Hope Is An Anchor

Hi, everyone!  This week's Sketch Challenge at Splitcoast is a fun one!  I love sponging scenes with scratch paper, so I decided to make one scene and cut it into the sections for the sketch layout.  I started by stamping one of Our Daily Bread designs' bible journaling stamps, The Anchor, colored the images, coated each with a clear glaze pen, then sponged the scene around it by using scratch paper masks.  Some extra sea shells were stamped and cut out for the bottom panel, and some waves were added to the shoreline with a white pen.  Some doodling was added to each section for a little interest since the sponging was pretty light.

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Blessings,

Beautiful Wishes

Hi, everyone!  This week's Clean and Simple Challenge over at Splitcoast is to incorporate circles in your CAS card....I've got tons of polka dots, a button, three black pearls, plus the round holes from paper piercing...circles galore!!  I have used the following items from Our Daily Bread designs in the making of my card:  ODBD Custom Pretty Posies Dies, 'Sentiments Collection 2', ODBD Squares Dies, ODBD Stitched Rectangles Dies, and the Old Glory Paper Collection.  I will also be submitting this for four of the March Fan Club challenges as well:  Central Theme: It's the Little Things (words of kindness plus mini polka dots); Sketch Challenge; Inspiration Challenge; Word Play: M=multi-layer flower, I=ink (black), N=no coloring, I=ink (red for sponging). Also, this week, on the "Less is More" challenge blog, the challenge is to use Polka Dots, so I will add my card there as well.

Thanks for visiting!!

Blessings,

Pink Hope

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Jenn Shurkus....congrats, Jenn!!  I chose this beautiful card to case.  I loved the simple elegance of this design with the three butterflies in a row.  For my card, I cut three butterflies with the ODBD Custom 'Tres Papillons' Dies from coordinating patterns from the ODBD Easter Card Collection 2016, sponged the edges in pink, popped them up with foam tape and added liquid pearls.  The polka dot panel was cut out with the ODBD Custom Lavish Layers Dies from the ODBD Pastel Paper Pack.  The sentiment from 'Grace's Hope' was white embossed on coordinating pink designer paper, then trimmed into a banner shape. Some sequins were added as an embellishment.

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings,

My First Try At Bible Stamping

Hi, everyone!  This week's Ways To Use It Challenge is to use book pages or print for your project.  I am submitting this for the challenge since I actually stamped IN a book....a new bible for my nephew's 18th birthday. This was a little nerve-wracking since I had never done any bible journaling and was afraid that I would mess it up, but it turned out okay....whew!  All three stamps are from Our Daily Bread designs: the eagle is from 'On Eagle's Wings', the verse is from 'Scripture Collection 1', and the mountain image is from 'Keep Climbing'.

Thanks for visiting today!

Have a blessed weekend!!

Sing From The Soul

Hi, everyone!  This week's Sketch Challenge 585 over at Splitcoast was pretty challenging for me.....it took me a long while to figure out my plan of action.  I finally settled on the 'Songbirds' set by Artistic Outpost, plus the 'Chalkboard Fan Background' by sister company, Our Daily Bread designs. The fancy frame was stamped in gray, fussy cut around the outside, then stamped the songbirds and sentiment in gray as well, then sponged the edges and birdies with cantaloupe.  I went way out of my comfort zone and distressed the edges of the background panels...eek!, then sponged them in gray before adhering them to a white mat which was then paper pierced.  I didn't have any ribbon that would work with these colors, so I created a banner for an additional sentiment instead.

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Blessings,

Scavenger Hunt at Our Daily Bread designs!

Hi, everyone!  As Anniversary Week comes to a close, Our Daily Bread designs has one more fun event for you today.....a Scavenger Hunt!!!  Check out all of the details HERE on the ODBD Blog.

Prize Information: 
Three winners with the correct answers will be chosen to receive a $15.00 Gift Code to the ODBD store!! Winners will be announced on the blog on March 24, 2016.

Thanks for helping us to celebrate our 8th Anniversary! Hope you had fun....we sure did!!

God bless!!

ODBD Anniversary Week - My Three Favorite Cards

Hi, everyone! As ODBD's Anniversary week is winding down, we have a super fun post for today.  Some of my Sistah Sticks and I have picked out three of our personal favorite creations from the past year to share with you. See all of our faves together in this post. 

If you'd like to be one of three winners of a gift certificate, follow the instructions below:

Prize Information: 

Three randomly selected winners will each receive a $15 gift certificate to the ODBD Store just for commenting on the Design Team cards!  You have until March 22, 2016 at 9:00 p.m. EDT to leave your comments on the Designers Blogs for a chance to win!  The Winners will be posted on the ODBD Blog on March 24th, so be sure to check back there to see if you won!

* Angie....that's me! * Cathy * Chris * Dawn * Grace * Julie *               * Lisa * Lori * Robin * Sabrina * Sandee *

**For each of my three cards, I have copied and pasted the details from the original blog posts (since I was too lazy to re-write them all! lol!!)

