Welcoming Baby!

Hi Everyone!

Hope your first day of September was a great one!

Have you heard the fun news that Shery, owner of Stamplorations, has had her baby?  She had a little girl, and her team is throwing her a Surprise Congrats Blog Hop!

I made a soft, sweet card for the new family.  I combined several products.  The image is from Our Daily Bread Designs and is stamped in Memento London Fog.  I colored with Copics around the mage to make it pop and colored the stems with a bit of warm grey (Copics).
The sentiment is from Sugar Pea Designs, as is te 'baby' die which I used the camouflage technique.
The button dies are from PTI.  DP is retired SU.
I used the sketch from RetroSketches~

You can join in the fun too and link up a baby card on the Stamplorations Blog!

Congrats to the new family!

Thanks for stopping by!

Lee Ann  :)

Keep Going

Hi Everyone!

Happy Monday!
 I spent much of yesterday and this morning tearing up vinyl flooring, so this afternoon I decided to take a crafty break.  Faith in God has been on my mind as of late and I felt the need to make a card reflecting that.

I used an Our Daily Bread Designs image as well as sentiment.  The image was heat embossed with gold ep and colored with Copics, then die cut out with its matching die.  I matted it on a vellum circle backed with a Calypso Coral cs circle.
The sketch is this week's MOJO Monday sketch~

 I am also linking up to Our Daily Bread Design's challenge, which is 'Anything Goes' this week,
and Time Out Challenges, which has a great inspiration photo this week.  I was inspired by the colors. 
The Pink Elephant has a 'Anything Goes' Challenge this week!

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a blessed week!

Lee Ann  :)

Supplies Used-
Stamps- Our Daily Bread Designs Never Give Up and Butterfly Branch
Paper- SU Razzleberry, discontinued dsp, vellum, Calypso Coral
Ink- Versamark, Razzleberry
Other- ODBD matching die, SU polka dot ef, Copics, Neat and Tangled sequis, gold ep, ODBD Antique Labels and Border Dies

Dazzling Scene

Good Morning and Happy Wednesday!

Ready for a new challenge at Add a Little Dazzle?  We have a new style of challenge for you- the very trendy and popular mood board!   Here is my take on this month's mood board~

And here is your mood board!

I started with a couple of my favorite Our Daily Bread Designs stamps, Keep My Lamp Burning and The Mighty Sea.  The lighthouse is a collage style stamp, so I masked much of the background and just stamped the lighthouse on the cs.  I then repeated that and stamped the lighthouse in Stazon ink on the Scarlet Red Add a Little Dazzle Craft Metal sheet.  I fussy cut out the bottom 3/4ths of the lighthouse.
I masked the 'beachy' portion of the Mighty Sea image and stamped the water in both Basic Gray and Buckaroo Blue ink onto the cs (with the lighthouse masked off).  I was trying to give the water a cold, wintry look.  With Basic Gray ink, I sponged in the winter sky.
The Add a Little Dazzle Craft Metal lighthouse was adhered to the cs using Scor-tape.  I used white acrylic paint on the waves.  Once that was dry, I added some Crystal Effects to the waves and then sprinkled with glitter.  I also used the Crystal Effects around the railing of the lighthouse, trying to create icicles.  I sprinkled this with glitter as well, although you cannot see it in the photo. 
The final wintry touch was adding falling snow by splattering watered down white acrylic paint over the scene.  After an initial spatter of paint, I stamped the sentiment.  Then a second layer of spattered paint was applied.  Finally I added the snowbank, die cut using Simon Says Stamp's Stitched Slopes and Hills.

Interested in trying out your own Add a Little Dazzle Craft Metal Sheets?  

You can purchase them HERE.

Thank you in advance for you purchase as I get credit if you purchase 

from a link on my blog.  

THANK YOU!

Check out all of the beautiful inspiration from the rest of the talented Design Team over on the Add a Little Dazzle blog and then link up your gorgeous creation with us!  Remember, you don't have to use Add a little Dazzle craft metal on your project, but if you have it we would love to see it!

