ODBDSLC82 Think pink!! and a sad farewell...

Thanks to everyone who participated in the "Geometric Shapes" challenge last week!! There were so many beautiful creations. We so enjoyed viewing your interpretation of the challenge.



Before going on to our next challenge or the winners of last challenge, I would like to bid a special farewell to a dear sweet member of our team: Pat Smethers. It is with regret, that Pat has had to step down from the team due to difficulties and pain in her hands. Pat is very near and dear to our hearts, not only for her gorgeous and creative work, but for her faith and love for the Lord and others, and her sweet and encouraging spirit that is contagious to us all. This is not goodbye but so long and see you at SC sweet, Pat. Thanks for all your gorgeous work and being such an important part of the ODBD Challenge team!!

The Award and Prize Winners for last week's "Geometric Shapes" challenge:

Sherry Kushibab



Rosemary

Kris B

Barbara Pace

Congrats Ladies !! 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:


#3 Kris B!!!

Congratulations Kris! Please email Kelley at kelley@ourdailybreaddesigns.com

for more information on how you to claim your gift certificate. Please let her know you won ODBDSLC81.

This weeks challenge: Think Pink and Encouragement in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness. (it need not be on the theme of breast cancer but it must be pink and have a verse or sentiment of encouragement)

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 Friday, November 4 at 8 a.m. EST. 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.Inorder to qualify for this award, however, you must use Our Daily Bread stamps and have yoursubmission added to Mr. Linky by Friday, November 4 at 8 a.m. EST.If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC82. 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.

Sabrina Jackson

ODBD Stamps used: Praying for a Cure

Lori K. Ulrich

ODBD Stamps used: Praying for a Cure

Pat Smethers

ODBD Stamps Used: Sentiment from Christmas Door

Spellbinders Fleur Di Lis Rectangles and Cheery Lynn Fanciful Flourish

Chris Olsen

ODBD Stamps Used: Praying for a Cure

Fran Gumprecht

Our Daily Bread Designs stamps used: Scripture Collection 2

Cheery Lynn Die: Victorian Romance Flourish

Silke Ledlow

ODBD Set: Hope

Sue Worthington

ODBD set used: Praying for a Cure

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 - The Sympathy Bundle!

Happy Friday, everyone! Not only am I excited to share another Flashback Friday Favorite, but I have some winners to announce.

This week's Product Review not only revealed our new "Archive" post of past reviews and tutorials, but it was based on you....we asked what would you like to see in our Product Review and Tutorial posts. Thanks for all of the wonderful ideas....we will do our best to make them happen! Random.org chose the lucky winner of a $20 Gift Certificate to spend at the Our Daily Bread designs store.....congrats to.....Caitiumom!!!

Caitiumom said...

I would like to see help with determining with the spellbinder dies and all dies that you use, how you determine if you need shims or not. i was helping my friend with the snowflake I got and the poinsetta die she just got to determine the thickness you need to cut it out. She has the electric one(forgot brand)i have a big shot. She said she can't always get the crispness of the dies or to get them embossed. We were at a show this fall that showed some tricks, which have helped, but if you could share any hints on getting best results on cutting with the dies.

The Hope You Can Cling To winners from yesterday's blog hop are........LaDawn, Jan Marie, and Traci S.! Congrats, ladies!!! You each win a $20 ODBD Gift Certificate...yay!!

LaDawn said...

Great hop. So many ideas for the use of the sets. I have many new creations in my head now. I could not post a comment on Sue's card. She did a great job.

Jan Marie said...

Beautiful work, Breadsticks. . .not a moldy one in the basket! Every stop was sweet and fresh! Thanks so much. May the Lord bless and keep you!

Traci S. said...

Hi~ This was such a beautiful and meaningful hop. I love this set. There are so many elements--it could make a variety of special cards with one set. I did visit every person on the list, and I did leave a comment.
I could feel the love that each person put into their project. It was an extraordinary hop in that way...I think it was a love-filled hop.
I know that "All things are possible through God." And, I just want to remind those being touched by this disease that it includes ending cancer...all cancer! God is great!

He IS Able!
Traci S.

Congrats, ladies! Please send an email to kelley@ourdailybreaddesigns.com to get your coupon code. Happy Shopping!!

