Our Daily Bread Designs Stamping In Time: On Assignment Challenge(SNTODBD37)

I thought I'd try out the latest challenge over at Our Daily Bread Designs Blog 

to make use of my brand new stamps . 

The latest challenge is to

use ODBD images to create your own background papers.

  ODBD background stamps are okay! 

 Just make sure to have at least one panel that was totally stamped with ODBD images to create the paper. 

So I tried out the Crocheted Background stamp on a scrap piece of kraft.

I first stamped it with Brilliance White ink but didn't achieve the look I wanted. 

So I tried stamping with Walnut Stain Distress Ink on the reverse and quite like how it turned out. 

I also used a scrap piece of rejected stamping here on the panel .Lol.

The sentiment is from the ODBD Full of Grace Serve set. 

I have been stamping up sentiments on these Maya Rd scroll chipboard pieces

 which I  applied gesso on first . Works for me ! 

I then ink them up in colors to suit the project when needed.

Other supplies : 

Girls' Paperie Kitch pps, Prima florals, 

Stickles - Frosted Lace, Diamond. 

My Little Shoebox- Oasis - Layout

For my MLSB DT assignments this month, I worked with the charming Japanese themed Oasis line . 

It is a very versatile line , certainly not limited to Japanese travel related pages and such. 

Here's an everyday page , 

where I decided to put my Slice machine to good use

 and happily die cut out some lovely butterflies from the Paper Reverie design card. 

I also can't stop using these Zva Creative butterfly swirl series and must have bought up nearly every color of this design as I happily use up this stash whenever I can.;)

These white paper doily flowers are also quite dummy proof to make - 

and a topping of Prima fabric flower just makes it perfect . 

New discoveries ...

My very first order from Our Daily Bread Designs arrived yesterday 

and as always , I couldn't wait to test drive some of the sentiment stamps . 

Fortunately , I had some semi finished cards in my stash 

( I haven't had a clue on how best to finish them for the longest time ) 

and all I did was to add an appropriate sized sentiment to them ! 

And everything came together easily . woohoo ! 

So my tip of the day : 

Go ahead and make cards up 

and use stamps to finish them off ,

when you're stumped . lol !
other tips from this card : 
Use your die cut machine to cut out  nice flourish designs out of co-ordinating paper
 you don't particularly like in the same line . Chances are you can put the die cut to good use .  


Stickles : I now believe my Stickles collection is one of the most underrated mediums I have on hand. 
Definitely a quick way to add any amount of bling to a project that you thought was ho hum before .
I try to use at least 3 colors of Stickles on a project.
In fact, I think I need a re-stock of Diamond Stickles soon.;)  

Here's another eg, I simply stamped a sentiment 

(frm the ODBD Serve the Lord set )

unto a Crafty Secrets' journalling spot 

and viola ! 

Finally my card could be called mostly done . 

Another great discovery I made when my ODBD stamps arrived was 

that each stamp has been mounted unto Cling Cushion. 

 The cushion foam layer ensures an excellent stamped image every time.

I don't think I own any stamps with Cling Cushion ( save maybe a lone Fiskars set ) until now , so that was icing on my stamping cake for sure ! 

You can be sure I'll try to be stamping up a storm with so 

many wonderful stamp designs on hand. 

Bo Bunny's Card Challenge - all about the flowers !

It's time for another Bo Bunny card challenge .

As always , I love these challenges for helping use up 

stash more meaningfully , in a new way I haven't thought of 

or simply just an excuse to use up more beautiful paper of that line . 

Often it's all of the above. 

Can't beat Prima flowers for their beauty and great finishing .

It's nice to be frugal and try to make our own handmade flowers I know 

- but truth be told ,

my own finishing touch on handmade embellies sometimes leave much to be desired . 

My own solution to this problem is to simply put off purchasing these kinds of goodies

 until a much better discount comes along. ;) 

Mini album - Oasis - over at My Little Shoebox's blog

My first mini album DT project for My Little Shoebox 

is up over at the MLSB Blog. 

