ODBDSLC114....Anything goes with ODBD!

Hello and good Saturday morning sweet blogging friends! It is time for a new Shining the Light Challenge over at Our Daily Bread Designs. But before I share all of the details for the new challenge we have some IMPORTANT news to share with you all!!


We are changing our challenge day to Tuesday's beginning on July 3. This week's challenge will be extended through Sunday, July 8 at 8 pm EST. All Challenges will begin on Tuesday's at 8 a.m. EST and end on Sunday's at 8 pm EST. This coming Tuesday, July 3, we will show you more for the same challenge.

We would also like to say Thank you to Debi Southard for her amazing creations for the past 6 months on the challenge team. This week will be Debi's last creation as a challenge team member, since she will be returning to the Design Team. We have enjoyed working with you on the challenge team Debi! At least we don't have to say Goodbye....just see you on the Design Team!!

Next week we will also have a new guest designer: Sherry Kushibab. Sherry is an amazing paper crafter and Christian women who has participated regularly in our challenges. I know you will enjoy her creations. Welcome Sherry!! We can't wait to see your creations as a guest designer!!

This week's challenge:

This week is easy peasy...we want to see any creation with Our Daily Bread Designs Stamps

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 Friday, July 6th at 8 a.m. EST. 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 three or more of our participants for the Shining the Light Award . In order to qualify for this award or join the challenge, however, you must use Our Daily Bread stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by Friday, July 6th at 8 a.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC114. When creating your posts on blogs please include a link to the challenge.

And here is what I came up with. I will be sharing another Sneak Peek on what's to come on tomorrow, 1. July 2012. I chose a stamp set called Sharing Your Sorrow.

Love leaves a memory

Recipe:

Paper: PTI Vintage Cream, True Black, My Minds Eye Union Square

Stamps: ODBD Sharing Your Sorrow   (1. July Release)

Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black, Palette Moulin Rouge

Accessories: Cheery Lynn Designs French PastryDoily die, Memory Box La Rue Heart, Spellbinders Labels 6, Want2Scrap black rhinestone flourish, black lace, handmade stick pin, red Mulberry paper roses

Size: 5.5" x 5.5"

I hope I was able to inspire you with this card. To see what my Sister Sticks have come up with make sure you'll stop by to see

Chris

Debi

Jan K,

Jan Marie

Kathy R.

Lori

and Rosemary

To see who won last weeks challenge make sure you'll check out the ODBD Blog. Remember also that we still have TWO sales going on. One is the Garden Collection Sale and the  Christmas Collection Sale

Well, this is it for me for this morning. I hope to see you back by tomorrow morning for the July Release. I am telling you, we'll have some pretty amazing new stamp sets waiting for you!



Hugs,

Surging Sea...

Hello blogging friends!

I have a quick post for you all today to share a little peek on what's to come on 1. July over at Our Daily Bread Designs! For my card I chose a set that's called Surging Sea. This set will be perfect for all of those masculine cards  most of us struggle with. Here I have a sample for you that should take that struggle right out.

Surging Sea

Recipe:

Paper:  PTI Rustic Cream, Dark Chocolate, Recollections Rust, Best Occasion textured smokey blue card stock, BoBunny Weekend Market Collection

Stamps: ODBD Surging Sea  (1. July release)

Inks: Memento Rich Cocoa, Tim Holtz Distressing Ink Walnut Stain, Vintage Photo, Tea Dye

Accessories: Spellbinders Large Deckled Rectangles, silver eyelets, jump rings, assorted nautical charms

See, pretty masculine, right?  If you have a chance I would like to know what you think about this new stamp set and the card I have created.

A little reminder, there is still time to stock up on some stamps. Our Daily Bread Designs still has TWO sales running until tomorrow night, midnight EDT!!! To see the individual sales make sure you'll check out the Garden Collection Sale and the Six Months Until Christmas Sale.


I will see you back here  tomorrow morning for a new Shining the Light Challenge! We have a few announcements, so see you then!!


Thanks for stopping by today!


Hugs and blessings,

ODBDSLC113 Three or more stamps

Hello and happy Saturday blogging friends. Are you ready for a new Shining the Light Challenge over at Our Daily Bread Designs? Well, here it is and it is a fun one.

