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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
Friday, September 25, 2015
Hello all!! I hope you are all well!! I am popping in to share a fun textured and dimensional card made with a variety of dies. It is so fun to create your own flowers!!
The designer paper is the beautiful Shabby Rose Paper Collection. Both the background and flowers are created with them. The flower is created using the new Pretty Posies die.
Materials:
ODBD Stamps: Beauty
ODBD Dies Used: Pretty Posies, Leafy Edged Border dies, Fancy Foliage , Mini Tags, Beautiful Borders
ODBD Paper Used: Shabby Rose Paper Collection
Blooming flowers and Springtime is a promise of renewal just as our Lord promises that when we receive and accept His Son we will be renewed, reborn. No wonder, flowers make so many happy or feel renewed!!
Here are the stamps and dies used for the card above:
The breadbasket has lots of inspiration using the most recent release at ODBD!! For more inspiration, please see my dt sisters:
Thanks so much for stopping by and for your comments!! You are so appreciated!
The designer paper is the beautiful Shabby Rose Paper Collection. Both the background and flowers are created with them. The flower is created using the new Pretty Posies die.
Materials:
ODBD Stamps: Beauty
ODBD Dies Used: Pretty Posies, Leafy Edged Border dies, Fancy Foliage , Mini Tags, Beautiful Borders
ODBD Paper Used: Shabby Rose Paper Collection
11 See! The winter is past;
the rains are over and gone.
12 Flowers appear on the earth;
the season of singing has come,
the cooing of doves
is heard in our land.
13 The fig tree forms its early fruit;
the blossoming vines spread their fragrance.
the rains are over and gone.
12 Flowers appear on the earth;
the season of singing has come,
the cooing of doves
is heard in our land.
13 The fig tree forms its early fruit;
the blossoming vines spread their fragrance.
Song of Solomon 2:11-13
Blooming flowers and Springtime is a promise of renewal just as our Lord promises that when we receive and accept His Son we will be renewed, reborn. No wonder, flowers make so many happy or feel renewed!!
Here are the stamps and dies used for the card above:
Thanks so much for stopping by and for your comments!! You are so appreciated!
Thursday, September 24, 2015
Hello, friends!! I had a moment more to craft, so I thought I would share it with you!! Aquariums and the ocean have always been soothing and calming for me. Ask my hubby...if I am ever upset, you will see me staring at the fish in our aquarium. It is my way of being "still" or "taking time to smell the roses" so to speak.
I had so much fun coloring up this scene!! I will be using it for my hubby on our 18th wedding anniversary in January!! I know, I am a little ahead but with it being Jan. 3 and so close to being away visiting family and the holidays, it is so easy to not have the time to create a special card. Since I had this set out and he LOVES fish especially tropical or salt water fish, I thought this would be perfect.
ODBD Stamps Used: Deep Sea
ODBD Dies Used: Leafy Edged Border, Fish Pattern , Ornate Hearts, Boho Background
This card fits the ODBDSCL255 challenge which is to be inspired by the photo or quote, "All things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small...." You can see more details here.
I hope you have a blessed day!! Thanks for stopping by and for your kind comments!!
I had so much fun coloring up this scene!! I will be using it for my hubby on our 18th wedding anniversary in January!! I know, I am a little ahead but with it being Jan. 3 and so close to being away visiting family and the holidays, it is so easy to not have the time to create a special card. Since I had this set out and he LOVES fish especially tropical or salt water fish, I thought this would be perfect.
ODBD Stamps Used: Deep Sea
ODBD Dies Used: Leafy Edged Border, Fish Pattern , Ornate Hearts, Boho Background
This card fits the ODBDSCL255 challenge which is to be inspired by the photo or quote, "All things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small...." You can see more details here.
I hope you have a blessed day!! Thanks for stopping by and for your kind comments!!
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Hello, Friends!! I hope this post finds you all well!!
Today I am popping in to share a fun card I created for the ODBD Shining the Light Inspiration Challenge!! I had so much fun creating and coloring this scene!! I love cardinals!!! With each passing day, I look forward to the songs, decorations, and celebration of His birth(but not winter!!)!!
The ODBD Shining the Light challenge is to be inspired by the photos or quote.
Here is the inspiration photo.
Praise the Lord from the earth, you great sea creatures and all deeps, fire and hail, snow and mist, stormy wind fulfilling his word!! Mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars! Beasts and all livestock, creeping things and flying birds! Kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and rulers of the earth!! Young men and maidens together, old men and children.
Psalm 148:7-12
We hope you are able to join us!! You have until Sept. 27 at 8 pm EST to add your creation to the linky. For more details or to add your creation, please click here.
For more inspiration for this challenge, please visit my dt sisters:
Robin, Diana, Paula and Julie.
