Welcome to the ODBD June Release Blog Hop!

 Welcome to the June Our Daily Bread Designs Release Blog Hop!

I am your first stop for our hop today!  So happy to have you join us!!!  

If you just happened on my blog today, 

you might want to return to the ODBD Blog and start the hop from there so you don't miss a thing!  

Y'all are going to love the sets this month! 

Briefly, here are the details of the hop:

• Hop will run June 1 8:00am to June 2 8:00pm EDT.

•  Winners will be announced June 3

• There will be  FOUR PRIZES of $15, $20, $30 and $40. GC for STAMPS in the ODBD Store. Must be redeemed within the month of June**  
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• To qualify to win, all you have to do is hop to each of the designers, leave a comment and return to the ODBD Blog to tell us you completed the hop, and let us know of any difficulties you had along the way.

Here is my first project:

I am in love with these sweet little praying children!  I used the Precious Girl set for my first card.  I also wanted to make my card a little vintage and a little shabby chic!  I use several coordinating sheets of Prima designer paper.  I did lots of sponging and distressing and embossing.  If you will notice, I inked and masked the For you from one of the sentiments and stamped it along the right edge of the card base.

I cut out two diecuts using the ODBD/Spellbinders Antique Labels and Border dies and the ODBD/Spellbinders Recipe Card and Tags dies.  I layered these down on the card base and tucked a little distressed and sponged doily behind the label.  The Bless the Child sentiment is popped up on the tag.  I added seam binding and a Prima flower and leaf to the tag.  After I added the lace, I stamped the little girl, colored her with copic markers and then cut her out.  She is popped up with foam tape as well.  Then I added the row of rhinestones to complete the card!

And here is my second card:

I kept the vintage/shabby look going for this card, which features the new Home of the Free set!  The background was created with the Old Flag Background. I sponged ink on the flag using masks for the stripes.  Then I embossed it with the SU! folder and distressed the edges.  Next, I lightly coated it with white acrylic paint. 

 I cut out the Spellbinders hearts,sponged them and added to the card base.  I colored the eagle with copics and cut him out.  Then I stamped the stars and cut them out.  The banner is from Memory Box.  I masked each letter from the AMERICA sentiment to create the banner.  I added lace and beautiful gingham ribbon I recently found at my local thrift store.  I made the bow with Becca's Peg Bow Maker.

After putting the card together, I added stickles to the eagle and glossy accents to each star!

Here are all of the ODBD supplies I used for these projects:

 

 

 Thanks for hopping with us today!  

Your next stop is to the amazingly talented Cathy!

Enjoy!

Welcome to the ODBD April Release Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Our Daily Bread designs April Release Blog Hop!  

We on the design team have been having a great time playing with our new toys, and I have a feeling you're going to want to play too!

If you got here from our sweet and talented Angie, you are in the right place!  

If not, you might want to head on over to the ODBD Blog 

and start from there so you don't miss any chances to win! 

Here are the details of the Hop:

• Hop will run April 1 8:00am to April 2 8:00pm EDT 
• Winners will be announced April 3
• There will be 4 prizes: $10.00, $20.00, $30.00, and $40.00 Gift certificates toward STAMPS in the ODBD Store!  *** Must be redeemed within the month of April, so don't let them expire!
• To qualify to win, simply hop to each designers blog, leave a comment, and return to the ODBD Blog to tell us you completed the hop and if there were any problems along the way!    

Here is my first card:

My card today features the beautiful Romantic Floral Designs!  This new set coordinates with the Spellbinders Labels 26.  I stamped it in blue to match the Prima designer paper and then cut it out.  I also used one of the new Anniversary sets that came out last month called Scripture Collection 10.  I cut this out with a Spellbinders Scalloped Labels One.  Then it was just a matter of a little sponging along the edges and putting the card together.  I added a beautiful seam binding bow made with Becca's Peg Bow Maker and adorned it with a pretty Prima flower.  Zva pearls complete the card!

And here is one more!

 

The new Stained Glass Collage is so cool!  I used a technique I have never used before called Acrylic Smash.  There is a great tutorial on Splitcoast that I followed.  I stamped the collage onto a piece of acetate that I had saved from packaging.  I cut out the shape with a Spellbinders Labels 23.  I also cut out the same shape from white cardstock. 

 I flipped over the piece of acetate and painted a few small 'globs' of acrylic paint to the unstamped side.  Then I flipped it back over and carefully set it on top of the card stock piece.  I smooshed out the excess paint and made sure all the edges lined up and allowed the two pieces to dry together.  There is no need for glue!  Then I just popped up the acetate piece over the base card that has the new ODBD/Spellbinders Quatrefoil Pattern Die cut adhered to it!  This technique is so much easier than it looks and really doesn't take too much time!  It's very messy but really fun!

 

We are so pleased to have you hopping with us today!  Aren't the new releases fabulous?!!  

I'll be back soon to share more cards made with some of these new sets!!!

Here are the ODBD supplies I used:

 Now head on over to see what Julie has for you!  

She is so talented and I know you will love it!

See you again soon!

LOVEFEST2013!

Hello again!  Yes, I have been saving up!  I am a slacker lately!  