This week's challenge:

This week we have a real challenge for you!! Let's see you use three or more stamps on your creation. They can be images, backgrounds or sentiments but you must use three or more stamps.

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 Friday, June 29th at 8 a.m. EST. 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 three or more of our participants for the Shining the Light Award . In order to qualify for this award or join the challenge, however, you must use Our Daily Bread stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by Friday, June 29th at 8 a.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC113. When creating your posts on blogs please include a link to the challenge.

And here is what I came up with.  have used two stamps from the June release called "Thank You" and the lace border from the set "Serve The Lord"

Thank You

Recipe:

Paper: PTI Vintage Cream, Ripe Avocado, Simply Chartreuse, My Minds Eye Vanity Fair, Recollections Cream

Stamps: ODBD Thank You ,   Serve The Lord

Inks: Memento Rich Cocoa, SU Mellow Moss

Accessories: Spellbinders Labels 25, Cheery Lynn Designs French Pastry Doily  and Fanciful Flourish, Martha Stewart Butterfly punch, center pleated satin ribbon in Ivory, Mulberry paper roses, ODBD Custome Die Crochet Border


Size: 5.5 " x 5.5"

This is my creation for today's challenge, to see what my Sister Sticks have come up with make sure you'll check out

Chris

Debi

JanK

Jan Marie

Kathy R

Lori

and Rosemary


Remember, if you play along in this super fun challenge you'll have a chance on winning a $15 gift certificate. To see who won last weeks challenge see the ODBD Blog.

Well, this is it for me for today. Have some jewelry making plans with my oldest. She will be 11 in 10 days and she just loves making earrings. If I get a chance I'll take some pictures of what she will be creating. :D

Thanks so much for stopping by today. It is always a joy to see who comes to visit!

Have a blessed weekend!

Hugs,

For The Love Of ODBD Good Steward Sets Hop!

Welcome to Our Daily Bread Designs Alumni Team's bi-monthly For the Love Blog Hop. This week the Alumni team along with some of the ODBD designers are featuring a hop For the Love of ODBD Good Steward sets! Check out each link and leave a comment. If you get lost along the way, check the ODBD blog for full list of links. One of the post is a hop hot spot and a name will be drawn from that list of comments to win a $15 ODBD store gift certificate. So, all you have to do is hop along and see all the creations and leave a little love! You have until Wednesday, July 4th at 6 pm. Enjoy all the awesome inspiration using For the Love of ODBD Good Steward sets!

So, if you have arrived here from Tosh's super amazing Blog, you are right on track! I would like to say "WELCOME" to Tosh as she is new to the Alumni Team and being such an amazing stamper and artist, she will blow us all away! If you  have not arrived from here Blog, you might want to start at the Our Daily Bread Designs Blog. Alright on to my creations, yes, I could not contain myself and signed up for two, a very feminine one with LOTS of embellishments and a more masculine one that is very CAS!  :D:D  The first one is Finish the Moment 

 and here is the card I came up with

Recipe:

Paper: PTI Fine Linen, True Black, Aqua Mist, Prima Printery

Stamps: ODBD Finish The Moment

Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black,

Accessories: Spellbinders Labels 4, Fancy Tags Two ZVA Creative black rhinestone flourish, lace, seam binding, Wild Orchid Crafts Mulberry roses in Aqua, cream, Cameo and setting, handmade paper clay bird embellishment, aqua lace. Fiskar border punch


and here is my second card for which I have used the stamp called "Serve"

Recipe:

Paper: PTI Rustic Cream, Ripe Avocado, Recollections Kraft, My Minds Eye Breeze

Stamps: ODBD Serve from the Full Of Grace Collection

Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black

Accessories: Spellbinders Labels 2, Tim Holtz Idea-ology Memo Pins, cross charm, Jute Twine, Twill ribbon  recycled from some packaging

Those are my two cards for today's Hop! I hope I was able to inspire you. Make sure you'll leave each Designer some love as you'll never know who has the hidden $15 gift certificate. ;D

Alright, from here I will send you to the super sweet and talented beyond words Grace's   Blog so make sure you'll get a refill of your coffee or tea and sit back and enjoy! :D:D

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a blessed and super creative day!

