He will rise....

Hello friends!! Easter is almost upon us and I have a card to share that I will be entering in the current Our Daily Bread Designs Shining the Light challenge.  This card is a version of a card that is in the Spring 2013 issue of Card Maker magazine (that card can be found on page 34 of CM).  I was so very happy when Card Maker picked the card for publication because it gave me a chance to showcase ODBD stamps in a widely read papercrafting magazine.

For the card I used two different ODBD sets:  Loving Memories and He Will Rise.  The card base and the ribbon are PTI's Spring Rain.  The calla lily image was stamped using Memento's Summer Sky and the sentiment using Memento Tuxedo Black.  After tying on the ribbon I added a beautiful little cross charm that I received from the super sweet Sabrina.  Sabrina is one of the uber talented ODBD "sticks".  

Thanks for stopping by... I hope that you have a wonderful Easter with your families and are able to spend some time reflecting on what our savior, Jesus, did for us all!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI Spring Rain & white; Stamps:  Our Daily Bread Designs; Inks:  Memento; Ribbon:  PTI; Cross charm:  unknown

ODBDSLC137... Anything Goes and a Goodbye

Hello friends!!  Merry Christmas!! Today isn't the usual posting day for the Shining the Light challenge, but since tomorrow is Christmas the challenge team is posting one day early.  The challenge theme is anything goes with ODBD stamps and the challenge will last for two weeks.  I'm a bit sad today because this is my last post as a member of the ODBD challenge team.  I have enjoyed my year on the challenge team, but after much prayer and careful consideration realized that it was time for me to step down so I can focus more on my boys.  But not to worry... I will still be playing along with the Shining the Light challenges as often as I can!  I do want to thank Kelley, the owner of ODBD,  and Chris, the challenge team coordinator, for giving me the opportunity to represent Our Daily Bread Designs on a weekly basis.  It has been one of the best experiences of my life and has helped me grow in my faith in many different ways!   Now on to my card....

As I indicated this challenge is anything goes... but you must use ODBD stamps.  Initially I had decided to use one of my favorite ODBD stamp sets, Faith.  But as I was putting the card together, it just wasn't working out to my satisfaction.  So instead I used a verse from the Scripture Collection 5 set and the floral image from Don't Worry.   The layout for the card is based on the current Deconstructed Sketch.   I stamped the floral image on some My Mind's Eye patterned paper (Follow Your Heart Collection - Be Happy) using pink ink (it is a bit hard to see) and then overstamped the verse using black ink.  The edges of the piece were then inked with Rangers Old Paper and two corners curled back.  This piece was matted with cream cardstock that had been inked with Old Paper, as well.  All the other patterned paper and cardstock pieces were inked and corners curled before the card was assembled.  I finished things off with some lace, light pink sheer ribbon and pink roses.   I really like how the card turned out... so soft and feminine!

As always, we will be giving out a prize, a $15.00 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!!! Entries for the prize must be submitted by Sunday, January 7th at 8:00 pm EST. One random winner will be chosen and announced on Tuesday. While it is not required to use Our Daily Bread Design images and sentiments on your projects, we would definitely love to see them if you have them!! As a way of recognizing those who do use ODBD stamps we will be choosing three or more of our participants for the Shining the Light Award. In order to qualify for this award or join the challenge, you must use ODBD stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by Sunday, January 7th at 8:00 pm EST. If you upload to Splitcoaststampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword: ODBDSLC136. When creating your post on your blog, please include a direct link to the challenge.

Thanks for stopping by... please take some time to check out the beautiful projects created by my fellow "sticks" Lori, Jan Marie, Jan, Kathy,and Chris. To join in the fun, please click here.

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI cream & kraft; SU! pink; PP:  My Mind's Eye; Inks:  Ranger Old Paper; SU! Pink Pirouette & Memento Tuxedo Black; Lace:  May Arts; Pink Ribbon:  SU!; Roses:  unknown.

ODBDSLC135.... Let It Snow!!

Hello friends!!  It Tuesday and that means time for a brand new Shining the Light challenge!!  With winter arriving in a few days and Christmas just around the corner the challenge this week is to use snow or snowflakes on your project.  This could include snowflake images, die cuts, paper, embossing folders, etc.   For my card I used two newly released ODBD stamps:  Small Snowflake Background and Away in a Manger.  

Because I knew I was going to use the Small Snowflake background stamp I decided right away that I wanted to use the emboss/resist technique on my card.  The Small Snowflake background stamp is perfect for emboss/resist.  In fact the other newly release ODBD background stamp Snowflake Background is also perfect for this technique as well.  The next step was to determine what colors I was going to use.  As I looked through my Ranger Distress Inks I finally settled on purple, but I'm not entirely sure why, lol!!  Anywhoo... I stamped the background on white cardstock using VersaMark watermark ink, applied the clear embossing powder and heat set.  Once that was done I applied Milled Lavendar and Dusty Concord Distress inks to the image and wiped off any excess ink.  The sentiment from Away in a Manger was stamped using Dusty Concord and then die cut using a Spellbinders fancy tag... not sure which one and some Milled Lavendar was applied to that as well.  I attached the sentiment to the card using some super yummy May Arts white crinkle ribbon.  The card was looking a bit plain so I added some rhinestones to the tag, as well as the rhinestone flourishes and the purple rose. 

