November ODBD Challenge

A new month brings a new challenge from the generous Our Daily Bread Designs. When 50 card makers post an image of their card according to the current theme at Operation Write Home, ODBD sponsors 2 boxes of cards sent to our deployed service members. This month's theme is HEARTS, so here is my love card:



White, dark red CS: Bazzill
Patterned Paper: unk
Border Punch: ek success
Sentiment: Lawn Fawn (small stamp with online purchase)
Tiny Hearts Stamp: "Tree of Love" by Memory Box
Heart Dies: Impression Obsession
Heart embellishment is raised

Greens and Blue and More

This card will be entered in the Unscripted Sketches Summer Flashback Challenge #7. It was so much fun to create, mainly because this sketch is awesome!! I used one of my recent purchases (the chair die and stamp set) and added texture to the background. The chair has a paper-pieced pillow, and chair and sentiment are raised with dimensional adhesive.

Stamp and Die: "Small Hayward Chair" by Poppy Stamps
Circle Die: Spellbinders
Embossing Folder: "Tiny Bubbles" by Cuttlebug
Patterned Paper: my stash
CS: Bazzill
Sentiment: "All the Time" Collection by Hero Arts
Border Punch: EK Success

OWH Design Bootcamp: Major, Minor, and Accent Colors

Today we learned about choosing three colors for our card designs and how to keep them balanced.The idea is to use the 60-30-10 Formula. My choice was to use Pink 60%, Black 30%, and White 10%.
The circle is lifted with dimensional adhesive and the ribbon secured with narrow, double-sided red tape.

Pink CS: Bazzill
Other CS: my stash
Ribbon: 'valentine' collection by making memories
Black Ink: Dragonfly Black by ColorBox
Pink Ink: 'Pretty in Pink' by  Stampin' Up!
Circle Dies: Spellbinders
Border Punch: EK Success
Sentiment and Small Flowers: 'branches4flowers' set by The Stamps of Life

A Berry Sweet Card

Whoa. I was full of mojo this weekend and made an incredible 18 cards! That is super for me. They are all for my August box going to Operation Write Home. I know it's only July, but we are on grand-baby watch and I need to stay ahead. Just in case I want to spend some time with Baby Hannah who is due in August :)
The majority of cards I made are from the One Sheet Wonder template. This one was made today specifically for OWH and Doodle Pantry. Thanks for stopping by!

DSP, Pre-colored Digital Image, Sentiment: 'Strawberry Ants' by Doodle Pantry

CS: Bazzill

Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug

Brads: my stash

Border Punch: EK Success

Challenges:

OWH Sketch #179

DPDC36: Use a Doodle Panrty Image

Unscripted Sketches # 214

Between yesterday and early this morning I managed to wrangle bits and pieces from my stash to create this card. I like the pink-and-brown combination. I cut up most of my patterned 12x12 papers into A2 card-sized pieces some time ago and I'm glad I had this pretty one left to use for the current Unscripted Sketches challenge.

CS and DP: my stash
Border Punch: EK Success
Heart Punch: Marvy Uchida
Sentiment: The "minis4circles" stamp collection by The Stamps of Life

Tuesday Morning Sketches #200

Just today I discovered this great web site. I enjoy sketch challenges so this is great for me. The Operation Write Home Memorial Day Blog Hop was a blast and I happened to have made a few purchases (!) So, this was a chance to use one of my new colored digital stamps and a couple of old 12x12 patterned papers.

Tuesday Morning Sketches Challenge #200
Colored Digital Stamp: Clear Dollar Stamps
Striped Background DP: Paper White (web link broken)
Polka Dot DP: Recollections at Michael's
Sentiment Stamp: unk
Border Punch: EK Success
Other CS: stash

S & S Midweek Challenge: Transportation

After 2 days of delving into my ancestry, it was a pleasure to create a card for this challenge! We are also in the midst of a bathroom remodel and Princess Chloe (see photo at left) is having a hard time of it with the loud noises and those strange men coming in and out. So we took a creative time-out.
First, I looked through all my digital stamps to find a mode of transportation and came up with this vintage collage. I guess it is a type of carriage (?) Oh! Just remembered I have a camel stamp. That would work, too. Maybe?
I used OWH Sketch # 160.

DP: 'Rosy' 6x6 pad by My Mind's Eye
Plain CS: my stash
Digital Stamp: 'Another Steampunk Collage' by Free Vintage Digital Stamps
Border Punch: EK Success
Square Die: unk
Digital Sentiment: Doodle Pantry

Word Art Wednesday Challenge # 78: Anything Goes

The DP used is from an old 12x12 in my stash. The colors and design drew me to this paper and I am happy to have found a way to incorporate it into a card. Thanks, Word Art Wednesday, for the free scripture download! BTW, the brads really do match the purple cardstock in person!

DP: my stash

Brads: my stash

Green and Purple CS: Bazzill

Circle and Scalloped Dies: Spellbinders

Image and Sentiment Stamps: "Totally Happy" by Unity Stamp Co.

