Hi there.......

on this super cold Thursday here in Southern Arizona!!! Today I have a card to share that I made for this weeks Stamping in Time Challenge with Betty over at Our Daily Bread Designs . It is a fun challenge and you can interpret it in many different ways.

The assignment is Our Daily Bread Design stamps. Chrissy Dickinson is our challenge host this rotation. Chrissy is challenging us to "Ring in the New!" The theme can be interpreted in many ways, such as.....new stuff, new year, new baby, new home! Or, the focus is can be on ring and think circular items. Ring can also be about music. All forms of celebration ideas like Birthday, Anniversary, etc. are there. Lots of possibilities. We look forward to seeing what you create using ODBD stamps!

And this is what I came up with! I went with circles, new flowers, new paper and new lace. Have a look and see my

Oh sing to the Lord a NEW song.....

Recipe:
Paper: PTI Rustic Cream, True Black, Basic Grey Curio

Stamp: ODBD Sing to the Lord

Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black, Tim Holtz Distressing Ink Aged Mahogany, Antique Linen, Fired Brick

Accessories: MayArts black crochet lace, red loopy lace from Joann's, Spellbinders Nestabilities Lacey Circles, Standard Circles Large, Recollections Rhinestone Flourish, antique silver brad, Prima red Hydrangeas, ivory paper roses (not Prima) which I've distressed with Aged Mahogany Tim Holtz Distressing Ink,


Are you inspired? If you need a little more inspiration check out what some of the other Design Team and Challenge Team members have come up. Head on over to see

Angie

Fran

Patter

Betty

and this weeks host   Chrissy

have come up with!!

For all of the challenge details please make sure you stop by the ODBD Blog, as always there will be a prize, so head on over there and check it out!!!;D

Thanks for stopping by my friends. I will be back next week with a new Shining the Light Challenge, so make sure you come back and visit me ;D.

For now I would like to say a big "Thank You" to all of you that stopped by my humble Blog this year and blessed me with lovely comments!

I wish all of you a safe ending of the year 2010 and a richly blessed New Year!!!

Hugs and blessings,

Can you believe it?

This week just flew by and it is time for another Shining the Light Challenge over at Our Daily Bread Designs!!!

This week's Challenge:


Well...Christmas is just around the corner and when you think of Christmas classic carols is...We Three Kings...Choose three of these items to use on your card: gold, silver, blue, red, snowflakes, ornament, Our Daily Bread Designs stamps.



This will be our last challenge before the holidays. Our winner will be announced on Sunday, December 26. Our first challenge for 2011 will be on January 8.



To make the challenge even more fun, we will be giving out a prize , a $ 15 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!! Entries for the prize must be submitted by Thursday, December 22. One random winner will be chosen and announced on Sunday, 26.December 2010.


While it is not required to use Our Daily Bread Designs images and sentiments on your creations, we would love to see them if you have them. As a way of recognizing those who do use Our Daily Bread Designs stamps, we will again be choosing 1 to 2 creations to spotlight for our Shining the Light Award. In order to qualify for this award, however, you must use Our Daily Bread stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by December 22 at 8 p.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC42. When creating your posts on blogs please include a direct link to the challenge.

So, are you ready to see which three I chose?  All right, here we go

                                                                                ornament, red, gold

Recipe:
Paper:  PTI Vintage Cream, Scarlet Jewel, Memory Box Spiceberry

Stamps:  ODBD Ornaments

Ink: VersaMark, Ranger Detail golden embossing powder, Tim Holtz Distressing Ink Aged Mahogany, Shabby Shutters

Accessories: Spellbinders Heirloom Ornaments, gold ribbon, ivory crochet lace, Recollections golden half pearls, Sizzix embossing folder Sugar

I stamped the ornament unto Vintage Cream card stock in VersaMark and embossed it with Ranger Detail embossing powder. The poinsettia is colored in with Tim Holtz Distressing Ink in Aged Mahogany and a paintbrush. The tip of the paintbrush was misted with a little water to make the ink go on easier.  I did not have golden card stock so I simply smeared my VersaMark ink pad over the edges of the cut out ornament and embossed it with Ranger Detail embossing powder in gold.


So, which three of the above list are you going to choose? Are you ready to get stamping? If you need just a little more inspiration head on over to see what

Chris

Chrissy

Fran

and Patter

have come up with. You will love the creations of these ever so talented ladies!!  All of the above details can also be found on the ODBD Blog.

Well, since this is our last challenge for this year I will say

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

to all of you, my stamping friends!!!



I pray that you all are richly blessed this Christmas Season and that you will join me again for some more of this wonderful ODBD Challenge in the new year!!!  We will have a few changes and some exciting news, so please come back in the New Year, on 8. January 2011 to be exact to find out !!! ;D;D

Hugs and blessings,

It is time for another Stamping in Time Challenge

over at Our Daily Bread Designs and I just had to play along ;D;D. For today's 24th Challenge the requirements are pretty simple all you have to do is use an ODBD Scripture as the focal point on your creation!!!  Most of you already know that I jumped on this one as I LOVE ODBD scripture stamps!! :D:D

Also, a couple of weeks ago I ordered one of the new Cricut cartridges that came out not long ago called Paper Lace, can I just say that I am in LOVE!!!! Oh my goodness, the things you can do with this cartridge....sigh!!

