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Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Hello Friends!! I hope all is well!!  I hope you are all warm and safe....a couple more weeks until it is Spring here (at least by date).  Only one month until Easter!!  I am so ready not only for Spring flowers and the warmer weather.  We have had so much snow in the last few weeks.

As we approach Easter, I know I reflect on how blessed I am to have a Savior who gave His life for me not for my works but by grace alone I am saved because I believe and have faith  and trust in Him.  If it were for works, I would be sunk!!!  I am by no means perfect.


For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son.  John 3:16

Today's card uses the colors for the color challenge at Our Daily Bread Designs which is pastels.  I went with the light blue, light purple, and green.  My colors are a tad bit brighter but that was the closest I could get.


Our Daily Bread Designs, The Lord is Risen, Basket of Blessings, Happy Resurrection Day, Mini Tag dies, Beautiful Borders die, grass dies, designed by Chris Olsen, amethyst Victorian pen, Chiselinknmore, Etsy

ODBD Dies Used: Mini TagGrass BorderBeautiful Borders
Sizzix Poppy embossing folder (Anna Griffin), Grand Circles and Grand Stately Circles




The pen is one my hubby made to sell.  We are offering this pen on sale at our Etsy store.  We have marked down the price on this Pen as a special from $49.95 to $35.  All proceeds go to a mission trip for our daughters in June.  You can see it here.

Our Daily Bread Designs, The Lord is Risen, Basket of Blessings, Happy Resurrection Day, Mini Tag dies, Beautiful Borders die, grass dies, designed by Chris Olsen


Here are the colors for the challenge:

For more inspiration, please visit my dt sisters: Paula, Robin, Elizabeth, Gracie, Diana, and Chris

To join the challenge please see the details here. We look forward to seeing your creations!!

Thanks for stopping by!!

May God bless you!! Thank you so much for all your kind words!!

blessings,
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Happy Thursday Friends!! I hope everyone is doing well!!  I can't believe Easter is right upon us!! Where does the time go?!!  I am not only excited for celebrating the resurrection of a Savior but also that my parents are coming to visit for a week!!  I have been so looking forward spending time with them.

Today I am popping in to share a card and Wish you all a Blessed Easter!!!


This card was created for a challenge at Splitcoast where Dawn challenged participants to take a slice off the front of the card and have the sentiment show on one side.  What a fun style and fold.  I did not use any designer paper but rather used Our Daily Bread Designs Chalkboard Words Background stamped in lovely lilac and the sentiment from ODBD The Cross.  The cross on the top is cut out with ODBD Ornamental Cross die.
The border on the top is the ODBD Beautiful Borders die.

This card also fits this week's Shining the Light challenge at ODBD which is to make an Easter showing the true meaning of Easter and use pastels.  


To see all the creations in one place or join the challenge, click here.  You have until April 20th  to join us.   For this challenge you may use any stamps but it you have any Our Daily Bread Designs stamps we would love to see you use them. We would love to see your creations.

What a powerful verse and one of my very favorites.  May His love be yours this Easter!!

I hope you are in some way inspired by my project!

Thanks for stopping by and for your comments!! I truly appreciate them.

Blessings,







Sunday, March 30, 2014
Hello friends!!!
Today I have a sneak peak of the upcoming dies, stamps and papers from Our Daily Bread Designs to be shared with you!!   I love the new Faith paper to be released from Our Daily Bread Designs on Tuesday, some of my panels had to be smaller to allow the gorgeous image to not be covered.



The Cross sentiment and Flourish Border Label as well as the Ornamental Cross Die and Vintage Flourish Pattern dies are from Our Daily Bread Designs and will be released on Tuesday. The only die or stamp used that is available currently is the Decorative Corner Die.  


This verse or sentiment has such a powerful message and is wonderful as we prepare our hearts and minds for Easter.  There is no greater love than laying down your life.

John 15:13
Greater love has no man than this , than a man lay down his life for his friends

By these words our Lord shows, how far love to another should extend, even to the laying down of our lives for the brethren; which is the highest instance of love among men;
that a man lay down his life for his friends; and in which believers, should not come short of them; and also his great love to his people, and explains what he had just said, "as I have loved you", John 13:34; which in a little time would be seen, by his laying down his life for them.  

