Another Look at the ODBD June 2015 Release

Welcome, my friends!  Today we are taking a look back at Our Daily Bread Designs June 2015 Release.  Get ready to be inspired by our sunny creations and masculine cards perfect for the special man in your life made with the stamps and dies released earlier this month.  

Here is an Accordion Fold made with the new Good Man stamp set:

Creative Nugget:  A friend of mine gave me this verse over fifteen years ago while I was battling cancer…it has become my life verse and one of my very favorite verses in the Bible.  The Jeremiah verse from the Good Man stamp set became the focal point for this accordion card and was cut and matted using the Vintage Flourish Pattern Dies.  Three different patterns from the beautiful Vintage Ephemera Paper Collection were mounted on three sections of the accordion fold.  Since one of the papers from the collection is printed with the Wildflower Silhouette Background, the stamp was used on each panel.  Color was sponged on each panel to look like a sunrise.  The butterfly from Butterfly & Bugs was stamped several times, colored, and cut with the matching Butterfly & Bugs Die.  The card is tied closed with a piece of seam binding.

Here is a closer look at the back panel...

…and a better look at the opened accordion fold. 

These new products from the Our Daily Bread Designs Store were used to create this card…

…as well as some older favorites:

To see more wonderful card samples made with the June Release, head on over to the Our Daily Bread Designs Blog.  Be sure to visit each blog of the talented Bread Sticks to see a close up of their projects along with the details!

Julie * Lori * Cathy * Dawn * Sandee 

 Amy * America * Wanda

I hope you were inspired by your visit…have a wonderful day!

Hugs,

Cathymac

Life is a Gift

Hello friends!  Life truly is a gift and I thank the Lord for every day that He gives me to live it and for every undeserved blessing He bestows!  My card today is for Linda's Monochromatic Challenge on Splitcoaststampers and uses the MOJO Monday Sketch for this week and two new stamp sets released this month by Our Daily Bread Designs.

Creative Nugget:  The card front was made by stamping the Wildflower Silhouette Background with Hello Honey ink, cutting the panel with the large frame die in the Flourished Star Pattern Die Set, and matting it with Smokey Shadow card stock.  Vellum was embossed with the Faithful Fish Pattern Die and stitched across the middle of the card front.  The main panel was stamped with the Life is a Gift image in Crushed Curry ink then offset and stamped again in Daffodil Delight.  The wheat was brushed with clear Wink of Stella and white gel pen dots were added to the Queen Anne's Lace.  This panel was also embossed with the Faithful Fish Pattern Die.  The Smokey Shadow banner was stitched on the side.  The sentiment was white embossed on vellum, punched with a circle punch and framed with Daffodil Delight card stock.  Some dyed ribbon was added to finish the card.

Here are the supplies from the 

Our Daily Bread Designs Store that were used:

This card will be entered in the following challenges:

MOJO Monday 386 

Our Daily Bread Shining the Light Challenge - ODBSLC228 No Coloring

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday - Challenge # 172 Anything Goes

Thanks so much for stopping by…enjoy the day and live it well!

Hugs,

Cathymac

Wildflowers to Bless You

Hello everyone!  It's Wednesday and time for the Sketch Challenge on Splitcoaststampers.  I'm hosting today so I hope you can come play along.  Our Daily Bread Designs new Wildflower Silhouette Background was used for my sample.

Creative Nugget:  The Blooming Garden Paper Collection was used to make the panels for the sketch design and were matted and stitched to Golden Harvest and Wasabi Green card stock. The Wildflower Silhouette Background was stamped directly on the designer paper.  The Asters and Leaves Dies were used to make the flower and some Fancy Foliage was added for interest. Two of the Beautiful Borders die cuts were attached side by side with seam binding and a bow tied down the middle.  The sentiment from the new Life is a Gift stamp set was stamped on a Mini Tag die cut and attached to finish the card.

Here is the sketch that was used for the card design:

This card will be entered in the following challenges:

SC526 - Splitcoaststampers

Challenge #91 Anything Goes - Sister Act Card Challenge

Wednesday Challenge Anything Goes - Simon Says Stamp

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs,

Cathymac

ODBD February 2015 Release

Hello friends!  Everything's coming up wildflowers with the new February 2015 Release by Our Daily Bread Designs.  Wait until you see the gorgeous scenes created by the fabulous Design Team with the matching outline and silhouette images in this month's release. AND…Squeeeee…two new word dies! 

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 February 2, 2014 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 February 3rd, so be sure to check back there to see if you won!

Here is my first project made with some of the new products:

Creative Nugget:  Distress refill inks were used to create a sunset background for the new Wildflower Silhouette Background which was stamped over the dried watercolors with Versafine Onyx Black ink.  A white paint pen was used to add highlights to some of the wildflowers.  Another panel was made on Solar Crest card stock using the Faithful Fish Pattern Die released last month. The middle section was removed and the other two sections matted in black were popped up with foam tape allowing the wildflowers to be seen in the middle.  The Happy Birthday word die was cut once out of paper from the Blooming Garden Paper Collection and three times from black card stock.  The die cuts were glued together for dimension and mounted across the center section of the card. The same was done with the ballon dies which are included in the Happy Birthday Die Set.  The balloon was colored with Wink of Stella for some sparkle and covered with a layer of Glossy Accents.  A Metallic thread bow was added to finish the card.

My second sample was made with both the Wildflower Silhouette Background and the coordinating images from the Life is a Gift stamp set.

Creative Nugget:  Each section of the center step card base was layered with Neenah Solar Crest card stock and paper from the Blooming Garden Paper Collection.  The Wildflower Silhouette Background was white embossed on the two side panels directly onto the patterned paper.  Copic Markers were used to color the wildflowers from Life is a Gift and then the Vintage Labels Die was used to cut the panel.  The same die was used to cut a blue mat which was cut down the middle and separated a little to create a frame for the main image.  The Gilded Gate die cut was embossed and lightly sponged with distress ink and mounted to the front of the card.  The sentiment from Life is a Gift was stamped on a Mini Tag die cut and tied to the gate to finish the card.

Here are the new release products available at the 

Our Daily Bread Designs Store used on my projects…

…and some old favorites as well:

To see all of the fabulous Design Team projects in one place, head on over to the Our Daily Bread Designs Blog.  The links below will take you to each of the talented Breadsticks' Blogs for a close up of all the details.

 Cathy (me) * Lori * Sandee * Dawn * Julie
 Grace * Chris * Lisa * Angie * Silke  
Wanda * Sabrina * Audrey

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs,
Cathymac