Apple Season

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper is Julie E. aka Humma......congrats, Julie!!!  Julie's gallery has such a wonderful variety of projects....I chose this beautiful card to re-create using the Our Daily Bread designs "Apples" set, along with the ODBD "Quatrefoil Pattern" die which was used to emboss rather than cut. (To emboss only with any cutting die, use the sandwich recipe you normally would to emboss what you have just die-cut.....cutting plate, die cutting side up, cardstock, embossing mat, embossing plate.)

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God bless!

Pinterest Inspired Pink Roses

Hi, everyone!  Welcome to the weekend!!!  This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to choose an item from this Pinterest Board to inspire your card or project.....I chose these beautiful pink roses on this crazy beautiful wedding cake!!  Until now, I have not allowed myself to look at Pinterest since I know that I would get hooked.....after seeing Audrie's board, I am glad that I have set those rules for myself.....what a fabulous page, but now I KNOW if I go back, I'll be in trouble!!

This rose image is from LaBlanche.....I picked it up at the North Coast Creations show booth last year.  The shaped card was cut with Spellbinders Fleur De Lis Squares; the image panel is Spellbinders Labels 15. The May Arts satin ribbon was tied with a Bow Easy.

Thanks for visiting with me today!

Have a very blessed weekend!

Sunflower Blessings!

Hi, everyone! This card was inspired by the ODBD Shining the Light "One Layer" Challenge, along with this week's Sketch Challenge (to the left) and Ways To Use It "Sweet as Honey" Challenge over at Splitcoast. The card was embossed with a honeycomb embossing folder, then lightly inked with Ranger Antique Linen. The sunflowers are from the "Harvest Blessings" set by Our Daily Bread designs and were cut out with a custom "Sunflowers" cutting die. The sentiment is from "Sentiments Collection".

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Blessings,

Blessings In Blue

Hello!!  Today I would like to share a super fun card which I made for the ODBD Shining the Light "One Layer" Challenge, plus two challenges over at Splitcoast.  The Clean and Simple Challenge is to use stencils......I didn't have any metal ones, so I made one with a Chevron border punch.  The Color Challenge this week is to use Coastal Cabana, Tempting Turquoise, and Pacific Point, so I sponged the three blues through the punched chevrons onto a white panel.  Though not very visible, there are score lines from my Scor-buddy on each side of the chevrons.  The sentiment is from the "Blessings" set by Our Daily Bread designs......I use this set a lot on the inside of my cards, but I used it on the outside this time since the arrows went with the chevron theme.

Thanks for visiting with me today!

Blessings,

You're Such A Peach!

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Lee Murphy aka LuvLee......congrats, Lee!!!!  My goodness, Lee has a HUGE gallery full of creativity and variety.....I enjoyed every single page!!  I decided to recreate this beautiful card, using the "Peaches" set from Our Daily Bread designs.  I used the ODBD Quatrefoil Pattern die as an embossing plate to create the embossed background.  The cardstock is ivory, but looks white in the photo for some reason. The ribbon is by May Arts and pearls by Zva Creative.

Thanks again for stopping by!

Blessings,

I Found The One Whom My Soul Loves!

Hi, everyone!  Today I would like to share a very simple anniversary card I made using the new ODBD Custom "Decorative Corners" die set, along with a verse from the previously released set, "Love Scriptures".  The largest corner die was cut out of Wisteria cardstock, the embossed sections were colored with a glitter pen, then the die cut was adhered to a white panel which was scored with my Scor-buddy.  Once the verse was stamped, I used a heart shaped stencil to pierce around it....this one I did not want to try free-hand! :)  After adding some matching ribbon and bow (tied with a Bow Easy), several sprays of "Pearl" Glimmer Mist were added for sparkle.

I will be submitting this to the Dynamic Duos Challenge, to use plum and one other color.....I guess my other color would be black for the scripture verse....hope that counts!!

Thanks so much for visiting today!

God bless!

Our Daily Bread designs September New Releases!!!

Hi, everyone!   Happy September!!!  Time to reveal the New Releases from Our Daily Bread designs!!!  This time around I have featured one stamp set and one die set, but you can see them all HERE on the New Release post!

For a chance to win a $50 gift certificate to the Our Daily Bread designs store towards stamps, visit each of the designer blogs listed below and leave a comment by Tuesday, September 3rd at 9 pm EST.  The winner will be announced on the ODBD Blog on Wednesday.

Sandee
Grace
Julie
Sabrina
Chris
Cathy
Dawn
Lori
Silke
Angie....you are here!
Lisa
Audrey
Tosh
ODBD Blog

My first card samples features the awesome "Apples" set.  I love the image and the sentiments and scriptures are fantastic!!!  The smaller words coordinate with the Recipe Card line!

The shaped card and layers were cut out with Spellbinders "Nested Apples".  The center apple was stamped with the ODBD "Gingham Background" in mustard.....I thought the dark red and mustard went well together!  The three little apples were cut out from the larger image from the "Apples" set. The paper piercing was done by hand and the layers were adhered with foam tape to give a little dimension.

I will also be featuring one of two new exclusive die sets for this month, "Decorative Corners".  The cut-out and piercing details are amazing!  Kudos to Michelle Laycock for the designs!!  These corners can be used to embellish cards, scrapbook pages, photo frames, 3d art, and many more projects, including a corner bookmark like shown below.

To create this corner bookmark, I cut a square piece of cardstock which was the same width as the corner die.  The front and back of the white panel was stamped using the Vintage Border Background.  Behind the stenciled cross is the fold line where the two sides met after scoring and folding from the top center.  The corner die cut piece was adhered with craft glue.  The bottom edge was punched with a Martha Stewart border punch.  The scripture is from a previously released set by ODBD, "The Word of God".  Since I will be using this in my Bible, I did not add any extra embellishments or ribbons, however, you can really "dude it up" if you like!  These are super simple and fast to make!

Here is another view, with the bookmark in use....the page just slips right under the top flap:

Here are a couple of cards which were sneak peeks earlier this week, using the "Apples" set:

Thanks for hanging out with us today!

God bless!