: Easter Blessings
Paper: Pink Pirouette dp, Pink Pirouette cs, white cs
Accessories: MS lace border punch, Spellbinders Lattice pendant, scalloped and circle dies, ZVA Creative Pearls


When I saw that my dear friend and dt sister, Angie, was Sunday's featured stamper at Splitcoast Stampers, I had to play along!!! Congrats Angie!!! I cased this card http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ga...p;ppuser=84051 From Angie's Awesome gallery changing my stamp to Easter Blessings from Our Daily Bread Designs, omiting the piercing around the sentiment and adding pearls, framing my sentiment with the Lattice Pendant from Spellbinders, and changing my dp to Pink Pirouette Designer Paper from SU.


Thanks for stopping by!! Have a great weekend!!!


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Thursday, March 4, 2010

DDIC 23 Roses/Stamp and Create Stampavie

6:25 AM | Posted by Chris Olsen, Glowbug | | Edit Post


Hello stamping friends! I hope you are having a lovely week so far! It's been a busy one for me...but that's always the case...with homeschooling my two girls, taking care of our household, church responsibilities and my card making. Today I have two cards or projects to share with you. Coincidently, they are both pink...to me these are spring or summer colors!!

First, since it is the first Thursday of the month...Lori from the Divine Diva Inspiration Challenge has sent me this image as my inspiration for my creation:

I was greatly inspired by all the pink flowers, pearls, and tea cup. While I was perusing Michael's for some supplies I needed my eyes cam upon this paper box which immediately reminded me of this week's inspiration so I decided to alter it for today's inspiration creation.
The large Windsor London prima rose, May Arts Pink Satin Ribbon and the string of pearl flourishes from ZVA Creative with the small rose buds seemed to give it an elegant feel like the photo Lori sent. I then added the sentiment "Praying your day will be filled with Joy" from the Our Daily Bread designs Easter Blessings set framed in the Spellbinders Fancy Labels die and put the lattice border (Martha Stewart Lattice border punch) around the edge, and button for the flap. I plan to give this to my Mother for Mother's Day!! I hope she will like it.

Box recipe:
Paper box from Michaels
Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs Easter Blessings
Accessories: large Windsor London prima rose, May Arts Pink Satin Ribbon and the string of pearl flourishes from ZVA Creative, Spellbinders Fancy Labels die, Martha Stewart Lattice border punch, button from stash, May Arts Prima rose buds (petite)

Challenges:
The Treehouse Stamps - Bling
Lexi's Creations - Anything Goes
Crazy 4 Challenges #26 "3 Different Textures"
Allsorts- make a card or project for someone who is like a mom to you.
Stamp Something- designer paper, buttons, ribbon
My Time to Craft- Just for Mom

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

Anne
Lori
Donna
Julie
Kerri


Hope you are inspired to come and play along. Just leave a comment here with a link to your card. We can't wait to see what you create! The keyword for uploading on SCS will be DDIC23. Have fun!!


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I also have some good news to share with you, a while ago...my dt sister and co-owner of Wags N WhiskersLacey asked me to design for her Stamp and Create store. I was so excited and just had to say yes. Her dt is so friendly and talented and Lacey is such an awesome person to work with that I am honored to become a part.
She carries such a wide variety of stamps and supplies in her store!! If you have not seen her online store, you should really check it out here.

This week, the Product Spotlight at Stamp & Create is Stampavie Stamps. Stampavie carries a few stamp lines by different artists and they are all too cute and sweet!

The artists are: Sarah Kay, Penny Johnson, Helz Cuppleditch, Gillian F. Roberts, Rachelle Anne Miller, and Mo Manning.

For the Product Spotlight Special this week, all Stampavie stamps that are in-stock at Stamp and Create are 25% off. This excludes the Spring/Summer release pre-order.

However, speaking of the pre-order, you can still pre-order all of the images new release images.

The card I am sharing with you today uses one of the Stampavie stamps from the Sarah Kay line called: My Sweet Lili. I colored her with Distress inks. I also used some Basic Grey Eva paper, American Crafts Jewel Brads, Large Star Spacer, and the Bow Easy from Lacey's Stamp and Create Store. I had so much fun creating this card while the snow was coming down in these spring and summery colors.

For more inspiration or examples of products made by the team using Stampavie products, please visit my dt sisters: Lacey and Jeanette. At Jeanette's blog on this same link you will also see an awesome tutorial on how she colors with copics!!!

Challenges:

Sketch Saturday Challenge

Delightful Sketches- Kids

Practical Scrappers: Ink

Clearly Inspired challenge~square cards.

