Fruitful Blessings

Hello again, friends!  I just love a good sketch challenge...half of your planning is already done for you and it's a great source of inspiration.  This week Our Daily Bread Designs has a fabulous Shining the Light sketch challenge, so I decided to play along!

Creative Nugget:  I have been enjoying the new garden stamp sets released by ODBD this month.  For this card, the fruit baskets from the Garden Mini set were colored with Copic Markers, cut with a Classic Circle Nestie, and mounted on a Smokey Shadow Scalloped Circle after the piercing was done.  For the background, several of the Fancy Foliage flourishes were mounted to a Solar Crest panel and embedded with a Canvas Impression Plate...love this technique.  The Mint Julep DP by Webster's Pages was stitched to Smokey Shadow following the sketch.  Some seam binding was tied around the card front and some Fancy Foliage vines were added as accents.  The sentiment is from the Strawberries stamp set and was stamped directly on the DP.  I hope this card will be an encouragement to just the right person!

Here is the sketch and the materials from the 

Our Daily Bread Designs Store that were used:

Thanks so much for stopping by...Have a wonderful day!

Hugs,

Cathymac

Chocolate Dipped

Good morning, friends!  I have just a quick, delicious post for you today before I head off to work!  Last Sunday Heidi Baks was the Featured Stamper on Splitcoaststampers and I chose to CASE her Sketchy Hearts card, but changed the hearts to chocolate covered strawberries...yum!  Here is my take on her card:

Creative Nugget:  The Solar Crest panel was embossed with Swiss Dots and the banners at the bottom were made with Gingham stamped, Early Espresso, and Cherry Cobbler card stocks.  The delicious strawberries, from ODBD's newly released stamp set Garden Mini, were colored with Copic Markers and the tips covered with Glossy Accents.  A Fancy Foliage Die, also by ODBD, was cut and placed around the strawberries.  Flowers were punched and pearls added to the centers.  The sentiment is from the Strawberries stamp set and this panel was hand cut into a banner.  Some stitching down the side of the banners completes the card.  Doesn't this just make you hungry for some chocolate covered strawberries?

Here are the supplies used that are available at the 

Our Daily Bread Designs Store:

Thanks for stopping by!  Hope you have a berry sweet day!

Hugs,

Cathymac

A Look Back at ODBD August Release

Hello sweet friends!  Today we are taking a look back at  

Our Daily Bread Designs August Release.  

There are so many garden goodies to choose from this month, so I chose images from two of the new stamp sets for my sample...Strawberries and Garden Mini.

Creative Nugget:  The recipe card was cut using the Recipe and Tags Dies, a Spellbinders Marvelous Square frame was cut from the top and from a piece of Real Red card stock, and the Gingham Background was white embossed on the card.  The Strawberries were stamped on a Square Nestie and colored with Copic Markers and a Signo White Gel Pen was used to highlight the seeds on the berries.  The sentiment was stamped on half of a doily and attached under the strawberry frame.  The recipe card was matted with Smokey Shadow and attached to a My Mind'e Eye panel which was stitched to Smokey Shadow and mounted to a Solar Crest card base.  Butter Cream Baker's Twine was tied around the recipe card and a bow attached.  Some strawberries from the Garden Mini set were colored and fussy cut and added to the card along with some Fancy Foliage.  A few pearls colored to match the strawberries were added in the corner to finish the card!

Here are the materials used that are available at the 
Our Daily Bread Designs Store:

For more amazing inspiration using the August Release, be sure to visit the ODBD Blog.  My very talented Sister Sticks are linked below for your convenience.  They have more garden goodies made just for you!

Chris * Grace * Julie * Sandee * Lori * Sabrina * Dawn

Thanks so much for stopping by...have a wonderful day!

Hugs,

Cathymac

ODBD New August Release

Good morning friends and stampers!  The summer is slipping by so quickly...here it is the beginning of August already and time for another fabulous release by Our Daily Bread Designs!  If you are a gardener or like canning your favorite fruits and vegetables, this release is for you!  We have four wonderful new sets, four mini sets and two die sets for you this month!

Creative Nugget:  For my first sample, the strawberry from the new Garden Mini stamp set was randomly stamped on the background.  The scalloped borders were made with the A2 Scalloped Borders One dies by Spellbinders, a Canvas Impression Plate, and a CB Swiss Dots embossing folder.  The Elegant Oval was stamped in Real Red and cut with the ODBD matching Elegant Oval die with the smaller layers cut with the same die set. The scripture from Galatians is from the new Peaches stamp set. A gingham bow and a few fussy cut strawberries colored with Copic Markers were added to finish the card.

Creative Nugget:  My second project is a little table basket created from a pattern on the Technique Junkie Newsletter 3D and Fun Folds Paper Crafts CD.  The Romantic Floral Design frame was white embossed on Groovy Guava card stock and cut with the matching Labels Twenty-Six Die.  The focal image is from the new Peaches stamps set and was colored with Copic markers. The vine flourish you see was made by a fabulous new die set also being released this month by ODBD, Fancy Foliage.  A bow and a little tag was added to complete the basket.  This little table basket was filled with Ginger Peach Tea....yummmmm!  A little 3D peach and a napkin ring complete the table gift set!

Here are the new and some older supplies used for these projects available at the ODBD Store: 

Kelley will be choosing one random winner from one of the designers blog comments to receive a $50 Gift Certificate to the ODBD Store to be used for the purchase of stamps.  You have until August 3, 2013 at 9:00pm EST to leave your comments on the designers blogs.  The winner will be posted on the ODBD Blog on August 4th, so be sure to check there to see if you have won!

Thanks you so much for stopping by!  For more delicious inspiration from my talented Sister Sticks using the August Release, visit the ODBD Blog, and be sure to visit the designers' blogs to leave your comments.  The links are provided for you below!

Have a fabulous day!

Dawn * Sabrina * Lori * Grace *Sandee *Julie * Chris * Lisa * Angie * Silke * Audrey * Tosh

Hugs,
Cathymac