Our Daily Bread designs August New Releases!

Hi, everyone!  Welcome to the Our Daily Bread designs August New Release party!!!  This month, ODBD has gone BOHO!!!  Have you seen all of the new stamps, dies, and designer papers yet?  Click HERE to see them all in one place!  Would you like to win a gift certificate for ODBD stamps?  Follow the directions below:

Prize Information: - 

Three randomly selected winners will each receive a $25 gift certificate to the ODBD Store, to be used toward the purchase of ODBD Stamps found in the "stamps column" of the website just for commenting on the Design Team cards!  You have until August 2, 2015 at 9:00 p.m. EDT to leave your comments on the Designers Blogs for a chance to win!  The Winners will be posted on the ODBD Blog on August 3rd, so be sure to check back there to see if you won!

Julie
Dawn
Cathy
Angie....that's me!
Sandee
Amy
Silke
Lisa
Grace
Chris
America
Loretta
Lori
Sabrina
ODBD Blog.....let us know you have finished!

Below are the new (and previously released) items used in my samples for today:

My first sample is a bit on the "Clean and Layered" side, but I wanted each beautiful element to stand apart.  The 'Boho Cross' was stamped twice in espresso brown, then sponged and colored with light pink; the center flower was cut out and popped up with foam tape.  The top ivory panel was embossed only with the new ODBD Custom Boho Background Dies, then I used both the ODBD Custom Stitched Ovals Dies and ODBD Custom Ovals Dies to cut the aperature and pink frame, showing the 'Boho Paisley Background' and sentiment from 'Boho Faith' which was also stamped in espresso brown.

My second sample features the ODBD Custom Boho Background Dies set, the 'Boho Faith' image (embossed in pewter then colored with purple and green), cut out with a die from the ODBD Custom Vintage Flourish Pattern Dies set, framed with the ODBD Custom Vintage Labels Dies set.  The corner flowers are from the 'Boho Love' set (fussy cut and glued to the edge of the Boho Background die cut.  The 'Faith' word from the ODBD Custom 'Faith, Hope, and Love' Dies was cut out of purple and green then layered together. Clear gemstones were added to the flower centers for a little zing.

Thanks for hanging out with us today!!

Blessings,

Happy Camper Birthday

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Karli Miranda aka maestra....congrats, Karli!!!  What a super fun and creative gallery with so many projects other than cards....wow!!  I chose this fun card as inspiration to create this birthday card for my brother-in-law who enjoys camping on the weekends.  Karli used silver buttons as wheels, so I used silver mirror paper for the camper, just like the old-style Air-stream campers.  I used the 'Happy Camper' set by North Coast Creations and a small tag from the ODBD Custom 'Mini Tags' Dies set for the sentiment.  The background scene was sponged over scratch paper masking.  The camper was paper-pieced out of silver and red mirror paper; the windows were sponged yellow onto white cardstock as if the lights were on in the camper.

Thanks for visiting with me today!

Blessings,

Inspired Beach House

Happy Saturday, everyone!!!  This week's Inspiration Challenge is to find inspiration from this Beach House Pinterest board.....I loved this window shutter which was transformed into a chalkboard and magazine holder....very cool!  So, I decided to create a card with a beach house theme, with the colors of this photo.  To mimic the siding on the house in the photo, I used an embossing folder with thick lines, but they did not show up well in my photo...should have sponged them I guess.  The anchor, seagull, and shells are from the 'Anchor to the Soul' set, the sentiment is from 'Home Sweet Home', cut out with the ODBD Custom 'Mini Tags' Dies.  The window was created with the ODBD Custom 'Welcoming Window' Dies, ODBD Custom 'Window Shutter and Awning' Dies, and the inside 'wallpaper' was stamped with the ODBD 'Chalkboard Fan Background'.  The stripes on the awning were sponged using masking.

Thank you for visiting!!

Have a blessed weekend!

North Coast Creations July New Releases!!

Hi, everyone! Welcome to the July New Release party for North Coast Creations! I am super excited about these new sets.....who doesn't love ice cream?!!!!

If you would like a chance to win a gift certificate from North Coast Creations, follow the instructions below and hop along with us!

