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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.
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Splitcoast Dirty Dozen
Splitcoast stampers Alumni
Design Teams
ODBD Bread Basket
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Saturday, March 3, 2012
Happy Saturday All!! I hope you are having a great weekend!!
For more inspiration for this challenge, please visit my dt sisters:
Today I am popping in to share this week's Shining the Light challenge at Our Daily Bread Designs.
This week's challenge: Since our March challenges are now beginning and this month marks the FOURTH Anniversary of Our Daily Bread Designs, all our challenges will focus on the Anniversary!!! Since one of the traditional gifts for the fourth anniversary is flowers. We would like to see flowers on your creations. Not just flower embellishments but flower stamps. You must use Our Daily Bread Stamps to link your creation.
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, March 9th at 8 a.m. EST. One random winner will be chosen and announced next Saturday. If you are not using ODBD stamps, please do not enter more than once. Additional entries without using ODBD stamps will not be commented on or will they qualify for prizes.
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.Inorder to qualify for this award, however, you must use Our Daily Bread stamps and have yoursubmission added to Mr. Linky by Friday, March 9th at 8 a.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery , please use the keyword is ODBDSLC99. When creating your posts on blogs please include a link to the challenge.
Now on to my interpretation of this challenge:
For my creation I used some of my favorite stamp sets from Our Daily Bread Designs: Sing to the Lord and Flourished Verses. The sentiment is framed with the Labels 4 dies from Spellbinders. The Background is embossed with the Provocraft Textile embossing folder. The ribbon is silk lavender from May Arts. The sketch is from Splitcoast's sketch challenge this week: SC374.
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.
We hope you can join the challenge! We look forward to seeing your creations!!
challenges I am entering my creation in:
Catch The Bug - March Anything goes Drunken Stampers - #83 Texture One Stop Craft - #172 Button itStamp, Scrap and Doodle - Use your stashA Gem of a Challenge - #41 Perfect PastelsClearly Inspired - AnythingStamp Man - Colours of Spring / EasterStampin For The Weekend - BINGO (ribbons, lace, diecuts)Crafters Companion - - SpringCreatalicious Challenges - Lace Creative Craft World -SpringEmerald Faerie Garden Embossing - Wet/DryDelightful Challenges -- Spring coloursLittle Miss Muffet Challenges - Fancy or lacyPixie Dust Studio- ButtonsPaper Crafting Journey - Anything made with paper goesCrafts and Me - #73 pretty in laceHouse That Stamps Built - pastelsPenny's Paper-Crafty - #73 anything goes Ruby's Rainbow - White plus one other colorSimon Says Stamp - anything goesThe Perfect Sentiment - must have sentiment on front - die cutWordArt Wednesdays Stamp-N-Doodle - Let's See Embossing Of Any KindPartytime Tuesdays - #57 Anything Goes
Thanks for stopping by and for your comments!! I look forward to visiting your blogs when I return. Have a great weekend!!
blessings,
Thursday, March 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 Mar. 1 until 8pm EST Mar 2. The winners will be announced on the ODBD Blog on Mar 3. Four hoppers will win a $20.00 Gift Certificate, 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:
Here are my tag pocket card box pictures and details using the beautiful Flourished Verses released today at Our Daily Bread Designs!!!
The tag and sentiment panel close up:
Picture of the tag card box with the drawer open:
This Tag card box is my own design and does not use a template or tutorial of any sort.
Tag Box Card Recipe:
Stamps: Flourished Verses released today at Our Daily Bread Designs!!!
Paper: Kaisercraft English Garden, Bridal Pink from SU, Very Vanilla
Dies and punches: Lacey circles and Standard Circles from Spellbinders, Martha Stewart Twig die, Cheery Lynn Fanciful Flourish
Embossing Folders: Provocraft Spots
Accessories: May Arts Ivory Silk ribbon, Green ribbon recycled from a gift I received at Christmas. Recollections Button, Pink and White Gingham ribbon, lace
Here are two additional cards I created as sneak peeks over the past couple of days:
This card uses the Our Daily Bread Designs- Light of Life. The verse is framed with the Sizzix (Birds and Wreathe) embossing folder. The flowers are scrunched and home made. To create the foliage, I used the fanciful flourish die from Cheery Lynn, and the Martha Stewart Twig punch. On the embossed oval, I used silver baubles.
