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Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Joyous Christmas

8:09 AM | Posted by Chris Olsen, Glowbug | | Edit Post

Happy Hump Day Friends!! Seems like just yesterday that the week was just beginning!! Time just is flying by. With that in mind, I decided to make a Christmas card....Christmas is just around the corner.

Christmas feels very magical to me not just because of the baby born on Christmas day that was sent to save the world and the feeling of Hope it gives me but because the warmth and memories many of us treasure. Christmas brings out the best in people and the spirit of giving. I don't mean shopping....the crowds and traffic often bring out the worst in people. I mean the hearts who try to do something for others whether it to bring a smile to someone's face or just a helping hand.

Being in Virginia now, I am not sure if I will have a snow filled Christmas that makes me feel warm and cozy inside but I know there are cardinals...one of the treasured pieces of God's nature that I think of at Christmas. That is one of the many reasons I am loving this Cardinal Ornament stamp set from Our Daily Bread Designs.

I just love the reds, olive, and very vanilla color combo!! It is perfect for Christmas.
I had so much fun coloring up the Cardinal Ornament with my copics. The sentiment is from the Turtle Dove Ornament stamp set. The background panel is embossed with the Sizzix Holly embossing folder and sewn on the side edges. The pearl flourishes are from ZVA Creative and the leaf is Spellbinders Foliage.

Thanks for stopping by today!!

I hope this creation, has somehow inspired you!

Have a blessed Day!!!

hugs and blessings,

challenges I am entering my card in:

Tandastamps - Christmas Stampavie and More #181 Swirls and Pearls Anything Goes Challenge - #81 Stitching Real Or Faux Clear It Out! -Use Old Supplies Anything Goes Stash Item- Red Craft Room Challenge - Punches & Die Cuts Crafty Sentiments - Christmas LEJ Designs Seasons Greetings Card Mania - Embossing Crafty Bloggers Network Crafty Cardmakers - More than One Punch and/or Die Cut House of Gilli Celebrations Make it Monday - always Anything Goes Totally Stampalicious Bling Come and Get It Challenges - Flourishes and Swirls Corrosive Challenges Flutter by (wings)Glitter n Sparkle - Things with Wings Sunday Stamper Birds That Craft Place Red for Remembrance 2 Sisters - #117 Use your favourite Christmas StampsStampin' For The Weekend Stitching

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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

~Gloria...In Excelsis Deo~

8:00 AM | Posted by Chris Olsen, Glowbug | | Edit Post

Happy Tuesday all!! I hope everyone is doing well!! Life has been interesting for me...unfortunately I have been lying low due to a pulled or torn muscle in my upper leg...making walking almost impossible with tremendous pain. It sure makes crafting interesting. I have to give a lot of credit to my dear daughter Nicki for this card since she had to go up and down the stairs SEVERAL times to my craft area to get whatever I needed. Thanks Nicki!!!

Anywho...today I would like to share this week's Shining the Light challenge at Our Daily Bread Designs.

This week's challenge:

ODBDSLC130 Use gold or silver on your creation.

For my creation I used the Chickadee Ornaments from Our Daily Bread Designs.

In addition to making this for the Shining the Light challenge, I also cased this card from my dear friend and dt sister, Angie Crockett who was crowned Queen at Splitcoast Stampers!! Congrats Angie!! You are so deserving!! I changed the stamps used, the dies to frame my image, the papers,the bow, and added embossing. The image is colored with copics. I added gold embossing around each layer to frame it.

The photos below are the same photo but with different backgrounds. Which do you like better?

ODBD Stamps Used: Chickadee Ornament

Dies: Grand Labels One, Decorative Labels 1, Classic and Scalloped Circles, and Cheerylynn Fanciful Flourish

Accessories: gold embossing powder, versa mark, , Bow Easy, pearl, May Arts burgundy silk ribbon, Darice Embossing Folder

Paper: Neenah White

For more inspiration for this challenge, please visit my dt sisters:

Jan Marie Ennenga, Barb Pace (guest designer), Jan Keen, Lori Ulrich,

Kathy Roney, and Rosemary Dennis.

To see all the creations in one place or join the challenge, click here. You have until November 18th to join us. You do not have to use an ODBD stamp to join in, but we would love to see them if you have them. Plus....your card will only be featured in the top 3 if you use ODBD stamps. Anyone, however, has a chance to win the $15 certificate toward ODBD stamps.

We would love to see your creations.

I hope this creation, has somehow inspired you.

Thanks for stopping by!! I treasure all my viewers/blogging friends and their comments.

Have a blessed Day!!!

hugs and blessings,

challenges I am entering my card in:

Card Mania Embossing Crafty Bloggers Network -Christmas Anything Goes Crafty Cardmakers C15 More than One Punch and/or Die Cut House of Gilli Celebrations Love to Create Fancy Edges The Pink Elephant Monday Card Challenge Punches/Dies Come and Get It Challenges - Flourishes and Swirls Penny Black and More - Any Die will Do The Ribbon Girls Must use ribbon Add Sparkle (glitter is added-you may need to click on it for a closer look) 2 Sisters - #117 Use your favourite Christmas stamp, Fairy Tale Embossing Corrosive Challenges - Flutter by (wings), Glitter n Sparkle - Things with Wings,

Thursday, November 8, 2012

For the Love of Family Blog Hop

8:00 AM | Posted by Chris Olsen, Glowbug | | Edit Post

Welcome to Our Daily Bread Design's Alumni Team's bi-monthly For the Love Blog Hop. This week the Alumni team along with some of the ODBD designers are featuring a hop For the Love of Family!