My first card was a birthday card for my niece. Here is what I wrote, "She requested purple, green, and black....no problem!  Usually it takes me a while to design a card, but this time I instantly thought of the following items from Our Daily Bread Designs which would work together: the awesome butterfly from 'Boho Blessings' (cut out with the largest of the ODBD Custom 'Fancy Fritillary' Dies), the leaf pattern from the 'Beautiful Boho' Paper Collection, the ODBD Custom 'Boho Background' Die, a quote from 'Quote Collection 4', individual letters from the 'Pennant Row Alphabet' set, and the ODBD Custom 'Pennant Row' Dies set.  After cutting the ODBD Custom 'Boho Background' out of black cardstock, I cut a TON of little pieces of foam tape in order to pop it up over the designer paper....so worth the time!!  The pennant and butterfly were popped up as well.  (I am a foam tape addict!!)  My niece is an aspiring artist, which is why I chose this particular quote and the word 'Inspire'."

My second fave card was super tedious, but a blast to make....here are the details:
"My project below features the 'Father's Day Tools' single, ODBD Custom 'Workshop Tools' Dies, ODBD Custom 'Tool Time' Dies, and 'Wood Background' stamp. This card was super fun to make, although the fussy cutting the image (and applying foam tape) took four hours total, over the span of several days. The card itself was super easy....it began as an A2 card, then the corners were cut and an oval die was used for the cut out. The card base and front panel were stamped with the ODBD 'Wood Background' stamp, then the edges were sponged for a bit more dimension. The little screws are eyelets which I bought in my first couple months of stamping (15 years ago or so)....I didn't even know what eyelets were, but I loved that they were little screw heads, so I bought them!!! lol!!! The tools were cut from the ODBD Custom 'Workshop Tools' dies and the ODBD Custom 'Tool Time' Dies, then tucked into the pocket which was raised with foam tape."

Here is a close up of the fussy cutting:

My third favorite was a birthday card for my nephew, who loves anything in camouflage and wants to be a soldier when he grows up.  Here are the card details:
"My sample today features the new 'Pennant Row Alphabet', the ODBD Custom 'Pennant Row Dies' set, 'Special Boy', 'Fishing Net Background', ODBD Custom 'Pennants' Dies, ODBD Custom 'Stitched Ovals' Dies, and ODBD Custom 'Ovals' Dies.  To create the cammo pennant, the ODBD Custom 'Pennant Row Die' was cut from Kraft cardstock, the letters from the 'Pennant Row Alphabet' were stamped on white with green, then trimmed by hand and adhered to the die cut piece. Using the same die, I traced the outline onto the cammo designer paper, then cut out by hand. Two little stars cut with the ODBD 'Sparkling Stars' Dies were the anchors for the ends.  The monster truck from 'Special Boy' was stamped on white and also on the cammo paper; parts of the truck were colored with markers and the cammo section was cut out and paper-pieced onto the image.  The banners were cut with the ODBD Custom 'Pennants' Dies, the army net background was stamped with the 'Fishing Net Background' stamp, and the scene behind the truck was sponged in kraft and aqua."

Thanks for stopping by!

God Bless!

Always In My Prayers

Happy Saturday, everyone!  This week's Inspiration Challenge at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from Google Doodles....I chose this logo because of the gorgeous pink flower petals, purple background, and elegant silver bowl. All of these colors were incorporated into my card.  I decided to use hot pink and silver mirror paper with the ODBD Custom Filigree Frames Dies, along with Almost Amethyst (light purple) cardstock.  The sentiment from 'Faith Card Sentiments' was stamped in black onto a panel cut with the ODBD Custom Rectangles Dies, stenciled with amethyst ink. The flower was cut from both the ODBD Custom Pretty Posies Dies set and ODBD Custom Birds and Nest Dies set, sponged in hot pink and the matching amethyst.

Thanks for stopping by!  Come on back tomorrow for another fun ODBD Anniversary post....psst....another chance to win prizes!!! :)

Blessings,

Happy 8th Anniversary, Our Daily Bread designs!

Hi, everyone!!! Welcome to the Our Daily Bread designs 8th Anniversary celebration!!  It's amazing at how fast the past 8 years have gone!!!  Today we have a special anniversary release to share with you....beautiful new dies and inspirational stamps sets designed for Grace, our DT sister who is battling cancer right now (click on the sidebar badge for more info regarding Grace)....thank you for praying!

If you haven't seen the entire new anniversary release yet, check it  out HERE.  Follow the directions below for a chance to be one of EIGHT winners of a gift certificate:

Prize Information: 

Eight randomly selected winners will each receive a $25 gift certificate to the ODBD Store just for commenting on the Design Team cards!  You have until March 19, 2016 at 9:00 p.m. EDT to leave your comments on the Designers Blogs for a chance to win!  The Winners will be posted on the ODBD Blog on March 24th, so be sure to check back there to see if you won!

