ODBD Sketch Challenge

Please excuse the mess; blog under construction!

I had a little time to craft this afternoon, after trying to catch up on all of the things I have been neglecting.  I finally have the Christmas tree up and most of the decorating done.  Time to squeeze in a little stamping!
I love the Our Daily Bread Designs stamps and one of their newest ones, Baby Jesus, is no exception. I used the image for this week's sketch challenge-

I really like how this turned out-it is so simple yet speaks volumes about the true meaning of Christmas.  I need that reminder sometimes.  I used My Mind's Eye 'Sunshine" dp and Cosmo Cricket dp along with Very Vanilla and Early Espresso Stampin' Up CS.  The image and sentiment are stamped in Early Espresso and the edges are sponged with Van Dyke brown ink.  You can't really see it in the photo, but the dp that the image is matted on has rays coming from it so gives the appearance of Baby Jesus radiating light. 

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a blessed week!

Lee Ann  :)

Supplies used-Stamps-Baby Jesus and sentiment from Worship the Lord, both ODBD
Paper-Very Vanilla and Early Espresso (SU), MME, Cosmo Cricket
Ink-Early Espresso(SU), Van Dyke brown
Other-burlap, MFT Circle Stax and Fishtail Flag Stax, ribbon

Wanted: MOJO

I seem to have misplaced my MOJO.  Have you seen it?  And while you are at it, if you see any creative bones out there, let me know because I don't seem to have a creative bone left in my body!
As this is the week of Thanksgiving, it seems a good time to ponder things I am thankful for.  I am thankful for my son and our home-that we even have a home and that I have been blessed with a good job. I am thankful that God loves me even though I do such a lousy job of loving Him.  I am thankful that he has faith in me even though I usually rely on me rather than Him. I am thankful that He has given us the ability to be creative.  And I am thankful for this community of crafters/stampers in blogland and at SCS; who knew we could have so much fun sharing with people hundreds, sometimes thousands of miles away?!
Now on to stamps!  The Shining the Light Challenge at ODBD this week is to use silver or gold on our card.  Sounded easy enough, but without MOJO, not so!!

Edit-11/18/12-5:50pm
I have been having a rough time getting good pictures of cards lately, so I was playing with the settings on my camera to see if I could brighten up the photos.  Here is a retake of the one above-it may be too bright!  At this point my eyes are so blurry from looking at pictures I don't know what looks good and what does not!

 I wanted to make an easily mailable card, so that meant it would be flat.  I seem to be gravitating to nature lately, enjoying all of the beauty that God has for us, so I chose pine branches to frame my scripture verse.  My background is embossed in silver and my pine branches are glittered with silver Stickles, but it really is not showing up in the photo.  The scripture verse is stamped in Bravo Burgundy craft and clear embossed.  Though simple, I still like how his turned out.   

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Enjoy this week of Thanksgiving and the official start of the Christmas Season!

Lee Ann :)

Supplies Used-
Stamps-ODBD Worship the Lord, Stampin' Up Watercolor Winter and Sanded
Ink-Versamark, Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake, Always Artichoke, Bravo Burgandy
Paper-Whisper, White, Bravo Burgandy, True Thyme
Other-silver ep, clear ep, silver stickles

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This card is for the Featured Stamper challenge at SCS.

  I just LOVE the dsp that comes in the Holiday Mini Scrapbook kit!  Gray and cream are sooo pretty together. I scored around the edges of the white card base and highlighted the edges of the Pool Party panel by heat embossing it with silver ep. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies used (all Stampin' Up)-
Stamps- Teeny Tiny Wishes, Serene Silhouettes
Paper-Basic Gray, Whisper White, Pool Party, Very Vanilla, dsp
Ink-Versamark, Basic Gray
Other-white and silver dsp, Window Framelits, Simply Scored, Polka dot ef     

ODBD and Winter White

This week's challenge at Our daily Bread Designs is 'Winter White'-make an all white card.  As so often happens, what was in my head is not what turned out on paper.  But, I remind myself that everything I do does not have to be perfect, and to learn something from it.  I think I learned not to fussy cut this image out anymore!

I think this is a combination of elegant and shabby chic.  Clearly, it was an experiment!  The image is stamped in Stazon Black with a little bit of water coloring added.  Dazzling Details was added to the snow and trees and a gathering of white tulle was sewn to the lower edge of the card.

     

I did learn a couple of  other things this week.  After yesterday's historic events, I learned that I need to be more open about my faith in Christ; I learned I have a long way to go when it comes to showing Christ's love.   Christmas is about Christ's love for us; it is why I chose this church image for my card today.  

Thanks so much for stopping by; I am blessed by your kind words!

Lee Ann :)