I am linking up to~
Mixed Media Card Challenge-Theme-Love- there is no greater love than God's love. 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge- Add a Little Texture
Addicted to Stamps and More- Make your Mark

Thanks for visiting and have a blessed day!

Lee Ann  :)

Looking for Spring

Hello Everyone!

I am a big fan of winter, especially the snow part, but today it is just dreary, dreary, dreary!  I decided my craft room was the best place to be and decided to play in the Featured Stamper Challenge on Splitcoaststampers; Ann aka Dockside is featured this week.  I chose a cas card with a wreath and a grid pattern to case, but in the process, created quite the mess!

I wanted to do a water color wash background; I chose colors from Colour Q.

I brushed on a pinky orange color from my Peerless water colors; then while the background was still wet, I stamped on some Razzleberry ink with the SU Off the Grid image.  This is where the mess occurred! 
I gave up that idea pretty quick and moved on to stamping my wreath with a little image from Flourishes Life Love Lemon set.  I decided to use the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches~

 Then I discovered the wonderully springy inspiration photo at The Card Concept and since it is there 1 year anniversary, I had to play along with my former team!  Happy Anniversary Card Concept!  The inspiration brought me back to pink'y', purple'y' colors so I used my mess of a watercolor paper and punched flowers from it. 

It also seems appropriate to link up to 613 Avenue Create for their 2 year anniversary.  This card uses water coloring and handmade flowers.  Happy Anniversary to 613 Avenue Create!

I added layers with a Crumb Cake frame cut with Spellbinders and a Gelly Roll Clear Star Pen.  The sentiment is from Our Daily Bread Designs. 

Thanks so much for visiting and have a wonderful week!

Lee Ann:)

Elegant Sympathy

Hello!  I have a quick post for you today; I have had a busy weekend getting ready for a visit from my parents.  I worked in a card for the Featured Stamper challenge on Splitcoaststamper.
I used an Our Daily Bread Designs image and a Heartfelt Creations sentiment for my card-

 I used reinkers and a waterbrush to color the poppy. I spot colored the poppy center with a Versamark marker and then heat embossed it with black embossing powder.

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog!

Have a blessed Sunday!

Lee Ann  :)

Supplies Used-
Stamps- Mother's Day- Our Daily Bread Designs; Classic Message Precut Set- Heartfelt Creations
Paper- Stampin' Up Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Modern Medley dsp; Flourishes white cs
Ink-Old Olive, Poppy Parade (reinkers), Memento black
Other- Versamark marker, black ep, Spellbinders M-bossability folder-Ornamental Iron, Spellbinders Label One Dies

Subtle Shells

Hello there!
I am sharing a quick and easy card today that would be great for mass producing.  I plan on using this design for sympathy cards, which, sadly, I never have enough of. 

This card is all about the background.  I inked up the inside of my Spellbinders M-Bossability folder- Shell Beauty- with craft gold ink and then ran the folder with Bashful Blue cs in it, through the embossing machine.  The ink transfers to the debossed surfaces of the paper.  Once dried, I sponged on craft white ink over the raised areas of the shell design, to help bring out the contrast of the embossed and debossed surfaces.  The sentiment is stamped in black and mounted on brushed gold cs and popped up on dimensionals.  Talk about simple!  I think this design gives you a lot of bang for your buck, or for your time, anyway! 
Thanks so much for stopping by and have a blessed week!

Lee Ann :)

Supplies used-
Stamps- Our Daily Bread Designs Scripture Collection 3
Paper- Stampin' Up Bashful Blue cs and Brushed Gold cs, Flourishes white cs
Ink-Archival Black, Craft white, Craft Gold
Other-Spellbinders M-Bossabilities folder, dimensionals, organza ribbon

Grand Old Flag

Hello Again! 
This is my last week as Our Daily Bread Design's Guest Designer.  I have had such a good time designing with their beautiful images and sentiments.  With the 4th of July right around the corner (can you believe it?) I have a primitive Americana card to share with you-

This image also seemed appropriate to use at it is the one that brought me to ODBD in the first place.
I stamped the image in Van Dyke brown distress ink and then masked and sponged on the color. The image was cut down from a rectangle to a square and Van Dyke brown ink sponged around the edge.   I got out the sewing machine and stitched around the edges of the image as well as along the flag stripes, then adhered it to an embossed  and sponged back panel.  The star is diecut, embossed and sponged with Van Dyke Brown ink as well.  It is popped up on dimensionals as is the sentiment panel. 

