Twinkles Glow with Stamps

Happy Saturday Everyone!! I hope you all have had a good start to your weekend!! Since today is Saturday, it is time for another Our Daily Bread Designs Shining the Light Challenge.


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!! Entries for the prize must be submitted by Thursday, May 13. One random winner will be chosen and announced next Saturday. While it is not required to use Our Daily Bread Designs images and sentiments on your creations, we would love to see them if you have them.
As a way of recognizing those who do use Our Daily Bread Designs stamps, we will again be choosing 1 to 2 creations to spotlight for our Shining the Light Award. In order to qualify for this award, however, you must use Our Daily Bread stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by May 13 at 8 p.m. EST.

If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC12. When creating your posts on blogs please in clude a link to the challenge.

Here is my take on the challenge:


For my card I used the As You Graduate and Sing to the Lord stamp sets from Our Daily Bread Designs to make a graduation card for my niece. The layout uses the CCEE sketch from a week ago. It is so fun and different from most sketches! The ribbon is laced through the top and baubles are added in between the lacing. I used the border punch from SU and a MS Shell border punch. Some of the layers are dry embossed but you need to click on the photo for a close up to see it.

recipe:
Stamps: As You Graduate and Sing to the Lord stamp sets from Our Daily Bread Designs
Paper: Deja Views Kiss Lace, Heidi Snapp Crazy Love
Accessories: SU Border Punch, MS Shell border Punch, bow easy, May Arts white satin ribbon, gold cording, Circle classic and scalloped border punch, silver baubles

For more inspiration please visit my dt sisters:

• America Kuhn
• Christine Okken
• Francie Gumprecht
• Natalie Dever
• Patter Cross
• Sabrina Jackson

Thanks for stopping by and for all your comments.

blessings,
Chris

Hi everyone! Are you all ready for a great blog hop? Welcome to the release of the new Wags 'n Whiskers Fun in the Sun stamps! I'm really excited about today, cause we get to reveal all the adorable new stamps designed by the amazingly talented illustrator Cris De lara for the Wags 'n Whiskers line of stamps! They will be available for purchase today at 12pmGST/ 7am EST. Here are the details of the blog hop:
First, You want to start at the Wags 'n Whiskers blog, so if you just happened upon this, you will want to go back there to start. That's where you will find the names of all the hoppers just in case you happen to get lost along the way. If you arrived here from the fabulously talented Joy, then you're in the right spot.
Now on to today's new release. Today's release includes 8 beautiful Whimsical Fun in the Sun themed stamps. They are so fun and happy!! BETTER YET! There are 4 hidden prizes among our blogs on the hop!! That means four chances to win 2 stamps of your choice from Wags n Whiskers!!All you have to do is leave a comment on each of the stops along the hop for a chance to win.

For my creation, I used the darling: Summer Treat image.
I colored her with copics and paper pieced her dress. I added some ink to distress my edges on each panel and added some stitching. The background of the image panel is dry embossed with Script from Provocraft. The dp is Bitter Sweet from Basic Grey.

• Stamps: Wags ‘n Whiskers Summer Treat ~ Available to purchase -->HERE <--on Friday at 12pm GMT/7am EST.
• Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
• Paper: Basic Grey Bitter Sweet, Bazzill Brown
  
• Tools: Cuttlebug Script, MS Shell Border Punch, Spellbinders scalloped and standard circles, Spellbinders Rectangle, corner rounder punch, MS Classic Butterfly punch
  
• Embellies: Cat Charm, Prima Bella Arts Novelty Roses, SU Striped Grosgrain ribbon

The next stop along the way is the extremely talented Melanie . You will want to check out her amazing creation! At the end, be sure to head back to the Wags 'n Whiskers blog . Make sure you leave a comment along the way on each person's blog for a chance to win. You never know... you may be one of the blessed 4 hoppers to be randomly chosen along the way!!


The blog hop will remain open all weekend and will close on Monday 12pm GMT/7amEST. Don't forget there is also still time to help us Spread the word and be entered into the drawing to win the full release - 9 stamps here!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you have enjoyed the sneak peaks for the past couple of days and today's creation as well. Thanks for all your comments and visits. I truly appreciate you all, my blogging friends.

blessings,
Chris

Hi all!! One more day before the weekend begins!! Boy is it busy at blog land for me. So many new releases and fun!! Today I have yet another sneak peak of a new release for you from Wags n Whiskers called Joy Ride which will be available on Friday!! I just love this image and had such an awesome time coloring it with my copics. Isn't it just darling?!!!
I used this past Saturday's Sketch and Basic Grey Indian Summer paper. Each panel is dry embossed with a different embossing folder for some added texture. I also paper toled the image.
For more inspiration for this challenge, please check out the sneak peaks of my super talented dt sisters: Christa, Debbie, Jeanette, Jacqui, Karen, Lacey, Michelle, Nikki, Sharon, Tina, Melanie Holtz and Renata van Miltenburg.

Don't forget to hop back on over to the Wags n Whiskers blog tomorrow for our New Release Blog hop!!
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Edited this post to include this creation as well. I know how posts lose exposure when you have too many posts on a day so I wanted to add this on instead....
Today is the Divine Diva Inspiration challenge. This week Lori sent us this photo:

I was inspired by all the white, textures and frames and butterflies in this photo!!


