ODBDSLC94 Love Recipe

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

Before going on to this week's challenge or last week's winners, I want to say a special thank you to Wanda Cullen for being our guest designer over the last couple of months. Her creations with ODBD stamps and her take on the challenges were over the top gorgeous and we had such a great time as a team getting to know her.  Thanks Wanda!!  You will be missed!  This is not goodbye but rather see you at your blog.  God has truly blessed you with talent!!

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

Greta

Lee Ann

Marsha Sanderlin

Sue Worthington

Gwen

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:

11. Marsha Sanderlin

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

for more information on how you to claim your gift certificate. Please let her know you won ODBDSLC93.

The team challenges you t0 a Love Recipe- Use items that remind you of Valentine’s including the word Love or Loves, hearts, lace and the colors red, white,pink and white, or both (must be more than minimal..make these colors the main colors)

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, February 3rd 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, February 3rd at 8 a.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC94. 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.

Jan Marie Ennenga

ODBD Stamps Used: Sing to the Lord

(The heart is on the inside!) 

 Wanda Cullen 

ODBD Stamps used: Special Blend

Rosemary Dennis

ODBD Stamps Used:  Scripture Col. 6

Sabrina Jackson

ODBD Stamps used: Birthday Blessings

 

Jan Keen

ODBD  Stamps Used: Love One Another

Lori Ulrich

ODBD Stamps used: God's Love

Debi Southard

ODBD stamps used: God's Love and 2 step Butterfly

Kathy Roney

ODBD Stamps Used: Scripture Collection 1

Chris Olsen

ODBD Stamps Used- The Mighty Sea (sneak peek of release for Feb 1)

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 Bird & Nest Bundle!

Happy Friday, everyone!!! While many of you "snow-birds" are flying out to California for CHA this week, we're celebrating here with some birds of our own! How about a little "Flashback Friday Favorites" this time around on the gorgeous sets from the "Bird and Nest Bundle"?! I can't believe it has been two years since these sets were first released and they continue to "fly" off the shelf at ODBD! (Okay, I warned you before that I'm not great with puns!!)

Not only are the sets still extremely popular, but two of them so far have custom matching cutting dies.....check out the Sparrow Die and the Chickadee die....both of these dies were custom made to cut out the images in a matter of minutes, instead of hours! Believe me, I've cut them all by hand and it takes a very long time to do it right!





Below are some Design Team samples which really show off these sets. Since there are many samples here, they were loaded a bit smaller to save space. Feel free to click on any photo for a close up view. Enjoy!






















I don't know about you, but these gorgeous samples make me want to head to my room and start stamping!!! :) If you would like to see more samples with these sets or any other stamps from ODBD, please visit the ODBD Card Gallery.

If you'd like to create your own work of art, check out the Bird & Nest Bundle on the ODBD Stamp Sets page.....by purchasing all four sets at once, you will save 10% from the regular price! While you're there, don't forget to add the custom bird dies to your cart!!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Stay tuned for another fun Shining the Light Challenge first thing Saturday morning! Have a very blessed weekend!!



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Time With.....Angie!

Hello friends! 
I hope you have been enjoying a wonderful week and are ready to spend some time with our super talented and ever so sweet Design Team member, Angie!  Angie is going to show you how she colors beautiful scenes with sponge daubers and ink for a spectacular result!!!  Enjoy!!!

Hi everyone! Today I'd like to share a fun scene created with the combination of two sets from Our Daily Bread designs. Since I write a lot of the posts here on the ODBD blog, many of you probably know that my favorite adjective when it comes to ODBD stamps is VERSATILE! I love how you can combine sets to create any scene or any theme you like. Today I am using a brand new set, scheduled for the February 1 release, called 'The Mighty Sea" along with the very first ODBD set, "Light of the World".....what a perfect combination!!

I practiced on scratch paper first to figure out the size of cardstock I needed to cut. Since I am using a 6x8 wooden photo frame, I cut the white cardstock to 4-3/4 x 6-1/2, so that it will have a nice size mat around the scene.

The ocean scene from "The Mighty Sea" was first stamped on the right bottom edge of the cardstock. I use Stazon ink since it is waterproof. I will be coloring with sponge daubers, so I need an ink that won't smear. (If you prefer Copic markers for coloring, do not use Stazon ink, but Memento ink or something similar.)


