Birthday Hibiscus

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Ann Greenspan aka yaleann7....congrats, Ann!  I chose this beautiful card for inspiration today to help me create a birthday card for my niece later this week.  I have used the following items from Our Daily Bread designs:  ODBD Custom Vintage Flourish Pattern Dies, ODBD Custom Vintage Labels Dies, ODBD Custom Ferns Dies, ODBD Custom Hibiscus Dies, and ODBD Custom Bitty Butterflies Dies.  I did add a sentiment panel and Razzleberry ribbon; the sentiment is from the 'To My Favorite' set.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Blessings,

Birds of Paradise

Hi, everyone!  This is my second card for today's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast.....for this card I chose this delish photo.....I love the yellow and green color combo, plus the pattern, green trim and blue handle on the cup reeled me in!  For my card, I stamped the ODBD 'Chalkboard Fan Background' in yellow, cut out the panel with the ODBD Custom Pierced Rectangles Dies, then cut out the aperature with the ODBD Custom Ovals Dies.  The white panel was sponged using a piece of scratch paper for the water and the clouds were sponged over a template cut with the ODBD Custom Clouds and Raindrops Dies.  The image and sentiment are from the 'Aloha' set.  Two of the flowers were stamped on the bottom panel and one was stamped then cut out with the ODBD Custom Bird of Paradise Die to pop up over the frame. Some baker's twine and green gems were added for embellishments.

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Blessings,

Stand Firm In The Faith

Happy Saturday, everyone! This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is not only fun but super delicious!  We are to find inspiration from the Dessert Bites: Macarons and Meringues Pinterest Board......there are so many creative desserts there, but I fell in love with these adorable flamingos!! I just discovered a few days ago that I had purchased some 'Flirty Flamingo' cardstock so this is a perfect opportunity to use it! (I know I'm not the only stamper who buys things and forgets about them!)  Anyhoo.....I have used the 'Tickled Pink' set for the flamingos and scripture verse, cut the images out with the ODBD Custom Flamingos Dies, then popped them up with foam tape over a panel cut with the ODBD Custom Circle Scalloped Rectangles Dies.  The scripture panel was cut with the ODBD Custom Pierced Ovals Dies, matted with the ODBD Custom Ovals Dies. The scalloped panel needed a little somethin' somethin', so I added a black panel underneath and added a black pennant cut with the ODBD Custom Pennant Flags Dies to help balance out the colors. I didn't add any embellishments so that this would be easy to mail.

Thanks for visiting today!

Blessings,

Cruisin' - Enjoy Every Moment!

Hi, everyone!  Today's Friday Free4All Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from any card playing idioms.....when I looked at the list, I saw 'Show Your Hand' and I knew what I wanted to do!  I love this photo of my hubby (who is 'showing his hand') from our recent cruise with our favorite bartender, Michael, in the background.  He made the best Bahama Mama's and Pina Coladas.....yeah, we're party animals alright! :)  I have used a mixture of new and previously released goodies from Our Daily Bread designs for this 6x6 layout:  sentiment and bird of paradise from 'Aloha', the ODBD Custom Bird of Paradise Die, ODBD Custom Ferns Dies, ODBD Custom Tropical Leaves Dies, ODBD Custom Pennant Flags Dies, ODBD Custom Bitty Borders Dies, Pennant Swag Alphabet, ODBD Custom Double Stitched Rectangles Dies, and the ODBD Boho Bolds Paper Collection.

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings,

Everything Beautiful

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Beverly aka kraftyaunt.....congrats, Beverly!  I chose this gorgeous card because of the stunning colors, stitched dies and cool layout. For my card, I kept the green and yellow theme and layout, but chose to use the 'Chalkboard Vine Background' stamp instead of designer paper.  All of the panels were cut with the ODBD Custom Double Stitched Rectangles Dies, the scripture verse is from the 'Aloha' set, and the tropical flower was cut with the ODBD Custom Frangipani Dies set.

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings,

Flourish Like A Palm Tree

If you are looking for the July New Release party for Our Daily Bread designs, scroll down one post or click HERE.

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Happy Saturday, everyone!!  This week's Inspiration Challenge is all about designer paper.  I chose a turquoise polka dot pattern from the ODBD Boho Bolds Paper Collection, cut it to 5-1/2 x 4-1/4 (same size as my card base), then centered and nested two dies from the ODBD Custom Pierced Rectangles Dies.  The outside (leftover) rectangle was adhered to the inside of my card (you can see it peeking out). The silhouette and scripture verse from 'Bon Voyage' were stamped in Stazon Jet Black, the sky was sponged with blue, magenta, and tangerine. The polka dot frame was popped up with foam tape; the flower cut from the ODBD Custom Hibiscus Dies and ODBD Custom Ferns Dies was popped up in the corner. Two blue gems were added for a simple embellishment.  I will also be submitting this to the Sunrise/Sunset Fan Club Theme Challenge.

Thanks again for visiting!

Have a very blessed weekend!!!

Our Daily Bread designs July New Releases!

Hi, everyone!  Our Daily Bread designs has gone TROPICAL this month.....yay!!!  I am totally in love with all of the new stamps and dies this month!!  You can see all of the July New Release right HERE!  If you'd like a chance to win some goodies, please follow the instructions below:

Prize Information: 

Three randomly selected winners will each receive a $25 Gift Code to the ODBD Website  just for commenting on the Design Team cards!  You have until July 2, 2017 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 July 3rd so be sure to check back there to see if you won!

* Cathy * Sandee * Lisa * Dawn * Angie (that's me!) * Grace * Lori * Chris * Diana *

Here are the new and previously released items featured in my projects for today:

My first project is a birthday card for my great niece who just turned one!  The scene was sponged with aqua first with a scratch paper mask to create the water, then the clouds were sponged over a template cut out with the ODBD Custom Clouds and Raindrops Dies. The flamingos and sentiment are from the 'Tickled Pink' set; the flamingos were cut out with the ODBD Custom 'Flamingos' Dies. The number one was cut out with the ODBD Custom Large Numbers Dies.  The sentiment was stamped once in black and again in hot pink then fussy cut and popped up over the sponged scene.  The polka dot frame was cut out with the ODBD Custom Pierced Rectangles Dies out of the ODBD Boho Bolds Paper Collection.  A white satin bow was added in the corner.

The matching frame went with the birthday card, for Kynna's room.  The scene was sponged in the same manner as the card, then the flamingos from 'Tickled Pink' were popped with foam tape after being cut out with the ODBD Custom Flamingos Dies.  Here are the other items featured in this framed gift: ODBD Custom Frangipani Dies, ODBD Custom Hibiscus Dies, ODBD Custom Tropical Leaves Dies, ODBD Custom Fern Dies, and the ODBD Custom Alphabet Dies.

Thanks for hanging out with us today!

God bless!