Thanks for stopping by and for your comments!! I so treasure them all!!
blessings,
Today I am popping in to share a fun card I created for the ODBD Shining the Light Inspiration Challenge!! I had so much fun creating and coloring this scene!! I love cardinals!!! With each passing day, I look forward to the songs, decorations, and celebration of His birth(but not winter!!)!!
ODBD Stamps Used: Cardinal Ornament
ODBD Dies Used: Leafy Edged Border, Vintage Labels, Circle Ornaments, Matting Circles, Elegant Ovals
The word "noel" means Christmas Carol. Every year, people sing songs like “The First Noel” at Christmas, and many wonder what a “noel” is. In French, joyeux noel means “Merry Christmas.” Our modern English word comes from the Middle Englishnowel, which Webster’s 1828 Dictionary defined as “a shout of joy or Christmas song.” The roots of the word are the French noel (“Christmas season”), which may come from the Old French nael. This, in turn, is derived from the Latin natalis, meaning “birth.” Since Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Christ, it was natural for people to refer to the celebration as the “nativity” or the “birth.”
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
The ODBD Shining the Light challenge is to be inspired by the photos or quote.
Here is the inspiration photo.
Psalm 148:7-12
For more inspiration for this challenge, please visit my dt sisters:
Robin, Diana, Paula and Julie.
Thanks for stopping by and for your comments!! I so treasure them all!!
blessings,
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Hello, Friends!! Today through September 30, Kelley is offering an awesome opportunity to preorder the October Christmas Release at Our Daily Bread Designs!! These are gorgeous sets and you won't want to wait!! Pre-orders will begin being sent out on October 1st.
Here is the first creation I made using the October Delightful Decorations Dies and Stamps and the new Christmas 2015 Paper Collection!
Here is the first creation I made using the October Delightful Decorations Dies and Stamps and the new Christmas 2015 Paper Collection!
Other ODBD Materials used from previous releases:
Beautiful Border Dies, Vintage Flourish Pattern Die, Vintage Labels die, Mini Tags Die, Circle Ornaments die
I decided to make a window card so I used the Vintage Flourish Pattern Die for the window by putting a backing on one side of my card using the new Christmas 2015 paper and Neenah White cardstock.
The ornament was created by cutting a black and white piece of cardstock at the same time through my Bigshot Pro so they fit together like a puzzle. All the holes in the die were filled in with the black paper. I then used a matte modge podge over top to protect and adhere the pieces. The paper bow is from the Circle Ornaments die
The second creation uses the Elegant Embellishments stamps and die sets as well as the Flourished Alphabet! The paper is from the Christmas 2015 Paper collection also to be released on Oct. 1.
The bottom of the card is created with the Leafy edged border dies and Victorian Flourish Pattern die. The sentiment is cut and framed in the Elegant ovals die. The bows are created with the Circle Ornament dies.
For more details on the prerelease, see the blog post at ODBD here:
For more inspiration using the prerelease please visit my dt sisters:
Thanks so stopping by and for your kind comments!! Have a blessed day!!
Blessings,
Hello Friends!! I can't believe how fast time flies and that fall is upon us!! I love the fall leaves and all the colors, but I am so going to miss my flowers, especially my daylilies!! I love seeing all the different colors and varieties. Each day is a new surprise!! Anyone who knows anything about daylilies knows that blue daylilies is what every hybridizer hopes to achieve. So today, I had fun coloring and creating my own blue daylily with the ODBD Beauty stamp set. The actual stamp used is supposed to be a stargazer lily but the fun of stamping is that you can create and imagine anything you would like your image to be!!!
For more inspiration for this challenge, Please visit my dt sisters:
Julie, Diana, Paula, Chris and Robin.
Thanks for stopping by and for your comments.
blessings,
ODBD Stamps Used: Beauty, Mini Tag Sentiments
ODBD Dies Used: Leafy Edged Border, Ovals, Stitched Ovals, Vintage Flourish Pattern, Doily, Mini Tags, Star Flourished Pattern, Boho Background
The background is created with the dry embossing resist technique. I had fun using almost amethyst throughout!! The bottom curvy border is created using the Leafy Edged Border die. The bottom corner is created using the Vintage Flourish Pattern die. The silver border is embossed with the Star Flourished Pattern die.
Luke 12:27
Consider the lilies, how they grow, they neither toil nor spin, but I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these. 28 But if God so clothes the grass in the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, how much more will He Clothe you? You men of little faith!
God cares more for you than the birds of the air, the flowers in the field...it is not amazing how He cares for them. We need not worry about tomorrow...God is there. Each day has enough worries of its own.
This is the sketch used from the ODBD Shining the Light challenge:
Julie, Diana, Paula, Chris and Robin.
Thanks for stopping by and for your comments.
blessings,
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