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  • Our Daily Bread designs June Release Blog Hop!

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    Welcome to the Our Daily Bread designs June Release Blog Hop! We have some wonderful sets  & fabulous dies for you this month, so sit back & enjoy! 

    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 June 2, 2016 at 9:00 p.m. EDT to leave your comments on the Designers Blogs for a chance to win!  The Winners will be posted on the ODBD Blog on June 3rd, so be sure to check back there to see if you won!

    First off, you’ll notice we have these fabulous new Stamp/Die Duo sets! You’re going to want to grab them because I know they’re going to sell like hot cakes. There’s a greeting for almost everything in these two sets & the coordinating die is fabulous! 

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    I’ve been combining die cut words w/ greetings for a while & these 2 sets make it so easy. On my first card, I used the You Bless Me So duo set. Don’t you love that smiley face? I thought it would be perfect as the center of a happy little flower. I die cut the white Lavish Layer & used a Pierced Circle to cut out the center. I used the same die on the patterned paper underneath, just for that something extra. After die cutting I large & 2 med Posies, I took the med white one & cut apart the petals to move them out just a tad from behind the polka dot layer. 

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    I added the die cut You & greeting below along w/ a Bitty Butterfly & a couple more flowers in the corner. The You was stacked on top of a thick white layer to give it a little dimension.

    Here’s a look at the inside.
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    Supplies:

    Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs – You Bless Me So
    Paper: Staples 110# white,  dp (ODBD -Birthday Brights paper)
    Ink:  Versafine onyx
    Accessories: ODBD  Pierced Circles, Lavish Layers, Pierced Rectangles, Bitty Butterflies (retired), Pretty Posies dies, black Glaze pen ( to go over the smiley face), Copic markers (to edge the smiley face circle & flowers on inside)

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    My second card features the Sending My Love duo set. Did I mention the greetings are clear sets? Makes it sooooo easy to see where to stamp it. I wanted a fun, festive card and these dies are PERFECT. I made the center white panel to resemble a wrapped package, using the the Bitty Borders as added trim & the Mini Bow to top it off. I also added a small balloon (from the Happy Birthday dies) to go along w/ the larger Balloons & Streamers I used.

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    I added part of the banner across the upper left corner then added the stamped greeting w/ the Sending die cut above it. Did you also notice these fun, bright papers? These are so festive! 
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    Here’s a look at the inside.
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    Supplies:

    Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs – Sending My Love
    Paper: Staples 110# white,  dp (ODBD -Birthday Brights & Birthday Bash papers)
    Ink:  Versafine onyx
    Accessories: ODBD   Pierced Rectangles, Bitty Borders, Balloons & Streamers, Mini Bow, Happy Birthday dies, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A dies

    Sandee * Cathy * Dawn * Lori * Robin 
    Melissa * Julie * Sabrina * Diana * Angie 
    Chris * Grace * Lisa * Jan (Guest Designer)


  • Serendipity January Blog Hop!


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    Welcome to the Serendipity January Blog Hop! We are showing off a fabulous new Balloon die & featuring some fun birthday images along with it! If you arrived here from Jenny’s Blog ,  you are in the right place..if not, you may want to head over there first. This is also for the Featured Stamper (FS468). Congrats to Michele! I chose THIS to case. I kept the bright colors & birthday & balloons theme, but I used a large reverse die and sponged on my background.
     
    The Prize – One $20 gift code will go to one random commenter from the blogs. So be sure  to visit all the blogs because you don’t know which one the winner will be drawn from. You have through Sunday January 24 to leave comments on the blogs for a chance to win. Mary will  announce a winner on Monday January 25.  Each month a different image is 50% off. This month- it’s the Party Background. The special for the hop is free shipping on all US orders of $15 or more good January 20 -24. 
    Be sure to check out the great deals on the Clearance Stamps!   On the third Wednesday of every month., we’ll be celebrating with a Blog Hop!  For another chance to win,  be sure to play along with our monthly challenge. You can get all the details on the challenge HERE.
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    To make my very sparkly birthday card, I first die cut two layers out of white using two of the matting basics. Then the Party Balloons Reverse die was die cut in the smaller layer. On the larger layer, I used Distress inks to sponge on the different colors then attached the balloon layer on top. I also sponged one big balloon cut out and the Happy die and attached them. The Party Bg was stamped across a narrow strip using the Kaleidacolor ink & the Birthday was stamped on top.  I added stickles to the Happy & the one balloon on top and used a clear Wink of Stella on the other balloons. Since we’re combining the hop w/ the monthly Challenge of Stripes, my colors were put on in stripes (or wide bands) and the Party Bg on the strip is a stripe format.

    Supplies:

    Stamps: Serendipity Stamps –Party Background, Happy Birthday
    Paper: Neenah white
    Ink:  Distress Inks in squeezed lemonade, ripe persimmon, worn lipstick, candied apple, peacock feathers. twisted citron, cracked pistachio; Kaliedacolor Caribbean sea, Versafine onyx
    Accessories:  Serendipity Happy & Party Balloon Reverse dies, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B dies, stickles, Wink of Stella

    Now I’ll send you on to Karen’s blog..I’m sure she’ll have something fabulous to show you! Please be sure to visit all of the DT Blogs to increase your chance of winning! Here’s the order in case you get lost.

    Mary’s Blog


  • Hey, Cupcake!

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    For the Clean & Simple Challenge (CAS322) today on Splitcoast, the challenge to make a card with a  cupcake on it.  I had this big grin piggie & a fun “Hey, Cupcake!” greeting. So as I’m putting my card together, I start thinking…I need a really little cupcake. What to do? I started looking at my punches, figuring I should be able to put something together.  The bottom of the cupcake is a little teacup punch. I cut off the handle & drew a few lines to make the cake part. The frosting part is a little cloud punch & I drew a few lines to look like frosting. I had a little candle punch, so that was handy. I think it’s just the right size!
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    The Wordy Birthday greeting was stamped 3 times on the background & I added a narrow strip of black to the upper & lower edges then added my cupcake bearing pig on top. I used a black glaze pen to add the 3 black dots in the lower right corner. The finished card is 4.25 x 5.50 and these are the Copics I used.
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    Thanks so much for stopping by! There’s still time to enter the DRS Thursday Challenge..Bloomin’ Beautiful..just have some kind of flower on your card. DRS images are not required so head on over & link up!
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    Supplies:

    Stamps: DRS Designs Birthday Party Pig Hey, CupcakeWordy Birthday greeting
    Ink:  Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx (for greetings)
    Paper: X-Press It white, black
    Accessories:  Spellbinders square, label 22 dies, Copic markers, black glaze pen, small teacup, small cloud & small candle punches