Prize Information:

Just for commenting on the Design Team Blog Posts, you have a chance to win a $10 NCC Gift Certificate, good towards the purchase of NCC Stamps. You have until July 26, 2015 at 10:00 PM EDT to leave a comments on the participating designers blogs for a chance to win! Two random winners will be selected from the comments left on the designers blogs, the winners will be announced on the NCC Blog on July 27, 2015, be sure to check back there to see if you have won!

Lori
Julie
Dawn
Sandee
Angie.....that's me!
Amy
North Coast Creations blog....let us know you have finished!

My first sample features the new 'Ice Cream Shoppe' set, along with the following items from sister company, Our Daily Bread designs: 'Patriotic Paper Collection', the little hearts from the ODBD Custom 'Clouds and Raindrops' Dies, striped awning was cut with the ODBD Custom 'Window Shutter and Awning' Dies, and both dies from the ODBD Custom 'Pennant Row' Dies set to create the banner.  The ice cream float image was stamped onto red mirror paper and white cardstock, then pieced together.  The top was colored light brown then covered in stickles to make it look like root beer fizz; the straw and cherry were colored then covered with Glossy Accents.  I used the same mirror paper to cut out the little hearts for the banner. The awning was cut twice, pieced together, scored and folded, then shaped with foam tape to make it solid.  The bottom piece of designer paper was shaped to mimic a counter-top, but hind-sight tells me I should have added a little doily to make it look real.

My second sample features the 'Ice Cream' set, along with a fresh summer-y pattern from the ODBD 'Blooming Garden Paper Collection', and an early sneak peek of a new die set (ODBD Custom 'Stitched Ovals' Dies) which will be released on August 1st (shhhhh, it's a secret!)  Since my first card took quite some time to make, I decided on a clean and simple approach for the 2nd.  After stamping and coloring the image, I added Glossy Accents and stickles to ramp it up a bit, plus a few sequins.  To match the shimmer of the stickles, I used sheer ivory ribbon which had a little sparkle to it.

Here are photos of the "supporting actors"....the additional products used on my card samples today:

Thanks for hanging out with us today!

Blessings,

Deep As The Ocean

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Misti aka Scraperwannabe....congrats, Misti!!!  I chose this cute CAS card as inspiration to help me with this birthday card for my nephew.  His birthday party theme is sharks but I don't own one shark image, so I went with sea turtle dies and an ocean theme instead.  I bought these dies several years ago with plans to create a vacation scrapbook, but......it hasn't happened yet!!  A section of the white card was masked, then aqua and green was sponged over a tropical leaf stencil. The same stencil was used on each solid turtle die cut to give it them a pattern, then the detail die was adhered over it.  The sentiment is from an Our Daily Bread designs set, 'The Mighty Sea'.

Thanks for visiting with me!

Blessings,

Life Is Better In Flip Flops!

Happy Saturday!!!  It's a hot one outside today, so I will be staying inside today.....thank you, Lord, for the invention of air-conditioning!! :)  Today's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from the Forzieri website......I chose this gorgeous scarf to help me design a birthday card for my sister, who loves the beach and anything orange.  The scarf had oranges, pinks, and brown tones so I thought a beach scene would fit just right.  I used the following stamps and dies from Our Daily Bread designs: 'Chalkboard Fan Background' (umbrella sections), 'Life is Better' (sentiment), 'Flip Flop Fun' (flip flops), ODBD Custom Flip Flop Dies, ODBD Custom Umbrella Dies, ODBD Custom Pennant Row Dies (sun spokes), ODBD Custom Clouds and Raindrops Dies.  The water was sponged over a piece of scratch paper, the clouds were sponged over a cloud die cut, and the sand was created with torn/sponged paper.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

God bless!

Flower Soft Scenic Window Card

Hi, everyone! Today's Friday Free4All Challenge over at Splitcoast is focused on anything that flies.....planes, kites, butterflies, birds, and so on. This card I had made five years ago for a Flower Soft tutorial for Our Daily Bread designs, but never posted it to my gallery. Today seems like the perfect day to do so. I used one of the Flower Soft Scenic Window 3d kits...cut out the pieces, pop them up with foam tape, then added Raspberry Fizz and Citrus Crush UltraFine Flower Soft to embellish the pre-printed scene.  The peel-off stickers are also from Flower Soft (not sure if they still carry them.) The sentiment is from 'Nest' from Our Daily Bread designs. I sent this card to my aunt who had just moved.

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a fabulous weekend!!