ODBD December Scrapbook Challenge

Hi everyone!!  We're into week 2 of the Our Daily Bread Designs December Scrapbook Challenge.  Because December is a busy time of year and sketches are so easy and fun, we decided to challenge you to another sketch challenge this month! So your scrapbook challenge for December is to: create a layout of any size using ODBD stamps and the sketch below. Have fun with it! Turn it, add more than two photos, make a journaling box, etc. There are lots of fun things you can do with a sketch.

This month I decided to do an 8x8  heritage layout.  After my mom passed away, I found a small photo album that belonged to her mother.  The album is falling apart and I don't know who a lot of the people in the photos are, but I decided to scrapbook the photos to preserve a piece of my past.  This photo is of my grandmother, Ida B,  probably taken in the late 1920's.  The writing on the photo is hers.

I stamped my sentiment with a stamp from the new Little Things stamp set, part of the ODBD Blessings Collection.  The lace is actually a border stamp from the Serve the Lord set, cut out with the coordinating Crocheted Border die.  The coordinating dies make using stamped images on your layouts so easy.  Just stamp the image on a separate piece of cardstock, cut it out using the coordinating die and use it on your layout just like a die cut.  The doily was diecut using the Cheery Lynn French Pastry Doily die and the patterned paper is from the Prima Printery 6x6 paper pad.  I inked the patterned paper a bit using Tim Holtz Distress and Colorbox Chalk Inks to add a little color.

Supplies: 
ODBD Little Things and Serve the Lord stamp sets
ODBD Crocheted Border Die
Cheery Lynn French Pastry Doiy Die
Prima Printery 6x6 Paper Pad
Prima Printery Jardinere and Avon Rose Flowers
Recollections Gem Flourish
Tim Holtz Distress and Colorbox Chalk Ink
Fiskars Scallop Border Punch

To see all the challenge guidelines and how you can win a $20 gift certificate to the Our Daily Bread Designs store click here.  The challenge runs through Saturday December 31st, 6:00 PM EST.

I hope you decide to join in this challenge. I can't wait to see what you create

Stickles

Don't you just love Stickles??!!  They make everything so sparkly.  A little Stickles can turn a plain patterned paper into something extraordinary.  For my 4th of July layout I added Stickles to the fireworks on the border strip to give them that extra sparkle. 

Supplies:

Patterned Paper & Stickers - some older stuff I had in my stash, not sure who makes it.

Quickutz Yogurt Font

Stickles

K & Co. and Recollections Star Gems

Thanks for stopping by.

11-11-11

Hello Everyone,

Some of you have let me know that you are a little disappointed at the infrequency of my blog posts lately.  I am so humbled and grateful that you actually look forward to seeing my work on a regular basis and I am making a commitment to post more frequently.

Today's layout uses photos that were taken on 11/11/11.  TJ and I were at a local shopping center and we were surprized to see that they had already put up the Christmas decorations.  The pictures are the first photos I took with my new iphone  (thanks Tim :)) and I am really happy with how they turned out considering I wasn't sure of what I was doing LOL.  Can you believe that Verizon actually offers classes on how to use the phone?!

Supplies:
Autumn Leaves patterned paper      
ODBD Ornaments 2 stamp set   
Spellbinders 2011 Heirloom Ornaments dies
Ranger Embossing ink and powder
gems, ribbon, buttons, brads
Krylon Gold Leafing Pen
QK and Lifestyle Crafts dies


Thanks for stopping by.  Be blessed.

Our Daily Bread Designs December Blog Hop

Happy December!!!  It's new release day at Our Daily Bread Designs and you know what that means...new stamps and a blog hop!  I am honored to be representing the Scrapbook Team on the hop this month.  If you arrived here from Betty's blog, you are in the right place. If not, you might want to start at the Our Daily Bread Designs blog and hop from there for a chance to win one of several prizes and receive lots of inspiration along the way.

