ODBDSLC102 Favorite ODBD Stamp set

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

The Award and Prize Winners for last week's "Silk or Faux Silk" challenge:

Jonia Smith

Nancy

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:

# 1-Lagene

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

for more information on how you to claim your gift certificate. Please let her know you won ODBDSLC101.

This week's challenge:

Today marks the last March Anniversary challenge at Our Daily Bread Designs. Since we are celebrating the Anniversary of Our Daily Bread Designs, why not end our Anniversary challenges with your favorite stamp set from Our Daily Bread Designs!!! We can't wait to see your ODBD creations!!

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, April 6th at 8 a.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 most of our challenges, this month it is an Our Daily Bread Designs only challenge month in honore of the ODBD 4th Anniversary. Three or more of our participants will be chosen for the Shining the Light Award . In order to qualify for this award or join the challenge, however, you must use Our Daily Bread stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by Friday, April 6th at 8 a.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC102. 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 Sets Used: Scripture Collection5 and Serve the Lord

ODBD Accessories: Cheery Lynn French Pastry die; Crochet Border die

Lori Ulrich

ODBD Stamps Used: Faith

ODBD Accessories: Cheery Lynn Fanciful Flourish die

Sabrina Jackson

ODBD Stamps used: sneak peak Francis of Assisi

Rosemary Dennis

ODBD Stamps Used: As You Graduate

Jan Keen

ODBD Stamps Used: Mother's Day

Kathy Roney

ODBD Stamps Used: God's Love

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

NOTE:  Right now, it seems that Mr Linky is down, so please leave your direct link to your card in a comment below, and check back tomorrow to see if it's back up.  He may be playing an April's Fools prank on us!!! :(

blessings,

For the Love of Easter Hop!

For the Love of 

Easter Blog Hop

Welcome to Our Daily Bread Design's Alumni Team's bi-monthly For the Love Blog Hop.  This week the Alumni team along with some of the ODBD designers are featuring a hop for the For the Love of ODBD Easter Sets! Check out each link and leave a comment. If you get lost along the way, come back here for the full link list.  One of the post is a hop hot spot and a name will be drawn from that list of comments to win a $15 ODBD store gift certificate.  So, all you have to do is hop along and see all the creations and leave a little love!  You have until Wednesday, April 11th at 6 pm.  The winner will be announced April 12th!  So, get hopping and enjoy all the Easter inspiration using For the Love of ODBD Easter Sets!

Easter sets

Daffodil Tag Set

 

Easter Blessings

Happy Easter

He is Risen

 

He Will Rise! 

I am the Way

The Lord Has Risen

 

Tulip Tag Set  

Stone Fish

Wood Fish

Nail Fish 

So, are you ready to check out what the Alumni Team and some ODBD designer's created using these wonderful Easter sets?  Here is your link list!  Be sure to leave a comment on each of the blogs for a chance to win an ODBD $15 store gift card!  Enjoy the HOP!  Would love for you to hop back here and let us know what you think! 

• Silke
• Betty
• Deb
• Fran
• Kathy
• Lori
• Rosemary
• Angie
• Grace
• Jan

As promised, the HOP HOT SPOT blog from last hop was Silke's blog.    The winner from the list of 62 comments is Colleen B. Congratulations!   Please email Kelley at kelley@ourdailybreaddesigns.com to claim your $15 stamp gift certificate!

ODBD Customer Card of the Day - Mary Faus

Hi everyone! It's Wednesday....my favorite day of the week, since I get to reveal the next Customer Card of the Day!! This week's fabulous card belongs to the sweet and talented Mary Faus....some of you may know her as merrymstamper at Splitcoast! Congrats, Mary!!!

I fell in love with this card instantly! The beautifully colored violet image and the scripture verse from "The Lord Has Risen" caught my attention immediately, but then I saw the "It Is Well With My Soul" hymn in the background....what a perfect combination of stamps!! Way to go, Mary!


To see more gorgeous creations by Mary, please visit her blog, Through My Lens, or her Splitcoast gallery, merrymstamper. You will be inspired by her vast "portfolio" of paper-crafting art and her sweet spirit as well!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Stay tuned Thursday morning for a brand new Alumni Team's "For the Love of...." Blog Hop.....many gorgeous samples and another chance to win!!

Have a very blessed day!


Blog Writer

Techniques, Tutorials, & Tips - Paper Piercing and Faux Stitching!

Hi everyone! Hope your weekend was fantastic! I had a blast making a new tutorial video for you for this edition of Techniques, Tutorials, and Tips! The topic this time around is Paper-Piercing and Faux Stitching! As I mention in the video below, paper-piercing is an easy way to add character to your cards or layouts without dragging out the sewing machine. Plus, learning how to sew on paper takes a little practice....one day I will get there, but for now, I love to paper-pierce!!

For straight lines, I do use a template....there are many different templates on the market. I do occasionally use my Tim Holtz ruler for piercing, but the template I use most of the time is from Stampin Up's 'Mat Pack'. For circles, ovals, or shaped Spellbinder dies, I pierce around the edges freehand.....it's not difficult, but does take a little patience to pay attention to your spacing.