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In case you are not familiar with our Flashback Friday Favorites posts, this is when we turn back the clock a bit and revisit the previously released stamp sets by Our Daily Bread designs, which I call "Oldies but Goodies"! Even the sets that are three plus years old are still just as beautiful, powerful, and versatile! This week's Flashback is on the "Sympathy Bundle"! Our Daily Bread designs offers a wide variety of "Bundles", which are stamp sets grouped together by theme, at a discounted price for you (10% off of the regular price.)

Throughout the circle of life, unfortunately, there is a frequent need of sympathy cards to uplift those who are grieving. These three sets, "With Deepest Sympathy", "With Heartfelt Sympathy", and "Praying for You", are just the tools you need to help you witness to others about God's love and comforting arms during these trials.

The first set, "With Deepest Sympathy" includes a peaceful and serene lake image, two comforting scripture verses, and a basic sympathy sentiment. I have found that this set not only makes the most beautiful sympathy cards, but is perfect for cards and gifts for the man in your life or nature lovers, due to the gorgeous scene.

With Deepest Sympathy

Next up is "With Heartfelt Sympathy", which includes two images, two sentiments, and two more powerful scripture verses. Once again, due to the rustic images, many have used this set for other occasions as well. One thing I absolutely LOVE about Our Daily Bread designs' stamp line is the ability to mix and match, for any paper-crafting need you may have!

With Heartfelt Sympathy

The third set I would like to share today is "Praying For You", a companion set, if you will, to the two sympathy sets above. Once again, mixing and matching among the sets is a perfect way to create just the right card that you had in mind.

Praying For You

Please enjoy the samples below, which show how versatile these sets can be. The variety of styles, designs, and techniques just waiting to be discovered are endless!





























Too see more lovely samples with these sets or any stamp set by Our Daily Bread designs, please visit the ODBD Card Gallery, where you can look up any set alphabetically and find loads of inspirational samples!

Thanks for stopping by today! Stay tuned tomorrow for a brand new Shining the Light Challenge! Have a very blessed weekend!


Blog Writer

Time With Connie!

Hello friends of Our Daily Bread designs!

I Hope you're having a wonderful week, and I hope you have had time to hop along with the bread sticks to see all the samples made with the special stamp set, Praying for a Cure!  If not, scroll down one post and have a look, and you might win one of three great prizes!!!


Meantime... today is our special time we spend with one of our talented design team members, and we're with Connie today.  You will love seeing what she has made for you, complete with tutorial, using a sneak peek at the Nov. 1 release!!! Yay!!!  So here's Connie!

Time with Connie...Tent Card!

Hello! I am so excited to share a set and die from the new November release, along with a tutorial for a Tent Card!! The set I am using today is called Sweet Christmas Wishes, and it fits perfectly with the new window die created by Spellbinders exclusively for Our Daily Bread Designs!!



To create the Tent Card You will need a card base of 8 1/2" x 11" and a 4 1/4" x 4" piece of card stock the same color as your base.



I started by cutting out the window die, and placing it on the card stock base covered in DP (here I am using My Minds Eye - Lost and Found Christmas) to trace the inside of the window so I know where to cut the window on the base of my card.



Once traced, cut out the window opening.



Next put the rest of your window together by cutting out the drapes. Before I took the drapes out of the die, I traced the lines in the die with a black copic marker to give them some dimension.



Tape the drapes to the back of your window.



Tape your finished window on top of the cut portion of the front of your card base to create the window you will be looking through.



Take the 4 1/4" x 4" piece of card stock and score it at 1", 2" and 3".



Fold the scores in a peak and valley formation.



Adhere the one side of the scored piece of card stock to the inside base of your card. Then place the colored image on top. Finally, adhere the other side to the bottom inside of the card base to create you tent!



Decorate as you see fit! :)

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

Connie

Thanks so much Connie!  I love this tent card and I know this is a fun way to use this new set and die!  Please take a minute to leave Connie some love and pop on over to her blog to see all her other creations!  Don't forget to have a peek at the post below to be amazed! 

