Tuesday, May 29, 2012

FTTC171 Thanks for the Memories....and some pictures!!!

Happy Tuesday!

Hope you all had a great weekend? Sarah's Confirmation turned out beautifully! She did a really good job leading the church sermon with our pastor. I have some pictures for you all on the bottom of this post.

We have a new Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge  ~ FTTC171 for you. Mona is our hostess this week and she has challenged us to create a *THANK YOU* card or tag.



I decided to make a *Father's Day* thank you card using the What a Catch Set. The image was inked in Memento Tuxedo Black and colored with these Copic Markers ~ B000, B00, B69, YG91, R59 and Colorless Blender.





My card was also combined with this weeks Color Q ~ CQC139 and The Paper Players Sketch #97. Please make sure to swing by their blogs to see all the details.


Now it's time to check out the rest of the team ~ Cindy, Maki, Heather, Mona, Beate, Amanda and our May Guest Designer Marie Oberg.

As promised here are a few pictures from Sarah's Confirmation Day.....sorry some of the pics came out a bit blurry :(

       The Altar Flowers
                                                 
Our sweet Sarah, she looked so beautiful

 Sarah and Pastor Pechman

 Sarah helping Pastor Pechman lead the congregation responds during the service 

 Sarah and her Daddy

Sarah and her Mommy 

Sarah's YUMMY Confirmation cake.

Have a wonderful week and I'll see you soon.....

                                                                     Hugs, ~Silke~

Friday, May 25, 2012

C4C138 Thanks a Bunch....

Happy weekend!!!

If you live here in the US, I hope you will have a fun and relaxing long Memorial weekend!!! We are having Sarah's Confirmation on Sunday, were she confesses her own faith in Jesus Christ. My husband and I are so excited and we are filled with joy! I will try to hopefully share some pictures :) !!!

Anyway, since it's been a busy weekend I will make it short and share my card for this weeks Crazy 4 Challenges ~ C4C138. Barb's final challenge this month is to create a *ONE LAYER CARD*, one layer period!!! That means your base card is IT! Embellishments are allowed .... Die Cuts, Flowers, Ribbon, etc., just keep the one layer thing kind of simple.

Here is my idea......



I decided to ink up the beautiful newly released Flourishes Set ~ Hydrangea. The sentiment is from the Zinnias Set. 

As always, thank you so much for swinging by and I hope you will have a fabulous weekend too!!!

                                                                Big hugs, ~Silke~

Thursday, May 24, 2012

ODBD Alumni Blog Hop....CHECK IT OUT!!!


Welcome to Our Daily Bread Designs Alumni Team's bi-monthly For the Love Blog Hop This week the Alumni team along with some of the ODBD designers are featuring a hop for the For the Love of ODBD Celebrations stamp sets! Check out each link and leave a comment. If you get lost along the way, go back to the ODBD Blog for a full list of links.  One of the post is a hop hot spot and a name will be drawn from that list of comments to win a $15 ODBD store gift certificate.  So, all you have to do is hop along and see all the creations and leave a little love!  You have until Wednesday, June 6th at 6 PM. Enjoy all the awesome inspiration using For the Love of ODBD Celebration sets! 

If you came to my blog straight from the ODBD Blog then you are right on track, if not please make sure to hop on over to the ODBD Blog to see all the details and then come right back to me!!!



I have the pleasure of showing off the *Happy Birthday* Set. My background was *scored* the background added some SU Design Paper, Doily, punched out MS Border, Satin RibbonSilver Pearls, Glitter and the SU Antique Brad


Now it's time to hop on over to FRAN'S BLOG!!!

Thank you so much for stopping by today! Have a wonderful day.....see you soon!!!

                                                             Hugs, ~Silke~

Monday, May 21, 2012

CQC138, FTTC170 Happy Day....and some pictures!!!

Happy Day everyone!

Hope you all had a great weekend??? Today is a very special day...my sweet Rebecca is turning 11. She has been counting down the days...LOL! Since we'll have a busy week, we took her out for lunch on Sunday to her favorite place...can you guess...yes, it is Olive Garden!!!  I have a few pictures of my sweet baby at the end of the post...so stick around!!!