All right, are you ready for my creation?  Check out my

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
card

Recipe:
Paper: PTI Vintage Cream, Dark Chocolate, Basic Grey Curio

Stamps: ODBD Scripture Collection 2 Psalm 91:1

Ink: StampinUp Close to Cocoa, Tim Holtz Distressing Ink Vintage Photo

Accessories: Cricut cartridge Paper Lace, Dove 1 Lace 2 cut at 4 3/4" and Shadow Dove 1 Lace 2, Spellbinders Labels 16, Studio 18 red rhinestones, ivory paper roses, Tim Holtz Distressing Tool,


What do you think?   Are you gonna play along? I sure hope so, we are always looking forward to see your creations. If you need a little more inspiration head on over to

Chrissy

Fran

Lorelie

and off course Betty

to see what theu have come up with. You might as well get a cup of coffee or tea and sit back and enjoy!! For all of the details and deadlines, please visit the ODBD Blog

Gotta finish wrapping all of the Christmas gifts as my girls will be out of school starting tomorrow 11:45AM. They are trying to be sneaking lately and find out what they are gonna get, but Mama is still in charge and they have really NO clue whatsoever,hehehe!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by today, it is always so much fun reading your comments.

Have a blessed day and happy crating!!

Hugs,

Hello on this sunny Saturday..........

my stamping friends!!! I hope you all had a great week and are ready for a new Our Daily Bread Designs Shining the Light Challenge.  Can you believe that it is almost Christmas? Goodness, I have to admit, that I don't even have my tree up yet :C.  See, I am German and in Germany we never put our tree up until the morning of Christmas Eve. German tradition is that the gift exchange is on Christmas Eve and since we always had a fresh tree, we did that as kind of a family affair. I guess since I live here now I need to get my tree up soon as my girls ask every day, "Mama, when are you going to put the tree up?" All they really want is to see how many packages are going to be under that tree,LOL. The little one loves the lights on, so she is all over plugging the lights in ;D.   All right, you did not come here to hear about all of that, you want to find out what this weeks challenge is going to be. (Sorry, my pictures are kind of all over, but it just dod not work to put them nicely two by two)

This week's Challenge:

Well...Christmas is just around the corner now and we haven't done any inspiration challenges yet so here is a collage of photos to inspire you. We can't wait to see what you create!!

 

To make the challenge even more fun, we will be giving out a prize , a $ 15 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!! Entries for the prize must be submitted by Thursday, December 16,2010. One random winner will be chosen and announced next Saturday.



While it is not required to use Our Daily Bread Designs images and sentiments on your creations, we would love to see them if you have them. As a way of recognizing those who do use Our Daily Bread Designs stamps, we will again be choosing 1 to 2 creations to spotlight for our Shining the Light Award. In order to qualify for this award, however, you must use Our Daily Bread stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by December 16, 2010,  at 8 p.m. EST.

If you do not use ODBD stamps, please do not submit more than one entry. Additional entries are not eligible for prizes or commenting.


If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC41. When creating your posts on blogs please include a direct link to the challenge and a picture of the photo above which inspired you.

Now on to my creation. I chose the last picture on the right. I just fell in love with the warmth of the colors.

my Inspiration

Recipe:
Paper:  PTI Vintage Cream, Ripe Avocado, Basic Grey Curio, rust card stock from my stash

Stamps:  ODBD Joy to the World

Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black, Tim Holtz Distressing Ink Vintage Photo

Accessories: Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels 5, Sizzix embossing folder Starry Night, ZVA Creative Rhinestone Flourish in Topaz, paper roses, paper flower colored with Smooch in Pumpkin, Studio 112 half pearls, MayaRoad Trinket pin, brass spacer beads, glass bead, MayArts Antique Gold silk ribbon


Are you inspired or do you need a little more? Well,  here are the links to the other amazing Challenge Team members, have a look and see what

Chris

Chrissy

Fran

Patter

came up with and which inspiration photo they chose.

You can find all of the links also on the ODBD Blog just in case one of my links does not work ;D. Also remember to upload your creation to the ODBD Blog so we can see what you have created. Please make sure that you add your name and not the name of the picture, so we know who entered, thank you!!

I also thank you for taking the time to stop by my place today. You truly make my day!

Have fun creation and have a blessed weekend!!

Hugs,

It's a sketch for our new Shining the Light Challenge 40

Hello my stamping friends!! I hope you all had a fabulous week and are ready for another fun challenge over at Our Daily Bread Designs!!  This week we are challenging you to participate in sketch challenge. Have a look

To make the challenge even more fun, we will be giving out a prize, a $ 15 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!! Entries for the prize must be submitted by Thursday, December 9. One random winner will be chosen and announced next Saturday.


While it is not required to use Our Daily Bread Designs images and sentiments on your creations, we would love to see them if you have them. If you are not using ODBD stamps, however, you may only enter your creation once. As a way of recognizing those who do use Our Daily Bread Designs stamps, we will again be choosing 1 to 2 creations to spotlight for our Shining the Light Award. In order to qualify for this award, however, you must use Our Daily Bread stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by December 9 at 8 p.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC40. When creating your posts on blogs please include a direct link to the challenge.





isn't this a fun sketch?  This is what I came up with.

Recipe:
Paper: PTI Vintage Cream, Ripe Avocado, Kraft, Basic Grey Jovial, Best Occasions textured card stock

Stamps: ODBD Ornaments

Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Tim Holtz Distressing Ink Vintage Photo, Copics, Sakura Glitter Pen

Accessories: Spellbinders Heirloom Ornament dies, Nesties Petite Ovals Large, Petite Scalloped Ovals Large, Cuttlebug embossing folder (can't recall the name, it is from a 6 pack I purchased off of HSN), May Arts crochet lace, Studio 18 rhinestones

So, did I get you interested in playing along this week? It is such a fun challenge and the entire Challenge Team had a ball. Have a look what


Chris

Chrissy

Fran

Patter


came up with. You will LOVE it!!

