The Lord sustains!

Surely God is my help. The Lord is the one who sustains me. Psalm 54:4

 

CHACB Challenge #1: What's Your Style?

 Our very first challenge at Craft Hoarders Anonymous is to share a project that showcases your signature style. Dig into your hoard and pull out items that make you shout with crafty joy! Whip up something that has your creative name all over it. Do you, because no one is "youer" than you! And one talented participant will receive a prize for their work donated by Gloria Stengel Designs.


You have one week remaining to prepare and submit your project by linking up at the CHAC Blog. 

The deadline for linking up is Sunday, Jan. 16 at midnight PST.  

 

From the Stash

The challenge is to craft a project that best represents your own style. It took me a couple of tries to find the real me. When I took the first card in to show my beloved husband (and he truly is!), he looked a bit perplexed and said, "This is different. It's not your usual style." So, besides the Lord, there is someone who knows me better than I know myself! :-) Back to the crafting table. .and came out with this, which met with my Beloved's approval: it's me! Or more accurately, it's my style! So thankful to the Lord for my godly and wise husband!  

I am also thankful for God's Word and the sustaining power of His Holy Spirit, made possible because of the work of our Lord Jesus Christ! I am thankful for His sustenance in the daily things of life, including life itself. Yet that all pales in comparison to how He sustains my soul, and will throughout all eternity! Thankful that my place is secured not by my work, but by His and that I am preserved in grace, not by my grip, but by His!

That's my style. Now it's your turn to show yours!
  
Paper: Bo Bunny Gabrielle; Stampin' Up Sage Shadow, Early Espresso
Ink: Stampin' Up Sage Shadow, Early Espresso, Ranger Distress Antique Linen and Tea Stain
Accessories: Vintage buttons (from my grandmothers and mother), vintage ric rack (from my mom), satin ribbon embroidered roses from my sweet friend Amanda, pearls.
Dies: Memory Box Vivienne butterfly die; Spellbinders Romantic Ovals
Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs Scripture Series 2 (2011 Customer Favorites)

B Team (Live this Week)

Amber Milone

Christy Butters

Debbie Seyer

Ginny Nemchak

Jan Marie Ennenga

Kathy Clement

A Team (posted last week)

Gloria Stengel

Donna Idlet

Glenda Brooks

Karen Zueger

Pam Bray

Tammi Bennett

Blessings! jme ~ SDG

 

Calling all hoarders (of craft supplies!)

I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. 

Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. Psalm 139:4

 

Craft supply hoarders get ready: today is the day! The first challenge for the Gloria Stengel Designs Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge Blog kicks off today!

CHACB Challenge #1: What's Your Style?

As the scripture above indicates, you are fearfully and wonderfully made by the Lord and you are unique, with talents, skills, and gifts that are to be used for His glory. . .show us what He has given you and how, by His grace, you have developed and refined the gifts He so graciously has given.

Our very first challenge at Craft Hoarders Anonymous is to share a project that showcases your signature style. Dig into your hoard and pull out items that make you shout with crafty joy! Whip up something that has your creative name all over it. Do you, because no one is "youer" than you! And one talented participant will receive a prize for their work donated by Gloria Stengel Designs.

You have two weeks to prepare and submit your project by linking up. My sample (sneak peek provided!) will be posted next Monday, Feb. 10, but in the meantime, you can check out the A Team Designer's projects and you'll find links on the CHAC Blog. 

The deadline for linking up is Sunday, Jan. 16 at midnight PST.  

The next challenge will be posted on Monday, February 17 and run for two weeks, with samples posted both weeks. It could be a sketch challenge, a color challenge, a mood-board challenge, a theme challenge, a manufacturer challenge, you name it. We want you to USE YOUR HOARDED paper, tools, adhesives, and do-dads! For complete details, please click here.  

A Team (First & Third Weeks)
Gloria Stengel

Donna Idlet

Glenda Brooks

Karen Zueger

Pam Bray

Tammi Bennett

B Team (Second and Fourth Weeks)
Amber Milone

Christy Butters

Debbie Seyer

Ginny Nemchak

Jan Marie Ennenga

Kathy Clement

Blessings! jme ~ SDG

Coming clean. . .

It's time to come clean: I'm a hoarder. . .of crafting supplies. Thankfully, so is my friend, Gloria Stengel.

I met Gloria about three years ago through Christian Paper Crafters where we were both challenge hostesses. Gloria loves the Lord, has amazing talent and has served on teams for some of the leading names in paper crafting, yet she remains humble and gracious (just ask her! ;-) ) Did I mention she has a wonderful sense of humor? An engineer by training, she is also a homeschool mom about to work herself out of job. Two of her three are off to college, and the youngest isn't far behind. (She also loves cats, but don't tell her I told you that!)

