Hello, everyone! Today's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from any item at Eastern Accents.....this pillow with gold leaves and shaped beads helped me to create this anniversary card for my aunt and uncle.
The cake and 50th topper are from the "Anniversary Blessings" set from Our Daily Bread designs. The background die cut and foliage were cut from gold mirror paper which I purchased from the ODBD Show Booth earlier this year. The background die cut is the "ODBD Quatrefoil Pattern Die" and the flourish and leaves are from the "ODBD Fancy Foliage Die" set. The card base was cut out with SB Curved Rectangles and the frame is Radiant Rectangles. the hearts and flowers were painted with Gold Lame Smooch paint. After taking over 20 photos, this is the best shot I could get.....metallics are super difficult to photograph without a glare!
Thanks for visiting today! Have a beautiful weekend!!
Blessings,
Hi, everyone! After a couple of crazy-busy weeks, I am so happy to play along in a challenge this morning! The Inspiration Challenge at Splitcoast is to choose an item from the YUMMY Godiva Chocolate online store, so I chose these sunflower chocolate decorations for my inspiration. I used the Quatrefoil Pattern Design die from Our Daily Bread designs along with a sentiment from the Sweet William - Small set. The Prima flower was ivory, but a few sprays of 'Lemon Zest' Glimmer Mist gave me just the color I wanted. The "Fanciful Flourish" swirl by Cheery Lynn Designs was in leu of the olive ribbon in the photo. The white pearl center of the flower was replaced by some cocoa colored pearls by Zva Creative. When it was all put together, I used my fave 'Pearl' Glimmer Mist all over.
Thanks for stopping by today! Have a very blessed weekend!
Hi, everyone! Today's fun Linky Party kicks off Anniversary Week at Our Daily Bread designs.....can you believe it's been five years already?!!
Kelley and the crew at ODBD so appreciates the customers of Our Daily Bread Designs and is excited for the opportunity to celebrate with them today with the ODBD Anniversary Linky Party celebration!!! Below are the links of several fans and customers that have created cards or projects using stamps from Our Daily Bread Designs.
Simply visit each of the links below, check out the beautiful ODBD creations, leave a comment, then head to the ODBD Blog and let us know that you have visited them all. In case you have any problems with the links, these are also listed on the ODBD Blog. One blessed visitor will win a $15 Gift Certificate to use for ODBD stamps....thanks, Kelley!!!
1. Brigita
2. Mary Marsh
3. Karen Wallace
4. Lee Ann Barrett
5. Connie Griffin
6. Sarah Nelson
7. Barbara Washington
8. Chris Olsen
9. Grace Nywening
10. Angie Crockett...you are HERE!
11. Lisa Somerville
12. Gerrie Johnnic
13. Sandee Shanabrough
14. Sabrina Jackson
15. Jennipher Lowery
16. ODBD Blog
*The "hop" will run from Sunday, March 10 at 2 pm EDT to Monday, March 11 at 2 pm EDT.
*The winner will be announced on the ODBD Blog Tuesday, March 12th at 7 am EDT.
*The winner of the $15 Gift Certificate will have 2 weeks to claim prize.
For my card sample today, I have used the mountain image from the "Keep Climbing" set, along with a quote from the "Quote Collection 2" set to create a masculine birthday card. The inspiration for my design comes from this beautiful card on SCS. The Spellbinders "Nested Maple Leaves" largest die was cut and embossed twice on white cardstock. One of the two die cuts was trimmed by hand along the embossed line....the mountain image was stamped on this. I tried stamping the image with the paper still inside the die, but the stamp would not imprint clean enough next to the edge of the die. I could have used a lot of extra sponging to hide this fact, but I decided to do it the hard way to get the look I was after. Once it was colored and sponged, it was adhered to the white mat and popped up onto the card with foam tape.
Thanks so much for joining us today! Enjoy the rest of the party!
Blessings,
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!!