Well, this is it for me for right now. I have a busy day ahead of me. The women of my church are having a potluck and Christmas get together this afternoon. I am looking forward to get out of the house and fellowship with some of my church family ;D.

Have a great day and make sure you'll add you creation to Mr. Linky over at the ODBD Blog so we can admire it. I know I say this a lot, but it is always a joy to see your creations!!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Hugs and blessings,

Happy Thursday.....

and welcome to a surprise Blog Hop for one of Our Daily Breads Designs behind the scenes man!!! Do you ever wonder who cuts and mounts ODBD's stamps and helps to get orders shipped out? Well, it is no other than Josh, who celebrates his Birthday today!! 

                            Happy Birthday, Josh!!!!

May God bless you with many more Birthdays and many more years working for ODBD!!
So, in honor of Josh we are having a little Blog Hop to make his day a special day. The Hop starts at the  ODBD Blog so if you have started there and arrived at my Blog from Debi, you are good to go. If not, please start at ODBD Blog.

 Shhhhh, let me tell you a secret, if you complete the Hop and  leave Josh lots of Birthday wishes, there will be a prize!!! Kelley is offering a gift certificate of $15.00 to not one but THREE people!!! So, please make sure you start at the ODBD Blog and leave each of the participating designers some love and maybe it will be you that wins one of those gift certificates ;D;D. Make sure you return to the ODBD Blog to let us know you've completed the Hop.

My card for Josh is a CAS one, but I hope it will put a smile on his face anyhow.


Birthday Blessings to you, Josh!!!

Recipe:
Paper: StampinUp Buckaroo Blue, Basic Grey Granola, Best Occasions textured card stock

Stamps: ODBD  Happy Birthday  and Bless this House

Ink: Tim Holtz Distressing Ink Vintage Photo, Frayed Burlap, ODBD Steel Blue

Accessories:  Tim Holtz Distressing Tool, Darice Hemp cord, silver cross charm



Angie


Dawn

Sandee

Fran

Debi

Sabrina  (You are here :D:D)

Randi

Grace

Chris

Chrissy

Patter

Lorelie

Connie


Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope you've enjoyed your visit.

Now head on over see hat the super talented Randi came up with.

Hugs and blessings,

I see snowflakes......

Hello my stamping friends!!! Can you believe this is the last weekend in November? Oh my goodness, where has time gone. Since today is Saturday and it is time for a new Shining the Light Challenge we the Challenge Team have a fun challenge for you!!

December is just around the corner...and in most places of the USA comes the cold and/or snowflakes. So this week's challenge is to add snowflakes to your creation (this can be on the DP, punched, the image, your ribbon, and etc.)



To make the challenge even more fun, we will be giving out a prize , a $ 15 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!! Entries for the prize must be submitted by Thursday, December 2. One random winner will be chosen and announced next Saturday.


While it is not required to use Our Daily Bread Designs images and sentiments on your creations, we would love to see them if you have them. If you are not using Our Daily Bread Designs stamps, please do not submit your entry more than once or we will have to delete one entry. As a way of recognizing those who do use Our Daily Bread Designs stamps, we will again be choosing 1 to 2 creations to spotlight for our Shining the Light Award. In order to qualify for this award, however, you must use Our Daily Bread stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by December 2 at 8 p.m. EST.If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC39. When creating your posts on blogs please include a direct link to the challenge.

On to my little project I have to share with you all today!! Since we don't get much snow here in Southern Arizona, I was trying to come up with something fun and yet useful, so I made a card and gift tag set. What I call tags in this project are actually snowflake ornaments that I found at my local Target for only $ 1.00 for 4 of them. To make them more interesting and an actual tag I simply cut circles with my Spellbinders Standard Scalloped Circles and Standard Circles dies and stamped "to: and from:" from the Poinsettia Tag Set on them in silver.

For my card I cut a 5.5"x5.5" base added a layer of Aqua Mist card stock and another layer in white which I embossed with the snow flurries embossing folder by Cuttlebug. I painted this embossed layer with some glitter acrylic paint which I picked up at Joann's embellished it with some gorgeous white lace and hand dyed seam binding in Bermuda Bay and a snowflake garland from Michael's. The tag in the middle of the card is cut from ODBD's new Tag Die and the tag stamp is the Holly Tag Set. To give the edges some dimension I simply rubbed my handy silver ink pad over the edges and viola, ready was my card to go with my little snowflake gift set.

Recipe:
Paper: PTI White, Aqua Mist

Stamps: ODBD Holly Tag Set (Tag), Poinsettia Tag Set (To: and From:) Christmas Verses (Merry Christmas)

Ink: VersaMark, silver embossing powder, silver chalk ink

Accessories: Standard Circles, Standard Scalloped Circles, ODBD Tag die, Cuttlebug embossing folder snow flurries, white cotton lace, hand dyed seam binding in Bermuda Bay, snowflake garland

If you would like to see some more snowflake creations head on over to

Chris

Chrissy

Fran

Patter

for these ladies have some awesome creations to share with you all!! 

Thanks so much for making my day by stopping by to say "hi".

Remember, Kelley still has the Free Shipping Deal going on until Sunday, make sure you read all the details on the ODBD Blog.

Have a fabulous and super creative weekend!!

Hugs and blessings,

It's a SALE......

hello my stamping friends!! I hope and pray that you all had a fabulous Thanksgiving, I sure know mine was a blessing! We had a LOT of food and some amazing company, so it was a blessed day indeed.

