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ODBD February Release!

Posted on February 1, 2015 7:58 AM by Julie 40 Comments

Welcome to the Our Daily Bread designs February release! We have some beautiful new sets and fun dies this month.

Prize Information: –

Three randomly selected winners will each receive a $25 gift certificate to the ODBD Store, to be used toward the purchase of ODBD Stamps found in the “stamps column” of the website just for commenting on the Design Team cards! You have until February 2, 2015 at 9:00 p.m. EST to leave your comments on the Designers Blogs for a chance to win! The Winners will be posted on the ODBD Blog on February 3rd, so be sure to check back there to see if you won!

For my first card, I used the beautiful Miss You set along with the always lovely, Bird & Butterfly Labels. The Miss You wildflowers were stamped with Versafine directly onto a piece of designer paper from the ODBD Christmas 2014 collection.One of the smaller bird labels was stamped with the turquoise pigment ink onto black card stock and embossed with a mixture of baby blue & mint pastel embossing powders. The greeting from Miss You was embossed inside the label and I used a Versamark pen & the same powders to edge it after it was die cut. A narrow ribbon and some beads I strung were added.
Supplies:

Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs – Miss You, Bird & Butterfly Labels

Paper: black, dp (ODBD Christmas 2014 collection)

Ink: Versafine onyx, Colorbox turquoise pigment

Accessories: Spellbinders A2 matting basics A&B, labels 18 dies, baby blue & mint pastel embossing powders, narrow black ribbon, glass seed beads

My second card features the wonderful Life is a Gift set. The white panel was die cut using the outermost die from the Flourished Star Pattern die set then I die cut a circle in the top. The image was stamped on a separate piece of white, colored and I cut around some of the top to slide them on top of the circle from underneath. The Happy Birthday as well al the backing layer & corner die (from ODBD Ornate Borders & Flowers die set) were die cut out of paper from the ODBD Christian Faith paper collection. I used the balloon on the inside.

Here are the Copics I used.

Supplies:

Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs – Life is a Gift

Paper: white, dp (ODBD Christian Faith collection)

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, summer sky (inside)

Accessories: ODBD Flourished Star Pattern, Happy Birthday, Ornate Borders & Flowers dies, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A&B, circle dies, Copic makers, stickles

Thanks so much for stopping by! Please be sure to visit all of the DT for more inspiration.
Cathy * Lori * Sandee * Dawn * Julie *

Grace * Chris * Lisa * Angie * Silke *

Wanda * Sabrina * Audrey

Thanks so much for stopping by!

ODBD January Release!

Posted on January 1, 2015 7:58 AM by Julie 55 Comments

Happy New Year!! Welcome to the January Release for Our Daily Bread designs! We have some very cool sets and dies for you this month and we know you’re going to want them all!

Prize Information: –

On my first card, I’m using the wonderful, grunge style Rock Star set. I know this set will look great on masculine and teen birthday cards and while it does have an edgy, grunge thing going, somehow it still looks a little clean when I get hold of it, lol. Guess I’m just not a grunge type, but it does show that you don’t have to distress it a bunch to have a fun look.

After stamping and adding a little color, I die cut the guitar using an out of the box technique and the largest star from the Sparkling Star dies. I used a smaller star for the greeting then added a little stickles to them. The layers behind the stars were fussy cut. The background was die cut on the right side four times w/ a curved die then strips of peach & aqua inserted underneath and few more die cut stars on top. The finished card is 5.50 x 4.25 and these are the Copics I used.

I usually forget to show you the inside, but I remembered on these. Here’s a little look at this one using some of the left over frames and pieces from the front.

Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs – Rock Star

Paper: white, aqua, peach, dp (MME – Cut & Paste)

Ink: Memento tuxedo black

Accessories: ODBD Sparkling Stars, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A&B, hexagon, curved border dies, Copic markers, stickles, white eighth note brad

On my second card, I’m using the Music Speaks, Just a Note sets along with the new Faithful Fish Pattern die.

The large treble clef was stamped, colored & fussy cut. I stamped part of the image on another piece, masked it a bit and stamped the bird & music bar. After coloring I die cut it and added the die cut & embossed fish pattern behind it. I actually die cut this twice out of the aqua and on the smaller one, I cut it across the middle and shortened it. Since the long oval covers the seam, you don’t even see it.

In between the two aqua layers, I put a piece of the Chalkboard paper collection. The finished card is 5.50 x 4.25 and these are the Copics I used.

And here’s a peek at the inside.

Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs – Just A Note, Music Speaks, Flourish Label Borders

Paper: white, aqua, dp (ODBD Chalkboard collection)

Ink: Memento tuxedo black

Accessories: ODBD Faithful Fish Pattern, ODBD Vintage Flourish Pattern, ODBD Antique Labels & Border dies, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A&B, mega oval dies, Copic markers, stickles

Please be sure to visit all of the DT blogs and comment so you’ll be entered to win!

Cathy * Sandee * Lori * Dawn * Julie * Angie * Chris * Grace *

Audrey * Silke * Wanda * Sabrina * Lisa

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a Happy, Healthy, Prosperous & Creative New Year!

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Peace Dove

Posted on November 15, 2014 10:12 PM by Julie 3 Comments

A big Congrats to Audrie, the newest Featured Stamper (FS406) on Splitcoast! I’m always inspired by her creations and I chose THIS to case. I loved the layout with the cords going vertically & horizontally behind the main panel so I kept those. I used different images, different colors and added a die cut greeting instead of stamping it.

The Christmas dove was stamped, colored with Copics and I fussy cut around the black border then attached it to a piece of textured white c/s. I added the narrow silver ribbons to the die cut aqua textured c/s before attaching the dove on top. I stamped, colored & fussy cut an extra holly branch to pop up on top.

The Peace die was cut once our of silver glitter c/s and twice out of heavy white then glued together for more dimension.

The finished card is 4.25 x 5.50 and these are the Copics I used.

Congrats again, Audrie! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps –Christmas Dove 679J

Paper: X-Press It white, textured aqua & white (DCWV – pastel matstack), silver glitter

Ink: Memento tuxedo black

Accessories: Copic markers, Serendipity Peace die 030HD, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B dies, stickles

Christmas Dove 679J	Peace Hope die set 030H	Copic Sketch Markers	Memento Inks	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131
Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132	Stickles	DCWV Glitter Matstack	DCWV Pastel matstack