Our Daily Bread Designs Star Quilt Die

Posted on April 21, 2016 by Beverly

Welcome, my artistic friends! Today I’ve created for you a Mother’s Day card that features Our Daily Bread Designs Star Quilt Die. At the beginning of April, Our Daily Bread Designs (ODBD) released a new set of stamps, dies, and paper that focus on sewing and quilting. You can see the gorgeous new items HERE.

I purchased the new products when released, but haven’t used them until I made this card. Actually, I was a little intimidated by the many pieces to the dies. Now that I’m made this card, I feel more confident.

I LOVE Our Daily Bread Designs products! This quilting release is so beautiful and reminds me of days gone by when I would sit and watch my dear Mom produce quilts, embroidery pieces, and develop other beautiful crafts.

UPDATE: This card was included in Splitcoaststampers Favorites for the Week ending April 24!

The above photo gives you a closeup of the “quilt”. Although Our Daily Bread Designs released designer paper to go with the dies in the release, I decided to use Stampin’ Up! Love Blossoms Designer Series Paper for this design. After die cutting the quilting frame, I added SU Crystal Effects to give it some shine. If you look closely, you can see that. I also added a green embroidery thread knot in the center of the “quilt”. I thought that would be quite appropriate.

This closeup shows the bottom portion of the card. I used Our Daily Bread Designs Quilted With Love Stamp Set for my sentiment, “Love you to pieces!”. I used VersaMark ink and a green embossing powder on the sentiment. I love the two pairs of scissors and spool of thread die cuts that are from Spellbinders. I wrapped green embroidery thread around the spool and threaded it through the green pair of scissors to make it appear that the thread is being cut. Both pairs of scissors are highlighted with SU Crystal Effects.

Lastly, I created this card in response to a Splitcoaststampers Sketch Challenge, seen HERE. (I almost forgot to mention that!)

I hope you’ve enjoyed the card and will check out the sewing/quilting release from Our Daily Bread Designs! Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment!

SUPPLIES USED:

Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs Quilted With Love; Ink: SU Blushing Bride and Rose Red; VersaMark Watermark Ink; Paper: SU Love Blossoms Designer Series Paper; and Blushing Bride, Rose Red, and Garden Green Card Stock; Card Size: 4-3/4″ x 6-1/4″; Accessories: Our Daily Bread Designs Star Quilt Die , Our Daily Bread Designs Beautiful Borders Dies, Spellbinders All Stitched Up Dies, Embroidery Thread, SU Crystal Effects, Embossing Powder

God’s Blessings!

Stamping With Guneaux Designs By Beverly Polen

“Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.” James 1:27

Paper Casting Technique

Posted on April 20, 2016 by Beverly

Have you ever tried the Paper Casting Technique? It’s fun but challenging!

I used the technique to create this card for a Splitcoaststampers Technique Lovers Challenge, TLC582, hosted by Sabrina, aka Cook22. This challenge includes a video on paper casting using bathroom tissue. Check it out and create a card with the technique.

I made this card Monday, using the same bird stamp that is on yesterday’s Purple Starling card. I have been hesitant to upload the card as my bathroom tissue is so wrinkled (of course, I wet it!), that I didn’t like it. I saw so many beautiful cards in the Splitcoaststampers gallery that were made with this technique that were not wrinkled! Quite frankly, I thought this card is not about to be worthy of the challenge.

After some soul-searching, I decided that I would go ahead and post it since I took the time to create it, and let the chips fall where they may!

Using the technique, I wet (or soaked) 6-double panel pieces of tissue. Then I stamped the bird into the wet tissue to create an impression.

When the tissue dried, I used all of the below listed inks to stamp the bird image. I first stamped the bird only with turquoise but it didn’t show well. Therefore, I kept adding different colors of ink to the bird portion of the stamp and re-stamping it, until I decided, enough is enough. Then I inked the remainder of the stamp to color the floral portion of the image.

UPDATE: This card was listed in Splitcoaststampers Favorites for the week ending on April 24! ” Congratulations! In the General Stamping forum, you’re in the FAVORITES for the week ending April 24.“

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Then I thought, this tissue paper will not stick together, so I got out a needle and thread and stitched around the square. That was all for naught as it will still separate. Regardless, I die cut the paper flower and leaves, colored them with Copics, and spritzed them with Glimmer Mist. There was an interesting reaction to the mist and alcohol inks together. It started fizzing! At first I thought I had made some champagne! LOL

That’s all folks! Thanks for viewing and leaving comments! Don’t forget to check out the technique video!

