Twinkles Glow with Stamps

Happy Sunday Everyone!! I hope you are all having a good weekend!!  I know I am...but time is just getting away with me.  I totally forgot to write up this post on Sat. Evening and I sure don't want to get up at 5:00 to have this posted at 6:00...so this will be another short one...

It is time for another Stampin Sisters in Christ challenge.  This week the challenge is brought to us by our blessed, dear and talented Rebecca.

Becky chose the verse:
Isaiah 1:18 Come now and let us reason together," Says the Lord, though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow, though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

Have ever stopped to think about the Christmas colors and why the traditional Christmas colors are red and green.  The red stands for the blood He would shed after He was born as a babe and in God's timing that He would die for us to take away our sin.  The green stands for everlasting life...the hope God gives that if we believe in Him, our sins will be washed away and we will have eternal life.  Christmas is all about His hope and the babe God gave to us!!  What a gift!!

Becky is challenging us to use white with just a splash of red on our creation.
Here is my take on the challenge using the Ornaments set from Our Daily Bread Designs and the coordinating Spellbinders ornament dies.

The ribbon is new gingham I received from  Really Reasonable Ribbon.  
If you have not seen Bonnie's large selection of ribbons, you really should.  She has just about everything...including May Arts Ribbon.






 For more inspiration, please visit my dt sisters: 

Grace, Linda, Lisa, Peggysue, Randi, Meisje, Rebecca, and Patti  

For the full devotional and challenge details please visit the Stampin Sisters in Christ Challenge.

The prize is a $15.00 Gift Certificate to the CDS Store! Check out all their wonderful new products! We thank them for their generosity!

challenges I am entering my ornament tag  in:
Flourishes: mostly white
Stamp Something - christmas colors
Dutch Dare - Christmas
Southern Girls - anything using heat (heat embossing)
Creative Belli - "R" embellishments (red and Ribbon)
Play Date Cafe - COLOR inspiration
Artful Inkables - die cuts and punches
Tuesday Throwdown - embellish it
The Paper Variety - Tic Tac Toe (I chose Die Cut, red and white, Holiday theme)
Paper Cupcakes - Anything Goes 
One Stitch At A Time - old stash- cording came on a 50 yard roll and I have had forever, new stash- ribbon, from Really Reasonable Ribbon
Alphabet - e for embossing
Stamps r Us - Holiday Cards
Dutch Dare - Christmas Card/Tag/Ornament
Fussy and Fancy - Anything But A Card
Challenge Up Your Life - Christmas or Advent
The Secret Crafter - Christmas
Paper Garden - Tag Your It
Simon Says Stamp and Show - Tag
Little Red Wagon - Christmas Tag or Bag
Reasonable Ribbon - Anything But A Card
Totally Stampalicious - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by and for your comments!


blessings,

Happy Saturday Everyone!! I hope all are well and enjoying the weekend!! I know I am...today I have some away time to myself shopping without the kids.  I treasure some quiet time since I do home school my girls.  I love my girls but I guess we all need some me time...right?  I always look forward to going out for a bit and then within an hour am ready to go back and see them...funny, huh?

Well anywho...today it is time for another Our Daily Bread Designs challenge. 
This week's Challenge:
Well...it has been a while since we had a sketch so this week I created a sketch for our players and the talented challenge team to play with.


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,


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.  If you are not using ODBD stamps, however, you may only enter your creation once. 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 December 9 at 8 p.m. EST.If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC40. When creating your posts on blogs please include a link to the challenge.


Now on to my creation:


Normally I don't use such bright colors but I just love the look of the Mitten Weather snowflake paper from Cosmo Cricket.  So vibrant and cheerful, isn't it? The sentiment is one of the new releases from Our Daily Bread Designs called Christmas Blessings.  These sentiments make great inside sentiments as well!!

I used a brand new embossing folder from Sizzix sent to me by my dear friend Crystal. Thanks hun!! I just love the folder and will use it again where you can see more of the floral poinsettia background!  I punched the bottom of my one panel with a half snowflake border punch from EK Success.

