Christmas Peace, Love & Joy!

Hello friends!  My thoughts and prayers are for those along the coast and in Florida this morning.  Stay safe!

I keep plugging away at my Christmas cards for this year and Lisa's Ways to Use It Challenge has enabled me to complete another one.  This challenge was right up my alley…I love fancy folds and chose to make a Building Blocks Card, a fold I have never tried before.  (Click the link for the tutorial on Splitcoaststampers.)

Creative Nugget:  After creating the base of the card, each panel was lined with  pink card stock and beautiful papers from the Christmas 2014 Collection by Our Daily Bread Designs.  The mailbox image from the Christmas Note stamp set was colored with Copic Markers, the sentiment from Joys of the Season was embossed, the Peace Border die cut added, and the card closed with some organdy ribbon.

The tree from the Joys of the Season stamp set was white embossed on two Neenah Kraft panels and the snow drifts were cut with a Leafy Edged Border Die. Other dies used include the Pierced Rectangles Dies, Pierced Circles Dies, the Alphabet Dies, and the Mini Bow Die.  A few gems colored with a Copic Marker and Wink of Stella were added for some sparkle and to finish the card.

This card will be submitted for the following challenges:

WT604 - Fancy Folds
Word Art Wednesday Challenge Week 251 - Anything Goes
Alphabet Challenge - P for Pretty in Pink
Crafting From the Heart #130 - Anything Goes
Love to Scrap Challenge #87 - Go Pink
Pile It On #118 - Sparkle

Thanks so much for stopping by…hope you've been inspired to try a fancy fold!

Hugs,
Cathymac

Welcome to the ODBD October 2016 Release

Hello friends!  It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas at Our Daily Bread Designs.  The October 2016 release includes four new Christmas stamp sets, four fabulous die sets, three of which are Christmas word borders, and a gorgeous Christmas Card Paper Collection. The stunning samples made by the ODBD Designers will inspire you to get started on those Christmas cards if you have not already done so.

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 October 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 October 3rd, so be sure to check back there to see if you won!

My first sample was made using the new Christmas Note stamp set and the beautiful new Christmas Card Collection 2016.

Creative Nugget:  The beautiful papers from the Christmas Card Collection 2016 and the image panel were cut with Lavish Layers Dies and the purple layer stitched to the card front.  The mailbox from the Christmas Note stamp set was colored with Copic Markers and splattered with white acrylic paint.  The sentiment banner was hand cut and an organdy ribbon added to finish the card.

The new Home for the Holidays stamp set and the Holy Night Dies were used to make this Double Display Card:

Creative Nugget: The panels of the Double Display Card were lined with papers from the Christmas Card Collection 2016. Snowy layers were cut with a Leafy Edged Border Die and sponged with distress ink.  The Fence Die was used to cut a fence border between the snowy hills.  The light pole from the Home For the Holidays stamp set was colored with Copic Markers, fussy cut, and popped onto the card.  An organdy bow holds the card closed.

When opened, another sentiment from the Home For the Holidays set was cut with Circles and Pierced Circles Dies and added above the Holy Night die cut.

The Holy Night die cut was cut apart so the shepherds and wisemen could be added to the side panels.

Here are the fabulous new products being released by 

Our Daily Bread Designs this month that were used to make these projects…

…and some old favorites previously released:

To see all of the dazzling projects created with the October Release, hop on over to the Our Daily Bread Designs Blog. Then click the links below to see the details for each project. While at each blog, be sure to leave a comment to be eligible to win one of the three fabulous prizes!

Sandee * Cathy (me)* Dawn * Lori * Robin * Julie

 Diana * Angie * Chris * Grace

  Lisa * Sabrina * Kathy

Thanks so much for stopping by…hope you are inspired by the hop and have a wonderful weekend!

Hugs,

Cathymac