Happy friday everyone!

I was away for for awhile due to a death in the family! My uncle in Florida passed away! He had been ill for quiet awhile. I will miss him terribly, but it is also comforting to know he is with God and is no longer suffering!

Hope with all the storms lately you are all safe.

The card today is for two challenges over on Splitcoaststampers!

Todays Queen For Today was to honor Anne (jdmommy)!

 Wendy's F4A62 challenged us to use lots of layers on our cards.

The lovely Rubbernecker image was stamped and clear embossed on Kraft C/S. I then used Clorox bleach and a brush to bleach the image. After bleaching I colored the leaves and highlighed the rose using Copic markers. Spellbinders Nesties were used to cut oval for the framing of the image. The border was made using an EK Success punch. M/S Pine Bough and leaf punches used for the foliage. I glued a small deeper ribbon to a larger lighter colored ribbon to make the bow. Pearls were added to each corner.The DP is from Basic Grey!

Thanks for stopping by! Have a fabulous evening! Hugs!



Happy Saturday everyone!

It's time for another Our Daily Bread Designs Shining The Light Challenge!

To make the challenge even more fun Our Daily Bread Designs will give 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, May 5 . One random winner will be chosen and announced next Saturday. If you are not using ODBD stamps, please do not enter more than once.

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 May 5 at 8 p.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC58. When creating your posts on blogs please include a link to the challenge.

This week Chris has a wonderful Sketch Challenge for us!

The lovely image is from  ODBD's "Mother Teresa"! The water lily was stamped then colored using Copic Markers! I embossed the water with clear e/p to give it shine  A Spellbinders Lattice Rectangle was used  to cut out and frame the lily. The sentiment was stamped and embossed using versamark and clear e/p.  The small panels were embossed using SU Sizzix E/F.  The dp is from K&Co.

This is the sketch Chris has for us!

Please stop by to see what the ODBD Challenge have created:

Chris

Sabrina

Pat

Silke

Lori

We hope you will play along with us, we would love to see what you create!

Hope you have a beautiful Easter Day and weekend! Hugs!

Happy Saturday everyone!

It's time for another Our Daily Bread Designs Shining the Litght Challenge!

This weeks challenge: Make a card or project without any coloring. You may sponge a background or use colored ink to stamp an image but NO Coloring!!

To make the challenge even more fun Our Daily Bread Designs is giving 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, April 21. One random winner will be chosen and announced next Saturday. If you are not using ODBD stamps, please do not enter more than once.

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 April 21 at 8 p.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC5. When creating your posts on blogs please include a link to the challenge.

Please see ODBD Blog for all the details!

This my card!

I first stamped Bird Borders and Corners and a verse from Scripture Collection 6 then cut out and  framed them using Spellbinders Nestibilities Lables 18! The fancy scrolls on the top and bottom of the frame were added using Spellbinders Fancy Lables 2! Flower Soft  was added to give a little color to the limb! The background was done by stamping  the branch then embossing with clear e/p. Ribbon from Mikes was added!

This is a picture of the inside!

Please stop by to see what the ODBD Challenge Team have created:

Chris

Sabrina

Pat

Silke

                        Lori (guest designer)

We hope you will join in on the fun and play along with us!

Have a beautiful weekend! Hugs!

Violets and Lilacs and Plums, Oh My!

Happy Friday everyone!

Really Reasonable Ribbon and Our Daily Bread Designs are teaming up to bring you this fun challenge!

The challenge is to use these colors, Violets, Lilacs and Plums along with ribbon or lace!

Please see Really Reasonable Ribbons Blog for all the details!

Really Reasonable Ribbon used ~ Sheer Looped White Trim and Gingham!

Our Daily Bread Designs stamps used ~ Tulip Corner

The lovely Our Daily Bread Designs Tulip Corner was stamped several times, colored using Copic Markers, embossed using clear ep, cut out and popped up! Spellbinder's Blossom 3 was used to create the frame! The background was embossed using a Sizzix Embossing folder! All tied up using the beautiful ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon!

