ODBD Two for Tuesday: Earth's Gladdest Day

Hello friend!  It's time for another Two for Tuesday feature over at the Our Daily Bread Designs Blog.  Because Easter is this Sunday, I chose to use the Earth's Gladdest Day stamp set and made a CAS and a stepped-up version of my card.

Creative Nugget:  The CAS version has a stitched background with papers from the Shabby Rose and Shabby Pastels paper pads.  The crocus from the Earth's Gladdest Day stamp set was colored with Copic Markers and the sentiment was clear embossed.  The ODBD Custom Dies used to cut the panels include the Pierced Rectangles, Pierced Circles, and Circles dies. A few pearls were added to finish the card.

Creative Nugget:  An extra panel of paper and a Fancy Circles die cut layer were added for the stepped-up version.

These card will be submitted for the following challenges:

Just Us Girls Challenge #433 - Photo Week

A Gem of A Challenge #215 - Easter Time

Always Fun Challenge #51 - Easter

Mod Squad Challenge - Ready For Spring

Moving Along With the Times #67 - Easter

Thanks so much for stopping by!  

Hugs,

Cathymac

Taking a Look Back at the ODBD April Release

Welcome, my friends and Happy Spring!  Today we are taking a look back at Our Daily Bread Designs April 2015 Release.  Get ready to view some gorgeous creations made with the stamps and dies released this month.
  

My card sample uses the new How Sweet the Sound stamp set and the beautiful Layered Lacey Square Dies.

Creative Nugget:  The Vintage Flourished Pattern Die was used to cut a frame which was stitched to a beautiful piece of paper from the Shabby Rose Collection.  This was mounted to a Neenah Solar Crest card base.  Two of the Layered Lacey Squares were layered on top with the sentiment from the Earth's Gladdest Day stamp set stamped on the top square.  A floral spray made with Asters and Leaves and Fancy Foliage die cuts along with several mulberry roses was arranged on the left side of the quote.  A satin bow and button was attached to the lower right side of the quote.  The Unending Love sentiment from How Sweet the Sound was white embossed on vellum, cut with a Pennant Die, and placed between the flowers and the bow.  A few pearls were added to finish the card.  It was Jesus' unending love for us that sent Him to the cross!

Here are the new stamps and dies along with other favorites from the Our Daily Bread Designs Store that were used on my card:

To view all of the gorgeous samples made with this release, visit the Our Daily Bread Designs Blog.  For the details on each beautiful creation made by my talented Sister Sticks, click on the links below!

Julie * Sandee * Cathy * Lori * Dawn 
 Wanda * Sabrina * Lisa  

Your visit to my blog is most appreciated…thank you so much for stopping by!  Enjoy the hop!

Hugs,

Cathymac

Easter Crocus

Good morning to all!  I hope you've had a wonderful week! It's finally Saturday, and time for a new sketch at The Sweet Stop.  I don't know about you, but I'm ready for spring! Before you know it, Easter will be here, so I'm using the sketch this week to add another Easter card to my stash.

Creative Nugget:  Have you noticed all the yellow and gray creations out there in Blogland and on patterned papers?  I never would have put these colors together on my own, but they are a lovely, soft combination, so my card features these colors.   A new stamp set by Our Daily Bread Designs called Earth's Gladdest Day was used to create my sample.  The crocuses were colored with Copic Markers and two extra flowers were colored and popped up for dimension.  The panel was cut with a Rectangle Nestie and mounted on Smokey Shadow card stock.  The patterned paper layers by My Mind's Eye were also stitched to Smokey Shadow. The doily is actually a Splendid Circle die cut.  The sentiment from the He Lives clear stamp set by Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps was added at the bottom.  Everything was adhered to a Vintage Cream card front.  The Wrinkled Ribbon bow was dyed with a distress ink pad and the pearl, colored with a Copic Marker to match, was added to finish the card.  Hope you like it!

Be sure to check out some other creative samples using this sketch by the other Sugar Babies...you won't be disappointed, and they will provide wonderful inspiration for your SSS199 submission!

Sugar Babies

Monika Davis

Janice Melton

Robin Parker

Faye Winn-Jones

Melissa Schultz

Ceal Pritchett

Marlena Peduzzi

Stephanie Serrano

Other challenges entered:
A Gem of a Challenge - Add a Bow

Thanks so much for stopping by...have a warm, safe weekend!

Hugs,

Cathymac

Card Recipe

Stamps: Earth's Gladdest Day (ODBD), He Lives (SNSS)

Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Pumice Stone, Scattered Straw, and Tumbled Glass Distress Inks (Ranger)

Paper: Vintage Cream, Smokey Shadow (PTI), Sunshine Paper Pad (My Mind's Eye)

Accessories: Splendid Circle Die, Rectangle Nestie (Spellbinders), Sew Mini (Janome), Wrinkled Ribbon (Really Reasonable Ribbon), Kaiser Pearl, Cheesecloth, Copic Markers Y19, Y21, Y26, YR24, YR30, YG21, YG93, YG95, YG97

ODBDSLC143 Easter

Hello stamping Friends!  It's Tuesday and time for a new Shining the Light Challenge at the Our Daily Bread Designs Blog.  With Easter less than five weeks away, this week's challenge is very timely.

