For the Love of.......Animals

 Welcome to Our Daily Bread Design's Alumni Team's bi-monthly For the Love Blog Hop.  This week the Alumni team along with some of the ODBD designers are featuring a hop For the Love of Animals! Check out each link and leave a comment. If you get lost along the way, check the ODBD blog for full list of links.  One of the post is a hop 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 Wednesday, November 7th at 6 pm (US EST).   Enjoy all the beautiful designs featuring For the Love of Animals!

If you've arrived here from Deb's blog, then you are in the right place, if not, you may want to start back at the ODBD Blog so you don't miss any of the inspiration along the way.  I've chosen Noah's Ark for my card today, as soon as I heard the hop was Animal themed, I thought, what could be more perfect than an Ark full of animals in the Noah's Ark stamp set!!  :)

Today I've started with a base of blue bazzill and layered with white (pierced) and some DCWV paper.  Next I've stamped the Noah's Ark in Memento Tuxedo Black onto X-press It Blending Card and coloured with Copics and cut out with scissors.  This was popped up on foam tape over the embossed Labels 1 and Decorative Labels 1 panel.  To finish I've added a blue ribbon, blue bow and a notched tag using the sentiment from the same stamp set.

Stamps - Noah's Ark (ODBD)
Paper - X-press It Blending Card, Blue Bazzill, White, DCWV Nana's Nursery
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories - Copics, Labels 1 and Decorative Labels 1 Nestabilities, Bricks and Bark Mbossibilities, Blue Satin Ribbon, Bow Easy, Paper Piercer, Mat Pack, Scissors, X-press It High Tack Foam Tape.

Your next stop is the lovely and amazingly talented SILKE!

That's all from me today, thanks for visiting and enjoy the hop!

Santa is coming.....

Hello Everyone! Can you believe that Christmas will be here in just over 2 months????  Eeeeek!!!  Me either!!!  Needless to say I have to get cracking on cards and present buying!!  Since today is Create with Me Monday on the Flourishes Blog, I've decided to do a tutorial on colouring the red of this Santa Boot from their new Dear Santa set.  You can find the tutorial HERE!

To create the card, I've used a base of Riding Hood Red and layered with white and some Echo Park Very Merry DP.  Next I've created another panel of more red and the reverse side of the Very Merry DP.  I've cut some red with Tear Drop Circle Nestabilities and matted with white cut with Small Circle Nestabilities.  The image and sentiment from Dear Santa have been stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black onto Xpress It Blending Card and coloured with Copics.  I've then cut the boot out with scissors and popped it up on foam tape.  The sentiment I've made into a notched tag and attached with some red satin ribbon and bow.  To finish I've added a few Kaisercraft Silver Rhinestones to accent.

Stamps - Dear Santa (Flourishes)
Paper - Xpress It Blending Card, Riding Hood Red, White, Echo Park Very Merry DP
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories - Copics, Tear Drop Circle and Small Circle Nestabilities, Red Satin Ribbon, Bow Easy, Kaisercraft Silver Rhinestones.

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

Help Darsie!!

Help designer Darsie Bruno recover from a fire in her home

Do you have home owner insurance or renters insurance?  You need to!!  Even if you think you can't fit it in your budget this personal story will make you pick up the phone and call your insurance agent tomorrow morning!!

Design team member Darsie Bruno was awakened Tuesday morning by neighbors yelling that the duplex she lived in was on fire. The fire ignited in the other tenant's side of the duplex.







We are so thankful that Darise and her son were safely evacuated from her duplex and that no one was harmed. Firefighters had to go through her side of the duplex to put out the fire on the neighbors side of the duplex and they fought the fire from her craft room.  Of course her craft room was destroyed. Darsie actual had a price quote for renters insurance sitting on her desk.  She wishes that she filled out that form for renter's insurance and urges each of to get insurance if you don't have it. The fee is so small in comparison to having to replace all your belongings.

I can't imagine what Darsie is going through.  She is currently being assisted by the Red Cross, they have provided her with hotel lodging for three days and she is looking for a new place to live.  Many fellow designers, friends and blog readers have asked how we can all help Darsie.

The following companies -JustRite, Spellbinders, QuietFire Designs , The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store and Splitcoast Stampers are working together on a fund raising campaign to help Darsie find a new home and put her life back together. Of course Darsie will need new craft supplies which we can all help with but what she needs most at the moment is donations so that replace the items in her house that have been damaged by smoke.

If you would like to help Darsie with a small contribution please click on the donate button below and you can make a donation directly into Darsie's paypal account.




Kellie Fortin spoke with Darsie earlier and she is overwelmed by the emotional support and prayers that have been sent her way.  Any donation no matter how small will help.

