Noah's Ark

This is a card I made a few weeks ago and wanted to share with you.

I've coloured in the image from Our Daily Bread Designs Noah's Ark with Copics (sorry, not sure of the exact colours I used). I've diecut the image using Spellbinders Nestabilities Fleur de Elegance. I airbrushed the layer through the Spellbinders die using a Copic marker (could've been YG11).

The cardstock is Bazzill heavyweight and the DP is DCWV Sky's the Limit. The sentiment is from Our Daily Bread Designs As you graduate. The little tag is made using Our Daily Bread Designs Mini Tag Sentiments and ODBD Mini Tag dies. The button is created using ODBD Matting Circles dies.

Thanks for looking!

ODBDSLC240 - Fluttering and Flying with ODBD

Our Daily Bread Designs challenge this week, ODBDSLC240, is Fluttering and Flying. 

Here is my card:

For my card base I have used Bazill heavyweight marshmallow cardstock. The next layer is the same card but I went around the outside with Copic marker B29 to get the a matching blue colour to my butterfly. The next layer I have diecut using ODBD Flourished Star Pattern Dies. I love this die - I'm not great at hand paper piercing, so I love dies that do it for me! 

I've used ODBD Clouds and Raindrops dies to make the clouds and the butterfly is from ODBD Fancy Fritillary dies. I've cut the butterfly twice and coloured the top layer with Copic markers B00, B02, B04, B16 and B29. 

The grass and fence are ODBD Grass Border die and ODBD Fence die. The flowers are made using ODBD Birds and Nest dies and the flower stems are the balloon stem from ODBD Happy Birthday dies. 

Finally the tag is cut using ODBD Mini Tags dies and stamped using Our Daily Bread Designs Mini Tag Sentiments. 

Most layers have been inked with Distress Ink Walnut Stain.

As you read this we are packing up our last few things before we get a good last nights sleep (I hope!) before we head off to the Northern Territory (about 2600 km away) by 4WD so my husband can compete in the Tatts Finke Desert Race (he's motorbiking). As I look at my card it reminds me of the beautiful world that God has created for us and while we will be heading into the desert, I still find it beautiful. The wide open space and red dirt with the occasional Wedge-Tailed Eagle (you never truly know how huge these birds are until you see one up close!). It's pretty magnificent when you see storms too (but we are camping - so praying for clear skies this time!) We will be away for a few weeks but please check back here every now and then as I've scheduled my blog posts and they will go live (hopefully!) even though I'm not "home". 

(I also have a tutorial I'm very excited about coming towards the end of June!)

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

Robin Clendenning, Diana Nguyen, Paula Bigelow, Gracie Chavez and Chris Olsen

To see all the projects created for ODBDSLC240 or to join the challenge click here. You have until 8 pm Sunday, 31 May 2015 EDT to join us (or 8 am Monday, 1 June 2015 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!

Rapunzel

Just wanted to share a card with you today that I made for a friend of my daughters. The image is a digi stamp from Tiddly Inks called Rapunzel in Window.

I wanted it to look like she was in a tower with flowers around her which is why I've left so much "plain" wall space around. I coloured her with Copic markers.

Copic colours used

Skin: E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, R20

Clothes: V01, V15, V28

Hair: YR31, E42, E44, E47

Bricks: E02, E04, E15, E07, E31, E34

I've used Bazzill heavyweight cardstock and the DP is from Our Daily Bread Designs called Shabby Rose Paper Collection (and the image is on X-Press It blending card). I've inked the edges in one of the new Distress Inks - Abandoned Coral.

The flowers are from Live and Love Crafts and some from AnnaBelle Stamps (shop now closed).

Thanks for looking!

ODBDSLC239 - Inspiration challenge

Our Daily Bread Designs' challenge this week, ODBDSLC239, is an inspiration challenge. 

Here is my card:

And this is the inspiration:

I saw the inspiration with the different "segments" and I wanted to make a "segmented" card with all different spring type images on there :-) 

How awesome that our wonderful God created so many beautiful flowers and creatures for us to enjoy!

I've stamped numerous different images from Our Daily Bread Designs onto little squares that I cut using one of the dies from ODBD Layered Lacey Squares. Our Daily Bread Designs products I've used include:

Stamps:

Honeycomb background

Butterfly and Bugs

Three Butterflies 

Bee Balm 

Leaves Background

Dies: 

Butterfly and Bugs 

Layered Lacey Squares

Fancy Foliage

Birds and Nest

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

Robin, Gracie, Diana, Paula, and Chris

To see all the projects created for ODBDSLC239 or to join the challenge click here. You have until 8 pm Sunday, 24 May 2015 EDT to join us (or 8 am Monday, 25 May 2015 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!

Triangular Gift Box Tutorial

I am very excited to announce that I have a tutorial to make a 

Triangular gift box 

over at Our Daily Bread Designs today!

Visit their website here to see the 

step by step instructions AND a video 

on how to make this gorgeous triangular gift box.

This triangular gift box will fit three Ferrero Rochers, other chocolates (two funsize Mars) or other gifts of your choice inside.

These three triangular gift boxes are all made using Our Daily Bread Designs products. The DP I've used on all three is ODBD Shabby Rose Paper Collection - such a gorgeous collection!

Other ODBD Products I used include:

ODBD Beautiful Borders Dies

ODBD Circle Ornaments Dies

ODBD Fancy Foliage Dies

ODBD Ornamental Crosses Dies

ODBD Mini Tags Dies

Mini Tag Sentiments (clear stamp set)

Here are some more photos:

This is the triangular gift box I made in the step by step instructions.

