ODBDSLC218 - BLESSINGS (week 2)

It's now week two of the Our Daily Bread Designs Shining the Light challenge 218 - BLESSINGS word recipe (use 4 or more letters from the word BLESSINGS).

Here is my card:

B-Blue (card base)

L-Lace

E-Embossing (on sentiment)

S-Stencil (used ODBD Peaceful Poinsettia dies to stencil colour)

S-Silver (embossing powder and leaves)

I-Ink (on Poinsettias)

N-Nine pearls

G-Glossy Accents (on Poinsettias)

S-Shimmer (I've added some perfect pearls to the tips of the Poinsettias)

Here is another photo:

I've stamped one of the sentiments from Our Daily Bread Designs' Christmas Door set onto DP using clear ink and embossed with silver EP. The Poinsettias are these gorgeous dies from ODBD Peaceful Poinsettias Dies (and you can use them to stencil the middle of the petals).The leaves are from ODBD Fancy Foliage Dies. I've added some glossy accents to the poinsettias and some perfect pearls to the tips of the petals and on some of the leaves. (I used a damp paint brush and dipped it into some of the perfect pearls powder, then brushed onto the petals and leaves.)

For more inspiration for this challenge please visit my talented design team sisters:

Chris Olsen ~ Linda Carson ~ Diana Nguyen

Cheryl Scrivens ~ DJ Rants ~ Robin Clendenning

To see all the projects created for ODBDSLC218 or to join the challenge click here. You have until 8 pm Sunday, 30 November 2014 EST to join us (or 9 am Monday, 1 December 2014 AWST). By participating in the challenge, you have a chance to win a $15 ODBD Gift Certificate that can be used towards the purchase of stamps in the “stamps column” in the ODBD store; or to be spotlighted on the ODBD Blog at our next challenge! The random prize winner will be posted on our next challenge post.

I am entering my card in Word Art Wednesday Challenge #159 - Anything Goes.

And just before I go...
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Thanks for looking!

ODBDSLC218 - BLESSINGS

This fortnight Our Daily Bread Designs' challenge, ODBDSLC218, is a word recipe. Use 4 (or more) letters from the word BLESSINGS.

 From the front of my card you can see that I've used.... 

B-Banner, L-Layers, S-Stamping, S-Sentiment, I-Ink, N-Nightscene and G-Gold

but if you include the rest of my card...

B - Banner (Joy to the World)

L - Layers, Love

E - Embossing (on inside on the O Little Town of Bethlehem stamp)

S - Stamping

S - Sentiment, Scripture (on inside)

I - Ink (copic ink - used a lot on the front cover!)

N - Nightscene

G - Gold (used a Krylon gold leafing pen around the edges of my layers)

S - Sheep (on inside)

Here are a few pictures of the inside of my card:

For my card front I've stamped the Wisemen image from the Our Daily Bread Designs' set We Three Kings onto X-Press It blending paper using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I've then coloured them using Copic markers. And added some white gel pen dots for stars.

Copic colours used:

Ground: N3, N5, E43, E44, E47, Y23, W3,

Sky: BV23, BV25, B95, B97, B99

Camels: E42 and E44

Rugs/rope etc.: E11, E15, E33

Wisemen: YR02, YR07; V22, V25, V28; R22, R27; Faces - E00

My card base is Bazzill and I've used ODBD Christian Faith Paper Collection for my DP and I've inked all the edges with a Krylon gold leafing pen.

For the banner (pennant) I've used the Joy to the World stamp from Our Daily Bread Designs' Christmas Pennant Swag. Before stamping I got the coordinating die (ODBD Pennant Swag Die), and lay it cutting side up on my table. I then took the clear stamp and placed it on the die (stamping side down) and lined up the stamp with the die. I then got my acrylic stamping block and pushed it down on top of the stamp and die to pick up the stamp. This will ensure that the stamp will line up with the die when you go to cut it, and works because the die is symmetrical. Alternatively you could diecut first and then line up the stamp with the diecut, but I found using the die was easier. Once I stamped the Christmas Pennant Swag I diecut it with the ODBD Pennant Swag Die and adhered to my card using foam tape. 

On the inside left panel of my card I've stamped the word Love from Our Daily Bread Designs Bookmarks - Faith, Hope and Love stamp set. And then stamped Our Daily Bread Designs' O Little Town of Bethlehem background in black ink and clear embossed.