He not only came down from heaven, and laid aside his glory and royal majesty, but he laid down his life; not his gold and silver, and the riches of this world, which were all his, but his life; than which, nothing is dearer to a man, is himself, his all.

 Christ's life was not a common one, it was not the life of an innocent person only, or the life of a mere man, but of a man in union with the Son of God; it was the Lord of glory and Prince of life, who was crucified, and slain.  His life had never been forfeited by sin, nor could it have been forced away from him by men or devils as is seen when He was tempted by the devil himself on the mountain. It was laid down of and by himself, freely and voluntarily; and that "for", in the room, and instead of his people, as a ransom for them; he being their surety and substitute, and standing in their legal place and stead.  We deserved to die and be separated from God but yet in order for us to be forgiven by God, Jesus had to be our mediator.  He gave all He had for us!! What a sacrifice and what love!!

Have a blessed day!!


Thanks for stopping by and for your comments!! I truly appreciate them.

Blessings,




Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Hello Friends!!

I hope everyone is doing well!! Today is the second week of Anniversary challenges at Our Daily Bread Designs.  

This week's challenge is to use purple, lavender or Amethyst on your creation since the Anniversary stone for a 6 year Anniversary is Amethyst.

Here is my creation:



I had a blast coloring up my Bee Balm in Lavender and Purple!!!  I wanted to create some texture and interest so I embossed the background in Sizzix Circles and Dots and used the shape of Decorative Labels 28 and Labels 28.  In order to keep the card standing I made a straight bottom on the back panel.  The sentiment is from Earth's Gladdest Day.

Easter will be here before we know it although it comes later this year so I thought it time to begin some spring/Easter cards.

To me it is no surprise that Easter occurs in Spring as the flowers and plants experience new life once again.  What symbolism!!  We too can receive new life through the death and resurrection of our Lord and Savior.  What a gift of new life if we only believe.

John 11:25-26
Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life.  He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die.

1 Peter 1:3  
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!  In his great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead...

As we see the new life sprout around us, we have so much to rejoice in!!!!


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

To see all the creations in one place or join the challenge, click here.  You have until March 16th  to join us.   For this challenge you may use any stamps but it you have any Our Daily Bread Designs stamps we would love to see you use them. If you participate, you have a  chance to win the $15 certificate toward ODBD stamps or to be Spotlighted for the Shining the Light Award (The Shining the Light Award is only for those who use ODBD stamps). We would love to see your creations.

I hope you are in some way inspired by my project!
Thanks for stopping by and for your comments!! I truly appreciate them.

Blessings,


challenges I am entering my creation in:
Word Art Wednesday
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Happy Tuesday Friends!! I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend or Palm Sunday.  It is hard to believe next week is Easter!!  Usually I think of Spring when I think of Easter...not so this weekend.  We got over 4 inches of snow and sleet!!  Oh well...making cards with pastels made me feel like spring.

Today I would like to share one of those cards.  Since next week is Easter, the Shining the Light challenge at Our Daily Bread Designs wants to see your Easter creations with the theme "He is Risen".  Here is my creation using Scripture Collection 10, Let the Earth Rejoice and Happy Spring.  The egg in the background is one I made out of wood using  Words of Faith and Happy Spring/Pussy Willow and Egg  for a centerpiece at Easter. 


Card Recipe:
stamps: ODBD Stamps Used: Scripture Collection 10, Happy Spring, Let the Earth Rejoice
ODBD Dies Used: Recipe Card and Tags Die
other dies: Spellbinders Labels 27, Classic Circles, Cheery Lynn Fanciful Flourisih
accessories: May Arts Silk ribbon, prima flowers, flower ribbon (gifted), Darice Embossing Folder


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

To see all the creations in one place or join the challenge, click here.  You have until April 7 (two weeks) 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 who participates, however, has a  chance to win the $15 certificate toward ODBD stamps or to be Spotlighted for the Shining the Light Award. We would love to see your creations.

 We hope you will join us for this week's challenge!!  We can't wait to see your creation!!

