Th-INK-ing of You

Thinking of You with Flower Soft

2012-02-22T13:15:00.001-05:00

Hello friends! Happy Wednesday! Who's ready for something spring? Today I have a Flower Soft card to share with you. I love this stuff! This is a preprinted topper from the Country Village Kit, that I simply decorated with flower soft and popped up parts of the image. I added the sweet fence from a custom fence die from Our Daily Bread designs, and the flower soft sentiment. I used a

Something a little different for me!

2012-02-18T08:56:00.002-05:00

Hello my friends! Today I have something a little different than my usual. I wanted to make a tag using The Mighty Sea and The Sea from Our Daily Bread designs, but I wanted to explore some different techniques and mediums, and this is what I came up with. I'm not even sure there is a name for this technique, but it's more of a combination of black magic and faux wood (mine would be without

For The Love of ODBD Borders & Frames Blog Hop!

2012-02-16T09:00:00.009-05:00

Welcome to Our Daily Bread Design's Alumni Team's bi-monthly For the Love Blog Hop. If you got here from Chris' awesome blog, you are in the right place! If you just happened on my blog, you might want to hop on over to the ODBD Blog for the full list of links so you don't miss a chance to win!!! This week the Alumni team along with some of the ODBD designers (like me) are featuring a

It is Well at Dawn and all the time!

2012-02-11T11:26:00.001-05:00

Hello my friends! I have a quick card to share today. I entered this into the SCS inspiration challenge today, which was to find your inspiration from a wonderful photography site, Better Photo. I chose this photo, because I loved the hues in the lovely water scene at dawn! I also wanted to play in this week's H-E-A-R-T challenge over at Let Your Light Shine challenge at ODBD. For this

A quick gift idea...

2012-02-09T06:00:00.005-05:00

Hello my blogging friends! Today I am sharing a really quick little gift I made for a dear friend a little while ago. It is a bookmark made with a Scripture from ODBD Scriptures Collection 3. I wrote a tutorial on how to create it over on the Our Daily Bread designs Blog today. I hope you'll check it out there! I received an email this morning and this was part of it. I thought it fit

Casing Kelley!

2012-02-05T07:00:00.010-05:00

Hello my friends! Over on the ODBD Forum, there's a special CASE ARTIST challenge up! Our assignment this week is to Case ODBD Owner, Kelley Holland! Many of you might not know that she was an avid card maker and as such sensed the need for more Christian themed stamps for the stamping community. That is how the ODBD story began! So today, I have cased this card. Hope you can play along!

ODBD Feb. release Blog Hop!

2012-02-01T08:00:00.004-05:00

Welcome to the Our Daily Bread designs February Release Blog Hop! If you got here from Angie's Awesome Blog, you are in the right place. If not you might want to start at the Our Daily Bread designs Blog and start from the beginning. If you get lost along the way, simply return there, where the entire hop is listed with links. Now, here are the Hop Details: The Hop will run 8am EST Feb. 1

His Love for You!

2012-01-29T19:36:00.002-05:00

Hello my blogging friends! Today I am sharing a tri-fold card I made using several Our Daily Bread designs sets. The ocean scene is from the Feb. release (to be released Feb. 1), The Mighty Sea, as are the sentiments. I made a belly band from twine attached to my sentiment tag. On the inside, I also used ODBD's very first set, Light of the World, and also Footprints Set. I also used the

It is Well with my Soul

2012-01-26T15:08:00.002-05:00

Hello blogging friends! I hope you have been enjoying a wonderful week! I have had a very busy one beginning with a very special surprise birthday party my daughter and hubby threw for me on Sunday, and then a week filled with busyness including having a crown redone only to have it fall off again... and more fun things! LOL! Anyway... I have a sneak peek for you today and I just love this

ODBD For the Love of Custom Dies Blog Hop and announcement!

2012-01-19T09:00:00.006-05:00

ODBD For the Love of Custom Dies Blog Hop!Our Daily Bread designs has a brand new team! It's an Alumni team! Some of our past designers have returned and will be sharing special projects with you bi-monthly on Thursdays! You can read all about it on the ODBD Blog today!Meantime.... Welcome to our first Alumni Team "For the Love" Blog Hop! This week the new Alumni team along with some of the

Happy Birthday Grandson!

2012-01-16T09:32:00.001-05:00

Hello friends! Just a real quick post today. I wanted to share a card I made for my Grandson who turned 14 last Thursday! Yikes! Where did time go? Anyway... I had won a free image from Karen's Doodles some time back and had chosen this one because my Grandson's dream is to get an old VW real cheap (is that possible?) and then for Christmas, birthday,s etc. ask for the parts needed to fix

Double Dutch Fold Friendship Card

2012-01-13T22:00:00.001-05:00

I wanted to share a new fold I tried for the first time! This is the Double Dutch Fold and was the featured fold on Splitcoaststampers last week. I made this with Our Daily Bread designs Jan. release, Birthday Blessings (image) and Special Blend (sentiment and frame inside). I used SU! for my base and SEI Promise Me for the pretty little teacup paper. I made the belly band with a Martha

Never Give Up!

