Twinkles Glow with Stamps

Hello Friends!!  I hope all are having a wonderful week!! Today is a big day for those in the USA since it is our presidential election.  I continue to pray that God's will be done with our country.  This election more than any, I feel, will determine the future of our nation.  While I know it is in His control and God tells us not to worry cause each day has enough worry of it's own, it does cause me worry.

Today I am popping in to share this week's Shining the Light challenge this week at Our Daily Bread Designs.

This week's challenge is: 
Winter White- Winter is on it’s way and maybe even some snow- let’s see your all white creations (ODBDSLC129)


For my creation I used The Babe and Christmas Flourished Verses from Our Daily Bread Designs.   The nativity image was so beautiful that I just colored the image with copics, cut it out and framed it with Spellbinders Labels 22 on top of a piece of white cardstock embossed with Provocraft (Cuttlebug) Swiss Dots. I did not want design paper to detract from the image or take away from the softness of it so I mounted the framed image on a piece of white cardstock (Neehan Solar White) that was embossed with the Sizzix Plaid folder. The sentiment from Christmas Flourished Verses is framed with Spellbinders Petite Ovals and Fancy Tags 2. 

Hello friends!! Welcome to the Our Daily Bread Designs November Release Blog Hop!!  If you got here from Sandee's Blog, you are in the right place!!  If not, you might want to start at the Our Daily Bread Designs Blog so you know all the details about today's hop and the prizes that are available!!!!! Kelley, has another exceptional release with lots of great stamps perfect for Christmas .  The team, I know, has lots of inspiration in store for you today,  so why don't you grab your favorite beverage and enjoy!


The hop will run from 8 am EDT November 1 until 8 pm EDT on November 2. 

 There will be four FABULOUS PRIZES!!  Three winners will win their choice of one free set and one random blessed winner will win the entire Bread Basket. the entire release of 5 sets!!!  The winner will be announced on November 3.


 All you have to do for a change to win is:

• Visit each of the stops on the hop and leave a little love!!
• Visit the ODBD blog at the end of the hop and tell us you completed the hop!!

EASY PEASY, Right?

Happy Hump Day Friends!! It is hard to believe we are already at the half way mark.  The week is just slipping away after Hurricane Sandy!! Thankfully the storm was nothing like they predicted it would be here. I pray for NYC and all the affected areas!!!  Prayerfully, restoration will be brought back soon.

Today I would like to share one of the gorgeous new releases from Our Daily Bread Designs which will be released tomorrow: Turtle Dove Ornament.  If you like birds, then you are in for a real treat on this next release!!  But that's not all in the release...there is no more.  The blog hop for ODBD starts tomorrow at 8 a.m. EDT!!!

For my card, I colored my image with copics and then added some glitter.  The glitter made the doves look more blue than gray in the photo.  The embossed background is created with the Sizzix Holly Embossing Folder.  Rather than pop up my ornament, I used the negative of the circle die to create my frame (This is the challenge at Catered Crop).  The ribbon is actually wrinkled red ribbon from May Arts.  The pearl strand going down the side is one strand glued down that I was given by a dear friend.  The sentiment is framed with the Fancy Labels 2 dies from Spellbinders.


Card Recipe:
Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs- Turtle Dove Ornament (sneak peek)
Embossing folder: Sizzix Holly embossing folder
Dies: Spellbinders Classic and scalloped Circles dies (large and small), Spellbinders Labels Fancy Labels 2 dies
Accessories: Pearl strand, May Arts Wrinkled Red Ribbon, ZVA Creative white pearls

Hello Friends!!  I hope everyone is safe in light of the storm.  I am prewriting this post...wondering if by the time this post goes live whether we have electric or internet service.  I pray for all those in the path of the hurricane or tropical storms.

Today I am popping in to share this week's Shining the Light challenge this week at Our Daily Bread Designs.

This week's challenge is: Make it Masculine!!  Now anyone who knows me knows that this is a real challenge for me.  

For my creation I used a sneak peek of "The Babe" from Our Daily Bread Designs to be released on Thursday, November 1.

Hello Friends!!!  I hope all have the nice weather we have here in Virginia and are enjoying it.  I know I am trying to get a lot of the outside work done before the temperatures dip in the 40's and 30's next week.  Yuck!!

Anywho...I am here to share a Fall Thanksgiving card. For my creation I used the Apple Wreath image from Our Daily Bread Designs . I colored 2 of the same image with copics and then cut some of the apples and leaves to layer. I also added some Foliage using the Martha Stewart Foliage Punch. The image is cut with the scalloped circles die from Spellbinders and placed on dimensionals on a background cut out with Labels One and Fancy Labels One. The background is scored.






I just love Thanksgiving.  So often we often to thank God for all He has blessed us with.  Yes, many of us have tough times but we get through them and they can always be worse.  Through the tough times I feel His presence and for that I am thankful.  I thank God for good health, freedom in the USA, a loving husband and family, our new home, salvation....and the list goes on.  

Thanks for stopping by today!! I hope you are somehow inspired by my creation!!  I greatly appreciate all your sweet comments!! Have a blessed Day!!! hugs and blessings,

Challenges I am entering my creation in: