Happy Birthday to Lisa at Our Daily Bread designs!!

Hi, everyone!  Today we are throwing a surprise birthday celebration for Lisa Somerville, who works behind the scenes to keep the ODBD machine running smoothly! Lisa is the un-sung hero who keeps our team organized, writes the posts and tutorials for the ODBD blog, Facebook, social media, adds new products each month to the ODBD store and gallery, and much, much more! We are so grateful for all that Lisa does for our team and for the entire company!  Thanks, Lisa!!!

In honor of Lisa on her birthday, Kelley has released (secretly, without Lisa knowing it) a special new Stamp/Die Duo set, called 'Friend to Friend'.  Check out all of the team projects here on the ODBD Blog.  Pssst......if you comment on the ODBD Blog on the birthday post for Lisa, you have a chance of winning one of five 'Friend to Friend' sets!!!

Along with the awesome 'Friend to Friend' set, here are all of the items featured in my two card samples for today:

My first card features the 'Friend to Friend' Stamp/Die Duo set, along with the ODBD Large Banners Dies and ODBD Custom Pierced Rectangles.  The background was created by dabbing several colors of ink onto a craft sheet, spritzing with water (and glimmer mist), then 'mopping' up the ink with cardstock. Colorful sequins were added as simple embellishments.

My second card features the 'Friend to Friend' Stamp/Die Duo set, along with the ODBD Custom Double Stitched Rectangles Dies, ODBD Custom Double Stitched Circles Dies, and a pattern from the ODBD Christian Faith Paper Collection.  The dragonflies were watercolored to match the designer paper then popped up on foam tape. Burlap ribbon and antique copper brads were added as embellishments for a rustic feel.

Thanks for visiting with us during our 10th Anniversary week!

Happy Birthday, Lisa!  Mwaaah!!!

Blessings,

Celebrating You

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Michele Reynolds aka Michelerey....congrats, Michele!!!  Wow, Michele has over 4000 photos in her gallery....there were so many that I fell in love with!  I was looking for inspiration to help me create a birthday card for my Step-Dad.....this gorgeous card was perfect!  I used the ink, spray and smash technique with navy blue and turquoise inks......somehow the panel came out looking purple, so I dug out some Vintage Violet cardstock (retired) for the card base.  Once the inked panel was dry, it was cut out with the ODBD Custom Pierced Rectangles.  The sentiment is from 'Celebrating You'.  There was a piercing template on my desk, so I decided to use piercing under the 'Dragonfly Single' instead of twine.  Turquoise enamel dots and ink splatters were added to match the water-colored dragonfly.

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings,