Our Daily Bread Stamps....Proverbs 3:5, 6

Good morning Friends....I hope you are having a great start to a wonderful weekend!! As you are reading this, I am off fishing with my wonderful family. We have been so busy this last week with staining and building a new fence around our humble abode. It will looks so nice when we are done, but we need a "forget it, lets go fishing day". I will post any of the "catches".

I wanted to share today another card with Our Daily Bread Design stamps. I love this scripture and it is for sure my favorite scripture.

Here are the supplies used:

Cardstock: Very Vanilla & Not Quite Navy (Stampin' Up)

Patterned Paper: October Afternoon & Basic Grey

Ink: Jet Black Stazon

Dies: Butterfly Wings (Stampin' Up); Ovals & Scallops (Spellbinders)

Ribbon: (Stampin' Up)

If you like what you see, please let me know. I love reading your comments.

I hope you enjoy your weekend. Please check back tomorrow for the Verve Stamps 3rd

Anni-VERVE-sary party!!!!

Our Daily Bread Design Stamps....Simple & Beautiful

Good morning blogging friends!! I hope you are having a wonderful week. It is BLAZING hot here in Western Montana, but being an Arizona girl at heart, I AM LOVING IT. For me, the hotter the better!!!

That brings me to today's card... another wonderful scripture stamp from Our Daily Bread Designs. I love how simply elegant this card is.

Here are the supplies that I used:

Stampin' Up Whisper White cardstock, Versamark embossing ink, detail black embossing powder, Cuttlebug embossing folder

Please let me know what you think of this card. I love to read your comments.

I also have listed all the left over Stampin' Up stamp sets in my Etsy Shop. Please take the time to look. These sets are really CHEAP!!! All the sets are like brand new. I also have some handmade greeting cards and beaded crosses in there.

Viva La Verve Week Four

This wraps up our last week of Viva La Verve July edition. There are still a few days to join in the fun. You can find out all about it at the SCS Verve Forum.

There are four weeks of challenges all with wonderful sketches and photo inspiration.

Also, this Sunday, is the 3rd Anni-VERV-sary for VERVE STAMPS!!! There will be a blog hop and prizes!! Yeah whooo.....Who doesn't like prizes??? Check out all the deets here!!!!

Here is what I used for my card.....

Card Dimensions: 4.25 x 5.5

Card Stock: Basic Black, Perfect Plum, Whisper White (Stampin' Up)

Stamps: Blue Skies (Verve Stamps)

Ink: Jet Black Stazon

Dies: Label (Spellbinders); Lattice Sizzix Die (Stampin' Up)

Ribbon: Joann's

Brad: Stampin' Up

Vellum: Close To My Heart

That's it....I hope you like it. If you do, please leave a comment and let me know.

For those of you that don't know, I have a few stamp sets for sale on my Etsy Store. These sets are reaaallly inexpensive. Please take a look here.

I hope you have a super day!!!

Our Daily Bread Design Stamps....

I recently ran across some wonderful stamps from a stamp company called Our Daily Bread Designs. They have tons of sets of stamps, but I thought that my first purchase should be The Scripture Series. I bought both sets and I made a card with every stamp in each set. Look forward to it, you will be seeing an Our Daily Bread Design card for the next few days.

There is also a Our Daily Bread Design forum at SCS. You should visit and take part in their weekly challenges!

Here are the supplies I used:

Cardstock: Kraft, So Saffron & Very Vanilla (Stampin' Up)

Patterned Paper: Nook & Pantry (Basic Grey)

Stamps: Scripture Series (Our Daily Bread Designs)

Ink: Craft Chocolate Chip (Stampin' Up); Antique Linen (Ranger)

Extras: Paper crimper, lace, scallop punch, glimmer mist

Well....there it is.... I hope you likey. If you do, leave me a comment and let me know! I hope you all have a super day!!!

I have all of my left over stamp sets that are for sale listed on my Etsy Shop, please take the time to look to see if anything you can't live without. They are WICKED CHEAP!!!!!