As always, we will be giving out a prize, a $15.00 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!!! Entries for the prize must be submitted by Sunday, December 23rd at 8:00 pm EST. One random winner will be chosen and announced on Tuesday. While it is not required to use Our Daily Bread Design images and sentiments on your projects, we would definitely love to see them if you have them!! As a way of recognizing those who do use ODBD stamps we will be choosing three or more of our participants for the Shining the Light Award. In order to qualify for this award or join the challenge, you must use ODBD stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by Sunday, December 23rd at 8:00 pm EST. If you upload to Splitcoaststampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword: ODBDSLC135. When creating your post on your blog, please include a direct link to the challenge.

Thanks for stopping by... please take some time to check out the beautiful projects created by my fellow "sticks" Lori, Jan Marie, Jan, Kathy,and Chris. To join in the fun, please click here.

Supplies:  Cardstock:  white; Stamps:  ODBD; Inks:  Ranger Distress Inks, VersaMark Watermark ink; Dies:  Spellbinders tag dies; Rhinestones:  Stampin Up!; Rhinestone Flourishes:  Recollections; Ribbon:  May Arts; Rose:  Prima

ODBDSLC134... A Word Challenge

Hello friends!!  It is Tuesday and that means time for a new Shining the Light challenge!! This week we have a word challenge for you.   We are asking that you create your project using the letters in the word NOEL.   So... I'm going to admit right now that I had a bit of a hard time with this one and it took me some real thinking to figure out what I could do stamping-wise for the letter "O"!!    Here is what I came up with N:  Nesties; O: Over-stamping; E:  Embossing; L: Lace.

One of my favorite sets of Nesties is the Labels 21 set.  I have made several cards using the largest die in the set and decided to use them to make my card for this challenge.   I didn't want to make a Christmas card so I used the lovely ODBD set Mother Teresa.  The color combo was based on papers I pulled out of a BasicGrey 6x6 pad called Clippings.   I die cut the card from aqua cardstock and then used the largest die to create the first mat which was then embossed using the Cuttlebug Swiss Dot embossing folder.  The image was stamped on white cardstock using yellow ink and then the sentiment was over-stamped with black ink.  This piece was matted with additional patterned paper.  Before adhering the stamped piece to the mats I added some lace.  A few buttons were included to finishing the card.

As always, we will be giving out a prize, a $15.00 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!!! Entries for the prize must be submitted by Sunday, December 9th at 8:00 pm EST. One random winner will be chosen and announced on Tuesday. While it is not required to use Our Daily Bread Design images and sentiments on your projects, we would definitely love to see them if you have them!! As a way of recognizing those who do use ODBD stamps we will be choosing three or more of our participants for the Shining the Light Award. In order to qualify for this award or join the challenge, you must use ODBD stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by Sunday, December 9th at 8:00 pm EST. If you upload to Splitcoaststampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword: ODBDSLC133. When creating your post on your blog, please include a direct link to the challenge.

Thanks for stopping by... please take some time to check out the beautiful projects created by my fellow "sticks" Lori, Jan Marie, Jan, Kathy,and Chris. To join in the fun, please click here

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI Aqua Mist & white; PP:  BasicGrey Clippings; Stamps:  Mother Teresa; Inks:  SU! So Saffron, Memento Tuxedo Black; Dies:  Spellbinders Labels 21; Buttons:  PTI; Lace:  May Arts

ODBDSLC133... Gettin' Sketchy!

Hello friends!!  It is Tuesday and that means time for a brand spankin' new Shining the Light challenge!  This week the challenge team is bringing you an absolutely fantastic sketch to spark your creativity!  

For my card I decided to use several of my most favorite ODBD stamp sets, Faith, Butterfly Corner and Butterfly, Single.    The color scheme came from the patterned papers that I used from the brand new My Mind's Eye Lost & Found 3 Oliver 6x6 pad.  I stamped the Butterfly Corner image using SU!'s Marina Mist and then die cut it using a plain Spellbinders die and then matted the image with plain circle die cut from navy blue cardstock.  The butterfly was stamped on white cardstock using More Mustard ink, die cut using the matching ODBD butterfly die and then the edges painted with Diamond Stickles.  A second butterfly was stamped on some of the Oliver patterned paper with More Mustard, die cut with the butterfly die and covered in Diamond Stickles.  Once the butterflies were dry they were layered over the main image.   I stamped the verse from the Faith set using Marina Mist, but it is a little hard to see.  Finished the card off with a fun doily and some lace. 
 
As always, we will be giving out a prize, a $15.00 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!!! Entries for the prize must be submitted by Sunday, December 9th at 8:00 pm EST. One random winner will be chosen and announced on Tuesday. While it is not required to use Our Daily Bread Design images and sentiments on your projects, we would definitely love to see them if you have them!! As a way of recognizing those who do use ODBD stamps we will be choosing three or more of our participants for the Shining the Light Award. In order to qualify for this award or join the challenge, you must use ODBD stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by Sunday, December 9th at 8:00 pm EST. If you upload to Splitcoaststampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword: ODBDSLC133. When creating your post on your blog, please include a direct link to the challenge.

Thanks for stopping by... please take some time to check out the beautiful projects created by my fellow "sticks" Lori, Jan Marie, Jan, Kathy,and Chris.  To join in the fun, please click here.

Supplies:  Cardstock: PTI white; SU! navy; PP:  My Mind's Eye; Ink:  SU! Marina Mist & More Mustard; Diamond Stickles; Spellbinders Plain Circle Dies; May Arts lace; paper doily - Montana Misfits.

