friday...ODBD December Release Reminder

Today we are taking a look back at Our Daily Bread Designs December Release, here is the card I created using the new  Living Waters, Double Stitched Circles, and Double Stitched Rectangles! It is also a goodbye since this is my last month with ODBD. Thank you for all of your sweet comments while I've been on the DT! I'll be sure to keep in touch through blogs!

For more inspiration using the December Release be sure to visit the ODBD Blog.


ODBD Products: Living Waters, Double Stitched Circles, Double Stitched Rectangles, Lovely Leaves Dies, Small Bow Dies

I wanted my card to focus on the gorgeous Living Waters mill so I opted to make this card simple with just a few details. I stamped and colored the mill on white cardstock and highlighted the water with stickles (see close up picture). I cut out a large circle from the new Double Stitched Circles on the brown and white cardstocks and layered them over a shimmery blue cardstock over the white background base. I added some pearl drops on the top corners and die cut a bunch of greenery and a blue bow to add right under the colored image.

Here's a close up of the card:

Here are the NEW Products that I used for this card:

For more inspiration please visit the rest of the talented ODBD designers:

Julie * Amy * Cathy * Robin * Sandee * Dawn * Lori

Thank you for stopping by and have a blessed day!

thursday...Deck the Halls with ODBD

Welcome to Our Daily Bread Designs Deck The Halls Blog Hop!

Today, members of the Bread Basket at ODBD, has lots of fun and inspiration to share with you!! Are you preparing for Christmas or just enjoy everything Christmas, then this is for you!! So grab a cup of tea or coffee and relax and enjoy the inspiration!! You also won't want to miss the chance to win a $15 gift certificate toward stamps! Just leave love on each of the five designers blogs and a comment on the ODBD blog before December 19 at 8 pm EST. The winner will be announced on December 20 on the ODBD blog.

ODBD Products: Elegant Embellishments Set, Elegant Embellishments Dies, Lovely Leaves Dies, Merry Mosaics Dies, Double Stitched Circles

I had so much fun making this ornament and believe it or not, it's my first attempt EVER to making an ornament! Yes, it is that easy! I stamped and cut 20 ornaments from the Elegant Embellishments Set and glued 4 together to make each individual corner. I added them all over a circle to create a 'snowflake' with them. Right in the center I added another circle and started layering leaves and a dark blue poinsettia with a pearl center.

Here are a few close ups of the ornament:




Here it is on my Christmas Tree! :)

For more inspiration please visit the rest of the talented ODBD designers:

Silke Ledlow, Chris Olsen, Amy Doria, Robin Clendenning, and Paula Bigelow

Thank you for stopping by and have a blessed day!

thursday...one ODBD stamp, two cards

Hi everyone! I have two cards to share with you today!

Here's the first:

ODBD Products: Safe Travels, Double Stitched Circles, Double Stitched Rectangles, Lovely Leaves Dies, Christmas Paper Collection 2013

I wanted to make a snowy scene with this bridge stamp and came up with this card. I stamped and colored the image and die cut it with the new circle die. I also embossed the background pattern paper with the Double Stitched Rectangles to add some dimension and tie it all together. I added some swine to the left side of the card and then added the colored image and a sentiment to the left side. i finished it off with some leaves under the sentiment and some 'snow' all around the image. I just love how this card turned out!

Here's a close up of the card:


Here's my second card:

ODBD Products: Safe Travels, Double Stitched Circles, Double Stitched Rectangles, Lovely Leaves Dies, Vintage Ephemera Paper Pad

My second card using the same image is very different since I went with a Shabby Chic, monochromatic card. I colored and die cut the bridge image with the Double Stitched Rectangles and added it right over the center of the pattern paper background. I added my stamped and die cut sentiment over the left side of the card and finished it off with a lace bow and some greenery.

Here's a close up of the card:

Thank you for stopping by! Have a blessed weekend!

friday...leftover papers card tutorial

Hi everyone! I have a small tutorial and a card to share with you today!

How do you clean your desk space? After every card/layout or when you can't find your work surface anymore? I happen to clean after every card or at least after every set of cards/projects I'm currently working on. For example, last time I cleaned out my desk was when I finished my two cards for the New Release blog hop for ODBD December release. You can see my cards here. Well, after making that Tri-shutter card i had a lot of odd shaped/size pattern paper but were too pretty to toss so I ended up using them!

Here's the card I made with whatever was on my desk while I was "cleaning up":

ODBD Products: Saddle up, Double Stitched Circles, Pretty Posies Dies, Lovely Leaves Dies, Rustic Beauty Paper Collection

Here's a tutorial on how I made this card in under 20 mins:

Step 1. Gather your leftover pattern papers and put them together to make a 4"x5.25" background.

Step 2. Adhere them over a scrap (ugly papers work great for this!) 4"x5.25" paper. Ink the edges and machine stitch all around it. This last step really helps bring all these random pieces of paper together.

