Bright Shining Star of 2014 Award from Our Daily Bread Designs

          I am so very honored to be among the Bright Shining Stars of 2014 chosen by Our Daily Bread Designs.



     ODBD chose my black and silver Christmas card to feature in their  awards post today.

        I love ODBD and all they stand for. They make it so easy for me to share my faith and love of our Heavenly Father.  I am especially fond of their scripture stamps and dies.
     You can see the other Bright Shining Stars of 2014 here: http://ourdailybreaddesignsblog.blogspot.com/2014/12/introducing-graciela-and-our-bright-and.html
     May God be glorified in my work,

Pamela

Sketch Challenge ODBDSLC220

          Thanks for stopping in on such a busy few days as we all prepare to celebrate the birth of our Savior. Hope you all are surrounded with friends and loved ones.

     I made this card for the challenge at Our Daily Bread Designs. This time ODBD gave us a sketch to work with (below).
     I used two die collections from ODBD for my card - Fancy Foliage and the new Asters & Leaves dies. I just got the Aster dies and have been anxious to find some time to play with them. They are as fun as I thought they would be. I'm so happy I got them. And, my favorite die of all time is the vine that comes with the Fancy Foliage dies. For this card I die cut a vine then cut it in half to give some balance to my card.
     The papers are Teresa Collins' Summer Stories 6 x 6. She has really been on my mind with the recent loss of her husband, so I thought I would use her papers for my card.
     Check out all the details here to submit your own card:  http://www.ourdailybreaddesignsblog.blogspot.com/2014/12/odbdslc220-sketch-week-2.html
     May our Lord richly bless you and your families as we soon begin a new year.

DCWV December Stack-a-holic Card Challenge

      Where does the time go!?! Already time for another monthly challenge at DCWV!

     I do thank you for stopping in. I know how busy we all get just a few days out from Christmas. I'm planning to send this Christmas thank-you card to Mom. She loves red, so I know this card will be a hit with her!

     I used the CANDY CANE LANE STACK from DCWV to make my card for this month's Stack-a-holic Challenge.

     Other products I used are:

          Fiskars:  All Year Cheer (sentiment)

          Our Daily Bread Designs: Sparkling Snowflakes stamps

          Our Daily Bread Designs: Snowflake dies

          McGill:  tag punch

          Ranger:  white pigment

          StampinUp:  white embossing powder

          Recollections:  white pearls

     There is still time to join in the fun. Here's a copy of the sketch DCWV gave us to work with as well as the link to get all the details.  http://dcwvinc.blogspot.com/2014/12/december-stack-holic-challenge.html

     Thanks again for popping in! Hope you have a wonderful Christmas,

Pamela



Gingerbread Tea & Review

     Looking for a special Christmas gift for a child in your life?

     The Franklin County Arts Council in Mt. Vernon, TX has invited local children's book authors to speak and autograph books this Saturday, Dec 20th. I'll be there with "Max, the Boy Raindrop". And, if you have not gotten a copy of my Alaska book, "A Deliberate Life: A Journey into the Alaskan Wilderness", I'll be autographing those books as well.
Hope you make it out.

~~~The Gingerbread Tea & Review~~~
1:00 - 4:00, December 20th
100 Rusk
Mt. Vernon, TX

Our Daily Bread Designs Guest-Designer Week 4

     Thanks so much for stopping in for my fourth week as a guest-designer for Our Daily Bread Designs.

      I could hardly wait to show my next card to you. I just love how the Christmas tree came out! I used the stem-with-leaves die from ODBD's Fancy Foliage die set. I'll get to the details in just a minute.
     To begin, I made a 7 x 5 white card base. Using some gorgeous ODBD patterned papers, I cut various sized panels and matted them with  a tan/taupe/beige paper.
     I die-cut the snowflakes from another sheet of patterned paper. I adhered them to the card as shown. I used foam tape on the snowflake nearest the tree and heat-embossed the sentiment.

     Now for the tree! I love finding new ways to use my dies and other supplies, and that is just what I did to make my tree.  I adhered a 1/8" x 3.25" strip down the front of the panel. I die-cut 10 stems. To get them to flow - or swoop - in the right direction, I die-cut 5 of the 10 stems with the right side of the paper facing me. I die-cut the other 5 stems with the wrong side of the paper facing me. Beginning at the bottom, I layered the stems as shown allowing the stems to overlap and fall at a steeper angle as I went up. I added clear gems as ornaments and a tree-topper-star.

 

Our Daily Bread Designs products used:

 

          paper: Christmas Paper Collection 2013

          stamps: Snowflake Sentiments #ECS06

          dies: Snowflakes

                   Fancy Foliage

 

     You may also see my card on Our Daily Bread Designs' blog here: http://ourdailybreaddesignsblog.blogspot.com/



     I have so enjoyed my time as Guest-Designer for Our Daily Bread Designs. Your comments and visits to my blog are always special to me. It has been an honor to share my paper art with you. I hope you have found inspiration and encouragement. Wishing you and your family a wonderful Thanksgiving and Christmas season,

   

     ETA:  I am linking my card to the Tree-mendous Tree Challenge in the Moxie Fab World. There's still a little time left if you want to play along with us. Find the details here: http://www.moxiefabworld.com/2014/11/challenge-tree-mendous-trees.html

 

         



     Pamela