Stamping In Time Challenge(SNTODBD38)!

Welcome to Our Daily Bread Designs Stamping In Time: On Assignment Challenge(SNTODBD38)! The assignment is to use Our Daily Bread Design stamps. The challenge this rotation is to make Christmas cards.  ODBD has many beautiful Christmas sets to choose from; however, if you do not have ODBD Christmas sets specifically, see what Christmas looks you can create with other ODBD sets.  The winner this rotation is the one who makes the most Christmas cards with separate posts.  Meaning you have to have separate links for the cards to count.  It should be good fun, plus check a few Christmas cards off of your list!   We look forward to seeing what you create using ODBD stamps!


ODBD would like to thank Marlena for guest designing with us last rotation! Thanks so much Marlena!

Here are a couple of Christmas cards created by some of the ODBD designers!

Chrissy Dickinson 
stamps used Peace On Earth

Betty Wright

stamps used  Sing for Joy, Serve the Lord,

Christmas Verses, and Peace and Joy

This week's Stamping In Time Winner!

Jennipher Lowery

stamps used: ODBD HOPE



 Thanks so much to everyone who played along.    Congratulations, Jennipher! Please email Kelley at kelley@ourdailybreaddesigns.com to claim your $15 stamp gift certificate. You can grab the winner button to sport on your blog if you like!

Thanks so much to everyone who played along! Never know, the next Stamping In Time WINNER could be you!

Now, it is your turn to play! Here are the guidelines!

• You must use ODBD Stamps! Other stamps allowed, but ODBD images need to be the focus!
• Use keyword codes SNTODBD38 and ODBD 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 a link back to this challenge page.

The challenge runs from Thursday 9 am EST (June 30th) til Wednesday (July13th) at 6 pm EST. You have two weeks to enter. You can enter as many times as you like!

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 - Pearl Liu!

Hi everyone! It's Wednesday again! Time to share another gorgeous creation for ODBD Customer Card of the Day!!! This week's beautiful eye-candy belongs to Pearl Liu! Congrats, Pearl!

Pearl sure knows how to combine Our Daily Bread designs stamps with her designer papers! I have seen many perfect "marriages" like this on Pearl's blog...pure joy to see! For this gorgeous card, Pearl has combined one of the scripture verses from the new "Time" set, which was released earlier this month, with some trendy designer paper from Webster's Pages. I love the clever way she has embellished this masterpiece! Pearl is also a seasoned scrapbooker, which is evident in the perfect plan of this card!



I know you want to see more! Check out her fantastic blog, Pearl's Paperfections, to see more beautiful work like this!

Thanks once again for stopping by! Stay tuned tomorrow for a new Stamping In Time: On Assignment Challenge with Betty Wright......and don't forget about the New Releases and July Blog Hop on Friday.....can I get a Woo Hoo?! :)

Have a very blessed day!!



Blog Writer

Week 4 {ODBDLYLS6} Scrapbook Challenge

Welcome to our last week of our June Scrapbook Challenge! This month we are creating layouts based on this sketch created by Chrissy:

I have been so excited looking at the entries we have gotten so far this month! They are wonderful, and you still have two more days to get your pages entered!! I hope you will join in! For our inspiration today, I am sharing a sneak of one of the new July sets coming out called "Large Scrapbook Words." You won't want to miss this set!  Be watching on Friday. Anyway, let's look at what I created with this new set and the sketch:

8x8 Layout by Patter Cross
ODBD Products Used: Large Scrapbook Words

To see close-up photos, complete supply lists, etc., please visit my blog by clicking on my name just above the scrapbook page. Now, it is your turn to play! Here are the guidelines:

**You must use ODBD stamps on a scrapbook page of any size!
**Other stamps are allowed, but ODBD images need to be the focus!
**Use Keywords ODBDLYLS6 and ODBD when linking to SCS or other public galleries.
**The same keywords will be used for this entire month of June!
**To be eligible for the $25 gift certificate, leave a link to your creation here using Inlinkz.
**All entries for the entire month must be linked to this first post of the month using Inlinkz.
**If you use either your blog link or online gallery, please give a link back to this challenge page.

The challenge runs through Thursday, June 30th, at 6 p.m. Eastern. You have all month to enter. You can enter as many times as you like, just remember to link your creations to this first post. We will select a winner from ALL of the June scrapbook challenge entries for a $25 gift certificate to the ODBD Store! The winner will be announced with our new challenge that will begin Tuesday, July 5th! Thanks for stopping by, and we can't wait to see what you create! Have a blessed day!

