Divinity Designs LLC October New Release!

Hi, everyone! Welcome to the new release party for October!  For this release, we are focusing on lifting up and showing our gratitude for our Veterans.  Making the choice to offer up their lives for our country is so amazing, inspiring, and humbling to me!  Thank you, Veterans!!

To see the entire release and some awesome samples, visit the website HERE or Instagram HERE!  Enjoy!

For my first sample, I created a shaker card from the following products: 

Paper/Die Duo: God Bless America

Dies: Pierced Sunrays Background, Sparkling Stars, Rose Leaves, Matting Rectangle, A2 Landscape Card Base with Layer

Misc: Foam Mounting Tape, Adhesive Sheet, Star-Spangled Shaker Elements

 

Next up is a simple design featuring the following:

Stamps: Thank You, Veteran

Paper: Star-Spangled A2 Card Fronts

Dies: Sentiment Strips, Treat Tags, Pierced Rectangles, Matting Rectangle, Sparkling Stars, A2 Landscape Card Base with Layer 

 

For my third sample, I used the Star Spangled Box Die set to create a baby boy box to show the versatility of the products. The designer paper is from the Baby Boy Paper Pad and the baby dies are from the Baby Blessings Dies.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Blessings,

 

 

NFL Birthday x 2

Hi, everyone!  This week's Ways To Use It Challenge theme is 'It's a Banner Day!', so I am posting two birthday cards I made recently, one for a co-worker and one for a friend to give to his brother.  For both cards, I used the same items, but personalized them with added touches to match the official jerseys.  The stripes on the sleeves were drawn with a journal pen and ruler on a separate piece of cardstock and colored with markers, fussy cut, then glued onto the jerseys.  The numbers were fussy cut even though there are coordinating dies.....I didn't want the white outline. For the banners, I used the die re-sizing technique to match the size of the sentiment stamp.  Other than the stars embossing folders, the rest of the items used are from Divinity Designs LLC: All-Star Jerseys Stamp/Die Duos, Rectangles Dies, Sparkling Stars Dies, Pennant Flags Dies, Double Stitched Pennant Flags Dies, Foam Mounting Tape.

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings,

Saxophone Birthday

Hi, everyone!  Today I would like to share a quick card created for my nephew's birthday.  He began playing the saxophone in school this year and is excelling so far...we are so proud of him!!  I knew I wanted to use the saxophone image from 'Marvelous Things' from Our Daily Bread designs for his card.  The image was colored with three different markers before stamping onto a panel cut with the ODBD Custom Large Banners Dies.  The background paper is from the 'Notable Notes' Paper Collection and was cut out with the ODBD Custom Pierced Rectangles Dies.  The tiny stars were cut out with the ODBD Custom Sparkling Stars Dies.

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings,

Rock On!

Hi, everyone!  My card today combines the Sketch Challenge over at Splitcoast plus Melody's VSN challenge to use an old book page or image of a book.  I scanned the glossary page of a 1926 Song Book and printed it out. the sentiment banner and brown stars were cut from the margin of the same page.  The stamps are from an ODBD set, 'Rock Star' (retired); the image was stamped in Stazon Jet Black, then water-colored.  The following custom dies from ODBD were used: Double Stitched Rectangles, Double Stitched Stars, Sparkling Stars, and Double Stitched Pennant Flags.  I love the natural aged tone from the page but the edges of each panel were sponged a bit for a little more character. This card will go into my birthday stash for later use.

Thanks for visiting!

Blessings,

Blast Off!

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Tracy Freeman aka Tracy_inkyfingers....congrats, Tracy!  I LOVE this awesome space card and have attempted to re-create it (minus the spinners) for a birthday card for my nephew, using the 'Rocket Man' set and Space Man Dies from North Coast Creations. The background was created with the Outer Space Technique using watercolor paper and multiple layers of black and navy ink.  Once the panel was dry, it was cut out with the ODBD Custom Double Stitched Rectangles, dotted with a glitter pen, then three stars cut from the ODBD Custom Sparkling Stars Dies.  The sentiment was cut out with the ODBD Custom Double Stitched Pennant Flags Dies.  The moon, ship, and sentiment panel were popped up with foam tape for dimension.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Blessings,

This Land Was Made For You and Me!