Stamps: Martha Stewart Bird Stamp Paper: SU Whisper White, Hello Honey, Pixie Pink, and Unknown Green Card Size: 5-1/2″ Sq Ink: SU Tempting Turquoise, Melon Mambo, Wisteria Wonder, and Rich Razzleberry; Copic Markers Accessories: ODBD Pretty Posies Dies; ODBD Faith, Hope, & Love Dies; Sewing Needle; Blue Thread; ODBD Stitched Squares Dies; Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist; Water; Bathroom Tissue; and Heat Gun Techniques: Paper Casting

SU Fifth Avenue Floral

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“And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.” Hebrews 11:6

ODBD Quilted With Love

Posted on April 13, 2016 by Beverly

Thanks for stopping by to check out my latest piece of artwork, which features Our Daily Bread Designs (ODBD) Quilted With Love Stamp Set. The sentiment on the card is from the Quilted With Love Stamp Set.

I made this card for two challenges on Splitcoaststampers – TLC581, Fancy Piercing, and CAS372, Love the Chips. Judy (StampingQueenJAR) hosted the TLC581 challenge which is to create fancy paper piercing. Holly (hbrown) hosted the CAS372 challenge that involves using chipboard. Both were great challenges!!

(UPDATE: This card was selected as a Favorite for the week ending April 17 on Splitcoaststampers!)

For TLC581, I hand pierced around the flowers and vase. For CAS372, I made the vase from white chipboard that I cut three of and glued together as the chipboard was not a thick as I wanted.

I decided I would try for a second time to use Brushos. For some odd reason, it was easier this time. I used them to create the background behind the flowers. I angled the application so the paper piercing would show on the bottom portion of the card.

Come back soon!

Stamps: ODBD Quilted With Love and Sunflowers in Checked Vase (unknown company) Paper: White Chipboard, Glossy White, Tempting Turquoise, Daffodil Delight Card Size: A2 Ink: Brushos, SU Tempting Turquoise Accessories: Brushos, Copics, VersaMark, Clear Embossing Power, Paper Piercing Tool, Microbeads Techniques: Coloring With Brushos and Copics

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Stamping With Guneaux Designs by Beverly Polen

“Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” Luke 6:38

SU Secret Garden & Splitcoaststampers

Posted on March 23, 2016 by Beverly

Hello, stampers! Are you having a good Wednesday? I’m in my craft room creating and having fun. Today’s card share features the Stampin’ Up! (SU) Secret Garden and Splitcoaststampers Color Challenge, CC575, Blushing Blissful Brides ~ DO THE MACARON-A!

(Update: This card was included in Splitcoaststampers Favorites for the week ending on March 27, 2016.)

The SU colors selected for the Color Challenge are Mint Macaron, Blushing Bride, and Blackberry Bliss

Creating this card took some time as it involves using SU’s White Craft Ink as the initial layer of ink for the flower in the center. This flower is from the SU Secret Garden Stamp Set.

I am not sure of the name for this technique, but I’ll explain how I did it. Normally this technique is not used on a dark piece of card stock like Blackberry Bliss. A craft color of card stock (i.e., Crumb Cake) is typically used. However, I decided that I wanted to use the technique on a die cutout (i.e., ODBD Layered Lacey Squares) from Blackberry Bliss card stock.

To use the technique, I first covered the floral stamp with VersaMark Watermark Ink, added SU White Embossing Powder, and heat set it. Using a dry Aqua Painter, I applied SU Whisper White Craft Ink over each petal, being careful to stay inside the embossed petals lines. I allowed the Whisper White Craft Ink to dry before I used the SU Blushing Bride Marker to color the petals of the flower. It took several layers of ink, and it’s still not what I wanted. However, I did the best I could. That’s all, folks – it’s that simple, but time consuming!

Here are more photos:

I had to include this poor quality photo below. I was outside taking photos of the card when a breeze whipped up and blew my card over just as I was snapping the photo. I caught the card just as it was falling. A flying card makes a blurred photo. LOL

Enjoy and come back soon!

SUPPLIES:

Stamps: SU Secret Garden and Trust God (sentiment)

Paper: SU Mint Macaron, Blushing Bride, and Blackberry Bliss

Card Size: A2

Ink: VersaMark Watermark Ink, SU Whisper White Craft Ink, SU Blushing Bride Marker, SU Mint Macaron Reinker

Accessories: SU White Embossing Powder, Heat Gun, ODBD Layered Lacey Squares, ODBD Double Stitched Rectangles, SU Organza Ribbon (dyed Mint Macaron), and a dry Aqua Painter

Swallowtail Butterfly

God’s Blessings!