Hello, everyone! A few days ago, Jennifer aka mother's daughter was crowned Queen For The Day over at Splitcoast. She has soooo many cool techniques and gorgeous cards in her gallery....I could not pass up the opportunity to help her celebrate! I chose this beautiful card to re-create.
The background blue cardstock was dry embossed, then inked with burgundy, then the entire panel was covered in Versamark then Clear Embossing Powder and heated with a heat gun. I was going for a faux leather look, but I think I chose the wrong embossing folder for that effect....should have used a smaller pattern. The flower was made by layering several die cuts. The sentiment panel was stamped with the new Antique Labels, cut out with the ODBD Exclusive Antique Labels and Border Dies, then stamped with "You Are Blessed" from Fellowship Sentiments.
Card 'Ingredients':
Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs 'Antique Labels' and 'Fellowship Sentiments';
Designer Paper: Prima 'Botanical' (for leaves and sentiment panel);
Accessories: ODBD Exclusive Spellbinders 'Antique Labels and Border Dies', Spellbinders 'Foliage', 'Pockets and Swirls', and 'Blossoms Five', Sponge Dauber, Clear Embossing Powder, Versamark Ink, Heat tool;
Size: A2.
Thanks for stopping by! God Bless!!
Hello! Just wanted to share a quick and easy one layer card with you this time around. This week's Featured Stamper at Splitcoast is Allison Cope aka thecircleguru....congrats, Allison!! What a fabulous gallery she has! I chose this beautiful card to re-create....I loved the debossed frame with the Spellbinder die and the sponging inside, so I wanted to give it a try.
The white cardstock was cut, then scored. so that I could see where the fold would be. With the embossing mat under the cardstock, I placed the Spellbinders Labels 3 die cut side up on the card, carefully placed the cutting plate on top, then ran it through my Spellbinders Wizard. I chose the Wizard for this since the plates are thick and I knew I could hold them in place and the die would not move. (I was too lazy to find some post-its to hold the die in place...teehee!)
Card 'Ingredients':
Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs 'Cardinal Ornament' (image), 'Chickadee Ornament' (Sentiment);
Cardstock: Stampin Up 'Whisper White';
Accessories: Spellbinders Labels 3 Die, Scalloped Circle Punch (cloud template), Stamp-a-ma-jig stamp positioner (to stamp inside the frame perfectly), sponge dauber;
Ink: Stazon Jet Black, Stampin Up markers and Marina Mist ink pad;
Size: A2.
Thanks so much for stopping by today! God bless!
Hi, everyone! After spending several days out of town, spending a lovely Thanksgiving with hubby's Grandma and family, I am refreshed and ready to do some stamping!!! The Inspiration Challenge at Splitcoast is my fave challenge and always gives me the creative nudge I need to get started. This week's challenge is to choose an item from GelaSkins......I chose this gorgeous painting from Vincent Van Gogh....the colors are beautiful, plus I wanted to use my new Spellbinders Cherry Blossoms dies for the first time!
I chose some Prima designer paper (Annalee) for the background since it had both blue and green hues. The branches were cut from Creamy Caramel and sponged with Close to Cocoa; the blossoms were cut out of Whisper White and sponged with Barely Banana. The sentiment is from the "Chickadee Ornament" set by Our Daily Bread designs......since this is a birthday card for a friend, I inked up the word "Blessed" (from the "Blessed is the Season" stamp) with a marker.
Card 'Ingredients':
Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs 'Chickadee Ornament';
Cardstock: Stampin Up 'Creamy Caramel', 'Whisper White', ;
Designer Paper: Prima 'Annalee';
Accessories: Spellbinders 'Cherry Blossoms' Die Set, Paper Piercer and template, foam tape, sponge daubers, Zva Creative pearls, 'Pearl' Glimmer Mist, Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch;
Size: 5-1/2 x 5-1/2.
Thanks so much for visiting today! Have a blessed week!!
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Hi everyone! I'm a bit behind in my blogging again.....so sorry for the "few and far between" posts of late!