The outpouring of community support for Darsie has been a true blessing - you can read Darsie's post to all of you this morning here.  The friendships we make in this community are amazing and this week we have been truly blessed that Darsie was not harmed in the fire and that you have been here supporting her.

Darsie found a new place to live yesterday and is so relieved that she will soon be in a new home. Many of you have mentioned that you would like to send Darsie crafting supplies or cards.  If you would like to send Darsie something please contact Angela Barkhouse at agbark@roadrunner.com and she will send you  Darsie's new address.  I prefer not to post Darsie's new address on the web. Thank you for all your love and support.

Thank You Berry Much!

Hello Everyone!!!  Today I've made a card simply because I was inspired by the reds and greens popping up in the stores, but instead of doing Christmas, I've coloured these raspberries, I've always loved how these really come to life!  :)

I've made a base of white cut with Spellbinders A2 Polka Dots and then added a layer of Old Olive and a piece of dotty paper from October Afternoon.  Around the bottom of this I attached a piece of red satin ribbon.  The berries are from Flourishes' Berry Sweet stamp set and has been stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black onto X-press It Blending Card and coloured with Copics (R32, R35, R37, R39, RV99, G20, G21, G24, G28 and B0000).  I've cut it out with Lacey Oval Nestabilities and popped up on X-press It High Tack Foam Tape.  Next I've stamped the sentiment from the same set, cut it out with Large Circle Nestabilities and matted with Riding Hood Red cut with Small Circle Nestabilities and adhered to the top corner.  To finish I've added a red bow to the bottom corner!  :)

Stamps - Berry Sweet (Flourishes)
Paper - X-press It Blending Card, White, Old Olive, Riding Hood Red, October Afternoon Modern Homemaker DP
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories - Copics, Spellbinders A2 Polka Dots, Large and Small Circle Nestabilities and Lacey Oval Nestabilities, Red Satin Ribbon, Bow Easy, X-press It Glue Pen and High Tack Foam Tape.

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

Think Pink!

Hello Everyone!!  October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and the team at Copic Oz are having a challenge to use your Copics to create a PINK PROJECT!  For EVERY entry, $5 will be donated to the McGrath Foundation to support women with Breast Cancer!  Come play with us and help support this very worthy cause!!!  You can find all the details HERE!!!

I've made my card with a base of pink bazzill and layered with white (cut with Romantic Rectangle Nestabilities).  Next is a piece of Kaisercraft Tigerlily DP.  Around this I've added a piece of white edged ribbon and I've coloured the edges with RV52 Copic Marker to make them pink!  The next panel is more white cut with Lacey Oval Nestabilities and layered with more Tigerlily paper cut with Large Oval Nestabilities.  My feature is a t-shirt with the Breast Cancer ribbon in the middle, both are stamps from Flourishes Think Pink stamp set.  The shirt is coloured with G40, G43, G46 and the ribbon with RV00, RV52, RV55.  I've cut the shirt out with scissors and popped it up on some X-press It High Tack Foam Tape.  The sentiment has been stamped on white and cut out with Fancy Framed Tags Shapeabilities and matted with pink cut with the matching die.  To finish I've coloured some clear rhinestones with RV66 Copic and also made them pink!!!

Stamps - Think Pink (Flourishes)
Paper - X-press It Blending Card, Pink Bazzill (2 shades), White, Kaisercraft Tigerlily DP
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories - Copics, Romantic Rectangle, Lacey Oval and Large Oval Nestabilities and Fancy Framed Tags Shapeabilities, White Ribbon, Clear Rhinestones, X-press It High Tack Foam Tape.

I truly hope that you'll consider playing the Copic Oz Challenge this month, you will raise $5 for Breast Cancer and have the opportunity to win the Flourishes Think Pink Stamp Set, an Acrylic Block and some X-press It Blending Card!!  The challenge is open from October 3rd through to October 29th (Australian Time).

Thanks for visiting and hope you are inspired to stamp!!!  :)

Beautiful World Tour - Imitation!

Hello Everyone and welcome to the October Flourishes Beautiful World Tour!! Once again, it's time to get those passports ready, grab a cup of coffee and prepare for take off as once again we prepare to travel the world and be inspired by talented girls from all parts of the globe!

Did you know that your travels around the Flourishes World gives you the opportunity to WIN?? All we ask is that you do a little globetrotting and stamp our passports (leave us a comment) and you could WIN A FREE FLOURISHES STAMP SET!!! The catch is, you don't know which country is going to be this month's Vacation Spot (chosen blog), so leave a comment on each one by October 31st for your chance to win!!!

This month our hostess is the lovely DINA and our challenge is to CASE each other!!! We've all been inspired by other talented papercrafters at various times and a CASE challenge (Copy And Share Everything) is one of the best ways to get those creative juices flowing! Come travel with us and see which team member has inspired us to get crafty!