We hope you will visit Really Reasonable Ribbon's Blog for all the details, join in the fun and play along!

Have a beautiful day! Hugs!

Welcome to another Rubbernecker Stamps release day HOP!

Thank you so much for hopping with us, we really enjoy sharing our creations with you!

Besides all the great creations, there are prizes as well!

Take a look at what you could win!

1.  If you leave some LOVE at EVERY stop, you could WIN........

A $25.00 RUBBERNECKER GIFT CERTIFICATE!

2.  If you sign up for the Rubbernecker Newsletter on  the Rubbernecker Blog, you could WIN.....

ONE of TEN $10.00 RUBBERNECKER GIFT CERTIFICATES!

WOW!!!!!! WONDERFUL PRIZES FROM MR. RUBBERNECKER!!!!!

The winners will be announced Thursday April 14th! You have until then to HOP and SIGN UP!

ALL the new stamps you see today are available NOW at the Rubbernecker Stamp Store!

See all the details on Rubbernecker's Blog!

Edna In The Kitchen 562-07

The lovely Edna is back! She is WOMAN here her roar! Today she wallpapered her kitchen, weeded her garden, brought in fresh flowers and sewed a new robe ~ she did all that before cooking a gourmet breakfast. I've had a lot of fun using this funny but cute image! Edna was stamped and colored using Copic Markers. Her lovely robe was paper pieced! She was then cut out and popped up on the Spellbinders frame! The insert of frame was done using Tim Holtz E/F and a M/S punch. Flowers, M/S punched leaves and fern were added!

Edna is good, but when it comes to serving breakfast in bed she sorta frowns on that. The cute Rubbernecker Sentiment says "If you want breakfast in bed......sleep in the kitchen".

The sunflowers are from Rubbernecker's Stamps Kittie Kits Cause A Scene "In My Garden"!

The decorative border was made using a M/S punch!

This is the order of the HOP!

Charlene Merrick

                               Fran Gumprecht (that would be me) 

Joan Ervin

Julia Aston

Karen Hunsaker

Kittie Caracciolo

Jacquie Peifer

Maria Gurnsey

Cathy Bamgardner

Thanks for stopping by and hopping with us! Good Luck!

Hope your day is beautiful! Hugs!

Welcome to Day Two of Rubbernecker's Sneek Peek!

Rubbernecker Stamps will be releasing new stamps on Tuesday April 12th!

The Rubbernecker Design Team is giving you a SNEEK preview of these new images! We will have TWO days of PREVIEWS!

You will want to visit Rubbernecker's Blog for all of todays Participants! That and you won't want to miss out on the PRIZE for today!

This is one of Rubbernecker's "Old People" to be released on April 12th!

Ralph Fishing 562-02

Handsome Ralph was stamped and colored using Copic Markers! I masked the image then stamped the fence from Rubbernecker's Kittie Kits "Cause a Scene Beach Master" and the foliage from Rubbernecker's Kittie Kits "Cause a Scene Out Door Master"! The water was colored using copics and embossed using clear embossing powder! The sky was stippled in using Tim Holtz "Broken China"!

This was inspired by Kittie's creation of Ralph! Thanks for the inspiration, Kittie!

Please stop by Rubbernecker's Blog for all the details!

Thanks for stopping by! We hope you enjoy all the creations! GOOD LUCK!

Have a beautiful day! Hugs!

Welcome to Day One of Rubbernecker's Sneek Peek!

Rubbernecker Stamps will be releasing new stamps on Tuesday April 12th!

The Rubbernecker Design Team is giving you a SNEEK preview of these new images! We will have TWO days of PREVIEWS!

You will want to visit Rubbernecker's Blog for all of todays Participants! That and you won't want to miss out on the PRIZE for today!

This is one of Rubbernecker's "Old People" to be released on April 12th!