This week's challenge is:

Easter - Make an Easter card or project

Here are the challenge details:

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, February 24th at 8 p.m. EST.  One random winner will be chosen and announced next Saturday.

While it is not required to use Our Daily Bread Designs images and sentiments on your creations, we would love to see them if you have 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; however, you must use Our Daily Bread Designs stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by Sunday, February 24th at 8 p.m. EST.  If you upload your creations to Splitcoaststampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword ODBDSLC143.  When creating your posts on blogs, please include a link to the challenge.

Here is my card for the Easter Challenge:

Creative Nugget:  A beautiful stamp set just released this month by ODBD called Earth's Gladdest Day was used for my sample. Since I wanted to play with the crocus image and create lots of depth, a Concertina Fold was used for the card base.  Each panel was lined with Kioshi DP by BasicGrey.  Spellbinder's Floral Doily Accents and Motifs Dies were used for the decorative elements and the borders.  The crocus image was stamped multiple times, colored with Copic Markers, and each was fussy cut and layered onto the different panels.  The following views show the different layers and the fold better.

Here is the Stamp set that was used to make this card,  Earth's Gladdest Day:

Each week I am awed by the samples made by my Sister Sticks.  Be sure to check out their blogs by clicking on the links below.

~~Chris Olsen~~Jan Marie Ennenga~~

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

and our talented February Guest Designer, Becky Egecrone

I hope you can join us this week at the Our Daily Bread Designs Blog.  We love to see your creations!  

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

Hugs,

Cathymac

Card Recipe 

Stamps: Earth's Gladdest Day (ODBD)

Ink: Elegant Eggplant, Milled Lavender, Dusty Concord

Paper: Pure Luxury (Gina K. Designs), Solar Crest (Neenah), Royal Velvet (PTI), Kioshi DP (BasicGrey)

Accessories: Floral Doily Accents and Motifs, Circle Nestie (Spellbinders), Kaiser Pearls, Signo Gel Pen, Copic Markers V000, V09, V12, V15, BV0000, BV000, BV00, BV01, BV08, Y19, Y21, YR04, YG21, YG23, YG95 

ODBDSLC142 - Animals

Hello challenge lovin' friends!  I hope and pray that all our friends in the Northeast have recovered from the big snow storm that hit that area last week, that everyone's power has been restored, and lives are getting back to normal. What a blessing it is to know that when tragedy strikes, good people rally around those who need help and support.  

This being Tuesday, it's time once again for another Shining the Light Challenge at Our Daily Bread Designs.  If you are an animal lover like I am, you will enjoy this week's challenge!

This week's challenge is:

Animals - Use an animal on your creation.  It can include birds.  It does not have to be the image...it can be an embellishment or on designer paper as well.

Here are the challenge details:

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, February 17th at 8 p.m. EST.  One random winner will be chosen and announced next Saturday.

While it is not required to use Our Daily Bread Designs images and sentiments on your creations, we would love to see them if you have them.  As a way of recognizing those who do use Our Daily Bread Designs stamps we will again be choosing three or more participants for the Shining the Light Award.  In order to qualify for this award; however, you must use Our Daily Bread stamps and have your submission added to Mr.Linky by Sunday, February 17th at 8 p.m. EST.  If you upload your creations to Splitcoaststampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword ODBDSLC142.  When creating your posts on blogs please include a link to the challenge...thank you!

Below is my sample for the Animal Challenge!

Creative Nugget:  This adorable image is from the Lord Is My Shepherd stamp set.  It was colored with Copic Markers, cut with an Oval Nestie, and mounted on a Soft Sky Scalloped Oval Nestie. Different designer papers were stitched to True Black card stock and mounted on a Soft Sky card front.  The sentiment from the Earth's Gladdest Day stamp set, just released this month, was stamped in the lower corner right on the DP.  The border from the Serve the Lord stamp set was stamped on Soft Sky and cut with the matching Crocheted Border Die.  Since I don't have a rolled rose die, I punched scalloped circles from the DP, cut them in a spiral, and rolled from the outside in to create my own.  Pearls were added to the insides.  A Cheery Lynn Flourish, some ribbon and decorative pearls were added as embellishments to finish the card.  I hope you've been inspired to create your own animal card for this week's challenge!

The other talented Sister Sticks have created some gorgeous samples for you this week.  Be sure to check out their blogs and galleries and leave a little love!

~~Chris Olsen~~Jan Marie Ennenga~~

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

and our February Guest Designer, Becky Egecrone

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

Hugs,

Cathymac

Card Recipe
Stamps: Lord is My Shepherd, Earth's Gladdest Day, and Serve the Lord (ODBD)
Ink: Tuxedo Black, Soft Sky, Antique Linen, Walnut Stain, and Tumbled Glass Distress Ink 
Paper: Solar Crest (Neenah), True Black, Soft Sky, KaiserCraft DP
Accessories: Crocheted Border Die (ODBD), Oval and Scalloped Oval Nesties (Spellbinders), Fanciful Flourish Die (Cheery Lynn), Scalloped Circle Punch, Sew Mini (Janome), Double Stitched Ribbon, Kaiser Pearls, Pearl Brad, Copic Markers E40, E41, E42, E43, E44, E47, G03, G40, G46, G82, G85, G94, W2, W3, W5, W7, W9