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About Me
- Chris Olsen, Glowbug
- 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.
Blogroll
Splitcoast Dirty Dozen
Splitcoast stampers Alumni
Design Teams
ODBD Bread Basket
ODBD Design Team
My past dt sisters at ODBD
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Coloring fun2 years ago
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Wonderful Christmas Ornaments3 years ago
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Natural Beauties ~ Power Poppy7 years ago
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Feel Better Soon9 years ago
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ODBDSLC268 Anything Goes10 years ago
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Happy Thursday all!! I hope all are well!! Our family has been sick with the stomach flu in fact I had to make this card while feeling completely dreadful...so I apologize for any imperfections. Today I would like to share the Alumni Blog hop!!!
Welcome to Our Daily Bread Design's Alumni Team's bi-monthly For the Love Blog Hop. If you have come from Angie's blog you are in the right place, if not you may want to start back at the beginning at Kathy's blog for more chances to win.
This week the Alumni team along with some of the ODBD designers are featuring a hop for the For the Love of ODBD Spellbinder's Compatible sets!Check out each link and leave a comment. If you get lost along the way, go to theODBD blog for the full link list. One of the post is a hop hot spot and a name will be drawn from that list of comments to win a $15 ODBD store gift certificate. So, all you have to do is hop along and see all the creations and leave a little love! You have until Wednesday,May, 23rd at 6 pm. The winner will be announced May 24th! Enjoy all the awesome inspiration using For the Love of ODBDSpellbinder's Compatible sets!
Now on to my creations:
This week the Alumni team along with some of the ODBD designers are featuring a hop for the For the Love of ODBD Spellbinder's Compatible sets!Check out each link and leave a comment. If you get lost along the way, go to theODBD blog for the full link list. One of the post is a hop hot spot and a name will be drawn from that list of comments to win a $15 ODBD store gift certificate. So, all you have to do is hop along and see all the creations and leave a little love! You have until Wednesday,May, 23rd at 6 pm. The winner will be announced May 24th! Enjoy all the awesome inspiration using For the Love of ODBDSpellbinder's Compatible sets!
Now on to my creations:
This is the first card I made using the Mini Tags 3 Stamp set from Our Daily Bread Designs which was cut out with the Grand Caliber and the compatible Ribbon Tags Trio Dies from Spellbinders. The background of the card is stamped with the Grunge Butterfly Background in Green Galore (SU ink). The lacey frame is cut out with the Lace Doily Motifs. The outside frame is created with the Lotus Borderabilities Petite die from Spellbinders. The bow is tied with the Bow Easy and May Arts Green Satin Ribbon.
My second creation is one that is more masculine and one that I made for this week's Pacific Celery Crumb cake challenge on Splitcoast stampers.
My niece and nephew are graduating this weekend from Liberty University with a degree in Youth Ministry. In two weeks they will be leaving to be missionaries in Hawaii so I thought the Happy Retirement and the Mini Tags 2 stamp sets from Our Daily Bread Designs would be perfect. As noted on the above card, the Mini Tags 3 stamp set is compatible with the Spellbinders Ribbon Tags Trio Three dies.
Here are photos of the compatible stamp sets used on my cards that work with the Spellbinder's Ribbon Tags Trio Three.
Thanks for stopping by today!! I hope you are somehow inspired by my creations!! For more inspiration, the next stop on the hop is the exceptionally talented Lori.
This week Our Daily Bread Designs- Let Your Light Shine has posted another sketch for a sketchbook layout. My dear daughter, Nicki,who is 12, and rarely posts on her blog made one of our darling new pet, Zoe. I would appreciate if you would pop over and leave a comment for her. It would really make her day. Here is her blog.
This week Our Daily Bread Designs- Let Your Light Shine has posted another sketch for a sketchbook layout. My dear daughter, Nicki,who is 12, and rarely posts on her blog made one of our darling new pet, Zoe. I would appreciate if you would pop over and leave a comment for her. It would really make her day. Here is her blog.
