Living Water - ODBD Sneak Peek

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Susie Nelson....congrats, Susie!!!  Wow, there were so many awesome projects to choose from but I finally decided on this awesome masculine card.  Instead of a square panel for the image, I used the ODBD Custom Double Stitched Rectangles Dies, ODBD Custom Rectangles Dies, and an upcoming set, Living Water, all by Our Daily Bread designs.  The image was stamped in caramel, overstamped in indigo.  The edges were sponged with caramel and suede. Instead of designer paper, I used three pieces of ribbon to the left. This was a super quick card....yay!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings,

ODBD Sneak Peek - Plough the Fields

Happy Saturday, everyone!  I hope everyone had a wonderfully blessed Thanksgiving!!!  After a few days of "down time", I'm back in the stamping groove!!!  Today's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to choose a photo from your Favorites Gallery to recreate.  I picked this awesome card by Lois aka clownmom....I love the sponged panel with the silhouette....so striking!  I am using an upcoming set by Our Daily Bread designs, 'Plough the Fields', plus two new dies sets (ODBD Custom Double Stitched Rectangles Dies and ODBD Custom Double Stitched Circles Dies) which will all be available on December 1st.  I love this stamp set so much, especially since I'm always needing help in creating masculine cards.  I started by cutting the white rectangle, masked the top and bottom, sponged the center portion with rust, olive, blue, and purple, removed the masks and stamped the image in black.  Though Lois' card was very CAS, I added linen thread, the die cut circle for the sentiment, plus three metallic dots in the corner.

Thanks so much for visiting!

God bless!!

For My Sweet Friend

Hi, everyone!  Today's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Kimberly VanDiepen aka mkkimber...congrats, Kimberly!  I chose this awesome card to recreate using the Be Joyful set from Our Daily Bread designs.  Though I did not do the spotlight technique as Kimberly did, I did heat emboss the floral image onto the kraft cardstock, then colored with markers.  Instead of using die cut flowers, I fussy cut some of the flowers from the Be Joyful image, then added clear gems.

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Blessings,

A Friend Touches Your Heart

Happy Saturday, everyone!  Today's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to choose a photo from Audrie's Inspiration Pinterest Board.....I fell in love with these gorgeous mini-wedding cakes!!! For my card, I started with a pink card base, rounded the corners to mimic the shape of the cakes, cut two branches with the ODBD Custom Lovely Leaves Dies and colored the centers brown, then added a layered flower cut with the ODBD Custom Birds and Nest Dies Set with a pearl center.  The white panel was also rounded, paper pierced, stamped with the Bless Your Heart set in pink, then overstamped the sentiment from Quote Collection 4 in black.  The pink satin cord was added to mimic the pink around the bottom of the cakes. The pink cord frayed when cut, so I put craft glue on the ends, then once they were dried, I cut them into shape.

Before I go, I would like to request that prayers be sent up for my dear, sweet designer sister, Grace Nywening, who is going through treatment for breast cancer.  Please see this blog post for more details about Grace.  Thank you for your prayers!!

Have a blessed weekend!

Deer Silhouette Birthday

Hi, everyone!  I have used the following Splitcoast challenges to help me with this card.  The Ways To Use It Challenge is 'What's Cooking?' (how about some venison steaks? Yum!!); The Clean and Simple Challenge is to use leaves....do silhouetted leaves count?!  I needed a quick birthday card, so I cased this awesome CAS card using the North Coast Creations set, 'Deer Silhouette Greetings'.  Wow, what a fun card to make.....and super quick too!!  All I did was cut a white A2 card, masked off one corner, sponged olive, pumpkin, and daffodil, removed the mask, then stamped the images and sentiment in black.  The birdies I drew by hand.....ha, you can tell that I am no artist!  I can't wait to try this same masking technique with some other stamps...wheee!!! 

Thanks for visiting with me!

Blessings,

Friends Warm The Heart

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Jo Nevill aka Rambling Boots....congrats, Jo!!  I chose this beautiful card to recreate using the 'Floral Sentiments 6' set by North Coast Creations (sister company to Our Daily Bread designs).  Instead of using a small strip of designer paper like Jo, I used a piece of ruffled ribbon instead.  The image was stamped in Stazon, then water-colored.  Though Jo's card was very CAS, I chose to add paper piercing and three little pearls.

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God bless!