Today is Black Friday, but I am not one that gets up in the middle of the night and stands in line to get run over. I am more of the type that sits at the computer and takes advantage of the Internet deals ;D;D. If you are like me I have just the right DEAL for you.

Kelley, the wonderful owner of Our Daily Bread Designs is offering FREE Shipping to all of her valued customers in the US!!

Also, for the first time ever, Kelley is offering the amazing stamps that will be released on 1.December 2010 on Pre-Order!!!! So, if you have been looking at ODBD stamps for a while this is your opportunity to order them now and enjoy free shipping!!! You also have a chance on winning an entire December Breadstick Bundle for FREE!!! Head on over to the ODBD Blog to find out more. You can also read about some more exciting NEWS. ODBD was chosen to be one of the NEW Preferred Stamp Companies by Spellbinders!!!! If you are like me and can't imagine what you would do without your Spellbinders, you will love to hear that there will be a bunch of new ODBD stamps that will coordinate with some of the awesome Spellbinders dies we all love so much!! I sure can't wait to see what this will all include :D:D

Well, I hope you will be ale to take advantage of this awesome FREE shipping deal and the chance of winning some amazing stamps for free!!! If you have not tried out ODBD stamps yet, this is the time to do so, you will love the supreme quality of ODBD stamps!

Thanks for stopping by today, I have the day to spend with my cuties, my DH had to work, but we are going to have a girls day and I will see you all tomorrow for yet another exciting Shining the Light Challenge!!

Hugs and blessings,

Sabrina

Good Saturday morning....

 my stamping friends!!! I hope you all had a fabulous week and are ready for the weekend and some creative time ;D. Our Daily Bread Designs Shining the Light Challenge is a good one and you won't want to miss it, are you ready?


Thanksgiving is just around the corner but since some of our viewers are from Canada or elsewhere and do not celebrate at this time of year, we are challenging you to create any holiday card (Thanksgiving, Christmas or etc.)

To make the challenge even more fun, we will be giving out a prize , a $ 15 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!! Entries for the prize must be submitted by Thursday, November 25, 2010. One random winner will be chosen and announced next Saturday.

While it is not required to use Our Daily Bread Designs images and sentiments on your creations, we would love to see them if you have them.As a way of recognizing those who do use Our Daily Bread Designs stamps, we will again be choosing 1 to 2 creations to spotlight for our Shining the Light Award. In order to qualify for this award, however, you must use Our Daily Bread stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by November 25, 2010 at 8 p.m. EST.
If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC38. When creating your posts on blogs please include a direct link to the challenge.


All right, since I would like to get a little of a head start for my Christmas cards this year, yes, I am one of those that waits until last minute to make the Christmas cards and usually don't finish them all :C, but this challenge allows me to get at least started ;D

Have a look and see my Holiday card

Wishing you a Blessed Christmas

Recipe:

Paper: PapertreyInk  Vintage Cream

Stamps: ODBD Blessed Christmas

Ink: VersaMark Filigree gold embossing powder, Tim Holtz Distressing Ink Tea Dye

Accessories:  ODBD Poinsettia Die,   Sizzix embossing folder Starry Night, Spellbinders Fancy Tags, cream cotton lace, gold tone ribbon, Studio112 half pearls,


I know this is not a typical Christmas color card, but I just loved the way the gold embossing looked against the Vintage Cream and the aged edges :D:D.

What do you think? 

Are you ready to see what my teammates have created? Have a look and see what

Chris

Chrissy

Fran

Patter

have come up with. You will find some amazing eye candy and hopefully get some inspiration to make your own Holiday card. If you do, we'd love to see them, so don't forget to add them on Our Daily Bread Designs Blog   under Mr. Linky . It is always a joy to see what you create.


Thanks so much for stopping by today and making my day a happy day!!

Hugs and blessings,

Hello, hello, hello....

my stamping friends!!!!  Can you believe it is Saturday already? Well, it is and that means it is time for a new Shining the Light Challenge over at Our Daily Bread Designs.   This week we have a pretty cool challenge....are you ready?

Do you sometimes get in a slump and just create cards with your stamps...I know I do. This week we want you to create anything but a card. It need not be 3D...it can be a bookmark, tag, etc. I hope this helps you think outside of the box.




To make the challenge even more fun, we will be giving out a prize , a $ 15 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!! Entries for the prize must be submitted by Thursday, November 18. One random winner will be chosen and announced next Saturday.

While it is not required to use Our Daily Bread Designs images and sentiments on your creations, we would love to see them if you have them.As a way of recognizing those who do use Our Daily Bread Designs stamps, we will again be choosing 1 to 2 creations to spotlight for our Shining the Light Award. In order to qualify for this award, however, you must use Our Daily Bread stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by November 18 at 8 p.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC37. When creating your posts on blogs please include a direct link to the challenge.

This challenge was really fun for me....have a look and see

Thinking of You

Recipe:

Paper: K&Company Wild Saffron (still LOVE this paper ;D)

Stamps:  ODBD Thinking of You

Ink: Tim Holtz Distressing Ink Vintage Photo, StampinUp Close to Cocoa

Accessories: Spellbinders Nesties Labels 5, Fancy Tags, Standard Circles Large, Prima Hydrangeas in yellow distressed with Vintage Photo Distressing Ink, Flourish was cut with my Cricut Expression and the Storybook cartridge, antique copper brad, Filling of the cup:  Almond Biscotti, tea, Lindt Truffles ;D(yum!!!)

