Our Daily Bread Designs' May Mid Month Release and Blog Hop

Welcome to a special mid-month release at Our Daily Bread Designs.  Today, I have two projects to share using the new Ride 'Em Cowboy and Grill Master stamp sets.  Plus I had the opportunity to use a couple of coordinating die sets, BBQ Grill Die and the Barbecue Tools Die.

Let's start with the first card, perfect for Father's Day...

Layer by layer...

4.25 x 11 inch white card stock base, scored and folded at 5.5 inches

4.25 x 5.5 inch DP base ***ODBD*** Old Glory Paper Pad - Blue

***ODBD*** Old Glory Paper Pad - Plaid DP - ***ODBD*** Pierced Rectangles Die

***ODBD*** - Red DP - Old Glory Paper Pad - ***ODBD*** Pierced Rectangles Die

White CS - ***ODBD*** Pierced Rectangles Die - sponged lightly with Summer Sky Ink 

Neenah Solar Crest Paper - (image) - ***ODBD*** Grill Master ***ODBD BBQ Grill Die

Copic Colors

The reds you see are R22, R24, R27 and R29

Stamped sentiment with Black on Image after coloring and die cutting

***ODBD*** Barbeque Tools Die - Old Glory Paper Pad (mitt), silver poster board for other tools...

And here are the new release items you see today...

and some other May 1st release items you see...

and a few old favorites...

But before we go to my second project today, I have some fun news to share!  This is a blog hop after all and that means a chance to win!  

***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 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 May 19th, so be sure to check back there to see if you won!***

Check the bottom of today's post for all of the participating designers and links to their blogs!

And now for card #2 featuring Ride 'Em Cowboy...

Layer by Layer...

Black CS 4.25 x 11 inches, folded and scored at 5.5 inches

Yellow CS - ***ODBD*** Pierced Rectangles Die

Black CS - ***ODBD*** Pierced Rectangles Die

Image - ***ODBD*** Ride 'Em Cowboy stamped with Onyx Black Versafine Ink on 

***ODBD*** DP from Blooming Garden Paper Collection then die cut with ***ODBD*** Pierced Circles Die

Black CS - ***ODBD*** Sparkling Stars Die

Baker's Twine

And here is the new stamp set...

A few dies from our May 1st release...

and a few ODBD Classics....

Don't forget our blog hop today...  and if you get lost along the way you can find all the links HERE and the ODBD blog...

And the Bread Sticks...

Melissa * Julie * Sandee * Cathy * Dawn

 * Lori (ME) * Robin * Chris * Angie

Thanks for stopping in!  Join me in the coming days for more fun projects from ODBD and North Coast Creations.  Blessings!

A Look Back at Our Daily Bread Designs' May Release

Today we are taking a look back at Our Daily Bread Designs May Release.  Here is the card I created using Medallion Background stamp, Medallion Sentiments stamp set, Majestic Medallion Die, Flourishy Frame Die and Pierced Rectangles Die. For more inspiration using the May Release be sure to visit the Our Daily Bread Designs' Blog.

Let me peel back some of the layers on this ultra frilly card...

4.25 x 11 inch White Card Stock; scored and folded at 5.5 inches
ODBD - Pastel Paper Pack - (light blue) - 5.5 x 4.25 inches
Silver Poster Board - ODBD - Majestic Medallion Die
White Card Stock - ODBD - Majestic Medallion Die (frilly overlay layers perfectly under the next die by ODBD - Pierced Rectangles Die - on embossed paper from ODBD Pastel Paper Pack
Embossed stamp design - ODBD - Medallion Background - stamped with Versamark and White Embossing Powder on light blue DP
1 Silver Poster Board - Flourishy Frame Die and white Card Stock Flourishy Frame Die (offset one another)
Medallion Sentiments stamp set - Greeting and Design on sentiment panel (also embossed on ODBD Designer paper); die cut with ODBD' s Flourishy Frame Die
Flowers created with white card stock, Scattered Straw Distress Ink and Faded Jeans Distress ink and ODBD's Pretty Posies Die 
Perfect Pearls - Perfect Pearls added to blossoms; pearls by Recollections
Foliage (silver & white) ODBD - Fancy Foliage Die

and some of the new items you see today...

and a few old favorites...