ODBDSLC132... Chickadee Ornament

Hello friends!!  Tuesday is here and that means time for a brand new Shining the Light challenge!!  This week the challenge team is asking you to make a holiday card that has an ornament or something hanging on it.   For my card this week I used the brand new Chickadee Ornament set.
This is the last week with our fabulous guest designer, Barbara.  Please make sure you check out her blog and leave her some love.

I kept things really simple and just let the chickadee ornament shine.  I stamped the ornament image using Memento Tuxedo black ink and then die cut it using a Spellbinders plain circle die.  Once it was die cut I colored the image with Copic markers.   Some red cardstock was die cut using another plain circle die to use as a mat for the ornament image.  The little hanger was stamped using Delicata Golden Glitz ink, trimmed out and adhered to the ornament.   The ornament was matted with the red circle and then the bakers twine was adhered to the back.   Some additional baker's twine was tied in a bow.   The white cardstock piece was embossed using my SU!/Sizzix woodgrain embossing folder and then inked with some Old Paper distress ink.  At the time I took the photo the ornament is actually hanging free.   I didn't put a sentiment on the front, but will add that to the inside at a later date. 

As always, we will be giving out a prize, a $15.00 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!!! Entries for the prize must be submitted by Sunday, December 1st at 8:00 pm EST. One random winner will be chosen and announced on Tuesday. While it is not required to use Our Daily Bread Design images and sentiments on your projects, we would definitely love to see them if you have them!! As a way of recognizing those who do use ODBD stamps we will be choosing three or more of our participants for the Shining the Light Award. In order to qualify for this award or join the challenge, you must use ODBD stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by Sunday, December 1st at 8:00 pm EST. If you upload to Splitcoaststampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword: ODBDSLC132. When creating your post on your blog, please include a direct link to the challenge.

Thanks for stopping by... please take some time to check out the beautiful projects created by my fellow "sticks" Lori, Jan Marie, Jan, Kathy, Chris, and this month's guest designer, Barbara! To join in the fun, please click here.

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI red and white; Stamps:  ODBD Chickadee Ornament; Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black; Dies:  Spellbinders; Embossing Folder:  SU!/Sizzix Woodgrain; Baker's Twine:  The Twinery; Diamond Stickles; Copic Markers

ODBDSLC131... Celebrating the Holidays!

Hello friends!!   It is Tuesday and that means time for a brand new Shining the Light challenge!!  This week the challenge team is asking you to make a holiday project, Christmas or Thanksgivings, the choice is yours or you could make a card for both!!  I decided to make a Christmas card using the recently release ODBD set Perfect Gift.



Inside of Card

The layout for my card is based on this month's Sketch for You To Try.   The papers are from My Mind's Eye (of course!!)... the Winter Wonderland collection.  I stamped the tree using Memento Tuxedo Black ink, colored it with Copic markers and then trimmed it out.  It is hard to see, but some of the ornaments were not colored, but filled in using Diamond Stickles... looks really pretty in real life.  I also stamped the two little images of Christmas packages in Tuxedo Black, colored them and trimmed them out.  I added some texture to the light blue piece of paper by embossing it with my Swiss Dot embossing folder.  The die cut is a Spellbinders Lacy Circles.   The interior of the card was finished off with the sentiment die cut using a Spellbinders plain circle die.  It was then matted with an additional plain circle and another Lacy Circle die cut.   I like to finish off the interior of the card and provide a photo, but for some reason lots of people don't seem to understand that it is the INSIDE OF THE CARD because I get comments on how pretty the second card is!  Anywhoo... the above photo is of the INSIDE of the card and not a separate card.

As always, we will be giving out a prize, a $15.00 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!!! Entries for the prize must be submitted by Sunday, November 25th at 8:00 pm EST. One random winner will be chosen and announced on Tuesday. While it is not required to use Our Daily Bread Design images and sentiments on your projects, we would definitely love to see them if you have them!! As a way of recognizing those who do use ODBD stamps we will be choosing three or more of our participants for the Shining the Light Award. In order to qualify for this award or join the challenge, you must use ODBD stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by Sunday, November 25th at 8:00 pm EST. If you upload to Splitcoaststampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword: ODBDSLC131. When creating your post on your blog, please include a direct link to the challenge.

Thanks for stopping by... please take some time to check out the beautiful projects created by my fellow "sticks" Lori, Jan Marie, Jan, Kathy, Chris, and this month's guest designer, Barbara! To join in the fun, please click here.

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI cream & red; PP:  My Mind's Eye; Stamps:  ODBD; Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black; Copic Markers; Dies:  Spellbinders; Embossing Folder:  Cuttlebug; Ribbon:  PTI; Diamond Stickles

ODBDSLC130... Silver or Gold

Hello friends!!  Tuesday is here and that means time for a brand new Shining the Light challenge!  This week the challenge team is asking you to use silver or gold on your project.  And we continue to welcome the uber talented Barbara as our guest designer!!!

ODBD has so many beautiful Christmas stamps and one of them is the set called His Gift.  This set features a beautiful collage like image of a poinsettia.  I love poinsettias and just had to add this set to my ODBD collection.  This was the set I chose to use for my card today.  I stamped the image using VersaMagic watermark ink, applied ultrafine silver embossing powder and then heat set the image.  Once that was done I die cut the image using a Spellbinders plain rectangle die.  I pulled aqua and kraft papers from the My Mind's Eye All is Bright 6x6 pad to coordinate with the silver embossed image.  Some of the paper was die cut using a Spellbinders Scalloped rectangle die to use as a mat for the image.  The sentiment is from the ODBD set Poinsettia Tag.   The card was finished off with some lace and kraft colored ribbon. 