So, what do you think? Are you inspired to join us in this fun challenge? Remember you do not have to make a 3D project, you can make a bookmark, tags (they all would make pretty nice little gifts for a teacher, a friend....you name it ;D;D)

The idea for this cup came from the new Scor-Pal Ezine, but I have to confess that I changed it just a little, I made the cup a tad bit taller because I knew I wanted to fill it with all of those goodies :D:D

Would you like to see what my Challenge Team Sisters have come up with? Well, head on over to see


Chris

Chrissy

Fran

Patter

those girls will blow off your socks!!!! 

Thanks so much for stopping by today, it really is always a joy to read your comments!!

Oh, before I forget, I would like to THANK all of those that played along last week....it was so much fun to come by your place to see your creations.....thank you!!! If you did not win, don't give up, you'll never know when God will bless and you'll be the winner of the $ 15 gift certificate that can go toward a stamp purchase at the ODBD store.  Also make sure you'll check out what else is going on at ODBD over at the ODBD Blog. 

Have a blessed day!!

Hugs,

Happy Saturday......

morning my stamping friends!!! I hope you all had a fabulous week and tons of time to stamp. I did not have much time as both of my girls were sick :C. I guess that is how it is after 3 weeks of Fall break when everybody gets back together ;D. They are not 100%, but much better and no more fever.

Anyhow, you did not come here to hear about my girls, you want to know what this weeks Shining the Light Challenge over at Our Daily Bread Designs will be, right? Well, for challenge # 36 we are asking you to use gold/silver cording or twine, hemp cord etc.  I know for me this is not usually a go to item, so I had to dig a little and find mine in my big basket of "stuff",LOL!!


To make the challenge even more fun, we will be giving out a prize , a $ 15 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!! Entries for the prize must be submitted by Thursday, November 11. One random winner will be chosen and announced next Saturday.


While it is not required to use Our Daily Bread Designs images and sentiments on your creations, we would love to see them if you have them.As a way of recognizing those who do use Our Daily Bread Designs stamps, we will again be choosing 1 to 2 creations to spotlight for our Shining the Light Award. In order to qualify for this award, however, you must use Our Daily Bread stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by November 11 at 8 p.m. EST.If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC36. When creating your posts on blogs please include a direct link to the challenge.

All right, let me show you what I came up with. I made a Christmas card, to get started, ya know ;D;D

Merry Christmas

Recipe:
Paper:  PTI Soft Stone, Scarlet Jewel, Basic Grey Wassail, silver paper with a shimmer finish, Shrink plastic

Stamps: ODBD Christmas Verses  and    Blessed Christmas

Ink: Palette Moulin Rouge, Black StazOn, Copic markers in R05, R29 , G 85

Accessories: silver cording, burgundy satin ribbon, dark red rhinestones, circle punches 1 1/8" and 1 3/8", EK Success border punch, heat gun, ODBD Poinsettia die

So, what do you think? 

Are you inspired to get out that cording and play along in this weeks Shining the Light Challenge or do you need a little more inspiration? Well, if you head on over to see

Chris

Christy

Fran

and Patter

came up with you will get plenty inspiration as these ladies really came through on this one.


Thanks for stopping by today.

I hope you get to play along and remember to add your creation to Mr. Linky on the ODBD Blog so we can come on over to your place and check out what you came up with!

Have a blessed and super creative weekend!

Hugs,

It's your choice.......

to pick whichever challenge you'd like to do from our TOP 3 Challenges at ODBD,

1  Sparkle

2  Dies and Punches

3 Texture it

Hello my friends,and "Happy Saturday" yes, you've heard right, today we are challenging you to pick your favorite of the above 3 and just go for it!!!

To make the challenge even more fun, we will be giving out a prize , a $ 15 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!! Entries for the prize must be submitted by Thursday, November 4. One random winner will be chosen and announced next Saturday.


While it is not required to use Our Daily Bread Designs images and sentiments on your creations, we would love to see them if you have them. As a way of recognizing those who do use Our Daily Bread Designs stamps, we will again be choosing 1 to 2 creations to spotlight for our Shining the Light Award. In order to qualify for this award, however, you must use Our Daily Bread stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by November 4 at 8 p.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC35. When creating your posts on blogs please include a direct link to the challenge, so it is easier for us to find your fabulous creation ;D.

All right, let me show you what I came up with. First though, let me tell you which challenge I chose... I loved all three of them, and I kind of combined them (shhhhh, don't tell ;D)but the main one is "Dies and Punches" I just love what you can do with Spellbinders Nestabilities and Pendant dies. Check it out, here is my card

The Lord your God........

Recipe:

Paper: PTI Kraft, Fine Linen (awesome new color ;D), Dark Chocolate, Ripe Avocado, Basic Grey Cappella, some paper my hubby had in his office....looks like Papyrus (he used to use it for Awards and Certificates)

Stamps: ODBD Scripture Series 1  Zephania 3:17

Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Tim Holtz Distressing Ink Antique Linen, Vintage Photo

Accessories: Spellbinders Nesties Labels 4,5, Fleur De Lis Pendant (middle part) brown rhinestones, ZVA Creative Topaz rhinestone flourish, handmade paper flower, EK Success Le Medallion Chain punch, Maya Road Leaf Trinket Pins, THD Tool, foam tape


So, was I able to get you interested in this fun challenge, or do you need a little more inspiration?  Have a look and see what my teammates

Chris

Chrissy

Fran

Patter

came up with, you will LOVE it! 

If you have not done so yet, head on over to the ODBD Blog and find all  of the details there and also see what else is going on at ODBD.

Thanks for stopping by today and making my day a happy day!!