The Treehouse Stamps - Bling
Lexi's Creations - Anything Goes
Crazy 4 Challenges #26 "3 Different Textures" (pearls, lace, ribbon, paper)
Fussy And Fancy- Cinderella
Creative Card Crew~Celebration
Secret Crafter~stitching.
Stampavie- spring

Thanks to everyone who responded to my question or concern about blogger or about blog surfing. I have been using Firefox as many of you suggested but it seems like I am having more problems yet with this than internet explorer as strange as it may seem. I actually am using both at the same time going one to the next when the other is not working as it should. Oh well, hopefully it gets better soon!!

Thanks for stopping by and for all your sweet comments. I so enjoy reading them and being inspired by your comments . I hope you enjoyed today's post and that your day is full of sunshine!! The Sun is here today!!! Woohoo!!

hugs,

Chris

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Wednesday, March 3, 2010

FBW99/ Inky Impressions-Think Green

5:21 AM | Posted by Chris Olsen, Glowbug | | Edit Post



Happy Hump Day Everyone!! The weekend is really creeping up her quickly!!I can't believe how fast time does fly!!

I apologize for not visiting more of my blogging friends than I did but I am truly having a lot of difficulty with blogger. Many of your blogs shut down when I open them or I leave a comment and it gives me an error message when I post it. After a while it gets sooooo frustrating I give up. Is it me or are others having issues as well? Writing this post....Yikes! It took forever!!

Anywho.....Today is Wednesday and it is time for another Inky Impressions Challenge and Flutter By Wednesday challenge as well!!!

This the 99th challenge at Flutter By Wednesday!! Woo hoo!! Next week it is 100! The challenge for this week is an inspiration one!! Create a card using butterflies, fairies or angels and base it on this photo for your inspiration!





Leave a direct link to your creation in Mister Linky. If you upload to SCS or PCP, please use the keyword, FBW.We can't wait to see what YOU create!!

Here is my creation:

I Was inspired By Tinkerbell. I decided to make a Photo Album cover for my Tinkerbell Fan, my youngest daughter Meghan. Since I did not have a stamp with it I used a Tinkerbell sticker which is 3D. The paper is from Martha Stewart and is all glittery. There is lots of sparkle to this album!! I Framed the image with a Lattice Pendant Die from Spellbinders. The circle is embossed with Victoria from Provocraft. This ribbon is some of my fave!! Love the color. It is May Arts Satin Ribbon. The letters I typed using Segoe Script and then punched with my small circle punch.

Be sure to visit all the flutter by team members for lots of inspiration! Also we are welcoming Randi and Alex to the team full time!!

Ann,
Cassie
Christine
Danni
Debby
Harriet
Heather
Jeanette
Jodi
Karen
Kimberly
Kris
Kristie
Lelia
Michelle-
Nancy
Nicola
Pam
Shana

Challenges:
The Pink Elephant- green
Cupcake Craft Challenge: Round and Round- round circles for letter, round gem, round image panel
The Treehouse Stamps - Bling
Lexi's Creations - Anything Goes
My Time To Craft - In The Frame
Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge: Stitching
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - Ribbons and Sparkle
Cute Card Thursday - Ribbon-tastic
SSDS - Sparkle and Shine
Fussy and Fancy Challenge - Movies

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Now it is time to share this week's Inky Impressions challenge. Since it is March we thought it would be fun to THINK GREEN to add green somewhere on your card or project!! This weeks challenge will be going on for TWO WEEKS so you have plenty of time to come and join the fun. No need to use Inky Images but if you have them we would love to see you use them!!!! To be eligible to get Inked by the Inkettes you must have all creations uploaded to Mr. Linky here by March 15th by Midnight Eastern time.


Here is my creation for the Inky Impressions challenge:


I used the Inky Impressions Pot of Gold and Lili' Chicks stamp from Inky Impressions. The paper is from Basic Grey Origins. The velvet trim is Memory Box. I water colored my image.