This card is a sample I created for the "Feature Focus" post over at the
Our Daily Bread designs blog last week. This month's Feature Focus is
the ODBD Exclusive Spellbinders "Windows" die set, which includes the
window, two curtains, and a valance. What I love about it is that you
can easily create a scene looking in or create a scene looking
outside...fun, fun!!! If you haven't seen the post yet, check it out HERE......lots of fun ideas shown with one die set!!
The window, window box, and "siding" are from one piece of SEI designer paper. The siding was created by scoring the paper with my Scor-buddy, folding it on the score lines so that the edges could be inked, then I scored the same lines the opposite way so that the ink would be inset.....clear as mud?!
Card 'Ingredients':
Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs 'The Word of God', 'Mini Tags 1' (sentiment);
Cardstock: Stampin Up Early Espresso, Certainly Celery (plants), and Whisper White;
Designer Paper: SEI 'Mirelle':
Accessories: Our Daily Bread designs Exclusive Spellbinders 'Windows' Die Set, Martha Stewart 'Foliage' punch, Spellbinders embossing folder (brick), Metal Brad, paper piercer and template, foam tape, Poppy 'Window Box' Die, sponge daubers;
Size: 6 x 4-3/4.
Thanks for stopping by! God bless!
Happy Saturday!! Today I have a birthday card to share with you. Though I'm a bit behind, I have used last Sunday's Featured Stamper Challenge from Splitcoast for the layout of this card.....congrats to the wonderfully talented Tricia Traxler aka T. Joy for being chosen!! I chose this beautiful card to re-create. I normally do not like to tilt anything on my cards, however, the way she also angled the ribbon really won me over! Thanks for the inspiration, Tricia!!
I will also be submitting this card to the following challenges:
The Inspiration Challenge at Splitcoast is to choose an item from Bella Soleil, which carries the most gorgeous Tuscan decor.....I chose this beautiful holy water font since it reminded me of this SEI Entrada designer paper I just received this week....yummy!!;
Crafty Catz: Buttons;
Fab n Funky: Things with Wings.
Card 'Ingredients':
Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs 'Be Joyful';
Cardstock: Stampin Up Lucky Limeade and Whisper White;
Designer Paper: SEI 'Entrada';
Ink: Stazon Jet Black, Stampin Up 'Lucky Limeade', 'Barely Banana', 'Peach Parfait', and 'Blush Blossom';
Accessories: Spellbinders Decorative Labels Eight, Labels Eight and Fancy Framed Tags Two, Stampin Up Button, Want2Scrap Rhinestones, Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch, EK Success Dotted Scallop Border Punch, Paper Piercer (template for straight edges....freehand for shapes), Stampin Up Organza ribbons, foam tape, sponge daubers;
Size: A2.
Thanks so much for visiting today! Have a wonderful and blessed weekend!!
Hi everyone! Happy Saturday!!! This morning I was happy to be able to play in the Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast....one of my fave challenges! The challenge is to choose an item from "French Garden House"......I chose this adorable blue birdie (cappuccino) cup to make a birthday card for my niece. I'm also excited to be using some brand-spanking-new Spellbinder dies...yay!! The fancy-cut panel was cut with Spellbinders Decorative Labels Eight and the adorable teacup is from "Nested Teacups". The card was cut out with the Spellbinders Labels Eight, using my Grand Calibur....learn how to cut shaped cards HERE. Since a lot of teacups have a golden edge or detailing, I used some Smooch paint to line the edges of the cup and all of the decorative cuts from the main panel. I created a "faux teabag" for my sentiment by stamping, scoring, folding, sponging, then stapling some thread in between. Please click on the photo for a close-up.
I will be submitting to the following challenges as well:
All Sorts: Layers (I have four total);
CPS Sketch 281;
Pile It On: For A Princess (gold, pearls, and a cup of tea!);
Crafty Cardmakers: Winged Things;
Perfect Sentiments: Creatures Great and Small.