Have a blessed Day!!!
hugs and blessings,
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Happy Tuesday all!! I hope you all have had a good beginning to your week. This week I began doing some more painting in my new home. As I complete each room, it feels and looks so clean.
Today I would like to share a card I made yesterday for Splitcoaststampers CAS "Chic" Word Challenge.
When I think of Chic, I think stylish and elegant with black and white....
Today I would like to share a card I made yesterday for Splitcoaststampers CAS "Chic" Word Challenge.
When I think of Chic, I think stylish and elegant with black and white....
so I made a black bow with some ribbon and white adding a few punched flowers (the flowers themselves were left from another card that I never ended up using). The verse is from Our Daily Bread Designs- Fortress stamp set . The embossing folder is Provocraft scrollwork. The sentiment is framed with Spellbinders Ovals and Twisted Metal Tags and Accents.
Thanks for stopping by today!! I hope you are somehow inspired by my creation!!
challenges I am entering my creation in:
Craft Your Passion - Lots of Texture
Make it Monday - always Anything Goes
Paper Pretties - Use Ribbon.
Have a blessed day!!!
hugs and blessings,
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Saturday, May 5, 2012
Happy Saturday all!! I hope you are all enjoying the beginning of your weekend!! Today is my dear husband's birthday!! Happy Birthday Scott!! So....today will be all about him and what he would like to do on his special day. It should be a fun day to spend together. Tomorrow we have some family coming to celebrate with us. That should be fun as well!!
Anywho...today I am popping in to share this week's Shining the Light challenge at Our Daily Bread Designs!!
Anywho...today I am popping in to share this week's Shining the Light challenge at Our Daily Bread Designs!!
This week's challenge:
Since today is National Scrapbooking Day, we want to see you make a scrapbook layout (any size).
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 Friday, May 11th at 8 a.m. EST. 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 three or more of our participants for the Shining the Light Award . In order to qualify for this award or join the challenge, however, you must use Our Daily Bread stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by Friday, May 11th at 8 a.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery , please use the keyword is ODBDSLC107. When creating your posts on blogs please include a link to the challenge.
Now on to my take on the challenge...my second layout ever!!!
The pictures are of my dear daughter, Nicki, on her sixth grade graduation last year at church Sunday School. All the sentiments and quotes are from the Dreams stamp set at Our Daily Bread Designs. The designer paper is Prima Meadow Lark. I just love the lavender and pinks in this paper. It is my dear daughter's favorite color. The images are framed with the Spellbinders Fleur De Lis Rectangles and Classic Rectangles. The "You did it!" and the border are from the Spellbinders Persian Accents. The flowers are recycled OLD prima flowers that I crunched and remolded. The leaves are made with Martha Stewart Twig Punches and Spellbinders Itty bitty blooms. The caps are Jolee Success Stickers. I did lots of sewing which you can see if you open the photo in a new tab. The stitching was done on my new sewing machine. Yeah!!!
For more inspiration for this challenge, please visit my dt sisters:
To see all the creations in one place or join the challenge, click here.
Challenges I am entering my creation in:
Fussy and Fancy - Butterflies, Ribbons & Punches (punched butterfly, ribbon around diploma, punched twigs)Inspire Me Fridays – Always Anything GoesPhindy’s Place VintagePoodles Parlour -Anything GoesScrapbookaholic by Abby - Use black on your layout4 Crafty Chicks - Favorite embellishmentAudSentiments Challenge Anything goesPaper Crafting Journey - VintageRainbow Lady's - MemoriesPixie Dust Studio - FlowersSassy Studio Designs -Add a frameSouthern Girls - Get your girly onLittle Red Wagon - #131 stitchingLittle Darlings Challenges -#22 flowersStampin' Royalty - #122 scrapbookingMake it Monday - always Anything Goes
Thanks for stopping by!! We hope you will join us for this week's challenge. We can't wait to see your creation!!
blessings,
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Welcome to the Our Daily Bread designs March Release Blog Hop! If you got here from Sandee’s Awesome Blog, you are in the right place. If not you might want to start at the Our Daily Bread designs Blog and start from the beginning. If you get lost along the way, simply return there, where the entire hop is listed with links.
