ODBD Alumni Love of Gratitude Hop

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 Gratitude! 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, October 24th at 6 pm. Enjoy all the beautiful designs using For the Love of Gratitude!

If you arrived here from Jan Marie's DELIGHTFUL blog you are in the right spot!

If not, head over to ODBD's Blog for a full link list.

Here's the collections I opted to use today...

Bookmark Birds

Bookmark - Verses

Spellbinders for ODBD Custom Bookmark Dies

And my creation...  a bookmark to give to an extremely supportive friend...

 

Now I will send you on your way to visit Angie's awesome blog! Make sure to leave her some love! Big hugs and thanks so much for stopping by!

Recipe

Stamps - Our Daily Bread Designs - Bookmark Birds & Bookmark - Verses
Dies - Our Daily Bread Designs -
Spellbinders for ODBD Custom Bookmark Dies
Paper - Bazzill; My Mind's Eye - Blush
Ink - Versamark (sentiment); Memento Rich Cocoa (bookmark); Memento Desert Sand (distressing)
Embossing Powder - Ranger Embossing Powder - Copper (sentiment)
Misc. - Offray Satin Ribbon; Seam Binding; Stickles - Ranger - Copper (cattails)
 

Clear Dollar Stamps Digi September Release ~

Good morning!  So glad to see you! 

I have some special news to share.  For the next few months (4 to be exact)  I will be working with and sharing some new items.  I have joined the Clear Dollar Stamps Digital Crew! 

What is a digital?  I'm trying my hand at working with digital stamps, or those you print right off of your PC and create with.  You can manipulate sizes and colors...  They are so versatile!  And that makes your creative possibilities endless!  So to celebrate the occasion, I have a few projects to share using a couple of new September releases.  Be sure to check out the CDS Blog and Clear Dollar Stamps website to find details on how to purchase plus a fabulous tutorial on working with Digis...  I look forward to sharing more wonderful digi stamps of faith from Clear Dollar...  So let's dive in...

For my first card I selected Lori McCroskey's Leaves set...

 

Isn't it darling!  I printed the digital background with the lovely inspirational message and cut/embossed it with a Spellbinders die.  I added a bit of dark brown card stock cut with the coordinating Petite Scalloped die.  The maple leaf (also a digi from this set) was altered to give it a warm orange color and hand cut before placing it on top with dimensional foam.  The DP layer was lightly distressed on all edges and inked for depth.  I just love this image!  So simple and so very elegant!

 

Now for another peek...  This one uses Austin Owen's Garden set.

 



 

This one is so yummy!  I can't get enough of inspirational quotes and C.S. Lewis is one of my favorite authors.  So this set immediately grabbed my eye and my heart!  The base is 6 x 6 inches and is double matted.  The houndstooth pattern actually came from a Halloween paper pad.  I really like the menwear feel of it...  I printed the sentiment and flower border on white card stock and trimmed.  I added a bit of bling with a dash of Stickles glitter glue on the three blossoms and a silver flat backed adhesive pearl on each.  So easy! 

 

Be sure to check out the other fabulous projects my DT sisters have to share!  There is so much to share!  Thanks for stopping by! 

 

Blessings....

 

Lori

  

Clear Dollar Stamps Digi Team

Jerusha Borden - Digi Design Team Coordinator

Barb Gmitro Best  ***  Candy Fosta  ***

Cassie Trask  ***  Kathy Dunnegan  ***  Laurie Wilson  ***  Linda Anderson  ***  Lisa Lara  ***  Sarah Taylor  ***  Vicki O'Dell  ***  Jen Young  ***  Angela Pruisman   ***  Sarah Nelson  ***  Dana Colburne  ***  and Lori Ulrich (me)

 

Card 1

 

Stamps - Leaves (Black & White) by Lisa McCroskey for Clear Dollar Stamps

Papers - Bazzill; Simple Stories - Harvest Lane

Inks - Ranger Distress Ink in Frayed Burlap

Tools - Spellbinders Petite Scalloped Circles Large & Standard Circles Large; Tonic Distressing Tool; Cutterbee Scissors; Dimensional Foam

 

Card 2

 

Stamps - Garden by Austin Owens for Clear Dollar Stamps

Papers - Bazzill; Neenah Solar Crest; Echo Park Chillingsworth Manor

Tools - Stickles by Ranger - Star Dust; Flat Back Silver Adhesive Pearls by Mark Richards

Challenges

WAW45 - Word Art Wednesday
Twist of Faith Card Challenges #2 - Comfort