I have been playing in the LOVEFEST2013 challenges and here are my first two cards!  The first challenge was to create a card using the first letters of the word LOVE.  L-Labels 26, O-Ovals, V-Vintage Birdcage, E-Embossing and embellishments.  I used Spellbinders dies and a Cheery Lynn die.  I added Martha flowers and pearls I colored with a copic marker.  In real life the pearls do match the SU! paper behind the frame.  The tag was stamped with the word Love from the ODBD Words of Faith set.

This card is for the second LOVEFEST challenge which is a sketch.  I used papers from a pack of My Mind's Eye designer papers.  The sweet little girl image and sentiment are from the ODBD set called Little Girls.  I used Colorbox ink in a pretty matching blue to stamp the image and sentiment and around the edges of the papers.  I also used Antique Linen ink around the edges.  I used a copic marker on the wooden Prima button to help it blend in better.  I used Spellbinders dies for the image and sentiment and added a button to finish the card!  

Here are the ODBD sets I used:

 Thanks again for taking a minute to stop by!  See you again soon!

Now I See

Good morning! 

 The Free For All challenge today on Splitcoast is to use colors that make you happy!  I LOVE all colors, but I am drawn to browns and muted color tones.  They just give me a serene feeling!  Those colors scream vintage to me and that makes me happy!  

I used ColorBox ink in brown to stamp this new chalkboard image from ODBD called 

Chalkboard -Amazing Grace.   

I painted the edges with acrylic paint and then distressed the edges.  The pink designer paper is embossed and also painted along the edges.  I added some lace, a bow made with Becca's Peg bow Maker, a Prima flower, a corner embellishment, and a couple of Memory Box banner die cuts.  I can't remember who makes the corner embellishment though!  I've thrown away the packaging.

Here is a look at the ODBD supplies I used:

 So glad you stopped by!

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend and I'll see you again soon!

Happy Birthday Kelley!

Good Morning!!!

We are so excited today to be posting a special Birthday Wish to Our Daily Bread designs owner, Kelley Holland!  This is a very special birthday for Kelley, as it's the BIG 50!!!  Some of us on the Design Teams have gotten together a Birthday Blog Hop for Kelley, and a special gift as well.   We're so happy to have you join us on this hop... and we hope you will visit each post and leave a comment, because some of the DT members have  BLOG CANDY hidden along the way!

• You  have until 8pm EDT Oct. 8th to leave a comment on each blog
• The team members who have the candy will be drawing names from those who commented on their post, announcing it on the 10th of October! 
• There will also be on the ODBD Blog on Oct 10, telling who had the blog candy and who were the chosen winners.  You will need to check that post and notify the Design Team member within 48 hours if you won one of the candies!  

If you arrived here from Julie's Fabulous Blog then you are in the right place!  

If not, head over to the ODBD Blog so you won't miss anything!

Kelley, I am so blessed by you!  

You are treasured friend and I hope your birthday is the most wonderful birthday ever! 

To make this card I used the following:

   I know it says Fish Embossing Plate but it really is the Vintage Plate.  This will be corrected in the catalog soon!  I also used Prima Meadowlark designer paper, a Spellbinders Circle, and Spellbinders Scalloped Labels One.  There are two strips of beautiful lace as well as Zva pearls.  I added a pretty button from my stash on top of the bow and glued another pearl to the top!  Lots of sponging with Tim Holtz Vintage Photo ink and a little bit of Dazzling Diamond Glimmer Mist finishes the card! 

Now I will send you on your way to the amazing Sabrina!!!

We thank you so much for joining us in wishing our Kelley a wonderful birthday!!!

Enjoy the hop and see you again soon!

It Is Well

Happy Wednesday!

The Passionately Artistic Team invites you to share your latest artwork with us! 

 Just head over to the Passionately Artistic Blog and link it today!

I have a card to share using this new ODBD stamp of a beautiful old hymn, It Is Well With My Soul.  One of my favorites!  I really did lots of distressing here.  First there is a layer of designer paper that is sponged and torn.  Then I stamped the hymn and sponged it, and sprayed it with Glimmer Mists and tore it and ripped it and adhered it over the designer paper.  

Then I added the muslin trim and old lace using Beacon 3-in-1 glue.  The canvas resist bird cage is also sprayed with several shades of Glimmer Mists and attached with the glue.  Then I added the seam binding and the button and lace at the top.  I stamped the top part of the hymn again and cut out just the title for my little banner across the music. 

Thank you so much for visiting!  See you again soon!!!

Sweet and Simple Things

Happy Saturday y'all!!! I've got a card to share with you using one of the new releases from ODBD!  It's called Simple Things and there is a coordinating Clover die to cut out the image!  How cool is that?!  I colored the image with copic markers trying to achieve a sort of muted vintage look.  The SU! designer paper in the background is embossed with one of the Cuttlebug Preserves folders.  The sentiment and bee are stamped on a Spellbinders Labels Four that I had on my desk discarded from a previous project.  I cut one end of it off to tuck behind the lace and seam binding.  I made the bow with my Bow Easy.  I added the pearl swirls to complete the card!!!  

Hope you have a wonderful weekend!  Thanks for visiting and I will see you again soon!