For the sheep and babe panel I have stamped Our Daily Bread Designs' The Babe, masked and then stamped the sheep from Our Daily Bread Designs The Shepherd overlapping the babe slightly. I've coloured both of these with Copic markers.

Copic colours used:

Manger: E42, E44, E47 and E49

Blanket: E70, E71 and E74

Babe face: E00, E11

Halo: Y00

Sheep: W1, W3, Y21, Y23 and colourless blender

Grass/straw: YG91, YG93, YG97, Y23, YR31

Shadow: W5

The verse that is stamped in the top left corner is from ODBD The Babe.

For the last panel, inside right, I've stamped Our Daily Bread Designs' It is Well with My Soul Hymn and the word Faith from Our Daily Bread Designs' Bookmarks - Faith, Hope and Love.

For more inspiration for this challenge please visit my talented design team sisters:

Chris Olsen ~ Linda Carson ~ Diana Nguyen

Cheryl Scrivens ~ DJ Rants ~ Robin Clendenning

To see all the projects created for ODBDSLC218 or to join the challenge click here. You have until 8 pm Sunday, 30 November 2014 EST to join us (or 9 am Monday, 1 December 2014 AWST). By participating in the challenge, you have a chance to win a $15 ODBD Gift Certificate that can be used towards the purchase of stamps in the “stamps column” in the ODBD store; or to be spotlighted on the ODBD Blog at our next challenge! The random prize winner will be posted on our next challenge post.

I hope you can see that I tried to tell a story with my card. On the front I have the wisemen on their way to see the Saviour. Opening up the card you see baby Jesus in the manger and on the left you have O Little Town of Bethlehem (Bethlehem being where He was born). The word "Love" is to represent the enormous amount of love that God has for us "that He sent His one and only Son" (John 3:16) to earth to die on the cross for our sins. And then when you open the card right up you see the hymn It is Well with My Soul (my favourite hymn!) and the word Faith. For those of us who have faith in the Lord Jesus, and believe that He did indeed die for our sins and was raised to life - we know that we will have eternal life with Him in heaven and It is Well with Our Souls!

I love the last verse of the hymn:

 And Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight;

The clouds be rolled back as a scroll;

The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend,

Even so, it is well with my soul!

 My favourite singer of this hymn is Steve Grace but you can also listen to many different versions (by others) of the hymn on you tube.

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

1. Scrapbook Boutique - November challenge

This is the inspiration for this challenge:

When I look at this picture I think of Christmas - and Christmas reminds me of the birth of Jesus. 

2. Alphabet Challenge Blog - T for Traditional Christmas; and

3. Stamping Sensations - November challenge - Christmas.

Thanks for Looking!

ODBDSLC217 - Holiday (Week 2)

It's now week 2 of the Our Daily Bread Designs challenge, ODBDSLC217, to make a Holiday card (Thanksgiving or Christmas). You can see the first card that I made for this challenge here. Here is another card for inspriation:

For some reason this card really did not want to photograph well (I tried for a long time!) - so the colours are slightly "not true"; however, if you scroll down a bit the next photo portrays the "true" colours a lot better.

I've gone for a monotone, shabby-chic looking Christmas card this week. I've stamped Our Daily Bread Designs' Noel Ornament onto white cardstock in Distress Embossing Ink and Forest Moss and then embossed in clear embossing powder. You can see a bit of variation in colour on the words - this is because when I stamped it in the embossing ink - the middle of the stamp probably got a lot more of the clear ink, so then when I added the forest moss - the clear ink seems to have reacted with the forest moss, creating lighter and darker sections. I really like it and think it adds to the shabby chic feel :-)

I've then diecut it using ODBD Circle Ornament Dies and matted with ODBD Matting Circles. The edges of both panels are also slightly distressed. 

My card base is Bazzill textured card and layered a piece of white card that has been distressed then inked with DI Forest Moss. Next I've layered a piece of DP from ODBD Christmas Paper Collection 2013. I've stamped the Noel Ornament on the DP piece three times in Perfect Medium before adding some Perfect Pearls - Green Patina (close-up below). I've then lightly spritzed with water to set the perfect pearls. The DP is also distressed then inked with DI Forest Moss. Then I've sprinkled some Green Frantage EP around the edges and heated.