Ink: Chocolate by TPC Studio

Border Punch: EK Success

OWH Sketch # 170

I modified the sketch some because my choice of image and patterned paper worked best this way. I really am fond of making cards with patterned paper and clean lines. The panda image is a sticker I purchased as part of a "zoo" sticker collection years ago. She still looks as sweet as ever :)

DP: Creative Imaginations (no longer in business)

Sticker: Karen Foster Design

Sentiment: unk

Colored CS: Bazzill

Punch: EK Success

S & S Midweek Challenge: It's About Time

Embossing this card was less fun than usual as my heat tool has a mind of it's own and sometimes decides not to work. It finally did work, and here is my card.

Large Clock Stamp: "All the Time" by Hero Arts

Embossing Powder: Black by Recollections

Brad: We are Memory Keepers

Heat Tool: Recollections

Small Clock Stamp: "Time Capsule" by Fun Stampers Journey

Watermark Ink: Versamark

Clear Embossing Powder: Recollections

Border Punch: EK Success

CS: my stash

Sentiment: Studio G

Black Ink: "Dragonfly Black" by ColorBox

OWH Sketch # 169

Yay for Doodle Pantry!! I try to enter every one of the challenges at Doodle Pantry blog each month. Every entry following the guidelines wins the featured digital stamp. This month it is the one shown here: "Berry Nice Mice".
Isn't it adorable? Thanks for sponsoring Sunday's sketch challenge, DP ;)

Pre-colored Image, Sentiment, Red Berry Designer Paper: "Berry Nice Mice" by Doodle Pantry

Green Designer Paper: Doodle Pantry

CS: Bazzill, my stash

Brads: Hobby Lobby

Circle Dies: Spellbinders

Border Punch: EK Success

This card is entered into the following Challenges:

Operation Write Home: Sunday Sketch #169

Word Art Wednesday: Challenge #76 Anything Goes

Paper Crafting Journey: Use a Sentiment

Through the Craftroom Door Challenge: Anything Goes

Speedy the Fox (week 156): Punched or Die Cut Borders

OWH Design Bootcamp: Using Odd Numbers in Design

Recently, I received some foam-type embellishments as a gift. So I decided they could easily be used for the current Design Bootcamp lesson/challenge. The CS is from my stash and the stickers have no product identification. The color combination is one I have never used (pink and yellow). But, I think a young girl might really enjoy receiving it from her mom or dad.

Border Punch: EK Success
Corner Rounder: Creative Memories

OWH Sketch # 167

Here's a look at my creation using this week's Operation Write Home sketch.

DSP: "Cherry Branches" by Memory Box
Bird Die: Impression Obsession
Bling: Nailheads by Mark Richards
CS: Bazzill
Border Punch: EK Success

ODBD April Challenge: Things That Fly

These Our Daily Bread Designs challenges at Operation Write Home are so much fun! If enough cards are created and posted, ODBD generously sponsors 1-2 boxes of cards sent to our deployed military. Check it out ;)

Pre-colored Bird Collage Digital Stamp: Create with TLC
Black CS: Recollections
Border Punch: EK Success
Other CS: my stash

S & S Midweek Challenge: Recipe Mix

This is my kind of recipe (I'm not exactly a gourmet cook). I was in the middle of working through a 6x6 paper pad per the tutorial at Operation Write Home when I saw this challenge, so I used some of the paper.
Here's the recipe:

Embossing folder: Dots by Cuttlebug
2 Patterned Papers: "Gnome Sweet Gnome" paper pad by My Mind's Eye
Border Punch: ek Success
Ribbon: "Celebrate It" by Michael's
Other CS: Recollections
OWH Sketch #122

President's Day VCMP: Disappearing Act with Sketch 63

This is one of the best challenges ever with instructions on how to make 6 cards with one 12x12 designer paper, 2 pieces colored cardstock, and sentiment/embellishment of your choice. My actual card bases are white and I have a stack of those ready at all times. I have been moving into the world of 6x6 paper pads but still have loads of 12x12 papers. This is my 1st of 6 cards I have ready to assemble. Hope you like it!

DP: "Posies Glitter Print" by Dies Cuts with a View

CS: Bazzill

Twine: doodle twine by Doodlebug Design

Border Punch: EK Success

Sentiment: Wood-mounted stamp by Inkadinkado

Butterfly Brad: Creative Impressions

Stars & Stamps Midweek Challenge: Birthday Card

Last evening I boldly CASE'd this CAS card from the awesome gallery at The Stamps of Life (thanks Lauralooloo!). The cake stamp is from the "cake2build" set, sentiment from the "birthday2celebrate" set, the cake is paper pieced using Graphic 45 DP. The border punch is by ek success and the ribbon is by Recollections. I plan to make a few more in different colors.

S & S Midweek Challenge: Red, White, & Blue

After a long dry spell due to Christmas prep and BFF in hospital since Thanksgiving, today I felt like designing a card for this challenge.  I used the HUGS stamp for the first time!
I hope to keep my mojo working for the rest of the week :)

Blue CS: Bazzill
Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug
Star Punch: Family Treasures
Sentiment: The Stamps of Life

Border Punch: ek success
Jute

ODBD December Challenge: Flowers

When I saw this idea used on a card (the square cut-out), I knew I wanted to try it. So this Stars & Stamps Our Daily Bread Designs challenge became my chance !

Flowers and Ribbon: Hero Arts
Sentiment: unmarked wood mounted stamp
DP: my stash
Brad: Button  Brads from Hobby Lobby
Border Punch: EK Success
Square Die: QuicKutz