Happy 8th Anniversary, Our Daily Bread designs!

Hi, everyone!!! Welcome to the Our Daily Bread designs 8th Anniversary celebration!!  It's amazing at how fast the past 8 years have gone!!!  Today we have a special anniversary release to share with you....beautiful new dies and inspirational stamps sets designed for Grace, our DT sister who is battling cancer right now (click on the sidebar badge for more info regarding Grace)....thank you for praying!

If you haven't seen the entire new anniversary release yet, check it  out HERE.  Follow the directions below for a chance to be one of EIGHT winners of a gift certificate:

Prize Information: 

Eight randomly selected winners will each receive a $25 gift certificate to the ODBD Store just for commenting on the Design Team cards!  You have until March 19, 2016 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 March 24th, so be sure to check back there to see if you won!

* Julie * Sandee * Cathy * Dawn * Lori * Robin * Angie (that's me!) * Chris * Grace * Lisa * Sabrina * Melissa *

Below are the new and previously released stamps, dies, and papers featured in my two samples today:

For my first sample today, I began by cutting out two of the large frames from the ODBD Custom Filigree Frames Dies and one of the smaller decorative rectangles from a light peach metallic cardstock. Two of the large frames were cut out so that I could cut and overlap the tall end over the short end and make my horizontal frame symmetrical.  The sentiment panel was cut out with the ODBD Custom Rectangles Dies; the sentiment from 'Faith Card Sentiments' was stamped in blackberry ink and clear embossed.  The little cross was cut out with the ODBD Custom Ornamental Crosses Dies.  Some pearls and a blackberry bow were added for finishing touches.

For my second card, to coordinate with the sentiment from 'Grace's Hope', the 'Hope' word from the 'Faith, Hope, and Love' set was heat embossed with Espresso brown embossing powder onto white cardstock, fussy cut, then popped up with foam tape.  The framing is a combination of die cuts from the ODBD Custom Lavish Layers Dies and ODBD Custom Double Stitched Rectangles Dies.  The layered flower was cut with the ODBD Custom Birds and Nest Dies and the leaf flourishes were cut with the ODBD Custom Lovely Leaves Dies set.  The cocoa colored polka dot paper is from the new ODBD Ephemera Essentials Paper Collection (which coordinates with the previously released Vintage Ephemera Paper Collection.)

Thanks for helping us to celebrate this week!!!

Blessings,

Spring Lamb

Hi, everyone!  I swear I didn't plan to do it two weeks in a row, but I flipped the Splitcoast sketch upside down again!  When I saw the corner design, I knew I wanted to use one of the ODBD Custom Decorative Corners Dies with 'The Shepherd' stamp set.  Once I cut out, stenciled, and added foam tape to the corner die cut, I had to flip the layout so that the cross wouldn't be upside down.  The lamb was stamped then cut out with the ODBD Custom Little Lamb Die and popped up with foam tape over the sponged background.  I will also submit this to the Clean and Simple Challenge this week, which is about 'Spring Critters'.

Thanks for visiting with me today!

Blessings,

Enjoy Your Day!

Hi, everyone!  I went wild and flipped this week's Sketch Challenge at Splitcoast upside down!  I tried my best to come up with something "right side up" but I couldn't get the sunny scene out of my brain!  The number 1 panel was sponged using a template made with the ODBD Custom Clouds and Raindrops Dies; the sun (plus the negative space it fit into) was cut out with the ODBD Custom Double Stitched Circles Dies set; the sandals from 'Flip Flop Fun' were stamped onto a piece which was stamped in aqua with the Chalkboard Fan Background, fussy cut then layered onto the sandal bases which were cut out with the ODBD Custom Flip Flops Dies.  For the thin number 4 strip, I used ribbon to mimic a glimpse of the ocean.  Paper piercing and matching baker's twine were the only extras.

Thanks for stopping by!!