The many long hours of design team work took a physical toll and the doctor ordered Gloria to STOP in order to mitigate the damage to her back. . .no more eight plus hours a day of Design Team (DT) work. So she did. . .mostly. She started cleaning out her craft studio (which is next to her school marm's desk) and came to the quick realization that she is . . . a HOARDER! Gasp! So she decided to start her own challenge blog, Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge Blog, encouraging others to dig into their stashes (and we all have plenty of them) and utilize their diverse talents. And . . she put out a call for a DT to help out.

After being blessed to serve on the Our Daily Bread Designs Challenge Team for two years, I stepped down at the end of 2013 planning to just enter a few challenges and spend some time looking at the beautiful work of others. And then I saw it: Gloria put out a call for her first ever DT and the first requirement was that you had to be a craft supply hoarder. Uh oh. . .in went the application. . .and last week I got an email that was a bit like Charlie opening up the Wonka bar and seeing the shimmer of gold! (Fans of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory/Willy Wonka will know what I mean!) Congratulations to the rest of the team! Looking forward to working with you!

So, the first and third Monday of each month we will post a challenge for you. It could be a sketch challenge, a color challenge, a mood-board challenge, a theme challenge, a manufacturer challenge, you name it. We want you to USE YOUR HOARDED paper, tools, adhesives, and do-dads! For complete details, please click here.
 

Gloria Stengel

Donna Idlet

Glenda Brooks

Karen Zueger

Pam Bray

Tammi Bennett

Amber Milone

Christy Butters

Debbie Seyer

Ginny Nemchak

Jan Marie Ennenga

Kathy Clement

Blessings! jme ~ SDG

We celebrate not the birth of a baby

. . .But the incarnation of God! Emmanuel: God with us!

And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Philippians 2: 8-11

ODBD Shining the Light Challenge #184

This week the Our Daily Bread Designs Challenge Team challenges YOU to an "ANYTHING GOES WITH ODBD STAMPS."  This is a two-week challenge!
 

 To make the challenge even more rewarding, we will be giving out a $15 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!! And, if you use Our Daily Bread Designs stamps, we will again be choosing one to two creations to spotlight for our Shining the Light Award. All submissions must be added to Mr. Linky by Sunday, Jan. 5 at 8 p.m. EST. Complete details are available on the ODBD blog.

   Please take a bit of time to visit my fellow challenge team members' blogs, you'll be blessed! 

Chris Olsen * Diana Nguyen 
 Cheryl Scriven * DJ Rants      
and. . Guest Design Team Member 
Robin Clendening

Our King and Judge

He reigns! While we celebrate the first coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and His birth, we must remember that though He became as us, He has always been and will always be the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Even now, He is ruling and reigning bringing all things into subjection until that grand and glorious day when He comes again! And this time, it will not be as meek and lowly infant offering salvation to all who will repent and believe, but as the righteous judge.  Are you ready to meet Him?

Thou Who Wast Rich Beyond All Splendor
(Click the title for a beautiful rendition of this hymn)

Thou who wast rich beyond all splendor,
All for love’s sake becamest poor;
Thrones for a manger didst surrender,
Sapphire-paved courts for stable floor.
Thou who wast rich beyond all splendor,
All for love’s sake becamest poor.

Thou who art God beyond all praising,
All for love’s sake becamest man;
Stooping so low, but sinners raising
Heavenward by thine eternal plan.
Thou who art God beyond all praising,
All for love’s sake becamest man.

Thou who art love beyond all telling,
Saviour and King, we worship thee.
Emmanuel, within us dwelling,
Make us what thou wouldst have us be.
Thou who art love beyond all telling,
Saviour and King, we worship thee.

Project Details

This project was for a tea at our church. As hostess for one of the tables (a cowboy themed table of course!), I wrapped up the ornaments that were being given in little packages and used Our Daily Bread Designs Stamps to decorate the inside card and outside tag. 

As a closing note, this is my last project as a member of the ODBD Challenge Team.  I have been so blessed to serve for two years and will so miss the daily chats with my "sister sticks" and our "boss lady" Kelley. I am most thankful for all of the behind the scenes encouragement as well as the encouragement from our faithful ODBD supporters and sisters in Christ.  It has been a joy to serve and I look forward to seeing and encouraging the new Challenge Team members! Blessings!


Our Daily Bread Designs Products

• Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs Christmas Verses and Flourished Christmas Verses.

