Twinkles Glow with Stamps

Happy Thursday Everyone!!  Believe it or not, after my neglecting my blog more than usual, I have two posts today.  This is the first one and then at 12:00 p.m. EST today there will be a Whimsy Blog Hop!!  We have a fun release and prizes along the way so I sure hope you can join us!!

Anywho...on to today's Divine Diva Challenge.   After being a part of this team and challenge started, this will be our Last Divine Diva Challenge.  Lori has done an awesome job of providing so many fabulous inspirations for our challenges.  The team was so fun and sweet to work with.  It is sad to see this be our last...

This is the inspiration that Lori sent to us:

This is my creation using the above coasters as my inspiration:


I was especially inspired by the colors, all the clean white and the ornaments.  For my creation I used the Our Daily Bread Designs Christmas Blessings stamp set. The sentiment is cut out using the Spellbinders Ornament dies.  The lace and ribbon is from my scrap of ribbon bin and I am unsure where I got them.  The dp is DCWV Christmas Glitter stack.

challenges:
Crafty Ho's - Red and Green The Crafty Pad - dry embossing AIFactory - ChristmasDutch Dare - Christmas Tag/Card/OrnamentCreative Stamp Friends- Traditional Christmas colors, Stamp with Fun- ChristmasTop Tip Tuesday- Christmas inspired There's Magic in the Air- red and greenStamp it Crazy- Free for allEllephantastic - Christmas/WinterLil Red Wagon - Use a Diecut Penny's Paper Crafty - ChristmasStampin' Royalty - Bring on the BlingA Spoonfull of Sugar - ChristmasCraft Your Passion - Anything GoesCreative Card Crew - Anything GoesMami Doodles - Anything GoesBunny Zoe- Sparkle and ShineLet's Ink it Up - Christmas twist, add bling


For more inspiration, please visit my dt sisters:

Anne
Lori
Donna
Julie

Thanks for stopping by and for your sweet comments!!  I hope you are able to join the Whimsy hop at noon. 


hugs,

This is my take on the sketch using Lizzie with Muff  from Whiff of Joy  (illustrated by Elizabeth Bell) for my image and the Holiday tickets from Whimsy (designed by Ann of Raindrop Echo designs.  The designer paper is from Whimsy's Holiday Folly, Best Present Co. and Basic Grey Marjolaine.  The snowflakes were created using the Create a Snowflake 2 die set from Spellbinders and a Martha stewart snowflake punch.  They were cut from silver and white glitter paper.  The corners are created with the Vintage corner dies from Cuttlebug.

Card recipe:
 Stamps: Lizzie with Muff  from Whiff of Joy   for my image and the Holiday tickets from Whimsy
 Paper: Whimsy's Holiday Folly, Best Present Co. and Basic Grey Marjolaine. Blue Bayou from SU
 tools: Create a Snowflake 2 die set from Spellbinders and a Martha stewart snowflake punch
embellishments: Memory Box velvet ribbon, lace from my stash, dew drops, silver brads

Anne ,  Chelsea,  Gio, Jane, Kathrin, Kim, Kylie, Louise, Manuela.  Michelle

Ellephantastic - Christmas/WinterCraft Your Days Away - Punch it out
Lil Red Wagon - Use a Diecut Penny's Paper Crafty - ChristmasStampin' Royalty - Bring on the BlingA Spoonfull of Sugar - ChristmasCraft Your Passion - Anything GoesCreative Card Crew - Anything GoesMami Doodles - Anything GoesCupcake Craft- Non-traditional Christmas  Bunny Zoe- Sparkle and ShinePollycraft- Snowy wintery scenesCrazy Challenge: Use atleast 3 dp
Pink Elephant- Winter Wonderland
Crafty Ho's - Red and Green The Crafty Pad - dry embossing AIFactory - ChristmasDutch Dare - Christmas Tag/Card/OrnamentCreative Stamp Friends- Traditional Christmas colors, Stamp with Fun- Christmas
Flourishes Timeless Tuesday- Food, Top Tip Tuesday- Christmas inspired There's Magic in the Air- red and greenStamp it Crazy- Free for all Something completely Different- tags with Christmas characters

Hi Everyone!! I hope everyone is well.  Things at our house have been very busy and unfortunately I do not have a card to share with you today.  My dear 11 year old daughter does though at her blog!!!  Nicki is so proud of her first blog post.  If you would, please leave her a little love for her and encourage her.  It would really make her day.  Here is a snippet of her card which can be found at her blog here.



ALSO ....Stamp and Create is having an awesome sale starting today!!
All stamps in the Christmas Shop are on sale 25% off through the end of the year.

Happy Sunday Everyone!  I hope you all are enjoying your weekend!  I know I am...lots of family time.  We put up our tree yesterday.  The girls are just so excited.  Nothing like the excitement of a child.

Anywho today it is  time for another Stampin Sisters in Christ challenge.

This week's challenge host is the dear and sweet Patti.  Patti chose the verse:
Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them. ~Ephesians 4:29 NLT
Patti's challenge is:
"A Way with Words". Create a card or project that will compliment, encourage, or cheer someone in need of uplifting.

For my creation, I decided to make a Christmas Thinking of you card for my dear friend Mark who recently lost his wife.  Mark will greatly miss Ruby this Christmas and I want to let him know he is consistently in our thoughts and prayers.

I used the You will Find Refuge  for the chickadee image and Flourished Christian Symbols set from Our Daily Bread Designs for the sentiment.  The designer paper is Basic Grey Curio.  This is sort of CAS for me but I think it does better for a guy.







 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.

other challenges I am entering this card in:
Lil Red Wagon - Use a Diecut (Nesties)OSAAT #42 ~ anything goes
Top Tip Tuesday -use ribbon Digi Doodle Shop's Best - animals or insect
Tuesday Throwdown - clean and simpleCraft Your Passion - anything goes
Thanks for stopping by and for your comments!!

Happy Saturday everyone!!  Sorry I have been neglecting my blog...I am just so busy and unable to keep up with it all.  I needed to take a brief break to take care of the family and prepare for the holidays.  Just so much to do and so little time. Today I am driving 2 1/2 hours one way to meet up with my best friend.  We don't always have time to get together so this is a real treat.

I hope I will have time to comment on all your creations over the weekend. I do miss it.


Anywho...today it is time for another Shining the light challenge at Our Daily Bread Designs.


This week's Challenge:
Well...Christmas is just around the corner now and we haven't done any inspiration challenges yet so here is a collage of photos to inspire you. We can't wait to see what you create!!




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, December 16. 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 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 16 at 8 p.m. EST.

If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC41. When creating your posts on blogs please include a link to the challenge and a picture of the photo above which inspired you.

I was inspired by this photo's colors and flowers on the tree.