Challenges:
Inky Impressions: Think Green
The Pink Elephant- green
Friday Sketchers-
Cupcake Craft Challenge: Round and Round- round coins and baubles
The Treehouse Stamps - Bling
Lexi's Creations - Anything Goes
My Time To Craft - In The Frame
Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge: Stitching
Cute Card Thursday - Ribbon-tastic

For more inspiration for this challenge, please visit my Inkette sisters:


Angela
Beth
Cheryl
Crystal
Domi
Jackie
Kim D
Kim Y


I hope you have enjoyed today's creations!! I look forward to perusing your blogs in blogland after I go grocery shopping. Unfortunately it is snowing again and they are expecting another 4 inches. I would like to go before the roads get bad. With all our storms etc., I haven't gotten groceries in almost 2 weeks. The cupboards are getting bare.

blessings,
Chris






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Tuesday, March 2, 2010

MMSC43 Easter Blessings

2:32 AM | Posted by Chris Olsen, Glowbug | | Edit Post


Happy Tuesday Everyone! I hope you all have had a good beginning to your week! Has anybody else been experiencing difficulties with blogger? Oh sometimes it can be so frustrating when windows won't open or when links change...After a while I get so frustrated I just shut it down and give up!

O.k. enough complaining..it is time for another Midnight Madness sketch!!

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Congrats to our winners from last weeks sketch!:
Our MMSC42 Gold Star Award goes to...
48. * Vicki*
Our Remarkables Award this week goes to...
3. Lesley aka Super Nan
9. Ms Plum
51. Darsie Bruno

Our MMSC42 Weekly Bonus Winner is...
Woo hooo Nancy!! It is so fun when you see friends or dt sisters win!!


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Our MMSC43 weekly Bonus sponsor is.....

"Sunshine and Giggles"

Janice, Thank you for your wonderful prize this week...Your line is very refreshing :)
Below is our Weekly Bonus Prize.
1 6x6 Basic Grey Origins Pad
1 6x6 Basic Grey June Bug Pad
1 Bow Easy
1 pkg of Prima Mini Roses
PLUS
3 digital images-winner's choice
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Our March Monthly Sponsor is....
The "priscillastyles" Store
In celebration of Priscilla's new Store, She is going to be the March Monthly Sponsor. How fun is that? Her New store features "priscillastyles" customizing kits and my "Dabbling with Digi's" digital stamp images. In addition to this Monthly prize, she would like to give away any item from my store to one lucky winner just for following the store blog.
What do you have to lose?
Click HERE, then Click ”Follow” for a chance.
She will pick one name from all the followers at the end of the month and announce the winner along with the weekly and monthly grand prize winners.
This is the March month end prize!!!
O’Scrap Pocket Organizer
6x6 “priscillastyles” Envelope Kit
Chic Ribbon Chest in Pink
The ScrapMaBob drink holder

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Here is this weeks Sketch and my creation this week:

Once again, it's "YOUR PICK". Make it fancy, clean and simple, or somewhere in-between. We can't wait to see what you come up with.
Have fun and enjoy your crafting.


My Take on the Sketch:
I made this card using Retired Papers from SU that were in my stash (Parisian Summer and BonJour) and the new stampset just released from Our Daily Bread Designs this week: Happy Easter . The image is watercolored then cut out and popped up on dimensionals. I also colored the image and used masking to create the background.

Card Recipe:
Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs: Happy Easter
Paper: SU retired Parisian Summer and Bonjour, So Saffron, Bitter Chocolate
Accessories: Zva Creative pearls, MS Classic Butterfly punch, MS shell border, Swiss dots embossing folder from Provocraft, Oval spellbinders

On Sunday I shared this box on my blog which matches with this card:


stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs-Happy Easter
template: Treat box from Leigh Ann Baird from Perfect Presentations
paper: SU Bonjour, Bitter Chocolate, So Saffron
Accessories: Memory Box ribbon, MS Butterfly Punch, SU Oval punches, Soft Swirls embossing folder from Provocraft

Challenges:
Midnight Madness Sketch 42
Lexi's Creations - Anything Goes
My Time To Craft - In The Frame
Tellen's Place - Anything Goes
Clearly I Stamp - It's Hit to be Square
The Treehouse Stamps - Bling
willow traders: use you stamps
crafty creations: #56 cut it out and pop it up
Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge: Stitching
Practical scrappers: inks.
Crazy 4 Challenges: textures
Pile it on Lucky Me -The snow has stopped and Spring is on the way!!! The daffodils are sprouting although buried under 3 feet of snow
Cupcake Craft Challenge: Round and Round- round frame with the oval, swiss dots, and pearls
allsorts-make a card or gift for someone who is like a mom to you


Please visit the rest of the Design Team Divas to see their take on this week's sketch!