I hope you are having a great  week and that more blessings are bestowed on you in the days to come!!  Thanks for stopping by!! I would love you to leave a comment so I knew you were here.

blessings,

challenges I am entering my creation in:
Cuttin & Stampin Challenges   Easter Die Cuttin' Divas  #108 Embossing With Ribbon  Tuesday Alchemy #53 Monochromatic Pastel Colours Ribbon Carousel Challenge  Spring is in the air ABC Challenges - Easter Cards Cheery Lynn Designs  Spring Craft It Up & Link It Up Linky Party by Craftin Desert Divas Easter Eggstravaganza Crafty Bloggers Network - Spring or Pastels Fashionista Challenge -Pink Incy Wincy Designs Pastels Melonheadz Friends Challenge -Easter or Spring2 Sisters - #136 Easter/SpringMy Sheri Crafts  EasterSweet Stampin  Lots of Layers Broken Box Stock  EasterCrafts 4 Eternity Recipe Challenge  Easter
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Hello Friends!! 

I just love Easter and the hope and new life Christ brought when he died on the cross so I decided to make an Easter Centerpiece using Words of Faith and Happy Spring/Pussy Willow and Egg from Our Daily Bread Designs.  Rather than stamping on paper, I stamped on wooden eggs.  What a fun project!! For complete step by step directions and materials, you can see my tutorial at the Our Daily Bread Designs Blog here.



I hope you are having a great  week and that more blessings are bestowed on you in the days to come!!  Thanks for stopping by!! I would love you to leave a comment so I knew you were here.

blessings,


challenges I am entering my creation in:
Word Art Wednesday, which always is Anything Goes with Scripture or an encouraging sentiment, and there's always a free word art for you too!  Everybody-Art-Challenge  #228 Spring  Opus Gluei -  Spring has Sprung, Glitter n Sparkle - Easter/Spring ColoursCelebrate the Occasion  #104 Happy EasterFlourishes Timeless Tuesday #213 Bring On Spring Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge Spring Ribbon Carousel Challenge  Spring is in the airCraft Your Passion  Ribbons or LaceCrafty Bloggers Network Spring or PastelsIThe Pink Elephant Monday Card Challenge EasterDL.ART Thankful Thursday Challenge -  EasterLink Up For Pink  Must have Pink, see challenge for other parameters Shelly's Images  Anything Goes Little Red Wagon - #177 Easter Paper Shelter Challenge  #104 SpringStampavie and More #189 Easter Papertake Weekly  Easter Treats

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Happy Tuesday all!! I hope you are all having a fantastic week!! Right now I am sitting in a coffee ship writing this post since we lost power, the internet, and phone this weekend. It has been three days now and oh how I miss it!!  It always amazes how the conveniences we take so for granted can shake up our lives when it is not there.  I am so thankful for the modern conveniences.

Since I have very limited time, I better get right to it.

Today I would like to share a card for the Our Daily Bread Designs Shining the Light challenge.   Since spring is on it's way...I hope.  This week's challenge is Spring has Sprung with ODBD Stamps.  Unlike most challenges, this is a challenge using Our Daily Bread Designs stamps.

With Easter just around the corner, I just had to make a Spring/Easter card!!  For my card I used one of the new verses released for the 5th year Anniversary at ODBD- Scripture Collection 10.  What a perfect Easter verse!!!  To add more of a Spring feel, I used green and butterflies from the Faith stamp set and Pussy Willow's from Happy Spring.  The dies used include Spellbinders Resplendent Rectangles, Floral Ovals, Basic Lattice and Classic Ovals.

Our Daily Bread Designs, Chris Olsen, Faith, Scripture Collection 10, Happy Spring

Card Recipe:
Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs- Faith, Scripture Collection 10, Happy Spring
Dies: Spellbinders Resplendent Rectangles, Floral Ovals, Classic Ovals, Basic Lattice
Ink: Sage
Paper: Neenah White, Sage Shadow
Accessories: Celebration Ribbon, Silver Baubles, Pearls, Becca's Bow Maker

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

To see all the creations in one place or join the challenge, click here.  You have until March 24th to join us.   This challenge uses ODBD stamps only.  If you participate, you have a  chance to win the $15 certificate toward ODBD stamps or to be Spotlighted for the Shining the Light Award. We would love to see your creations.

 We hope you will join us for this week's challenge!!  We can't wait to see your creation!!

