Special Blend

Welcome Blogland friends!  I'm so glad you happened to stop by today, because not only will you see the new sketch from The Sweet Stop, but you will be able to join a mini blog hop featuring the first of the new stamp sets released by Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps for the month of March!

The stamp set being featured today was design by the newest illustrator for Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps, 
Diane Zechman!  WOOHOO!!

The featured set is...

Special Blend

Creative Nugget:  The layout for this first sample happens to be the new sketch at The Sweet Stop.   The different layers of Graphics 45 designer papers were stitched to Kraft card stock. The top layer was cut with an edger die and lined with Cameo Coral card stock.  The sentiment from the Special Blend clear stamp set was stamped on the Vintage Cream card stock and embossed with the Canvas Impression Plate.  The teacup from the same set was colored with Copic Markers, cut out, and popped up.  An organdy bow was topped with a button, a twine bow, and a pearl to finish the card.

Check out the other Sugar Babies for more wonderful samples using this week's sketch!

Sugar Babies

Monika Davis

Janice Melton

Robin Parker

Faye Winn-Jones

Melissa Schultz

Ceal Pritchett

Marlena Peduzzi

Stephanie Serrano

Here's the scoop on our featured stamp set:

This fantastic set is for all you coffee and tea lovers out there!

(Personally, I'm a tea drinker!  LOL!)

• Set includes 5 images and 17 sentiments
• Set measures approximately 6" x 8"
• Stacked cups image measures approximately 1 1/2" x 2 1/2"
• Illustrated by Diane Zechman
• Set is priced at $26

Here's another sample with this fabulous new set:

Check out some of the fabulous samples made by our talented DT in the thumbnails below.

Be sure to leave a comment on each of the blogs along your journey because we're giving away this adorable stamp set to one lucky commenter!

The dead line to comment for a chance to win is midnight EST Wednesday, March 13th.  The list of winners will be announced on our website homepage on Thursday, March 14th.

I hope you'll have a chance to join us at The Sweet Stop this week, and if you get a chance, play along with the challenges over at our Member Forum at Splitcoastampers...we're giving away a PRIZE to one lucky participant...a $25 Credit to the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Store!!  You have until Wednesday, March 13th to play along.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have fun hopping!

Hugs, 

Cathymac

ODBDSLC145 Sketch

Hello friends...welcome to another wonderful Shining the Light Challenge at the Our Daily Bread Designs Blog!  If you're like me, you love a good sketch.  What a great way to jump start your creativity!

This week's challenge is:

A Sketch

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, March 10th at 8 p.m. EST.  One random winner will be chosen and announced next Saturday.

Here are the challenge details:

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, you must use Our Daily Bread Designs stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by Sunday, March 10th at 8 p.m. EST.  If you upload your creations to Splitcoaststampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword ODBDSLC145.  When creating your posts on blogs, please include a link to the challenge.  Thanks so much!

Here is my card for this week's sketch:

Creative Nugget:  I knew I wanted to use a scripture verse for the circle element on the sketch and ended up with this verse from Psalms from the Scripture Collection 2 stamp set.  It was stamped in Smokey Shadow ink, cut with a circle Nestie and mounted on a Lacey Circle.  The butterfly and chickory flowers from the Don't Worry stamp set were colored with Copic Markers and fussy cut to frame the verse along with a Cheery Lynn Fanciful Flourish die. An extra pair of  wings were colored, cut, and popped on top of the butterfly for dimension.  The banner element was hand cut, and the patterned papers stitched to Smokey Shadow card stock and mounted on a Vintage Cream card base.  A bow and a few pearls colored with a Copic Marker were added to finish the card.

The Stamp sets from Our Daily Bread Designs used to create this card are Scripture Collection 2 and Don't Worry!

Please take time to visit the super talented Sister Sticks for more wonderful inspiration!  I hope you will be able to play along with us this week.

Sister Sticks

Chris Olsen

Jan Marie Ennenga

Kathy Roney

Audrey Hiltke

Diana Nguyen

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

Hugs,

Cathymac

Card Recipe

Stamps: Scripture Collection 2, Don't Worry (ODBD)

Ink: Smokey Shadow (PTI), Pumice Stone and Weathered Wood Distress Ink (Ranger)

Paper: Vintage Cream, Smokey Shadow (PTI), Solar Crest (Neenah), Autumn Spice Paper Pad (lilybeedesign), Sunday Picnic & Everyday Poetry Petite Papers (Webster's Pages)

