Yellow Roses

Hello Everyone!!  This week, the kids went back to school - OMGosh how much QUIETER is my house!!!  LOL!!!  They were happy to go back and see all their friends though and I was happy to have some crafty time!!  :) 

I've used this time to make a Sympathy Card using the Featured Stamper challenge as inspiration!  I've cased Kim's For Me card, changing the layout and flowers but keeping the floral theme and similar colours and lace.  It's never easy to have to make this kind of card, but I just adore these roses found in the new With Sympathy set by JustRite - just wait, you'll see them on birthdays, friendship, thank you cards!!!  :)  This time I'd coloured them in yellow and gone with an muted, elegant colour palette which I thought would be perfect for this occasion.

I've created the base with Fawn Bazzill and layered with white and more Fawn.  The next layer is another piece of white, this time stamped with the Fleur de Lis Background Stamp by JustRite in Memento Desert Sand (what an awesome match this was for the cardstock!).  Across this I've added another piece of Fawn Bazzill and topped with a piece of white crochet lace.  Next I've stamped the roses from With Sympathy in Memento Tuxedo Black onto X-press It Blending Card and coloured with Copics (Y00, Y21, Y35, Y38, G20, G21, G24).  It's been cut out with Labels 18 Nestabilities and I've lightly sponged some Desert Sand around the edges and then stamped the sentiment also from With Sympathy in Memento Rich Cocoa at the top.  I've attached it with foam tape and added a few Kaisercraft Chino Pearls to the top corners.

Stamps - With Sympathy, Fleur de Lis Background (JustRite)
Paper - X-press It Blending Card, Fawn Bazzill, White.
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Rich Cocoa, Desert Sand
Accessories - Copics, Labels 18 Nestabilities, Fiskars Lace Border Punch, May Arts White Crochet Lace, Kaisercraft Chino Pearls, Foam Tape.

That's all for today, thanks for visiting and hope you are inspired to stamp!!!  :)

For the Love of Custom Dies

Hello Everyone!!  Welcome to Our Daily Bread Design's first Alumni Team bi-monthly For the Love Blog Hop.  If you got here from Fran's Blog you are in the right place!  I'm excited to be a part of this wonderful new team and rejoining my sisters in the ODBD Breadbasket!!  This week the Alumni team along with some of the ODBD designer's are featuring for the Love of ODBD Custom Dies! Check out each link and leave a comment. If you get lost along the way, head to the ODBD blog for a full link list.  One of the post is a hot spot and a name will be drawn from that list of comments to win a $15 ODBD store gift certificate.  So, all you have to do is hop along and see all the creations and leave a little love!  You have until February 1st at 6 pm.  Winner will be announced February 2nd on the ODBD Blog!  So, get hopping and enjoy all the inspiration using for the Love of ODBD Custom Dies!

I've made my card using ODBD's Harvest Blessings and the matching Large Sunflower Die!  My base is made of Very Vanilla, Hazel Bazzill, Chocolate Chip and some My Mind's Eye Sunshine DP.  Across the middle I've added more Chocolate layered with Sunshine DP and wrapped some dark ivory ribbon around it all.  I've cut some Very Vanilla with Lacey Oval Nestabilities then cut the middle out with Large Oval Nestabilites and then backed with a piece of Vellum.  The Sunflowers are from Harvest Blessings and have been stamped on X-press It Blending Card in Memento Rich Cocoa and coloured with Copics (YR24, E33, E35, YG93, YG95, YG97, Y21, Y35, Y38).  The flowers were cut out using the co-ordinating ODBD Custom Die - Large Sunflower Die!  I love how perfectly these dies cut around the image!!  :)  I've glued the flowers on over the Lacey Oval die and finished by stamping the sentiment from the same stamp set in black at the bottom, added a bow made with my Bow Easy and a few Kaisercraft Chino Pearls to the corners.

 Stamps - Harvest Blessings (ODBD)
Paper - X-press It Blending Card, Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Hazel Bazzill, Vellum, MME Sunshine DP
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Rich Cocoa
Accessories - Copics, Lacey and Large Oval Nestabilities, Large Sunflower Die, Dark Ivory Satin Ribbon, Bow Easy, Kasiercraft Chino Pearls.

Next on the hop is the sweet and incredibly talented SILKE!!!

Thanks for visiting and enjoy the hop!!  :)

FS258 Inspired by Music

Hello Everyone!!!  I had to make a Masculine birthday card for a Music Teacher and decided to use this week's Featured Stamper challenge as inspiration.  I've chosen THIS card by Holstein and have modified the layout somewhat and changed the stamps, but kept the colours and theme the same.

