The Blessings of the Lord

Hi Friends!!

While the roofing contractors replaced all our roof yesterday, I had a chance to spend time in my craft room and create a few cards.  I miss my stamping “therapy” and with the stress of all of the recent remodeling/construction lately, I definitely needed some time in my craft room, lol!

Today I am sharing a card that I designed yesterday using two stamp sets from Divinity Designs LLC- the Indian corn image is from the A-Maize-ing Stamp/Die Duo set and the sentiment from the retired set, Doily Blessings.  **FYI** I fussy-cut the image this time (versus using the die) since some of my watercolor bled over the stamped edges- oops!

I love participating with online challenges and incorporated the Sketch Saturday #584 SketchChallenge, the Simon Says Monday “Fall/Autumn” Challenge , the Addicted toStamps and More #362 “Make Your Mark” Challenge and the {PIN}spirational #249 InspirationChallenge (I was inspired by the theme as well as the colors).

If you have not had a chance to drop by the above challenge sites yet, I hope you do so- fabulous inspiration from all!

Stamp the Indian corn image using Staz-On® Black ink, watercolor with water-based markers and watercolor pencils and once satisfied, die cut (or in this case, fussy-cut) the image.  

Add a bit of shimmer over the corn with a clear glitter pen and a few white highlights to the berries with an extra fine white paint pen before mounting onto an oval die cut using dimensional foam.

Cut the two pieces of designer paper (from my stash), lightly stamp the background of the upper panel with a retired script stamp (Botanicals from Stampin’ Up!) using distress ink, dry emboss the lower panel with a quilt embossing folder and use a distressing tool to lightly distress all of the outside edges of both panels.  

Mount both panels  onto a piece of cream cardstock and adhere to a piece of berry cardstock, trimming to fit a 4 ¼” x 5 ½” card base.

Add a strip of berry satin ribbon to cover the edges of the panels on the card front (wrapping the ends behind the panel) before adhering the entire panel onto a white card base.

Die cut the doily oval from berry cardstock , adhere the Indian corn image to the center and add to the card front using dimensional foam (or lately, I prefer using my scraps of chipboard :-)).

Stamp the sentiment with Staz-On® Black ink , die cut with a stitched circle die and mount onto a circle die cut from berry cardstock.  Slip the upper end of the circle under the ribbon and adhere directly to the card front.

Add the wire clip to the ribbon to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: A-Maize-ing Stamp/Die Duo, Doily Blessings (Divinity Designs LLC), Botanicals (retired Stampin’ Up!)

Ink/Mediums: Staz-On® Black, Tim Holtz® Rusty Hinge Distress Ink, Stampin’ Write Markers- Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie, Rich Razzleberry, Sahara Sand, Soft Suede; SU! Black Watercolor Pencil, Spectrum Noir™ Clear Glitter Pen, Sharpie® Extra Fine White Paint Pen

Cardstock/Paper: Very Vanilla, Rich Razzleberry; retired SU! Comfort Café Designer Series Paper, misc. DSP from my stash (upper panel)

Accessories: Big Shot™ , SU! Quilt Top Embossing Folder, MFT Dies- Stitched Circle STAX, Die-namics Open Oval Scallop Doily (retired); AquaPainter™,  5/8” Rich Razzleberry Satin Ribbon, Wire Clip

Thanks again for taking the time to visit-  I hope all of you have a blessed week/ weekend and stop by again soon!

SC610 Give Thanks for Unknown Blessings

Hi Friends!

I hope all of you are having a great week so far!  It’s time for the new Splitcoaststampers’ SC610 Sketch Challenge and I decided to create another card with the September 2016 Our Daily Bread Designs Release Stamp Set, A-Maize-ing along with the coordinating ODBD Indian Corn Die.

In addition to the SC610 Sketch, I incorporated the Word Art Wednesday #246-#247“Anything Goes” Challenge, Dragonfly Journeys #74 "Passion for Plaid"  Challenge and LeAnne's PP312 Color Challenge at The Paper Players .

If you have not already visited the above challenge sites, I hope you will have a chance to do so- fabulous inspiration from my Design Team "Sisters" at the SCS Sketch Gallery as well as the wonderful Word Art Wednesday and The Paper Players challenge sites!

To create this card:

Emboss a piece of rust colored cardstock with the Our Daily Bread Designs (ODBD) Vintage Flourish  Pattern Die, trim a bit on the edges and mount onto a piece of pear cardstock.

Die cut and emboss a piece of pear cardstock with the ODBD Pierced Rectangle Dies, cut the panel in half (the cut area will be covered by the vertical strips), mount onto the card front in the center (per the sketch) and add a strip of rust satin ribbon (wrapping the ends of the ribbon behind the panel).

Mount the layered background panel onto the card base.

Die cut and emboss a piece of white cardstock with the ODBD Trellis Die and mount onto the card front centering the ribbon in the middle of the die.

Ink the ODBD A-Maize-ing Stamp Set image with archival black ink and stamp onto a piece of white cardstock , die cut and emboss with the coordinating ODBD Indian Corn Die.

Color the stamped image with colored pencils and add white highlights with an extra fine white paint pen.