Challenges I am entering my card in:
Word Art Wednesday, which always is Anything Goes with Scripture or an encouraging sentiment, and there's always a free word art for you too!  Everybody-Art-Challenge  #228 SpringThe Squirrel & the Fox - Autumn or Spring, Sentimental Sundays - must include a Sentiment - Anything Goes,  Opus Gluei -  Spring has Sprung, 
Glitter n Sparkle - Easter/Spring ColoursCelebrate the Occasion  #104 Happy EasterFlourishes Timeless Tuesday #213 Bring On Spring Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge Spring Ribbon Carousel Challenge  Spring is in the airCard Mania  Lots of LayersCraft Your Passion  Ribbons or LaceCrafty Bloggers Network Spring or PastelsIncy Wincy Designs  Shaped CardThe Pink Elephant Monday Card Challenge Easter


I hope you are having a great beginning to your week and that more blessings are bestowed on you in this coming week!!  Thanks for stopping by!! I would love you to leave a comment so I knew you were here.  I hope I am able to visit you soon!!!!

blessings,


Friday, February 22, 2013
Happy Friday All!! I am so happy for the weekend and that this weekend I get to have time with my dear hubby.  After him being laid off and being home all the time for almost three months, I became used to it and I so missed him this last week.  He had many very long days at work.  Tomorrow it will feel like we are back to normal...at least for the weekend!!  I am so happy though that he has found work and that he is happy!! God is good!!!

Here in Virginia, many schools have been closed and others have 2 hour delays due to ice.  Where is Spring?  Will it be here soon...it is here with me in my creations and mind.  LOL!!

For today's card, I used Our Daily Bread Designs Let The Earth Rejoice Earth's Gladdest Day crocheted border , and Chalkboard- hymns to make a springy card. The Designer paper is my Mind's Eye.






I hope you have a blessed weekend!!  Thanks for stopping by!! I would love you to leave a comment so I knew you were here.

blessings,


Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Hello Friends!! I don't know about you but boy am I ready for Spring!! The temperature here has been unseasonably COLD!!  Yesterday we woke up to 9 degrees...now in NY I expected that but not here in VA!!


Today I am popping in to share a card for this week's Shining the Light challenge at Our Daily Bread Designs!!  We are thinking warm and Spring!!!

This week's challenge is:
Make and Easter Card or Project!!


I decided to make a card that was not too frilly for a couple rather than just plain feminine.  I used darker masculine colors but still added a couple flourishes and a bow.  I just love this little lamb from The Shepherd!!  I colored him with copics and sponged the background.  The lamb is framed with ODBD's Elegant Ovals.

The shape of the card uses Spellbinders Resplendent Rectangles as does the inner  framing.  The inside of that frame was cut out and lattice was adhered on the inside using Spellbinders Lattice . Behind the lattice an old olive panel. The bow is Mauve May Arts Silk ribbon.  The flourishes are created using Cheery Lynn's Fanciful Flourish.

Our Daily Bread Designs, The Shepherd, Chris Olsen


Card Recipe:
ODBD Stamps Used: The Shepherd
ODBD Dies Used:  Elegant Oval Dies
Dies:  Spellbinders Resplendent Rectangles, Spellbinders Lattice, Spellbinders Banners, Cheery Lynn's Fanciful Flourish
Accessories:  The bow is Mauve May Arts Silk ribbon tied with the bow easy.




Our Daily Bread Designs, The Shepherd


I also made this card, When I think of how Jesus died for me, I think of the Song Amazing Grace!!


I used this month's ODBD release Chalkboard- Amazing Grace . The paper is from Echo Park Vintage Collection. The border is created with Spellbinders Parisian Accents.


Our Daily Bread Designs, Chalkboard- Amazing Grace, Chris Olsen
Card Recipe:
ODBD Stamps UsedChalkboard- Amazing Grace
Dies:  Spellbinders Parisian Accents
Paper: Echo Park Vintage Collection
Accessories: Gingham Ribbon, Green Seam Binding, Black Pearls







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

To see all the creations in one place or join the challenge, click here.  You have until February 24th 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.


 We hope you will join us for this week's challenge!!  We can't wait to see your creation!!

I hope you are having a great beginning to your week and that more blessings are bestowed on you in this coming week!!  Thanks for stopping by!! I would love you to leave a comment so I knew you were here.

blessings,



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