Hugs,

Happy Tuesday!!

Hello and happy Tuesday blogging friends! I have a quick post tonight. I have a card to share with you all that I have made using one of the Our Daily Bread Design JunseRelease stamp sets called "Thank You Sentiments" and an older one called "Grunge Butterfly Background".  Have a look and see if you can tell where the Grunge Butterfly BG stamp is used.


I appreciate your generosity

Recipe:

Paper:  PTI Rustic Cream, DCWV textured green cs, Recollections Kraft, Prima Nature Garden

Stamps: ODBD Thank You Sentiments   and  Grunde Butterfly BG

Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black, White StazOn, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Faded Jeans and Vintage Photo

Accessories: Spellbinders Fancy Tags Two,  Labels 6, Memory Box Meadow Leaf , Vivienne Butterfly and Darla Butterfly, Venise lace in white, half pearl trim, Want2Scrap Fancy Tags Two pearls, Prima rose, ZVA Creative half pearl flourish

So, tell me, did you find the Grunge Butterfly Background?  I will do something a little fun today. If you leave me a comment and tell me where I used the Grunge Butterfly BG I will send you a little something!  Make sure you will leave a comment and an e-mail address on how I can contact you. First come first serve! :D  Who knows, I might extend that little something to two of my subscribers! ;D;D

Well, this is it for me for today. It is actually my husbands 50th Birthday today, so I'd better get off this computer.

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a blessed evening!

Hugs,

ODBDSLC112....whatcha doing this summer?

Hello and happy Saturday! Welcome to this Saturday's Our Daily Bread Designs Shining the Light Challenge.

This week's challenge:

Since it is officially summer in the USA this week, let's see your summer themed creations. They can include gardening, boats, and etc..... anything related to a summer activity.

If you are not using ODBD stamps, please do not enter more than once or we will have to delete your entries.

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 Friday, June 22nd at 8 a.m. EST. 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 three or more of our participants for the Shining the Light Award . In order to qualify for this award or join the challenge, however, you must use Our Daily Bread stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by Friday, June 22nd at 8 a.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC112. When creating your posts on blogs please include a link to the challenge.

And here is what I came up with. My girls are out of school and my oldest has a Birthday in July, but since my girls have to go back to school in July, my husband and I have decided to give her her Birthday present early....a brand new bicycle. She loves riding her bike so my card for the challenge is about riding your bike. I am using one of the new June stamp sets called "Bicycle" , how perfect is that?

Have a look and see for yourself

Recipe:

Paper: PTI White, Ripe Avocado, BoBunny Welcome Home Collection

Stamps: ODBD Bicycle

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, VersaFine Onyx Black, Tim Holtz Distressing Ink Faded Jeans, Color Box Seaglass

Accessories: Spellbinders Labels 17, Cheery Lynn Designs Fanciful Flourish, Mulberry paper roses, white lace, Flower Soft in Shamrock Green and Sweet Pea (gift from a very special friend)

This is my interpretation for this weeks challenge, what do you think?

To see what my Sister Sticks have come up with make sure you'll check out

Chris

Debi

JanK

JanMarie

Kathy R

Lori

and Rosemary

I promise you, you will not be disappointed!  For all of the samples see the ODBD Blog, but it would be greatly appreciated if you would visit each designer and leave them some love! ;D

Well, this is it for me for today. Thanks so very much for stopping by today. I hope I was able to inspire you.

Have a blessed and super creative weekend!

Hugs,

Thanks For Thinking Of Me

Hello blogging friends! I am just popping in real quick to share a simple little card with you all that I was able to make last week. With my girls being out of school and one appointment after another it was nice to sit down and create for a minute.  I know it is a bit of a simple card, but I thought I'd share anyway.

Thanks for thinking of me

Recipe:

Paper: PTI Rustic Cream, True Black, Prima Almanac, Rust colored specialty cs

Stamps: ODBD Thank You Sentiments

Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black, Tim Holtz Distressing Ink in Tea Dye, Vintage Photo

Accessories: Spellbinders Lacey Squares, Fleur De Lis Accents, Recollections half pearls in champagne, ribbon fleurette trim that I bought from a fellow crafter (Msgardengrove1), Cheery Lynn Designs Exotic Butterflies Small,

Here you have it, a simple fun little card. If  you have a minute I'd like to know what you think.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a blessed and super creative day!