Have a wonderful day all!!!

Happy Birthday Julee!!!!

Happy Birthday Julee !!! I hope you have a wonderful day!! Enjoy this blog hop and know that someone in Montana is wishing you a Happy Day today!!!

Here are the supplies that I used on my card:

Card Dimension: 5.5 x 4.25

Card Stock: Kraft (Stampin' Up)

Patterned Paper: Two Scoops (Basic Grey)

Stamps: Blue Skies & Circular Saying (Verve Stamps)

Ink: Close to Cocoa & Craft Whisper White (Stampin' Up)

To continue on with your Birthday Blog Hog , please check out the wonderful

Shannan Teubner.

If you are just stopping by today, it is Julee Tilman's birthday today and Amber ( Verve Diva) thought it would be fun if we had a **SURPRISE** blog hop for her.

Julee is the owner and illustrator for Verve Stamps.

If you would like to start from the very beginning, start HERE.

Please take a look at Julee's blog and be inspired by her wonderful artistry!!

Paper Craft Connection Go To Sketch Challenge #5

Happy Day Blogging friends!! I hope this finds you and yours well!!

Some of you that regularly visit my blog have seen the Slide album to the right side of my posts. In that "sliding album" I am following the Papercrafts Go To Sketch Book page for page and trying to use each sketch to make a card. It is fun and challenging. Most of the sketches in there, I would never have used if I wouldn't have tried to challenge myself.

This Monday morning, I was doing my morning blogging and reading the Papercrafts Connection blog, when I realized that Papercrafts has Go To Sketch Challenges. Darn it! I could have been submitting all along! Anyway, I am in now, and I want to share my first challenge with you.

This is Sketch Challenge #5. You can view the sketch HERE. All the deets on making an entry can be found HERE.

Here is the card that I made...

Here are the supplies that I used:

Card Stock: Kraft & Very Vanilla (Stampin' Up)

Vellum: Close To My Heart

Stamps: Scripture Collection 1 (Our Daily Bread Designs)

Ink: Craft Chocolate Chip (Stampin Up)

Die: Lattice Pendant Die (Spellbinders)

Ribbon: Kraft Taffeta Ribbon (Stampin' Up)

Pearls: (Stampin' Up)

Pretty simple little card and I am now in love with my Lattice die from Spellbinders.

I hope you enjoyed taking a look at my card today and I hope you have a wonderful day. Please stop by again!

Viva La Verve Week 3...Right Here...

Goood morning all!! I hope this finds you all well and rested for the day. Today I want to share the card the I entered in the July Viva La Verve week three challenge! In this challenge, an inspiration and a sketch are posted every week. If you play all month long, there is a wonderful VERVE prize at the end of the month. If you have VERVE stamps, then you are going to want to play, because Verve Stamps ROCK!!! You can check out Verve Stamps on any of the links that say VERVE!! FYI VERVE fans, on August 1s

t, Verve will be three years old and to celebrate, there will be a blog hop. Click on the Verve blog hop on the right hand side of the blog and put in your blog address. The only stipulation is that you use VERVE stamps. If you don't have any, there is still time. Verve has the fasting shipping of any stamps company around.

{Geez...if there was a contest for how many times someone could say VERVE, I would totally win!!}

OK....now on to the really fun stuff..

This week we picked out out own inspiration from Themebath.com. I chose the Crayola collection. I mostly chose the Crayola collection because I have these wonderful holographic sticky sheets that my Mom sent me and I

have been wanting to use them. To be honest, holographic sticky sheets really aren't my bag, but I wanted to use them, because my Mom was kind enough to send them, so this is what I came up with.

AND....I also got to use my new Verve Stamp Set, Blue Skies. Which I love. It is one of Verve's new releases. Check it out HERE!!