DT Coordinator

Hope You Can Cling To Card Drive at SCS

This month of October has definitely been a month of hope! Many reading this have been personally affected by breast cancer....most of us know one or more cancer survivors, know someone who is going through treatment now, or some of you have lost a loved one in the past. All through this month, many wonderful stampers have stepped in and contributed hand-made cards to those in need of love and encouragement. Our Daily Bread Designs is one of many sponsors for the Splitcoaststampers second annual Hope You Can Cling To card drive to benefit those affected by breast cancer. Make sure to check out the Hope You Can Cling To Challenge Forums. There are daily challenges and many prizes given away by the many generous sponsors. You can even win one of the 5 $50 gift certificates to the ODBD store!!

To further support this cause, Our Daily Bread designs released a brand new stamp set, "Praying For A Cure" on October 15th. A portion of the proceeds from sales of this new stamp set sold during October will be donated to the American Cancer Society.


The new "Praying for a Cure" set has been "bundled" with the previously released "Hope" set....purchase both sets and save 10%. Both of these sets offer encouraging sentiments and scripture to help lift up those in need, not only in regards to cancer, but for any trial in which God's comfort and safety is needed.


The "Breadsticks" listed below have created samples using the new "Praying for a Cure" set. Please visit each of the ladies below, leave a comment for each, and return to this post to let us know that you have visited them all. There will be three commenters selected to win a $20 gift certificate each from Our Daily Bread designs. You have until Thursday, October 27 8pm EDT to leave your comments. The winners will be announced Friday morning at the top of the Flashback Friday Favorites post.

Lisa
Lori
Dawn
Grace
Angie
Connie
Sabrina
Sue
Chris
Patter
ODBD Blog

Thanks for spending time with us during Breast Cancer Awareness month! May you touch the lives of others and may the Lord touch your life with peace, love, and hope!



Blog Writer

Week 4 {ODBDLYLS10} Scrapbook Challenge

Can you believe the month is almost over? Well, you have until next Monday to get your pages in for our October challenge. If you love sketches, this month's challenge is for you!  Your challenge for October is to: create a layout of any size using ODBD stamps and the sketch below. Have fun with it! Turn it, add more than two photos, make a journaling box, etc. There are so many fun things to do with a sketch!

Today, Lisa is sharing a vintage Christmas scrapbook page using a photograph of her mom. I love all of the gold and how she embossed the snowflake from the ODBD set Peace and Joy in gold embossing powder. Such a pretty vintage page using the sketch!

8" x 8"  Page by Lisa
ODBD Products Used: Peace and Joy, Snowflake Die, Ornaments 2 (sneak peek of November Release), Scor-Pal (and Scor-Bug, used to add texture), Spellbinders Heirloom Ornaments 2011

To see more information, close-up photos, and a complete supply list, please see her blog post here or by clicking on her 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 ODBDLYLS10 and ODBD when linking to SCS or other public galleries.
**The same keywords will be used for this entire month of October!
**To be eligible for the $20 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 Monday, October 31st, at 6 p.m. Eastern. You until next Monday 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 October scrapbook challenge entries for a $20 gift certificate to the ODBD Store! The winner will be announced with our new challenge that will begin Tuesday, November 8th! We can't wait to see more pages coming in! Have a blessed day, and happy scrappin'!

Scrapbook Team Coordinator

Product Review and Tutorial Archives Plus Comment Contest

Happy Monday, everyone! Since there are three and a half years' worth of Product Review and Tutorial posts, we have created an "Archive", if you will, so that you don't have to search through years of articles to find the information you need. CLICK HERE to see a complete list, which, by the way, will be updated each month. Coming soon will be a Product Review badge for the sidebar of the blog.....all you have to do is click on the badge and it will take you directly to the Archive page.....pretty easy, huh?

Your opinions and suggestions mean so much to us.....we want to know what you would like to see in the future, as far as tutorials, techniques, etc. Please leave a comment for this post with your suggestions and we will choose one commenter to win a $20 Gift Certificate for the Our Daily Bread designs store. One comment per person, please. Please add your email address if you have an anonymous type of id. You have until Thursday, October 27 at 8 pm EDT to leave a comment. The winner of the certificate will be chosen by random.org and announced Friday at the top of the Flashback Friday Favorites post.

Looking forward to your suggestions....we will do our best to make them happen!

Thanks for stopping by! Have a blessed week!!




Product Review Writer