If you've jetted in from Linda's blog, then you have arrived at the right destination! If you haven't, perhaps you'd like to start your journey back in Florida at the Flourishes Blog so you don't miss all the beautiful inspiration along the way!

Today I'm casing Naomi and found this super sweet baby card on her blog!

I've kept the pink theme, changed the black to white, used a different stamp set and removed the sentiment tag.

For my card, I've used a base of pink bazzill and layered with a piece of white that I've cut with Romantic Rectangle Nestabilities.  Next I've cut a piece of Kaisercraft The Lake House DP and curved the corners.  Over this panel I've added a piece of white crochet lace and topped with some pretty pink satin pleated ribbon.  The feature panel is the  Summer Blossoms set stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black and has been coloured with Copics and cut with Large Oval Nestabilities and matted with white cut with Lacey Oval Nestabilities.  The panel has been popped up on foam tape and to finish I've added some Kaisercraft Rose Pearls to the corners.

Stamps - Summer Blossoms (Flourishes)
Paper - Blending Card, Pink Bazzill, White, Kaisercraft The Lake House DP
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories - Copics, Large Oval, Lacey Oval and Romantic Rectangle Nestabilities, White Crochet Lace, Pink Satin Pleated Ribbon, Kaisercraft Rose Pearls, Foam Tape.

Thanks for taking time to visit me, it's time to grab your passports and return to the Flourishes Blog and thanks for traveling with us today!!!  :)

Thank You Marigolds

Hello Everyone!!  Today I was playing around with some JustRite Papercraft stamps and this is the finished result!  I never seem to have any thank you cards, so I thought I'd make this for my stash!  :)

It's a nice easy card to make and I've actually used three different stamp sets - didn't plan it that way, it's just the way my day rolled!  :)  I began with a base of Old Olive and layered with Very Vanilla and topped with a piece of white that has been stamped with Autumn Damask Background Stamp in Memento Cantaloupe.

Next I've made a panel of olive and topped with white.  On this I've stamped the large squarish medallion from Lace Medallion Labels in Memento Desert Sand.

Across the bottom of the panel I've attached a piece of green satin ribbon and topped it with yellow satin ribbon.  The sentiment is also from Lace Medallion Labels, stamped in Memento Rich Cocoa and cut out with Spellbinders Fancy Framed Tags Two (sponged with a little Memento Cantaloupe) and popped up on foam tape.

To add some pop to the lace medallion, I've stamped the Marigolds from Seeds of Summer in Memento Tuxedo Black and coloured them with Copics (Y21, Y35, Y38, G20, G24, G28).  They've been cut out with scissors and popped up on foam tape in the centre of the medallion.

To finish I've just added a little paper piercing to the corners of the lace panel.

I'm also entering this into this week's CASE Study Challenge!

Stamps - Autumn Damask Background, Lace Medallion Labels, Seeds of Summer (JustRite)
Paper - X-press It Blending Card, Old Olive, Very Vanilla, White
Ink - Memento Cantaloupe, Rich Cocoa, Tuxedo Black, Desert Sand
Accessories - Copics, Fancy Framed Tags Two, Green and Yellow Satin Ribbon, Scissors, Foam Tape, Paper Piercer.

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

For the Love of.....The Blessings Collection

Welcome to Our Daily Bread Design's Alumni Team's bi-monthly For the Love Blog Hop.  This week the Alumni team along with some of the ODBD designers are featuring a hop For the Love of The Blessings Collection! Check out each link and leave a comment. If you get lost along the way, check the ODBD blog for full list of links.  One of the post is a hop 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 Wednesday, October 10th at 6 pm.   Enjoy all the beautiful designs using For the Love of The Blessings Collection!

I created my card on a base of Very Vanilla and layered with Chocolate Chip and some MME Sunshine DP.  I've stamped the sentiment from Ask, Seek, Knock in Memento Rich Cocoa onto Very Vanilla and then gone over the words ASK, SEEK and KNOCK with Gold Spica.  I've cut it out with Large Oval Nestabilities and matted it with Chocolate Chip cut with Floral Oval Nestabilities and then matted it again with some Beeswax Bazzill cut with Labels 23 Nestabilities.  To embellish I've used some small ZVA flowers and cut a flourish from the Spellbinders Jewel Flowers and Flourishes die set.  I've cut the larger flourish into smaller pieces to accent around the flowers.  I've made sure the flowers don't fall off by gluing them with Clear Gel Glue!

Stamps - Ask, Seek, Knock (ODBD)
Paper - Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, MME Sunshine DP
Ink - Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories - Spellbinders Large Oval, Floral Oval and Labels 23 Nestabilities and Jewel Flowers and Flourishes Shapeabilities, ZVA Flowers, Gold Spica, Clear Gel Glue

The next destination for you on today's hop is the lovely and fabulously talented........SILKE!!!

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