As always, we will be giving out a prize, a $15.00 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!!! Entries for the prize must be submitted by Sunday, November 18th at 8:00 pm EST. One random winner will be chosen and announced on Tuesday. While it is not required to use Our Daily Bread Design images and sentiments on your projects, we would definitely love to see them if you have them!! As a way of recognizing those who do use ODBD stamps we will be choosing three or more of our participants for the Shining the Light Award. In order to qualify for this award or join the challenge, you must use ODBD stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by Sunday, November 18th at 8:00 pm EST. If you upload to Splitcoaststampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword: ODBDSLC130. When creating your post on your blog, please include a direct link to the challenge.

Thanks for stopping by... please take some time to check out the beautiful projects created by my fellow "sticks" Lori, Jan Marie, Jan, Kathy, Chris, and this month's guest designer, Barbara! To join in the fun, please click here.

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white & Ocean Tides; PP:  My Mind's Eye; Stamps:  Our Daily Bread Designs; Ink:  VersaMagic & PTI Ocean Tides; Embossing powder:  Ranger UltraFine Silver; Ribbon:  May Arts white lace & PTI kraft ribbon; Dies:  Spellbinders & My Favorite Things

ODBDSLC129.... White on White

Hello friends!!!  Tuesday has arrived and that means time for a brand new Shining the Light challenge!    Winter is just around the corner and so the challenge team is asking you to make a project that is predominately white.   And as we are now into a new month we are also welcoming a new guest designer... the very talented Barbara Pace!!!

Like alot of crafters I have a fairly large collection of Spellbinders dies and recently I noticed that they had come out with a set that coordinated with the Labels One dies.  I haven't purchased many Spellbinders dies lately, but I knew the Decorative Labels One dies were ones I wanted to add to my collection.  Once I got the new dies I had been wanting to make a card using them in conjuntion with the Labels One dies.  This week's Shining the Light challenge gave me that opportunity.  The layout for my card is based on the current Deconstructed Sketch.   I die cut the card base using the largest Decorative Labels One die.  Because the PTI cardstock I used is a little thicker than most cardstock I did have to run the die through multiple times to get a good cut.  Much die cutting of additional cardstock using the Labels One and Decorative Labels One dies ensued before I ended up with the finished product.  The ODBD set I used was Scripture Collection 5.  Aside from the black ink used to stamp the verse I added a little bit of color by adding a light pink rose. 


As always, we will be giving out a prize, a $15.00 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!!! Entries for the prize must be submitted by Sunday, November 11th at 8:00 pm EST. One random winner will be chosen and announced on Tuesday. While it is not required to use Our Daily Bread Design images and sentiments on your projects, we would definitely love to see them if you have them!! As a way of recognizing those who do use ODBD stamps we will be choosing three or more of our participants for the Shining the Light Award. In order to qualify for this award or join the challenge, you must use ODBD stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by Sunday, November 11th at 8:00 pm EST. If you upload to Splitcoaststampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword: ODBDSLC129. When creating your post on your blog, please include a direct link to the challenge.

Thanks for stopping by... please take some time to check out the beautiful projects created by my fellow "sticks" Lori, Jan Marie, Jan, Kathy, Chris, and this month's guest designer, Barbara! To join in the fun, please click here.

supplies:  cardstock:  pti white; stamps:  odbd; dies:  spellbinders; lace & cording:  montana misfits; punch:  fiskars upper crust; embossing folder:  swiss dot

ODBDSLC128... For the Guys

Hello friends!!  Tuesday is here and that means time for another Shining the Light challenge.  This week the challenge team is asking you to make a card for a guy... something I think all of us find hard to do... I know I find it hard!   Today marks the last challenge for our very special guest Bridget.   Make sure you stop by her blog and leave her some love!   I would also like to ask everyone to please pray for all our fellow crafters and bloggy friends who live on the East Coast and who are now experiencing the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. 

Initially I thought I was going to use the ODBD set The Mighty Sea, but then as I was going through all my ODBD sets to find that particular one I pulled out the set Never Give Up and decided to use that set along with the Grunge Cross and matching die.  As this is a card for a guy I kept everything really, really simple.  I stamped the grunge cross image from Never Give Up using Ranger's Gathered Twigs distress ink and then inked up the piece using Old Paper and Vintage Photo distress inks.  Once I finished the inking I used my distressing tool to rough up the edges and add a few tears here and there.  The single grunge cross was stamped using Gather Twigs and die cut using the matching grunge cross die.  Some distress ink was added to the cross along with an antique looking brad.   I stamped the sentiment using black ink and then adhered the cross.   A nice grungy, masculine card, don't you think?

As always, we will be giving out a prize, a $15.00 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!!! Entries for the prize must be submitted by Sunday, November 4th at 8:00 pm EST. One random winner will be chosen and announced on Tuesday. While it is not required to use Our Daily Bread Design images and sentiments on your projects, we would definitely love to see them if you have them!! As a way of recognizing those who do use ODBD stamps we will be choosing three or more of our participants for the Shining the Light Award. In order to qualify for this award or join the challenge, you must use ODBD stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by Sunday, November 4th at 8:00 pm EST. If you upload to Splitcoaststampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword: ODBDSLC128. When creating your post on your blog, please include a direct link to the challenge.

Thanks for stopping by... please take some time to check out the beautiful projects created by my fellow "sticks" Lori, Jan Marie, Jan, Kathy, Chris, and this month's guest designer, Bridget! To join in the fun, please click here.