Check out each link and leave a comment. If you get lost along the way, check the ODBD blog for full list of links. One of the team's posts is a hop hot spot and a name will be drawn from that list of comments to win a $15 ODBD store gift certificate. So, all you have to do is hop along and see all the creations and leave a little love! You have until Wednesday, November 21st at 6 pm. Enjoy all the beautiful designs featuring For the Love of Family!

If you came here from Betty's blog you are in the right place, if not you may want to start at the beginning here at the ODBD Blog so you don't miss any inspiration or the chance to win.

For my creation I used Mistletoe Tags and the custom tag die from Our Daily Bread Designs. The image is colored with copics and I added burgundy red pearls.

ODBD Stamps used: Mistletoe Tags and the custom tag die from Our Daily Bread Designs

Spellbinders: Classic and Standard Circles (large and small), Botanical Swirls, A2 Matting Basics A and A2 Matting Basics B,Fleur De Lis Accents

Accessories: Ruffled Ribbon, May Arts Burgundy silk ribbon, Bow Easy

Here is a photo of the stamp and tag used from Our Daily Bread Designs:

Thanks for stopping by today!! I hope you are somehow inspired by my creation!! For more inspiration, the next stop on the hop is the exceptionally talented Grace

Have a blessed Day!!!

hugs and blessings,

Challenges I am entering my creation in:

Joan's Garden- Red, Green and White

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Tuesday, November 6, 2012

~Glory to the new born King~

8:00 AM | Posted by Chris Olsen, Glowbug | | Edit Post

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.

Card Recipe:
Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs: Christmas Flourished Verses, The Babe
Paper: Neenah Solar White (110 lbs)
Accessories: Sizzix Plaid Embossing Folder, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, Spellbinders-Labels 22, Petite Ovals, Fancy Tags 2, White sheer Ribbon, pearls

For more inspiration for this challenge, please visit my dt sisters:

Jan Marie Ennenga, Barb Pace (guest designer), Jan Keen, Lori Ulrich,

Kathy Roney, and Rosemary Dennis.

To see all the creations in one place or join the challenge, click here. You have until November 11th to join us. You do not have to use an ODBD stamp to join in, but we would love to see them if you have them. Plus....your card will only be featured in the top 3 if you use ODBD stamps. Anyone, however, has a chance to win the $15 certificate toward ODBD stamps.

We would love to see your creations.

I hope this creation, has somehow inspired you.

Thanks for stopping by!! I treasure all my viewers/blogging friends and their comments.

Have a blessed Day!!!

hugs and blessings,

challenges I am entering my card in:

Card Mania - Embossing
Crafty Bloggers Network Christmas Anything Goes
Ooh La La Creations - Christmas
Squigglefly -Ribbon & Bows
Catered Crop -  Use negative spaces from Die, Punche, Cutting Machine
Sentimental Sundays - must include a Sentiment - Dimensions
That Craft Place Tic Tac Toe*
2 Sisters - #116 Pastel Christmas
A Gem of a Challenge -  #58 Polka dots/spots- embossing behind circle image
Crafty Ann's -  Christmas
Crafty Catz - Add texture
Delicious Doodles - Embossing
Stamp Man - emboss it

Labels: Christmas, Our Daily Bread Designs, Shining the Light Challenge | 30 comments

Thursday, November 1, 2012

November Release Blog Hop

8:00 AM | Posted by Chris Olsen, Glowbug | | Edit Post

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?

So now.... on to my project

For my creation I used the Cardinal Ornament from Our Daily Bread Designs to make a shaker card!! I just love shaker cards!! They are not difficult to make and they really make an elegant or fun card. This months sets are perfect for both Clean and Simple as well as a variety of gift ideas!! I love these Christmas sets!!! Of course, now that I moved to Virginia and the cardinal is the state bird, I am even more partial to cardinals.

Card Recipe:
Stamps: Cardinal Ornament from Our Daily Bread Designs
Embossing folder: Provocraft Scrollwork
Dies: Spellbinder Classic Small and Large circles
Paper: Kraft, Real Red, Neenah White
Accessories: ZVA Creative White Flower Flourish Pearls, white and clear beads, acetate
Colored with copics

Here is the picture of the stamp set used:

EDITED TO ADD...

My second card is one I posted as a sneak peek:

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

Here is a picture of the stamp set used:

Thanks for stopping by today!! I hope you are somehow inspired by my creation!!

For the next stop on the release is my talented and sweet friend, Grace. I know you will be inspired by her gorgeous project!!

Have a blessed Day!!!

hugs and blessings,

Labels: Christmas, Our Daily Bread Designs, Our Daily Bread Designs blog hop | 119 comments

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Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not on thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him and He shall direct thy paths. Proverbs 3:5,6

Please pray for my dear friend, Grace!!

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