Happy Johnny Appleseed Day

Johnny Appleseed and I have something in common...we share the same birthday!  Not only did Johnny Appleseed (John Chapman) plant apple seeds across the nation during the westward expansion, he carried the message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ as he walked, telling stories to young and old alike. So in honor of both of our birthdays, I've created an apple card for today.  

Creative Nugget:  Square layers of Vintage Cream and Bo Bunny DP were stitched to Early Espresso and mounted to a Vintage Cream card base...also a square.  The Decorative Corner Dies fit perfectly around the DP square and little squares of Vintage Cream completed the background for the apple basket image. The Apples image was colored with Copic Markers and cut with a SB Classic Square Nestie.  This panel was layered onto a SB Decorative Labels One Die cut from Early Espresso.  The little birthday sentiment is from another stamp set from Our Daily Bread Designs, Peaches, and was cut with a square punch.  Pearls were colored and added to finish the card.

Many of the materials used to create this card 

are available at Our Daily Bread Designs.

This card will be entered in the following challenges:

• WT446 on Splitcoaststampers - Use squares
• ODBDSLC172 Shining the Light Challenge at Our Daily Bread Designs - Anything Goes with ODBD stamps and Dies
• CCEE1339 - use fruit (extra bonus - use apples)

Happy Johnny Appleseed Day!

Thanks so much for stopping by...hope your day is special and blessed!

Hugs,

Cathymac

A Look Back at ODBD September Release

Hello friends!  Today we are taking a look back at

Our Daily Bread Designs September Release.

The stamp sets that were released in September are perfect for making Autumn and Christmas cards.  Since I always seem to scramble at the last minute to finish up my Christmas cards, I chose the new Jingle Bells stamp set for my sample and paired it with the gorgeous Decorative Corners Dies.

Creative Nugget:  For some reason I was thinking of the song "Silver Bells" and got the idea to make the Jingle Bells silver.  The image was stamped in metallic silver ink and embossed with Hologram Highlights Powder, giving it a lot of sparkle.  The sentiment was stamped and embossed the same way.  A SB Resplendent Rectangle Die was used to cut the image, and a SB Tag Die was modified to fit the sentiment.  Four of the smaller Decorative Corner Dies were cut to frame the image along with a SB Marvelous Square Die.  A silver metallic paint pen was used to edge all of the layers, including the card base.  A few silver pearls, wired silver ribbon, and Twinkle Goosebumps were added to finish the card.  Hmmmmm...I may need to try this in gold as well...Thanks, Kelley!  

Here are the materials used available at the 

Our Daily Bread Designs Store:

For more stunning samples using the beautiful stamp sets and dies from this release, please check out the 

Our Daily Bread Designs Blog. 

For your convenience, the links to my DT Sisters are listed below.  You won't want to miss any of the gorgeous projects prepared just for you!

***Grace***Sandee***Chris***Julie***Sabrina***

***Dawn***Lori***

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

Hugs,
Cathymac