2012-01-09T22:40:00.000-05:00

Hello everyone! I hope you are having a great week! Today I have a sample I made with Our Daily Bread designs Jan. release, Never Give Up, Grunge Cross, matching die, and Grunge Cross Background. I stamped the background with VersaMark and then lightly chalked it, then I stamped the Grunge Cross image with Archival Sepia over the bg. I stamped another cross and cut it out with the custom

A Stamping in Time Birthday!

2012-01-05T09:00:00.004-05:00

It is time for ODBD Stamping In Time Challenge (SNTODBD51)! The Challenge this rotation is all about 2012! Or, at least the numbers that make up the year. Like 2-0-1-2. The numbers are a formula or recipe for how much we can add or not add to our card! Any stamps are allowed; however, if you use ODBD stamps you are entered twice for the win! Play as often as you like! The more you

Birthday Blessings!

2012-01-03T20:34:00.000-05:00

Hello everyone! I hope you are enjoying getting back to "normal" after the Christmas and New Years holidays! I am going on week 3 of the crud here, but I'm finally feeling better, even though you might not believe it to hear me cough! LOL! Anyhoo.... I wanted to share another card I made with this month's release from Our Daily Bread designs. I used Birthday Blessings to create this card,

ODBD January Release Blog Hop

2012-01-01T08:00:00.006-05:00

Welcome to the Our Daily Bread designs January Release Blog Hop! If you got here from Chris' Delightful Blog, you are in the right place. If not you might want to start at the Our Daily Bread designs Blog and start from the beginning. If you get lost along the way, simply return there, where the entire hop is listed with links. Now, here are the Hop Details: The Hop will run 8am EDT Jan. 1

Sneak Peek!

2011-12-28T07:49:00.000-05:00

Hello everyone! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and are looking ahead to the blessings of 2012! Today I have a sneak peek for you! This set is called Birthday Blessings, from Our Daily Bread designs, and will be released Jan. 1. I just LOVE it!!! I made this to fit the sketch at Craft Your Passion, so I didn't add a sentiment, but believe me, this set will be used a lot because I

Merry Christmas!

2011-12-18T03:00:00.003-05:00

Hello friends! It's time for another Stampin Sisters in Christ Challenge.... and it's the last one for the year! Our hostess this week is the talented and sweet Miesje. She has chosen the following Scripture: "Glory to God in the highest, and on Earth peace, good will toward men" (Luke 2:14) Her challenge is:A Christmas card or project that is Christian, image and/or sentiment must have the

Daisies for a dreary winter day!

2011-12-16T11:29:00.000-05:00

Hello everyone! Today's Free4 All on SCS was to use flowers! How fun, especially since Our Daily Bread designs just came out with this awesome Daisy/ Black Eyed Susan set this month! I stamped the Daisy/ Black Eyed Susan image twice so I could cut out and pop up the center flower.. The base is Gina K, the dp is Recollections (green) and Lasting Impressions (yellow). I used a SB Lace Doily

Pleasant Words.... sweet to the soul!

2011-12-13T18:38:00.001-05:00

Hello friends! I hope you are enjoying this Christmas season and finding time to reflect on HIS indescribable gift! I'm popping in to share a window card I made using several of this month's new releases from Our Daily Bread designs. I used the Stitched Background for my front, and cut out my window with the Our Daily Bread designs custom Elegant Oval Die, made by Spellbinders for ODBD. I

Noel!

2011-12-08T09:00:00.064-05:00

It is time for ODBD Stamping In Time Challenge (SNTODBD49)! The assignment is to use Our Daily Bread Design stamps. The challenge this rotation is the same as last rotation. We are in crunch time for mailings and gift giving. So, we are creating MORE Christmas cards, gift packaging, gift ideas or anything festive you can think of to share with a Christmas theme! Remember, the more

Black Eyed Susies!

2011-12-05T10:59:00.000-05:00

Hello friends! I know..... everyone's into Christmas.... so why am I doing spring here? Well.... I'm sharing one of the new singles released this month by Our Daily Bread designs called Daisies/ Blackeyed Susans. I actually made this last week for the sketch challenge on SCS but just didn't get a chance to show it here. I paired the image with the Seed Packet, which I stamped on Kraft with

From my Heart With Love

2011-12-04T06:00:00.002-05:00

Hello friends! Happy Sunday! Although I am officially on a little break, I did manage to create a card for this week's Stampin Sisters in Christ challenge. Our hostess this week is Lisa, and she has chosen Matthew 1:20-22, "But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, 'Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife,

Dec. Release Blog Hop!

2011-12-01T08:00:00.003-05:00

Hello friends! Welcome to the Our Daily Bread designs Dec. Release Blog Hop! If you got here from Gemiel's Beautiful Blog, you are in the right place! If not, you should start at the ODBD Blog so you don't miss a thing! There are lots of goodies up for grabs this month.... so be sure to follow the rules to qualify to win one of the prizes! Here are the details of the Blog Hop: The Hop will

The Word Sneak Peek

2011-11-28T07:07:00.000-05:00

Hello my blogging friends! I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend, as did I! Our family was here and we just had a wonderful time together! Today I have a sneak peek for you! This is a set to be released by Our Daily Bread designs on Dec. 1 and I love it! The set includes this vintage image and several wonderful verses/sentiments, one of which is shown below as I used it for the