Stamp the sentiment from the ODBD A-Maize-ing Stamp Set with archival black ink, die cut and emboss with the ODBD Double Stitched Rectangle Dies, then re-insert the die cut along one edge back into the die (matching up the stitching on the top and bottom) to die cut and emboss once more.  FYI- this allows you to create a narrow rectangle (again, per the sketch).

Mount the sentiment onto a piece of rust cardstock, trim and mount onto a piece of pear cardstock.

 Per the sketch, trim and create the two additional rectangles, each a bit longer than the sentiment panel- the plaid and polka dot pattern from the ODBD Birthday Brights 6x6 Paper Pad.

Mount the polka dot layer onto rust cardstock, trim and layer onto pear cardstock.

Mount the plaid layer onto pear cardstock, trim and adhere this layer to the card front.

Mount the layered sentiment panel directly onto the polka dot layer, add dimensional foam behind the polka dot layer and adhere the entire panel to the card front.

Mount the stamped/die cut Indian Corn image with dimensional foam onto the sentiment layer and add the pearls to the corners to finish off the card.

This was a fun sketch to work with this week- I hope I have inspired you to pull out your supplies and come join in on the fun with us at Splitcoaststampers :-)

Thanks again for visiting- hugs and have a blessed week, my friends!

ODBD A-Maize-ing	ODBD Indian Corn Die	ODBD Birthday Brights Paper Collection	Double Stitched Rectangles Dies	Vintage Flourish Pattern Die
Pierced Rectangles Dies	ODBD Custom Die - Trellis Strip

Heartfelt Thanks

Hi Friends! 

I am having so much fun with the Our Daily Bread Designs September 2016 Release stamps!  

Today I wanted to share another card that I designed with the ODBD Seasons Change and ODBD A-Maize-ing stamp sets along with the coordinating ODBD Wheelbarrow Die (I just love how intricate this die cuts the image- even the spokes!) and several other ODBD layering dies. 

I have incorporated the Just Add Ink  JAI328 “Just Add ‘P’” Challenge (P= pink, piercing, pumpkin) along with the Word Art Wednesday #246-#247 "Anything Goes" Challenge.

If you have not already had a chance to visit the above galleries yet, I hope you will do so as well as stop by the Our Daily Bread Designs Blog- fabulous inspiration from all!

To create this card:

Die cut and emboss a piece of white cardstock with the ODBD Flourished Star Pattern Die, mount onto a piece of chocolate cardstock, trim and mount onto the white card base.

Die cut and emboss a piece of chocolate cardstock with the ODBD Lavish Layers Die and mount onto the card front, layer with the soft pink gingham sheet of the ODBD Shabby Rose Collection 6x6 Paper (die cut and embossed with the ODBD Rectangles Dies- save the scrap piece of the final step).

Die cut and emboss a piece of white cardstock with the ODBD Ornate Hearts Dies and mount onto the card front.

Ink the wheelbarrow image from the ODBD Seasons Change stamp set using archival black ink, stamp onto white cardstock and color the image using a brown watercolor pencil (adding shadows without water for contrast).

Use the ODBD Wheelbarrow Die to cut out the image and mount the wheelbarrow image onto the card front with dimensional foam.

Stamp the sentiment from the ODBD A-Maize-ing stamp set with black archival ink onto white cardstock, die cut and emboss with the ODBD Layered Lacey Oval Dies.

Die cut and emboss a piece of chocolate cardstock with the ODBD Ornate Ovals Dies, mount the sentiment die cut in the center and add to the card front with dimensional foam.

Die cut and emboss the scrap piece of ODBD Shabby Rose Collection 6x6 Paper (from the step above) with the ODBD Small Bow Dies, create the bow and adhere to the card front to finish off the card.

1 Thess 5:18a "In Everything Give Thanks" is a reminder that we, as Christians, should be thankful at all times- sometimes difficult to do during stressful or difficult situations (life can be messy:-)).  
But if we focus on Christ, remember what He has done for us, remember that we are "strangers in this land" and that our eternal home will be with Christ, it is easier to "give thanks" in all things! With each passing day we are closer to His return- what a wonderful Savior and we truly do have so much to be thankful for!!

I am blessed by each of you when you take the to visit my blog and I do read all of the comments- you are such an encouragement to me! Hugs and I hope you have a fabulous weekend, my friends!

ODBD Seasons Change	ODBD A-Maize-ing	Flourished Star Pattern Dies	Lavish Layers Dies	Rectangles Dies
ODBD Wheelbarrow Die	ODBD Layered Lacey Ovals Dies	ODBD Ornate Ovals Dies	Small Bow Dies	Ornate Hearts dies
Shabby Rose Collection

ODBDSLC278 Dots and Dashes

Hi Friends! 

Welcome to the new  Our Daily Bread Designs ODBDSLC278 “Dots and Dashes” Shining the Light Challenge !

We want to see your dots and dashes (for ex: pierced dies, stitched dies, polka dot paper, etc.) and  are looking forward to seeing what you create!

