TSTR108 - Homegrown Flowers

Happy Monday to you! If you are stopping by for the ODBD April Release hop please click HERE. I am so excited to be a part of the Shabby Tea Room this month. I am blessed to be serving as a guest designer each Monday in April. So be sure to stop by and see what fun challenge Debbie has for us! So on to this week's inspiration photo...



The challenge -

'Homegrown Flowers’ – create a card or project inspired by the photo and INCLUDE A HANDMADE FLOWER!

And my interpretation...



The homemade rose was super easy to make! I used a scalloped punch and cut out 8 white scallops. I inked each with a sponge using light pink ink. I then used a paper piercer to place a hole in the stacked scallops and placed a tiny brad in the middle to secure. I then crinkled each layer up and around the brad to make a bud. After getting the look I wanted I spritzed the entire project with Vanilla Shimmer Smooch. Super easy!!!

For complete challenge details and Mr. Linky. Please click HERE. Thanks for stopping in and until next time... Blessings...

Supplies

Stamps - Our Daily Bread Designs - Scripture Collection 8
Ink - Close to My Heart, Versafine
Paper - My Mind's Eye - Lost & Found - Breeze; My Mind's Eye - Misss Caroline - Dolled Up; Colorbok; Bazzill
Embossing Folder - Provocraft Plum Blossoms
Pearls - Recollections
Die - Cheery Lynn Designs - Fanciful Flourish; Spellbinders Standard Circles Large

Welcome to ODBD's April Release!

Welcome to the Our Daily Bread Designs April 1 Release Blog Hop! If you got here from Sandee’s, you are in the right place! If you just happened here, you might want to hop on over to the ODBD Blog and start from there so you don’t miss a chance to win any of the four great prizes this month, and pick up all the details there! You have until Monday 8PM EDT to complete the hop! We do have one announcement we want to be sure you get! We have decided to extend our Customer Favorites Contest! You now have until April 7th to add your submission to the Customer Favorites Contest for a chance to win a free set and the chance to be a guest designer for the release of “your” set! So leave us your ONE choice of favorite short Scripture, spiritual quote or spiritual sentiment, and YOUR submission might be in the next ODBD Customer Favorites Sets! Read all the details and leave your submission HERE! ***PLEASE take time to see the Scriptures already in our sets list so you don’t waste your one submission on one that’s already in a set!

Now… on to my creation:



I cut the scallop base using an electronic die cut system. Unfortunately I do not own any of the larger Spellbinders so I make due with what I have! The card stock already had a delightful embossed pattern to it BEFORE cutting! What a time saver. I cut a slightly smaller (5 inch) circle using some MME paper and layered a lace ruffle behind it. I then placed it on the card stock base with dimensional foam. I stamped, colored and cut my tabby image adding a scallop card stock base. The sentiment and image are both from ODBD's new release, Cat Sympathy. I love this set! And even though I am known for my St. Bernards, I originally was a cat owner. Well, actually they OWNED me! lol... I finished the card with a bit of white lace behind the image and a die cut flourish accented with mulberry roses. I added a tiny lady bug brad for interest! Miss Kitty had to be looking at something!!! Blessings...

Supplies

Stamps - Our Daily Bread Designs - Cat Sympathy
Paper - Bazzill Two Scoops; Neenah Solar Crest; My Mind's Eye - Dolled Up; My Mind's Eye - Breeze
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black; Memento Summer Sky; Memento Bamboo Leaves; Copics
Dies - Cheery Lynn Designs - Fanciful Flourish; Spellbinders Standard Circles Large; Spellbinders Petite Scalloped Circles Large
Lace, Mulberry Roses, Lady Bug Brad
Thanks so much for visiting… now from here you’ll hop to Silke!

Challenges

Wednesday Word Art - Challenge 21

ODBDSLC102 ~ Your Favorite ODBD Stamp Set!

Happy Saturday All!! So glad you stopped by! I hope you are all having a great weekend!! Today I am popping in to share this week's Our Daily Bread Designs Shining the Light Challenge!!

This week’s challenge:

Today marks the last March Anniversary challenge at Our Daily Bread Designs. Since we are celebrating the Anniversary of Our Daily Bread Designs, why not end our Anniversary challenges with your favorite stamp set from Our Daily Bread Designs!!! We can’t wait to see your ODBD creations!!

To make the challenge even more fun, we will be giving out a prize, a $15 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!! Entries for the prize must be submitted by Friday, April 6th at 8 a.m. EST. One random winner will be chosen and announced Saturday, April 7th. If you are not using ODBD stamps, please do not enter more than once. Additional entries without using ODBD stamps will not be commented on nor will they qualify for prizes.

While it is not required to use Our Daily Bread Designs images and sentiments on your creations, we would love to see them if you have them! As a way of recognizing those who do use Our Daily Bread Designs stamps, we will again be choosing 1 to 2 creations to spotlight for our Shining the Light Award. In order to qualify for this award, however, you must use Our Daily Bread stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by Friday, April 6th at 8 a.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword ODBDSLC102. When creating your posts on blogs please include a link to our challenge.

Here's my take on this week's challenge...



Before stamping my image (ODBD's Faith set), I used a sticky note to mask off the center panel. I then stamped the image on top and rotated my paper and stamped it again on the bottom and removed the mask. I used a matching marker to gently line the top and stamped the scripture. I then cut/embossed the focal panel adding a coordinating DP scalloped oval to give a little definition. I placed a bit of lace under the panel itself as well as wrapping a scrap around the sentiment panel taking care to secure each end on the back before adding it to the scalloped background. A die flourish, mulberry roses and some coordinating paper punches add a little pizzaz. Thanks for stopping in and be sure to check out what my other Sister Sticks have for ya... Blessings...