Blessings,

Superstar Birthday

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Geni aka genistamps....congrats, Geni!!  I absolutely love how she stamped inside the shaped mask on this beautiful card and just had to try that myself!  I started by cutting the white panel with the ODBD Custom Double Stitched Rectangles Dies. Instead of using a butterfly, I created a mask using the ODBD Custom Double Stitched Stars Dies, used various stamps from the 'Superstar' set in navy, green, and eggplant to stamp within the star mask, sponged kraft ink within, removed the mask and embossed the stitched edging with the same die used to cut the mask.  Instead of liquid pearls, I added three tiny stars at the bottom and one medium star in the center; these were cut with the ODBD Custom Sparkling Stars Dies.  This card will be for a nephew who will be turning 18 next week.

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings,

Wishing You Happiness

Hi, everyone!  This week's Inspiration Challenge is based on the miniature paintings by Lorraine Loots....I chose this awesome dragonfly as inspiration for my card today.  I used the Dragonfly single from Our Daily Bread designs along with the ODBD Custom Wishing Die, a sentiment from Wishing Words, ODBD Custom Double Stitched Circles Dies, ODBD Custom Double Stitched Squares Dies, and one of my fave patterns of designer paper from the ODBD 'Blooming Garden' Paper Collection.

Thanks for visiting!

Have a blessed weekend!

Spring Daffodils

Hi, everyone!  I'm excited and honored to announce that I will be a part of the Sketch Challenge team for three months over at Splitcoast!!!  My sample below fits Sketch 582 shown at the left.....you can make it as layered or as simple as you wish.  I am happy that I was able to keep my card fairly simple....my brain likes things more simple these days! :)

I started out with the 'Daffodils' set by North Coast Creations (sister company to Our Daily Bread designs), then added the yellow and green layers stamped with the ODBD 'Gingham Background'.  The dies I used are as follows:  ODBD Custom Fence Die, ODBD Custom Double Stitched Circles Dies, ODBD Custom Double Stitched Squares Dies, ODBD Custom Double Stitched Rectangles Dies, and the ODBD Custom Clouds and Raindrops Dies (template to sponge clouds).  I wasn't up for the challenge of doing the 'out-of-the-box' technique for the daffodils, so I went the lazy route and stamped an extra daffodil for each side, cut them out, and glued them on.

Thanks for visiting!!

Blessings,

Our Daily Bread designs March New Releases!

Hi, everyone!  Welcome to the March New Release party for Our Daily Bread designs....if you haven't seen all of the new stamps and dies, you can see them all HERE!!!!  Would you like to win a gift certificate from Our Daily Bread designs?  Follow the instructions below for a chance to be one of three winners:

Prize Information: 

Three randomly selected winners will each receive a $25 gift certificate to the ODBD Store just for commenting on the Design Team cards!  You have until March 2, 2016 at 9:00 p.m. EST to leave your comments on the Designers Blogs for a chance to win!  The Winners will be posted on the ODBD Blog on March 3rd, so be sure to check back there to see if you won!

* Cathy * Julie * Dawn * Sandee * Robin * Lori * Angie (that's me)*     * Lisa * Chris * Diana * Sabrina * Melissa *

Here are the new and previously released stamps, dies, and papers which are featured in my projects below:

My first card is a copper metallic shaped card which was cut out (and embossed) with the new ODBD Custom Double Stitched Stars Dies.  I also used the coordinating ODBD Custom Sparkling Stars Dies for the layers and tiny star accents, along with two stamps from the 'Superstar' set. The navy blue and sentiment stars were both popped up with foam tape for extra dimension.

My next card features the new ODBD Custom Double Stitched Squares Dies, coordinating ODBD Custom Squares Dies, the ODBD Custom Double Stitched Stars Dies and the coordinating ODBD Custom Sparkling Stars Dies.  The polka dot design from the ODBD Vintage Ephemera Paper Collection was cut out with the ODBD Custom Double Stitched Rectangles Dies, then the bottom edge of the panel was cut with the ODBD Custom Leafy Edged Borders Dies in order to leave room to stamp the sentiment from 'Superstar' on the white mat. To create the quilt pattern, many squares and stitched stars were die cut, then each square had a star cut out of it and each stitched star had a smaller star cut out of the center.  All of the die cut pieces could then nest together into one quilt pattern.

Thanks for hanging out with us today!

God bless!