When making this card, I also incorporated The ODBD Stamping In Assignment Challenge SNTODBD9! The Assignment is any ODBD stamps! The Challenge is “A little Something Something!” Make a card or project using something “old” something “new,” and something “received!” Other stuff can be used, of course, but tell us about these three! You do not have to use a specific Our Daily Bread Designs set for this challenge but you need to use ODBD stamps. I used new white ribbon from ODBD that I had run out of and had to replenish, an old die cut from SU (Butterfly sizzix die), and the Classic Spellbinders frame I received from a dear friend. The stampsets I used are Ironworks Borders and For the Graduate from Our Daily Bread Designs. I just love this verse. Such a comfort!! It could be used for any occasion. I plan to use it for a wedding card for my nephew and his fiance next week.Recipe:
Stamps: Ironworks Borders and For the Graduate from Our Daily Bread Designs.
Paper: White CS
Accessories: Butterfly Sizzix die, Spellbinders classic frame, MS Butterfly punch, swiss dots folder, gold embossing powder, white stain ribbon, bow easy

For more inspiration for the Divine Diva challenge, please visit my dt sisters:
Anne
Lori
Donna
Julie
Kerri

Hope you are inspired to come and play along with the Divine Diva Challenge. 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 DDIC27.

For more inspiration for the Our Daily Bread Designs Stamping in Time challenge, please visit my dt sisters:
ANGIE
CONNIE
SABRINA
DEBI
BETTY

Please note this challenge will go live at 9 a.m. EST I posted it a bit early since I have to leave and wanted to make sure it was up and running before I left. Too many issues with blogger lately. If you do create a card or project for the SNTODBD9 challenge, please leave a direct link here. If you upload your creation to SC, please use the keyword SNTODBD9.

other challenges:
Flutter by Wednesday: butterflies, fairies or angels (card 2)
Sketch Saturday : card one
Paper Play: digi or stamp and bling
Crafty Hos': flowers (card 1)
Kaboodle Blog: Celebrate Spring
Sentimental Sunday's- For that someone special (card 2)
Charisma Cardz- Weddings (card 2)
Spoon Full of Sugar - furry friends (card 1)
Delightful Sketches: pull out your punches (MS butterflies and borders)
Incy Wincy- anything goes
Going Grey with ScrapCreations Challenge- basic grey paper and an open challenge
Crafts and Me - Sparkle
Simon Says Stamp: Domi's Wedding Card Challenge
Hand Full of stamps: Look What I got (new classic frame!!)

Have a great day and thank you for your comments!! I so enjoy reading them!

hugs,
Chris

Hi all! If you are here for the Wags n Whiskers sneak peak or the Inky Impressions challenge, please scroll down to the next post.

Happy Hump Day everyone! Not is it the middle of the day but it is also the middle of the week! Whimsy is kicking of hump day with a bang. There is lots of fun to be had. Today marks a new digi release (6 images, 9 sentiments set an a new artist) and instead of just doing a blog hop, we decided to kick off the release with a blog hop (you can click here for the hop) and a new challenge!! So 1/2 the team will have a blog hop and the other will host the challenge today!

Today I am sharing the challenge with you. The Whimsy challenge this week is to use a digi, flowers, and markers. Easy peasy right? So what are you waiting for...let's get crafting!! To make it more fun, there is going to be a prize for one lucky participant in the challenge who will be randomly picked.

Here is my take on the challenge. I used the new digi release image Gracie's Roses illustrated by Crissy Armstrong and Raindrop Echo Design's Gracies Roses Sentiments. Isn't she just darling. Reminds me of Sally in the old Dick and Jane books (those are even before my time, LOL!).

I used copic markers and prisma color pencils and gamsol to color her. The layout uses the Stamp Something sketch designed by my dear friend and Whimsy stamps owner, Denise. I also incorporated dots to go with Crissy's second Sunday's With Crissy challenge. The dp is some old BG paper I have had in my stash.

challenges:
Going Grey with ScrapCreations Challenge- basic grey paper and an open challenge
Crafts and Me - Sparkle
Charisma- Girly card with flowers
Incy Wincy- anything goes
Creative Card Crew- April Showers bring May flowers
Simon Says Stamp- Buttons, bows and bling
SD: something old (mine is the bg paper I have hoarded)
Crafty Hos': flowers
Kaboodle Blog: Celebrate Spring
Paper Play Challenge: pastels
Sunday's With Crissy challenge: dots
Stamp Something sketch
Sentimental Sunday's- For that someone special ( I made this for my niece)

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

• Crystal Irwin
  
• Erin Bailey
  
• Janna Sicard
  
• Sharon Traynor
  
• Simonne Clay
  
• Stacey Brady
• Marley van der Heijden

Don't forget if you use a digi, flowers, and markers on your creation, please leave a direct link here. We also hope you have a chance to visit the rest of the teams incredible creations on the hop. You won't want to miss it!

Thanks for stopping by and for your sweet comments!

hugs,
Chris