Francie Gumprecht
Patter Cross
Sabrina Jackson


To join the challenge, please link your creation here.

challenges I am entering my card in:
Lots to Do - EmbossingStamp It Crazy - ChristmasCrafty Little Place - anything goesPaper Cupcakes - Anything GoesOne Stitch At A Time - Celebrate and Bling It UpAlphabet - e for embossing
Gingerloft - Bows Tuesday Throwdown- Embellish it.Stamp with Fun- adventGoing Grey - Anything Goes
 The Paper Variety - Tic Tac Toe (I chose Die Cut, Make a Card, Holiday theme)Top Tip Tuesday - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by and for your comments!


Have a great weekend!!
hugs,

Happy Friday Everyone!!  Woo hoo!!  I am so excited...no homeschooling for the weekend and time to put up some Christmas lights!!  I just love Christmas and I can't believe it is here again already!!  Yikes!! Time flies!!  Don't blink or the holidays will be over...

Anywho....today is a new Wags n Whiskers challenge.  This week our host is the sweet and talented SHARON.  Sharon has challenged us to use snowflakes on our creation.


Don't forget the Wags n Whiskers challenge is now open. Anyone can play along and you DO NOT need to use a Wags 'n Whiskers image.

Each challenge we have two prizes:
 For more inspiration for this challenge, please visit my dt sisters:



If you join the challenge, please leave a direct link to your creation here.

Hi All!  This is my second post of the day so if you are here for the Divine Diva post, scroll down to the next post.  If you are here for the Birthday Blog Hop for Josh, you are in the right place!!!

Hi Everyone!!  Today ODBD is having a birthday celebration for Josh!!  Josh works for Kelley at Our Daily Bread Designs and has become an integral part of the Our Daily Bread Designs (ODBD) family!
Josh is Kelley's right hand man at ODBD! He  helps out with cutting the rubber, mounting stamps, picking orders, and helping set up, tear down and run register at the ODBD booth just to name a few of the many things he does.  If you have been to the ODBD Shows you have probably seen him there.  I have not had the opportunity to meet him in person like some of the team has....yet...one of these days I will make one of Kelley's shows....but I always enjoy his short, sweet and cheery notes with the packages.

Happy Birthday Josh!!I hope your day is full of wonderful surprises!!


  In Josh's honor the team is having a blog hop.  If you came here from my dear friend  Grace's blog, you are in the right place, if not, you may want to start at the ODBD blog...who knows what is in store for you there....besides there is lots of inspiration by the dt along the way.

 Kelley is offering the chance to win a $15 gift certificate to 3 lucky bloggers who participate in the Birthday blog hop. All you have to do is comment on each person's post on the hop and at the ODBD blog to qualify!! How fun is that?!  So what are you waiting for...grab a cup of coffee and start hopping.  While you are at it, make sure to hop to the ODBD blog to wish Josh a Happy Birthday!!

Here is the card I created for Josh using the ODBD stamp sets Dad (for the sentiment) and Randi's song (for the embossed leaves).

The dp is from SU Bella Blue and the black piece of dp is from my scrap bin.  The ribbon is May Arts wrinkled ribbon.

challenges I entered this card in:
Fab 'n' Funky - birthday
Crafty Little Place - anything goes
Party Time Tuesdays - BIRTHDAY and anything goes
Scrap-Creations - anything goes
Woodware USA (1 entry) - anything goes
Top Tip Tuesday - Anything goes
Robyns Fetish / IDIC - Surprise me
Paper Cutz - Anything Goes
C4Challenges- script background or paper
Thanks for stopping by, the next stop on the hop is the ever so sweet Chrissy.
Have a blessed day!!

For more inspiration, please visit my dt sisters:

Anne
Lori
Donna
Julie


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 DDIC41.

I hope you enjoyed my creation or that I you will be able to come back for the Stamping in Time challenge post (for a chance to win a gorgeous stamp set) and for the Birthday Blog hop for Josh (as there also prizes available!!!)


Thanks for stopping by and for your comments!!!