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Friday, February 8, 2013

Spring is on it's way!!!!

11:27 AM | Posted by Chris Olsen, Glowbug | | Edit Post

Happy Friday Friends!! I hope everyone has enjoyed their week and they are excited for the weekend!!! I know many...including my family are expecting TONS of snow this afternoon and throughout the weekend. I pray everyone remains safe and warm!!!!

With winter in full force in many areas...I know I am looking forward to new beginnings...Spring...where the miracles of nature begin. I just love when the flowers begin to grow and bloom...the trees bud and leaf out!! What a glorious time of year. I call it God's landscape...there is nothing more miraculous.

That is why today I get to share an image and card that makes me feel happy!! For today's card, I used ODBD Let The Earth Rejoice , Earth's Gladdest Day , and The Shepherd .

I masked my images and colored them in with copics. The open crocuses have flower soft in the middle for some added texture. The background of the oval is embossed in Soft Swirls (provocraft) and the rectangle is embossed in a SU basket weave (unsure of the name).

Card Recipe:

Stamps: ODBD Let The Earth Rejoice , Earth's Gladdest Day , and The Shepherd .

Accessories: SU basket weave, Provocraft Soft Swirls, Spellbinders Ovals, Silver Baubles, copics, Purple silk ribbon from May Arts, Becca's Peg Bowmaker.

The layout on my card uses a sketch from Splitcoast: SC422. The bow is tied with Becca's Peg Bowmaker.

Thanks for stopping by!! Have a great day and a blessed weekend!!

hugs and blessings,

I am entering this in the following challenges:
Brown Sugar – anything goes, Cards by Lady Anne - Sentimental For Friday -- Anything Goes, Copic Marker Europe - Anything goes with Copic Markers, Crafty Ribbons -Anything goes with ribbonCrafts and Me - #119 Favorite color combo, WordArt Wednesdays - word art freebie OR use an encouraging uplifting sentiment - #66 anything goes Delightful Challenges - Think Spring Penny's Paper-Crafty Ribbons/Bows Artistic Inspirations Embossing

Labels: Our Daily Bread Designs | 18 comments

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

A bouquet of Daisies

8:00 AM | Posted by Chris Olsen, Glowbug | | Edit Post

Hello Friends!! I hope you all are doing well!! It is always amazing to me how fast time goes!! It is already February!!! and with February comes Valentine's Day. While it is not really a holiday, I do think it is important to acknowledge or show others how much we care! No harm can come from Warm Fuzzies ...no matter how commercialized it has become.

With Valentine's in mind, the challenge team at our Daily Bread Designs wants to share some love with some of those artists or crafters out there that we admire with this week's Shining the Light challenge:

This week's challenge is:

Be a Secret Admirer!! Case a card of any designer you admire. It does not need to be an ODBD Designer. Link the card you cased within your post.

For my creation, I am

Casing my sweet sister stick and dear friend: Angie Crockett.

Angie is not only sweet but God has truly blessed her with talent!! I truly treasure you Angie!!!

Here is my creation!!!

There is no dp on my creation, just black stamping on white with some slight coloring on the daisies with a black frame. The Tree bookmarks (sentiment from Bookmark Verses) are cut out with the customized bookmarks available at ODBD.

Our Daily Bread Designs, Daisy Background, Bookmark Trees, Bookmark Verses, Bookmark Dies

ODBD Stamp sets Used: Daisy Background, Bookmarks Trees, Bookmarks Verses

ODBD Dies Used: Bookmark Dies

Accessories: Black Seam Binding, markers

Casing my sweet sister Stick: Angie Crockett

pictures of sets used:

For more inspiration for this challenge, please visit my dt sisters:

Jan Marie Ennenga, Audrey Hiltke, Cathy McCauley, Diana Nguyen

Kathy Roney, and special guest Becky Egecrone

To see all the creations in one place or join the challenge, click here. You have until February 10th to join us. You do not have to use an ODBD stamp to join in, but we would love to see them if you have them. Plus....your card will only be featured in the top 3 if you use ODBD stamps. Anyone, however, has a chance to win the $15 certificate toward ODBD stamps.

We would love to see your creations.

challenges I am entering this creation in:

Addicted to Stamps and More - markers Penny's Paper-Crafty - Ribbons/Bows

Paper Minutes -#255 Quotes Whoopsi Daisy Ribbon and/or LaceNo Matter Which Challenges -Ribbonsand Bows Crafty Ribbons - Anything goes with ribbonBearly Mine - Anything Goes, LEJ Designs Anything Goes, Twisted Tuesday - No twist! Anything Goes

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In addition to my challenge card, I would like to share one of the new releases available at ODBD.

Our Daily Bread Designs, Chalkboard-John's, Chris Olsen

Kelley, has some really beautiful Chalkboard sets available!! The creation, I am sharing with you today is from the set called Chalkboard- The Johns which includes two verses from the apostle John.

The layout on my card uses a sketch from Splitcoast: SC421. The designer paper is from Bo Bunny Little Miss Collection. The bow is tied with Becca's Peg Bowmaker.