Here are the supplies that I used on my card:

Card Dimensions: 5.25 x 5.25

Card Stock: Whisper White, Green Galore (Stampin' Up)

Patterned Paper : Holographic Sticky Sheets

Stamps: Blue Skies (Verve)

Ink: Jet Black Stazon

Pretty easy.

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you have a blessed day and you stop again soon!!

Waltzing Mouse Sketch Challenge #6

Good morning!! First of all, I want everyone to know that I CASED this elegant card from Kimberly Crawford, owner and designer of Mint Motif stamps. I had never used this Spellbinders die before and now I have three cards under my belt with it. Thank you Kimberly!!

Now, with that being said, I can move onto this weeks Waltzing Mouse Sketch Challenge.

While you are there, you can check out that last week, I was chosen as Top 3 Mouse at the Waltzing Mouse Sketch blog. You can see the card and my new award at the right of the screen next to this post.

I had to make two cards for this challenge. The number one reason is that I had to cut the amazing Lattice Pendant die cut in half for the card and I didn't want to waste. Also, the stamping room if fairly small for this card and I wanted to make a card with the wonderful "Trust In Him" stamp from Waltzing Mouse's, Words of Wisdom set.

Here is a photo of both cards...

Here is the photo of the "Trust In Him" card.

Last week, my card used the same sentiment, so I was reluctant to use it again. Oh well, were having fun showcasing all of Claire's awesome stamps right???

Here are the supplies that I used to make the card:

Card Dimensions: 4 x 4

Card Stock: Whisper White & Basic Black (Stampin' Up)

Stamps: Words of Wisdom & Fancy Phrases (Waltzing Mouse Stamps)

Ink: Archival Ink (Ranger)

Dies: Lattice Pendant Die (Spellbinders)

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you enjoyed the cards.

Have a great day and I hope you have time to stop again!!!

Happy 8th Birthday Kaylee!!!!

Good morning Friends!!!

I hope this post & card find you well today! Today my wonderful bonus child is 8 years old!! I can't believe it. Where has the last few years gone. Already in 3rd grade?

Here is the card that I made for her birthday. The last few birthday cards that I have posted have been seen by the recipient before they received them, either here or on Facebook. This time I was smart. I gave her the card BEFORE I post. Duh!!

Here are the supplies that I used:

Card Dimensions: 4.25 x 5.5

Card Stock: Certainly Celery, Whisper White, Pixie Pink (Stampin' Up)

Ink: Pixie Pink, Certainly Celery (Stampin' Up)

Stamps: Punched Posies & Birthday Greetings (Stampin' Up)l; Signature Greetings (Papertrey Ink)

Dies: Daisy's #2 (Sizzix), Flower Punch (Stampin' Up)

Extras: Eucalyptus & Fruit Punch Stickles (Ranger); Embroidery thread & buttons (Craft Supply)

Thanks for stopping by and taking a peek today!! Let me know what you think of Kaylee's card! I'm pretty sure that Kaylee hasn't taken to reading blogs just yet, but anyway....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BUGS!!!! I love you!!!

Color Throwdown & CPS 176

Good morning! I hope you all had a super weekend and a great time with you families. We had quite a bit going on. We got in some four wheeling, as well as a family BBQ for Kaylee's birthday. Church and softball on Sunday. Couldn't ask for much more.

It takes me up to Monday, where I got some card making in. This card is following the theme of a couple challenges. Color Throwdown #101 and CPS 176. Great sketch and a wonderful color scheme. I couldn't help but play with all of it together!! If you have a chance today, jump in and play along.

Here are the supplies I used:

Card Dimensions: 5.5 x 4.25

Card Stock: Kraft, Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze (Stampin' Up)

Patterned Paper: Urban Oasis DSP (Stampin' Up)

Stamps: Scripture Collection 2 (Our Daily Bread Designs)

Ink: Jet Black Stazon

Extras: Ribbon (Stampin' Up); Brads(Joann's)

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you have a great day in your area. Please stop by anytime!!!

Viva La Verve July Week Two...