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI kraft & rustic cream; Stamps:  ODBD; Inks:  Ranger Gathered Twigs, Old Paper & Vintage Photo; Memento Tuxedo Black; Die:  ODBD Grunge Cross die; Brad:  Stamping Up!

ODBDSLC127... A Recipe

Hello friends!  It is Tuesday and that means time for a brand new Shining the Light challenge!!  The challenge this week is a recipe challenge using the word LEAF.   That means we want you to take at least three letters from the word to help you create your project.  Examples:  l - lace, e - embossing, a - acetate, f - fabric, flowers, etc.    Once, again, the design team is joined by the super talented, Bridget Finlay.

For my card I used the following letters:  L (lace), E (embossing), & F (flowers) and the ODBD sets, Eternity and Quote Collection 2, along with the ODBD/Spellbinders Elegant Oval dies.   I went with a pretty navy, yellow and white color combo.  I embossed the navy cardstock using a Stampin Up! embossing folder called Tulip Border and then adhered a strip of yellow designer paper to the piece.  Some lace was adhere over top of that.  Some additional designer paper was die cut using a My Favorite Things fishtail flag die.  The oval image from the Eternity set was stamped using navy ink and then die cut using the largest Elegant Oval die.  The quote from Quote Collection 2 was stamped in navy ink and die cut using a Spellbinders plain oval die, then layered on the Elegant Oval frame.  Three yellow flowers finished off the card.   The layout for the card is based on the current Deconstructed Sketch.

As always, we will be giving out a prize, a $15.00 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!!! Entries for the prize must be submitted by Sunday, October 28th at 8:00 pm EST. One random winner will be chosen and announced on Tuesday. While it is not required to use Our Daily Bread Design images and sentiments on your projects, we would definitely love to see them if you have them!! As a way of recognizing those who do use ODBD stamps we will be choosing three or more of our participants for the Shining the Light Award. In order to qualify for this award or join the challenge, you must use ODBD stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by Sunday, October 28th at 8:00 pm EST. If you upload to Splitcoaststampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword: ODBDSLC127. When creating your post on your blog, please include a direct link to the challenge.

Thanks for stopping by... please take some time to check out the beautiful projects created by my fellow "sticks" Lori, Jan Marie, Jan, Kathy, Chris, and this month's guest designer, Bridget! To join in the fun, please click here.

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; SU! Night of Navy; PP:  My Mind's Eye Breeze; Stamps:  ODBD Eternity & Quote Collection 2; Dies:  ODBD/Spellbinders Elegant Ovals; Spellbinders Plain Ovals; My Favorite Things Fishtail Flag Stax; Ink:  SU! Night of Navy; Lace:  May Arts; Flowers:  Prima; Embossing Folder:  Stampin Up!

ODBDSLC126... Let's Get Sketchy!

Hello friends!!  It's Tuesday and that means time for a brand new Shining the Light challenge!!  This week we have a fabulous sketch for you to use to spark your creativity! Use the sketch however you like just make sure that we can still see the overall layout of the sketch.   I decided to turn the sketch on its side to make it work a little better with how I wanted to use the images I chose. 

 

I'm trying to get in the mood to make Christmas cards so I decided to use the sketch to get at least one done.  I used the ODBD sets Blessed Christmas (and matching die) and Holly Tag.   The papers are from one of my favorite set of Christmas papers, The Scrap Cake's Cozy Xmas.  I love the slightly non-traditional colors and the lovely Christmas images used.  I stamped the poinsettia image on white cardstock using Tuxedo Black ink, colored it with Copics and then die cut it using the matching die.  The sentiment was stamped on white cardstock with dark red ink and then inked the edges with Old Paper ink.  A larger plain white circle was die cut and the edges inked with Old Paper, as well, and the poinsettia image was mounted using foam dimensionals.  Both circles were matted with dark red cardstock.   The strip along with side was edged with some lovely Venise lace from the Funkie Junkie and then trimmed with some red twine, also from the Funkie Junkie.  Because I used items from the Funkie Junkie I'm going to pop this card into the Sunday Share at Frilly & Funkie.

As always, we will be giving out a prize, a $15.00 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!!! Entries for the prize must be submitted by Sunday, October 21st at 8:00 pm EST. One random winner will be chosen and announced on Tuesday. While it is not required to use Our Daily Bread Design images and sentiments on your projects, we would definitely love to see them if you have them!! As a way of recognizing those who do use ODBD stamps we will be choosing three or more of our participants for the Shining the Light Award. In order to qualify for this award or join the challenge, you must use ODBD stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by Sunday, October 21st at 8:00 pm EST. If you upload to Splitcoaststampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword: ODBDSLC126. When creating your post on your blog, please include a direct link to the challenge.

Thanks for stopping by... please take some time to check out the beautiful projects created by my fellow "sticks" Lori, Jan Marie, Jan, Kathy, Chris, and this month's guest designer, Bridget! To join in the fun, please click here.

Supplies:   Cardstock:  PTI kraft & white; Stampin Up! Cherry Cobbler; Stamps:  ODBD; Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Cherry Cobbler & Ranger Old Paper; Dies:  ODBD & Spellbinders; Lace:  Funkie Junkie; Twine:  Funkie Junkie; PP:  The Scrap Cake

ODBDSLC125... Fall is in the Air!

Hello friends!!  It is Tuesday and that means time for a brand new ODBD Shining the Light challenge!!  This week the design team is welcoming the super talented Bridget Finlay as our guest designer for the month of October.   You are going to be wowed by her talent!!   And what is the challenge this week?  The design team is asking you to use a verse and fall colors for your creation.