I have done variations of this card before-

To change it up, I double stamped the image; first I used the faux watercolor technique, then I simply inked up the stamp and overstamped without spritzing the inked stamp with water.  I also stamped the grasses a second time, behind the lighthouse.  I used white acrylic paint for the sea spray and foam.  The lighthouse is actually curled to give it a 3D look.  The sea gulls are fussy cut out and adhered to the lighthouse.  I made a button out of the compass image on the lighthouse by stamping it 4 times, cutting them out with a circle die, adhering them together and then piercing 2 holes through the layers. 


Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed week!


Lee Ann  :)

Supplies for Primitive Americana card-
Stamps-Old Flag Background stamp, All Occasion Sentiments, Count the Waves
Paper-SU Naturals White, Crumb Cake
Ink-Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler, Night of Navy, Van Dyke Brown
Other-sewing machine, dimensionals, Sizzix star dies, SU woodgrain ef

Lighthouse card-
Stamps-Keep My Lamp Burning, The Mighty Sea
Paper-Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Very Vanilla, Naturals White, retired dsp
Ink-Pool Party, Island Indigo, Buckaroo Blue, Cameo Coral,  Old Olive, Soft Suede, Tangerine Tango, Cajun Craze, More Mustard, Basic Gray, Sahara Sand, Archival Black
Other-Gray Copic marker (to color shadows on the lighthouse), SU linen thread, navy/white baker's twine, white acrylic paint, circle dies, paper piercer, dimensionals, ODBD Antique Labels and Border Dies

More Designing with Our Daily Bread Designs

Good Morning!
Is it just me, or is the month of June just flying by??  It is already my 3rd week of guest designing for Our Daily Bread Designs.  I have 2 cards to share with you today.  Sad to say, but I never seem to have enough sympathy cards on hand. And that is the number one request I have when I am asked to make a card.

I wanted to keep the card simple and to the point, but still  pretty and soft.  I also wanted it to be mailable-no extra postage!
I stamped the Pussy Willow Background stamp in Versamark on Very Vanilla cs and clear embossed it.  I stamped the main pussy willow image on white cs and colored it with Prismacolor Pencils, then fussy cut it out.  I added a narrow panel across the card using Crumb Cake cs and a woodgrain ef as well as the fancy edge die from ODBD's Antique Labels and Border Dies.

For this card I used a sketch from Crazy 4 Challenges-

7/11/13-
Well. this is embarrassing!  I came to this post to check details of this card and realized I never finished the post!  I apologize for leaving this unfinished!
This christening card is heat embossed and dry embossed.  The background panel is stamped with the wonderful Gingham background image.  The 2 white panels are dry embossed with Stampin' Up embossing folders.  The oval panel is die cut with a Spellbinder oval die and sponged with Certainly Celery before being removed from the die.The cross is embossed in gold ep and die cut with the matching Antique Label and Border Die from ODBD.  The white border along the bottom is also made with the Antique Label and Border Die set.  The sentiment is stamped and fussy cut out and then popped up on dimensionals.  I scored around the outside edge of the card and added pearls to finish it off.
Thanks so much for stopping by!

Lee Ann  :)

Christening Card-
Products used-
Stamps-ODBD Gingham Background stamp, Antique Labels, All Occasion Sentiments
Ink-black, Certainly Celery, Lucky Limeade, Versamark
Other-SB Ovals die, ODBD Antique Label and Border Dies, Simply Scored, SU Honeycomb and Vintage Wallpaper efs, gold ep, pearls, ribbon

Walk with God

Hello Everyone!

