Dreams Come True - CTD #243

Good morning - happy Wednesday!!  Today's card is my newest creation for the Color Throwdown Challenge team - and it's made in celebration of these delightful colors:  Daffodil Delight, Wild Wasabi, Marina Mist as well as Black and White.  I love the inspiration that came to me from this grouping.  

Today's card is for the CTD #243, and also for a very special Nephew who's getting married this weekend.  He and his bride to be are a very special couple, well suited for each other - they truly seem perfect together. 

I started by cutting the four Hearts using a Sizzix nesting dies - two panels glued together for the front, and two for the back.  This gives extra strength to the card base and hopefully helps it last the test of time!!

May all your Dreams come true

Next I stamped the Rubbernecker Sentiment, die-cut and colored the flourish, punched the pine-spray/sprigs and arranged all the colorful flowers.  At that point I added the blue border and highlighted the sentiment using Copic markers, then assembled/glued the flowers.

Here's a picture that shows the standing card, opened:

May all your Dreams come true - open view

One more photo from the front:

May all your Dreams come true - front view

Below is the Color Swatch for this week's challenge.

If you have time and want to check out what the other Designers have created here they are :)!!!~

Barbara Anders	Broni Holcombe	Denise Marzec	Joan Ervin
Lori Tecler	Lynn Put	Wanda Cullen	Audrey Hiltke (Me :)

And here's the link to the Color Throwdown Challenge!!

Card Recipe and Details:

• Rubbernecker May All Your Dreams stampset
• White Card Stock
• Black ink, Copic Markers - BG01, BG02, YG17 & YG21
• Sizzix Heart Nesting Dies, Cheery Lynn Deesigns Fanciful Flourish, MS Pine Punch
• Paper Roses, Scorpal and Scortape

Thank you everyone for stopping by - hope these colors inspired you like they did me :).

Blessings,

Audrey

Serenity on the Sea

Hi friends and bloggers - I hope you're all doing well!!  Whew, it's crazy around here - but the good news is our home remodeling projects have been successful and are nearly complete!!  Yippeeeeee!!!

Today is Tuesday, and for me that means a new ODBD SLC Card - and this week is all about the Sea and Sky.  How better to celebrate the sea and sky on a card than by using ODBD stamps.  To make this card I started by stamping the Old Flag background in Sahara Sand ink, then lightly color-washing the stamp with a wide paintbrush in Real Red and Midnight Muse.  It give the background a softly colored look that I was after.

Serenity on the Sea

Once the background was complete I stamped the Waves on the Sea stamp in Midnight Muse, and then  used Glossy Glaze to accent the boat and water.  Also used a little white acrylic on the water, and then moved on to the frame and tag.  The frame is stamped in the Fishing Background, and the tag has a the old flag background lightly stamped on it as well.

This second photo shows the texture on the boat a water.

Serenity on the Sea - Alternate View

Here are the stamps and dies I used for this project:

If you have time I hope you can stop over and check out all the beautiful cards my DT Sisters have created for you:

 Chris Olsen  /  Diana Nguyen   /  Cathy McCauley  /  Kathy Roney  /  Jan Marie Ennenga

Guest Designer is:  Gloria Stengel 

For more details about our Shining Light Challenges or if you'd like to play along, please visit us Here.  We'd love to see your wonderful creations!!!  And if you join in the fun you'll have a chance to win a $15.00 Gift Certificate toward Our Daily Bread Designs stamps.  Just submit your entry by 8pm EST on Sunday May 5th - and if you use Our Daily Bread Designs stamps your card may be featured in the Top Three Designs!!

Card Recipe and Details:

• ODBD The Waves on the Sea stamp and the Old Flag and Fishing Net Background Sets
• White and Sahara Sand Card Stock
• Sahara Sand, Real Read and Midnight Muse Ink
• ODBD Custom Spellbinders Bakers Die, Spellbinders Oval Die
• Bakers Twin, Dimensionals, Glossy Glaze and White Acrylic

Hugs Everyone - and thank you for stopping by.  Hope you're day is a wonderful one!!

Audrey

The Candle or the Mirror

Hello Friends!!  I have a sweet little project for today - I know I always have fun with these challenges, but sometimes they are SUPER fun LOL!!!  And this one is just that.  I love this quote by Edith Wharton - There are two ways of spreading light:  To be the candle, or the mirror that reflects it, and I love the beautiful font of this stamp, and how it looks in the different colors.

It's for ODBD's Shining Light Challenge #154 - in celebration of Stone or Wood.  Normally a challenge with the words Stone or Wood would mean a tree or something woodsy or rustic for me, but as soon as I saw this challenge I thought of the fabulous real wood veneer "card" stock that I've had in my stash for at least a year.  It's made of real wood and made for stamping - so why not!??!!

