Apple Blessings

Hi, everyone!!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Jan aka Precious Kitty....congrats, Jan!  I chose this beautiful card to case today.  For my card, I have used the 'Apples' set by Our Daily Bread designs, along with the 'Pennant Flag Verses', ODBD Custom Pennant Flags Dies, ODBD Custom Double Stitched Pennant Flags Dies,  ODBD Custom Double Stitched Squares Dies and the ODBD Ephemera Essentials Paper Collection.  Since my apple image was fairly large, I changed her square card to an A2.

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Blessings,

Be Joyful!

Happy Saturday, everyone!  This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from Audrie's Journal Art Pinterest Board.  I fell in love with the colors and flower of this photo and incorporated the polka dots, eyelets, flowers, and embroidery thread into my card.  I have used the following items from Our Daily Bread designs: 'Be Joyful' stamp set, ODBD Birthday Brights Paper Collection, and the ODBD Custom Pierced Rectangles Dies.  I was happy to use the eyelets and thread, which have been in my stash for many years!  I am a proclaimed pack-rat, but I know I will use up my stash eventually! LOL!! :)

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Blessings,

Then Sings My Soul

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is MommaPatti.....congrats, Patti!!!  I chose this beautiful card to recreate today using the following items from Our Daily Bread designs: ODBD Rustic Beauty Paper Collection, 'How Great Thou Art', 'Cherry Blossom', and the ODBD Custom Double Stitched Rectangles Dies.  To match the designer paper, the image from 'Cherry Blossom' was inked, stamped off a couple of times, then stamped over the hymn lyric from 'How Great Thou Art'.

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Blessings,

Flourished Lilacs

Happy Saturday, everyone!  This week's Inspiration Challenge is to find inspiration from Cindy Hill's Spellbinders Pinterest Board.....I fell in love with this gorgeous card by Debbie Olson. For my card, I used the following items from Our Daily Bread designs: ODBD Custom Vintage Flourish Pattern Dies, ODBD Custom Vintage Labels Dies, and the 'Lilac' set.  Since I do not have purple seam binding, I used ivory instead, which coordinates with the ivory card base and image panel....the bow was tied with a Bow Easy.  The image was stamped in Stazon Jet Black, colored with markers, then yellow was sponged around the image.

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Have a very blessed weekend!

Pink Snowflake Blessings

Happy Friday, everyone!  This week's Friday Free4All Challenge theme over at Splitcoast is 'Relax'.  Though I'm not ready for the cold wind and ice of winter, I confess that I am super excited that Indiana will be getting snow flurries tomorrow!  Winter relaxing to me means vegging on the couch and watching the snow fall while our bird feeders get ravaged by our feathered 'dependents'! :)  For my card, I have used the following items from Our Daily Bread designs: ODBD Custom Snowflake Sky Dies (both the snowflake background and pink frame), ODBD 'Many Blessings' Stamp/Die Duos, and the ODBD Custom Pierced Rectangles Dies (a larger rectangle was 'resized' for the perfect size panel). Other than the pearls, this is a flat card which should be easy to mail.

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Blessings,

Golden Glittery Snowflakes

Hi, everyone!  The Ways To Use It Challenge this week over at Splitcoast is to pop up an element with foam tape.  I used the new ODBD Custom Snowflake Dies set for both the gold glitter paper layer and the navy blue mat.  The glitter snowflake layer was popped up with foam tape (yes, it took a while to cut all of the tiny pieces of foam tape!)  The scripture verse from 'Snowflake Sentiments' was gold embossed onto navy, then cut out with the ODBD Custom Circles Dies set.  Gold cording was the only embellishment since the glitter paper was glitzy enough on its own!

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Blessings,

Kisses from Heaven

Hi, everyone! This week's Clean and Simple Challenge over at Splitcoast is to use three like items on your CAS card.  I have used three snowflakes, cut from silver mirror paper using the ODBD Custom Snow Crystals Dies. The designer paper is from the ODBD Snowflake Season Paper Collection, and the sentiment is from 'Snowflake Sentiments'. In the center of the stamped snowflake is a silver heart which was a leftover cut out from one of the snowflake dies. Holographic gems were used in the centers of the three snowflakes.

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Blessings,

Dump Truck Birthday

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Jen aka Jennifrann.....congrats, Jen!!  I chose this super cute birthday card for inspiration to help me create a birthday card for my nephew's 2nd birthday.  Instead of a bulldozer, I used a dump-truck from the North Coast Creations 'Dump Truck Birthday' set.  The hills were created by tearing and sponging kraft cardstock, adhered to the white panel which was sponged using a die cut cloud cut with the ODBD Custom Clouds and Raindrops Dies set.  Once the three layers were adhered together, I cut out the panel with the ODBD Custom Pierced Rectangles Dies.

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Blessings,

Faux Wood Birthday Wishes

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Holly Brown aka hbrown...congrats, Holly!  I chose this awesome masculine card to recreate using the following items from Our Daily Bread designs: 'Living Water' stamp set, ODBD Custom Double Stitched Circles Dies, and the ODBD Custom Double Stitched Rectangles Dies.  Instead of the crumpled background technique, I used the Faux Wood technique to create the background panel....started with mustard cardstock and swiped two different brown ink pads directly across the cardstock.  I also loved the interesting ribbon treatment of Holly's card, so I was happy to give it a try; I used a small circle punch at first for the ribbon slots, but the ribbon wouldn't cooperate, so I punched around the circles with a small square punch.  This will be a birthday card for my boss next week.

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Blessings!

Our Daily Bread designs November New Releases!

Hi, everyone!  Welcome to the November new release party for Our Daily Bread designs!!!  It's another amazing release with new stamps, papers, and dies.....check out all of the new items HERE!  If you'd like a chance to win some goodies from ODBD, follow the instructions below:

Prize Information: 

Three randomly selected winners will each receive a $25 Gift Code to the ODBD Website  just for commenting on the Design Team cards!  You have until November 2, 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 November 3rd, so be sure to check back there to see if you won!

* Cathy * Dawn * Lori * Robin * Julie * Sandee * Anita * Helen * Angie (me!) * Chris * Grace * Lisa * Sabrina * Kathy * Diana *

Here are the new and previously released items from Our Daily Bread designs which are featured in my two projects below:

Both of my cards today feature the 'Jesus Loves You' Stamp/Die Duos set.  Once again I am blown away with the versatility of this set.....it can be used in countless ways and can be combined with so many ODBD stamp sets!  For my first card, I paired it with the 'Jesus' single, Christian Faith Paper Collection, plus the following dies:  ODBD Custom Snowflake Sky Dies (background panel), ODBD Custom Ornate Ovals Dies, ODBD Custom Ovals Dies, ODBD Custom Filigree Frames Dies, and ODBD Custom Rectangles Dies.  The Jesus image was watercolored and the background behind him was sponged.

For my second card, I have used the 'Jesus Loves You' Stamp/Die Duos, along with 'The Earth' stamp set, the large frame from the ODBD Custom Snowflake Sky Dies, and the ODBD Custom Pierced Rectangles Dies.  The earth image was stamped in the center of a white panel, cut in half, then each half was cut with the ODBD Custom Pierced Rectangles Dies.

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God bless!!