Stamping With Guneaux Designs by Beverly Polen

“Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him” James 1:12

Loving Thoughts – Stamping With Guneaux Designs

Posted on November 4, 2013 by Beverly

An easy card for a Monday sounds good; don’t you agree? This “Wonderful You” card featuring the Loving Thoughts Stamp Set fits the “easy” requirement!

Just slap some Stampin’ Up! Washi Tape on a card front, punch a pansy flower, and add it to the top left corner. Loving Thoughts

Are you thinking, “Why a spring-type card for this time of the year”? Yes, it does seem like a spring-type card. However, one of the beauties of living in South-Central Florida is flowers are still blooming! Most stamping artists are posting fall- and winter-related cards, but I still have flowers blooming in my gardens. Yes, I’ll post fall/winter cards soon, but not today.

I made this card for my wonderful daughter. She is so good to me and I wanted her to know how wonderful she is. She is always bringing me gifts of gratitude, buying me groceries without me asking, and showing her deep love for me in other ways. Every mother should have a daughter like her! I am so blessed!

Loving Thoughts

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Stampin’ Up! Loving Thoughts Stamp Set (125845 -c)

Paper: Stampin’ Up! Card Stock: Whisper White, Strawberry Slush, and Daffodil Delight

Ink: Stampin’ Up! Strawberry Slush

Accessories: Pansy Punch, Gingham Garden Designer Washi Tape

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Beverly Polen

Loving Thoughts

STAMPIN’ UP LOVING THOUGHTS STAMP SET

Stampin Up Mosaic Madness Stamp Set

Posted on August 30, 2013 by Beverly

Yesterday I asked that you come back to my site today to see a cutie! This cutie features the Stampin Up Mosaic Madness Stamp Set, Modern Mosaic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, and Mosaic Punch. Now, isn’t it a cutie? Well, I sure thank so!

Stampin Up Mosaic Madness Stamp Set

What do you think about the color combination? I love it! Although we are approaching September and a lot of Stampin Up crafters are gravitating toward fall colors, I’m not. I love color – bolds and pastels. The following picture provides a closer look at the colors used. Stampin Up Mosaic Madness Stamp Set

The base of the card is Stampin Up Pacific Point Card Stock. The second layer is Stampin Up Crushed Curry Card Stock that includes a stamped border from the Stampin Up Mosaic Madness Stamp Set. The third layer is Stampin Up Bermuda Bay Card Stock that is also framed with a stamped border from the stamp set. Can you guess the color of the fourth layer? Give it a try and let me know your guess in the comment section of this post (chat bubble beside the title).

Stampin Up Mosaic Madness Stamp Set

Now, I have to admit that although I purchased it, I was not too fond of the Stampin Up Mosaic Madness Stamp Set. But I decided to force myself to create (can you imagine forcing a card maker to create?) a card that featured all things Mosaic! With the color combination, I think it turned out quite well. I will use the Stampin Up Mosaic Madness Stamp Set again. 🙂

The picture below gives you a peek into the inside of the card:

Stampin Up Mosaic Madness Stamp Set

BESIDES THE STAMPIN UP MOSAIC MADNESS STAMP SET, OTHER SUPPLIES USED ARE:

Paper: Stampin Up’s Pacific Point Card Stock, Stampin Up Crushed Curry Card Stock, Stampin Up Bermuda Bay Card Stock, Stampin Up Whisper White Card Stock, and the mystery layer.

Stamps: Stampin Up Mosaic Madness Stamp Set (130249)

Ink: Stampin Up Pacific Point Classic Ink, Stampin Up Crushed Curry Classic Ink, Stampin Up Bermuda Bay Classic Ink, and a mystery ink.

Accessories: Stampin Up Modern Mosaic Textured Embossing Folder, Mosaic Punch, and retired Stampin Up Ice Brads

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Our Daily Bread Designs Star Quilt Die

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God’s Blessings!

Stamping With Guneaux Designs By Beverly Polen

Paper Casting Technique

Have you ever tried the Paper Casting Technique? It’s fun but challenging!

God’s Blessings!

Stamping With Guneaux Designs

ODBD Quilted With Love

God’s Blessings!

Stamping With Guneaux Designs by Beverly Polen

SU Secret Garden & Splitcoaststampers

God’s Blessings!

Stamping With Guneaux Designs by Beverly Polen

Loving Thoughts – Stamping With Guneaux Designs

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Stampin’ Up! Loving Thoughts Stamp Set (125845 -c)

Paper: Stampin’ Up! Card Stock: Whisper White, Strawberry Slush, and Daffodil Delight

Ink: Stampin’ Up! Strawberry Slush