Step 3. Lastly, stamp your image with brown archival ink on cream colored cardstock and die cut it with a Double Stitched Circles. Ink the edges lightly with Vintage Photo ink to give it an antique feel and mat it on dark brown cardstock.

Here's a close up of the card. I adhered the matted image, a sentiment and a handmade bloom over the center of the background that I just made. I die cut a bunch of leaves and used them to embellish the card. Easy peasy and under 20 mins! What more can you ask for? :)

Thanks for stopping by my blog today! Have a great weekend!

tuesday...Our Daily Bread Designs December Release

Welcome to Our Daily Bread Designs December Release and Blog Hop!

This month's release is simply AMAZING! We have new masculine and coloring-friendly stamps and GORGEOUS new double stitched dies! YAY! Check out the full release on the Our Daily Bread Designs Blog today!

Three randomly selected winners will each receive a $25 gift certificate to the ODBD Store, to be used toward the purchase of ODBD Stamps found in the "ODBD stamps column" of the website just for commenting on the Design Team cards! You have until December 2, 2015 at 9:00 p.m. EST to leave your comments on the Designers Blogs for a chance to win! The Winners will be posted on the ODBD Blog on December 3rd, so be sure to check back there to see if you won!

Here's my first card:

ODBD Products: Living Waters, Double Stitched Circles, Pretty Posies Dies, Fancy Foliage Die, Leafy Edged Border Dies, Rustic Beauty Paper Collection

My first card is a tri-shutter card I made using the Leafy Edged Border Dies. I made this card for my mother-in-law's birthday and she absolutely loved it! I used the Rustic Beauty Paper Collection for the background and the Pretty Posies Dies,to make the flowers. I stamped the  Living Waters image in the center panel of the card and lightly colored it with Prismacolor Pencils and blended them with OMS. I stamped the sentiment on one of the new Double Stitched Circles.

Here's a close up of the card for you to see the stamped and colored image:


This is how the card looks when it's completely closed:


Here's my second card:

ODBD Products: Saddle up, Double Stitched Rectangles, Double Stitched Circles, Lovely Leaves Dies, Rustic Beauty Paper Collection

I went for a masculine card with this one. I colored the horses from the NEW Saddle up set with Prismacolor Pencils and blended them with OMS. I embossed the Double Stitched Rectangles unto the brown cardstock and used it as my background. I stamped the sentiment and added it to the right side of the colored image. Finally, I made a small lasso and added it over some greenery.

Here's a close up of this card:

Here are the NEW Products that I used for these two cards:

For more inspiration and a chance to win, please visit the rest of the talented ODBD designers:

Julie * Dawn * Amy (you are here)* Cathy * Lori * Sandee * Robin * America * Angie

* Lisa * Grace * Sabrina * Chris * Silke

Thank you for stopping by and have a blessed day!

saturday...Merry Christmas card and a flower tutorial

Good morning friends! Today I want to share yet another Christmas Card with you! I made this one with the new ODBD November Release!


ODBD Products: Merry Christmas Dies, Pinecones Dies, Lovely Leaves Dies, Layered Lacy Squares Die, Christmas Collection 2015 Paper Pad

I matted my background paper with gold cardstock and added it over a cream colored cardbase. I then layered different die cut layers of the  Layered Lacy Squares Die in the center and added the die cut sentiment in the center. I embellished this card with a handmade red flower and some greenery.

Here's a close up of this card:


Here's the tutorial on how to make the flower:

Step 1. Die cut 5 pine cones from the NEW Pinecones Dies and ink their edges.


Step 2. Shape them according to my diagram to give each one a bowl shape.



Step 3. Start adhering them on their wider side on a 1" punched/die cut circle. Make sure that you overlap them as you adhere them.



Step 4. This is your finished bloom. You can use it as-is or you can make another one and layer them to get a bigger bloom. You can use whatever you want for their center.



Here's my finished version.

Hope that you enjoyed this quick tutorial! If you try it, let me know so I can see it!
Have a blessed day!

friday...ODBD November Release Reminder

Today we are taking a look back at Our Daily Bread Designs November Release, here is the card I created using the new Born This Day and Lovely Leaves Dies!

For more inspiration using the November Release be sure to visit the ODBD Blog.



ODBD Products: Born This Day, Lovely Leaves Dies, Doily Die, Vintage Labels Die, Christmas Paper Collection 2014

I wanted to create a white/blue Christmas card  since it's my fav color combo (our tree is white/blue/silver!) and I came up with this one! I stamped the sentiment from the new Born This Day, fussy cut around it and matted it over the silver Vintage Labels Die. I adhered the blue pattern paper over my white cardstock and added a while die cut doily. I then added the matted sentiment right in the center of the card. To embellish it, I added a lace bow and some white pine leaves and a few white pearls around the sentiment to finish it off.

Here's a close up of the card:

Here are the NEW Products that I used for this card:

For more inspiration please visit the rest of the talented ODBD designers:

Sandee * Julie * Cathy * Amy * Dawn * Lori * Robin * America

Thank you for stopping by and have a blessed day!