SC606- ODBD Thanks A Melon

Hi Friends!

I hope all of you are having a great week so far!  It’s time for the new Splitcoaststampers’ SC606 Sketch Challenge and I decided to create this card using some of the brand new August mid-month release stamps from Our Daily Bread Designs.

In addition to the SC606 Sketch Challenge (I flipped the sketch), I incorporated the Splitcoaststampers' CC596 Color Challenge and the Word Art Wednesday #244-#245 “Anything Goes” Challenge.

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 samples at the SCS Color Gallery and Word Art Wednesday challenge site!

To create this card:

Die cut and emboss a piece of white cardstock with the Our Daily Bread Designs (ODBD) Flourished Star Patterns Die, mount onto a piece of melon cardstock, trim close to the edge and mount onto the black card front.

Ink the Thanks A Melon watermelon images with archival black ink, stamp onto a panel of white cardstock, heat set and color with water-based markers, add white highlights with a white paint pen and die cut the panel with the ODBD Leafy Edged Borders Die.

Gently apply ModPodge to the surface of the die cut panels and set aside to dry (be careful not to apply to heavy or the ink may run).

Die cut and emboss a few pieces of white cardstock with the ODBD Flower Lattice  Die (you will need four strips in all), position in the center of the card panel using dimensional foam and mount the stamped panels per the sketch (also using dimensional foam).

Stamp a few more of the watermelon  images from Thanks A Melon with archival black ink, stamp onto white cardstock (color in the same manner as noted above for the background panel but do not add the ModPodge), die cut with the ODBD Watermelon Dies and add sparkle with a clear glitter pen.

Stamp the sentiment from Thanks A Melon with archival black ink onto white cardstock, die cut and emboss with the ODBD Mini Tag Dies (also die cutting a tag from black cardstock using the same size die), layer the black tag behind the sentiment and mount the layered tag onto the card front with dimensional foam.

Add the black gingham bow to finish off the card.

I hope this card inspires you to create a project this week and if so, come play along with us at Splitcoaststampers!

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

Our Daily Bread Designs August 2016 Mid-Month Release

Hi Friends! 

Welcome to the Our Daily Bread Designs August 2016 Mid-Month Release!  The new stamps and dies in this release are perfect for your summer and year round cards!

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

My first card features the new You Anchor Me (Stamp/Die Duo-Clear Stamps), Rope Background stamp along with the new Nautical Collection 6x6 Paper, Chalkboard Collection Paper (for the anchor), Anchor Die (from the You Anchor Me Stamp/Die Duo set), Double Stitched Circle Dies, Double Stitched Rectangle Dies and Pennant Row Dies.

I love the different designs in the new Nautical Collection Paper, the versatile Rope Background stamp as well as the fun anchor die and sentiments in You Anchor Me (Stamp/Die Duo-Clear Stamps)!

My second card features the Thanks A Melon stamp set along with the Boho Bolds Paper Pad, Watermelon Dies, Leafy Edged Borders Dies, Ornate Ovals Dies and Small Bow Die.

 I think the sweet watermelon images and sentiments in Thanks A Melon will make wonderful summer cards for all of your friends!

I had so much fun designing these cards will the August 2016 Mid-Month Release!! I hope you will take the time to visit the rest of my Breadbasket Design Team Sisters for the blog hop:

Cathy * Dawn * Lori * Julie (you are here) 

 Melissa * Angie * Sabrina * Robin * Diana

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 August 18, 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 August 19th, so be sure to check back there to see if you won!

Thanks again for stopping by- I hope you have a blessed week, my friends!

ODBD You Anchor Me	ODBD Rope Background	ODBD Nautical Paper Collection	Double Stitched Circles Dies	Double Stitched Rectangles Dies
Pennant Row	ODBD Thanks a Melon	ODBD Watermelon Dies	Leafy Edged Borders Dies	ODBD Ornate Ovals Dies
Small Bow Dies	ODBD Boho Bolds

ODBDSLC277 Happy Summer Days!

Hi Friends! 

Today we are featuring a "reminder" post for the Our Daily Bread Designs “Shining the Light” ODBDSLC277 Sketch Challenge!

You have until September 4th 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). 