If you would like to learn how to paper-pierce, but you don't have a template, you can always use a regular ruler and pierce next to the hashmarks while holding the ruler in place. You will also need a foam pad in order for the paper-piercing tool to go through the paper. I usually use a cutting mat under the foam pad so that I don't poke holes in my desk. If you don't have a cutting mat, you can use several pieces of cardboard instead....that should be enough protection. And of course, you will need a paper-piercing tool, which you can pick up in any craft store.

Grab a cuppa and enjoy the video.....please excuse one scene where I am not directly on camera....sometimes these things happen and it's too late to go back! :)

I hope that the video helps to answer some of your questions on Paper-piercing and Faux Stitching. Any time you have questions (or suggestions for future tutorials), please feel free to email me at angelladcrockett at yahoo dot com.

Here are two of the card samples from the video:


Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs 'Prayer of St. Frances' (will be available April 1st);
Cardstock: Stampin Up Pear Pizazz and Very Vanilla;
Designer Paper: Prima 'Romantique';
Ink: Stazon Jet Black and Stampin Up Pear Pizazz;
Accessories: Spellbinders Grand Calibur, Grand Labels One Dies, Cheery Lynn Designs 'Fanciful Flourish', Prima Flower, Foam Tape, Paper Piercer;
Size: Approx 5-1/2 x 5-1/2.


Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs 'Cat Sympathy' (will be available April 1st);
Cardstock: Stampin Up Cherry Cobbler and Whisper White;
Designer Paper: My Mind's Eye 'Lost and Found - Rosy';
Ink: Stazon Jet Black, Stampin Up Markers;
Accessories: Spellbinders Fleur De Lis Squares and Square Nestabilities, Bow Easy, Stampin Up Twill Ribbon, Nestabling Pearls, Foam Tape, Paper Piercer and 'Mat Pack' template from Stampin Up;
Size: 6 x 4-3/4.

Thanks so much for visiting today! Have a very blessed week!!


Product Review/Tutorial Writer

ODBDSLC101 Silk/ Faux Silk

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

The Award and Prize Winners for last week's "Aqua or Topaz with Scripture" challenge:

Carroll Ann

Karen Wallace

 

Jackie W.

 

Deborah Kindel

 

Gwen

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 Nywening

Jan Keen

Betty Wright

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

#19 Shirley Qu

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

for more information on how you to claim your gift certificate. Please let her know you won ODBDSLC100.

This week's challenge: 

 Today marks the third March Anniversary challenge at Our Daily Bread Designs.    One of the traditional gifts is silk for the fourth anniversary.  This week's challenge is to use silk (ribbon or material for example) or faux silk on your creation with your Our Daily Bread Designs stamps.  Angie has created a wonderful tutorial here for the faux silk technique.

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, March 30th at 8 a.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 most of our challenges, this month it is an Our Daily Bread Designs only challenge month in honore of the ODBD 4th Anniversary.  Three or more of our participants will be chosen for the  Shining the Light Award . In order to qualify for this award or join the challenge, however, you must use Our Daily Bread stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by Friday, March 30th at 8 a.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC101. 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: Flourished Verses

Flowersoft Scenic Windows-Spring, Flowersoft colors- lilac, baby pink, poppy red, shamrock, sage, meadow

Spellbinders Dies: Lattice Rectangles

 

Jan Marie Ennenga

ODBD Stamps Used: The Light of Life

ODBD Accessories: Spellbinders Labels 14 Dies

Lori Ulrich
ODBD Stamps Used: Scripture Collection 9

Sabrina Jackson

ODBD Stamps used: Flourished Verses

Rosemary Dennis

ODBD Stamps Used:  Faithful Friend

Jan Keen

ODBD Stamps Used:  Faith, and Birthday Blessings

Debi Southard

ODBD set used:  Scripture Collection 9

Kathy Roney

 ODBD Stamps Used: Scripture Series 2

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 Father's Day Bundle!

Happy Friday, everyone! Now that our big anniversary celebration has come to a close, we are slowly getting back to our normal routine.....which means, today is Flashback Friday Favorites! Our last regularly scheduled Flashback was on the Mother's Day Bundle.....a perfect reminder that Mother's Day is right around the corner! Well, don't forget about dear ole dad, your hubby, or son, etc.....Father's Day is coming soon as well!! Today we are featuring three sets which make up the Father's Day Bundle.....Father's Day, Happy Father's Day, and Dad. Not only are these sets perfect for Father's Day cards and gifts, but they can be use all year long for masculine birthday cards, anniversary, get well, encouragement, or for any occasion you like! The images are superbly drawn, and the scriptures are full of strength and wisdom.....I love these sets!!!!





Please enjoy the wide variety of styles and projects below which show the versatility of the sets which make up the Father's Day Bundle:





















Aren't they amazing?! If you'd like to see even more samples from Father's Day, Happy Father's Day, or Dad, please visit the ODBD Card Gallery, where the sets are listed alphabetically. There are thousands of projects there for your inspiration! Don't forget, if you'd like to purchase the three sets together, you will get the bundle price......10% off! Check out the many "bundles" here on the ODBD Stamp Set page!

As always, we are grateful for the time you spend with us....thanks for stopping by! Stay tuned for a brand new Shining the Light Challenge first thing Saturday morning....don't miss it!!

Have a very blessed weekend!



Blog Writer