I have had a pad of BasicGrey's Indian Summer patterned paper for ages and have never really been able to figure out what to do with it.   So, I decided to get it out and use it for this week's challenge project.  I found a piece paper from the pad that had a lot of fall colors in it and then used several different cardstocks that matched those colors.  Lots of die cutting and distressing on this one.  I used three different ODBD sets for the card:  Faithful Friend, Sweet Friendship and Scripture Series 3.  I stamped the wheat frame from Sweet Friendship on kraft cardstock using Ranger's Gathered Twigs, trimmed it out and distressed the edges.  The verse was stamped on some Indian Summer patterned paper and die cut using a SU!/Sizzix die and then matted using some peachy-orange Bazzill cardstock.  I also threw my trusty Fishtail Flag stax dies into the mix.  The dragonfly, from Faithful Friend, was stamped on patterned paper, trimmed out and then painted with Diamond Stickles.  The edges of all the papers were distressed as well.

As always, we will be giving out a prize, a $15.00 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!!! Entries for the prize must be submitted by Sunday, October 14th at 8:00 pm EST. One random winner will be chosen and announced on Tuesday. While it is not required to use Our Daily Bread Design images and sentiments on your projects, we would definitely love to see them if you have them!! As a way of recognizing those who do use ODBD stamps we will be choosing three or more of our participants for the Shining the Light Award. In order to qualify for this award or join the challenge, you must use ODBD stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by Sunday, October 14th at 8:00 pm EST. If you upload to Splitcoaststampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword: ODBDSLC125. When creating your post on your blog, please include a direct link to the challenge.

Thanks for stopping by... please take some time to check out the beautiful projects created by my fellow "sticks" Lori, Jan Marie, Jan, Kathy, Chris, and this month's guest designer, Bridget! To join in the fun, please click here.

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI kraft; Bazzill peachy orange & mustard yellow; PP:  BasicGrey; Stamps:  ODBD; Inks:  Ranger & Memento Tuxedo Black; Dies:  Sizzix/SU! & My Favorite Things; Diamond Stickles

ODBDSLC124... Sing!!

Hello friends!!  It's Tuesday and that means time for a brand new Shining the Light challenge (ODBDSLC124).  This week the challenge team is asking you to make a project that uses music (stamps, designer paper, words from a hymn, etc.).  This challenge is also going to run for two weeks so you will have plenty of time to play along.  Sadly this is the last week our September guest designer, Katherine, will be with us so make sure you head to her blog and leave her some love!

My card this week is pretty clean and simple.  I decided to use some sheet music paper from the My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Christmas 6x6 pad and the ODBD stamp set Sing to the Lord.  I stamped the bird using a dark red ink and then die cut the image using a Spellbinders Labels 18 die.  The mat was created by taking the same die and tracing round the outside of the die on dark red cardstock and then trimming it out.  I cut the music paper into strips and arranged them as you see on dark red cardstock before mounting my image over the top.  Some Prima pearl flourishes were added to the piece to finish it off.  The verse was stamped on additional sheet music paper, die cut and adhered it inside the card. 

As always, we will be giving out a prize, a $15.00 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!!! Entries for the prize must be submitted by Sunday, October 7th at 8:00 pm EST. One random winner will be chosen and announced on Tuesday. While it is not required to use Our Daily Bread Design images and sentiments on your projects, we would definitely love to see them if you have them!! As a way of recognizing those who do use ODBD stamps we will be choosing three or more of our participants for the Shining the Light Award. In order to qualify for this award or join the challenge, you must use ODBD stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by Sunday, October 7th at 8:00 pm EST. If you upload to Splitcoaststampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword: ODBDSLC124. When creating your post on your blog, please include a direct link to the challenge.

Thanks for stopping by... please take some time to check out the beautiful projects created by my fellow "sticks" Lori, Jan Marie, Jan, Kathy, Chris, and this month's guest designer, Kathrine! To join in the fun, please click here

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI cream; SU! Cherry Cobbler; Ink:  Cherry Cobbler; Stamps:  ODBD Sing to the Lord; Dies:  Spellbinders; Flourishes:  Pearl Flourishes; PP:  My Mind's Eye

ODBDSLC123... Make Your Own Background

Hello friends!!  Its  Tuesday and that means time for a brand new Shining the Light challenge!! This week the challenge team is asking you to get out your stamps and create your own background.  You can use single stamps or background stamps for this challenge.

For my card I used one of my most favorite ODBD sets:  Faith.  I just love the butterfly branch image, as well as the verses and sentiments that are found in the set.  I used a subtle color combination that was pulled from the My Mind's Eye 6x6 Bluebell pad that I used.  I found a piece of paper from the pad that had a subtle grid pattern on it and then stamped the butterfly branch image using Stampin Up!'s River Rock.   Two pieces were cut from this piece.  The larger piece, as well as a strip.  Both pieces were matted using River Rock cardstock.  The verse, Psalm 36:5, was stamped using Hero Arts Splash chalk ink and then die cut using a Spellbinders plain circle die.  That piece was matted using River Rock, as well.  The layout for the card is based on the current Deconstructed Sketch.  I finished off the card with some twine, Prima roses and a little punched butterfly.
As always, we will be giving out a prize, a $15.00 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!!! Entries for the prize must be submitted by Sunday, September 23rd at 8:00 pm EST. One random winner will be chosen and announced on Tuesday. While it is not required to use Our Daily Bread Design images and sentiments on your projects, we would definitely love to see them if you have them!! As a way of recognizing those who do use ODBD stamps we will be choosing three or more of our participants for the Shining the Light Award. In order to qualify for this award or join the challenge, you must use ODBD stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by Sunday, September 23rd at 8:00 pm EST. If you upload to Splitcoaststampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword: ODBDSLC123. When creating your post on your blog, please include a direct link to the challenge.