Hugs,

For the Love of Winged Things Hop

Welcome to Our Daily Bread Designs Alumni Team's bi-monthly For the Love Blog Hop. This week the Alumni team along with some of the ODBD designers are featuring a hop For the Love of ODBD Winged Things! Check out each link and leave a comment. If you get lost along the way, check the ODBD blog for full list of links. One of the post is a hop hot spot and a name will be drawn from that list of comments to win a $15 ODBD store gift certificate. So, all you have to do is hop along and see all the creations and leave a little love! You have until Wednesday, June 20th at 6 pm. Enjoy all the awesome inspiration using For the Love of ODBD Winged Things!

So, if you have arrived at my Blog from the wonderful and super talented Angie's Blog, you re in the right place, if not, you would want to go to the ODBD Blog where the entire list of participating Designers is listed and start from the beginning.

With that said, here is what I came up with. I have used one of the older sets called Thinking of You, this was one of the first sets I had ever bought by ODBD and I still use it a lot.

Recipe:

Paper: PTI Vintage Cream, Ripe Avocado, rust colored card stock from my stash, Recollections Kraft, Glitz French Kiss DP

Stamps: ODBD Thinking of You

Ink:  Memento Bamboo Leaves and Potter;s Clay, Tim Holtz Distressing Ink Tea Dye

Accessories: lace, satin pleated ribbon, I am Roses leaves, Wild Orchid Crafts roses, Mulberry roses from my stash, Spellbinders Floral Ovals, Petite Ovals Large, Petite Scalloped Ovals Large, Cheery Lynn Designs Exotic Butterflies Small, Memory Box Tender Leaves, Sakura Glitter Pen

Size: 5.5" x 5.5"

I was trying to keep with the colors in the Designer Paper, what do you think, does it work?

Well, from here I will send you off to see what the ever so creative and sweet Lori has come up with!

Thanks so very much for stopping by today! Have a blessed and super creative day!

Hugs,

Welcome to Our Daily Bread Designs June Release Hop!!

Hello friends! Welcome to the Our Daily Bread designs June Release Blog Hop!


If you got here from  Angie's Fabulous Blog, you are in the right place! If not you might want to start at the Our Daily Bread Designs Blog and start from there so you don’t miss any chances to win free stamps!!!
All the sticks in the bread basket have been having soooo much fun with all the fantastic new sets!!! If you have not had a chance to see the release, you can see it HERE.


Here are the basics of the hop:


Hop will run from 8:00 am EDT June 1 to 8:00 pm June 2 Winners will be announced on June 3 on the ODBD Blog The prizes this month will be done a little differently! There will be three prizes of $20.00 Gift Certificates to the ODBD store for stamps, hidden on three different blogs along the hop. No one will know where they are! The winners will be randomly chosen from the COMMENTERS on these three blogs! The GRAND PRIZE of the entire Bread Basket Bundle will be drawn from the comments left here on this post, from all who tell us they completed the hop and which set is their most favorite!
Now… on to the the details of my project.

I have chosen the amazing set "Thank You" and this is my card

Recipe:

Paper: PTI Rustic Cream, Fine Linen, DCWV textured Vanilla colored card stock, Recollections         Kraft, Melissa Frances Attic Treasures DP


Stamps: ODBD Thank You

Ink: Opaque StazOn White

Accessories: Spellbinders Fleur De Lis Accents, Labels 5, Labels 10, Memory Box Nestled Bird, Meadow Leaf, Vintage Bird Cage, Ivory and Cream Mulberry paper roses, Venice lace, ZVA Creative half pearl flourish, Glossy Accents and Ultra Fine Glitter, Recollections half pearls

Size: 5.5" x 5.5"

This is my creation for today's Hop. Now I will send you off to see what the ever so creative
Connie has come up with! I promise you , you will love it!!

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Remember, to leave each and every Design Team member some love, you'll never know who has the hidden prize! ;D;D

Have a blessed and super creative day!

Hugs,