My last card uses Sweet Friendship sentiments from Our Daily Bread Designs.
I used the Flowersoft Wildflowers Die cut dimensions adding citrus crush flowersoft (ultrafine). The Our Daily Bread Designs Sweet Friendship is framed with Spellbinders Petite Ovals. The Flowersoft panel is framed with the Lattice Rectangle from Spellbinders. The ribbon is white wrinkle ribbon from May Arts tied with the Bow Easy. The designer paper is Kaisercraft English Garden.
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 Dawn.
Have a blessed Day!!!
hugs and blessings,
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Happy Hump Day Everyone!! I hope you are all having a blessed day!!! We have now found out the closing is the 15th of March on our home and we will have to movers move our stuff out by the 14th!! UGH!!! We have so much to do that I am overwhelmed. I have been praying for God's peace in all of this. I sometimes feel like I am running in circles and not accomplishing what I should. I know He has a plan for us and that He is with us in all we do.
Now that we are getting closer, I am realizing how difficult change is for me and how anxious I am getting. I keep on reciting verses over and over in my head: "Don't be anxious about anything, but in all things bring your prayers and petitions to Him." "They that wait upon the Lord, shall renew their strength, they shall mount up on wings like eagles." and one of my favorites "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding, In all thy ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your paths." I truly have coveted the messages and emails of support of prayer and well wishes for us!!
Today I would like to share a sneak peek of a set being released tomorrow at Our Daily Bread Designs. The set I used is called Light of Life. The verse is framed with the Sizzix (Birds and Wreathe) embossing folder. The flowers are scrunched and home made. To create the foliage, I used the fanciful flourish die from Cheery Lynn, and the Martha Stewart Twig punch. On the embossed oval, I used silver baubles.
Challenges I am entering my card in:
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything made with paper goes
Paper Play - Something old, something new (new stamp, old embellishments)
Little Darlings Challenges - #18 Pearls
Penny's Paper-Crafty - #73 anything goes
Pixie Cottage - Sketch* and/or anthing goes
Ruby's Rainbow -White plus one other color
Scrapbook Sisters - #73 Spring Flowers
The Perfect Sentiment - must have sentiment on front - die cut
WordArt Wednesdays - see site for word art
Partytime Tuesdays - #57 Anything Goes
Stamp-N-Doodle - Let's See Embossing Of Any Kind
Make it Monday - always Anything Goes
Nettie G's Digital Gems - Anything Goes
Sew Many Cards - "Let's Punch it!"
Stamps & Fun = Creativity - Non Cute
The Cutie Pie Challenge Flowers
Squigglefly -Spring is in the Air
One Stitch At A Time - Spring
Now that we are getting closer, I am realizing how difficult change is for me and how anxious I am getting. I keep on reciting verses over and over in my head: "Don't be anxious about anything, but in all things bring your prayers and petitions to Him." "They that wait upon the Lord, shall renew their strength, they shall mount up on wings like eagles." and one of my favorites "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding, In all thy ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your paths." I truly have coveted the messages and emails of support of prayer and well wishes for us!!
Today I would like to share a sneak peek of a set being released tomorrow at Our Daily Bread Designs. The set I used is called Light of Life. The verse is framed with the Sizzix (Birds and Wreathe) embossing folder. The flowers are scrunched and home made. To create the foliage, I used the fanciful flourish die from Cheery Lynn, and the Martha Stewart Twig punch. On the embossed oval, I used silver baubles.