For this sketch challenge reminder post, I decided to create a card with a “sneak peek” of some of the ODBD mid-month August Release stamps and dies that will be available tomorrow- Thanks a Melon and Watermelon Dies.   I know that you will love all of the fun images and dies in this new release that will allow you to create all sorts of great cards- stop back tomorrow for all of the details!

I am also incorporating the Inkspirational #115 "Patterned Paper" Challenge into the design- the checkerboard panel is from the ODBD Christmas 2013 6x6 Paper Collection and I created my own "patterned paper" with the Thanks A Melon stamps for the central focal circle :-)

To create this card:

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

Die cut a piece of the Christmas 2013 6x6 Paper Collection with the ODBD Double Stitched Rectangle Dies and mount onto the background panel.

Ink the Thanks A Melon watermelon images with an archival black ink and repeatedly stamp onto a piece of white cardstock to create your own “designer paper”.

Color the images with water-based markers, add a bit of glitter with a clear glitter pen and white highlights with a white paint pen, use the ODBD Double Stitched Circle Dies to cut out the main panel circle and the ODBD Watermelon Dies to cut two watermelon slices.

Die cut a piece of white cardstock with the ODBD Doily Die, “age” the doily as well as the die cut focal image circle (by sponging a bit of antique linen distress ink over the panels) and mount the die cut circle focal image onto the doily die cut with dimensional foam.

Die cut a piece of melon cardstock with the ODBD Pierced Square Dies, mount onto a piece of black cardstock, trim close to the edge of the die cut and mount onto the card front.

Die cut and emboss a piece of white cardstock with the ODBD Beautiful Borders Dies, “age” with the antique linen distress ink, add to the card front and adhere the 5/8” Black Satin Triple Ribbon Bow (wrapping the ribbon ends behind the panel).

Stamp the sentiment from Thanks A Melon onto white cardstock with black archival ink, die cut and emboss with the ODBD Layered Lacey Square Dies, “age” with the antique linen distress ink and mount onto to the card front with dimensional foam.

Add the two die cut watermelon pieces to finish off the card.

I hope you will find the time to check out my Design Team Sisters’ fabulous projects:

Chris   ∙  Diana   ∙  Robin

We hope to see your artwork in the ODBDSLC277 Sketch Challenge gallery!

Thanks again for stopping by- I hope you have a wonderful week, my friends!

Flourished Star Pattern Dies	Double Stitched Circles Dies	Double Stitched Rectangles Dies	Doily Die	Beautiful Borders Dies
ODBD Custom Pierced Squares Dies	ODBD Christmas 2013 6x6 Paper Collection

SUO155 Cute and Cuddly- Made with Love

 Hi Friends! 

It’s time for the SUO155 “Cute and Cuddly” Challenge at SU-Only Challenges! There are so many fun stamp sets that could be used for this challenge so I decided to ink up “Made with Love” and create a Clean and Simple (CAS) baby card- babies are cute and cuddly, right :-)?  Plus I think that the sweet little animal images in this set are adorable:-)

I did a bit of stamping surgery (gasp! I cut off the sentiments from each of the animal images) before creating this card and incorporated the Pals Paper Arts PPA313 Color Challenge into the design.

I hope you will stop by the SU-Only Challenge site to check out the rest of the Design Team projects as well as the Pals Paper Arts gallery- fabulous inspiration from all!

This card was very easy to create:

Ink the cute little rabbit, cat and deer image from Made with Love using Stampin’ Archival Basic Black ink, stamp onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock and heat set with the Heat Tool.

Color the images with Stampin’ Write Markers- Flirty Flamingo, Peekaboo Peach and Tip Top Taupe.  Add a few highlights with the White Gel Pen to the eyes ad spots on the deer.

Cut each image out using the Big Shot™ with the Tags and Labels Framelits™ and also cut three of the coordinating larger tag from Flirty Flamingo cardstock for layering.

Layer the image tags onto the Flirty Flamingo Tags and add a Pearl at the top of each tag.

Use the Big Shot™ with the Woodgrain Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Peekaboo Peach cardstock, trim in half and layer onto a piece of Flirty Flamingo cardstock.

Stamp the sentiment onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock using Stampin’ Archival Basic Black ink and layer at the top of the Flirty Flamingo panel.

