Our Daily Bread designs September New Releases!

Hi, everyone!  Welcome to the September new release party for Our Daily Bread designs!  Wow, what an amazing patriotic release this month....new stamps, new dies, and new designer paper!  Check out all of the new goodies HERE!

If you'd like a chance to win a gift certificate from ODBD, 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 September 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 September 3rd so be sure to check back there to see if you won!

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

 * Chris * Dawn * Diana * Helen *

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

My first card features the awesome new ODBD Custom USA Flag Die, a sentiment from the 'Let Freedom Ring' stamp set, matted and framed with the ODBD Custom Double Stitched Stars Dies and ODBD Custom Sparkling Stars Dies. The flag die was cut in silver, navy, red, and white, then the pieces were put together atop a piece of cardstock which I turned into a sticker with my Xyron machine. It was so easy to adhere them this way instead of gluing down one piece at a time!

My second card took about ten minutes to make....yay!  I cut a strip from one of the patterns in the new Stars and Stripes Paper Collection, stamped the Pledge of Allegiance from 'Justice for All', then glued on three tiny stars which were leftover from the ODBD Custom USA Flag Die from my first card!

My third card is a shaker card which I created with another design from the Stars and Stripes Paper Collection and the 'Let Freedom Ring' stamp set.  The designer paper was trimmed down to a 5x5 square; the shaker element was created by stamping the Star Spangled Banner onto a piece of acetate then cut out with the ODBD Custom Pierced Circles Dies set.  Foam tape created the wall for the silver micro-beads then another circle cut from cardstock sealed the beads in.  Some tiny silver stars leftover from the USA Flag card above were added as embellishments.

Thanks for hanging out with us!!

Blessings,

Daughter of the King!

Hi, everyone!  This week's Ways To Use It Challenge is all about the number 3: three panels, three folds, etc.  I chose three tiny silver hearts for this 1st birthday card for my niece, Molly!  This stamp set, 'Princess', from Our Daily Bread designs, is retired, unfortunately, but it's still one of my go-to sets for little girls in my family.  The crown was stamped in Stazon Jet Black onto silver metallic paper, then metallic pens were used to color the gems.  The tiny hearts were cut with the ODBD Custom 'Umbrellas' Dies set, the large hearts were cut with the ODBD Custom Ornate Hearts Dies.  The crown was fussy cut and wrapped around the top heart panel before adhering to the scalloped mat.  The silver '1' was cut out with the ODBD Custom Large Numbers Dies; the polka dot panel was cut out with the ODBD Custom Pierced Rectangles Dies.  The yummy polka dot and coordinating paper is from the ODBD Pastel Paper Pack.

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings,

A Mighty Warrior

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Christine Alexander aka calex....congrats, Christine!  I fell in love with this clever CAS balloon card.  I have been trying to come up with something clever for a birthday card for my nephew, so this balloon design along with the camo background technique from last week just seemed to be a perfect combo! Since the camouflage background technique calls for crumpling the paper, I was unable to copy exactly the masked and sponged balloon like Christine's card but kept the same layout with my die cut balloon. Once the camo background was finished, the balloon was cut out using the ODBD Custom Circle Ornaments Dies, the kraft panel was cut out with the ODBD Custom Pierced Rectangles Dies, and the scripture from 'Not Forgotten' was stamped in the corner.

Thanks so much for visiting with me today!

God bless!

Play Ball!

Hi, everyone!  This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from the Christmas Tree Shops site....I chose this adorable baseball lamp for my inspiration.  The red stitching on the lampshade gave me the idea to use some hand-stitching on my card. The stamps I used today are from the 'Baseball' Stamp/Die Duos set; the 'baseball' was cut from the ODBD Custom Double Stitched Circles Dies, matted with the ODBD Custom Circles Dies; a die from the ODBD Custom Stitched Ovals Dies set was used to trace the outline for the stitches; a small paper piercer was used to pierce the holes; some red embroidery thread was used to sew the stitches. I will also be submitting this to the 'Less Is More' challenge which is to use something on your CAS card which you would not normally use.....my unusual item is embroidery thread and hand-stitching.

Thanks for stopping by today!!

Blessings,

#1 Steeler's Fan!

Hi, everyone!   This week's Featured Stamper at Splitcoast is Diane aka HappyInMarco....congrats, Diane!  I chose this beautiful card to case today because I loved the layered rectangular framing...clean layouts like this really speak to me!  I have used the All-Star Jersey set and ODBD Custom Sports Jerseys Dies from Our Daily Bread designs.   I absolutely love these jerseys, which make it so easy to customize your projects with whatever color themes or numbers you need!  This is a birthday card for my nephew, Caleb, who is a Pittsburgh Steelers fan and his favorite player is running back Le'Veon Bell. I added the stripes on the sleeves with a black marker and ruler, then colored them with yellow.  The sentiment panel was cut out with the ODBD Custom Pennant Flags Dies and matted with the ODBD Custom Double Stitched Pennant Flags Dies set.  The tiny stars are from the ODBD Custom Sparkling Stars Dies and the rectangles were cut with the ODBD Custom Double Stitched Rectangles Dies.  This was so quick and fun to make!!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings,

For The Glory of God

Happy Saturday, everyone!  This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from the Fitbit Blog.....I discovered this post which showed all of the different badges you can earn and this Shooting Star badge sent me straight to my craft room to make this card!  Once the card was finished, I realized by looking at the badge again that I should have used teal instead of turquoise, but too late now! :)  I have used the following items for this card:  'Teamwork' stamp set, ODBD Custom Double Stitched Stars, Circles, and Squares Dies, and the ODBD Custom Sparkling Stars Dies (tiny stars). (Shortcut tip:  the tiny stars were cut out of the center of the large stars to conserve cardstock!)

Thanks for stopping by today!

Blessings,

Clean and Simple Soccer Card

Hi, everyone!  This week's Clean and Simple Challenge over at Splitcoast is to create a monochromatic card with a pop of color in the image.  This is a perfect opportunity to ink up the 'Soccer' Stamp/Die Duos set from ODBD.  This was a super simple and quick design with basic stamping.  The tiny red heart was cut with the ODBD Custom Umbrellas Dies set.

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings,