Pray and Let Go

Hello Everyone!!  Today's I'm taking a look back at the ODBD December Release!  This month they brought out a beautiful prayer stamp set called Handle with Prayer and a matching die to cut the hands out called Praying Hands!  I thought this set was perfectly timed for me, as I've we've had a lot of stressful/sad/painful events happen in our family over the last few months and sometimes you need to be reminded that God is there to take that burden and help you through.

It is Summertime here in Australia and the weather is just beautiful right now!  We are in T-shirts, shorts and thinking of the beach! With these thoughts in my head, I've reached for a colour palette of blues and browns and this gorgeous By The Shore Collection paper by ODBD - I just *love* this paper!

I've used a blue card base and topped with brown and white cut with Double Stitched Rectangles Die.  Next I've added some beautiful By The Shore Collection paper and stamped the sentiment from Handle with Prayer in the top corner.  I've taken the Double Stitched Circle Dies and cut a circle of white and blue, layered then and then trimmed one side and attached as shown.  I've then stamped the hands from Handle with Prayer in Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto X-press It Blending Card and coloured with Copics (E000, E01, E11, E13, RV10, B00, B12, B14).  I've cut this out with the Praying Hands Die and popped it up on foam tape for a little dimension and attached to the circle diecuts.  To finish I've added a few white sparkly sequins.

Stamps - Handle with Prayer (ODBD)
Paper - X-press It Blending Card, Marina Mist, Baked Brown Sugar, White, By The Shore Collection DP
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories - Copics, ODBD Praying Hands Dies, Double Stitched Rectangle Dies, Double Stitched Circle Dies, White Sequins, X-press It Foam Tape

The Breadsticks have a beautiful array of creations for you to look at today, so make sure you pop by these blogs!

Dawn * Kathy * Cathy * Lisa * Robin * Sandee 

* Julie * Helen * Anita * Diana * Lori * Sabrina

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

Clematis Thank You

Hello Everyone!  If you were here for the Power Poppy Power and Spark Challenge at the beginning of the month, you may have seen a journal that looked a little like this.  Well this is the matching card that went with the journal for my son's yr6 teacher.  Had actually had the same teacher for yr5 and you can have a peek at the journal and card set I made for her last year HERE.  Thankfully I knew that this lady loved her journal from last year and used it all the time - so when we presented her with a new one she absolutely LOVED it!!

For the card I've used a white base and layered with Baked Brown Sugar cut with Elegant Labels Four.  Around this I've attached some white satin ribbon.  I've printed the Climbing Clematis digi image a bit smaller that the journal version and cut it out with Labels Four and colour with Copics to match the journal (G40, G43, G46, B60, B63, B66, Y15, Y17, YR20, YR21, YR24, B01, B0000, B000).  I've matted this with Marina Mist cut with Elegant Labels Four, Maja Designs DP and white card cut with Grand Labels Four and then popped it all up on X-press It Foam Tape.  The sentiment is from Power Poppy's So Grateful Clear Set and has been stamped in black and cut into a double notched tag and also popped up on foam tape.

Stamps - Climbing Clematis, So Grateful (Power Poppy)
Paper - X-press It Blending Card, White, Baked Brown Sugar, Marina Mist, Maja Designs DP
Ink - Printer, Versafine Black
Accessories - Copics, Spellbinders Labels Four, Elegant Labels Four, Grand Labels Four, White Satin Ribbon, X-press It Foam Tape

That's all from me today, thanks for popping by and hope you are inspired to stamp!  :)

Power Poppy Friday!

Hello Everyone!!  It's time for another Power Poppy Friday and a chance to have a peek at some of the creations the Bloom Brigade have been making this week!!  I have another Teacher Journal for you today using Power Poppy's Tulips in Hobnail Pitcher digital stamp.  I particularly like the digi stamps for journals because you can enlarge them for a bigger journal and then shrink them for the matching card!  ;-)  This particular journal is for my daughter's yr 3 teacher.  Now because this is a 'Sweet Treat' (a gift for someone this festive season), it's also perfect for this month's Power Poppy Power and Spark Challenge!!  Why don't you join us this month - you could win a Power Poppy Stamp Set of your choice!!

Today is the very last day of the Australia School Year and it's my middle child's last ever day of Primary School!  You look back and think where did that time go??  I can't believe he's off to High School next year!  (For all the American folks wondering, we don't have a Middle School here, just a middle school section at the High School - he's not a freak genius jumping several grades!)

I covered the journal withe some Kaisercraft paper from my stash, using a spiral punch for the side and sticking it down well with some X-press It High Tack Double Sided Tape.  Down the side is more Kaiserpaper matted with cream card and tied with some So Saffron ribbon.  I've printed the Tulips in Hobnail Pitcher digi image onto X-press It Blending Card and then coloured with Copics (G40, G43, G46, Y21, Y35, Y38, W1, W3, W5, B0000).  I've cut this out with Adorning Squares, matting with So Saffron cut with the larger of the dies and glued to the front.  To finish I die cut the initials in yellow and added a couple of chocolate coloured pearls to the top.