* Julie * Sandee * Cathy * Dawn * Lori * Robin * Angie (that's me!) * Chris * Grace * Lisa * Sabrina * Melissa *

Below are the new and previously released stamps, dies, and papers featured in my two samples today:

For my first sample today, I began by cutting out two of the large frames from the ODBD Custom Filigree Frames Dies and one of the smaller decorative rectangles from a light peach metallic cardstock. Two of the large frames were cut out so that I could cut and overlap the tall end over the short end and make my horizontal frame symmetrical.  The sentiment panel was cut out with the ODBD Custom Rectangles Dies; the sentiment from 'Faith Card Sentiments' was stamped in blackberry ink and clear embossed.  The little cross was cut out with the ODBD Custom Ornamental Crosses Dies.  Some pearls and a blackberry bow were added for finishing touches.

For my second card, to coordinate with the sentiment from 'Grace's Hope', the 'Hope' word from the 'Faith, Hope, and Love' set was heat embossed with Espresso brown embossing powder onto white cardstock, fussy cut, then popped up with foam tape.  The framing is a combination of die cuts from the ODBD Custom Lavish Layers Dies and ODBD Custom Double Stitched Rectangles Dies.  The layered flower was cut with the ODBD Custom Birds and Nest Dies and the leaf flourishes were cut with the ODBD Custom Lovely Leaves Dies set.  The cocoa colored polka dot paper is from the new ODBD Ephemera Essentials Paper Collection (which coordinates with the previously released Vintage Ephemera Paper Collection.)

Thanks for helping us to celebrate this week!!!

Blessings,

Spring Lamb

Hi, everyone!  I swear I didn't plan to do it two weeks in a row, but I flipped the Splitcoast sketch upside down again!  When I saw the corner design, I knew I wanted to use one of the ODBD Custom Decorative Corners Dies with 'The Shepherd' stamp set.  Once I cut out, stenciled, and added foam tape to the corner die cut, I had to flip the layout so that the cross wouldn't be upside down.  The lamb was stamped then cut out with the ODBD Custom Little Lamb Die and popped up with foam tape over the sponged background.  I will also submit this to the Clean and Simple Challenge this week, which is about 'Spring Critters'.

Thanks for visiting with me today!

Blessings,

Enjoy Your Day!

Hi, everyone!  I went wild and flipped this week's Sketch Challenge at Splitcoast upside down!  I tried my best to come up with something "right side up" but I couldn't get the sunny scene out of my brain!  The number 1 panel was sponged using a template made with the ODBD Custom Clouds and Raindrops Dies; the sun (plus the negative space it fit into) was cut out with the ODBD Custom Double Stitched Circles Dies set; the sandals from 'Flip Flop Fun' were stamped onto a piece which was stamped in aqua with the Chalkboard Fan Background, fussy cut then layered onto the sandal bases which were cut out with the ODBD Custom Flip Flops Dies.  For the thin number 4 strip, I used ribbon to mimic a glimpse of the ocean.  Paper piercing and matching baker's twine were the only extras.

Thanks for stopping by!!

Blessings,

Superstar Birthday

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Geni aka genistamps....congrats, Geni!!  I absolutely love how she stamped inside the shaped mask on this beautiful card and just had to try that myself!  I started by cutting the white panel with the ODBD Custom Double Stitched Rectangles Dies. Instead of using a butterfly, I created a mask using the ODBD Custom Double Stitched Stars Dies, used various stamps from the 'Superstar' set in navy, green, and eggplant to stamp within the star mask, sponged kraft ink within, removed the mask and embossed the stitched edging with the same die used to cut the mask.  Instead of liquid pearls, I added three tiny stars at the bottom and one medium star in the center; these were cut with the ODBD Custom Sparkling Stars Dies.  This card will be for a nephew who will be turning 18 next week.

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings,

Wishing You Happiness

Hi, everyone!  This week's Inspiration Challenge is based on the miniature paintings by Lorraine Loots....I chose this awesome dragonfly as inspiration for my card today.  I used the Dragonfly single from Our Daily Bread designs along with the ODBD Custom Wishing Die, a sentiment from Wishing Words, ODBD Custom Double Stitched Circles Dies, ODBD Custom Double Stitched Squares Dies, and one of my fave patterns of designer paper from the ODBD 'Blooming Garden' Paper Collection.

Thanks for visiting!

Have a blessed weekend!

Spring Daffodils

Hi, everyone!  I'm excited and honored to announce that I will be a part of the Sketch Challenge team for three months over at Splitcoast!!!  My sample below fits Sketch 582 shown at the left.....you can make it as layered or as simple as you wish.  I am happy that I was able to keep my card fairly simple....my brain likes things more simple these days! :)

I started out with the 'Daffodils' set by North Coast Creations (sister company to Our Daily Bread designs), then added the yellow and green layers stamped with the ODBD 'Gingham Background'.  The dies I used are as follows:  ODBD Custom Fence Die, ODBD Custom Double Stitched Circles Dies, ODBD Custom Double Stitched Squares Dies, ODBD Custom Double Stitched Rectangles Dies, and the ODBD Custom Clouds and Raindrops Dies (template to sponge clouds).  I wasn't up for the challenge of doing the 'out-of-the-box' technique for the daffodils, so I went the lazy route and stamped an extra daffodil for each side, cut them out, and glued them on.

Thanks for visiting!!

Blessings,