Watercolor Birthday Balloons

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Nicole aka cnsteele...congrats, Nicole!  I chose this fun card to case today, but instead of Colorburst, I cut my balloons and sentiment from a leftover piece of a Wrinkle Free Distress panel from which I made a card a few months ago.  Here are the ODBD Custom Dies used to make this card: Happy Birthday Dies (balloons), Celebrate and Wish, and Sparkling Stars.  Since the watercolor panel was already done, this was a super quick card....gotta love that! :)

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Blessings,

Our Daily Bread designs July New Releases

Hi, everyone!  Welcome to the July new release party for Our Daily Bread designs!  To see the entire new release plus find out how you can win some ODBD goodies, check out THIS POST.

Here are the ODBD products featured in my two cards below:

My first card features the new awesome ODBD Custom Quilted Background Die, which was cut out using the rose pattern from the ODBD Heart and Soul Paper Collection and again with espresso brown cardstock.  The easiest way I've found to adhere all of the cut pieces back into the frame outline is to create a sticker panel with a Xyron sticker maker, adhere the frame cut-out onto the sticker panel first, then insert each piece and press down onto the sticker.  Once the pieces were inserted, the entire panel was matted in white then decorated with a sentiment and word die from the new 'Hugs' Stamp/Die Duos set, along with the ODBD Custom Mini Stitched Hearts Dies and tiny hearts from the ODBD Custom Umbrellas Dies set (note: the tiny hearts can also be found in the ODBD Custom Clouds and Raindrops Dies set!) 

Here is a photo of the inside of the card.  Two more sentiments from the set were used, along with the Hugs die cut, plus two left-over quilt pieces.

My second card features the new 'Walk By Faith' Stamp/Die Duos set, along with the ODBD Custom Sunburst Background Die, ODBD Custom Trees and Deer Dies set, ODBD Custom Double Stitched Rectangles Dies, and the ODBD Custom Double Stitched Circles Dies set.  The mountains were cut out of gray cardstock freehand, then sponged with purple.  The Sunburst Background has a pretty die cut edge normally but I re-cut the entire outer edge with the stitched rectangle die so that all of my pieces would have the same edge.

Thanks for hanging out with me and the ODBD team today!

Blessings,

Smile

Hi, everyone!  This week's Sketch Challenge over at Splitcoast is number 700!  What a landmark!!  Challenge #700 is a throwback to sketch #1. I've been deep-cleaning my craft room this week and fell in love again with the retired color Marigold Morning, so I had to use it for today's challenge.  The 'Daisy' single was stamped twice onto white cardstock, then portions were cut out with the ODBD Custom 'A Gift For You' Dies set, matted with the same set.  The shasta daisies were watercolored with Marigold Morning, Lucky Limeade, and Pool Party.  I used one of the smaller dies from the ODBD Custom Large Banners Dies set to cut four pieces which made up the background strip.  The sentiment was cut with the ODBD Custom Inspiration Words Dies.  White satin ribbon and Lucky Limeade baker's twine finished off the tags.  I will also be submitting this to the May Fan Club Central Theme 'Mother May I?' since these are some of her fave colors, she loves shasta daisies, plus she makes me 'smile'!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Blessings,

Two Dress-Inspired Cards

Happy Saturday, everyone!  This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from the 'I Don't Wear Dresses' tumblr site.  I chose two different dresses and made two cards.

I fell in love with the rich blackberry colors in this dress and it made me think of tulips for some reason....winter has just begun but I'm ready to see my spring flowers popping up!  For my card, I mixed an 'oldie but goodie' stamp, 'Tulip Corner', with a new die cut, the ODBD Custom 'Happy Birthday Script' Die, plus the ODBD Custom Double Stitched Rectangles Dies, and little hearts from ODBD Custom Umbrellas Dies (all items are from Our Daily Bread designs).  The image was stamped in Stazon Jet Black, then water-colored with Blackberry Bliss, dark at the base and gradient toward the tips of the petals. Once I was finished with the water-coloring, I flicked the wet paintbrush over the ivory panel.  The word die was cut in half so that it would work with this image. Instead of dotting the I, a tiny heart was placed there instead. I will also be submitting this to the Less Is More 'Ombre' Challenge and ODBD Shining the Light Color Challenge (I chose the three shades of purple on the left).

My second card is based on this blue floral dress......I cannot pass us royal blue flowers!!!!  For my card, I cut out a panel with the ODBD Custom Double Stitched Rectangles Dies, stamped it all over with the image from 'A Happy Hello', added a border cut with the ODBD Custom Deco Border Die plus thin satin ribbon.  The sentiment was cut out with the ODBD Custom Stitched Ovals Dies, matted with the ODBD Custom Ovals Dies.  Three tiny pearls and a bow were added for simple embellishments.

Thanks for visiting with me today!

Have a blessed weekend!

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.

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Blessings,

Inspired Faith Collage

Happy Saturday, everyone!  This week's Inspiration Challenge makes me want to go shopping for clothes, which I normally hate to do!  We are to choose an ensemble from Audrie's Conference Attire Pinterest Board for inspiration.....I fell in love with the colors and patterns in this photo.  Since I did not have an alphabet embossing folder, I clear embossed the 'Chalkboard Word Collage' background stamp on Lucky Limeade cardstock, then cut it out with the ODBD Custom Pierced Rectangles Dies.  I didn't want to cover up the embossed background, so I cut out the ODBD Custom Faith Border Die for a sentiment.  The border strip was cut with the ODBD Custom Flower Lattice Die since it looked so much like the black lacy cuff in the inspiration photo. Some gold cording and gold metallic dots were added since there were touches of gold in the photo.

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings,

Snowy Blessings

Hi, everyone!  This week's Friday Free4All Challenge theme over at Splitcoast is 'Let It Snow' so I paired up the following items from Our Daily Bread designs to create this CAS card:  ODBD Custom Blessings Border Die, ODBD Custom Grass Lawn Die (icicles), ODBD Custom Snow Crystals Dies, ODBD Custom Pierced Rectangles Dies, and the Pennant Swag Alphabet set for the little letters.

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Blessings,

Hope Anchors The Soul

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper is Donna Idlet aka didlet...congrats, Donna!!!  I chose this awesome masculine card to case.  I have used the following items from Our Daily Bread designs in the making of my card:  You Anchor Me Stamp/Die Duos, Rope Background, ODBD Custom Pierced Rectangles Dies, ODBD Custom Pierced Circles Dies, Nautical Paper Collection, and the ODBD Custom 'Faith, Hope, and Love' Dies.  The anchor was cut out , stenciled with navy, then adhered over the circle which was stamped off then stamped with the Rope Background in kraft ink. Some red hemp twine was added to balance the red elements in the card.  

Here is a view of the inside, with the continued message.  Since the 'Hope' word die was used on the front, the word 'Hope' from the stamp was masked so that only the 2nd and 3rd line would appear.  The tiny anchor at the bottom is from the 'Anchor the Soul' set.

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings,