~ Wishing You ~

I am a sucker for a wedding.  I am probably the sappiest (is that a word?) person you will ever meet.  Just a few hours prior to writing this post, I finished up watching another Hallmark June wedding movie...  I would get married every week.  To the same wonderful guy of course...  but I'm pretty sure he would kill me!  lol...  I love the preparation, the festivities, the decor...  And I am especially LOVING the rustic/country decor that has taken over this part of the country.  My Pinterest feed has been taken over lately by wedding cakes...  and not just the traditional white frosting with basket weave but creative masterpieces designed to look like anything other than a cake.  I keep seeing cakes designed to look like birch trees and so I had to try to create my own version using Our Daily Bread Designs' Long Lasting Love.

Layer by Layer

1. White Card Stock - 4.25 x 11 inches; scored and folded at 5.5 inches
2. Silver DP (4.25 x 5.5 inches) ODBD's new Wedding Wishes Paper Pad
3. Pattern DP Wedding Wishes Paper Pad cut with ODBD's Rectangles Die
4. White Card Stock die cut with ODBD's Lattice Background Die and altered with scissors to cover half of DP

1. Gold DP from ODBD's Wedding Wishes Paper Pad; die cut with ODBD's Filigree Frames Die
2. White Card Stock, Black Ink, sentiment from NEW Long Lasting Love; die cut with Ovals Die
3. Image from NEW Long Lasting Love, stamped with Black Copic compatible ink on card stock, colored and die cut with Rectangles Die
4. Pink and green card stock, Bitty Blossoms Die with Liquid Pearls White Opal Centers 

Copic Colors -

W3, CO, C3, E29
YG61, YG63
RV00, RV02
Y11, Y15, Y26, E25
B34

and the inspiration photo from Danielle & Josh Menning Photographic

Thanks for visiting!  Until next time, 

Blessings!

Welcome to Our Daily Bread Designs' May Release and Blog Hop

Good morning and welcome to Our Daily Bread Designs' May Release and Blog Hop!  I have a couple of projects to share today featuring stamp sets and coordinating dies perfect for teacher appreciation cards and gifts!  One of the sets has a beautiful cross design and sentiments perfect for creating projects with your favorite Sunday School teacher in mind!  I can't wait to share these fun projects and hope you have as much fun looking at them as I did creating them!  Don't forget to check the end of today's post for details on this month's blog hop!  So here is the first project featuring the Sunday School Teacher stamp set and coordinating Crosses Die.

I started with an ecru card stock base measuring 4.25 by 10 inches, scored and folded at 5 inches.  I cut a slightly smaller gold textured card stock and added an ecru lattice die cut using last month's release, Lattice Background Die.  I stamped the image from the NEW Sunday School Teacher stamp set with a watermark ink and heat embossed the image with gold embossing powder.  I die cut the image using the coordinating Crosses Die.  I added it to an oval die cut base (ODBD's Ovals Die) with dimensional foam and placed it on the card front.  I stamped and embossed the sentiment (also from the Sunday School Teacher set on ecru and used ODBD's Pennant Flags Die and Double Stitched Pennant Flags Die to mat it.  I opted to finish the image off with a bit of greenery and flowers using the Lovely Leaves Die and Bitty Blossoms Dies.  

And here are the new items from this month's release you see above...

  

And here is another project I whipped up featuring the new Seeds of Knowledge, Clipboard Set Die AND Notebook Paper Stamp Die Duo!

I started with a Kraft card stock base (4.25 x 11 inches, folded at 5.5) and added a white card stock mat.  I used ODBD's Pierced Rectangles Die and Old Glory Paper Pad to create the designer paper base.  I used a ruler die (from the NEW Clipboard Set Die to create the yellow border.  The Clipboard Set Die also helped me create the clipboard, pencil, scissors and paperclip.  I cut the pencil using white card stock but added a bit of Copic Ink (C7, R22 and R29) to color it up.  A bit of white card stock, blue ink and the NEW Notebook Paper Stamp Die Duo helped with create a perfect miniature piece of notebook paper.  I added a sentiment (in black) from the NEW Seeds of Knowledge stamp set.  

So here are the new items featured in this project...

Aren't they fun?  

So know here are the details on the blog hop...

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 May 2, 2017 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 May 3rd so be sure to check back there to see if you won!

ODBD Blog  (if you should get lost along the way..._

And the Bread Sticks

Cathy * Kathy * Dawn *Sandee * Angie * Julie * Lisa * Chris * Diana * Robin * Sabrina * Helen * Lori

Before we go, here are a few of the other items I used on these projects...

Thanks for stopping by!  Until next time...

Blessings!

~ ODBD Fancy Fan Die ~

It is hard to believe that April is drawing to a close.  As I write this post, the daytime temp has dropped to a crazy 57 degrees.  In just a few days, the weather forecast calls for a balmy 87 degrees!  Seriously???  It is no wonder that respiratory illnesses are EVERYWHERE!  Springtime in the Bluegrass state can bring a variety of weather events...  we have had snow on or close to Easter...  nearly 90 degree temps for high school graduations...  wild and crazy spring storms....  It's kind of like Forrest Gump's box of chocolates...  So with the weather fluctuating so wildly, it is easy to change your creative mood!  Today, I have a soft color palette featuring blue and white PLUS a few items from Our Daily Bread Designs' April release.  The May release is just around the corner, so don't forget to pop back by on May 1st to see what new items I have to share!  But in the meantime, let's go back and revisit the pastel shades of spring...

Isn't that a darling sentiment panel in the middle?  What is so cool about this is the die I used...  Fancy Fan Die.  Now, you could use this to create a traditional fan design like the one I did earlier this month shown HERE.  However, I chose this time to use two individual die cuts, overlapped and stamped, to create a sort of band around the card.  The base is a simple white card stock gate fold base with a slightly smaller DP mat (created with ODBD's Boho Bolds Paper Pad) AND a lattice layer created with ODBD's Lattice Background Die.  I added a soft blue DP die cut (also from the Boho Bolds Paper Pad collection) die cut as a focal panel with the Pierced Ovals Die set.  I created the flowers using the Aster Dies set and softly sponged them with light blue ink before lightly misting each layer with water and shaping to the desired look.  I added a bit of foliage using the Lovely Leaves Die set.  

So here are the April items you see...

and a few old favorites...

Don't forget to stop back by on May 1st for the chance to join our new release blog hop!  It promises to be fun!  Thanks again for your time!

~ Always ~

Good morning!  Today, I am sharing a card created with Our Daily Bread Designs'  To My Friend stamp set, Roses Die, Rose Leaves Die and Lattice Background Die.  I used one color card stock, white. I spritzed a bit of glitter spray on the rose and leaves after molding and before placing on the card.  I started with a white card stock base (4.25 x 5.5 inches).  I created the frame to place over the Lattice Background Die with two nested dies from ODBD's Pierced Rectangles Die.  I cut the various petals before spritzing with water and molding to create the blossom.  I chose black ink for the sentiment and framed the message with another die from the Pierced Rectangles Die set.  

Here are the items you see used here...

Thanks for stopping by!