I sure had a good time putting together a fun mini 

using the Oasis line and a Maya Road floral edged layered  album.

The mini album is entitled April Fave Memories. 

I gessoed the chipboard pages before adhering the paper down.

I used the Oasis die cut tags as photo matts for the smaller pics.

The last 2 pages of the mini album features a multi-pocket page made using coordinating Oasis paper

 and a mini accordion album to accommodate more pics and journaling on a page. 

Thanks for stopping by !!

Hope you're having a a great crafty type of weekend ! ;) 

Gone all mist-y today ...

Done in by an irrestible promo at one of our LSS',

I came home with 4 more bottles of TA's Chalkboard Mists -

Firefly, Inchworm, Grape Ape, and Polka Dot Pink.;)

It does feel like I haven't done any kind of major misting for the longest time - 

and so I  turned to Gaelle Fauglas for some major inspiration !
I used  the new Chalkboard Mists I brought home on the background Pink Paislee pp

with some older Apricot  Nectar Chalkboard Mist right at the bottom of the layout.
Since I had this extra printed out photo I decided not to waste it and simply scrap it again here .;) 

Was also inspired to de-hoard some of my TA embellishments -
 like the chipboard foil star piece, foil tag and Heidi Swapp's Title Set - Simple Sayings .

The chipboard bird branch is Dusty Attic's. 

Get Your Glitz One Challenge #2 - Top 5 entry

Got a lovely surprise over the weekend 

to see my layout entry as a top 5 mention over at Glitz Design's blog ! ;) 

I have been busy scrapping behind the scenes 

just that they can't be shown just yet . 

Otherwise, I'm very much into exploring all kinds 

of scoring and folding projects still ! 

Yup , you guessed it , my Martha Stewart Scoring board tool 

is just my fave gamechanging papercrafting tool of the moment ! 

Love it when that happens ! 

I've always loved making practical gifts -

so if I can extend  my cardmaking /papercrafting ways to

making different kinds of gifts every now and then 

(& that pleasantly surprises the recipients too ! ) 

it's game on ! lol .

My Little ShoeBox Mix It Up Blog Hop !

Happy Friday everyone , welcome to my end of  another fun MLSB blog hop!!! 
{The START is HERE !}

I love these blog hops , so of course I had to jump on board. ;)

The idea for this blog hop is a fun  one -

 which is to simply mix up the latest collections!! 

All our MLSB lines  go together  well even if they're all themed differently - 

 another great quality that makes MLSB so versatile and easy to use ! 

Apart from the background paper here, 

I decided to use up my scraps from the different CHA Winter 2011 collections. 

I also used the Becky Fleck layout sketch below as my design guide. 

My Mix It Up Supplies are ---

Base Patterned Paper : Oasis Pink Blossom ,

Garden Party Busy Bee pp & cardstock stickers,

City By the Bay Mission District pp & cardstock stickers,

Farmers Market Die cuts,

Home Sweet Home cardstock stickers

I love how my bright albeit vintage theme park picture of my kidlets goes with these papers

and embellishments . ;) 

Seems like only yesterday ( rather than 7 years ago ! ) they were this age ! 

Thanks  SO MUCH for joining us ! 

 Trust you received loads of inspiration along the way for your weekend scrappy-ness !!! 

June 2011 Cardmaps

Happy June , everyone !!! 

wow ! what a time - almost halfway thru' the year we're at ! 

Unbelievable to me how time flies this year!! ;) 

I have a My Little Shoebox Heartfelt card to share today - 

which was also created for Becky Fleck's June Cardmaps issue. 

and was based on this sketch -

The MLSB DT team got to create samples of layouts & cards for Pagemaps this month . 

Awesome !!!

There's also a Pagemaps sketch contest 

over at the Pagemaps blog where the prize is sponsored by My Little Shoebox. 