To stamp the Lighthouse from "Light of the World" in just the right place, I will be using my Stamp-a-ma-jig Stamp Positioner. Place the clear plastic sheet in the corner of the Stamp-a-ma-jig handle....make sure it fits squarely in the corner.



Next ink up your stamp and use the corner of the handle as a guide for your stamp block....stamp onto the clear sheet.



Now that my lighthouse image is on the plastic sheet, I'm ready to line it up onto my ocean scene.


Place the plastic sheet over your cardstock and line up the image exactly where you want it to be.


When it's lined up, hold the sheet in place with one hand and line up the Stamp-a-ma-jig handle with the corner of the plastic sheet with the other hand. Carefully remove the image sheet without moving the handle. If the cardstock moves at this point, you may have to use some temporary adhesive on the back of your cardstock to keep it from moving, then reposition the Stamp-a-ma-jig again. (Remember.....paying attention to the little things makes all the difference in how your project turns out!)



Once your Stamp-a-ma-jig handle is in place, ink up your stamp again, hold the handle in place, and stamp the image again, this time onto your cardstock.




Voila.....now the beach scene has a lighthouse! Now it's time to add some finishing touches before coloring.


Using a portion of the beach stamp, some extra sea-grass was added to the scene, plus a scripture verse from "The Mighty Sea" set.



Since I love to color my scenes with sponge daubers and ink pads, I use 3M Post it Craft Paper to create masks for my images. The photo below shows both stamps on the Post It paper, which I will cut out.



The Post it masks were cut out and placed over the items which need to be protected from the sponging of the skyline. I love to use Post It paper since it clings tight to the cardstock and doesn't move during the sponging process, plus it peels off just like a post it note when you're finished!



At the horizon line I used a Ruby Red color, sponging heavily at the edge of the post it paper and blending toward the top.



The lighthouse light was sponged in yellow, then the rest of the sky was sponged with Marigold Morning, blending down into the Ruby Red. When sponging a scene like this, it's important that your sponge daubers are new and still smooth so that you can get a smooth blended look with the ink....otherwise, the color will not be even. The same goes for when you are stenciling your die cuts.


Once the sky was finished, the masks were removed, leaving the areas which will be colored with markers. A bit more sponging was used for the beach edges, but masking was not necessary for this work.


After the coloring was finished, a white mat and blue background were added, along with paper piercing, silver brads, baker's twine wrapped around linen thread, and a corduroy button.


Supplies used:
Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs 'Light of the World' and 'The Mighty Sea' (available 2/01/12);
Cardstock: SU Brocade Blue and Whisper White;
Ink: Stazon Jet Black, SU Ink Pads and markers;
Accessories: Sponge Daubers, 3m Post-it Craft Paper, silver brads, SU Linen Thread and Corduroy Button, Baker's Twine, paper piercer and template, White Signo Gel Pen (waves), Stamp-a-ma-jig Stamp Positioner, 6 x 8 Frame.

Thank you so much Angie!  Your scene is just over the top!!! Thanks for the step by step how tos!!!  This is also a great sneak peek at what's coming on Feb. 1!  Be sure to stop by for our release blog hop and see lots of inspiration with these beautiful new sets!


Please stop by Angie's blog and leave her some love!  We all enjoy knowing you've stopped by and been inspired!!!  I hope you'll give this a try.... Our Daily Bread designs has LOTS of stamps that make beautiful scenes, so think of the gift possibilities here! Please be sure to add your photos to our Card Gallery, found in the top left side bar of the Store!  You never know when you might be our next featured stamper!!! 

See you on the hop!

Customer Card of the Day - Linda aka morningsun47!

Yay! It's Wednesday again.....time to reveal the next ODBD Customer Card of the Day! This week's pick belongs to Linda aka morningsun47....congrats, Linda!! I fell in love with this card the moment I saw it....so clever, creative, and cute!!! I love how she carried the sewing theme throughout, from the Spool & Tape single stamp which was cut out with the Spool & Tape Custom Cutting Die, the sentiment from the "Weave in Faith" set, the seam binding and pins, and the Tim Holtz embossing folder is the perfect background. Way to create, Linda!!!

I know you all are loving this card too! To see more of Linda's beautiful work, please visit her Splitcoast gallery, morningsun47.......you will be inspired for sure!!!

Thanks for stopping by today! God bless!!


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