Our Daily Bread Scriptures

Hi again, wow what a day. As well as being a stamper I manager a small co-operative cable tv system. Cable went out yesterday for some reason. I have had soooooooooo many calls. I wish I could tell them all to come and stamp and forget TV. LOL

It would be much better for them, don't you think? I like TV too but there is more to life than TV. Anyway enough belly aching.

I have never made a card with a cut out before so I thought I would give it a try. Turned out not to bad. Very simple but elegant.

I am not sure how others line things up so they come out in the cut out section perfectly, but I drew a light pencil mark around the oval cut out and then used the Stamp ma Jig to be sure I would stay in those lines. I also inked up the scripture and used the stamp ma jig to position it as well. I should mention that I checked where the verse would sit on the flower branch and saw that if I omitted one leaf branch it would fit correctly. Using the stamp ma jig is a great time/paper saver, as you can see were your images are going to go before you mess up your good card.


At my copic certification course I was given a couple of the Spicia Pens. They are really something. I first thought that they were just like the other glitter pens out there but no way, they are way cool. One of my pens is colorless, so what ever color you put it on it stays the same color. You can't see it in the picture but I put the pink one I have in the flower centers and the colorless one on the petals. It gives it a very pretty sparkle.

Thanks for dropping by.


Card Recipe:

Stamps: Thoughts and Prayers, Scripture Collection from Our Daily Bread

Ink: SU Markers,

Paper: Blush Blossom and White

Accessories: Flat Pearls, Martha Stewart Bird Punch

Eastern Influences

Hi Everyone:

What a gorgeous day we had here in Manitoba. I just came back from a drive with my husband. It is so nice to see all the cottagers back, trees in bloom, flowers being planted. It is all so beautiful.

My card today is from a sketch from a Mojo Monday. I hope you like it.

Recipe:

Stamps: Eastern Influences, Matchbox Messages

Ink: SU Markers, Regal Rose, Pretty in Pink, Kiwi Kiss, Chocolate Chip

Paper: DSP Raspberry Tart, Regal Rose, Pink Pirouette, Kiwi Kiss, White

Accessories: Little Stems die, circle punches

Hello again, starting to feel a little better now. Have a terrible cough but I do think I am on the mend. My good Internet friend Sandi MacIvor had this spectacular card on her blog. I remember that I bought fabric in those colors to make a quilt. Still have to make it someday but I will. Just waiting for the right pattern to come along. I love what I call south western colours.

I asked my husband to drive by my daughters new property today. I wanted to see what flower bearing trees she was going to have. They have only seen the property with snow on the ground so she will be so surprised next year when spring comes. She will miss the blossoms this year as she doesn't move till July. The owners saw us go by and waved us in. She gave me a tour of the yard pointing out all the beautiful trees etc. She will be so happy there.

Sandi card was 5 x 7 I think but I kept my card to 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 only because I did read that she had used a larger size until I was back in her blog. But this is my favourite size so that is ok.

I had emailed Sandi to get her opinion on my job and told her what I did not like about it. She gave me a hint that just made this card pop. While she embosses her images I did not. So I could not emboss them, so I got out my sponge daubers and sponged the edges of the all the flowers and what a difference it made. We are so blessed to have demonstrators that share so freely like Sandi.

Well here is my finished project. What do you think?



If you are wondering how I made the brown worn look, I just crumpled up my Close to Cocoa paper then I sponged it with Close to Cocoa ink and then took Chocolate Chip to were the creased were. That technique is so cool.

I remember the first time I used it at a stamp a stack. I was showing the ladies how to make the card, after one of the ladies had done her stamping I asked if I could use her stamped piece for the demonstration. You should have seen her face when I crumpled it all up. I thought she was going to faint. Were is a camera when you need one!

Recipe:

Stamps: Dream a Little, Thoughts and Prayers, Botanical Blooms

Ink: Tempting Turquoise, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Regal Rose, Black

Paper: White, Tempting Turquoise, Close to Cocoa, Black

Accessories: Brads, Die cut Swirls, Three Flower Punch, Paper Piercer

Hello:

Sorry I have been away from my blog. First I was getting prepared for my Copic Certification. We took this day long course in Winnipeg. It was so much fun just to color all day. I had my table mate Sharon take my picture.

When I got home, I caught the Flu/cold so that is the other reason I have been MIA. I was asked to make a wedding card for a friend. She needed it for Thursday this week. Not to much notice. I was hoping to have my stamp from Our Daily Bread but it has not arrived as yet. So I decided to put my design computer skills to work and typed up 1 Corinthians and prayed very hard not to make any typing mistakes. I am such a poor typist and speller. You have probably noticed that in previous posts.

Anyway, here is the card I came up with. Please share any thoughts about how I could have done it different. I know alot of people don't like things on a slant but I do. Hope she does too!

I cut the card stock to 6 1/2 x 10 and scored it at 5" to make my card base 6 1/2 x 5. My first layer was a piece of white that I embossed with the Stampin Up small dots embossing plate on my big shot. I wrapped a piece of the new Organdza Ribbon around the embossed piece and made my first pin. This pin was made from the Pretties Kit as well as the flowers that are in the corner. I used the Spellbinders Classic Frame and coloured the stencil part with Cameo Coral and Summer Sun as this is the colours the bride is using. As I previously mentioned I typed up the verse and then cut it with one of my Nestabililty dies. I have never tried to make my printer print a specific color but I wanted it as close to gold as I could make it. It came out pretty close to me. I punched out 4 Martha Stewart branches and added Dazzling Diamonds to the edges for a little bit of glitter.

Receipe:

Stamps: Computer Generated

Paper: White

Inks: Cameo Coral, Summer Sun

Accessories: Stampin Up's Pretties Kit, Martha Stewart Punch, Spellbinders Dies, Stampin Up Dazzling Diamonds Glitter.