Techniques, Tutorials, & Tips - Sweet Willliam/Spellbinders Blossom 3 Dies

Happy Monday, everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful, blessed weekend! This week, for our Product Review post, we're giving you a little sneak peek of some of the July New Releases! Stay tuned on Friday for the full New Release post and July Blog Hop, where you will see all of the new sets in action, plus have a chance to win some!

Today I will be sharing with you some tips on how to use the Spellbinders Blossoms 3 die set with our fabulous new Sweet William stamp sets. The photo below shows all five of the cutting dies from the Blossoms 3 die cut set which will cut out all five of the Sweet William images. Each of the blossoms are gorgeous to use alone, but if you're like me, the layered 3D flower is the way to go!!!


Since the stamped images fit so closely to the edge of the die, it is not easy to "eyeball" the cutting dies over the image before cutting them out. The easiest way is to create a template for each die. For the next photo, I have already cut out square pieces of cardstock for each of the cutting dies....make sure that your pieces are quite a bit larger than your die, so that your template won't be flimsy...you'll understand this later. Please note: due to the awesome size of the Grand Calibur's cutting plates, I was able to cut out all five in one shot......yay!!!


Once you've run your cardstock through your die-cut machine, pop out the cut-out piece (save the cut-out in your scrap bin for a future project!), but leave the dies in place in the cardstock "frame"......these are now your templates.


Next, you want to create a "hinge" by placing a piece of scotch tape over the edge of one petal, on the smooth side of the die. Tape one petal only or you won't be able to open the "hinge".


The next photo shows what the "hinge" looks like when you lift the die from the cardstock....the tape holds it in place so that it can be closed perfectly again with ease.


To keep this post as short as possible, I have already heat embossed all five of the Sweet William flowers with white embossing powder and have colored them with sponge daubers and ink. The next photo shows the template being placed over the flower image to line it up for cutting.


When you have the opening of the template lined up perfectly over the image, place several pieces of repositionable scotch tape to hold the template in place over the image, so that it doesn't move during the cutting process. If you do not have repositionable scotch tape, you may want to cut your image panel larger than the template so that you can tape the edges of the papers together, instead of taping over the image.


After the template is lined up and taped in place, close the hinged die and let's get ready to cut!!


Run it through your Grand Calibur, Wizard, Cuttlebug, Big Shot, or die cut machine of choice, and here is the result.....a perfectly cut flower!!!


Since I will be layering all five of the Sweet William flowers for my sample, I thought I would give it a little extra dimension, so I cut in between each petal on each flower in order to create more flexibility for bending the petals. I love being able to create different looks just by "tweaking" here and there!


After cutting in between the petals, I sponged the newly exposed edges, which is why the back looks a bit messy. I used one layer of foam tape on the outside of each petal, but stacked two layers in the center for more lift. Once the bottom layer of the blossom is attached to the card, there will be a slight rounding effect. All of the other blossoms had one layer of foam tape.....each layer followed the shape of the lower level.


And here we have it.....the finished blossom!!!!


The two bottom layers are rounded down ( with the help of foam tape and cutting in between the petals), the center layer is even, and the top two layers are turned up a bit for a more realistic effect.


Once the blossom was finished, this is the card which was built around it!
Card details:
Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs 'Sweet William - Large', 'Sweet William - Small' and 'Large Scrapbook Words'.......I know, I'm teasing you here, but you will just have to tune in on Friday to learn more about the New Releases!
Cardstock: SU Melon Mambo and Whisper White;
Designer Paper: Prima 'Madeline';
Ink: Versamark, SU Melon Mambo;
Accessories: Spellbinders Blossoms 3 dies, Zva Creative Pearls, May Arts Faux Suede Leaves and Crocheted Lace, 'Pearl' Glimmer Mist, White Embossing Powder, Heat Gun, Stamp-a-ma-jig stamp positioner (to stamp the sentiment straight), paper piercer and template, sponge daubers, foam tape, scotch tape.


Start working on your wish-list now.....Friday is only a few days away!!!! You'll be able to create one of these gorgeous Sweet William blossoms for yourself!!! Here is another sneak-peek tidbit you may be interested in.....the Spellbinders Blossoms 3 dies will be included in the July Bread-basket Bundle, which is the entire July release at a 15% savings by purchasing at once!!!

Thanks for hanging out with me today! Stay tuned tomorrow for week 4 of our monthly Let Your Light Shine Scrapbook Challenge!

Have a very blessed week!


Product Review/Tutorial Writer

ODBDSLC66 Anything Goes with ODBD and some news!!

