Customer Card of the Day - Sabrina aka Cook22

This week's "Customer Card of the Day" belongs to the lovely and talented Irish lass, Sabrina aka Cook22! Congrats, Sabrina!!!

I instantly fell in love with this card because of the gorgeous blue polished stone background, lovely embellished dogwood blossoms, and the clear embossed lighthouse image from Our Daily Bread designs' very first stamp set, "The Light of the World". If THIS card doesn't make you say "Oooh" and "Aaah", then I'm afraid that you may be color-blind!!!

To see more of Sabrina's gorgeous work, check out her Splitcoast gallery, which is full of beauty and creativity! Not only is Sabrina an extremely talented paper artist, you should see what she can do with a camera!!! For page after page of gorgeous photographs of birds, scenery, vacations, etc., check out Sabrina's blog.

Thanks for stopping by today! Stay tuned tomorrow....RELEASE DAY!!! We can't wait to reveal the FOUR awesome new stamp sets!!! Yes, I said FOUR!!!!

Once again, big congrats to Sabrina! Have a blessed day, everyone!!

Tuesday Time With Grace, a sad goodbye and a happy hello!

 Hello everyone!  Today being Tuesday, it's our "Time With" day and it's my turn to share a project with you, but before I do that I want to take this opportunity to thank our Feb. and March Guest Designer, Chelsea Cook!  Chelsea has done an awesome job during her term here and has blessed us with her sweet Christian heart and spirit.  If you have not done so yet, please stop by her blog, Wait for the Lord Cards and check out the ministry she has with her cards!

While it's always hard to say goodbye.... it's also a happy time because we welcome a new Guest Designer,  Randi Barrett!  Many of you already know Randi and the more you know her, the more you will love her!  Randi will be with us in the bread basket for April and May!  Please welcome her and check out her blog, Randi's A New Creation as well!

This Tuesday,  I wanted to share a little project with you for my "Time With" spot.  With Easter almost upon us, I thought you might like a quick project idea that not only makes a beautiful presentation for an Easter Gift, but also gives a most wonderful message!  Who could resist this pretty box filled with some yummy Easter treats?  Here is my project:

I covered this  chipboard cross box with yummy shimmery designer paper from SEI (Chocolate).  It is a silvery paper with little gold sanded lines throughout.  It's so elegant!  I decorated it with the March release Our Daily Bread designs set  Easter Blessings (the Lily of the Valley) and The Lord has Risen (the sentiment).  I used the Spellbinders Fancy Tags which I sponged with Brilliance Platinum Planet Ink.  It really gives it a shine.  To make the Fancy Tag longer for the vertical panel I cut it and taped it to the back of the horizontal panel so it would better fill the cross. I then adhered them to the box with foam dots to give more dimension.  The Lily of the Valley is watercolored and then cut out, and sprayed with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Pearl for LOTS of shimmer! I added some white ribbon to the bottom of the flower.

For the side of the lid, I added some self adhesive paper ribbon from K&Co.  This little box holds 6 large Truffles.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Please be sure to stop back on April 1 for a new release and a lot of fun for all!!!  Check it out right here at the Our Daily Bread designs blog on the first!

Meantime, I'd love to have you stop by my blog and see what else I have been up to!  I have a little sneaky peeky for you if you just can't wait for Thursday!

Have a blessed day!

Design Team Coordinator

ODBDSLC7 Easter Challenge

Thanks to everyone who participated in the "Spring Colors" challenge last week!! We so enjoyed viewing all your beautiful creations and had such a difficult time choosing just one to spotlight this week. You all did such a beautiful job!!

The Awards and Prize Winner for last week's "Spring Colors" challenge:

Donna Moore

Karen Wallace

Congrats Donna and Karen !! Please grab the Shining the Light Award Badge and display it with pride. Please link the badge to http://ourdailybreaddesigns.com.

This week's random prize winner of the $15 dollar gift certificate toward stamps is:

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

2

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Congrats Natalie ! Please email Kelley at kelley@ourdailybreaddesigns.com for more information on how to claim your
gift certificate

This week's challenge:

This week the challenge team is challenging you to think Easter. Since it is Easter next Sunday we want to see your Easter cards or projects!


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 Thursday, April 1 at 8 p.m. EST. One random winner will be chosen and announced next Saturday. 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 April 1 at 8 p.m. EST.

If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC7. When creating your posts on blogs please include a link to the challenge.

Now on to our challenge teams inspiring creations for this challenge:

America Kuhn

Sabrina Jackson

Chris Olsen

Christine Okken

Natalie Dever

Fran Gumprecht

Patter Cross

For the details on the items and stamps used by each designer, please click on the links under each card or project!

Thanks for stopping by! We can't wait to see your creations!

blessings,

Stamping In Time: On Assignment(SNTODBD6)!