Accessories: Circle Nesties, Lacey Circle Die (Spellbinders), Fanciful Flourish Die (Cheery Lynn), Sew Mini (Janome), Seam Binding (Really Reasonable Ribbon), Kaiser Pearls, Stickles (Ranger), Copic Markers B06, B12, B52, BG70, BG72, BG75, BG78, YG17, YG67, Y15

Milestones

Hello sketch lovin' friends!  It's Saturday and time for another fabulous sketch at The Sweet Stop, but wait...today we've reached a MILESTONE...200 sketches! That's right...today is the 200th sketch at The Sweet Stop! So...we are going to celebrate!  Not only do the Sugar Babies have some wonderful samples to spark your creativity, but we've each chosen our personal favorite sketch from the past.  In honor of the 200th sketch, we are giving a PRIZE to one lucky participant...a $20 gift certificate to the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Store.

First...my favorite sketch from the past!

This card was created using SSS165.  These pretty vintage papers work so well with the sweet image of the mother holding her baby from the Vintage Baby clear stamp set by Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps.  Since I love working with layers, and matching colors and patterns, this sketch was right up my alley.  You can find the details and the sketch for this card on my blog post found HERE.

Now...on to this week's sketch!

Creative Nugget: Look...another sketch with layers!  LOL!  One image from Long Stem Silhouettes was stamped in Spun Sugar and the other one stamped in Soft Suede right on the patterned paper.  A little Copic shading was added to the silhouette for depth. The Basic Grey papers were stitched to Vintage Cream and Kraft card stocks.  The lace and trim added were from a local fabric store and matched the colors of the DP perfectly.  The sentiment banner was hand cut, and pearls were added to the centers of the flowers to finish the card.

Check out the other Sugar Babies for some fabulous samples and be sure to help us celebrate by joining us at The Sweet Stop for SSS200!  Just link up your card using the Linky Tool to be eligible for the PRIZE!

Sugar Babies

Monika Davis

Janice Melton

Robin Parker

Faye Winn-Jones

Melissa Schultz

Ceal Pritchett

Marlena Peduzzi

Stephanie Serrano

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

Hugs,
Cathymac

Card Recipe
Stamps: Long Stem Silhouettes (SNSS)
Ink: Spun Sugar Distress Ink (Ranger), Soft Suede (SU!)
Paper: Vintage Cream, Kraft (PTI), True Love Paper Pad (Basic Grey)
Accessories: Long Classic Rectangle Nesties (Spellbinders), Sew Mini (Janome), Kaiser Pearls, Lace and Trim from Fabric Store, Copic Marker E42

Sweet Little Girl

Happy Tuesday, everyone!  I'm so glad you stopped by because it's time once again for a new Shining the Light Challenge at the Our Daily Bread Designs Blog. We love seeing your submissions in the gallery, so I hope you will be able to join us again this week.

This week's challenge is:

Black and White with Our Daily Bread Designs Stamps Only

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, March 3rd at 8 p.m. EST.  One random winner will be chosen and announced next Saturday.

Here are the challenge details:

This week you will need to use an Our Daily Bread Designs image or sentiment on your creation.  We will be choosing three or more participants for the Shining the Light Award.  In order to qualify for this award, you must use Our Daily Bread Designs stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by Sunday, March 3rd 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 Black and White sample:

Creative Nugget: The darling vintage image from the Little Girls stamp set was stamped using Versafine Onyx Black ink and cut with a Labels One Die.  Just a bit of Spun Sugar Distress ink was added to the edges while still in the die. A combination of black and white papers from the Enchanted Paper Collection by Bo Bunny, Spellbinders dies, and a Cheery Lynn Sweetheart Frame die were used to frame the little girls.  The sentiment from the same set was cut from a Spellbinders tag and sponged with a very little bit of Spun Sugar.  A Wrinkled Ribbon bow was dyed with the Spun Sugar ink pad and added to the card along with a few little pink heart crystals...I just had to give these little girls a touch of pink!  LOL!

Here is the stamp set from Our Daily Bread Designs used to create this card,

Little Girls:

Please take time to visit the other talented Sister Sticks for more fabulous inspiration!

~~Chris Olsen~~Jan Marie Ennenga~~

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

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

Hugs,

Cathymac

Card Recipe

Stamps: Little Girls (ODBD)

Ink: Versafine Onyx Black (Tsukineko), Spun Sugar Distress Ink (Ranger)

Paper: Solar Crest (Neenah), True Black (PTI), Enchanted Collection Paper Pad (Bo Bunny)

Accessories: Cheery Lynn Sweetheart Frame Die (ODBD), Marvelous Squares Die, Tag Die, Labels One Die (Spellbinders), Sew Mini (Janome), Wrinkled Ribbon (Really Reasonable Ribbon), Heart Crystals (Prima)

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 

Oh Hap-Bee Day!

