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I’m sharing a card using one of the October releases from Our Daily Bread Designs; this one is from a set called Praying for You.

I picked this sentiment from the set because I find the verse so comforting.  It is mounted on Spellbinders Labels Eight and framed with Spellbinders Flourish Accents.  The scalloped border is cut from Spellbinders Fancy Scallop Butterfly Pierceability.

Each panel is distressed with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.  The same color was used to stencil on each of the Flourish accents.  Pretty simple!

Much going on in my world today, in the mean time  I hope you have fabulous plans and a glorious day, friends!! 

 

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  • Karen WOctober 22, 2009 - 7:13 am

    Oh Becca, not only is this one awesome but so are the last few that I missed commenting on. Absolutely totally over the top stunning!!!!!ReplyCancel

  • Jackie LokkenOctober 22, 2009 - 7:18 am

    I THINK THIS HAS TO BE ONE OF MY FAVORITE CARDS IN THE SYMPATHY AREA. JUST LOVE THIS AND THE VERSE FROM REVELATIONS. THANK YOU FOR STARTING MY MORNING WITH THIS AMAZING CARD.ReplyCancel

  • broniOctober 22, 2009 - 7:19 am

    Gorgeous! I love that sentiment too!ReplyCancel

  • Jenny S. (UK)October 22, 2009 - 7:39 am

    Beautiful card. So gentle and reassuring. Everything just goes together so well well.ReplyCancel

  • Mary BroussardOctober 22, 2009 - 8:02 am

    Becca your work is as ever beautiful. I must thank you for sharing your techniques and work with all of us. Hope all is going well for you.

    I love your style! :)ReplyCancel

  • MaryOctober 22, 2009 - 8:12 am

    OMGoodness!! Your card is amazingly beautiful. I had to write to tell you that my MIL had been very ill and in a hospice care facility for the past week – we had been there day and night with her. Sadly, she passed away on Tuesday morning. The quote from your card is from one of the readings the Pastor used at the hospice center and is so wonderful to hear at times like this. I was so touched that you would choose this for your card! You’re a very talented lady – thank you!! (You’ve definitely sold me on this stamp set!)ReplyCancel

  • Grace NyweningOctober 22, 2009 - 8:37 am

    Absolutely breathtaking Becca! Love the soft tones and wonderful layout for this perfect verse!ReplyCancel

  • Joselle (N.A)October 22, 2009 - 8:38 am

    You make our world so nice with your beautiful creations, Becca!!
    Blessings for you and your family.ReplyCancel

  • Pam HeroldOctober 22, 2009 - 9:24 am

    Love the colors in this card! It is really beautiful. Thanks for taking the time to share with us.ReplyCancel

  • ConniecrafterOctober 22, 2009 - 9:34 am

    very soothing, perfect colors, great layout and love the scroll work!ReplyCancel

  • ShariOctober 22, 2009 - 11:51 am

    Your cards are the most stunning I have ever seen. What a wonderful, blessed, talented person you are. God BlessReplyCancel

  • lois skiathitisOctober 22, 2009 - 12:33 pm

    It’s just beautiful Becca. It’s another winner. Great composition. TFS!!!ReplyCancel

  • ClareOctober 22, 2009 - 12:44 pm

    Yes that sentiment is so comforting. A stunning card again, thankyou for sharing.ReplyCancel

  • Linda C.October 22, 2009 - 12:56 pm

    STUNNING!ReplyCancel

  • LenoriaOctober 22, 2009 - 1:05 pm

    Thank you for this beautiful card – it made me feel good just reading it! Unfortunately I could have used a few of these cards recently as my nephew suddenly passed away and his Dad and sister are devastated. I need these stamps and stock up on personal sympathy cards so I can send something from my heart! Thank you for your gorgeous ideas.ReplyCancel

  • LorelieOctober 22, 2009 - 1:41 pm

    Another stunner, but what card of yours isn’t?!ReplyCancel

  • Judy McMullenOctober 22, 2009 - 2:16 pm

    Becca, what a beautiful sympathy card. This a perfect sentiment for a sympathy card. I may have to CASE this one! TFS!!!ReplyCancel

  • DianeOctober 22, 2009 - 5:04 pm

    Becca,
    Just beautiful. I really love the layout.