Happy Sunday!! I hope you weekend has been super fun!! My family and I have been having a good weekend. We had a family and friends BBQ on Saturday for our daughters 8th birthday! You gotta love weekends like this!!

The card here today is from the Viva La Verve Challenge at SCS. Love this challenge! Amber Dawn always give us some good inspiration. This week it was shower curtains (funny, I know). Here is the one that I chose...

I was also able to use a few new products that I haven't gotten to use before. One being wood sheets and a new Tim Holtz die. I also made a handmade flower for this card, which after I uploaded the card here, I realized that a stitch may be coming out. Darn it!!

Here are the supplies used:

Card Dimensions: 5.5 x 4.25

Card Stock: Kraft, Close to Cocoa, Wood Sheets (Stampin' Up)

Patterned Paper: Parisian Breeze (Stampin' Up)

Stamps: Verve Stamps

Ink: Walnut Stain, Antique Linen (TH Distress Ink)

Dies: Hanging Sign (Tim Holtz for Sizzix)

Extras: Stickles (Ranger), Ribbon (Stampin' Up), Fabric (Joann's), eyelets (Crop A Dile)

Thank you for taking time out of your Sunday to stop by!! I'd love to see you again!!!

A New Creation.... Not A Card!!!

Good afternoon!!! If you came to see my Cardabilities.com post, please click HERE.

Last evening my Father and his wife came to visit and in their motor home, I saw the most beautiful bead and wire cross. I was so inspired that this morning I got up and took myself to Ace for some wire and I was off to the races.

Let me know what you think of my new creation. I am pretty proud of it. I plan on making many more!!

Thanks for taking a peek. Let me know what you think of my crosses!! I'd love to hear your opinion. Right now I have only had mine and my son Travis's. I think they are wonderful and I told him he had to think they were wonderful also!! hehe.

Have a good night!!

Dimensions: 5.5 x 7

Dimensions: 6 x 7.5

Moxie Fab World Card Style Clean & Graphic!!

Good morning Everyone! I hope your Tuesday turned out amazing!! Mine did. The weather here in Western Montana cooled off just a tad and we had nice breezes! It was great, but I am ready to go back to *HOT* weather again. I love a hot summer. I am originally from Arizona, so *HOT* weather is appealing to me.

Today I am entering another Moxie Fab World Card Style Challenge. This is a Clean & Graphic style! The wonderful people at Paper Crafts magazine have put out another great publication and you could win your free issue by leaving comments on Moxie Fab World or Paper Crafts Connection!

On to my creation! It is ironic that this card is the style challenge this week, because a friend of mine asked me to make a wedding card for a friend of hers and I have been thinking that I wanted to go Clean & Simple with it. I think that white space has such an elegant look. I was also inspired by Erin K with her card at SCS. I was so excited when I stumbled upon it, because I love this chandelier stamp by Hero Arts and don't use it very much!!

Here are the supplies that I used to make my card:

Card Dimensions: 5.5 x 4.25

Card Stock: Whisper White, Basic Black (Stampin' Up)

Stamps: Chandelier (Hero Arts); Signature Greetings (Papertrey Ink)

Ink: Versamark

Extras: Detail Black Embossing Powder (Missoula Memory Lane)

Well, there it it....

I hope you have a wonderful day and I hope that you have a chance to participate in the challenges over at Moxie Fab World & Paper Craft Connections!

ONE MORE THING....THURSDAY, JULY 15TH....IS OUR NEW DESIGN TEAM REVEAL AT CARDABILITIES.COM. PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO STOP BY AND PLAY ALONG WITH OUR SKETCHES!! IT IS THE FIRST REVEAL OF OUR NEW DESIGN TEAM AND YOURS TRULY IS ON THAT TEAM!!! Would love to see you there!!

Waltzing Mouse Sketch Challenge #5

Hey everyone! I have a lot going on my blog the next few days, so I needed to make two posts today so I can enter in the Waltzing Mouse Sketch Challenge.