Edna In The Kitchen 562-07

Isn't she the cutest "Domestic Diva" you have ever seen!!!!

She can cook up the bacon, wash those clothes, mow that lawn, make a dozen cards, scrapbook, slap on the makeup, comb that hair and turn into a beautiful "Diva", cause she's a W-O-M-A-N, I'll say it again! Now you are going to be humming that song all day! TEE HEE!

The lovely Edna was stamped, colored using copics cut out and popped up! The dp was cut out using a Spellbinders Nestie. The background was embossed using an SU Sizzix E/F.

Please stop by the Rubbernecker Blog  for all the details!

Thanks for stopping by! We hope you enjoy all the creations! GOOD LUCK!

Have a beautiful day! Hugs!



Happy Saturday Everyone!

Hope everyone is well and enjoying this beautiful spring weather.

Gasp!!!!!!!! Can you believe it!

"No Ribbon"

 You may use lace, hemp, cording or string...but no ribbons!!

To make the challenge even more fun ODBD's will be giving 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, April 14th. One random winner will be chosen and announced next Saturday. If you are not using ODBD stamps, please do not enter more than once.

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. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword  ODBDSLC56. When creating your posts on blogs please include a link to the challenge.

Please see ODBD's Blog for all the details!

For my "No Ribbon" creation I decided to make a masculine card!

The newly released image from ODBD's  "Father's Day" was stamped twice. After coloring both, I cut the head and antlers from one and popped it up. The foliage was done using copics and "Flower Soft".

The sky was sponged in! I used ODBD's  "Wood Background" and Spellbinder's Lables 18 to create the framing for the image. The background was stamped using ODBD's  "Birch Background".

Please stop by to see what the ODBD Challenge team have created:

Chris

Sabrina

Pat

Silke

                           Lori (Guest Designer)

We hope you will play along with us!

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you have a fabulous weekend! Blessings and hugs!

Hey, hey everyone!

What glorious weather we are having! It was in the 70's yesterday and into the 80's today! What a difference a week can make!

Hope you are all well and enjoying some beautiful warm weather!

My card today is for two challenges over on SCS. The F4A59 challenge was to use the embedded embossing tech. What a fun technique. It is also to honor our QFTD Harriet (hskelley)!

The lovely

Rubbernecker image was stamped, colored using copics and cut out and framed using Spellbinders new Fleur de Lis Squares. Extra leaves were colored, cut out and popped up. To create the embedded embossed background I googled rose petals, printed the picture, cut out the rose petals, glued them to the white cardstock and embossed using an SU Sizzix E/F.

This was a fun technique! If you haven't done this technique,  you should give it a try!

Hope you have a fabulous weekend! Blessing and hugs!

I received this wonderful award from Ruthie! Thanks so much Ruthie and thanks for your wonderful comments! 

Happy Saturday everyone!

Hope you are experiencing some of this lovely "Spring" weather.

After temps in the 30's and 40's for the past two weeks, it is suppose to be in the 60's today and 70's tomorrow! WaHoooo!

It is time for another ODBD's Shining The Light Challenge!

This weeks ODBDSLC55 is to  

use a bird image, punched bird, or birds on your designer paper.

To make the challenge even more fun, ODBD's will be giving 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, April 7. 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  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. In order to qualify for this award, however, you must use Our Daily Bread stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by April 7 at 8 p.m. EST.If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC55. When creating your posts on blogs please include a link to the challenge.

Please see ODBD's Blog for all the details!

Here is my creation!

Our Daily Bread Designs Path of Life and Sing to the Lord were used. The images were colored using copic markers and prisma colored pencils. The bird and flowers were cut out and popped up around the frame that was created using Spellbinders Blossom 3. The border was scored using the Scor-Pal and ribbon was added!

Please stop by to see what the ODBDDT have created!

Chris

Sabrina

Pat

Silke

                          Lori (Guest Designer

We hope you will play along with us.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a blessed weekend! Hugs!