    ~~Diane~~ReplyCancel

  • Marion (Australia)October 22, 2009 - 5:05 pm

    I love this verse Becca. Before my Mother passed away I used to talk to her about the streets of gold that she would walk on and at her funeral I read this scripture. It is such a comforting verse. I love it. Thank you for sharing your lovely craft. The card is so beautiful. I love how you have used the floral accents and how you have done the patterned panels at the back of the verse.
    Hugs MarionReplyCancel

  • SophiaOctober 22, 2009 - 5:50 pm

    I just love your cards, Becca! I just bought some beautiful wide satin ribbon today because you’ve completely “sold” me with your gorgeous bows! I love how you can make such an elegant card and only use sentiment stamps – no images required. Thanks for freely sharing your talent with us!ReplyCancel

  • Lisa D. Atha (inspired by purple)October 22, 2009 - 6:14 pm

    Becca,

    Everytime I see this scripture, it makes me think of the movie “Titanic”. The scene where the priest is reciting it as the ship is sinking and everyone is scrambling to hold on. So sad.

    However, it is an awesome verse for sympathy cards, and this one is absolutely beautiful as usual. Love the spelbinder’s accents, around the verse, they really give it a great finishing touch.

    Hugs,

    Lisa AthaReplyCancel

  • KellrickOctober 22, 2009 - 9:18 pm

    Love how soft and elegant your card is!!ReplyCancel

  • Denise (peanutbee)October 22, 2009 - 9:41 pm

    Totally gorgeous!!ReplyCancel

  • HeatherOctober 23, 2009 - 3:23 am

    Oh Becca this is another stunning creation and the sentiment is beautiful too – the colours are my favourite. What a clever use of that die to create a frame – I must remember that !!!.
    Hugs
    HW(UK)
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  • TrishOctober 23, 2009 - 5:45 am

    Wow! I don’t know how you do it but your artwork is always so stunningly beautiful! You have a gift for putting just the right papers together too. Your work amazes me everyday. I may not comment everyday, but I have to pick my jaw up from the floor everyday!!!!*L* Thanks for sharing your wonderful talent with us. I can only imagine how much work it is to do that. It is very appreciated. :)
    TrishReplyCancel

  • NancyKOctober 23, 2009 - 3:30 pm

    So very soft and serene – and very elegant!ReplyCancel

  • MrsHOctober 23, 2009 - 3:31 pm

    Good evening, Becca – truly a serene, elegant card with such a lovely text.ReplyCancel

  • Leslie MillerOctober 23, 2009 - 9:37 pm

    Absolutely lovely! You use these muted shades with such style.ReplyCancel

  • VivOctober 24, 2009 - 7:09 am

    So tasteful, stylish and perfectly sympathetic. Beautiful work.
    Viv xxReplyCancel

  • KellyOctober 24, 2009 - 1:26 pm

    What a beautiful card!ReplyCancel

  • Judy DunavenOctober 25, 2009 - 11:45 am

    Soooo… beautiful! JudyReplyCancel

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As I start my list for possible Christmas presents and comb through my resources for inspiration, it dawned on me that I had not shared this project here.  I thought I should share these Tea Towels since for this year they are on my short list :-)  The inspiration for these towels was a lovely serving plate I have with a mug and cup.  Flourishes created this beautiful rose stamp that I’ve found to be a staple to my stamp collection, it’s from the set called I Love Roses.  It’s a classic and miraculously looked like a great match for my serving ware.

I stamped the roses and leaves in Brilliance Ink then heat set them – my first choice would have been Stazon but I don’t think I had the correct color.  If you try the technique be sure you test them in the washer for whatever use you ultimately want.  This set is only for display, my main objective was to mimic the dishes so obviously I didn’t need to worry so much about permanence.  For the shading on the rose I used stencil pastes.

Project Recipe:
Stamps:  Flourishes – I Love Roses
Ink:  Brilliance – Rocket Red, Pearlescent Ivy (Heat Set)
Accessories:  Ribbon, Linen Napkins, Plaid Stencil Paints

Have a marvelous day!!  I’ll be back with some card stamping tomorrow!

