Welcome to our first Shining the Light challenge.......

for the New Year!!!! Hello stamping friends, today is the first challenge for the year at Our Daily Bread Designs Shining the Light challenge. If you missed our last winner's post, you may not know that we have two new players. The ever so talented and sweet Silke Ledlow is back as a challenge team member for Our Daily Bread Designs!! Welcome back Silke!! And can I just say, I am very happy that I am not the only alien here anymore,hehe!!  For those of you that don't know yet, Silke and I are both German and it is kind of fun having someone other than my family back home to talk German to. ;D;D
But back to business, we are doubly blessed since the ever so sweet and inspiring Pat Smethers will be joining us as a guest for the next two months. Welcome aboard Pat!! We are so excited to have them join us!!!!




This week's Challenge:

A new year has begun and an old year has ended....use something new and something old from your stash.



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, January 13. One random winner will be chosen and announced next Saturday. If you are not using ODBD stamps, please do not submit more than once. Additional entries without using ODBD stamps will not qualify for comments or prizes.


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 January 13 at 8 p.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC43. When creating your posts on blogs please include a direct link to the challenge.

All right, let me tell you real quick what my old is, I've had these MayaRoad chipboard flourishes for ages and very seldom use them and for my new, I am using some Prima DP called Fairy Flora, which I just got last week.

And here is my creation


Yesterday is gone.........

Recipe:
Paper: PTI Rustic Cream, Dark Chocolate, Lemon Tart, Berry Sorbet
           Prima Fairy Flora

Stamp: ODBD Let us Begin

Ink: Studio G Bark Pigment Ink

Accessories: Spellbinders Lotus Pendant, Nesties Labels 3, Recollections golden half pearls, MayaRoad chipboard flourishes, Glimmer Mist Autumn Leaves, Prima flowers, handmade flower, paper roses (Nont Prima)

On my card today I opted out not to use ribbon as I wanted to really show off this fabulous paper ;D

What do you think, are you inspired to play along in this fun challenge or do you need a little more inspiration?

I tell you, you probably want to get a cup of coffee or tea and sit back and enjoy what my fellow teammates have created.  Have a look and see what

Chris

Fran

Pat

and Silke

have come up with!!! 

I hope you all get to play along and show off those ODBD stamps that you have. We always love coming by to see what you  have created!!! If you would like to see what else is going on at ODBD head on over to the ODBD Blog to read all about all of our other challenge.

Well, this is it for me for today. We are having a Fellowship Dinner at church tomorrow after service and I need to make a couple of Pound Cakes and Baked Beans.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

Have a blessed and very creative day!!

Hugs,

It is time for another.....

Shining the Light Challenge,YEAH!!! Are you ready?



This week the challenge team is challenging you to use stars and/or stripes on your creation. Since Memorial Day is coming up, we thought this may be fun. Please note that your card or project can be patriotic, but it does not have to be.



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, June 3. 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 yo u 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 June 3 at 8 p.m. EST.If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC15. When creating your posts on blogs please include a link to the challenge.
All of these instructions are also available on the ODBD Blog


So, are you ready for my creations...yep, I made two as I could not decide what to do...I made one with stars and one with stripes.



Dad

Recipe:


Paper: PTI Vintage Cream, SU Buckaroo Blue, SU So Safron, DP from stash, dark blue, burgundy and hunter green cs from my stash for the stars

Stamps: ODBD Dad

Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink Tea Dye, VersaFine OnyxBlack

Accessories: Nesties Large Deckled Rectangles, Stars cut with my Cricut Expression and the Plantin Schoolbook cartridge, Tim Holtz Distressing Tool

To give the DP a little more interest I crumbled it up straightened it out and rubbed the TH Distressing Ink in Tea Dye over it. It was still too wrinkled so I ironed it from the back side just a little and achieved the look I was going for. The stars are cut with my Cricut Expression in 2 different sizes and distressed a little on the edges. The word dad is also stamped on a star cut just bog enough to fit the entire word (to be honest I first had it on a rectangle strip, but changed my mind as I went to use a star...I think it works better ;D. What do you think?

All right on to number 2...this one is a bit more feminine

Do not be anxious

Recipe:
Paper: PTI Vintage Cream, SU Certainly Celery, rust colored cs from my stash and also from my stash this striped DP (I bought this years ago from Joann.com it was in one of those file folder kind of thingies with all kinds of different papers in it.

Stamps: ODBD Scripture Collection 4

Ink: Tim Holtz Distressing Ink Vintage Photo and Shabby Shutters

Accessories: Wrights Cluny lace, Prima Flowers, Martha Stewart Monarch butterfly punch, tiny buttons from Buttons Galore and more, Nesties Petite Scalloped Ovals Large, Petite Ovals Large, Zva Creative Topaz rhinestone flourish

So, what do you think about these 2 cards? Was I able to inspire you all a little? If you need some more inspiration check out my design sisters blogs and what they have come up with...breathtaking, let me tell you

America

Chris

Christine

Fran

Natalie

Patter

All right, this is it for today, thanks so much for stopping by and saying "hi" :D.

Have a wonderful and creative weekend.

If you are celebrating Memorial Day with friends and family be safe!!

Hugs and blessings,

It is Saturday and time for.....

another ODBD Shining the Light Challenge. Can you believe we are already at challenge # 6? WOW, time sure flies when you are having fun!!! This week we were challenged by our awesome team leader Chris to think Spring and New Life. Since today is the first day of Spring, create something for Spring using Spring colors and images portraying New Life. Don't you just think that this is perfect for an Easter Creation being that we are 'New Creatures in Christ' !!!! I have tried to incorporate both....Spring colors and a scripture to say just that...being a new creature as this wonderful scripture Galatians 2:20 explains.



"I have been crucified with Christ,

I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.

The life I live in the body,

I live by Faith in the Son of God,

who loved me and gave himself for me."



Have a look at my creation



New Life




Recipe:
Paper:PTI White, DCWV textured pink, K&Company Wild Raspberry

Stamps: ODBD He is Risen

Ink: Palette Moulin Rouge, Chalk Ink in pink

Accessories:
Nesties Labels 5, Spellbinders Cross Dies, pink half pearls (from my stash ;D), Recollections silver half pearl brad, pink sheer ribbon (from my stash from Japan), Prima dark pink Daisy, cs confetti from Mike's Bridal Section, foam tape, 3 D glue dot

Well, what do you think, does this look like Spring and New Life?

If you need a little more inspiration head on over to my teammates

America

Chris

Christine

Fran

Natalie

Patter

as they sure have come up with some super projects.

As in the past weeks of our Shining the Light Challenge you have until Thursday, which is March 25th, 2010 to upload your creation to the ODBD Blog to Mr. Linky leaving a link to your blog, if you upload your creation to another online gallery like SCS please use the keyword ODBDSLC6
so we will be able to identify your card or project for this challenge. Even though it is not a requirement to use ODBD stamps and images, we highly encourage you to do so if you have them. And if you do use your ODBD stamps and you upload to Mr. Linky by Thursday, March 25th, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. EST you will have the chance of being chosen to receive the Shining the Light Challenge Award, but this is only if you use ODBD stamps ;D;D;D.

All participants have a chance of being chosen by random to win a $ 15.00 gift certificate going toward a stamp purchase at the ODBD store and will be announced next Saturday.

So, get out you stamps and get creating. I am looking forward seeing each and every one of your entries.

Thanks for stopping by today!!

Hugs and blessings,