Jan Marie Ennenga
Jan Keen
Kathy Roney
Rosemary Dennis
Sabrina Jackson

To see all the creations in one place or join the challenge, click here.
We hope you can join the challenge! We look forward to seeing your creations!!

Supplies
Stamps - Our Daily Bread Designs - Faith
Ink - Memento - Rich Cocoa, Distress Ink - Antique Linen
Paper - CTMH - Pemberley
Embossing Folder - Sizzix - Scrollwork
Dies - Spellbinders Standard Ovals Large, Scalloped Ovals Large; Cheery Lynn Designs - Fanciful FlourishMiscellaneous - Pearls, Paper Punches, Lace (Thanks again to my dear friend Sabrina)

Additional Challenges

Stampin' Sisters in Christ - SSIC132 - Lots of Embellishments!
Cheery Lynn Designs - CLD21 - Things With Wings (Butterfly Image)
SplitCoast Stampers Ways To Use - WT368 - Get Sentimental

Exploring Cricut

If you are looking for the Our Daily Bread Designs Love of Easter Sets blog hop click HERE.

Welcome to another daily project for Exploring Cricut. Don't you just love when something unexpected happens? Well, maybe not when unannounced visitors show up and you are stuffing things under the couch... In this case I stopped at a Hobby Lobby recently and found this fun feather accessory in the ribbon aisle. The original intention for this product was a hair bow. But I knew I wanted to make a peacock and not just any peacock... a CRICUT peacock! A dear friend of mine has a birthday in a few weeks and I knew she would love the humor of this sentiment...

Here he is...



Cuts

Create A Critter - Body, Chest, Beak - pg. 70 - 5.5 inches (royal & white)
Heritage - Frame - pg. 25 - 1 inch (white)

Paper - Colorbok, Bazzill, Colorbok Pattern Pack - Rosewood
Stamp - Unknown
Embossing Powder - Stampendous
Watermark Ink - Versamark
Peacock Trim - The Ribbon Boutique

Thanks so much for stopping in! Have a wonderful week!

ODBD Alumni Team Love of Easter Sets Blog 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 For the Love of ODBD Easter Sets! Check out each link and leave a comment. If you get lost along the way, go to the ODBD blog for the full link list. One of the post 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, April 11th at 6 pm. The winner will be announced April 12th! So, get hopping and enjoy all the Easter inspiration using For the Love of ODBD Easter Sets!

If you arrived here from Kathy's blog you are in the right spot! If not, head over to the ODBD blog for a full link list.

I decided to work with the Daffodil Tag Set pictured below...



And my project this week...



I used a simple ecru card stock base. I then cut a matching doily die with the leftover card stock. I added a soft polka dotted DP panel at the bottom and edged it with a soft daffodil seam binding my dear friend Sabrina sent me along with soft cream flower trim. A wooden button and hemp string tied through hide the seams. I split my doily in two adhering one half to the top panel and one below. I stamped two Daffodil Tag Set images on Copic compatible card stock and colored both. After stamping a sentiment I chose Spellbinders' Small Labels to emboss and cut my tag. I then cut out one of the daffodil images and used dimensional foam to adhere to the original image. I the tag on my card and added Stardust Stickles to each daffofil for interest. A few random pearls scattered on the doily top it off! I just love yellow! Don't you??

Now next on the hop is Rosemary. She has a wonderful project to share! Thanks so much for hopping along with us! Blessings!

Supplies
Stamps - ODBD Daffodil Tag Set
Ink - Versafine Onyx Black, Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics
Paper - Bazzill, Neenah, Echo Park's A Boy's Life
Dies - Cheery Lynn Designs French Pastry; Spellbinders Small Labels
Seam Binding, Flower Trim, Stickles - Stardust, Pearls - Recollections, Hemp Twine, Wood Button

Houndstooth and Mother's Day?

Yes, tis true! I mixed a distinctly masculine print paper with a decidedly girly pattern and well... let's just say it is definitely different from my normal cards! Sometimes you have to just mix it up, right? Since it is my birthday... lol... I can do that right??? Seriously, it gave me a wonderful opportunity to use one of the new Spellbinder dies. Gotta love that!



I started out with a sketch and somehow... Let's just say it went a little haywire! lol... So here are all the details...

Paper - Paper Studio, Bazzill, Basic Grey Kissing Booth
Stamps - Our Daily Bread Designs - Mother's Day
Ink - Versafine Black Onyx
Dies - Sizzix - Elegant Flourishes, Spellbinders - Aster Flower Topper & Foliage
Accessories - Corduroy Brad - The Paper Studio

Thanks for stopping by! Stop back Thursday to see what the ODBD Alumi team will be up to! They have a wonderful hop planned! Until next time... Blessings!

Exploring Cricut Challenge #12 ~ It's a Spring Thing

Welcome to another fun challenge at Exploring Cricut. Diane's challenge this week..

Create any card, layout, or papercraft celebrating Spring using the colors pink, green, yellow, purple, blue and white!

And here's my interpretation...



I opted to do a simple page I can add a couple of photos to. I used several carts on this project including George and Plantin' Schoolbook. I had to knock the dust off of a few of them! lol...

Cuts

Clouds - Everyday Paper Dolls - 6.5 inches - pg 42
Easter - Designer's Calendar - 3 inches - pg 38
Butterfly - Kate's ABC's - 2.5 inches - pg 62
Grass - Plantin' Schoolbook - 2.5 inches - pg 69
Eggs - George - 2.5 inches - pg 114

Embossing Folders
Swiss Dots - Butterfly
Birds & Swirls & Victoria - Eggs

Products

Paper - Bazzill & Colorbok

Thanks for looking and don't forget to stop back Friday for another fun Cricut project! Until then... blessings...