I am back with another card for Our Daily Bread Designs.  You might need your sunglasses for this one as I went very bright on this card!

 
As I thought about this quote, I thought about light and dark; the idea of contrasting light and dark on the card started to form. I strayed a bit from the main idea when I added the pinkish color to the mix.  So I guess I really have bright and dark instead of light and dark!

I used the Spellbinder Resplendent Rectangles for this project, along with MFT Rolled Roses dies, Cheery Lynn Flourish, Spellbinder Foliage Shapeabilities and Venetian Motifs.    The roses are made with So Saffron cs and sponged with Regal Rose ink.  The main image panel uses  mixed media. Gesso is first applied using the technique demonstrated by Kim from Eclectic Paperie.  I then added Fired Brick and Wild Honey Distress paints, which were quickly dabbed on and then spritzed with generous amounts of water to make it blend and run.  I dried it with a heat gun. 

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog and have a blessed week!

Lee Ann

 Products used-
Stamps- Our Daily Bread Designs-Full of Grace "Light" set
Paper- white cs, Stampin' Up Basic Black, So Saffron, River Rock, Old Olive; gold vellum from Paper Temptress
Ink-Archival Black, SU Regal Rose, Old Olive
Other- Gesso, Tim Holtz Wild Honey and Fired Brick Distress Paints; SB Resplendent Rectangles, Venetian Motifs and Foliage Shapeabilities; Cheery Lynn Flourish, My Favorite Things Rolled Roses Dies,

Guest Designing for Our Daily Bread Designs

Hello Everyone!

I am so excited to be guest designing for Our Daily Bread Designs this month!  ODBD has a special place in my heart as it was the first company outside of Stampin' Up that  I really took notice of.  I loved the elegant cards with inspirational sentiments and scripture verses that I saw on Splitcoaststampers!  I was making cards for Operation Write Home at the time and spotted this card by Angella Crockett in the gallery.  I knew I just had to have the Old Flag background stamp!
So here I am a couple of years later, and having the privilege to design for them!  Today I am sharing a desk plaque that I made for a friend of mine who could use some encouragement.

I wanted to try the stained glass look that Grace shared on her blog.  I stamped my cross image in Stazon Brown ink on Clear Cardstock.  I colored the image with Sharpie markers on the back side of the image.  Then I stamped the cross in Early Espresso on white cs. I layered the clear cs on top of the white cs and used dimensionals to adhere one to the other.

  I then cut a frame ( 1/4" all around) from Early Espresso cs and ran it through a woodgrain embossing folder.  I adhered this over the clear cs image using dimensionals.  The entire image piece was then matted onto a piece of dsp, followed by Early Espresso cs, followed by Bahama Breeze cs.  At this point my mats were longer than my framed image; I cut an additional piece of Early Espresso cs, embossed it with the woodgrain ef, and adhered it just below the framed image.  You can see the slight gap in the photo. 
I stamped a label in Stazon Brown on dp and then die cut it out with the matching die.  I added a sentiment from the "Never Give Up" set to the label. To embellish, I added flourishes, pearls and twine.
The whole thing is backed with a piece of cardboard for stability as this is a plaque that can be placed in a holder such as the one in the picture.  

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a blessed week!

Lee Ann  :)

Supplies used:
Stamps-Never Give Up and Antique Label Designs, Our Daily Bread Designs
Paper-Stampin' Up Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Bahama Breeze, First Edition dsp; white cs; Basic Gray dp
Ink-Stazon Brown, Early Espresso
Other-Our Daily Bread Designs Dies to match labels, pearls, Cheery Lynn Flourish, dimensionals, Memory Box Macarena Corner die, Wood Grain ef (SU), Sharpie markers, pearl flourish, twine (MFT), Clear Cardstock (Heartfelt Creations)

Our Daily Bread Designs Linky Party

Good Morning!