Carol-Chocolate, Crafts, & Bears!
Carolyn - Creative Card Corner
Charlotte- Designs from Within
Denise - kc242 Designs by Denise
Jane - The Paper Affair
Jeni - Jeni's Custom Cards
Linda - Craft Central!!
Michelle - Daydreams by Michelle
Phyllis - SparklePlenty1000
Priscilla - "priscillastyles"
Sue - McMahon Five Designs
Sue Drees - Rubber Stamping Adventures

I hope you enjoyed my creation and you too are able to participate in the sketch. If you do create a card or project using the sketch, please leave a direct link to your creation here. If you upload to PCP or SC please use the keyword MMSC43.

Thanks for stopping by today and for your sweet comments!

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Monday, March 1, 2010

Our Daily Bread Designs March Release Blog Hop

8:00 AM | Posted by Chris Olsen, Glowbug | | Edit Post

Welcome to the Our Daily Bread Designs March Release Blog Hop! If you came here from Connie's blog McStampin Dusk Til Dawn you are in the right place. If not, you may want to start at the beginning at the Our Daily Bread Designs Blog. ....There are prizes and a hidden message along the way.

We, the "bread basket" are so excited to share these gorgeous new sets!!! I personally love Easter and flowers so these sets are right up my ally. The images and coordinating verses are a real treat for the eyes. The team has lots of fab creations to share with you so we hope you will...grab a cup of coffee or tea and sit down to enjoy the hop !

This month there will be TWO Blessed Winners...who will each receive a $15 Gift Certificate to the Our Daily Bread Designs store to go towards a purchase of stamps of your choice! Winners will be randomly chosen.

During the hop, the design team will be creating a special message. Collect each word or words in order from each blog and you will know what it is.


You have until Tuesday, March 2 at 8:00PM EST to complete the requirements to be eligible to win. Winners will be announced on the ODBD Blog on Wednesday March 3rd. Hopping to the blogs in order will help you reveal the message more easily. If for some reason a link is not working, the order of the hop and the links are posted on the Our Daily Bread designs blog.

Here is what you need to do to be eligible to win:
1. Hop from blog to blog in the order, writing down the secret words you will see in the design team members posts, and leaving a comment on each blog.

2. Return to the Our Daily Bread Designs blog and leave a comment that you completed the hop and left comments for each designer.

3. Email Grace the secret words you found (in order) .... they will spell a special message and that you have completed the hop leaving comments on each blog along the way (the email is posted on the Our Daily Bread designs Blog. If for some reason you are unable to leave comment on one or some of the blogs, please do not panic....just let Grace know in your email.



Here are my creations for today's hop:

For today's creation, I decided to make a matching gift set using the Easter Blessings stamp set from Our Daily Bread Designs (Released today!) The image is stamped on water color paper, colored with watercolors, and cut out using my Labels 13 die. The sentiment is stamped on vellum and overlays the image. Both panels are pierced. I then used the small die from the Fleur De Lis Die set to frame my image panel. The paper is from K&Co. Tim Coffey. The bottom border is punched with the MS Flower Vine punch.





card recipe:
stamps: Easter Blessings from Our Daily Bread Designs
paper: baja breeze, bitter chocolate, K&Co. Tim Coffey
Accessories: Spellbinders Fleur De Lis, Spellbinders Label 13, MS Flower Vine punch, Zva Creative pearls, Satin ribbon, Vellum, textile embossing folder

The Gift to go box is created using a template from Leigh Ann Baird just release yesterday. Isn't it a fun little container. I always loved the shape and design of the Chinese Take out Boxes and it looks very similar. Again I water colored my image, cut it out, and popped it up on dimensionals in a labels 13 dry embossed die shape.
Gift to go Recipe:
Stamps: Easter Blessings from Our Daily Bread Designs
Paper: Tim Coffey from K&Co. and Bitter Chocolate
Accessories: Labels 13 Spellbinders die, satin ribbon, textile embossing folder from Provocraft
Template: Gift to Go from Leigh Ann Baird at Perfect Presentations


My secret words:

Red


Before you go however, I want to tell you about the exciting events we have planned for you this month! March 17 is the Second Anniversary of Our Daily Bread designs, and we are celebrating!!!

Be sure to check the ODBD Blog on Sunday, Mar. 7! We will be announcing fun challenges that will run Mar. 13 - 16 so you can get a jump on them.... Then beginning on Sat. Mar. 13, we will be announcing a daily challenge and there will be wonderful prizes EVERY DAY! On Mar. 17 we will have another Blog Hop, revealing the Special Edition Anniversary Release! I hope we'll see you then!!!


Thanks for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed my creation. For more inspiration, please hop to the next stop Grace. Enjoy the hop!!!

Have a blessed day!

Chris
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