I've used a base of Riding Hood Red, layered with white and then another piece of white stamped with JustRite's new Shabby Music Background Stamp in Tuxedo Black.  Down this I've added a wide red ribbon topped with a knotted piece of black grosgrain.  For my feature panel, I've stamped Musical Notes Labels 20 twice, once in Rhubard Stalk, once in Tuxedo Black.  The red one has been cut out with Labels 20 Nestabilities.  The black one I've coloured the centre with Copics and cut it out, popping it up on foam tape.  Next I stamped the bird (also from Musical Notes Labels 20), coloured with Copics, cut it out and adhered to the side of the panel.  I've created the customised sentiment using the now retired 25pt font and made it into a notched tag.  I've finished by added a few black rhinestones to the top corner.

Stamps - Musical Notes Labels 20, Shabby Music Background, Times New Roman 25pt Font (JustRite)
Paper - X-press It Blending Card, Riding Hood Red, White.
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Rhubarb Stalk
Accessories - Copics, Labels 20 Nestabilities, Red Ribbon, Black Grosgrain Ribbon, Want2Scrap Black Rhinestones, Scissors, Foam Tape.

That's all from me today, thanks for visiting!!

Introducing Sea Shell Bay

Hello Everyone and welcome to the JustRite Stampers Hop where we are introducing another new set called Sea Shell Bay!!  If you love the beach then you'll love this set and it matches the Spellbinders Labels 22 die set!  I've also used another set by JR - Ticking Stripe Background Stamp, another of the bigger background stamps new to the JustRite collection!

I've decided to go with ocean blues and sandy yellows for my card today with a base of blue and yellow bazzill topped with white that has been stamped in Memento Summer Sky with the new Ticking Stripe Background.  Across the bottom I've added this cute DP by Three Bugs in a Rug called Sea Creatures.  Across this I've added some May Arts Mesh Ribbon.  Next I've stamped the Seahorse feature stamp as well as several of the individual shells from Sea Shell Bay in Memento Rich Cocoa onto X-press It Blending Card and coloured with Copic Markers.  I've cut the seahorse panel out with Labels 22 and the shells with a pair of scissors.  To finish I've added a couple of Kaisercraft Blush Pearls to the top and bottom corners.


Stamps - Sea Shell Bay and Ticking Stripe Background (JustRite)
Paper - X-press It Blending Card, Blue and Yellow Bazzill, White, Three Bugs in a Rug Sea Creatures DP
Ink - Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories - Copics, Labels 22 Nestabilities, May Arts Mesh Ribbon, Kaisercraft Blush Pearls, Foam Tape, Scissors.

Don't miss the stunning creations the JustRite Girls have for you today......

JustRite Inspiration

Becca Feeken
Sharon Harnist
Michele Kovack
Beate Johns
Kellie Fortin
Kazan Clark
Linda Duke
Sankari Wegman
Kathy Jones
Barb Schram
Angela Barkhouse
Thanks for visiting and hope you enjoy the hop!!!  :)

Starburst Medallions

Hello Everyone!!  Today the JustRite team are showcasing the new Starburst Medallions set.  It's a deep etched cling rubber set with a couple of fab medallions and lots of useful sentiments!!  I've also used another new JustRite set called Harlequin Script Background which has loads of possiblities and even better it's 5 3/4inch tall and PERFECT for the standard Australian card size!!!  YAY!!!!  For my US friends, no more worrying about perfectly aligning your stamp since it gives you plenty of room!!!  YAY!!  :)

I have a base of Rose Red and layered with white and a panel of Chocolate Chip (I have no idea why it looks black here, but trust me, it's Chocolate Chip!  ;)  ) that has been stamped with Harlequin Script in versamark and white embossed.  Over this I've added another piece of Rose Red punched with MS Loop Punch and layered with a piece of white stamped with Harlequin Script in Memento Rich Cocoa.  Next I've stamped the medallion from Starburst Medallions in Memento Rose Bud and cut it out with Nested Medallion Labels Dies and popped it up on foam tape.  Across the card I've added some satin ribbon and then a couple of pearl flourishes and added a white flower to the centre.  To finish I've stamped the sentiment, also from Starburst Medallions in Memento Tuxedo Black and made it into a notched tag.

Stamps - Starburst Medallions, Harlequin Script (JustRite)
Paper - Chocolate Chip, Rose Red, White.
Ink - Memento Rose Bud, Rich Cocoa, Tuxedo Black, Versamark
Accesories - Nested Medallion Labels Dies, White Embossing Powder, ZVA Pearl Flourishes, MS Loop Punch, Prima Flower, Scissors, Foam Tape.

