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This is Our Daily Bread Designs Sketch #4.  You can find the sketch and other inspiration Here .  If you play along you can have a chance to win a certificate towards their stamps :)

I needed a card for my Niece's husband and I liked this sentiment to go with this image for a birthday card.  It would be a great one for an encouragement card too!

ODBD-- Keep Climbing stamp for image and sentiment, colored with markers
Spellbinders -- Classic Circle Lg and Labels Four dies
Fiskars -- Upper Crest border punch
Ki, Hampton art -- Adhesive metal accents
Basic Grey-- Basics Kraft paper pad
Cuttlebug -- Forest Branches embossing folder, I inked the folder before embossing

It is still so HOT here, our temperature gauge has been reading in the 100's for the past few days, yesterday we had to get out and do some errands and we did them quickly and just came back home, can't take the humidity with the heat, just too much.  Hope you are staying cool were you are.

Wishing you all a Terrific weekend,
Thanks so much for stopping by, I really appreciate the comments,
Connie

Center Step Card

I wanted to do something a little different for my older sisters birthday so I made her a center step card, you can find the instructions on Splitcoaststampers.

Deep Red Cling stamps-- Bird and Roses, colored w/ markers
Spellbinders -- Labels Eight and A2 matting basics A dies
Memory Box-- Valencia Border die
EK Success -- Flower punches
Stickles -- Cinnamon and yellow, flower centers
Elizabeth Craft Designs -- Happy Birthday die
Queen & co. -- Yellow Sunshine Pearls

The memory box die is so delicate and I didn't know how I was going to attach it, I ended up putting a sheet of paper through my Xyron machine, then cut out the die and peeled away the backing paper and that worked great.  I also cut my first ones out with thinner paper and it actually worked better with the thicker paper.

Hope your having a good week,
Thanks so much for taking the time out to visit,

Connie

First Christmas Card

I have been seeing a lot of ladies starting their Christmas cards and I keep thinking I need to do that but I am usually close or behind in my Birthday card making that I don't get around to it, but since I received my copy of Quick Cards in the mail on Friday (British card magazine) I decided to give this a go first.  In every issue of this magazine you get either stamps, papers die cuts free with every issue and this past issue it had Christmas papers and decoupage papers.  If you are interested in these magazines I found them at Barnes and Nobles, I started getting mine in the mail because it was cheaper to do so.

There are 5 layers of images to layer on top of one another so I used EK success 1/16" dimensional adhesives for this project.

Somebunny to Love Decoupage and paper pad set
DCWV-- Cardstock
Spellbinders --- Decorative Labels One
Martha Stewart -- Snowflake punch
Tim Holtz -- Crinkle Ribbon (colored with Tumbled Glass distress ink)
Forever in Time -- Button (colored w/ marker to match the blue)

Here is a side view so you can see the different layers.  I don't know if I will be sending this through the mail or hand delivering yet, so I didn't put any kind of sentiment on it since I don't know who I will be giving it to.  This card is 5 1/2 x 5 1/2".

Hopefully I can make the time to get more cards done and post more frequently, I was shocked to see the last time I posted was last Thursday, how the days just seem to fly by, wonder if it will be any different in the winter. 

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by,
Have a terrific week,

Connie

Country Angel

I found this cute stamp at a Flea Market, I love the look of country and this Angel just said country to me.  This card is a 5x7" card, the one in my post below was a 5 1/2 x 5 1/2" card.  I figured I should let you know when I do anything other than the traditional A2 :)

 Stampin up -- Brighter Days image colored w/markers
Rasberry Roads Designs paper -- came as a gift inside my Cardmaking magazine
Spellbinders -- Resplendent Rectangles dies
Martha Stewart -- Seam binding ribbon (that I ruffled), flowers, leaves and tag punches ( I did a little scoring on the top leaves)
Inkadinkado -- Greetings/Salutations stamp set
Enamel Accents -- Black
Gems in corners on white layer
Making memories -- Button on bottom flower

It is turning very HOT again down here, we have had such a mild summer compared to summers past and I was really enjoying it, but now it is back to the HOT temps again.  My poor Hubby is suffering bad with his allergies, even taking his medicine.

Hope your week is going well,
Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by,

Connie

Psalm 91:1

This card is for our Pastors Birthday... he loves the outdoors and hiking...

Art Impression-- M-3175  Windows to the world series stamp (image) colored w/ markers
Spellbinders-- Classic Sq. Lg and Square Swatches dies
October Afternoon-- Campfire paper
American crafts-- Twine
Dragonfly charm, sorry can't remember where I found this

Our kids have gone back to North Carolina and the house is very quiet.  I thought I would share a picture of their kitten with Peanut.  They were just so cute looking out the door to the birds in the bird feeder out back.  Peanut got along with her very well and loved chasing her around the house, our cats especially Anna didn't want to have anything to do with her.  By the end Jip warmed up to her and could tolerate her as long as she didn't touch her.. LOL.

Hope you had a good weekend and the start to your week is going well too!

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by and sharing your comments, it is much appreciated!

Connie