What a good day to stay inside today- our weather has flipped back to rain. I am grateful I got 3 bags of leaves raked during our afternoon sunshine yesterday!
This month is the 5th Anniversary of Our Daily Bread Designs; ODBD is the first stamp company outside of Stampin' Up that I became familiar with and just "had to have" in large part due to Angie Crockett's SCS uploads! I remember frequently spotting the cards that 'only had spiritual sentiments' stamped on them; I remember thinking how gorgeous they were and wondered why I could never find  a stamp like that in the stores!  Then I realized they were all by the same company!  Finally, I saw this card on SCS and had to investigate!  I found ODBD online and the rest, as they say, is history!
To celebrate, ODBD is having a Linky Party.  Here is the card a created for this-

I inked up the butterflies from the Faith set for the first time, keeping the card fairly clean as the butterflies are pretty 'busy'.  I loosely followed this week's ODBD sketch challenge.  I used a blender pen to color the butterflies with Pool Party, Island Indigo, Midnight Muse and Summer Starfruit, then inked up the butterflies one more time and colored and fussy cut four of them out.  I popped them up on pop dots and adhered them to a Naturals Ivory circle.

 The circle/image is adhered to a Baja Breeze banner and a piece of brown tone dsp die cut with an Apothecary Framelit was added across the top of the card.  I also added bits of my all time favorite die, Fancy Flourish by Cheery Lynn, behind the circle.  The sentiment is from one of their newest sets, Happy Spring.  I highlighted the sentiment with one of the fussy cut butterflies, which is popped up with a dimensional. 
That's it!  Thanks so much for stopping by my blog!

Have a blessed week!

Lee Ann  :)

Supplies used-
Stamps-ODBD Faith and Happy Srping
Paper-SU Naturals Ivory, Wild Wasabi, Whisper White, Soft Suede, Midnight Muse, retired SU dsp
Ink-Stazon Black, Midnight Muse, Pool Party, island Indigo, Summer Starfuit, Crumb Cake, Wild Wasabi, Cherry Cobbler
Other-Cheery Lynn Fancy Flourish die, Coordinating Faith/butterflies ODBD die, SU Dazzling Details, Dimensionals, SU Apothecary Framelits, SU Paper Piercing pack, MFT Fishtail Flag Stax

To Die For!

I hope your are enjoying your President's Day, whether you are lucky enough to have it off or not.  I am using my time to play along with the Lovefest Challenges at SCS.  Today's challenge is sponsored by Simon Says Stamp and is challenging us to use dies-

I used a musical theme, as the CAS challenge today at SCS is to be inspired by a musical quote.  My chickadee was colored with a blender pen using Sahara Sand, Crumb Cake and Soft Suede ink.  The birdcage was die cut in thin cardboard and then embossed with pewter ep.  The rest is pretty self explanatory.
Thanks for stopping by today and have a blessed week!

Lee Ann  :)

Supplies used-
Stamps-Impression obsession-chickadee; Stampin' Up music wheel; Our Daily Bread Designs sentiment
Paper-Whisper White, Pink Pirouette, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Always Artichoke
Ink-Crumb Cake, Sahara Sand, Soft Suede, Stazon Black, Pretty in Pink
Other-IO chickadee die, Poppystamps bird cage die, Memory Box branch die and leaf die, pewter ep, pearls dimensional, Itty Bitty Punch Pack from Stampin' Up

Merry Christmas!

Luke 2:8-12- And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night.  An angel of the Lord appeared to them and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were afraid.  But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid.  I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all people.  Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord.  This will be a sign to you:  You will find a baby wrapped in clothes and lying in a manger."

Wishing you a Blessed Christmas!

Lee Ann

This card is being entered in Our Daily Bread Designs weekly challenge

Supplies used-
Stamps-Verve-Joy to the World, ODBD Baby Jesus
Paper-Early Espresso, Very Vanilla (SU), dsp-MME 
Ink-Stazon Brown, distress ink, Versamark
Other-Stampin' Up Oval Framelits, gold ep, Fishtail Flag Stax (MFT), burlap

ODBD Sketch Challenge

Please excuse the mess; blog under construction!