Here are the hop details:
The hop will run from 8 am EDT Dec 1 to 8 pm EDT Dec 2  and there will be prizes! Six blessed people will win one free stamp set of their choice!  Merry Christmas!! To qualify to win one of these prizes, hop to each designers blog and leave a comment. After you have completed the hop, return to the Our Daily Bread Designs blog and leave a comment telling us that you have completed the hop, making note if there were any designers blogs that you couldn't comment on. In your comment include the answer to the question that appears on the ODBD blog. The winners will be announced on the Our Daily Bread Designs blog on December 3.

For my layout today,  I used The Word of God stamp set.   I love this set so much that I used all 4 of the stamps in the set on my layout.

I stamped the image twice, fussy cut both of them, colored one with prismacolor pencils and gamsol, and then layered the images with pop dots for dimension.  I stamped the 3 scriptures on journaling blocks that I cut from the patterned paper, embellished them, and used 2 different sizes of pop dots to adhere them in varying levels. The title was cut using Quickutz/Lifestyle Crafts font dies.

Supplies:
ODBD The Word of God Stamp Set
Simple Stories 25 Days of Christmas Patterned Paper
Bazzill Cardstock
Making Memories FA LA LA Brad, Tag and Buttons
Quickutz Rockstar Font Dies
Lifestyle Crafts Hello Goodbye Font Dies
Prismacolor Pencils
Gamsol
VersaFine and Tim Holtz Distress Ink

From here you will hop to Grace's blog. Thanks for hopping along with us. Enjoy the rest of the hop!

Tall Enough

Last week I posted a layout titled "Not Yet Tall Enough".  Well I'm happy to report that now he is tall enough, in fact he's taller than me :).  But you'll never catch me on those rides LOL.

Looks like he was having a great time!!

A little tip...Don't want to spend the money on those overpriced ride photos at the theme park??  Take a photo of the viewinig monitor and capture all the action for the cost of a print.  

Supplies:

Club Scrap Patterned Paper

Karen Foster Designs Rub Ons & Stickers

Quickutz Ticket Die

Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Thanks for stopping by. 



Give Thanks...with a grateful heart

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!  We all have so much to be thankful for.  I have been so blessed that if I began to list everything I am thankful for, this post would never end :). So I've decided to just list the top 3...

     I am thankful that God is the head of my life, that He will never leave me nor
     forsake me, and that I am growing in grace each and every day.
  
     I am thankful for my 2 Tims who love me unconditionally and bless me more
     than they'll ever know.

     I am thankful for my parents who raised me according to Proverbs 22:6...Train
     a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not turn from it. 

What are you thankful for?  Take a few moments today to reflect and give thanks.

Supplies:
MAMBI patterned paper and stickers
Bazzill Cardstock
ODBD Our Daily Bread and Scripture Series 2
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist
Tim Holtz Distress Ink
Versafine and Mememto Ink

Now I know that after Thanksgiving we're all up for a sale.  Our Daily Bread Designs is having a "We Give Thanks to God" special with 10% off and free shipping.  Check out this post on the ODBD Blog  to see some beautiful "Give Thanks" cards and layouts from the ODBD design team and to get all the details of the sale.

May you enjoy your Thanksgiving Day and don't forget to Give Thanks!!

Not Yet Tall Enough

Today's layout is about a visit to Busch Gardens Williamsburg in the summer of 2006.   Upon entering the park, there is a station where they measure the kids and give them a color coded wristband which indicates which rides they are tall enough to ride.  TJ had just turned 9 and wasn't tall enough to ride any of the "bigger" rides. These photos made me smile while I was creating this layout as now my son is taller than I am.

Supplies:
Piggy Tales Patterned Paper
ODBD Seed Packet and Grow In Grace stamp sets
VersaFine Ink
QK Abigail and Studio fonts
LC Scalloped Rectangles die
Buttons, Floss

Thanks for stopping by.  Be sure to come back to find out when he is tall enough. :)