ODBD Throwback Thursday - Zinnia Bundle

Hello friends! Today is Throwback Thursday over at Our Daily Bread Designs  and the featured stamp set for today is the Zinnia Bundle which includes the Zinnia stamp set and the coordinating dies. 

Creative Nugget:  The zinnia flowers from the Zinnia Bundle were white embossed on a piece of mixed media paper and cut with a Pierced Rectangle Die to create the background.  Mustard Seed, Fired Brick and Peeled Paint Oxide Inks were applied over the embossing and spritzed with water.  Filigree Circle Dies were used to cut a circle from the panel which was backed with papers from the Fall Favorites Paper Pad.  The same oxide inks were applied to another piece of Mixed Media paper.  The zinnias and sentiment were stamped with archival ink from this piece and cut with the coordinating zinnia dies and a Filigree Circle Die. Some Fancy Foliage and a small ladybug were added to finish the card.  

To see more samples using the All Mothers stamp set head on over to the Our Daily Bread Designs Blog.

This card will be submitted for the following Challenges:

A Perfect Time to Craft Open Challenge #4
Craft Rocket Challenge #47 - Flowers
Craftaholics R Us Challenge #16 - Anything Goes
Pile It On Challenge #141 - Small and/or Pencils
Simply Create Too Challenge #137 - Use Die Cuts


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

Hugs,

Cathymac

Taking a Look Back at ODBD July Release

Hello friends!  Today we are taking a look back at Our Daily Bread Designs July Release.  I've been having so much fun with the pennant stamps and dies from this release!  For my pennant sample today I used a Double Display Card now available in packs of 6 at the Our Daily Bread Designs Store.

Here is the card closed:

Creative Nugget:  Green card stock and DP from the Blooming Garden Paper Collection were layered on each of the card panels. Since I wanted the pennants to face in, the border was stamped with the Pennant Alphabet and the little letters from the Pennant Swag Alphabet were punched with a 1/4" circle punch and layered on top.  The pennants and the green mats were cut with the matching Pennant Dies.  The Zinnia was cut with the Zinnia and Leaves Dies and was colored with distress inks.  Some Fancy Foliage die cuts were also added to complete the from of the card.

And here is the card opened up:

The Vintage Label Die cut was stamped with the Honeycomb Mini and layered onto a green mat.  Copic Markers were used to color the flower pot and tools from The Good Seed stamp set which was then fussy cut and popped up on the card.  The sentiment from the Be Joyful stamp set was mounted on a Vintage Flourish Pattern die cut.  The birthday pennant from the Pennant Swag 2 stamp set was cut with the matching Pennant Swag Die and hung across the top of the panel.  A few bees from the Zinnia stamp set were added to complete the garden theme of the card.  

Here are the new and some old favorite supplies from the 

Our Daily Bread Designs Store that were used to create this birthday card:

For more inspiration using the July Release be sure to visit the ODBD Blog to see what the talented Breadsticks have created.  Click on the links below to get more details about each card.

Julie * Grace * Lori * Cathy (me) * Chris * Sandy  

Dawn * Paula * Wanda * Silke * Stacy * Angie 

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I hope you've been inspired by your visit!

Hugs,
Cathymac

Happy Spring!

Happy Spring to all my stamping friends!  Yea...it's finally here!  Now let's pray the weather catches up to the calendar and it starts feeling like spring!

I have two cards to share with you today!

Creative Nugget:  I put my Copic Markers away for this one and thought I'd try my hand at watercoloring.  The zinnias were masked and stamped in a variety of dye based inks and watercolored with reinkers.  The small zinnia was cut with the Zinnia & Leaves Dies that match the Zinnia stamp set by Our Daily Bread Designs.  A panel of Blooming Garden designer paper also by ODBD was stitched down the right side to follow yesterday's Sketch Challenge on Splitcoaststampers.  This panel was attached to a matching piece of DP and mounted on a Vintage Cream card base.  The quote is from the new Quote Collection 4 stamp set just released for ODBD 6th Anniversary.  A bow was added along with several buttons which were for the "Button It Up" challenge today on Splitcoaststampers.  Even though there are only five buttons, there really are six zinnias tucked in there to represent ODBD 6th Year Anniversary!

Creative Nugget:  The background was sponged on this one and the Zinnias overstamped in Versafine Onyx Black ink.  The Fence Die, sentiment, and six little ladies were added to finish the card.