Oh hap-bee day to you, sketch lovin' friends!  Saturday means a new sketch at The Sweet Stop and because it's the third week of the month there's a spin on this one. Since Spring is right around the corner, we want to see birds or bees on your stamping projects this week.  One lucky participant will also be eligible to win a PRIZE...a $15 credit at the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps store!

Creative Nugget:  I reached for Bee Happy Rhubarb for my sample this week...he's the most adorable bee....don't you agree!  Here he is, all colored up with Copic Markers and cut with a Hexagon Nestie and mounted on a True Black Scalloped Hexagon.
Lilybeedesign and Studio Calico patterned papers were used for the decorative panels, while the So Saffron panel was embossed with a honeycomb design.  All layers were stitched to True Black mats and attached to a Pure Luxury card base.  The sentiment was stamped on a hand cut banner.  Diamond Stickes adds a bit of sparkle to the wings and pearls were added to Rhubarb's antenna. Doesn't this card just make you want to smile!  Oh Hap-bee day!

For more wonderful inspiration check out the other super talented Sugar Babies!

Sugar Babies

Monika Davis

Janice Melton

Robin Parker

Faye Winn-Jones

Melissa Schultz

Ceal Pritchett

Marlena Peduzzi

Stephanie Serrano

Hope to see you over at The Sweet Stop this week...until then, have a hap-bee day!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs,

Cathymac

Card Recipe

Stamps: Bee Happy Rhubarb (Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps)

Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Broken China, Peeled Paint, and Antique Linen Distress Inks (Ranger)

Paper: Pure Luxury (Gina K. Designs), True Black (PTI), Solar Crest (Neenah), Studio Calico, and Lilybeedesign DP

Accessories: Hexagon and Scalloped Hexagon Nesties (Spellbinders), Sew Mini (Janome), Honeycomb Embossing Folder (Sizzix), Diamond Stickles (Ranger), Pearls (Kaiser), Copic Markers E04, E21, E23, E25, E27, YR21, YR24, YR27, YR30,Y15, Y21,G20, G21, G82, G94, W00, W2, W3, W5, W7, W9

For the Love of God's Love Blog Hop

Welcome to Our Daily Bread Design's Alumni Team's bi-monthly For the Love Blog Hop.  This week the Alumni team along with some of the ODBD designers are featuring a hop 

For the Love of God's Love! 

If you've come from the amazingly talented Sabrina, you are at the right stop...if you've just happened to stop by, you might want to start out at the Our Daily Bread Designs Blog so you don't miss any of the wonderful eye candy!  

Check out each link and leave a comment. If you get lost along the way, check the ODBD Blog for a full list of links.  One of the posts is a hop hot spot and a name will be drawn from that list of comments to win a $15 ODBD store gift certificate.  So, all you have to do is hop along and see all the creations and leave a little love!  You have until Wednesday, February 27th, at 6 pm.  Enjoy all the beautiful designs featuring For the Love of God's Love!

I'm so excited to be participating in my first ODBD Hop! I've chosen the Love One Another stamp set for my sample and decided to create an Accordion Fold to display all the verses in the set.

Creative Nugget:  Here is my sample, closed and tied with some dyed wrinkled ribbon.  To give the card stability, the front and back were made by cutting two pieces of chipboard with the Labels One Die and covering both sides with designer paper.

The inside panels feature more of the scripture verses included in the set as well as the pretty intertwining heart wreath image which was colored with Copic Markers.

A variety of heart punches, dies, lace, twine, pearls, and ribbon were used to embellish each panel.  

The scripture verses in this set are perfect for sending a little love to a special someone and to remind us that all love comes from God, who is LOVE!  

Your next stop on the hop is the very sweet and very creative, Angie!

Thanks so much for stopping by...enjoy the remainder of the hop!

Hugs,

Cathymac

Card Recipe

Stamps: Love One Another (ODBD)

Ink: Onyx Black Versafine (Tsukineko), Antique Linen, Walnut Stain, Tattered Rose (Ranger)

Paper: Vintage Cream, Sweet Blush, Solar Crest (Neenah), Webster's Pages DP

Accessories: Various Heart Punches, Labels One and Decorative Labels One Dies, Resplendent Rectangle Die, Labels Ten Die (Spellbinders), Cropodile Corner Chomper, Ribbon, Pearls, Flower, Lace, Copic Markers R01, R02, R12, R24, R30, R32, R35, BG000, BG72, BG75, G0000, YG45, YG61, E41, E43, E81, E84, E89