Challenges I am entering my card in:
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything made with paper goes
Paper Play - Something old, something new (new stamp, old embellishments)
Little Darlings Challenges - #18 Pearls
Penny's Paper-Crafty - #73 anything goes
Pixie Cottage - Sketch* and/or anthing goes
Ruby's Rainbow -White plus one other color
Scrapbook Sisters - #73 Spring Flowers
The Perfect Sentiment - must have sentiment on front - die cut
WordArt Wednesdays - see site for word art
Partytime Tuesdays - #57 Anything Goes
Stamp-N-Doodle - Let's See Embossing Of Any Kind
Make it Monday - always Anything Goes
Nettie G's Digital Gems - Anything Goes
Sew Many Cards - "Let's Punch it!"
Stamps & Fun = Creativity - Non Cute
The Cutie Pie Challenge Flowers
Squigglefly -Spring is in the Air
One Stitch At A Time - Spring
Thanks for stopping by and for your comments!!! They are greatly appreciated! Have a great day!! We hope to see you for the Our Daily Bread Designs Blog hop tomorrow!!
hugs,
Monday, February 27, 2012
Happy Monday Everyone!! I hope you all had a great weekend!! We are down to a little under three weeks now before the closing on the house (we think or so we have been told). Life has been busy trying to get everything packed!! I have not had a lot of time for blog hopping or creating. Sorry!!
Anywho I do have two creations to share today. The first is a sneak peek of a set to be released at Our Daily Bread Designs on March 1 (Thursday). I am just loving these Sweet Friendship sentiments!! So many great sentiments and a BEAUTIFUL font!!
I used the Flowersoft Wildflowers Die cut dimensions adding citrus crush flowersoft (ultrafine). The Our Daily Bread Designs Sweet Friendship is framed with Spellbinders Petite Ovals.
The Flowersoft panel is framed with the Lattice Rectangle from Spellbinders. The ribbon is white wrinkle ribbon from May Arts tied with the Bow Easy. The designer paper is Prima English Garden.
My second creation is for this week's Stamp and Create Product Spotlight: Stampavie!!! All Stampavie images, except the new 2012 New CHA releases, are up to 25% off this week!!
I used Butterfly Bear illustrated by Penny Johnson for her creation. The sentiment is from Whimsy's Summer Letter Seals designed by Ann Vento of Raindrop Echo designs. It is framed with the Fleur De Lis Rectangles from Spellbinders and the White Crochet lace 2 from May Arts.
Challenges I am entering my creation in:
Did you know that Stamp and Create also has weekly candy!!
**In order to enter the candy, you must post the Stamp and Create's Store Logo in the side bar of your blog and link it to www.stampandcreate.com...
Anywho I do have two creations to share today. The first is a sneak peek of a set to be released at Our Daily Bread Designs on March 1 (Thursday). I am just loving these Sweet Friendship sentiments!! So many great sentiments and a BEAUTIFUL font!!
The Flowersoft panel is framed with the Lattice Rectangle from Spellbinders. The ribbon is white wrinkle ribbon from May Arts tied with the Bow Easy. The designer paper is Prima English Garden.
Challenges I am entering my creation in:
Creative Mondays - Anything Goes
Love to Create - Add Stitching to your Project
MyGrafico - Flowers
Nettie G's Digital Gems - Anything Goes Show Us Your Style Using Your Favorite Technique Stamps & Fun = Creativity - Non Cute
Corrosive Challenges -Another Dimension
Let`s Ink It Up -Ribbons and Lace
Scrappy Frogs - Die Cuts
Sentimental Sundays - must include a Sentiment - Lace and Pearls
That Craft Place - Anything Goes
Drunken Stampers - Texture
Marks Finest Papers -#96 Use Lace ( it is hard to see in this photo but if you enlarge the photo, you will see lace)Fussy and Fancy - Long Sentiment
Crop Stop - Include at least 3 flowers
Little Miss Muffet Challenges - Fancy or lacy
Moving Along With The Times - Lots of layers
Paper Pretties - PPC194 punches/diecuts
Penny's Paper-Crafty - #73 anything goes
WordArt Wednesdays - see site for word artMy second creation is for this week's Stamp and Create Product Spotlight: Stampavie!!! All Stampavie images, except the new 2012 New CHA releases, are up to 25% off this week!!
