Jesus Loves Me, This I Know!

Hi, everyone!  Hope you are having a fabulous weekend so far!  It's finally spring....it's official for me now since I had the windows open all day yesterday.......ahhhhhhh!!!!  Later today I will cut around 30-40 daffodils to share at work tomorrow.....I'll take a photo if I can remember to!

Meanwhile, today's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Sandy aka stampwithsandy.....wow, what an inspiring gallery! There are several more cards I would like to case (copy and share everything), but for my card today, I have cased this beautiful valentine card.  My youngest great-niece, Kynzlie, will be turning one next week and this is her 1st birthday card.  I am also making a name frame but do not have it completed yet.

The crown from the ODBD "Princess" set was stamped in black, colored with metallic markers and a glitter pen, cut out, then adhered to the heart which was cut out with the ODBD Custom Ornate Hearts Die Set.  The sentiment (which reminds me of my childhood....my fave church song) is also from "Princess".  The designer paper is from the ODBD Heart and Soul Collection.  I was super thrilled to find a package of chipboard numbers in my stash and this number one matched the pink cardstock perfectly....woo hoo, I love when that happens!!!!

Thanks so much for visiting today!

Blessings,

Lavender Cross

Hi, everyone!  Today's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Lisa Young aka genesis.....congrats to Lisa!!  There were so many fabulous cards and projects in her gallery....I chose this gorgeous card to re-create.  I loved the simple design, the purple/yellow/green color combo and beautiful layered cross.  For my card, the background die cut and yellow panel were cut with the ODBD Custom Vintage Flourish Pattern Die Set, the two crosses were cut with the ODBD Custom Ornamental Crosses Die Set, and the greenery was cut with the ODBD Custom Fancy Foliage Die Set.

Thanks for visiting today!

God bless!

Robin Egg Birthday

Hi, everyone!  Happy Saturday!!  There were some great challenges over at Splitcoast this week, but sadly I was unable to spend any time stamping...until today.  I always look forward to Saturday morning since I LOVE playing in the Inspiration Challenge.....this week we are to choose a photo from Pshiiit (French for "Nail Art")  for our inspiration.  When I saw this gorgeous aqua nail polish, I knew that the new ODBD Chalkboard Vine Background would look awesome in this color.  I also wanted to incorporate the Clean and Simple Challenge, which was to use a color palette of blues and browns, so I created a nest out of a branch die from the ODBD Custom Fancy Foliage Die Set, stamped and cut out some eggs from the "Happy Spring" stamp set, and added a sentiment from "Sentiments Collection".  I will also be submitting this to the "Less is More" Challenge, which is "a touch of turquoise".....perfect!!!

Thanks for stopping by!  Enjoy your weekend!!

Blessings,

Our Daily Bread designs April New Releases!

Hi, everyone!  Welcome to the Our Daily Bread designs April New Release party!!  No April Fool's jokes here......only gorgeous new stamps, dies, and designer paper to share with you!! Below are all of the products which I have used for my new samples for today plus a sneak peek which was posted over the weekend.

If you'd like a chance to win one of three $15.00 gift certificates toward ODBD stamps, visit the designer blogs listed below and leave a comment for each.  You have until April 2nd at 9 pm EDT to leave your comments.  The winners will be announced on the ODBD Blog on April 3rd.

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

My first sample features the Chalkboard Fan Background, stamped in light pink, a scripture from "The Cross" overstamped in black, and the gorgeous outer frame from the ODBD Vintage Flourish Pattern Die Set cut out of white shimmer paper and popped up with foam tape.

My second sample features the Chalkboard Word Collage Background stamp and the ODBD Custom Ornamental Crosses Die Set.  The background was stamped in eggplant on white cardstock, the top white cross was cut with the ODBD Custom Ornamental Crosses Die Set then adhered onto eggplant cardstock and trimmed by hand.  The bottom white cross was cut by hand after tracing the outside edge of the die I used and cutting by hand.  The King of Kings layered on top was cut by hand from a second stamped background and layered with foam tape.

Here is a sneak peek which I shared over the weekend, which features the Chalkboard Collection Designer Paper Pack, the ODBD Custom Vintage Flourish Pattern Die Set (cut out the sentiment panel), the ODBD Custom Ornamental Crosses Die Set (layered flower), the Chalkboard Vine Background stamp, and the ODBD Custom Fancy Foliage Die Set.

Thanks for hanging out with me and my Sistah Sticks today!  God bless!!

Chalkboard Inspiration (ODBD Sneak Peek!)

Hi, everyone!  Happy Saturday!  It's a rainy day here in Indiana, which is fine by me as long as it doesn't turn to snow....ugh, I'm sooooo over the winter weather!!  So, since there will be no "toodling about" outside, I'll be stamping my little heart out today!  Today's Inspiration Challenge today over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from the Damask Love blog.....wow, Amber is so talented and has many cool tutorials and projects there!  I chose this post (scroll down to the green card), for an opportunity to use some new April stamps and dies from Our Daily Bread designs.  The background was stamped with the "Chalkboard Vine Background", the chalkboard sentiment from the "Chalkboard Collection Designer Paper Pack" was cut out with the "ODBD Custom Vintage Flourish Pattern Die Set", the little flower was made from combining three die cut pieces from the "ODBD Custom Ornamental Cross Die Set", and the leaf was cut from the "ODBD Custom Fancy Foliage Die Set".  (The new April products listed above will be available on April 1st.)

I will also be submitting this for the ODBD Shining the Light "Anything ODBD" Challenge, which lasts another week, by the way!

Thanks for stopping by!  Enjoy your weekend!!

Blessings,

Ladybug Birthday Card

Happy Friday!!  Today's Friday Free 4 All Challenge over at Splitcoast is to use circles on your project.  I made a super quick birthday card using the ladybug images from the "Zinnia" set by Our Daily Bread designs, cut out with the ODBD Custom Zinnia and Leaves Die Set.  The sentiment is from the "Quote Collection 4" set, also by ODBD.  The largest circles were stamped with the ODBD Gingham Background.  The basic card design is based on this beautiful card by Diane aka fionna51 who is our brand new Queen for the Day.....congrats, Diane!  I forgot to leave a space for some baker's twine, so I decided to leave it as is and not try to pry the circles back up....that never ends well for me! :)

Thanks for stopping by!  Come back tomorrow for a sneak peek of the upcoming April sets by Our Daily Bread designs!!

Blessings,

Sweeter Than Honey

Hi, everyone!  I couldn't resist the CAS style Sketch Challenge over at Splitcoast today, especially since I had several die cuts already stenciled and ready to go......worked perfectly....yay!!!  Though this is a simple design, I did squeeze in quite a few ODBD products:  Sweeter than Honey (scripture), Bee Happy (bee), ODBD Custom Zinnia and Leaves Die Set (bee), Honeycomb Mini, Daisy Chain Background Die, Elegant Ovals Dies (sentiment panel), and ODBD Custom Beautiful Borders Die Set (2 flourishes on top and bottom of sentiment panel).  I will be submitting this for the ODBD Shining the Light Challenge, which is to use only ODBD stamps and dies.....no problem! :)

Thanks for stopping by!!

Blessings,