Three Ferrero Rochers fit nicely inside

Cardstock: Plain Bazzill heavyweight
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Distress Ink Weathered Wood

This is the triangular gift box I made in the video:

Cardstock: Plain Bazzill heavyweight
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Distress Ink Walnut Stain

This is another one I made - showing that it fits two fun size Mars inside:

Cardstock: Plain Bazzill heavyweight
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Distress Ink Tattered Rose

Please pop over to Our Daily Bread Designs blog to view the step by step instructions and video.

The video can also be viewed on my YouTube channel here.

Thanks for looking!

ODBDSLC238 - Sketch challenge

The challenge at Our Daily Bread Designs, ODBDSLC238,  this week is a sketch challenge. 

Here is my card:

And here is the sketch:

I've pretty much stuck with the sketch except that I've added flowers instead of the bow and reduced the dots to three instead of six.

I've used the stamp set Spread Your Wings from Our Daily Bread Designs and coloured the nest and bird using Copic markers. I've coloured my bird the colours of the female Blue Wren which can be found in the south-west of Western Australia (where I live) and throughout parts of eastern Australia too. The Blue Wren actually has quite a long tail (but we won't worry about that :-) ) The male is a brilliant blue but I wanted to colour the female for this image. She is usually a brown/grey colour with a blue tail and has this gorgeous orange/brown beak and the colour extends around her eye. They are such delicate and gorgeous little birds. They have pinkish/reddish eggs with brown spots (I've never seen the eggs but this is what a bird website told me). The bird is diecut using ODBD Birds and Nest dies. I've layered the nest and bird using ODBD Layered Lacey Squares Dies.

The papers/cardstock that I've used on my card include Bazzill, X-Press It blending card and ODBD Shabby Rose Paper Collection.

To make the flowers I've used ODBD Birds and Nest dies. I gave them some dimension using a stylus and foam mat. I then punched a hole in the middle of the flowers and added some pink stamens, gluing them at the back of the flowers. The leaves are diecut using this same set.

The cute little butterflies are stamped using Our Daily Bread Designs Butterfly and Bugs set and diecut using ODBD Butterfly and Bugs dies.

The sentiment is from the same Spread Your Wings stamp set and I've framed it using ODBD Layered Lacey Squares dies. Most layers have been inked with Distress Ink Walnut Stain.

For the layer behind the sentiment I used ODBD Pennant Dies. I first cut a strip of paper the same width as the diecut, then inserted it in the die - going over the top of the straight edge end (so it won't cut my paper) and then under the "notch" end of the die. This extends the length of the diecut and will give you a notch in one end.

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

Robin, Paula, Diana, Gracie, Chris and our special guest Amy

To see all the projects created for ODBDSLC238 or to join the challenge click here. You have until 8 pm Sunday, 17 May 2015 EDT to join us (or 8 am Monday, 18 May 2015 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!

ODBDSLC237 - Colour challenge

Wow - I can't believe it is May already!!

Since it is the first week of the month, Our Daily Bread Designs has a colour challenge this week! 

Here is my card:

And these are the awesome colours you can choose from (must choose at least 3):

As you can see I have used all of the colours this week and I had so much fun making my card.

My card base is Bazzill heavyweight marshmallow cardstock. I've then diecut a piece (using the same cardstock) using the largest die from ODBD Flourished Star Pattern Dies. I then airbrushed this with my Copic markers diagonally across the layer. I used R29, Y06, YR07, G03, G28, B16 and B01.

I diecut my next layer using ODBD Daisy Chain Background Die and inked it with Distress Ink Squeezed Lemonade while still in the die. 

My large butterfly is vellum diecut using ODBD Fancy Fritillary dies (brand new in the May 2015 release) and then I've coloured it using an orange glitter pen. The small butterflies are also diecut from vellum and I've used ODBD Butterfly and Bugs dies (also brand new in the May 2015 release). These dies have matching stamps (Our Daily Bread Designs Butterfly and Bugs) but I didn't use them here on my card. I've airbrushed my little butterflies using the same Copic colours as the background. 

Copics won't rub off vellum; however, they tend to be streaky if you colour straight onto the vellum using the marker nibs. By using the Copic airbrush system you can get a smoother coverage with no streaks. 

I've bent each of the butterflies' wings up (I used the "wrong end" of my tweezers to bend the wings around - so that you're left with a thin strip in the middle that will sit flat with the page so you can adhere the butterflies to your page).

The two clouds are diecut using ODBD Clouds and Raindrops dies and I've stamped the sentiment from Our Daily Bread Designs Spread Your Wings in one of them. Both clouds are popped up on foam tape.

Here is another photo from a different angle:

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

Gracie, Paula, Robin and Diana

To see all the projects created for ODBDSLC237 or to join the challenge click here. You have until 8 pm Sunday, 10 May 2015 EDT to join us (or 8 am Monday, 11 May 2015 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.

When I look at this card it reminds me of the wondrous beauty that God has created for us to admire. From beautiful butterflies to amazing mountains and the millions of stars in the universe! So many colours and patterns for us to admire! How blessed are we to be able to enjoy this earth for a time. And then one day we will be somewhere even more amazing and more spectacular - in heaven with God Himself! 

I am entering my card in Word Art Wednesday challenge #181 - Anything Goes.

Thanks for looking!