I had a little time to craft this afternoon, after trying to catch up on all of the things I have been neglecting.  I finally have the Christmas tree up and most of the decorating done.  Time to squeeze in a little stamping!
I love the Our Daily Bread Designs stamps and one of their newest ones, Baby Jesus, is no exception. I used the image for this week's sketch challenge-

I really like how this turned out-it is so simple yet speaks volumes about the true meaning of Christmas.  I need that reminder sometimes.  I used My Mind's Eye 'Sunshine" dp and Cosmo Cricket dp along with Very Vanilla and Early Espresso Stampin' Up CS.  The image and sentiment are stamped in Early Espresso and the edges are sponged with Van Dyke brown ink.  You can't really see it in the photo, but the dp that the image is matted on has rays coming from it so gives the appearance of Baby Jesus radiating light. 

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a blessed week!

Lee Ann  :)

Supplies used-Stamps-Baby Jesus and sentiment from Worship the Lord, both ODBD
Paper-Very Vanilla and Early Espresso (SU), MME, Cosmo Cricket
Ink-Early Espresso(SU), Van Dyke brown
Other-burlap, MFT Circle Stax and Fishtail Flag Stax, ribbon

Blue Christmas

Hello All!  I hope you are enjoying your Sunday, this first Sunday of Advent.  I have a Christmas card for you that is for the Featured Stamper Challenge at SCS as well as the ODBD challenge, which is to include an ornament or something hanging on our cards. I used a new stamp that I have been playing with and it has multiple ornaments on it. 

My card is 5x5.  I stamped my image in Versamark on Baja Breeze paper and embossed it in white.  I cut it out with a Spellbinder and then matted it on a Whisper White Top Note die cut.  I added pearls and rhinestones to all of the baubles on the tree.  The pearls that were white I colored with a Copic marker.  The sentiment is cut out with my favorite new little die, the Vintage Oval from Verve.

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a blessed week!

 Lee Ann:)

Products used-
Stamps-Christmas tree-ODBD; sentiment is from SU-Greetings of the Season
Paper-SU Whisper White, Baja Breeze and River Rock CS; dp unknown
Ink-Versamark, Baja Breeze, Van Dyke Brown distress ink
Other-white ep, Spellbinder, SU top Note die, Verve Vintage Oval die, Micheal's pearls and rhinestones, SU pearls, copic marker, ribbon

Cool Poppy

Hello Everyone!  I have a card for you tonight that is for the sketch challenge at SCS this week.  I am actually getting a little burned out on Christmas cards, so decided to do a generic floral.

This card is pretty straight forward. I just received the Poppy image from ODBD and could not wait to try it out. The poppy is stamped in Stazon Black and watercolored with the aquapainter.  I used a Versamark marker to apply ink to portions of the flower center and then heat embossed it with black ep.I distress inked all of the edges with Van Dyke Brown.  I inked up the debossing surface of an embossing folder with the Van Dyke Brown ink and ran it through the Big Shot.  This also gives the paper an aged/distressed look.  The card has a Linen Thread bow with an Always Artichoke colored button to finish off the card. 
I hope I have inspired you; thanks so much for stopping by!  You have been a blessing!

Lee Ann :)

Supplies used-
Stamps-Poppy from Our Daily Bread Designs
Paper-all SU-Basic Black, Cool Caribbean, Naturals White, Sale-a-Bration retired dsp, First Edition Specialty dsp
Ink-Stazon Black, Poppy Parade, Calypso Coral, Lucky Limeade, Old Olive, Van Dyke Brown, Versamark
Other-black ep, embossing folder, Linen thread (SU), button (retired SU), Spellbinders

Wanted: MOJO

I seem to have misplaced my MOJO.  Have you seen it?  And while you are at it, if you see any creative bones out there, let me know because I don't seem to have a creative bone left in my body!
As this is the week of Thanksgiving, it seems a good time to ponder things I am thankful for.  I am thankful for my son and our home-that we even have a home and that I have been blessed with a good job. I am thankful that God loves me even though I do such a lousy job of loving Him.  I am thankful that he has faith in me even though I usually rely on me rather than Him. I am thankful that He has given us the ability to be creative.  And I am thankful for this community of crafters/stampers in blogland and at SCS; who knew we could have so much fun sharing with people hundreds, sometimes thousands of miles away?!
Now on to stamps!  The Shining the Light Challenge at ODBD this week is to use silver or gold on our card.  Sounded easy enough, but without MOJO, not so!!

