Chalkboard Inspiration (ODBD Sneak Peek!)

Hi, everyone!  Happy Saturday!  It's a rainy day here in Indiana, which is fine by me as long as it doesn't turn to snow....ugh, I'm sooooo over the winter weather!!  So, since there will be no "toodling about" outside, I'll be stamping my little heart out today!  Today's Inspiration Challenge today over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from the Damask Love blog.....wow, Amber is so talented and has many cool tutorials and projects there!  I chose this post (scroll down to the green card), for an opportunity to use some new April stamps and dies from Our Daily Bread designs.  The background was stamped with the "Chalkboard Vine Background", the chalkboard sentiment from the "Chalkboard Collection Designer Paper Pack" was cut out with the "ODBD Custom Vintage Flourish Pattern Die Set", the little flower was made from combining three die cut pieces from the "ODBD Custom Ornamental Cross Die Set", and the leaf was cut from the "ODBD Custom Fancy Foliage Die Set".  (The new April products listed above will be available on April 1st.)

I will also be submitting this for the ODBD Shining the Light "Anything ODBD" Challenge, which lasts another week, by the way!

Thanks for stopping by!  Enjoy your weekend!!

Blessings,

Chalkboard Birthday

Hi, everyone!   I have created this birthday card using the Clean and Simple Sketch Challenge and Color Challenge of gray and green, both from Splitcoast this week.  I really wanted to incorporate these two challenges together, so the ODBD "Chalkboard - Birthday and Thank You" set was just right for a masculine card.

Hey, just in case you did not know, Our Daily Bread designs has a sale going on this week on select items....check out the deets HERE!

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings,

Birthday Chalkboard

Happy Friday, everyone!!  This week's Queen For The Day over at Splitcoast is the wonderfully talented Carole aka ckbythesea!  Congrats, Carole!!  I chose this beautiful card from Carole's fabulous gallery.  This is a birthday card for a dear friend of mine....I hope she likes it!!

The stamp I have used for this is from one of the new chalkboard sets by Our Daily Bread designs, called "Chalkboard - Birthday and Thank You"...there are two stamps in this set.  I love that there are so many options with these chalkboard stamps....ink them in any color, emboss them, color the white sections, or go with the straight black and white......too fun!!

Thanks for stopping by for a visit!  Have a very blessed weekend!!

Our Daily Bread designs February New Release Blog Hop!

Hi, everyone!  Welcome to the Our Daily Bread designs February New Release Blog Hop!!  If you have hopped here from Dawn's amazing blog, you are in the right place.  If not, please head over to the ODBD Blog and start at the beginning....we sure don't want you to miss a thing!  Hop from blog to blog, check out the new sets and samples from the "Breadsticks", leave a comment for each, then head back to the ODBD Blog and let us know that you have completed the hop.  The hop will run until Saturday, 2/2/13 at 8 pm EST.  There will be three gift certificates for stamps awarded.....one for $20, one for $40, and one for $60...woo hoo!!!

The set I chose to use for the hop is Chalkboard - John's, which includes two amazing scripture verses surrounded by just the right amount of beautiful flourishes and "winged things".....love this set!!!!

For my sample, I wanted to show that these beautiful chalkboard stamps may be used with any color ink plus embossing techniques as well as the chalkboard technique. The stamp was inked up with Versamark, stamped on white cardstock, then heat embossed with "Enamel" embossing powder to give it a ceramic look.  The image was then sponged with bright yellow and orange inks (to match the Bo Bunny designer paper) and the excess was wiped off of the embossed part....this is called "Emboss Resist". It's hard to see in this photo, but the bottom white panel was stamped with the "Small Butterfly Background" stamp to coordinate with the butterflies on the main panel.

In case you missed my sneak peek with the Chalkboard - Amazing Grace set, I thought I would share it again here in order to show that you can achieve more than one look with the same type of stamp!

Now.....on with the hop!!!!  Your next stop will be with my dear, sweet, mega-talented DT sistah, Sabrina!!!!

Happy hopping and God bless!!

ODBD Sneaky Peek - "Chalkboard - Amazing Grace"!

Hi, everyone!  Today's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to choose an item from the Etsy store, Octopurse.......I chose this cute chalkboard purse so that I could try out one of my new Chalkboard stamps by Our Daily Bread designs, which will be released on February 1st.

I have also used the Queen For The Day Challenge from last week, when Brenda aka tessaduck was crowned Queen....congrats to Brenda!!  I chose this beautiful card.....I fell in love with the layout and just had to use it for my card today!

Card 'Ingredients':
Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs 'Chalkboard - Amazing Grace' (release date is February 1);
Ink: Stazon Jet Black, light blue and eggplant ink for sponging;
Designer Paper: Memory Box (background) and Prima (music);
Accessories:  Zva Creative Pearls, Bow Easy, Satin Ribbons, Martha Stewart border punch, paper piercer and template;
Size: 5-1/2 x 5-1/2.

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a beautiful and blessed weekend!