I used Butterfly Bear illustrated by Penny Johnson for her creation. The sentiment is from Whimsy's Summer Letter Seals designed by Ann Vento of Raindrop Echo designs. It is framed with the Fleur De Lis Rectangles from Spellbinders and the White Crochet lace 2 from May Arts.
Challenges I am entering my creation in:
- Crafty Bloggers Network - Spring Time
- Squigglefly - Spring is in the Air
- There's Magic in the Air "Critter" in the image
- Victorine Originals - Lace
- Hiding in my Craft Room - #35 Bring on some spring
- Fairy Tale - Spring
- Simply Create Too - Add Sunshine to your Day
- DRS Designs Use a tag
- Paper Crafting Journey - Make it cute
- Sarah Hurley Challenges - Die cuts
Did you know that Stamp and Create also has weekly candy!!
**In order to enter the candy, you must post the Stamp and Create's Store Logo in the side bar of your blog and link it to www.stampandcreate.com...
Enter the Candy here
For more inspiration for this week's product spotlight, please visit my dt sisters:
Vicky, Jeanette, Heidi, and Lacey
For more inspiration for this week's product spotlight, please visit my dt sisters:
Vicky, Jeanette, Heidi, and Lacey
Thanks for stopping by and for your comments!!! They are greatly appreciated! Have a great day!!
hugs,
Monday, February 20, 2012
Happy Monday Everyone!! I hope you had a great weekend!! Scott and I are exhausted but we got a lot accomplished on the packing. Boy what a lot of stuff!!! LOL! Moving sure is work!! Felt good to get a lot done before the girls and I go off to spend some time with my parents upstate for a few days. I want to share some quality time with them before we go. I truly am looking forward to it.
Anywho today I would like to share this week's product spotlight at Stamp and Create!! This week's product spotlight is designer paper!! All designer paper at Stamp and Create will be up to 25% off beginning today for one week!!
For my sample today I created an Anniversary card for my parents using Fancy Pants Love Story (6x6 pad) and Echo Park Yours Truly (6x6 paper pad). The adorable image is Henry Hugging Heart from Whiff of Joy which was colored with copics. The Satin Edge Ruffle lace, White Crochet Lace 2, Love charm, and May Arts Black Silk ribbon tied with the Bow Easy are all available in the Stamp and Create Store as well. The image is framed with the Spellbinders Lacey Circles dies. Silver Baubles, pearls and white pearls were added.
Did you know that Stamp and Create also has weekly candy!!
**In order to enter the candy, you must post the Stamp and Create's Store Logo in the side bar of your blog and link it to www.stampandcreate.com...
Anywho today I would like to share this week's product spotlight at Stamp and Create!! This week's product spotlight is designer paper!! All designer paper at Stamp and Create will be up to 25% off beginning today for one week!!
For my sample today I created an Anniversary card for my parents using Fancy Pants Love Story (6x6 pad) and Echo Park Yours Truly (6x6 paper pad). The adorable image is Henry Hugging Heart from Whiff of Joy which was colored with copics. The Satin Edge Ruffle lace, White Crochet Lace 2, Love charm, and May Arts Black Silk ribbon tied with the Bow Easy are all available in the Stamp and Create Store as well. The image is framed with the Spellbinders Lacey Circles dies. Silver Baubles, pearls and white pearls were added.
Did you know that Stamp and Create also has weekly candy!!
**In order to enter the candy, you must post the Stamp and Create's Store Logo in the side bar of your blog and link it to www.stampandcreate.com...
Enter the Candy here
For more inspiration for this week's product spotlight, please visit my dt sisters:
Vicky, Jeanette, Heidi, and Lacey
For more inspiration for this week's product spotlight, please visit my dt sisters:
Vicky, Jeanette, Heidi, and Lacey
Thanks for stopping by and for your comments!!! They are greatly appreciated! Have a great day!!
hugs,
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