Have fun creating and make sure you'll add your creation to Mr. Linky at the ODBD Blog. We love to come by to check out your creations....it's like opening a present!! :D:D

Hugs and blessings,

Hello on this sunny Thursday morning.....

my stamping friends!!!  Hope you've had a great week thus far and got to stamp :D! 
Since today is Thursday and it has been two weeks since the last Stamping in Time with Betty Challenge over at Our Daily Bread Designs, it is time for a new challenge, # 21 to be exact,  and it is a GOOD one!!!

The assignment is Our Daily Bread Design stamps. The challenge is to use your favorite embellishment. There are so many embellishments to play with and use on our cards, but to pick just one that is your absolute favorite can be difficult. Now, more embellishments can be used on your card or project, but you need to make it obvious that the one product that is your favorite one is used most! We would love to see what you create using ODBD stamps!

For all of the details and deadlines head on over to the ODBD Blog after you are done visiting with me ;D

Most of you know that I am very generous with embellishments, to say the least,hehe!!!  For me counts more is better, so I had a hard time just choosing one, but if you look at my card closely you'll know right away what I absolutely LOVE!

Are you ready?     All right, here we go

a very feminine John 15:7

Recipe:

Paper: PTI Rustic Cream, Aqua Mist, K&Company Classic K Bailey

Stamps: ODBD Scripture Collection 4 John 15:7

Ink:  Tim Holtz Distressing Ink Tea Dye, Tattered Rose, Aged Mahogany

Accessories: Nesties Lacey Circles, Labels 3, ZVA Creative pink rhinestone flourish, ZVA paper roses, misc. other paper roses, handmade paper flower, handmade stickpin made out of a MayaRoad Crystal Trinket Pin which I colored pink with a Copic marker, misc. glass beads in shades of pink, antique brass spacer beads, antique brass cross charm, hand dyed seam binding

Whatcha think? Did you guess what my all time favorite embellishment is?   If you've guessed  FLOWERS than you've guessed right,YEAH!!!!

I have a little more inspiration to share with you too, well, actually not me but some of my Design Team and Challenge Team sisters. Head on over to see what

Angie, Betty and Fran    came up with, you will LOVE it!!

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

Have a fabulous and creative day!!

Hugs and blessings,

Happy Saturday......

my friends!!!! Hope you all had a fabulous week and are ready for this weeks Our Daily Bread Designs Shining the Light Challenge. For challenge # 34 we have thought of something very special ;D. I know I say this about every week, but it is...check this out. The challenge for this week is to use Kraft and Black card stock plus one other colors (this can be a pop of color) and a neutral if you wish, like cream or white.


To make the challenge even more fun, we will be giving out a prize , a $ 15 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!! Entries for the prize must be submitted by Thursday, October 28. One random winner will be chosen and announced next Saturday.


While it is not required to use Our Daily Bread Designs images and sentiments on your creations, we would love to see them if you have them. As a way of recognizing those who do use Our Daily Bread Designs stamps, we will again be choosing 1 to 2 creations to spotlight for our Shining the Light Award. In order to qualify for this award, however, you must use Our Daily Bread stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by October 28 at 8 p.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC34. When creating your posts on blogs please include a direct link to the challenge.

On to my creation for this week, are you ready?

Recipe:

Paper:  PTI  Kraft, True Black,   scrap of red for the flower

Stamps:  ODBD  Brocade Background    ODBD Scripture Series 1   Isaiah 40:8

Ink: VersaMark and black embossing powder for the BG, VersaFine Onyx Black

Accessories: Spellbinders NestabilitiesLabels 16, Kaiser half pearls in black, black crochet lace, red handmade flower, Kraft/Taupe ZVA Creative flourish, MayaRoad Trinket Pin  which I colored red using a Copic marker in R29, white pearl colored black to stay within the guidelines ;D,   hand dyed seam binding

So, what do you think? Was I able to inspire you?  If you need just a little more inspiration head on over to my Design Sisters to see what they have come up with. I promise you, you won't regret taking a few minutes to check out

Chris

Chrissy

Fran

Patter



have come up with. All I can say is that these ladies rocked this challenge!!

For all of the creations by the Challenge Team you can also check out the Our Daily Bred Designs Blog.

Thanks so much for taking the time to come by to say "hi" I truly appreciate each and every one of you!!

Have a blessed weekend!!

Hugs,

Our Daily Bread Designs Shining the Light Challenge #33

Hello my friends, I hope all of you had a fabulous week. This week my Challenge Team Design Sisters and I are challenging you to an anything goes challenge but you must use at least one Our Daily Bread Designs stamp on your creation!!



To make the challenge even more fun, we will be giving out a prize , a $ 15 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!! Entries for the prize must be submitted by Thursday, October 21, 2010. One random winner will be chosen and announced next Saturday.


This challenge is unique from the others since we are asking you to use at least one Our Daily Bread Designs stamp on your creation!! As we do every week, we will again be choosing 1 to 2 creations to spotlight for our Shining the Light Award. In order to qualify for this award, however, you must use Our Daily Bread stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by October 21 at 8 p.m. EST.If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC33. When creating your posts on blogs please include a direct link to the challenge.

All right, since we have managed to get all of the important stuff out of the way I will now reveal what I came up with for this weeks challenge

There is no safer place.......