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Beverly aka ruby-heartedmom...congrats, Beverly!!  Wow, what an awesome gallery!!  I chose this cool card to recreate....instead of using color blocking, I used four star panels cut out with the ODBD Custom USA Flag Die.  The star frame was cut out using two dies from the ODBD Custom Double Stitched Stars Dies and the inset star was cut with the ODBD Custom Sparkling Stars Dies set.  The tiny silver stars and red strip borders were leftovers from another card made with the flag die.  The sentiment is from the 'Let Freedom Ring' set.  The red strips were mitered at the corners to create the frame.

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings,

Our Daily Bread designs September New Releases!

Hi, everyone!  Welcome to the September new release party for Our Daily Bread designs!  Wow, what an amazing patriotic release this month....new stamps, new dies, and new designer paper!  Check out all of the new goodies HERE!

If you'd like a chance to win a gift certificate from ODBD, please 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 September 2, 2017 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 September 3rd so be sure to check back there to see if you won!

* Sandee * Cathy * Grace * Lisa * Angie (that's me!) * Lori * 

 * Chris * Dawn * Diana * Helen *

Here are the new and previously released items featured in my samples for today:

My first card features the awesome new ODBD Custom USA Flag Die, a sentiment from the 'Let Freedom Ring' stamp set, matted and framed with the ODBD Custom Double Stitched Stars Dies and ODBD Custom Sparkling Stars Dies. The flag die was cut in silver, navy, red, and white, then the pieces were put together atop a piece of cardstock which I turned into a sticker with my Xyron machine. It was so easy to adhere them this way instead of gluing down one piece at a time!

My second card took about ten minutes to make....yay!  I cut a strip from one of the patterns in the new Stars and Stripes Paper Collection, stamped the Pledge of Allegiance from 'Justice for All', then glued on three tiny stars which were leftover from the ODBD Custom USA Flag Die from my first card!

My third card is a shaker card which I created with another design from the Stars and Stripes Paper Collection and the 'Let Freedom Ring' stamp set.  The designer paper was trimmed down to a 5x5 square; the shaker element was created by stamping the Star Spangled Banner onto a piece of acetate then cut out with the ODBD Custom Pierced Circles Dies set.  Foam tape created the wall for the silver micro-beads then another circle cut from cardstock sealed the beads in.  Some tiny silver stars leftover from the USA Flag card above were added as embellishments.

Thanks for hanging out with us!!

Blessings,

For The Glory of God

Happy Saturday, everyone!  This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from the Fitbit Blog.....I discovered this post which showed all of the different badges you can earn and this Shooting Star badge sent me straight to my craft room to make this card!  Once the card was finished, I realized by looking at the badge again that I should have used teal instead of turquoise, but too late now! :)  I have used the following items for this card:  'Teamwork' stamp set, ODBD Custom Double Stitched Stars, Circles, and Squares Dies, and the ODBD Custom Sparkling Stars Dies (tiny stars). (Shortcut tip:  the tiny stars were cut out of the center of the large stars to conserve cardstock!)

Thanks for stopping by today!

Blessings,

Are You Ready For Some Football?

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Sharon aka shendrian....congrats, Sharon!  I chose this beautiful card to case today, but turned it into a masculine card.  I loved how the designer paper was cut at an angle and the sentiment stamped at the bottom.  I first chose this striped pattern from the ODBD Patriotic Paper Collection; since it had a hint of light blue between the red stripes, I chose a baby blue card base.  The football and sentiments are from the 'Football' Stamp/Die Duos set; the stars are all from the ODBD Custom Sparkling Stars Dies set. Since my watercolor skills can get a bit sloppy, I used a clear glaze pen to protect the white sections on the football and border, then watercolored the rest of the ball.

Thanks for stopping by today!

God bless!

Congratulations!