Welcome to Our Daily Bread Designs Stamping In Time: On Assignment Challenge!   

We have us a WINNER!

This week's Stamping In Time Winner is Jeannie Nielson.  Jeannie designed a card using ODBD Light of the World stamp set.  I love her coloring and attention to details.  Everything from the hardware with twine to the coffee stained cheesecloth added a true beach-like quality to this card.  Beautifully done, Jeannie!  Please go check out her card and give give some lovin' and congrats!  Jeannie, please pm me at SCS under gbedwright for your $15 stamp set gift code information and to get the Winner button for your blog! Again, congratulations!

The Assignment: Any and ALL ODBD stamps! WooHoo!

The challenge: The challenge this week is to make a monochromatic card.  Choose any one color of choice along with any neutrals and go for it!  Love to see what you create!   

I am using ODBD I am the Way... stamp set. I just love this lily that comes in this wonderful Easter set.  Along with some wonderful Easter sentiments are scriptures.  There is also another smaller flower in the set, too.  I am using SEI designer papers.  I combined this wonderful textured paper with the Spellbinders Lattice Pendant and Nestabilities Label Twelve.  I colored my lily with copics.  I added a layered sheer ribbon border and sheer bow with a layered buttons and pearl accent.  I finished my card with touches of pearls in the layered corners.  Please check out Stamping to the Wright blog post for more card details and to see what is inside my card!

I am wanting to know if anyone would like to host a Stamping In Time challenge and make a sample to be featured on this blog post along with me.  All interested people, please let me know via pm at SCS!  Thanks so much!

It is your turn to play! Here are the guidelines!

• You must use ODBD design Stamps! Other stamps allowed, but ODBD images need to be the focus!
• Use keyword code SNTODBD6 when linking to SCS or public gallery.
• Be sure to use the LINK to be eligible for the gift certificate drawing!
• If you use either your blog link or online gallery, please give this challenge ODBD Blog link.

Also, this card is for this week's ODBD Shining the Light Challenge(ODBDSLC6)...to think Spring! 

The challenge runs from Thursday 9 am EST bi-weekly til Wednesday at 8 pm EST

Thanks so much for stopping by! Looking forward to seeing what you create! As always, thanks so much for Stamping In Time!

Customer Card of the Day - Gretchen Belknap

Thanks again to everyone for helping us to celebrate Our Daily Bread design's 2nd Anniversary! Thanks for blessing us all with such lovely heartfelt comments! And wow, there were so many gorgeous challenge entries! It is always tough to pick just one project for "Customer Card of the Day", but after last weeks' challenges and regular uploads to Splitcoast, the decision was extra tough!

This week's title of "Customer Card of the Day" goes to Gretchen Belknap.....congrats, Gretchen....you definitely turned some heads last week!!! This card is one of the most beautiful "Clean and Simple" cards I have seen! I love this beautifully framed verse from the ODBD set, "I Am The Way", perfectly accented with pearls and a layered butterfly. The floral embossed background combined with the Martha Stuart Arch Lattice Border punch is so elegant! And the gorgeous ribbon is the icing on the cake!!

Check out Gretchen's awesome blog and gorgeous work HERE. What a super sweet and extremely talented lady!!!

Congrats again, Gretchen! And keep those ODBD beauties coming!!!

(Gretchen, please email me at angelladcrockett@yahoo.com and I will send the code for a blinkie button for your blog.)

Have a beautiful, blessed day, everyone!!!!

Time With Connie

Hello everyone!!!  Where did this weekend go?  I hope you had a wonderful weekend!  Since it's Tuesday, it's time to spend time with another of our very talented Design Team members, and today we're spending time with Connie!  Isn't this the prettiest card?  Here is Connie's explanation on how she created this beauty!

Hello all!! Today, I decided to create a card using some Tim Holtz Alcohol inks!! I just love playing with alcohol inks!! My mixture for behind the verse and the card background uses a bit of Meadow, Lettuce, Denim, and Silver mixative. Love how it can create a polished stone look on some Glossy white paper!!

Once the ink was dry, I heat embossed both the Vine border and the verse, which is from the Scripture collection 3 set released last week! To embellish the card I added a layered cross from the Spellbinder's Cross Collection. I then paper pierced a border around the card, added some black brads and light green crystal gems. To finish it off I added a bit of black ribbon.

Thanks so much for visiting today! I hope you have a wonderful day!!

Connie

Card Details:Images: Scripture 3, Vine Border

Paper: Shimmery Green paper, Glossy White, Basic Black

Inks: Versamark, Meadow, Lettuce, Denim Alcohol Inks

Accessories: Paper Piercer, Spellbinders Cross Collection, Light Green Gems and Brad, Black Brads, Black Satin Ribbon

Thank you Connie!  That alcohol ink sure makes a vivid and fabulous look!  Thanks for the inspiration!  