Edit-11/18/12-5:50pm
I have been having a rough time getting good pictures of cards lately, so I was playing with the settings on my camera to see if I could brighten up the photos.  Here is a retake of the one above-it may be too bright!  At this point my eyes are so blurry from looking at pictures I don't know what looks good and what does not!

 I wanted to make an easily mailable card, so that meant it would be flat.  I seem to be gravitating to nature lately, enjoying all of the beauty that God has for us, so I chose pine branches to frame my scripture verse.  My background is embossed in silver and my pine branches are glittered with silver Stickles, but it really is not showing up in the photo.  The scripture verse is stamped in Bravo Burgundy craft and clear embossed.  Though simple, I still like how his turned out.   

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Enjoy this week of Thanksgiving and the official start of the Christmas Season!

Lee Ann :)

Supplies Used-
Stamps-ODBD Worship the Lord, Stampin' Up Watercolor Winter and Sanded
Ink-Versamark, Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake, Always Artichoke, Bravo Burgandy
Paper-Whisper, White, Bravo Burgandy, True Thyme
Other-silver ep, clear ep, silver stickles

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This card is for the Featured Stamper challenge at SCS.

  I just LOVE the dsp that comes in the Holiday Mini Scrapbook kit!  Gray and cream are sooo pretty together. I scored around the edges of the white card base and highlighted the edges of the Pool Party panel by heat embossing it with silver ep. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies used (all Stampin' Up)-
Stamps- Teeny Tiny Wishes, Serene Silhouettes
Paper-Basic Gray, Whisper White, Pool Party, Very Vanilla, dsp
Ink-Versamark, Basic Gray
Other-white and silver dsp, Window Framelits, Simply Scored, Polka dot ef     

ODBD and Winter White

This week's challenge at Our daily Bread Designs is 'Winter White'-make an all white card.  As so often happens, what was in my head is not what turned out on paper.  But, I remind myself that everything I do does not have to be perfect, and to learn something from it.  I think I learned not to fussy cut this image out anymore!

I think this is a combination of elegant and shabby chic.  Clearly, it was an experiment!  The image is stamped in Stazon Black with a little bit of water coloring added.  Dazzling Details was added to the snow and trees and a gathering of white tulle was sewn to the lower edge of the card.

     

I did learn a couple of  other things this week.  After yesterday's historic events, I learned that I need to be more open about my faith in Christ; I learned I have a long way to go when it comes to showing Christ's love.   Christmas is about Christ's love for us; it is why I chose this church image for my card today.  

Thanks so much for stopping by; I am blessed by your kind words!

Lee Ann :)

Plate Full of Poppies

Happy Saturday and Happy November!  It is hard to believe that Thanksgiving is less than 3 weeks away, but I say bring it on!  I love Thanksgiving and don't like to see it lost in between Halloween and Christmas.
 I am enjoying a long weekend so more time for stamping! This morning I played with a stamp I just bought; it is from Penny Black.  It was perfect for the Inspiration Challenge at Splitcoast Stampers today.  Here is the Inspiration I used-

And here is my card-

This is such a fun image!  I also used Stampin' Up's Whisper White, So Saffron and Poppy Parade cs.  DP is also SU.  The image was stamped in SU craft black and embossed with clear ep.  It was colored with Poppy Parade, Pumpkin Pie, and Old Olive using an Aqua painter.  The background image is sponged with Baja Breeze. I used SU's scalloped edge punch for the border and Tiny Tags paired with the jewelry tag punch for the sentiment. 
Thanks so much for stopping by and visiting my blog.  I will be back later as I stamp away my day!