This card is also for the Color Throwdown Challenge - CTD#242!!

here are two ways of Spreading Light

Here's a swatch of this week's Color Throwdown.  Another great arrangement of colors - that are so so pretty together!!

To make this card I started with four die-cut panels - one in the wood veneer, the others in White and Ivory Naturals card stock.  I also used four stamp pads and coordinating markers - for the quote and frame.  After die-cutting the panels I inked the quote stamp using the Markers, then created the polka-dots using ink pads and finger daubers.  How easy is that!??!

To be the Candle or the Mirror that reflects it

It's been a long time since I've used markers to ink a stamp, and at first my colors overlapped and looked a little messy.  So coloring/stamping the sentiment took me a few tries.  There's still a bit of color overlap but I'm okay with it :)!!

Quote Close-up

One of the things I love to do is engage perfect strangers in conversation.  It's amazing what a smile can do for example, whether a person seems happy and breezy, serious or stressed, a smile can lift a spirit and brighten a person's day. A knowing look, an understanding nod, taking time to truly listen or say thank you, these are little things that can make such a difference!!  But for me, laughter is the BEST - I especially love when I can strike up a quick hardy laugh with someone - out of the blue.  That is the best!!  It's hard to explain but I think this quote does it well - one can be the Candle, or one can be the Mirror, and both bring light and joy :)!!~

Below is the Spread Light stampset and Spellbinders Die used for this project:

For more inspiration and to see what the other 'breadsticks' have created, you can check out their beautiful projects below:

 Chris Olsen  /  Diana Nguyen   /  Cathy McCauley  /  Kathy Roney  /  Jan Marie Ennenga

Guest Designer:  Gloria Stengel

If you're interested in more details about the Shining Light Challenges or would like to play along this week, please visit us here.  We'd love to see your wonderful creations!!!  And if you join in the fun you'll have a chance to win a $15.00 Gift Certificate toward Our Daily Bread Designs stamps.  Just submit your entry by 8pm EST on Sunday May 19th - and if you use Our Daily Bread Designs stamps your card may be featured in the Top Three Designs!!


For details on the Color Throwdown challenges and/or to join us this week, please feel free to stop by:  CTD #242

Card Recipe and Details:

• ODBD Spread Light
• Wood Veneer Card Stock, White, Vanilla Naturals
• Real Red, Kiwi Kiss, Daffodil Delight and Tempting Turquoise Ink and Markers
• Spellbinders Labels 26 Dies, Daubers and Foam Tape for dimension

Card Challenges:

• Word Art Wednesday - Challenge #79 Anything Goes
• Make it Monday - MIM140 with Little Miss Muffet Stamps

Thank you to everyone for stopping by - and for brightening my day with your visit :)!!  I hope you found some inspiration here, and I hope you find time to laugh hardy today :)!!!!!!!!!!

Hugs, and Blessgings!

Audrey

Just for You :)!!

Hi friends and stampers - hope there's some sunshine in your day today, I'm seeing a peep of it here and hoping to see more :)!!

I have a fun card to share - for today's Color Throwdown Challenge #CTD241.  This is my second card as May's Guestie Designer, and again we have a great color pallet to work with.  Like most people I can get in a sort-of routine, a very comfortable routine with color for example, and it may not show in my projects but I've definitely been in a bit of a color 'slump'.  I noticed that in designing with very specific color combinations these last couple of weeks, that I'm looking at color with a fresh new eye.  It's like all my neglected colors of card stock have suddenly spoken to me LOL!!!  Here's the color swatch for CTD241:

Anyway, on to my project.  To make this card I die-cut two SB panels, then created the background using an Acetate Background technique.  I placed the die cut panels together (one inside the other), placed a clean piece of acetate over them - swished and dotted SU! Markers onto the acetate in a general design, then spritzed the acetate with water and pressed it onto the card stock.  Easy peasy.

A Cupcake Just for You :)

Then I stamped, colored and delicately cut out my Cupcake image, stamped and die-cut the Just for You tag, and started adding some (just a bit) of glitter LOL!!

Here are a couple of close-ups:

Just for You - Close-up

I won this Just for You stamp set in an Addicted to CAS challenge a few months ago - the card I submitted won the CAS Perfectionist Award!!  The stamp is from Inspired by Stamping - Joanna has lots of wonderful stamps, embellishments, tutorials etc., - and I'm glad to be finally using this stamp from her :).

Cupcake and Sentiment up Close

This photo above shows all the fun details and sparkle - I used Copics to color the cupcake and Stickles, Crystal Effects, Matte Glaze and Clear Art Glitter to decorate everything.  I also layered the SB dies so that the center panel is raised a bit higher than the outside frame panel.  The next photo shows that detail.