Thanks for stopping by... please take some time to check out the beautiful projects created by my fellow "sticks" Lori, Jan Marie, Jan, Kathy, Chris, and this month's guest designer, Kathrine! To join in the fun, please click here

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; SU! River Rock; Stamps:  ODBD Faith; Inks:  River Rock & Splash chalk ink; Twine:  May Arts; Flowers:  Prima; Dies:  Spellbinders

ODBDSLC122.... Look a Bird!

Hello friends!!  Its Tuesday and that means time for another Shining the Light challenge (ODBDSLC122).   And as indicated in the title of my post the challenge is to use a bird or birds somewhere on your project.   In my case the bird I went with is a chicken!

For my card this week I decided to go kinda French Country and used some really pretty designer papers from Stampin Up! called Beau Chateau.  Soft pink, soft brown, light blue and cream make up the color palette used for the papers.  I focused on the soft pink, soft brown and cream.  The layout is based on this month's Sketch for You To Try.  The verse is from the ODBD Scripture Collection 7 and is one of my favorites.   It was die cut using a Spellbinders Labels One die and a brand new Spellbinders die set Decorative Labels One.  The edges of all the papers and card stock were inked with Rangers Old Paper distress ink.  Originally I did not have the flowers and rhinestones on the card, but decided to add them as I felt the card was just a little too plain.  I'm also going to pop this into the current Catered Crop challenge "In the Pink".

As always, we will be giving out a prize, a $15.00 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!!! Entries for the prize must be submitted by Sunday, September 16th at 8:00 pm EST. One random winner will be chosen and announced on Tuesday. While it is not required to use Our Daily Bread Design images and sentiments on your projects, we would definitely love to see them if you have them!! As a way of recognizing those who do use ODBD stamps we will be choosing three or more of our participants for the Shining the Light Award. In order to qualify for this award or join the challenge, you must use ODBD stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by Sunday, September 16th at 8:00 pm EST. If you upload to Splitcoaststampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword: ODBDSLC122. When creating your post on your blog, please include a direct link to the challenge.

Thanks for stopping by... please take some time to check out the beautiful projects created by my fellow "sticks" Lori, Jan Marie, Jan, Kathy, Chris, and this month's guest designer, Kathrine! To join in the fun, please click here

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI cream; SU! Soft Suede & Pink Piroutte; PP:  Stampin Up!; Ink:  Hero Arts Latte chalk ink; Ranger Old Paper; Dies:  Spellbinders; Rhinestones Flourishes:  Recollections; Flowers:  Prima; Swiss Dot Embossing Folder

ODBDSLC.... Week 2 - Still in Stitches

Hello friends!!  Happy Tuesday!  Here with a post for ODBDSLC121.  This challenge is a two week challenge so there is still plenty of time to get your project done and posted!  All the information regarding the challenge can be found here.  And since this is the beginning of a new month we have a new guest designer to introduce... the super talented Kathrine!  Make sure you stop by her blog and leave her some love!!

detail shot

This week I'm really kinda stretching the challenge to use stitching, real or faux, on your card.  My stitching can be found on the ribbon I used for my card.  The layout comes from the current Deconstructed Sketch.  I used some papers from one of the new My Mind's Eye collections:  Bluebell.  I kept everything very soft by distrssing all the edges of my card with Rangers Old Paper distress ink.  Old Paper is my favorite because it provides that aged look without coming on too strong like Tea Dye or Vintage Photo can.  I die cut some of the patterned paper using the ODBD tag die and then stamped the image and sentiment from Grow in Grace using Scattered Straw and Peacock Feathers distress ink.  Because the stamping is so soft I decided to take a detail shot of the tag so that you can see the stamping better. The fishtail flags were cut using my favorite dies from My Favorite Things.   The die cut behind the tag was cut using a Spellbinders Labels 25 die.  I finished things off with the stitched ribbon, a Prima rose and some cream twine.  

Thanks for stopping by... please take some time to check out the beautiful projects created by my fellow "sticks" Lori, Jan Marie, Jan, Kathy, Chris, and this month's guest designer, Kathrine! To join in the fun, please click here

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI cream; PP:  My Mind's Eye Bluebell; Stamps:  ODBD Grow in Grace; Ink:  Ranger Old Paper, Scattered Straw & Peacock Feathers; Ribbon:  PTI Vintage Cream; Twiine:  PTI Rustic Cream; Rose:  Prima

ODBDSLC121... To Sew or Not to Sew...

Hello friends!! Its Tuesday and that means time for a brand new Shining the Light challenge!!  YAY!!!  This week the challenge team is asking you to use stitching (real or faux) on your project.  Because of the Labor Day holiday this challenge will run for two weeks, giving you plenty of time to play along.  This challenge marks the last challenge for our guest designer, Linda, so please make sure to stop by her blog and leave her some love!

Now, I'm going to be really honest when I say that this week's challenge was really difficult for me.  I would love to do real stitching on my cards but unfortunately I don't have the space for a sewing machine... not even a little one.   I'm fairly handy with a needle... I was an avid cross-stitcher, but I kinda ran out of time and so I had to resort to using some patterned paper from Stampin Up! that has stitching on it.     I used the ODBD set The Good Seed for my card.   I pulled colors from the patterned paper to use for the stamping.  The pail image was stamped using So Saffron ink and then the verse was overstamped using Hero Arts Latte chalk ink.  The image was die cut using a Spellbinders circle die and then ink distressed using Ranger's Old Paper distress ink.  The ribbon treatment was created using some cream May Arts crinkle riboon, buttons and twine.