I am so in love with the stamps from Waltzing Mouse that I enter their challenge weekly in hopes that I may win a free set of my choice some day. Believe me, it is worth taking the time to enter. You don't have to use Waltzing Mouse stamps, they just want you to play. If you have time, take a look HERE.

At the end of this week, Waltzing Mouse is also hosting a Friends of Waltzing Mouse Blog Waltz. CLICK HERE for all the details on how to participate in the waltz. This months will be my first, so please check back on Saturday for all the fun. Waltzers will be eligible for prizes as well. Please check out all the details HERE or click on the Waltzing Mouse Blog Waltz icon on the top right side of my blog.

Now for this week's sketch challenge...

Here is the sketch inspiration...

Here is my interpretation....

Card Stock: Very Vanilla, So Saffron, Chocolate Chip, Regal Rose (Stampin' Up)

Stamps: Words of Wisdom, Very Vintage Labels 10 (Waltzing Mouse Stamps); Tres Chic (Stampin' Up)

Ink: Chocolate Chip (Stampin' Up)

Die Cut: Scallop Trim Border Punch (Stampin' Up), Label 10 (Spellbinders Nestabilities); Leaf Die (Stampin' Up)

Extras: Detail Clear Embossing Powder (Missoula Memory Lane), Ribbon (Joann's)

Thanks for stopping by!! I'd love to hear what you think of my card. Please leave a comment! They really make my day!!

ALSO....One more thing. JULY 15TH is the CARDABILITIES.COM **NEW** DESIGN TEAM REVEAL!! Yours truly is on the Design Team. Please take the time to stop by and play!!!

Have a great day!!

Moxie Fab World Card Style Week!!

Good morning!!! Today I am participating in the Moxie Fab World Card Style Week Fun & Cute challenge!!!

First of all, there isn't a publication that Paper Crafts doesn't put out that isn't amazing and I have to read from cover to cover. I love everything about them. I have publications from YEARS back and I still reference them from time to time.

Please take the time to stop by Moxie Fab World or Paper Crafts Connection this week. They are giving away free issues, just for leaving a comment!! Also, both blogs are having great challenges all week long!!!

On to my creation for the challenge!!

This is a Fun & Cute Style challenge and it is very much out of my comfort zone. Thank goodness I have this little cute QuicKutz Monkey die. It was the first time that I used it. I had to take it out of the package. That made me a little sad. I hate not using products!

I think I came through this one. The monkey turned out great and the sentiment for a 1st birthday is simple.

Here are the supplies I used to make the card:

Card Dimensions: 4 x 4

Card Stock: Whisper White, Close to Cocoa, Kraft, Always Artichoke, Chocolate Chip

Stamps: Alpha (Unknown), On Your Birthday (Stampin' Up)

Die: QuicKutz

Sticker Border: Doodlebug

I hope this post finds you well and you have a blessed day! Thank you for stopping by today!

Color Throwdown & Viva La Verve July Week One!

Hello out there....Today I wanted to share a card that I was inspired by two different challenges. The Color Throwdown Challenge, and the Viva La Verve July Week One at Splitcoast Stampers.

First of all, the sketch this week at the Verve Forum is great. The challenge is posted every Friday and you have all month to play along. There is a prize at the end of the month, that is totally worth taking the time to ink up some paper.

The next challenge was one that I stumbled upon yesterday for the first time. Yesterday was the 100th, Color Challenge. The colors are awesome!!! Certainly Celery, Real Red, Baja Breeze and Regal Rose. I love all the light colors in that palette, but never would have thought of the red. Nice job Color Throwdown. Here is my card:

Here is are the supplies I used to make the card:

Card Dimensions: 4.25x5.5

Card Stock: Certainly Celery, Real Red, Regal Rose, Baja Breeze, Very Vanilla (Stampin' Up)

Stamps: Labels #5 (Waltzing Mouse Stamps); Fringed Phrases (Close To My Heart); Rockstar (Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Collection)

Ink: Certainly Celery, Baja Breeze, Real Red, Regal Rose (Stampin' Up)

Embossing Folders: Stars & Scroll Work (Cuttlebug)

Dies: Label #5 Nestabilities (Spellbinders); Bird & Butterfly Punch (Stampin' Up)

Extras: Liquid Pearls (Ranger), Ribbon (Stampin' Up); Rhinestones (Joann's)

Thank you for stopping by today and taking a peek at my card. You should take the time to partcipate in each of these challenges. There are great prizes to be one for each!!!