A Cupcake Just for You - Close-up

If you have time and want to check out what the other Designers have created here they are :)!!!~

Barbara Anders	Broni Holcombe	Denise Marzec	Joan Ervin
Lori Tecler	Lynn Put	Wanda Cullen	Audrey Hiltke - May 2013 Guestie

And here's the link to the CTD241 Challenge!!

Card Recipe and Details:

• ODBD Cupcake Plate / Inspired by Stamping Fancy Labels 18
• White and Regal Rose Cardstock
• SU Markers:  Crumb Cake, Mellow Moss, Elegant Eggplant, Regal Rose (on Acetate for background), Mellow Moss for sentiment tag
• Spellbinders Labels 8 (tag) and Labels 18 Std and Decorative
• Copic Markers - YG61, YG93, G000 (Mellow Moss) / BV11, BV23, BV24, BV000 (Elegant Eggplant) / R21, R22, RV34 (Regal Rose) / E0000, E31, E43 (Crumb Cake)
• Acetate for background, stickles, matte glaze, crystal effects, clear art glitter, foam tape for dimension.

Card Challenges:

• Make it Monday - MIM #139 w/Saturated Canary
• Anything Goes Challenge - #92 Shaped but not Square

That's all for now - thank you for visiting.  Hope you enjoyed a bit of inspiration today.  Come and play along in our CTD Challenge if you can - we'd love to see your creations :)!!!!

Hugs and Blessings everyone,

Audrey

Isaiah 45:22 Look to Me...

Hello Friends and Stampers!!  Hope all is well and you're ENJOYING yourself in all that you do and in wherever life is taking you.  Today is Tuesday and that means it's time for a new ODBD Shining Light Challenge card.  We have a FUN one for you this week - it's Challenge #153, to make a card using four letters in the word Spring.

I ended up using 5 of the letters - only because it worked out that way.  See below:

• S = Scorpal
• P = Poly Shrink Paper
• R = River Rock Ink
• I = Isaiah 45:22 Verse
• N = Nail Cross Charm made from the poly shrink paper

Isaiah 45:22 Look to Me & be Saved

I love all the Quote and Scripture sets released for the ODBD 5th Anniversary celebration - and I just cannot get enough of them.  This is from the Scripture Collection 11 set - the verse is paired with the Fish and Pussy Willow background sets and the cross from the He is Risen stamp set.

Isaiah 45:22 - Alternate View

I went for an artsy/rustic feel for this project so started by masking a very wide border on each side of the main panel, then stamping the Fish Background in Soft Sky and the Willow Background in River Rock.  Next I gently rubbed/swept the Soft Sky ink pad along the edges of the panel, and then stamped the Verse.  After that I scored two lines along the edge, just up to the verse area.

Isaiah 45:22 - Alternate View 2

Once that panel was complete I decided to do something completely DIFFERENT - I pulled out some Clear Poly Shrink paper, stamped the Cross from the He is Risen stamp set in Stazon Brown Timber, then used my heat gun to shrink the cross and turn it into a charm!!!  Then I colored the back of it using a soft blue Copic marker - to give it just a hint of color, added it to the ribbon/flower arrangement and added the panel using foam tape.

Here's a close-up of the cross/flower/ribbon detail:

He is Risen - Cross Close-up

I hope you like this one as much as I do - it was quick, fun and easy - and I felt so much peace in the creative process.  Below are pictures of the sets I used for this card:

I hope you can stop over and check out all the beautiful cards my DT Sisters have created for you:

 Chris Olsen  /  Diana Nguyen   /  Cathy McCauley  /  Kathy Roney  /  Jan Marie Ennenga

Guest Designer is:  Gloria Stengel 

For more details about our Shining Light Challenges or if you'd like to play along, please visit us here.  We'd love to see your wonderful creations!!!  And if you join in the fun you'll have a chance to win a $15.00 Gift Certificate toward Our Daily Bread Designs stamps.  Just submit your entry by 8pm EST on Sunday May 5th - and if you use Our Daily Bread Designs stamps your card may be featured in the Top Three Designs!!

Card Recipe and Details:

• ODBD Scripture Collection 11, Fish and Pussy Willow Background Stamps, Cross from the He is Risen stamp set
• White, Soft Sky, and Poly Shrink Paper
• Soft Sky, River Rock and Stazon Brown Ink
• MS Pine Punch, Small Circle Punch for loop to thread the cross charm, Post-it notes for masking, Ribbon and Foam Tape - along with lots of love ;)

Card Challenges:

• Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes Challenge #78
• Make it Monday - MIM #139 w/Saturated Canary

Thank you all for stopping by - I hope your day is a beautiful one!!

Enjoy every moment!
Hugs,
Audrey