As always, we will be giving out a prize, a $15.00 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!!! Entries for the prize must be submitted by Sunday, September 9th at 8:00 pm EST. One random winner will be chosen and announced on Tuesday. While it is not required to use Our Daily Bread Design images and sentiments on your projects, we would definitely love to see them if you have them!! As a way of recognizing those who do use ODBD stamps we will be choosing three or more of our participants for the Shining the Light Award. In order to qualify for this award or join the challenge, you must use ODBD stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by Sunday, September 9th at 8:00 pm EST. If you upload to Splitcoaststampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword: ODBDSLC121. When creating your post on your blog, please include a direct link to the challenge.

Thanks for stopping by... please take some time to check out the beautiful projects created by my fellow "sticks" Lori, Jan Marie, Jan, Kathy, Chris, Sabrina and this month's guest designer, Linda! To join in the fun, please click here

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI cream & SU! Tempting Turquoise; DP:  Stampin Up!; Stamps:  ODBD The Good Seed; Ribbon: May Arts; Twine:  The Twinery; Buttons:  PTI; Dies:  Spellbinders; Ink:  Stampin Up!, Hero Arts & Ranger

ODBDSLC120....A Sketch!!

Hello friends!!  It's Tuesday and that means time for another Shining the Light challenge.... YAY!! The challenge this week is a really fun sketch!! 


Have you ever made a card and when you got it all finished had no idea where some of your supplies came from?  Well that happened to me when I made this card.   I was so busy trying to get it done that I didn't keep track of what papers I used!   I think they came from the My Mind's Eye Dolled Up 6x6 pad, but I'm not completely sure.  Anywhoo... I used the ODBD set You Will Find Refuge along with the matching Chickadee die.  I stamped the little bird image, colored it with Copics and then die cut it with the Chickadee die.  Other dies used on the card are Spellbinders dies and my favorite dies from My Favorite Things:  Fishtail Flag Stax.   Those dies are the absolute coolest things ever!!    For some added interest I die cut the plain circle from a sheet of cork.  After I got the card together I realized there wasn't a good spot for a sentiment or verse so I finished the interior of the card with one of the verses from the set.  

As always, we will be giving out a prize, a $15.00 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!!! Entries for the prize must be submitted by Sunday, August 26th at 8:00 pm EST. One random winner will be chosen and announced on Tuesday. While it is not required to use Our Daily Bread Design images and sentiments on your projects, we would definitely love to see them if you have them!! As a way of recognizing those who do use ODBD stamps we will be choosing three or more of our participants for the Shining the Light Award. In order to qualify for this award or join the challenge, you must use ODBD stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by Sunday, August 26th at 8:00 pm EST. If you upload to Splitcoaststampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword: ODBDSLC120. When creating your post on your blog, please include a direct link to the challenge.

Thanks for stopping by... please take some time to check out the beautiful projects created by my fellow "sticks" Lori, Jan Marie, Jan, Kathy, Chris, and this month's guest designer, Linda! To join in the fun, please click here.

Supplies:  Cardstock:  Bazzill light blue and red; PTI white; PP:  My Mind's Eye; Stamps:  ODBD You Will Find Refuge; Dies:  ODBD, Spellbinders & My Favorite Things; Twine:  My Mind's Eye; Cork:  Taylored Expressions; Embellishments:  Clear Goosebumps - Queen & Co.; Copic Markers

ODBDSLC119.... With Sympathy

Hello friends!! Its Tuesday and that means time for another Shining the Light challenge!!  YAY!!  This week the challenge team is asking you to use sponging (or inking as I like to call it) on your project.  Once, again, we are joined by our very talented guest designer, Linda!

For my card I used the ODBD sets Bird & Butterfly Labels and Loving Memories.  I stamped the label using SU!'s So Saffron ink, die cut the label using the matching Labels 18 die and then applied Rangers Old Paper Distress ink to the image to create the soft look I wanted.   The papers are from the My Mind's Eye Follow Your Heart 6x6 pad... love those My Mind's Eye papers!!  The layout for the card is based on this month's Sketch for You to Try and once, again, I used my favorite Fishtail Flag Stax dies from My Favorite Things.  


As always, we will be giving out a prize, a $15.00 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!!! Entries for the prize must be submitted by Sunday, August 19th at 8:00 pm EST. One random winner will be chosen and announced on Tuesday. While it is not required to use Our Daily Bread Design images and sentiments on your projects, we would definitely love to see them if you have them!! As a way of recognizing those who do use ODBD stamps we will be choosing three or more of our participants for the Shining the Light Award. In order to qualify for this award or join the challenge, you must use ODBD stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by Sunday, August 19th at 8:00 pm EST. If you upload to Splitcoaststampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword: ODBDSLC119. When creating your post on your blog, please include a direct link to the challenge.

Thanks for stopping by... please take some time to check out the beautiful projects created by my fellow "sticks" Lori, Jan Marie, Jan, Kathy, Chris, Sabrina and this month's guest designer, Linda! To join in the fun, please click here.

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI kraft and vintage cream; PP:  My Mind's Eye; Stamps:  ODBD; Inks:  Stamping Up! & Ranger; Dies:  Spellbinders and My Favorite Things; Brad:  My Mind's Eye;