I've then added a layer of Green Tara white lace, then ODBD Beautiful Borders diecut (also cut from the same DP). I've diecut ODBD Doily Die from white card and inked with DI Forest Moss and added some Green Frantage EP too.

For more inspiration for this challenge please visit my talented design team sisters:

Chris Olsen ~ Linda Carson ~ Diana Nguyen

Cheryl Scrivens ~ DJ Rants ~ Robin Clendenning

To see all the projects created for ODBDSLC217 or to join the challenge click here. You have until 8 pm Sunday, 16 November 2014 EST to join us (or 9 am Monday, 17 November 2014 AWST). By participating in the challenge, you have a chance to win a $15 ODBD Gift Certificate that can be used towards the purchase of stamps in the “stamps column” in the ODBD store; or to be spotlighted on the ODBD Blog at our next challenge! The random prize winner will be posted on our next challenge post.

Christmas is a "most wonderful time of the year" (as it says on the Noel Ornament stamp) as we celebrate the birth of our Lord Jesus, our Saviour! Joy to the World the Lord is Come, as the hymn goes! One of the books that my husband and I read to our children at night tells a short story on the birth of Jesus. There is a picture of baby Jesus in the manger and the words ask - who is this person?, he has no royal throne or crown; yet, He is our heavenly King, Jesus, the Lord of everything!(paraphrased). Jesus did not come to earth in a showy fashion, instead He was born in a manager. Society today seems to associate kings with crowns and thrones, yet Jesus chose to walk among the poor, heal the sick and spend time with people that were cast out of society. Some of us may not only need physical help, but we ALL need spritual help as we have ALL sinned against God, and need Jesus to save us. He came to earth as the perfect sacrifice for our sins. We only need to believe that He died on the cross for our sins, was raised to life and now sits at the right hand of His Father in heaven. 

I have come across the saying YOLO (You Only Live Once) quite a lot lately... but it's not true. We all have two lives. One here on earth, and the other in eternity. It is our choice where we spend that eternity - in hell or in heaven with Jesus!

I am entering this card in Word Art Wednesday Challenge #157 - Anything Goes.

Thanks for looking!

ODBDSLC217 - Holiday

I hope you all had fun with the last challenge - Scripture Inspiration. The challenge this fortnight at Our Daily Bread Designs, ODBDSLC217, is a Holiday challenge (Thanksgiving or Christmas). We don't really celebrate thanksgiving here in Australia so I've chosen to make a Christmas card.

For my card base I've used a Center Step Card - which you can get from Our Daily Bread Designs already cut and scored! I've then added a layer of red Bazzill then matted a slightly smaller layer of ODBD Christmas 2013 Paper Collection on top of the Bazzill. This layer has also been inked around the edges with a Krylon gold leafing pen.

I've stamped Our Daily Bread Design's Crocheted Border onto some card from ODBD Christmas 2013 Paper Collection, diecut with ODBD Crocheted Border Die and then inked around the edges with the gold leafing pen before adhering to the right side of the middle panel. 

For the vellum layer I've stamped one of the images from Our Daily Bread Designs Ornaments 2 stamp set in clear embossing ink onto vellum and sprinkled with Artee gold embossing powder. Once I had heated the embossing powder (carefully on the vellum) I have diecut with coordinating dies. Our Daily Bread Designs sells the stamp set and coordinating Spellbinders dies in a bundle, you can get them here. I've then inked around the edges of the diecut with a gold leafing pen before adhering to the card.

For the sentiment I have stamped one of the sentiments from Our Daily Bread Design's Holly Wreath set onto vellum with black ink and embossed using clear EP. I've diecut this with ODBD Vintage Flourish Pattern Die and adhered to my card.

Lastly I've added a gold organza bow.

For more inspiration for this challenge please visit my talented design team sisters:

Chris Olsen ~ Linda Carson ~ Diana Nguyen

Cheryl Scrivens ~ DJ Rants ~ Robin Clendenning

To see all the projects created for ODBDSLC217 or to join the challenge click here. You have until 8 pm Sunday, 16 November 2014 EST to join us (or 9 am Monday, 17 November 2014 AWST). By participating in the challenge, you have a chance to win a $15 ODBD Gift Certificate that can be used towards the purchase of stamps in the “stamps column” in the ODBD store; or to be spotlighted on the ODBD Blog at our next challenge! The random prize winner will be posted on our next challenge post.

Thanks for looking!