 

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  • JanetteOctober 20, 2009 - 8:38 am

    Hello from Finland!
    Your towels are lovely and I am a rose lover as well.ReplyCancel

  • JackieOctober 20, 2009 - 8:52 am

    Good Morning~

    These are beautiful and I just may give it a try sometime. Thank-you for sharing your idea. Winter has hit here in North Dakota and the few roses I have in the yard are no longer in bloom and covered in mulch for next year. These towels give me a warm feeling out here.ReplyCancel

  • Vickie AustOctober 20, 2009 - 9:28 am

    Your towels are beautiful. As a rose lover, I was really drawn to these. I love your site and keep up your great work.ReplyCancel

  • christiOctober 20, 2009 - 12:28 pm

    wow, yet another use for stamping. thanks for all of your great ideas.
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  • AmandaOctober 20, 2009 - 12:48 pm

    Oh what a fab idea!! I just love these tea towels – great base for stamping.ReplyCancel

  • Cindy HaffnerOctober 20, 2009 - 12:49 pm

    What a wonderful idea Becca, so pretty.ReplyCancel

  • DebraOctober 20, 2009 - 1:06 pm

    These are gorgeous, Becca! Breath-taking! Thank you for sharing yet another beautiful project of yours.

    DebraReplyCancel

  • EstelleOctober 20, 2009 - 2:08 pm

    Becca, those are beautiful. Thanks for sharing your talent………

    EstelleReplyCancel

  • PennyOctober 20, 2009 - 2:55 pm

    What a delightful set of tea towels you produced. Just beautiful!

    ~Penny~ReplyCancel

  • DianeOctober 20, 2009 - 3:03 pm

    Becca,
    Another amazing project.

    ~~Diane~~ReplyCancel

  • NevaOctober 20, 2009 - 3:04 pm

    If I’m any more inspired, I’ll burst!ReplyCancel

  • Marion (Australia)October 20, 2009 - 4:14 pm

    Lovely Becca. They would look nice on a table cloth as well.
    super job on the colouring.
    hugs MarionReplyCancel

  • Bernice BarnesOctober 20, 2009 - 4:40 pm

    The tea towels are a great idea and you could match your whole table with napkins, tablecloth, placemats, name tags, and centrepiece.
    BerniceReplyCancel

  • lois skiathitisOctober 20, 2009 - 5:43 pm

    To my minds eye it is a perfect match. How cool is that. Those towels are lovely. TFS!!!ReplyCancel

  • TheresaOctober 20, 2009 - 6:42 pm

    What a beautiful tea towel? I love it so much.ReplyCancel

  • Denise (peanutbee)October 20, 2009 - 7:29 pm

    OH WOW, I’ll say that’s a GREAT match to the pattern on your serving plate. Beautiful towels, girl. Amazing!ReplyCancel

  • HeatherOctober 21, 2009 - 3:00 am

    Well Becca – How clever are you? What a great idea and are a perfect match for your crockery – in fact you would think they had been bought all together!
    Hugs
    HW(UK)
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  • DianeOctober 21, 2009 - 2:06 pm

    Becca,
    LOVE IT!!!!!!!

    ~~Diane~~ReplyCancel

  • Lisa D. Atha (inspired by purple)October 21, 2009 - 9:56 pm

    Becca,

    Please forgive me, for my absense here on your blog, I have been a bit under the weather.

    These towels are absolutely gorgeous! You create such beautiful things.

    Hugs,

    Lisa AthaReplyCancel

  • Judy DunavenOctober 25, 2009 - 12:09 pm

    Beautiful Tea Towels. To pretty to use. My friends would be aw- struck by these beautiful creations.ReplyCancel

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A good friend was an inspiration for the project I’m sharing today.  She travels often and we traded stories about how all luggage looks alike and when it comes to the moment of truth when grabbing your bag from the conveyor belt, she has inadvertently grabbed someone else’s bag.  The reverse has happened as well, someone grabbed her bag.  You can tell the people who are determined to make sure their bag is unique, you know, it’s the bag that has 5 bright colors of yarn wrapped around the whole bag – yuck!!  The other night on TV I saw where they described a new scam where people to simply come in the airport and take bags from the conveyor belt and simply take them home to harvest them for treasure.  I’m still shaking my head over that one.

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 I found this little box (at Hobby Lobby) that I thought would be cute for some custom made luggage tags.  I decorated the outside by adding the wire handle and some distressed embellishments on the outside.  I used a JustRite Font – Brayton Upper Case to personalize the project.  Using Spellbinders Tags Five I cut and distressed a kraft colored tag with Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink then stamped Luggage on one and Tags on the other.    I purchased the clear tag holder from Hobby Lobby and removed the innards so that I could make my own inserts. 