You have until October 2^nd to join us for a chance to be spotlighted for the Shining the Light award or to win a $15 ODBD gift certificate (one random participant will be chosen).  To be spotlighted for the Shining the Light Award, you must use ODBD stamps (or stamps from our sister companies: North Coast Creations or Artistic Outpost). 

I decided to create a card combining the new ODBD September 2016 Release stamp sets, A-Maize-ing and Seasons Change along with the coordinating ODBD Indian Corn Die. 

For my dashes, I used the ODBD Double Stitched Rectangles Dies as well ODBD Ornate Hearts Die (embossed dashes along the edge of the center solid heart- a bit difficult to see in the photo) and for my dots- the outside border of the ODBD Ornate Hearts Die has piercing as well as the as the frame of the ODBD Flourished Star Pattern Die and the ODBD Filigree Frames Dies used for the sentiment. 

I also used the ODBD Rectangles Dies and the background paper is from the ODBD Americana Quilt Collection 6x6 Paper Pad.

To create this card:

Die cut a piece of berry cardstock with the ODBD Flourished Star Pattern Die, mount onto a piece of white cardstock, trim close to the die cut edge and mount this onto the berry card base.

Die cut a piece of the ODBD Americana Quilt Collection 6x6 Paper Pad with the ODBD Rectangles Dies,  mount onto a piece of white cardstock die cut with the ODBD Double Stitched Rectangle Dies and layer this panel onto the card front.

Wrap a piece of berry satin ribbon over the entire card front (wrapping the ribbon ends behind the card front) and mount the entire card front onto the white card base.

Ink the A-Maize-ing Indian Corn image with archival black ink and stamp onto a piece of white cardstock. 

Color the image with watercolor pencils and die cut with the ODBD Indian Corn Die (I absolutely love how this die perfectly cuts this image:-)).    

Using the eyelet frame and main heart dies from the ODBD Ornate Hearts Dies, layer onto your platform and die cut both from white cardstock.  Adhere the heart die cuts directly to the card front. 

Add the looped gold cord and mount the colored Indian Corn image with dimensional foam.

Ink the sentiment from Seasons Change with archival black ink, stamp onto a piece of white cardstock and die cut with the ODBD Filigree Frames Dies.

Add the sentiment with dimensional foam to the card front to finish off the card.

If you have not already had a chance to visit my Design Team Sisters’ sites yet, I hope you will find the time to do so!  Fabulous inspiration for sure!

Chris   ∙  Diana   ∙  Robin

Have fun with this challenge and we are looking forward to seeing your artwork in the ODBDSLC278 “Dots and Dashes” Shining the Light gallery!

ODBD September 2016 New Release and Blog Hop!

Hi Friends!

Welcome to the Our Daily Bread Designs September 2016 Release!! Summer is coming to a close here in the Northeastern United States and this release is perfect for crisp Autumn days as well as year-round cards!

I know that you will not want to miss the inspiration from the rest of the ODBD Breadbaskets and we would love to have you hop along with us- see more details below...

My first card features the new ODBD A-Maize-ing stamp set, ODBD Dies- Indian Corn Die, Rectangles Dies, Double Stitched Rectangles Dies, Filigree Frames Dies, Flourished Star Pattern Die and the ODBD Rustic Beauty Collection 6x6 Paper. 

I absolutely love this Indian Corn image in the ODBD A-Maize-ing stamp set and the coordinating ODBD Indian Corn Die matches it perfectly!

My second card features the new ODBD Seasons Change stamp set, ODBD Dies- Wheelbarrow Die, Lavish Layers Dies, Ornate Ovals Dies, Rectangles Dies, Flourished Star Pattern Die, Pierced Squares Dies along with the ODBD Shabby Rose Collection 6x6 Paper.   

**Creative Tip ** I used the ODBD Pierced Square Dies (stacked two together) to cut out the frame to make the photo corners.  

I loved using watercolor pencils to watercolor both images on the cards and the ODBD coordinating dies were so easy to match up to the images- in fact, the ODBD Wheelbarrow Die even cut the spokes on the wheel perfectly!

I hope I have inspired you today and that you will take the time to visit the rest of my ODBD Breadbasket Design Team Sisters to check out their gorgeous creations:

Melissa * Julie (you are here)  *
 Sandee * Cathy * Dawn * Lori * Robin * Lisa 
* Sabrina * Diana * Angie * Chris * Grace

Prize Information: 

Three randomly selected winners will each receive a $25 Gift Code to the ODBD Website just for commenting on the Design Team cards!  You have until September 2, 2016 at 9:00 p.m. EDT to leave your comments on the Designers Blogs for a chance to win!  The Winners will be posted on the ODBD Blog on September 3, 2016 so be sure to check back there to see if you won!

Thanks again for stopping by- hugs and have a blessed week, my friends!

ODBD A-Maize-ing	ODBD Indian Corn Die	Rectangles Dies	Double Stitched Rectangles Dies	Flourished Star Pattern Dies
Filigree Frames Dies	Rustic Beauty Collection	ODBD Seasons Change	ODBD Wheelbarrow Die	Lavish Layers Dies
ODBD Ornate Ovals Dies	ODBD Custom Pierced Squares Dies	Shabby Rose Collection