Chickadee Birthday

Happy Saturday, everyone!  Today's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from Angela Maine's Christmas Pinterest Board......I loved the kraft /pine cone/ twine combination in this photo.  For my card, I have used the following items from Our Daily Bread designs:  You Will Have Refuge, Wood Background, ODBD Custom Chickadee Die, ODBD Custom Pinecones Dies, ODBD Custom Lovely Leaves Dies, ODBD Custom Beautiful Borders Dies, ODBD Custom Ovals Dies, ODBD Custom Pennants Dies, and the ODBD Custom Clouds and Raindrops Dies (for sponged clouds).  This will be a birthday card for my brother, who is a nature lover.

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings,

Blackberry / Pear Sympathy

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Mary Hines aka mhines....congrats, Mary!  I chose this gorgeous sympathy card to recreate using the 'Heaven's Masterpiece' set by North Coast Creations, along with the ODBD Custom 'Stitched Ovals' and 'Ovals' Dies.

Thanks for visiting!

God bless!

Rockin' with Elvis!

Hi, everyone!  This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration at LL Bean.  I knew I wanted to use my new Elvis stamp for my nephew's birthday card, but didn't know how to begin until I saw this duffle bag.....royal blue seemed to be a perfect fit with black!  The Elvis image and sentiment are from Crackerbox Stamps...I found these at a stamp show a few weeks ago and could not pass them up (since I'm an Elvis nut!)  I used blue mirror paper for the mat and die cut stars, plus a stencil for the background stars.  The blue stars were cut with the Our Daily Bread designs Custom 'Sparkling Stars' Dies.  The Elvis stamp was inked once and stamped three times in a row.  I got this idea from my scratch paper where I had stamped off earlier......Eureka!!!

Thanks for visiting with me today!

Have a wonderfully blessed weekend!

All Things Are Possible With God!

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Kim Jolley....congrats, Kim!!  I chose this gorgeous card to recreate, using the ODBD Custom Fancy Fritillary Die, ODBD Rustic Beauty Paper Collection, and the Ornate Border Sentiments set.  The designer paper was 6x6 with morning glories at each corner.....I fussy cut the flowers from one corner then cut the remaining panel to A2 size and reattached the flowers. Paper piercing, pearls, and blackberry ribbon were added as finishing touches.

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings,

Our Daily Bread designs November New Releases!

Hi, everyone!!  Welcome to the Our Daily Bread designs November New Release party!!!  There are many new stamps and dies this month.....check out the entire release HERE!  If you'd like a chance to win some goodies from Our Daily Bread designs, please follow the instructions below:

Prize Information: 

Three randomly selected winners will each receive a $25 gift certificate to the ODBD Store, to be used toward the purchase of ODBD Stamps found in the "ODBD stamps column" of the website just for commenting on the Design Team cards!  You have until November 2, 2015 at 9:00 p.m. EST to leave your comments on the Designers Blogs for a chance to win!  The Winners will be posted on the ODBD Blog on November 3rd, so be sure to check back there to see if you won!

* Cathy * Dawn * Julie * Robin * Amy * Lori * America * 

*  Sandee * Lisa * Sabrina * Grace * Silke * Chris *

Below are the products featured in my samples, both new and previously released:

For my first sample, I chose a pattern from the ODBD Christmas Paper Collection 2013, along with the 'Sing for Joy' set since they both coordinated with the new ODBD Custom Pinecones Dies and ODBD Custom Lovely Leaves Dies (pine branch).  The cardinal was popped up onto a matted panel cut from the ODBD Custom Stitched Ovals Dies and ODBD Custom Ovals Dies.  The designer paper was trimmed on each side with the ODBD Beautiful Borders Dies. (P.S.  If you decide to add this beautiful cardinal to your wish list, don't forget to add the ODBD Custom Cardinal Die as well.....silly me, I forgot that I had that die and spent fifteen minutes fussy cutting the image! lol!!)

My 2nd card is a birthday card custom made for my mother-in-law.  She shared an old tattered photo of her childhood home (shown below the card) and asked if I could design her birthday card around that.  She and her siblings would climb up on the porch awning and eat cherries from the cherry tree, so I added some branches and red rhinestones to mimic the tree.  The tree branches were cut from the ODBD Custom Lovely Leaves Dies; the 'branch' was colored with a brown marker.  I used the ODBD Custom Welcoming Windows Dies, ODBD Custom Window Shutter and Awning Dies, ODBD Custom Flower Box Fillers Dies, and the ODBD Custom Windows Dies set (for the inside curtains, which were stamped with the Chalkboard Vine Background stamp).  To match the porch railing in the photo, I cut two pieces of fencing from the ODBD Custom Gilded Gate Dies, then trimmed off the top curved portion.  The sentiment is from 'Home Sweet Home.'

Thanks for hanging out with us today!

God bless!