Don't miss the stunning creations made by the girls today!!!!
JustRite Inspiration
Becca Feeken
Debbie Olson
Michele Kovack
Kellie Fortin
Sankari Wegman
Kathy Jones
Heidi Blankenship
Eva Dobilas
Kazan Clark
Angela Barkhouse
That's all for today and pop back this time tomorrow for another fab release that I know you're going to love!!!  :)

Introducing Warm and Cozy

Hello Everyone!!  Today the JustRite girls are introducing the new Warm and Cozy Medallion Labels set!!  This set is designed to work with JustRite's custom die set Nested Medallion Label Dies so it is soooooooo easy to cut and create with!!  :)

My card is made of a base of blue bazzill, white (pierced) and some Kaisercraft Miss Nelly DP.  Next I've cut some darker blue bazzill with Grand Nestabilities Scallop Circles and layered with the flip side of Miss Nelly DP cut with the matching Grand Circles Nestabilities.  Across this is some white crochet lace topped with blue satin ribbon.  Both the sentiment and medallion are from Warm and Cozy and stamped in Memento Summer Sky and coloured with Copics (B0000, B32, B34, B37), then cut out with Nested Medallion Label Dies and popped up on foam tape.  The sentiment was cut out with Nested Sentiment Dies (another Custom JustRite Die set that I use ALL the time!!).  To finish I've added some Kaisercraft Snow Pearls to the corners.

Stamps - Warm and Cozy (JustRite)
Paper - X-press It Blending Card, Blue Bazzill (2 shades), White, Kaisercraft Miss Nelly DP
Ink - Memento Summer Sky
Accessories - Copics, Grand Circle and Scallop Circle Nestabilities, Nested Medallion Label Dies, Nested Sentiment Dies, White Crochet Lace, Blue Satin Ribbon, Kasiercraft Snow Pearls, Foam Tape, Paper Piercer, Mat Pack.

Don't miss the awesome creations made by the team today!!!!
JustRite Inspiration
Becca Feeken
Michele Kovack
Debbie Olson
Sharon Harnist
Beate Johns
Kellie Fortin
Kathy Jones
Sankari Wegman
Kazan Clark
Heidi Blankenship- has a full tutorial for her card
Barb Schram
Angela Barkhouse
That's all for today, thanks for visiting and enjoy the hop!!!

JustRite Sale!

Hello Everyone!  JustRite wanted to be sure everyone knows that they are making room in their warehouse for all of these fabulous new 2012 CHA release stamps sets, which is 21 new Cling and Clear stamp sets, with 2 new Custom Dies!  So they are having a $10 retirement sale to retire all their JustRite Original 1 5/8" stamps and 2" stamps!  You can click the graphic below for more details:
 
Thanks for visiting, I'll be back with some new things this week with some brand new JustRite releases!!  Sorry things have been slow lately, with school ending for the year, Christmas and Summer Vacation, everything has been kind of crazy.  Hope your lives are calmer than mine!!  :)

The Beauty of Bling!!!

Hello Everyone!!!  Happy New Year to you all!!!  This month the challenge is to use BLING (pearls or rhinestones) on your creation! Link up your Bringing Back Beautiful Challenge creations on the Flourishes Blog to enter. If you upload to SCS, please use the keyword BBB18. You have until January 31st to enter! As we unveil our challenge for next month, we’ll share our True Beauties – those card makers who wowed us with this challenge! Winners will be featured on the Flourishes Blog and will receive a True Beauty blog button to display proudly on their blog!

 

This month I've used Feminine Charm - how CUTE are these shoes, just perfect for kicking up your heels in the new year!!!!  :)  The base is made of white, pink bazzill and two pieces of Sidewalks DP (the top one I've sewn around the edges).  Across the join I've added a piece of white punched with Deco Fan border punch and layered with white crochet lace, pink satin ribbon, a pink bow and white flower.  I've stamped the shoes (twice, using a mask) in Memento Tuxedo Black and coloured with Copic Markers (E50, E51, E53, RV000, RV00, RV32, RV34) then cut out with Small Circle Nestabilities and matted with pink cut with Large Circle Nestabilities.  This panel has been put on a square of Sidewalks DP matted with more pink.  Finally I've added the BLING!!!  I've framed the shoes with Pink Labels 1 Nestabling and then added a few more pink rhinestones in the top corners.  :)

Stamps - Feminine Charm (Flourishes)

Paper - X-press It Blending Card, Pink Bazzill, White, October Afternoon Sidewalks DP

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories - Copics, Large and Small Circle Nestabilities, Pink Labels 1 Nestabling, Pink Rhinestones, MS Deco Fan Border Punch, White Crochet Lace, Pink Satin Ribbon, Bow Easy, White Flower, Sewing Machine.

Don't miss all the awesome cards the girls have created for you today....

Beate Johns

Betty Wright

Heather Jensen

Iwona Palmountain 

Kathy Jones - that's me

Yvonne Hagane 

That's all from me today, thanks for visiting and I can't wait to see what you do with BLING!!!  :)