Now, here are the Hop Details:
The Hop will run 8am EST May 1 until 8pm EST May 2. The winners will be announced on the ODBD Blog on May 3. Three hoppers will win a free stamp set and One blessed hopper will win this month’s Bread Basket Bundle!!!
Here is what you have to do to be qualified to win one of these prizes:
- Hop to each designer’s blog and leave a comment.
- Return to the Our Daily Bread designs blog and leave a comment telling us that you completed the hop, making note if there were any you could not comment on.
- Answer the question on the ODBD blog when you leave your comment.
Here is my creation with the new set Happy Retirement from Our Daily Bread Designs:
Today I am sharing a tag pop up card that I created. The image is colored with copics. The sides of the tag are distressed and antiqued with Tim Holtz Antique Linen. I created this card to have a more masculine feel.
Card Recipe:
Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs- Happy Retirement
Paper: Prima Printerie, Black CS
Accessories: Stampin up Large Oval and Scalloped oval punch (for "relax" sentiment), 1 3/8 circle punch from Stampin Up, shells, Black hemp, raffia, Tim Holtz Antique Linen, copics
My second creation is one I made for this past week's "No Designer Paper" Challenge at Our Daily Bread Designs Shining the Light challenge using Dream (also from this month's new release).
Card Recipe:
Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs- Dream
Embossing Folder: Stampin Up-Textured Impressions Framed Tulips
Dies:
Spellbinders Dies: Persian Accents, Fleur De Lis Squares, Bitty Blossoms, Classic Squares
Punches: Martha Stewart Twig Punch
Lace Ribbon: May Arts
Thanks for stopping by today!! I hope you are somehow inspired by my creations!! For more inspiration, the next stop on the hop is the exceptionally talented Grace.
Have a blessed Day!!!
hugs and blessings,
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Happy Saturday Everyone!! I hope you are all having a great beginning to your weekend!! My hubby and I are trying hard to organize our basement and attic...so much to do to unpack the remainder of our belongings but we are getting closer...Woohoo!! Soon I may be able to organize all my crafts too!! Oh how nice it will be to know where everything is!
Anywho..today I am popping in to share this week's Shining the Light challenge at Our Daily Bread Designs using a sneak peek of "Dream" to be released on May 1.
Anywho..today I am popping in to share this week's Shining the Light challenge at Our Daily Bread Designs using a sneak peek of "Dream" to be released on May 1.
This week's challenge:
No Designer Paper- This week we want to see creations created with your own backgrounds, embossing, or just plain cardstock….no designer paper.
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 Friday, May 4th at 8 a.m. EST. 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 three or more of our participants for the Shining the Light Award . In order to qualify for this award or join the challenge, however, you must use Our Daily Bread stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by Friday, May 4th at 8 a.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery , please use the keyword is ODBDSLC106. When creating your posts on blogs please include a link to the challenge.
Here is my take on the challenge:
Card Recipe:
Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs- Dream (Sneak Peek to be released on May 1)
Embossing Folder: Stampin Up-Textured Impressions Framed Tulips
Dies:
Spellbinders Dies: Persian Accents, Fleur De Lis Squares, Bitty Blossoms, Classic Squares
Punches: Martha Stewart Twig Punch
Lace Ribbon: May Arts
I had fun making this card without Designer Paper. I even challenged myself to make the flowers using the Spellbinders Bitty Blossoms. The larger leaves are also using the same die set. I hope to use this card for a graduation.
For more inspiration for this challenge, please visit my dt sisters:
To see all the creations in one place or join the challenge, click here.
Thanks for stopping by!! We hope you will join us for this week's challenge. We can't wait to see your creation!!
blessings,
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