First I would like to tell you about this weeks Flourishes Timeless Tuesday ~ FTTC170. Beate is hosting and her challenge is to create a *FLOWER CARD* with one of our gorgeous Flourishes Stamps!!!

Here is my take on it....



I decided to ink up the beautiful Zinnias Set onto some Flourishes White CS. The image itself was inked in Memento Tuxedo Black and colored with Copic Marker ~ BG0000, B00, Y19, Y38, R14, R17 and Colorless Blender.  Next I added some *scoring*, Corrugated Cardboard, some Ribbon, a Silver Button, some Brown Scrapper's Floss, Glitter and some Silver Pearls. The sentiment is from the Tiny Flowers and Tag Set and it was stamped onto the Tailor-Made Classic Tags Template Die.


My color inspiration for the card came from this weeks Color Q #138....check out this fun palette...


Now it's time to hop on over to the rest of the Timeless Tuesday Team ~ Cindy, Maki, Heather, Mona, Beate, Amanda and our fabulous May Guest Designer Marie Oberg.

As promised here are some photos of my sweet, beautiful and smart birthday girl Rebecca....






Have a fabulous week and I'll be back on Thursday with a new card!!!

                                                                Hugs, ~Silke~


Friday, May 18, 2012

C4C137 & Catered Crop Recipe Swap....Happy Birthday!!!

Happy weekend everyone!

This weekend will be a none eventfull one.....just kickin' back and relaxin' ....hopefully! I'm looking forward to start inking some of my new stamps up that have seen no love at all :) !!!

If you have time... how about joining us over at the Crazy 4 Challenges ~ C4C137 ??? Barb has challenged us to a *Birthday card*, since she is celebrating her birthday tomorrow.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BARB!!!!  Hope it will be an awesome one and that everyone will spoil you rotten!!! Please make sure to swing by the C4C Blog for all the details and Design Team samples.



My card was also combined with this weeks Catered Crop Recipe Swap Challenge. The ingredient  was to in-cooperate *RickRack* to your project. Please make sure to stop by the Catered Crop Blog for all the details.

I decided used the super cute Pure Innocence image called Bunch of Blooms. Next I added the some *scoring*, some Rickrack Ribbons, a Doily, Glitter and some Silver Pearls...voila.


Hope you will have a chance to get crafty as well?!?

Have a wonderful weekend and thank you for stopping by today! I'll be back soon......

                                                              Hugs, ~Silke~




Tuesday, May 15, 2012

CQC137, FTTC169 Thank you....and some more pictures!!!

Happy Tuesday!

Hope all you *Mother's* had a wonderful Mother's Day??? I sure did...my kids made everything so special for me :) !!! I'm truly blessed to be a mom of three beautiful smart girls! 

As promised I have some pictures of Sarah's 8th Grad Formal...waiting for you at the end of this post. She looked so beautiful and way to mature...LOL...I can't believe she is heading to High School this fall.

First I would like to show you my card for this weeks Flourishes Timeless Tuesday ~ FTTC169. Maki is our hostess and she has challenged us to *PICK A LETTER*. I chose the letter *B*...and I included...Button, Bow, Basic Grey and Bling.



I decided to ink you the beautiful newly released Hydrangea Set. The image was inked in Memento Tuxedo Black and colored with these Copic Markers ~ BV000, B02, YG11, G24. The DP on top is from the Basic Grey Little Black Dress Collection. The rest of my card was embellished with some  *scoring*, a punched out Scalloped Border,  Ribbon, matching Button, Scrapper's Floss, some Silver Pearls and some Glitter.

Please make sure to check out the rest of the FTTC team ~ Cindy, Maki, Heather, Mona, Beate, Amanda and our sweet May Guest Designer Marie Oberg.

 


My card was also inspired by this weeks Color Q Challenge ~ CQC137  and this weeks CardPatterns Sketch #165....



Now onto some pictures....hope you like them?!?








 As always thank you so much for taking the time to swing by! Have a fabulous week!!!

                                                                   Hugs, ~Silke~

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