Our Daily Bread Sketch Challenge

I adore Our Daily Bread stamps and I'm so excited that I was able to enter their latest sketch challenge, ODBDSLC93.  I decided to go with "texture" for the emphasis on my card:

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I used the Our Daily Bread stamp set "The Word of God".    My arched embellishment was cut with my Cricut and the others were made with Spellbinders Parisian Motifs and Parisian Accents.  I colored my image with Copic markers and sponged with distress ink.  The design paper is from Queen Bee and the sheet music is a copy of "The Crystal Sea".  I added burlap and pearls from Michael's.  

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Keep My Lamp Burning

This is a sympathy card I made for a dear friend who passed away this week with pancreatic cancer.  He and his wife and boys were active members of our church when they lived here and were involved in everything going on in the community.  I just love this lighthouse image from Our Daily Bread Designs.  The light is a beacon and the charts on the image guide our way.  Certainly tools that someone making a career in the Coast Guard uses frequently.   It also reminds me of a song our choir sings, "The Lighthouse".

I stamped my lighthouse with Versamark and then used gold embossing power.  I added a Spellbinder's frame and cross.  I laced jute through the scallops of the frame and added "shells" for a more nautical look.  My sentiment was stamped with Tim Holz's Distressed Ink "Old Paper".  The design paper is aptly named "Sandy Beach" by Penny Black.  On the inside of my card, I used the poem "Crossing the Bar" by Lord Alfred Tennyson.

I feel blessed that I can use my craft at times like these.

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With Sympathy

This is a card I made for a dear friend whose sister recently passed away.  I wanted a "manly" sympathy card and this set "Keep My Lamp Burning" was perfect from Our Daily Bread Designs.

I live near the beach, so I especially love the lighthouses that ODB has to offer.  I did add an anchor which did not come with the set because I just felt like expressing that Jesus is also an anchor.  I used jute to create my rope design tied to the anchor.

My design paper is from Basic Grey "Granola" plus two narrow strips from Pink Paislee's "Queen Bee" collection.  I was taught to never, ever throw away usable scraps!   I embossed SU card stock and distressed all my layers.  All card stock used was from SU.

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