For a chance to see what else Connie has been up to, please visit her blog!  It's sure to please!


Thank you all for stopping by today!  Have a most blessed week!

Design Team Coordinator

Product Review - Tattered Angels Chip Tiles

Okay....how many of you have purchased Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist and have not used it yet because you don't know what to do with it or how to use it? I see you shaking your head "yes" right now!! Do not be intimidated any longer!!! Not only do the light colors of Glimmer Mist create a beautiful finishing touch for your cards and projects, but I will show you below how to get some use out of all of those gorgeous colors of Glimmer Mist as well, using the Tattered Angels Chip Tiles! These Chip Tiles can be used as covers for mini-scrapbooks, to embellish your scrapbook pages, to make wall hangings, bookmarks, and much more. Each tile is 4" x 7" and has raised embossed images on one side. Our Daily Bread designs carries three different styles....Nature, Regal, and Traveler. There are six different images in each package, so you have a wide variety of uses.

For this week's Product Review, I have chosen to make two different notebook holders, using the Zutter Bind-It-All. The first step is to punch through the front and back Chip Tiles with the Bind-It-All. I chose to punch the top of the Chip Tile, but another option is to punch the sides, such as Kelley's gorgeous Glimmer Book, shown HERE.


Next, I unrolled the Tattered Angels Misting Mat, which covers a 20" x 30" area, since I will be spraying heavy amounts of Glimmer Mist. And always have a few paper towels handy as well.

HELPFUL HINT: ALWAYS shake your Glimmer Mist from side to side instead of up and down, so that the glimmer material inside does not clog up your sprayer. If clogging occurs, clean and unclog sprayer with warm water. Shake the bottle well before each use....which means every time you pick the bottle up, even during the same session. For adding a little shimmer to your cards, hold your card out at least 12 inches away....spray the Glimmer Mist once to remove any air bubbles (which cause splatters), then spray in a sweeping motion across your project. (If you use the "direct hit" method, it is likely that you will get splotches of Glimmer instead of an even shimmer.)


I started off saturating the Chip Tile with Copper Glimmer Mist...the more you spray, the more glimmer you will get, especially where it "puddles". Use paper towels to clean the excess from the Misting Mat....you can always use those glimmered paper towels later to make home-made flowers!!!


The next step is to choose one of the Glimmer Screen Templates....since I am using the "Traveler" Chip Tiles, I am using the Glimmer Screens that match. The next color I used was Olive Vine and sprayed over the Glimmer Screen, holding the screen in place with Tattered Angels tweezers. Since the screen was wet with Glimmer Mist, I carefully picked it up, turned it upside down and "stamped" with it on the opposite corner.


This photo shows the lighter copper image created by the Glimmer Screen.


After spraying more Olive Vine and Graphite randomly here and there, I let the Chip Tiles dry for a couple of hours. (This photo shows front and back covers.) After the Glimmer Mist was dry, I placed the Glimmer Screen back over the images and sponged over the screens like a stencil with Ranger Fired Brick Distress Ink, to intensify the image. The edges of the tiles and the embossed images were also sponged for added depth.


To demonstrate how much "oompf" the sponging gives to the glimmered tiles, here is a photo of my second book, on which I used the "Flight of Fancy Birds" Glimmer Screens. This image is after Glimmer, but BEFORE sponging.


Notice the dramatic difference from the image above. The sponging really makes it pop!!

Here is the front and back view of the book made with the "Traveler" Chip Tiles, embellished with Zva Pearls, May Arts Ribbon, Spellbinders Nestabilities, and a verse from the new Scripture Collection 3 set. The Glimmer Mist colors used for this project are: Mimosa, Vintage Pink, Deep Plum, Olive Vine, and Copper.

This is the front and back views of the book made using the "Traveler" Chip Tiles and matching Glimmer Screens. The chipboard letters are from Tattered Angels "Framed Fonts". To see Lorelie's tutorial on Tattered Angels Framed Fonts, click HERE. For embellishments, I added only May Arts Ribbon, so not to cover up all of the gorgeous glimmer!! The Glimmer Mist colors I used for this book are: Copper, Olive Vine, and a little Graphite.

See, wasn't that easy?! Sure, Glimmer Mist can be a little messy at times, but it sure is fun to experiment and add layers upon layers for the most beautiful backgrounds. Don't forget to use it on your designer paper, on ribbon, silk flowers, and so on!!


So, head over to Our Daily Bread designs now and fill your cart with plenty of "Glimmer" supplies!!! Start using your Glimmer Mist today.....you will fall in love, I promise!! All Tattered Angels products are the Super Special Sales Items of the week, 15% off until Saturday, March 27 at midnight EST. (Sale prices will be reflected in your shopping cart.)


Thanks for stopping by today!!! Have a blast getting "glimmerized"!!!!
God Bless!!