Card 'Ingredients':
Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs 'Be Joyful';
Cardstock: Stampin Up Bashful Blue and Whisper White;
Designer Paper: Prima 'Meadow Lark';
Ink: Stazon Royal Purple, Stampin Up Bashful Blue and Almost Amethyst for sponging;
Accessories: New Spellbinders!! Decorative Labels Eight and Nested Teacups, Spellbinders Labels Eight, Bow Easy, Zva Creative Pearls, 'Gold Lame' Smooch paint, May Arts Satin Ribbon, Sponge Daubers, Foam Tape;
Size: 5-1/2 x 4.
Thanks so much for visiting today! Have a beautiful, blessed weekend!!
Hey, everyone! Have you seen the sketch challenge over at the Our Daily Bread designs Blog for the Shining the Light Challenge? I love this sketch....you can make it Clean and Simple, or really "busy it up" if you wish! I started out simple, with one layer of designer paper, but by the time I added ribbon and flowers, the space was just about filled up!
I will also be submitting to the following challenges:
Splitcoast's DTGD12LisaLara (SCS Fan Club Dare to Get Dirty Challenges);
Dutch Dare: Use at least three colors from their color chart....yellow, purple, green;
Paper Playtime: Anything Goes;
Shabby Tea Room: Color Challenge, plus stamp plus flowers.
Card 'Ingredients':
Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs 'Sentiments Collection';
Cardstock: Stampin Up 'Orchid Opulence' (retired) and Whisper White;
Designer Paper: Prima 'Meadow Lark';
Accessories: Spellbinders Lattice Rectangles, Cheery Lynn Designs 'Fanciful Flourish', Zva Creative Pearls and mini-roses, Prima flower (yellow), May Arts Satin Ribbon, Bow Easy, 'Pearl' Glimmer Mist, Creative Memories Corner Rounder, foam tape, sponge dauber;
Size: A2.
Thanks so much for visiting with me today! Stay tuned tomorrow at 8 am EDT for the August New Release Blog Hop.......you DO NOT WANT TO MISS THIS ONE!!!!! Just sayin'! :)
Have a very blessed day!!
Happy Saturday, everyone! I am super excited to share a "sneaky peek" with you from one of the upcoming June sets by Our Daily Bread designs!!! This prayer from the "Grace" set is one that my siblings and I would say at the dinner table when we were youngsters, so this definitely tugs at the ole heart strings!! :)
This week's Inspiration Challenge at Splitcoast is to find an item from the super fun "Charming Charlie" store.....doesn't this gorgeous bracelet scream "Granny Smith Apples"?! That's what I heard it say!!! The Paper Play Challenge is "Summer Lovin'"....what says summer more than apples? Plus, this is my second entry for the "It Ain't Easy Being Green" Ways To Use It Challenge at Splitcoast.
Card 'Ingredients':
Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs 'Grace' (will be released on June 1st);
Cardstock: Stampin Up Early Espresso (BROWN) and Whisper White;
Designer Paper: Jillibean Soup 'Apple Cheddar Soup' 6x6 pack;
Ink: Stampin Up Early Espresso and Pear Pizazz;
Accessories: Spellbinders Romantic Rectangles and Assorted Fresh Fruit Dies (Apples), Martha Stewart Doily Lace Border Punch, Stampin Up Espresso Baker's Twine and Button, Zva Creative Pearls, paper piercer and template, foam tape, sponge daubers, Ranger Glossy Accents;
Size: 6 x 4.
Before I sign off, I wanted to remind you about the big Memorial Day Sale going on over at Our Daily Bread designs......check out the patriotic and Memorial stamps sets at 20% off, plus free US shipping! Thanks, Kelley and ODBD, for your generosity!!
Have a very blessed weekend, everyone!!
"O give thanks unto the Lord for He is good; for His mercy endureth forever!" 1 Chronicles 16:34 KJVHappy Thanksgiving, everyone!! Today is a day of gratitude, a day of fellowship with our families, a day set aside for special remembrance of how much God loves us and gives all things to us. "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16 KJV Thank you, Lord Jesus, for your sacrifice for us!