Have a super day!!!

Dreamweaver Stencils!!! I love them!!

Hey Blogging friends.... I hope you all are well on your way to having a SUPER day!!

Today I am featuring a card that I am using at Missoula Memory Lane to promote a Dreamweaver Stencil Class. I love this elk stencil and I used some "Crackle" embossing paste, that I had never used before. After the paste dries, it cracks and then I used distress inks with a stencil brush to "fill" in the cracks. Thanks to advice from Hubs on the colors of the elk!!!

The background is hands down, my favorite stencil. The trees. I have been working with this stencil and Memory Mist's, Adirondack Color Wash Ink's for probably one year. This is the best background that I have made is one year. I am SOO excited about it!!!

Here is what I used on my card:

Card Dimensions: 4.25x5.5

Cardstock: Close to Cocoa, Glossy Card Stock (Stampin' Up)

Stencils: Elk, Forest Trees (Dreamweavers Stencils)

Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes (Stampin' Up)

Embossing Pastes: Crackle (Dreamweavers Stencils)

Inks: Terra Cotta (Adirondack Color Wash Ink), Walnut Stain, Frayed Burlap, Antique Linen (Tim Holtz Distress Ink)

Thank you for stopping by today. If you are in the Missoula area, we will be having a Dreamweaver Stencil class at the Missoula Memory Lane very soon!! I will keep you posted!

If you aren't in the Missoula area, please let me know what you think of my card. I love to read your comments!! They really do inspire me!

Have a great day!!

Beginning Scrapbooking Class...Missoula Memory Lane, Tuesday, July 13th

Good morning!!! I hope this post finds everyone well!!! Today I made this simple scrapbook page that I will be displaying at Missoula Memory Lane to encourage everyone to sign up for my beginning Scrapbook class on Tuesday, July 13th at 6:30pm.

This class is geared towards those that may be intimidated by the scrapbook store and how easy it is to make a simple page with few simple supplies. The only supplies I used for this page was stamps, ink and a photo.

Here are the supplies I used for my layout...

Cardstock: Whisper White (Stampin' Up)

Stamps: Spring Sprung (Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous), Alpha Stamps (Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous)

Ink: Real Red, Brocade Blue, Basic Black (Stampin' Up)

That cool stitching is a STAMP! Cool huh!!!

Please come on over to Missoula Memory Lane next Tuesday, July 13th and join my class. We would love it if you pre-registered, but you can also just show up. We just want to see you!

Thanks for stopping by today!!! Please leave me a comment on my "simple" scrapbook page!! I love to read your comments!!!

Have a SUPER day!!!

Another Dreamweaver Design Team Reveal...

Of all the cards I made for our Dreamweaver Assignment, I think this one is my favorite!!!! I am absolutely in love with the color contrast!!

It took quite a bit of time, all of the different colors are chalk. The stencil squares are pretty small. I think the next time I use the stencil, I will be using colored pencil.

Please leave a comment today letting me know if you like my card. I am so inspired by your comments!

Here is what I used to make the card:

Card Dimensions: 5.5 x 4.25

Card Stock: Basic Black, Bermuda Bay, Whisper White (Stampin' Up)

Chalk: Stampin' Pastels

Stencils: Thank you & Mosaic (Dreamweavers)

Embossing Pastes: Clear & Glossy Black (Dreamweavers)

Once again, super fun card to make! You too can purchase Dreamweavers Stencils by visiting Stencil with Style.

Thank you for stopping by! Have a super day!!!