Thanks for stopping by!! Have a great day!!

hugs and blessings,

Friday, February 1, 2013

February Release Blog Hop

8:00 AM | Posted by Chris Olsen, Glowbug | | Edit Post

Hello my friends! Welcome to the Our Daily Bread designs February Release Blog Hop! If you got here from Julie's incredible blog, you are in the right place! If not, you might want to start at the ODBD Blog so you don't miss anything!

The hop will run from 8am EDT February 1 until 8pm EDT February 2
Winners will be announced on the ODBD Blog Feb. 3
There will be THREE prizes: One $20.00 Gift Certificate, One $40.00 Gift Certificate, and One $60.00 Gift Certificate for STAMPS in the ODBD Store!!!
Simply hop to each stop, leave a comment and return to the ODBD Blog to tell us you completed the hop and let us know if you had any problems along the way! That's it! Enjoy!!!

For my card today... I used Earth's Gladdest Day. I masked my image and created my own background which I colored with copics. The shape of the card uses the Spellbinder Labels 23 (Grand).

Our Daily Bread Designs, Earth's Gladdest Day, Chris Olsen

Card Outside Recipe:

Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs: Earth's Gladdest Day

Dies: Floral Doily Accents, Labels 23 Grand cut with Grand Caliber

Embossing Folder: Darice Damask

Accesories: May Arts White Satin, Becca's Peg Bow Maker

Here is a photo of the set used on the outside:

Card Inside:

For the inside of my card I used The Shepherd, Earth's Gladdest Day, and Let the Earth Rejoice.

Here are photos of the additional sets used:

Here are some other cards I made using the New Releases which I have already posted as sneek peaks...for details, you may scroll down in the posts below.

Our Daily Bread Designs, Chris Olsen, Seeds, Earth's Gladdest Day

Thanks so much for visiting today! To continue on the hop, your next stop is the fabulous

Lori!!

blessings,

Labels: Our Daily Bread Designs, Our Daily Bread Designs blog hop | 81 comments

Thursday, January 31, 2013

For the Love of Friendship Blog Hop

8:00 AM | Posted by Chris Olsen, Glowbug | | Edit Post

Welcome to Our Daily Bread Design's 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 Friendship! 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 posts 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, February 13th, at 6 pm.

Enjoy all the beautiful designs featuring For the Love of Friendship! If you came here from Angie's blog you are in the right spot, if not you may want to start back at the beginning for a chance to win and for more inspiration.

For my creation I used the Seeds stamp set and a sneak peek of Earth's Gladdest Day. I stamped the crocus and embossed it in black on watercolor paper and then colored and painted with watercolor markers. I then embossed the background with a SU embossing folder to make it look like Aida cloth. The sentiment from Seeds was stamped in Stazon Purple ink on a Spellbinders Fancy Framed Tags Two.

Card Recipe:
Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs- Seeds and a sneak peak of Earth's Gladdest Day
Accessories: Off white wrinkled ribbon from May Arts, SU Embossing folder, Becca's Bow maker, lace, Black Embossing Powder, Watercolor markers, pearls
Dies: Spellbinders Fancy Framed Tags 2, Spellbinders Parisian Accents

Here is a photo of the set used:

Seeds

Sneak peek to be released tomorrow:

You are now at the end of the hop!! Thanks for joining us!! I hope you were in some way inspired. Please leave a comment here at the ODBD Blog so we know you have completed and joined out hop.

blessings,

Labels: For the Love of Hop, Our Daily Bread Designs, Our Daily Bread Designs blog hop | 58 comments

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

The Shepherd

3:49 PM | Posted by Chris Olsen, Glowbug | | Edit Post

It is a nice windy and dreary day hear in Virginia and a perfect day to stamp something warm and fuzzy!!

I used the sneak peek, The Shepherd, from Our Daily Bread Designs that is going to be released on February 1 (Friday). I think of wool when I think warmth!! Isn't he too sweet!!!

The dies included Labels 18, Decorative Labels 27, Marvelous Squares, and Fancy Tags 2 from Spellbinders. The embossing folders are Provocraft Spots and a Folder from Darice.

I hope this creation, has somehow inspired you.

Thanks for stopping by!! Have a great day!!

hugs and blessings,

I am entering this in the following challenges: Celebrate the Occasion - Green White + one other color- blue Party Time Tuesdays - Anything Goes,Through The Craft Room Door Always Anything Goes!, Top Tip Tuesday - Lavishly Luscious Layers, Tuesday Throwdown Bling It On ,Twisted Tuesday - No twist! Anything GoesVickie's Challenges -Anything Goes, Inky Chicks -- Becky's Bingo (Image, Ribbon & Pearls), Forever Friends -Biweekly challenge -Use Ribbon or Lace Cutie Pie Challenge - Use 3 Different Textures, Love to Create - Anything Goes with a Sentiment, Word Art Wednesday- Use free digi or any encouraging or scripture sentiment.QKR Stampede Soft Pastels

Labels: Our Daily Bread Designs | 26 comments

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