Lee Ann :)

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Hello Everyone!  Back again with a card for a few more challenges.  Most importantly, it is for my father, who will be having surgery sometime in the next couple of weeks.   I have finally jumped in to the Queen for the Day Forum at SCS.  This week's Queen has a wonderful gallery and I chose to case this card.  What a great masculine card!  Here is my version-

This card is also for the ODBD challenge-masculine card-this week.

Thanks so much for visiting!  Have a blessed weekend!

Lee Ann

Products used:
Stamps-Stampin' Up Trust God and Sanded;  ODBD Keep My Lamp Burning
Paper-Very Vanilla, Soft Suede, Black
Ink-Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Momento Black, Craft Black from Stampin' Up
Other-Apothecary Framelits (SU), dimensionals, twill, burlap, Fiskars corner punch

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Hello, again!  This is the last card for the night.  I feel like Christmas should already be here for all of the Christmas cards I have done!  This latest one is for the Merry Monday sketch.

As you can see, I turned the sketch again (I have a habit of doing that)! 

  I really wasn't sure how I was going to use my Snow Festival Christmas dsp with the village houses on it, but when I pulled this snowman out, it seemed a perfect way to make a snowy scene.  This card did not have a banner or ribbon feel to it, so I went with the wintry pearl flourish to blow in the snowflake. The snowman's (or woman's) scarf is paper pieced. 
Thanks so much for taking time to visit my blog!

Lee Ann

Products for this card include:
Stamps-Sweet N Sassy Stamps-Welcome Jesus; Verve-Glad Tidings
Ink-Stazon Black, Pumpkin Pie, Baja Breeze
Paper-Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Gumball Green, Snow Festival dsp
Other-Verve snowflake die, pearl flourish, black pearls, polka dot ef, snowflake ef, dimensional, Scallop edge punch

Musical Sketch to Start the Week

Happy October!  Fall is just rolling right along; it is hard to believe that Halloween is this month and that means that Thanksgiving is right round the corner!   I had "fall on the brain" when I sat down to stamp today; earthy colors came to mind.  This card is for 2 challenges this week, ODBD's challenge to use a musical element on the card.  The sketch is from Retro Sketches.

                                                                     Soulful Chickadee

I just love this little chickadee from ODBD and he has just become a whole lot easier for me to cut out as I finally got the matching die; while I actually like fussy cutting, it is really nice and QUICK to use the die. To make this card I used:

Paper-Creamy Caramel, Cajun Craze, Black, Crumb Cake, Naturals White and Naturals Ivory

Ink-Stazon Black, Cajun Craze, SU reinkers

Stamps-ODBD's You will Find Refuge, SU Music Notes wheel

Other-twill, ODBD chickadee die, aquapainter, dimensionals, wood grain ef, pearls

Thanks so much for visiting my blog and have a blessed week and month of October!

Lee Ann
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It's a good day when you are  crafting enough to have to tack on an edit to your blog post!  This card is for the Featured Stamper challenge at SCS and for the Colour Q challenge this week.  What a gorgeous palette of colors!

My finished card below-

Contemporary Mums

While this card did not come together too easily, I do like the end product.  I started by spritzing Rich Razzleberry onto my Whisper White cardstock.  This panel is layered onto Cajun Craze (I do not have Dusty Durango) which is layered onto a Soft Suede card base.  The stamped flowers are the centers from the Mixed Bunch set.  The butterflies are in Cajun Craze and Pumpkin Pie and are cut from the Beautiful Wings embossit.  The large Pumpkin Pie flower is punched from the Blossom punch and embossed with the polka dot ef.  The next layer of the flower is a Really Rust scallop circle followed by a 1" circle punched from Razzleberry dsp.  The leaves are stamped in Soft Suede on Soft Suede with a Verve stamp (Bloom and Grow) and die cut with its matching die. The sentiment is stamped in Soft Suede. 

Thanks for visiting my blog and have a blessed week!

Lee Ann