Get Well Wishes

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Jenny Hall aka JennyStampsUp....congrats, Jenny!!  What an amazing gallery!  I chose this gorgeous CAS design to case today.  A scripture verse from 'Get Well Wishes' (available August 1st) was stamped onto a tag cut with the ODBD Custom Tag Trios Dies, popped up over a panel cut from a floral design from the ODBD Romantic Roses Paper Collection using the largest die from the ODBD Custom Double Stitched Rectangles Dies set.  The flower spray was cut with the ODBD Custom Bitty Blossoms Dies set.  A perfect length of sheer ribbon was found in my misc ribbon bucket to tie through the tag...yay!

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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'!

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Blessings,

Tea Bag Art Inspiration

Happy Saturday!!!  This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from the Tea Bag Art board on Pinterest.  I thought that this tea bag with the white lilies was so cool and I loved the cocoa colored background.  I dug into my stash of Close to Cocoa cardstock (which has been retired for quite a few years) for my card base. The small sentiments from 'To My Favorite', from Our Daily Bread designs, were stamped directly to the card base. The 'Stargazer Lily' image from the 'Beauty' set (also from ODBD) was stamped with Versamark on the card and then stamped onto the white tag with Stazon Jet Black, highlighted with markers, then coated with a clear glaze pen (to act as a resist).  Cocoa, rust, and light tan inks were sponged around the image and on the edges of the tag, then water was spritzed over it to mottle the inks a bit.  Since I didn't have any fancy colored staples, I used Stazon Timber Brown ink to stain a regular staple stack before placing them back inside the stapler. I did not have white string to mimic the tea bag string, so I used linen thread instead. I will also be submitting this card to the Friday FreeAll Floral Challenge and the ODBD Shining the Light Challenge, which is 'Anything Goes with ODBD Stamps'. 

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Have a blessed weekend!

Kisses By Angels

Happy Saturday, everyone!  This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to create a tag or create a card with a tag using Audrie's tag board on Pinterest for inspiration...I chose this beautiful tag for inspiration in creating this birthday card for a dear friend. I have used the following items from Our Daily Bread designs in the making of this card: Sentiments Collection, ODBD Custom Recipe Card and Tags Dies, ODBD Custom Angel Wings Dies, ODBD Custom Double Stitched Rectangles Dies, ODBD Custom Clouds and Raindrops Dies (little hearts), and the ODBD Shabby Rose Paper Collection.  The ivory parts are actually a metallic cream cardstock, so it has some beautiful shimmer in the real.  Thanks to the stitching on the rectangle dies, I don't have to do as much paper piercing as I normally do, which saves some tension in my shoulders....yay!!

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Blessings,

Cantaloupe and Gray Hello!

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Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is the uber-talented Jean Manis....congrats, Jean!!!  What a super creative and gorgeous gallery!!!  I fell in love with the layout design and colors of this beautiful card.  For my card, I cut out a tag using the ODBD Custom Bookmarks Dies set, heat embossed the wildflower silhouette from 'Miss You' in white, then tied a piece of gray ribbon through the cut out.  The background panel was stamped in cantaloupe ink using the ODBD Chalkboard Fan Background; the doily from the ODBD Custom Doily Dies set was stenciled in gray ink and the ODBD Custom Hello Die was popped up with foam tape.

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Blessings,

Rock Star Thank You!

Hi, everyone! Today's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Claudia aka cjzim.....congrats, Claudia!!  Check out this cool star-shaped chipboard ornament from her gallery....love it!  Instead of an ornament, I made a shaped card with the ODBD Custom 'Sparkling Stars' Dies, then puched a hole and made a tag for this plate of  'Thank You Cookies' for a friend.  The image from 'Rock Star' was stamped in navy onto kraft, cut out with the same die set, then popped up over the designer paper from the ODBD 'Patriotic Paper Collection'. 

Here is a close up of the front of the card/tag:

I used the ODBD 'Patriotic Paper Collection' on the inside also, along with a sentiment from the 'Mini Tag Sentiments' set.

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Blessings,

ODBD "For The Love" Blog Hop!

Hi everyone! Welcome to the Our Daily Bread designs bi-weekly "For the Love" Blog Hop, hosted by our fabulous Alumni Team and joined by me and other ODBD sisters! This time around our hop is featured around ODBD's Christmas sets.

If you have hopped here from Betty's amazing blog, you are in the right place....if not, please head over to the ODBD Blog and start from the beginning...we don't want you to miss a thing! Hop to each of the designers' blogs, leave a comment, then let us know at the ODBD blog that you have finished. You have until Wednesday, July 18th, at 6pm EDT, to complete the hop....the winner of a $15.00 gift certificate to the ODBD Store will be announced during the new hop post on the 19th. 

For my sample today, I have used the "Baking Tag Set", along with the custom "Tag Die" which cuts out the Tag Stamp perfectly!  My tag has three layers....here is how I achieved that:  First, I stamped the Tag Stamp, image, and sentiment onto Crumb Cake (Kraft) cardstock, then trimmed around the edge of the stamped line.  Second, I used the "Tag Die" to cut out a tag from Very Vanilla cardstock.  Thirdly, I traced the outside of the "Tag Die" onto the hunter green cardstock, then cut it out by hand.  So, by combining the cutting die, plus a little hand-trimming (which was easy), my tag has two matted layers. (Note: some may ask, so thought I would let you know that these are Toll-House chocolate chip cookies....I follow the recipe on the bag of chips, other than the fact that I use real butter and sea salt....makes a huge difference in the taste! YUM!!)

Now.....on with the hop!  Your next stop is with my dear sweet and oh-so-talented DT sister, Sabrina!!!  Enjoy the rest of the hop!!!!

Blessings to you,

Inspiration Challenge and More!

Happy Saturday, everyone! I'm so happy to have no plans today away from home, so that I can play in my stamp room! There are several challenges I have participated in during the making of this card. The Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to choose an item from the Artful Whimsy store.....I chose this pendant instantly, since I have a stamp with the exact sentiment, from the Our Daily Bread designs "Sentiments Collection"!!

I am also submitting to the following challenges:
Stampin Sisters In Christ: heavenly elements (angel wings);
The Pink Elephant Challenge: Vibrant Colors;
Sugar Creek Hollow: Make your own designer paper;
Perfect Sentiments: All about love and lacy elements (hopefully love for a friend counts for the challenge);
Our Creative Corner: use a Tim Holtz technique....I used tearing and distressing....on a tag. 

To create the patterned butterfly, I inked up the Brocade Background stamp, "kissed" the 2-Step Butterfly stamp onto the inked background to pick up the design, stamped it onto vanilla cardstock, then cut it out with the custom "Grunge Butterfly Die".
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Card 'Ingredients':
Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs 'Plain Tag', 'Sentiments Collection', 'Brocade Background', '2-Step Butterflies' from the 'God's Love' set;
Cardstock: Stampin Up Very Vanilla;
Ink: Stazon Fuschia Pink, Stazon Timber Brown, and Ranger 'Antique Linen' Distress Ink;
Accessories: Our Daily Bread designs Custom Cutting Dies: 'Grunge Butterfly' and 'Tag Die', Mega Mount Stamp Block, Prima Lace, Stampin Up Vanilla Seam Binding, Stampin Up Button, Embroidery Thread, Zva Creative Pearls, 'Pearl' Glimmer Mist, Paper piercer and template, foam tape, sponge dauber;
Size: A2.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Have a very blessed weekend!