Here's the matching card I made - instead of putting the initials, I've used the sentiment from Bloomin' Wonderful clear set for the bottom.  I've also shrunk the image compared to the size of the one on the journal, but coloured it the same so it would match!  :)

Stamps - Tulips in Hobnail Pitcher (Power Poppy)
Paper - X-press It Blending Card, So Saffron, Cream, Designer Paper from my stash
Ink - Printer
Accessories - Copics, Spellbinders Adorning Squares, Alphabet Die, So Saffron Ribbon, Chocolate Pearls, X-press It High Tack Double Sided Tape

Why not check out what my other talented bloomies have been whipping up this week??!!

• Cindy Lawrence
• Julie Koerber
• Kathy Jones
• Katie Sims
• Stacy Morgan

That's all from me today, thanks for popping by and hope you are inspired to stamp!  :)

December Power and Spark!

Hello Everyone!  It's the first Friday of the month and that means it's time for another Power and Spark Challenge!!  This month our lovely hostess is Christine and she has challenged us to make a Sweet Treat - the idea is to create something that will be a sweet treat for someone else (so think card, tag, hostess gift, etc) designed to help with those quick Christmas gifts. Don't forget; if you play along with the challenge this month you could win a Power Poppy Stamp Set of your choice!!! 

If you live in Australia, you'll know that there is also only ONE WEEK of school left, so I've used this challenge to make an end of year teacher gift for my son's teacher!  I can't believe that he will be leaving primary school next week and looking forward to High School next year!  Where does the time go??

I've gone with a blue colour palette as I know this particular lady loves blue and covered the front of the journal with some Maja Design paper.  I've made a panel of Marina Mist card, punching the bottom with a lattice border punch, topped with some more Maja Design paper and then attached some ribbon.  I've cut out the name of white card with an alphabet die set and put it across the bottom.  The image is a digi called Climbing Clematis and I've printed this on X-press It Blending Card and then coloured it with Copics (G40, G43, G46, B60, B63, B66, Y15, Y17, YR20, YR21, YR24, B01, B0000, B000).  I've cut this out with Grand Labels Four (which I think is retired), framed with Marina Mist cut with Elegant Labels Four, white cut with Grand Labels Four and finally Baked Brown Sugar cut with Elegant Labels Four.  I've glued this all down and finished with a few white pearls.

Stamps - Climbing Clematis (Power Poppy)
Paper - X-press It Blending Card, White, Marina Mist, Baked Brown Sugar
Ink - Printer
Accessories - Copics, Spellbinders Grand Labels Four, Elegant Labels Four, MS Lattice Border Punch, White Ribbon, Alphabet Die Set, White Pearls

I wonder what amazing Sweet Treats the Bloomies have been cooking up for this month's challenge?  You'll have to swing by and check them out!!

• Allison Cope
• Christine Okken
• Cindy Lawrence
• Julie Koerber
• Kathy Jones
• Stacy Morgan

That's all from me today, thanks for popping by and hope you play along this month and are inspired to stamp!  :)

Praying For You

Hello Everyone!  Welcome to the ODBD December Release Blog Hop!!  There's a whole range of beautiful new stamps and dies to drool over this month which we know you are going to love!  I'm using the new stamp set called Handle With Prayer and the matching die for the hands called Praying Hands!  And of course don't forget you also have a chance to win simply by commenting on the blogs today!

Prize Information: 

Three randomly selected winners will each receive a $25 Gift Code to the ODBD Website  just for commenting on the Design Team cards!  You have until December 2, 2016 at 9:00 p.m. EST to leave your comments on the Designers Blogs for a chance to win!  The Winners will be posted on the ODBD Blog on December 3rd, so be sure to check back there to see if you won!

 

I started with a base of burgundy card and layered with cream, River Rock and some Rustic Beauty Collection Paper.  I've then used the Trellis Strip Die to cut a piece of cream and add that die cut down the side of the card.  I've then added another panel of Rustic Beauty Collection Paper matted with burgundy card.  I've stamped the hands from Handle With Prayer in Memento Rich Cocoa and coloured with Copics (E000, E01, E11, E13, E81, E84, E87, E89, RV10) and then die cut with Praying Hands die and popped up on foam tape.  I've then stamped the sentiment from Handle With Prayer in Memento Bamboo Leaves and die cut with Lavish Layers die and popped it up on foam tape and finished with a couple of chocolate pearls.

Stamps - Handle With Prayer (ODBD)
Paper - X-press It Blending Card, Burgundy Card, Cream Card, River Rock, ODBD Rustic Beauty Collection Paper
Ink - Memento Rich Cocoa and Bamboo Leaves
Accessories - Copics, ODBD Praying Hands, Trellis Strip and Lavish Layers Dies, X-press It Foam Tape, Chocolate Pearls

Make sure you visit the Breadsticks' Blogs and leave a comment for your chance to win! You're going to love what they have for you!!

Cathy * Grace * Kathy * Robin * Lisa * Dawn * Sandee * Angie * Julie 

* Sabrina * Chris * Diana * Lori * Anita * Helen

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That's all from me today, thanks for visiting, enjoy the hop (don't forget to comment!) and hope you are inspired to stamp!  :)