ODBDSLC160 Patriotic or Red White, and Blue

Welcome everyone, and a happy Tuesday to you all!  Looks like rain is in our forecast for most of the week, so I'll probably be spending a lot of time inside!  If that's true for you as well, and even if it's not, come join us for the Shining the Light Challenge at the Our Daily Bread Designs Blog and have some fun working with red, white, and blue!

This week's challenge is:

Patriotic or Red, White, & Blue
This will be a two week challenge.

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 Sunday, July 7 at 8 p.m. EST. One random winner will be chosen and announced with the next challenge.  In order to win this prize, you do not need to use ODBD stamps, but if you have them, we would love to see them!

As a way of recognizing those who do use Our Daily Bread Designs stamps, we will again be choosing three or more of our participants for the Shining the Light Award.  In order to qualify for this award, you must use Our Daily Bread Designs stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by Sunday, July 7 at 8 p.m. EST.  If you upload your creation to Splitcoaststampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword ODBDSLC152.  When creating your posts on blogs, please include a link to the challenge.  Thank you!  We love seeing your creations!

Before I post my card for this week's challenge, I have some exciting news!  While I will be participating in the challenges from time to time, I will no longer be on the Challenge Team...but will be moving to the Design Team!
   Now...onto my card for this week!

Creative Nugget:  The background for this card was made by distressing and stitching three panels, one from Fab Scraps, one from embossed Rustic White, and one from The Paper Loft, to Cherry Cobbler and Night of Navy card stocks and then attaching it to a Rustic White card front.  The main image from the Not Forgotten stamp set was stamped in Night of Navy and cut with an A2 Matting Basics Die by Spellbinders.  A little sponging and distressing was done to age the panel.  The postal mark in the corner was white embossed on Night of Navy card stock and popped onto the card.  The banner was cut with a square punch and the sentiment from the same set stamped in Cherry Cobbler. The star stickers, which were gold, were colored with a Copic Marker and added to finish the card.

This wonderful patriotic stamp set is available at the 

Our Daily Bread Designs Store!

For more gorgeous Red, White, and Blue inspiration, be sure to check in with the rest of the talented Challenge Team Sisters.  Be sure to leave some love on their blogs, especially for Kathy Roney who will be stepping down from the team. We have enjoyed seeing her creations each week for the past year and she will be greatly missed!

Hope to see you over at the Our Daily Bread Designs Blog for ODBDSLC160!

~~Chris Olsen~~Jan Marie Ennenga~~

~~Kathy Roney~~Audrey Hiltke~~Diana Nguyen~~

and Guest Designer, Cheryl Scrivens

Thanks so much for stopping by...have a blessed week!

Hugs,

Cathymac

Card Recipe

Stamps: Not Forgotten (ODBD)

Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Night of Navy, Barn Door, Walnut Stain, and Gathered Twigs Distress Inks 

Paper: Rustic White, Night of Navy, Cherry Cobbler, Fab Scraps DP, The Paper Loft DP

Accessories: Spellbinders Matting Basics Die, Sew Mini, White Detail Embossing Powder, Square Punch, Star Stickers

ODBDSLC156 ODBD Stamps and Dies

Hello friends!  Hope you all had a wonderful Memorial Day yesterday!  It's time for a new Shining the Light Challenge and I thought I would take this opportunity to honor all those who have and are now serving in our military.

This week's challenge is:

Our Daily Bread Designs and Dies

Use an Our Daily Bread Designs stamp and any dies.

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 Sunday, June 2 at 8 p.m. EST.  One random winner will be chosen and announced with the next challenge.

As a way of recognizing those who do use Our Daily Bread Designs stamps, we will again be choosing three or more of our participants for the Shining the Light Award.  In order to qualify for this award, you must use Our Daily Bread Designs stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by Sunday, June 2 at 8 p.m. EST.  If you upload your creation to Splitcoaststampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword ODBDSLC152.  When creating your posts on blogs, please include a link to the challenge.  Thanks you!  We love seeing your creations!

Here is my card for this week's challenge:

Creative Nugget:  I decided to try a "Lever Card" after finding THIS tutorial on Splitcoaststampers.  The layers are modified as I wanted to have a double matt on each of the panels.  A combination of Cherry Cobbler, Night of Navy, and Old Town Tavern papers by The Paper Loft was used to decorate each panel.  The soldier image from Not Forgotten was stamped twice on Soft Stone card stock...once in Cherry Cobbler, and once in Night of Navy.  The cherry parts were then cut and pieced on the navy layer.  The Fence Die was cut from Kraft card stock and attached to the bottom of the top layer.  I found some ancient chipboard stars in my stash and covered them with matching DP to be attached on either side of the soldier image.  Some seam binding was died and tied around the frame.   The sentiment was stamped in Night of Navy and cut with an Antique Labels & Border Die. This was trimmed by hand so it could be layered on a navy Antique Label.  

The Antique Border was added to the third panel.  A tag using one of the other sentiments from the Not Forgotten stamp set and the Recipe Card & Tags Die was mounted on the last panel to finish the card.

Here are the Our Daily Bread Designs supplies used to make this card:

                                   
Be sure to visit my Challenge Team Sisters for more fabulous inspiration for this week's Shining the Light Challenge!  Can't wait to see what you create using ODBD Stamps and Dies!

~~Chris Olsen~~Jan Marie Ennenga~~

~~Kathy Roney~~Diana Nguyen~~

and a special thanks to Gloria Stengel for being this month's guest designer!

Thanks so much for stopping by...hope to see you back next week for another awesome challenge!  Have a wonderful week!

Hugs,
Cathymac

Card Recipe
Stamps: Not Forgotten (ODBD)
Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Night of Navy (SU!), Walnut Stain Distress Ink (Ranger)
Paper: Kraft, Soft Stone (PTI), Cherry Cobbler, Night of Navy (SU!), Old Town Tavern DP (The Paper Loft)
Accessories: Fence Die, Antique Labels & Border Dies, Recipe Card & Tags Dies (ODBD), Sew Mini (Janome)Chipboard Stars, Seam Binding