Recipe:

Paper: PTI True Balck, Stamping Up Pink Pirouette, Basic Grey Olivia

Stamps: ODBD God's Hands

Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black, Tim Holtz Distressing Ink Tattered Rose, VersaColor Orchid



Accessories: Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels 14, black shimmery lace, hand dyed seam binding, leaves which were cut with my Cricut Expression and the Accent Essentials Cartridge, paper roses, handmade paper flower, blue rhinestone bling from my stash (i have leftover from Okinawa,Japan ;D), Maya Road Crystal Trinket Pin which I colored blue to match my blue rhinestones, various glass beads in pink and green to match the Designer Paper, foam tape

So, what do you think? I have used this stamp set a lot, but mostly for more masculine cards, so picking the Basic Grey Olivia pad  took me in a more feminine direction ;D.

I know one card is probably enough for some people to get inspired, but I have to tell you, head on over to

Chris

Chrissy

Fran

Patter

to see what these ladies have come up with, you will LOVE it!!!

This is it for me for today, I will try to get out and about with my girls one more time before they have to go back to school on Monday.

Thanks for stopping by my friends. Now get those ODBD stamps out and get creating and make sure you add your creation to Mr. Linky on the Our Daily Bread Designs Blog by Thursday so we can check them out and remember, you can win a $ 15 gift certificate ;D;D.

Have a blessed weekend!!

Hugs,

I am so happy.......

that it is Saturday and that Our Daily Bread Designs Shining the Light Challenge is back from taking a little break last week because of the new release of the ODBD October stamp line!!! I can honestly say that I look forward to every challenge as I can't wait to see what you might come up with. :D  So, let me ask you this question....what do you think of when you think Fall? For me, I would have to say looking forward to cooler temperatures, living in Southern Arizona, it is still pretty hot around here, today it was in the lower 90's right here where I am. One other favorite of mine would be seeing the colors of the leaves on trees change and falling leaves, but that is from back home in Germany, as we don't have very many trees with leaves that change at this time of year here in AZ, not down here anyhow. Can you guess what this weeks challenge might be yet?  Yes, LEAVES, you have guessed right. This week the Challenge Team is challenging you to use leaves on your creation, that can be your Designer Paper, a charm or any other embellishment, your stamped image, you name it it all counts, but one thing that does not count is gold leafing, unless you put it on your leaves ;D.

To make the challenge even more fun, we will be giving out a prize , a $ 15 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!! Entries for the prize must be submitted by Thursday, October 14. One random winner will be chosen and announced next Saturday.

While it is not required to use Our Daily Bread Designs images and sentiments on your creations, we would love to see them if you have them. As a way of recognizing those who do use Our Daily Bread Designs stamps, we will again be choosing 1 to 2 creations to spotlight for our Shining the Light Award. In order to qualify for this award, however, you must use Our Daily Bread stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by October 14 at 8 p.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC32. When creating your posts on blogs please include a direct link to the challenge.




 Now, have a look and see what I came up with

Leaves, leaves everywhere

Recipe:

Paper:  PTI White, Stampin Up Certainly Celery, Kaisercraft Utopia

Stamps: ODBD Scripture Series 1  Numbers 6:24-26

Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black, Tim Holtz Distressing Ink Shabby Shutters

Accessories: Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels 6, Recollections Rhinestone Flourish, May Arts Leaf ribbon, ZVA Creative white roses, silver cross charm, green hand dyed seam binding (which I arranged to look like leaves under the rose on the left), white crochet lace ribbon

So, what do you think? Was I able to inspire you to join us this week to add leaves to your creation and share it with us?  Maybe you need a little more inspiration, so why don't you head on over to my Challenge Team sisters and check out what they have come up with.

Chris

Chrissy

Fran

Patter


All right, this is it for me for right now, I have nothing special planned for this weekend, other than cleaning the house, I told my girls that I will not go anywhere today, they wore me out all week ;D.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Have a blessed day and be creative.

Hugs,

Happy Birthday..........

to Kelley,Owner of Our Daily Bread Designs!!!  Today is Kelley's birthday and we, the Breadsticks, are celebrating big times with a Blog Hop just for her and you off course, because you all are invited to hop along to revisit some of the older ODBD stamp sets ;D

We, the breadsticks  have all created a card using older Our Daily Bread designs sets and are showing them to Kelley and you, and then we are sending them to Kelley to use for her boards in the ODBD booth. As most of you know, Kelley attends a lot of craft shows and the sample cards are taking a  toll being under the lights and packed and unpacked week after week ,  it's good to update from time to time and what better way to do that by showering Kelley with new cards!!!

Happy Birthday, Kelley!!!

 

Now, are you ready to see which set I've used?  It is called Joy to the World.  I kept it fairly simple and just water colored the image in and layered it unto some amazing Basic Grey Jovial Christmas Designer Paper and added some super soft May Arts silk ribbon and a few green rhinestones ;D. I hope you like this card, Kelley!!

 

Joy to the World

 

 

Recipe:

Paper:  PTI Kraft, Dark Chocolate, DCWV textured card stock in red, Basic Grey Jovial, watercolor paper

Stamps: ODBD Joy to the World

Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Tim Holtz Distressing Ink Vintage Photo, water based markers Tombow and other

Accessories: Spellbinders Nesties Deckled Rectangles, May Arts silk ribbon, Tim Holtz Distressing Tool, green Rhinestone bling, antique brass cross charm, Crystal Effects glue to add dimension to the lantern

What do you think, will Kelley like this card?  Would you like to see some more cards using older sets?
Why don't you head on over to

Marcelle

Kathy

Patter

to see what these super talented ladies have come up with and which older sets they have picked.

Thanks for stopping by today and making my day a happy day!!

Hugs and blessings,

Hello there......

my stamping friends, did you all miss me? Sorry, it has been a little over a week that I have posted, but as mentioned last week, my girls are on their Fall break and I try to keep them busy, if you know what I mean. ;D

I have two cards to share with you all today, so I hope you can forgive me for not posting last week.