Stamp the little heart from Made with Love using Tip Top Taupe ink onto a scrap piece of Tip Top Taupe cardstock, add the Delicate White Doily (cut in half and layered) to the card front and use the stamped Tip Top Taupe layer to cover the cut edges.

Add the cute little animal image tags to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals® to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  Made with Love

Ink: Stampin’ Archival Pad™- Basic Black, Tip Top Taupe; Stampin’ Write Markers- Flirty Flamingo, Peekaboo Peach and Tip Top Taupe; White Gel Pen

Paper/Cardstock:  Whisper White, Flirty Flamingo, Peekaboo Peach and Tip Top Taupe

Tools/Accessories: Big Shot™, Tags and Labels Framelits™, Woodgrain Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, Delicate White Doily, Pearls

Thanks again for stopping by and we hope to see your Stampin’ Up! Only project in our “Cute and Cuddly” Challenge gallery!

Harvest of Blessings

Hi Friends!

Happy Friday!! Today I am sharing a card designed with the new Many Blessings (Stamp/Die Duos- Clear Stamps) from the Our Daily Bread Designs August 2016 Release along with the previously released stamp set, Living Water.

I am linking this card to the Addicted to Stamps and More #206 “Anything Goes” Challenge as well as the Word Art Wednesday #243/#244 "Anything Goes" Challenge and the Splitcoaststampers’  All Occasion Card Challenge 2016.

If you have not had a chance to check out the above challenge sites or visit the Our Daily Bread Designs Blog yet, I would encourage you to visit soon- fabulous examples from all!!

To create this card:

Using the Our Daily Bread Designs (ODBD) Flourished Star Pattern Die, cut and emboss a piece of white cardstock, mount onto a piece of dark brown cardstock, trim and mount onto the olive card base.

Die cut and emboss another piece of white cardstock with the largest die from the ODBD Lavish Layers Dies and mount onto the card front.

Ink the ODBD Living Water image with archival black ink, stamp onto white cardstock, watercolor the image with distress inks and stamp the sentiment from ODBD Many Blessings (Stamp/Die Duos-Clear Stamps) in the corner.

Add a bit of glimmer to the water with a clear glitter pen.

Die cut the stamped image with the ODBD Lavish Layers Dies and layer onto a piece of ODBD Christmas 2015 Collection paper (die cut with the Rectangle Dies).

Mount the layered panel onto the center of the card front and finish off the card by adding the die cut “Blessings” from the ODBD Many Blessings (Stamp/Die Duos-Clear Stamps) die ( FYI- I die cut the sentiment die several times from dark brown cardstock and layered them for a bit of depth).

Thanks again for taking the time to visit- I hope all of you have a blessed weekend!

ODBD Many Blessings Stamp/Die Duo

Living Water- Our Daily Bread Designs

Music to My Ears

Hi Friends!  

I hope all of you are having a great week so far!  This card is a sneak peek of the new stamp set from Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps, Music to My Ears that will be released today and I paired it with the previously released sets, His Wings (Creative Worship by Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps)  and Grunge Elements.

I love the background sheet music as well as the sentiments in the Music To My Ears stamp set and decided to create a vintage style card incorporating the FabFri93 Sketch Challenge and the Splitcoaststampers' MIX185 "Birds of a Feather" Challenge into the design.

 To create this card:

Ink the Music To My Ears background panel with archival black ink and stamp onto a piece of white cardstock.

Use a water brush to add “antique” the paper with distress inks- Antique Linen and Brushed Corduroy over the entire panel and stamp the Grunge Elements splatter image with Vintage Photo.

Use a distressing tool along the edges and sponge additional Vintage Photo distress ink on the edges as well.

Cut the panel (per the sketch), mount onto black cardstock, trim and mount onto the white card base.

Heat emboss the sentiment from MusicTo My Ears with white embossing powder, the feathers and bird image from His Wings with black embossing powder and fussy-cut the feathers and bird.

Add a few white dots to one of the feathers with a Sharpie Extra Fine White Paint Marker.

To finish off the card, add the gold looped cord onto the card front, adhere the feathers and mount the sentiment with the bird image using dimensional foam. 

Thanks again for stopping by, I hope all of you have a wonderful weekend!

Music To My Ears- Sweet ′n Sassy Stamps

His Wings- Creative Worship by Sweet ′n Sassy Stamps

Sweet ′n Sassy Stamps Grunge Elements