Closing Date is June 12. 

This contest is open to scrappers in the United States and Canada, 

or anyone with a US or Canadian postal address.

& you can use any product with the sketch provided for this contest. 

& the Prize ? 

Not one, not two, but THREE full collections to be given away for this sketch contest. 

Woot! Here's a photo of the "Home Sweet Home" collection, 

and the prize also includes "Sew Cute" and "Oasis." Papers, stickers, alphas, and stamps. 

How's that for some serious scrapbooking goodness? 

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My LittleShoebox and Glue Arts creations for the month

This month My LittleShoebox  was sponsored by Glue Arts.

 They are awesome and so generous. 
I got to play with their GlueGlider PRO, now I understand why people love it so much!
 It's definitely a great adhesive gun.

 I also got to try their other adhesives - like the Raise-n's and 3D Extreme Adhesive.

Here are some fun cards I created

using our Farmers' Market line this month.

Always a first time time for everything - 

not the usual sentiments I might usually use on cards 

but I was inspired by this line . 

Wedding Congratulations - card

Once in a while I get a request to make a Wedding Congratulations card. 

This time there was also a requirement for a pocket somewhere. 

Which is not a difficult thing to do, you simply fold down on a corner . ;)

Papers I used are from the  Making Memories' Wedding pps.

Carrot treat boxes - MLSB Farmer's Market

I recently created some fun carrot boxes 

with the Fresh from the Field patterned paper 

from My Little Shoebox's Farmers'Market collection.

Here's the link to Rubber Stampin Zone, where I found the template 

for those that would like to give this project a try.

http://rubberstampinzone.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/carrot-box.pdf

For one box, I hand cut green leaves and for the other box  

I cut a piece of green pattern paper into little strips 

( not more than 1/4") and curled them for a fun, dimensional carrot top.

 Finally, I used some of the Farmer's Market journaling tags to add sentiments and finish them off.

Also don't forget that there is still time to enter the Farmers' Market 

challenge which can be found {here}.

My Little Shoebox's Blog Hop !

Welcome to the My Little Shoebox Heartfelt Blog Hop! 

You should have arrived here from Pattie's blog. 

The design team has been busy creating some fabulous layouts using the new Heartfelt collection , based on the inspiring sketch by DT member Melinda Spinks ,below .

Today's bloghop is all about showcasing the gorgeous new 'Heartfelt' mid-release 

from My Little Shoebox 

and if you love pretty  and pink you are going to love today's hop. 

To celebrate this new release 

we are also giving away an entire Heartfelt collection to one lucky crafter.

Just complete the blog hop, leaving a comment on each blog.

 You will finish at the My Little Shoebox blog 

where you will find all of the details of the Heartfelt giveaway :)

Your next stop on the hop is Rocio Duran.

 Have a great time hopping!;)

And just a few more close ups of the details of my layout . ;)

Glitz Challenge #2

It's been a while since I last took part in a scrappy challenge it seems - 

and I decided to reduce some of my latest Glitz Design stash by taking part in their latest challenge. 

Cardstock stickers are from the Laced with Grace collection. 

Papers are mainly from the Afternoon Muse line . 

I tried to layer in as many papers as I could - 

after all we barely make a dent in our paper stash anymore ...

other supplies : Prima 8x8 mask & rosebuds, Maya Rd pearl pin , Zva Creative pearl  leaf swirls, 

Martha Stewart Beaded Arcs edge punch  & large lattice garden punch. 

Bo Bunny's Card Challenge / Masculine Cards

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Always short on masculine cards in my card stash - 

so it was a self  challenge to come up with 

some interesting ones for teens . 

I'm also entering this swing card 

for the latest Bo Bunny card challenge - 

to use flourishes . 

& with the Bo Bunny Ad Lib line out , 

I decided to have a go at an easel card.  

& finally put to use my Cuttlebug Disney Die & Emboss set here - 

for the party hats & Mouse balloons . ;)