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I made a separate set of inserts in various colors that say name, address and phone here again using JustRite Brayton Font in a 25 point size.  Then for the flip side I made a variety of different tags that can be changed out on whim.  They all fit neatly in the holder and can come out when it’s time to pack the next bag.

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 I made the tags out of images I had hanging around my desk.  When coloring for a card I often stamp out two of three of the image so that I can get a feel for how to color it.  So these are my extras – I just cut them large enough to fit into the card holder. 

 That’s it for now, working on more things to share, so I ‘ll be back soon.

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  • Judy DunavenOctober 19, 2009 - 12:49 pm

    As usual you come up with the cleaverest ideas. I really like these tags. This is a must on my travel agenda. Thanks Becca.
    Hugs, JudyReplyCancel

  • alcoholinkyOctober 19, 2009 - 1:20 pm

    that’s just lovely and what a really useful idea. tags that will be treasured too.ReplyCancel

  • annekeOctober 19, 2009 - 1:24 pm

    very pretty!!!!!

    annekeReplyCancel

  • Darlene GabrielOctober 19, 2009 - 1:25 pm

    What a great idea. This would make a wonderful gift for someone who travels. Thanks for sharing it.ReplyCancel

  • EvaOctober 19, 2009 - 1:46 pm

    This is gorgeous and I agree, would make a fantastic gift!!ReplyCancel

  • NevaOctober 19, 2009 - 1:57 pm

    Ah, Bekka.

    I thought we would all be able to recognize your luggage by a large luscious bow.

    Kidding aside, I love this idea and I have a friend who travels constantly. This would be just the gift for her.

    Also, for people coming to a retreat, a tag like this could be included with registration materials, and later become a name tag!

    Aha! I love it when the light goes on!ReplyCancel

  • Cindy HaffnerOctober 19, 2009 - 2:10 pm

    So pretty Becca, awesome work.ReplyCancel

  • Carole RBOctober 19, 2009 - 2:32 pm

    Hi Becca

    Your tags are beautiful. Nice project.
    Have a nice week!ReplyCancel

  • Linda KlebackOctober 19, 2009 - 3:03 pm

    What a great idea! I love it!ReplyCancel

  • lois skiathitisOctober 19, 2009 - 4:25 pm

    Nicely done Becca. I use to tie a bandanna around my luggage. LOL!!! This is really a wonderful idea. TFS!!!ReplyCancel

  • Marion (Australia)October 19, 2009 - 4:35 pm

    Ha-ha….you made me laugh. My DH has just been to New Zealand and I tied a red ribbon on the handle. (it wsn’t wrapped around the bag). I’m so glad his luggage didn’t get lifted.
    Your bag looks beautiful. What an inovative idea. I love the vintage look and the distressing. Love the tag as well.
    Hugs MarionReplyCancel

  • ToshOctober 19, 2009 - 5:21 pm

    What a clever idea, and so fabulously executed Becca!! Love the vintage case, and your tags are charming!!ReplyCancel

  • DianeOctober 19, 2009 - 6:53 pm

    Becca,
    OMG!!!!! Great idea.

    ~~Diane~~ReplyCancel

  • WritingEliOctober 19, 2009 - 7:46 pm

    This would make a really cute gift for a good friend too. Thanks for sharing…I love that little box, need to look for it.

    EliReplyCancel

  • JoanneOctober 20, 2009 - 1:15 am

    Love the box. I would love it as well for an ATC box to take to conventions if ATC’s would fit.

    I would like to warn people though not to have there name, addresse and telephone too visible in the airport when they are leaving. Lots of thieves look around and take notes and while they are gone have a visit to their houses. I always put mine on on the return trip.ReplyCancel

  • Heather xOctober 20, 2009 - 3:16 am

    what an awesome idea Becca! I love it.
    *hugs* Heather xReplyCancel

  • debinicolOctober 20, 2009 - 4:45 am

    absolutely awesome job! beautiful!ReplyCancel

  • niseOctober 20, 2009 - 6:49 am

    Wonderful idea and lovely tags! Great box to store them in, too.ReplyCancel

  • JanineOctober 20, 2009 - 9:21 am

    FAbulous project Becca!!!ReplyCancel
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