Don't forget to stop by our BLOG if you get lost along the way...

And the Design Team affectionately known as the "Bread Sticks"

Robin * Melissa * Julie * Sandee * Cathy * Dawn 
* Lori * Lisa * Sabrina * Grace * Jan (Guest Designer)

Thanks for stopping by!

WAW230 & 231 ~ Family Friendly Challenge ~

Good morning and welcome to a new bi-weekly challenge at Word Art Wednesday! 
 We have more great prizes this week SO be sure to stop by and check this challenge out.  AND make sure to post your creation for an opportunity to win! 

This week we have a wonderful passage from one of my favorite places in the Old Testament, the book of Psalms...

And here a few of the items you see used today...

Papers by Pebbles - Front Porch
Dies - Our Daily Bread Designs - Majestic Medallions Die, Pierced Rectangles Die and Double Stitched Squares Die

Don't forget to stop by Word Art Wednesday for this week's Digital Scripture and the link to play along!

Word Art Wednesday

I'm playing along with the MOJO Monday sketch...  HERE



Thanks for stopping by!

~ Honor Her ~

Good morning!  It is hard to believe that Monday has rolled back around again!  I hope you had a wonderful Mother's Day weekend filled with love and laughter!  Today, I have a special card to show appreciation to the woman who makes it all better!  I am blessed to still have my Mom with me.  And she had definitely worked hard all of her life.  She, along with my Dad ran a dairy, raised tobacco and a myriad of other crops AND raised me!  I'm pretty sure, I was the more complicated job...  lol

So here it is featuring an image and scripture from Our Daily Bread Designs' Homemade Pie stamp set...

and the items you see used here today...

first layer of designer paper...

second layer of designer paper AND apron print...

the red DP layer....

Thank you for stopping by!  Blessings...

The Decision America Tour

What do you do when the best made plans you have made...  just don't happen?  The last few weeks have been a blur.  I have been unusually busy as I am sure you are.  Life just seems to be packed with even more events, responsibilities, chores...  you know!  STUFF!

But things became very clear for me this past Wednesday.  You see I took a day off from work to volunteer at the #DecisionAmericaTour2016 in Frankfort, Kentucky hosted by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.  I signed up to volunteer in February.  But the weeks leading up to the event did not go anything like I expected them to.  Work became busier, my health suffered and I spent many hours traveling in my car in tears...  deeply burdened by what I felt was a God given call and the complications of life...  I toyed with staying home which only made me cry more...  I began to feel worse...  spiraling into a Devil induced tailspin.  And then it happened...  I left it all at the Cross...  laid the pain and worry at His feet and began to live...

Wednesday morning threatened rain, but when I left home for the 1.5 hour drive the sun was shining.  The closer I got to Frankfort, the more energized I became.  I felt 20 years young again and my heart was full.  After parking and meeting a lovely couple with the BGEA, we walked to registration.  I picked up my t-shirt, badge and assignment and then we had CHURCH...

Over a hundred volunteers from across the Commonwealth raised our voices in prayer... the tears flowed yet again... God was surely in this place!

We went to our assignments.  I was stationed near the base of the Capitol to greet those coming to the event...  The presence of the Holy Spirit was palpable...

Franklin Graham gave a powerful message that day.  If you have any doubts about why Christians should be engaged in this and every election, I would challenge you to find out more HERE.

Pray. Vote. Engage.

"Become a political activist for God."  

-Franklin Graham  

When I look at my volunteer badge today...  the V seems to stand for something much bigger...  Victory in Christ...  Standing with God...  Making a solid commitment to support our Lord and Savior...  

The next day, the #DecisionAmericaTour2016 bus made a stop in Charleston, WV.  And if I had another day off, I would have been there...  