There are so many blessings in my life, personally, that I would not be able to list them here. Along with salvation, health, family, prosperity, and much more, another blessing in my life is Our Daily Bread designs and all of my Christian sisters, the "Breadsticks". Kelley, Rick, and the ODBD crew are the BEST! When you are part of the team, you are family, and you know that you belong to something great, something that makes a difference in people's lives. Being able to reach out to someone with God's Word on a hand-made card or gift fills my heart with joy! 
As a thank you to all of Our Daily Bread designs' faithful customers, there is a two day sale going on right now at Our Daily Bread designs. Receive 10% off and free shipping on US orders....(save $5.00 on shipping on international orders). Please see this post on the ODBD blog for the details on how to receive the discount. Many of my sister "Breadsticks" have created special samples for you as well on the same post.....enjoy!! If you visit each designer's blog and leave a comment, you could be one of four winners of a $20.00 gift certificate to the ODBD store! You have until Sunday, November 27 at midnight EST to leave a comment.
Now, for some deets on my card: I am so very pleased that this card took less than an hour to make...yay! That is quite the miracle for me!! :) I'm absolutely in love with this Prima "Alla Prima" designer paper....the colors are so gorgeous! I chose three colors of matching SU cardstock, dry embossed them with a SU "Square Lattice" embossing folder, cut them out with Spellbinders Nested Maples Leaves dies, sponged the edges, then popped them up with foam tape. The Thanksgiving sentiment from the ODBD set, "Give Thanks" was stamped directly on the designer paper.
Card 'Ingredients':
Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs 'Give Thanks';
Cardstock: SU More Mustard, Old Olive, and Taken With Teal;
Designer Paper: 'Alla Prima' by Prima Marketing;
Ink: Stazon Timber Brown and SU Early Espresso (sponging);
Accessories: Spellbinders Nested Maple Leaves, SU 'Square Lattice' Embossing Folder, May Arts Satin ribbon, Zva Creative Pearls, paper piercer and template, sponge dauber, foam tape;
Size: A2.Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a very blessed Thanksgiving!!!!
Happy Sunday, everyone! Today I would like to share a fun and easy card which I made for two challenges. This week's Featured Stamper at Splitcoast is Anne Harada aka Itsapassion.....yay, Anne! What a treat it was to cruise through every page of her gallery....wow, so many gorgeous cards and projects to choose from. When I came across this white and gold beauty, it reminded me of the Shining the Light Challenge at Our Daily Bread designs (metallics with a twist), so I decided to combine the two challenges together.P.S. When you have a moment, please say a little prayer for Anne's hubby....he was taken to the ER on Friday for some heart issues and I haven't heard from Anne with an update as of yet. Please also say a prayer for Cindy Coutt's step-mom, who is in the last stages of pancreatic cancer. Thank you!
For my card, I grabbed some gold mirror paper, which I bought from the Our Daily Bread designs show booth earlier this year, to use with Spellbinders Ironworks Motifs and Ironworks Accents die sets. The background was embossed with a Spellbinders Floral and Stone Impressabilities metal template, then used the template as a stencil to sponge around with Ranger Antique Linen Distress Ink. The die-cut pieces were popped up with foam tape and pearls were added as an accent. The sentiment panel was cut out with Spellbinders Lacey Circles, sponged with Antique Linen. Using a Stamp-a-ma-jig stamp positioner, I was able to stamp one word at a time inside the circle using the sentiment from the Our Daily Bread designs set, 'Warm Wishes'.
Card 'Ingredients':
Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs' 'Warm Wishes';
Cardstock: SU Whisper White;
Designer paper: Gold mirror paper (brand unknown);
Ink: Ranger Antique Linen and Stazon Timber Brown;
Accessories: Spellbinders Ironworks Motifs, Ironworks Accents, Lacey Circles, and 'Floral and Stone' Impressabilities template; Stamp-a-ma-jig, Zva Creative Pearls, foam tape, sponge dauber, paper piercer and template;
Size: 4-3/4 x 6.
Thanks so much for stopping by today! God Bless!