Blessings! jme ~ SDG

All glory belongs to God

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill toward men. Luke 2:14

ODBD Shining the Light Challenge #183

This week the Our Daily Bread Designs Challenge Team challenges YOU to a NOEL Word Play Challenge. For this challenge use items beginning with each letter in NOEL to create your card or project) e.g. N- notions, nestabilities, negative O- oval or circle shape, olive, old E- embossing, embellishments, eggplant (color), envelope L-Lace, layered, letterpress

 To make the challenge even more rewarding, we will be giving out a $15 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!! And, if you use Our Daily Bread Designs stamps, we will again be choosing one to two creations to spotlight for our Shining the Light Award. All submissions must be added to Mr. Linky by Sunday, Dec. 22 at 8 p.m. EST. Complete details are available on the ODBD blog.

Please take a bit of time to visit my fellow challenge team members' blogs, you'll be blessed! 

Chris Olsen * Diana Nguyen 
 Cheryl Scriven * DJ Rants      
and. . Guest Design Team Member 
Robin Clendening

Project Details

N = Nestabilities (ODBD Custom ones!)
O = Overstamping
E = Embossing
L = Layers

Our Daily Bread Designs Products

• Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs Sparkling Snowflakes, Christmas Verses
• Dies and Accessories: ODBD Custom Dies Antique Label Designs; Sparkling Snowflakes

Blessings! jme ~ SDG

Folds, folds and unfolding (or unveiling) . .

For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, 
which is Christ the Lord. Luke 2:11

Assembled

Inside of Card

ODBD Shining the Light Challenge #182

This week the Our Daily Bread Designs Challenge Team challenges YOU to a an Alternate Fold Challenge (other than a traditional side or top fold).

 

 To make the challenge even more rewarding, we will be giving out a $15 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!! And, if you use Our Daily Bread Designs stamps, we will again be choosing one to two creations to spotlight for our Shining the Light Award. All submissions must be added to Mr. Linky by Sunday, Dec, 15 at 8 p.m. EST. Complete details are available on the ODBD blog.
 

Please take a bit of time to visit my fellow challenge team members' blogs, you'll be blessed! 

Chris Olsen * Diana Nguyen 
 Cheryl Scriven * DJ Rants      
and. . Guest Design Team Member 
Robin Clendening

Project Details 

Instead of making a card with a fancy or alternative fold, I opted for something a bit different. . .a tea light gift set. I started with making a box for tags and then saw this clever pattern for a folding tree (SplitCoast Stampers Tutorials) and decided that's what the box would hold. Once the tree is disassembled and folded flat, the card layers on top, followed by the insert with the angled "Merry Christmas" and topped with the tea light. 

For assembly, everything is removed from the box, which is turned upside down. Then, the white panel is inserted into the card and both are placed a top the box. The card then becomes the "skirt" and platform for the tree, beginning with the tea light "trunk" upon which the tree rests, followed by the topper (two brads glued together on a toothpick.) It all came together well, thanks to the ODBD's beautiful paper, stamps and dies!

Our Daily Bread Designs Products

• Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs Ornate Borders and Flowers, Christmas Verses, Christmas Flourished Verses, ODBD Mini Tags, For Unto You
• Dies and Accessories: ODBD Custom Dies Ornate Borders and Flowers, Ribbon Tag Trio
• Paper: ODBD Christmas Paper Collection 2013, ivory, kraft, silver.

Blessings! jme ~ SDG

Jesus, Our Savior

 She will give birth to a son and you are to give him the name Jesus: 
for he shall save His people from their sins. Matthew 1:21

ODBD Shining the Light Challenge #177

This week the Our Daily Bread Designs Challenge Team challenges YOU to a Double Embossing Challenge (either use both wet and dry embossing on your creation or use the Double embossing technique found here (http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/doubleembossing/)

 To make the challenge even more rewarding, we will be giving out a $15 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!! And, if you use Our Daily Bread Designs stamps, we will again be choosing one to two creations to spotlight for our Shining the Light Award. All submissions must be added to Mr. Linky by Sunday, Dec. 8 at 8 p.m. EST. Complete details are available on the ODBD blog.
  

Please take a bit of time to visit my fellow challenge team members' blogs, you'll be blessed! 

Chris Olsen * Diana Nguyen  Cheryl Scriven * DJ Rants     and. . Guest Design Team Member Robin Clendenning

Project Details

Our Daily Bread Designs Products

• ODBD Stamps: Ornate Borders & Flowers, Christmas Flourished Verses, Christmas Verses
  ODBD Paper: Our Daily Bread Designs Christmas Paper Collection 2013
  ODBD Dies and Accessories: Ornate Borders and Flowers

Blessings! jme ~ SDG