Here are the supplies used that can be found at the 

Our Daily Bread Designs Store:

This card will be entered into the following challenges:

SC480 - Splitcoaststampers

Button It Up - Splitcoaststampers

ODBDSLC195 (Use 6 of something) - Our Daily Bread Designs Blog

Anything Goes #124 - Word Art Wednesday

Thanks so much for stopping by...have a wonderful First Day of Spring!

Hugs,

Cathymac

Zinnia

Hello friends…just a very quick post today!  I'm hosting Sketch Challenge 478 today on Splitcoaststampers and thought I'd share my card here as well.  I grabbed the new Zinnia set just released by Our Daily Bread Designs and went with a neutral design for my sample.

Creative Nugget: The top panel was stained with some Antique Linen Distress Ink to give it an aged look.  The large zinnia was stamped lightly with Brushed Corduroy and the small zinnia was over stamped with the same ink full strength.  The leaves and the bee were die cut with the Zinnia & Leaves Dies and the little bee was colored with Copic Markers and given some shimmer with a Clear Wink of Stella marker. The sentiment from the Zinnia Set was stamped with Versafine Onyx Black Ink.    This panel was stitched to True Black card stock and some twine and a seam binding bow was added before mounting to paper from the Blooming Garden Paper Collection.  All layers were mounted to a True Black card base and a rhinestone sticker was added to the zinnia to finish the card.

These supplies from Our Daily Bread Designs were used to make this card: 

This card will be entered into the following challenges:
Word Art Wednesday - Challenge #122 (Anything Goes)
Splitcoaststampers Sketch Challenge - SC178

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs,

Cathymac

Welcome to ODBD March 2014 Release

Hello friends…welcome to Our Daily Bread Designs March 2014 Release!  This release is making me so ready for Spring…I am ready to say good-bye to winter, ice, and snow! The three gorgeous full stamp sets, four mini stamp sets, and three matching die sets being released this month are perfect for spring time stamping projects.  You will be awed by the beautiful samples you will be seeing today!

Three winners will be randomly chosen from the comments left on the designer's bogs to receive a $25 Gift Certificate to the ODBD Store to be used toward the purchase of ODBD stamps.  You have until March 2, 2014 at 9:00 p.m. EST to make comments!  The winners will be posted on the ODBD Blog on March 3rd, so be sure to check back there to see if you won!

Here are two samples made with some of the products from this fabulous release!

Creative Nugget: The background for this card was made using the Shadow Tiles Technique from the January Technique Junkies Newsletter.  The beehive image from the Bee Happy stamp set was stamped and colored with Copic Markers, and the sentiment added before scoring the panel and adding the shadow on the tiles.  Several bees were stamped and die cut using the Zinnia and Leaves Die.  Piercing was added to represent the bee trail and some messy stitching adhered the front panel to a Pacific Point mat.  The Spellbinder Timeless Rectangle Die peeks out from behind and was attached to a pretty piece of the Blooming Garden Paper Collection.  All layers were mounted to a Pacific Point card base to finish the card. 

My second card uses the Zinnia Stamp set along with the Honeycomb Mini and the Hummingbird.

Creative Nugget:  A beautiful piece of designer paper from the Blooming Garden Paper Collection was stitched to a Vintage Cream card base.  The second panel was made by clear embossing the Honeycomb Mini and sponging on some Ranger Distress inks.  A Circle Nestie was cut from this panel making room for the Zinnia.  The panel was then matted to a piece of Terra Cotta Tile and one of the Beautiful Border Dies attached.  The large and small Zinnias were die cut, stamped, colored with Copic Markers, and layered using foam tape for dimension.  Black micro beads were added to the center with Glossy Accents.  The Hummingbird, leaves, sentiment tag, and seam binding finish the card.  Wink of Stella Glitter Pens were used on the Hummingbird, but the photograph does not show the shimmer.

Here are the supplies from the 

Our Daily Bread Designs Store used for my samples today.

You can see all of the gorgeous samples at one place on the Our Daily Bread Designs Blog.  To see the details of each sample, be sure to visit the blogs of my talented DT Sisters. Don't forget to leave a little love on each blog to be eligible for one of the PRIZES!

Click on the links below to get to each of the DT Blogs!

Wanda**Stacy**Audrey**Grace**Chris**Dawn

Silke**Julie**Sabrina**Lori**Sandee**Angie**Lisa

Thanks so much for stopping by today…hope you leave with a little Inkspiration!

Hugs,

Cathymac