All right, lets start with the first one. A little while back I bought some more paper, yeah, I know, I have too much paper to begin with, but I just had to have it,hehe!! It is called Rhubarb Tart and is by Memory Box, it has been out for a while, I just never bought it...until now ;D. Have a look and see how I've used some of this yummy paper


on I go and prepare a place......

Recipe:
Paper: PTI White, Kraft, Memory Box Rhubarb Tart

Stamps: ODBD Scripture Collection 2  John 14:3

Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Tim Holtz Distressing Ink Tea Dye, Frayed Burlap

Accessories: Nesties Labels 17, caramel colored lace, hand dyed seam binding, handmade stick pin with antique brass spacer beads and glass beads, Recollections half pearls, Tim Holtz Distressing Tool, handmade lollipop flower

What do you think? This was my first attempt to make one of those lollipop flowers and I must say, you need the right tools, 'cause if you don't you get real frustrated real quick, LOL!!

For my second card I went to some more girlie colors and very Vintage. Again, I had to use some of this very addicting hand dyed seam binding which I weaved through my cotton lace and tied it into a bow. Now let's add some pretty roses and some other embellishments and viola you get this


The Lord your God is with you.....

Recipe:

Paper: PTI White, SU Certainly Celery, DCWV light blue textured card stock, K&Company Classic K Charlotte

Stamps: ODBD Scripture Series 1   Zephania 3:17

Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black, Tim Holtz Distressing Ink Shabby Shutters

Accessories: Nesties Lacey Circles, white cotton crochet lace, hand dyed seam binding, paper roses, Prima leaves, antique heart button, Maya Road Leaf Trinket Pins, Recollections silver half pearls, blue half pearls, foam tape, 3D glue dots

Let me tell you, it was so much fun creating these cards, it sure was "Therapy Time" and I so enjoyed it,hehe!!

Well, off to hit the grocery store real quick. Thanks for stopping by today and I hope that I was able to inspire you.

Hugs,

Did someone say.......

it's Saturday? Yep, it sure is and this means that it is time for a new Shining the Light Challenge over at Our Daily Bread Designs .

This week the team is challenging you to"wing it". Include anything with wings on your creations...this can be birds, angels, butterflies, bugs, etc. It need not be your image...it can be embellishments as well or on your paper.



To make the challenge even more fun, we will be giving out a prize , a $ 15 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!! Entries for the prize must be submitted by Thursday,
October 7. One random winner will be chosen and announced on Saturday 9.October 2010, since the Challenge Team is taking a break next week due to "New Release" day on next Saturday!!!!


While it is not required to use Our Daily Bread Designs images and sentiments on your creations, we would love to see them if you have them.As a way of recognizing those who do use Our Daily Bread Designs stamps, we will again be choosing 1 to 2 creations to spotlight for our Shining the Light Award. In order to qualify for this award, however, you must use Our Daily Bread stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by October 7, 2010, at 8 p.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC31. When creating your posts on blogs please include a direct link to the challenge.

Shall we have a look at what I came up with this week? I have to warn you ;D, this is a very CAS card for me, but I thought I challenge myself a bit and go outside my box of lots of embellishments,hehe!!

Are you ready? 

Recipe:

Paper:     PTI Vintage Cream, DCWV Mariposa Designer Paper and Mariposa card stock pad

Stamps: ODBD Peace   from the Full of Grace Collection

Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black,

Accessories: Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels 6, Petite Ovals Large, Recollections half pearls, Filigree gold tone butterfly (purchased at FireMountainGems), May Arts ribbon, foam tape


What do you think?  I think this card would actually fit in a regular envelope ;D.

Are those creative wheels turning yet or would you like some more inspiration?  Check out what


Chris

Chrissy

Fran

Patter

have come up with.

Well, this is it for me for today, we have a big day for the "Women" of our church today. We are having a "Day at the Pool" just for the ladies. Since we are having it at a hotel and not at a local pool we had quite a few ladies sign up. I'll let you all know how this event turned out....I am so looking forward to fellowship with these ladies.

Oh, a quick reminder....remember that this challenge will run for TWO WEEKS!!! More details can be found at the ODBD Blog

Thanks for stopping by today and have a fabulous and creative weekend!!

Hugs and blessings,

Hello on this beautiful Thursday......

my stamping friends. I have been running errands all week and needed some "Therapy Time" so this morning I've decided to sit down for a few minutes and make a card for the "Bible Verse Thursday" challenge 73 over at Christian Paper Crafts Magazine  . This weeks challenge is "Good News". This was real easy for me as I consider God's word "good news" .  Have a look and see for yourself.

If you remain in me...........

Recipe: 

Paper:    Stampin Up  Bordering Blue, Brilliant Blue, Designer Paper by Basic Grey "Boxer"

Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs    Scripture Collection 4, Fleur De Lis Borders

Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black, Studio G Blue, Tim Holtz Distressing Ink Faded Jeans, Broken China, Weathered Wood

Accessories: Spellbinders Nesties Labels 16, Recollections half pearls, ZVA Creative half pearl flourish, ZVA Creative paper roses, Prima flower from the Roosevelt Collection, Dark Blue Dew Drops, foam tape, Tim Holtz Distressing Tool, Scor-Pal


What do you think?   Doesn't this scripture give us the best promise and good news ever?

Well, this is it for me for today, my girls have their last day of school tomorrow. They will be home for the next three weeks. We are in a year round school district and they are already on their Fall Break...goodness...time just flies.  

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope I was able to inspire you.

Enjoy the rest of your day and be blessed!!

Hugs,