Happy New Year, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper is Tara aka tkcspot......congrats, Tara!!!  I chose this super cute card to case so that I could try out my new ODBD Custom Congratulations Die from Our Daily Bread designs.  Since my die was longer than her congrats stamp, I flipped Tara's card design sideways, used stars instead of dots, but kept the same colors and basic design.  I also used red ribbon, but did not add a knot or bow so that it would be flat for mailing. The designer paper at the bottom is from the ODBD Patriotic Paper Collection, the stars are from the ODBD Custom Sparkling Stars Dies, and the top panels were cut with the ODBD Custom Pierced Rectangles Dies.

Thanks for visiting with me!

Blessings,

Celebrate!

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Jen Carter....congrats, Jen!  I chose this awesome card for inspiration to help me to create a birthday card for my brother in law. I have used the following items from Our Daily Bread designs in the making of this card: Patriotic Paper Collection, ODBD Custom Celebrate and Wish Dies, ODBD Custom Sparkling Stars Dies, ODBD Custom Leafy Edged Borders Dies, and the ODBD Custom Pierced Rectangles Dies.  I chose the striped paper so that I may also join the Ways to Use It 'Simply Stripes' Challenge this week.

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings,

Happy Birthday, Cowboy!

Hi, everyone!! I've combined this week's Sketch Challenge 594 with Color Challenge 584, which is curry, pumpkin, watermelon, plus your choice of green for dessert (I hope adding a neutral brown is okay).  Instead of circles, I changed the shaped elements to stars since they went with the cowboy theme.  This is a birthday card for one of my nephews.  I have used the following items from Our Daily Bread designs in the making of my card:  Ride 'Em Cowboy, Wood Background, ODBD Custom Sparkling Stars Dies, and ODBD Custom Double Stitched Stars.  The medium sized die-cut star was turned into a button with a hole punch and strip of leather.

Thanks for visiting with me!

Blessings,

You Light Up My Life!

Happy Saturday, everyone!  I'm loving this week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast, which is all about decorative light switches and outlet covers....I chose this embossed line outlet cover as my inspiration piece.  I will save this card for my hubby's birthday (since he does a bit of electrical work as a hobby).....good thing he doesn't read my blog! :) I thought that this was going to be a simple card to make, however, the trial and error on the two outlets took over an hour...eek!!!!  I used several punches, a corner rounder, and my Scor-buddy to complete the outlet cover and plug-ins.  The following products from Our Daily Bread designs were also used: sentiment from 'The Light of Life' (retired), stars cut with the ODBD Custom Sparkling Stars and ODBD Custom Double Stitched Stars Dies, and designer paper from the ODBD Patriotic Paper Collection.

Thanks for stopping by today!

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,

Our Daily Bread designs March New Releases!

Hi, everyone!  Welcome to the March New Release party for Our Daily Bread designs....if you haven't seen all of the new stamps and dies, you can see them all HERE!!!!  Would you like to win a gift certificate from Our Daily Bread designs?  Follow the instructions below for a chance to be one of three winners:

Prize Information: 

Three 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 2, 2016 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 March 3rd, so be sure to check back there to see if you won!

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

Here are the new and previously released stamps, dies, and papers which are featured in my projects below:

My first card is a copper metallic shaped card which was cut out (and embossed) with the new ODBD Custom Double Stitched Stars Dies.  I also used the coordinating ODBD Custom Sparkling Stars Dies for the layers and tiny star accents, along with two stamps from the 'Superstar' set. The navy blue and sentiment stars were both popped up with foam tape for extra dimension.

My next card features the new ODBD Custom Double Stitched Squares Dies, coordinating ODBD Custom Squares Dies, the ODBD Custom Double Stitched Stars Dies and the coordinating ODBD Custom Sparkling Stars Dies.  The polka dot design from the ODBD Vintage Ephemera Paper Collection was cut out with the ODBD Custom Double Stitched Rectangles Dies, then the bottom edge of the panel was cut with the ODBD Custom Leafy Edged Borders Dies in order to leave room to stamp the sentiment from 'Superstar' on the white mat. To create the quilt pattern, many squares and stitched stars were die cut, then each square had a star cut out of it and each stitched star had a smaller star cut out of the center.  All of the die cut pieces could then nest together into one quilt pattern.

Thanks for hanging out with us today!

God bless!