Thanks to everyone who participated in the "Thank you" challenge last week!! We'll get to our winners in just a moment, but first some news!

Some news!!!! We want to say a special thank you to Sabrina Jackson for being such an awesome team player on the challenge team!! Sabrina will continue to be a part of Our Daily Bread Designs but will be moving to the design team. It is her hope to continue with the challenges as well but she will not be an official "challenge team player" as of July. Congrats and thanks again Sabrina. We love you!!

Also...beginning in two weeks we will have another new challenge team player!!! We look forward to having Lori Ulrich from Saints rule back with us!!! Welcome Lori!!!

Thanks to Rosemary for being our guest for the past two months!! We have enjoyed having you as a part of the team and loved your creations!!

Again, we want to thank all who played last week in our "Thank You" challenge!  There were so many beautiful creations. We so enjoyed viewing your interpretation of the challenge.

 The Award and Prize Winners for last week's "Thank You" challenge:
pre-made die cut. 

 Tracy Vinson

Rebekka

 Jan Marie

Marlena M.

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

Thanks to some of our Design Team members for their gorgeous entries for this challenge:

Grace

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

#8

Congratulations Karen Wallace!!! Please email Kelley at kelley@ourdailybreaddesigns.com for more information on how you to claim your gift certificate. Please let her know you won ODBDSLC65.

This weeks challenge:

Is to make anything  that uses Our Daily Bread Designs stamps!!  Is that easy peasy or what?!! This week's challenge will last for 2 weeks.

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, July 7. One random winner will be chosen and announced next Saturday. If you are not using ODBD stamps, please do not enter more than once. Additional entries without using ODBD stamps will not be commented on or will they qualify for prizes.

While it is not required to use Our Daily Bread Designs images and sentiments on your creations, we would love to see them if you have them.As a way of recognizing those who do use Our Daily Bread Designs stamps, we will again be choosing 1 to 2 creations to spotlight for our Shining the Light Award. In order to qualify for this award, however, you must use Our Daily Bread stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by July 7 at 8 p.m. EST.If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC66. When creating your posts on blogs please include a link to the challenge.

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

Please note the designers link, challenges used and the stamp set they used is listed under each creation. If you take a moment to leave the girls some love at their blogs, I am sure they would greatly appreciate it.

Chris Olsen

 ODBD Stamps used: Serve the Lord

Crocheted Circle die

Sabrina Jackson

ODBD Stamps used: Scripture Collection 5

and one more since this is my LAST official Shining the Light Challenge

ODBD stamps used : Kind Hearts

Pat Smethers

ODBD Set Used: Father's Day and Spellbinder's Elegant Ovals

Pat Smethers

ODBD Set Used: Scripture Collection 6 and Spellbinder's Elegant Ovals

Fran Gumprecht

Our Daily Bread Stamps Used: Don't Worry

Rosemary Dennis (Guest Designer)

ODBD Stamps Used:  Brocade Background & Porch

Thanks for stopping by!! We hope you will join us for this week's challenge. We can't wait to see your creation!!

blessings,

Flashback Friday Favorites - Children of God!

Hi everyone! Happy Friday to you!!! Just a few days ago, a young couple at my church welcomed a brand new baby boy...what a blessing to all! Whether it's a new baby being born, or someone being "reborn" through Christ, it is a true blessing to add another member to the Lord's "flock"! It's God's perfect timing that this beautiful set, "Children of God" is next up for this week's Flashback Friday Favorites post! Every other Friday we revisit one of the earlier sets by Our Daily Bread designs....they may be older, but not forgotten!!


I don't know about you, but this set makes me smile! I can close my eyes and visualize Jesus laughing and playing with the little children.....makes me wish for Heaven so that I could see it in person! I love the three beautiful scripture verses and the two sentiments to support this sweet image! This set has been used for so many different occasions.....baby shower cards and gifts, christening gifts, scrapbook layouts, and even memorial gifts to show your love and support to families who have lost a baby or child.

Please enjoy the samples below which have showcased the "Children of God" set:





















Aren't these samples amazing? If you'd like to see more, there are many in the ODBD Card Gallery using this set and all other sets by Our Daily Bread designs. Grab a cup of coffee and tea and get ready to cruise! While you're there, you could even start your own gallery to share your ODBD creations!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Stay tuned tomorrow for another fun (weekly) Shining the Light Challenge......you still have until Wednesday to play in the (bi-weekly) Stamping In Time Challenge, plus, don't forget about the (monthly) Let Your Light Shine Scrapbook Challenge!

Have a blessed weekend!!!