I hope and pray, my Lord can use me in other ways...  political office, maybe... I pledged Wednesday to give it prayerful consideration.  

  

Check out the Decision America Tour site HERE for more information about the tour.  Please consider attending in your state and pray for the rally in each state capitol.  In Frankfort alone we had over 150 decisions for Christ and 6,000 in attendance.  God is very much alive folks and to Him be all the Glory!  It was the most amazing day of my life!  Our volunteer coordinator told us early that morning that we would remember that day always.  I know I will.  

  

Thank you and until next time...

Blessings...

~ Families are Like Quilts ~

Popping in to share a clean and simple card featuring a stamp from Our Daily Bread Designs called Quilted Family and Friends...

Layers and layers...

Burnt Orange CS base measuring 5.5 x 8.5 inches; scored and folded at 4.25 inches

ODBD - Cozy Quilt Paper Collection and Pierced Rectangles Die

Burnt Orange CS - ODBD's Star Quilt Die

Burnt Orange CS - ODBD's Ovals Die

White CS - ODBD's Pierced Ovals Die

Sentiment - Versafine Black Onyx - ODBD's Quilted Family and Friends

Here are the items you see on today's project...

Thanks for stopping by!  Until next time... 

Blessings...

May Release and Blog Hop at Our Daily Bread Designs

Welcome to Our Daily Bread Designs' May Release and Blog Hop!  The designers at ODBD have some beautiful creations to share featuring new stamps and dies!  And if you love the vintage feel, this release will be right up your alley!  Don't forget to check the end of my post today to see how you can hop along and potentially win your own gift code to the ODBD website!  

Here is my first card today featuring the new stamp set Tea Time, coordinating die Teapot & Roses, Flourishy Frame Die, Pierced Rectangles Die AND the fabulous Majestic Medallion Die!  

Lot's of layers of lusciousness...  (is that a word????)  

For today's purposes it IS!!!

Layer by Layer -

New ODBD items denoted with ****

4.25 x 11 inch white card stock base; scored and folded at 5.5 inches

****Pierced Rectangles Die and ODBD's Pastel Paper Pack (pink with white polka dot DP)

****Majestic Medallion Die - White CS

****Flourishy Frames Die - White CS

****Flourishy Frames Die and ODBD Pastel Paper Pack (Pink DP)

Neenah Solar Crest - ****Tea Time (Image)

 Image stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored with Copics 

After coloring the image I used the coordinating ****Teapot & Roses Die to cut both the flowers and tea pot out, adding them with dimensional foam

The final touch - sentiment (black ink) also from the ****Tea Time set on ODBD's DP - Pastel Paper Pack and framed with Rectangles Die

And here are the new dies  you see on this project...

For today's second project, I chose the new stamp set, My Soul Thirsts

Layer by Layer...

4.25 x 11 inch Cocoa CS, scored and folded at 5.5 inches

****Pierced Rectangles Die with ODBD's DP Vintage Ephemera Paper Collection (Floral DP)

****Pierced Rectangles Die with ODBD's DP Vintage Ephemera Paper Collection  (Polka Dot DP)

Cocoa CS - Filigree Frames Die

****Pierced Rectangles Die with ODBD's Ephemera Essentials Paper Pad

****My Soul Thirsts - (sentiment stamped with a rich brown ink)

Flowers - ODBD's Ephemera Essentials Paper Pad - Pretty Posies Die 

Antique Bronze Microbead Centers

 Brown CS Twigs - ODBD's Lovely Leaves Die

and here are some of ODBD's favorites you see on these projects today...

So now here are the details for today's 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, 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 May 3rd, so be sure to check back there to see if you won!

Thank you!

So to get started here are the design team blogs...

* Lori  (ME)* Robin * Melissa * Julie * 

* Sandee * Cathy * Dawn * Grace * Lisa *

 Sabrina * Diana * Angie  

 Chris * Jan (Guest Designer)

ODBD Blog  (If you get lost along the way!)

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you enjoyed the projects I shared today.  As always I appreciate your feedback!  Blessings....