A quick sneak peek!

Hello friends!  I have a quick sneak peek to share with you!  Tomorrow Our Daily Bread designs will be releasing four new sets, and this is just to give you a little taste of what's to come!  

I used Happy Retirement, stamping the image with Memento Ink and coloring with Copics.  The sentiments are stamped with Versafine Ink.  The DP is K&Co Sea Glass die cut mat, and the base is Martha Stewart.  I created an easel card using Spellbinders Labels 8.  I shaded the edges of each layer with a black marker, then THoltz Distress Ink in Black Soot.  The netting is a recycled apple bag.  To bring out the hammock I went over the brown stamped lines with a black Micron pen to pop it a bit. I added a few little shells as finishing touches.

Hope you like my project...and don't miss the blog hop tomorrow for plenty of chances to win just for hopping along!!!  See you then!

Grace

For the Love of Flower Stamps!

Welcome to Our Daily Bread Design's Alumni Team's bi-monthly For the Love Blog Hop. If you got here from Kathy's Blog, you are in the right place!   The Alumni team along with some of the ODBD designers are featuring a hop for the For the Love of ODBD Flower Stamps! Check out each link and leave a comment. If you get lost along the way, go to the ODBD blog for the full link list.  One  post 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, May 9th at 6 pm EDT to complete the hop.   So, why not get hopping and enjoy all the fabulous inspiration using The Love of ODBD Flower Stamps!  

I used Don't Worry for my flower image. 

 Here is my creation:

I used the Chicory flower from the Don't Worry Set, the 2 Step Butterfly, and Flourished Verses.  The base is Martha Stewart, the designer paper is BoBunny Country Gardens, and the butterfly is also stamped on Vellum and cut with the Grunge Butterfly Die that matches the butterfly.   I used Versafine for my ink, and the dies are from Cheery Lynn: Italian Flourish and Square Doily.  I added some Baby Blue Flower Soft for the stamens, and the bow is May Arts Sheer 1" ribbon, which I made on my new Becca's Peg Bow maker.  The sketch I used is from this week's i{heart}2stamp.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  From here you will hop to the sweet and talented Jan Keen!

Happy Birthday between friends!

Hello my friends!  Today I have something that I made purely for fun. The challenge over at Cheery Lynn Challenge Blog is Birthdays!   I have had some Lili of the Valley stamps ( this one is called coffee break) that I ordered some time ago now, and have not had time to play with yet... today was the day.  I used the sketch from Card Positioning Systems 261, and my papers are a yellow base by Martha Stewart, and dp by MME, Miss Caroline Howdy Doody.  LOVE this new paper!!!  I used the Cheery Lynn Polynesian Sails die to frame my image, and stamped the Happy Birthday sentiment from Hero Arts and cut with a Spellbinders Tags 5 die.  The image is colored with Copics and some simple bakers twine finished it off..... nice and simple, but I had so much fun coloring this.  It's a change for me.  I hope you enjoyed it.  Thanks so much for stopping by, and your comments give me such joy!

A little stamping and a little sewing!

Hello my friends!  I hope you are having a wonderful week!!!

Today I wanted to share something I made for my granddaughter's birthday coming up next week!  (She doesn't go on the computer or I'd be worried about her seeing this! LOL).  Anyway.... for Christmas she got one of the American Girl doll's doggies, and that makes 2 doggies for her now and she really wanted a bed for them.  So.... since I  made her curtains for her room, I bought extra fabric to make sheets and pillows for her AG doll bed, and this little doggie bed. The  doggie bed at AG costs $22.00!  You're kidding!!! LOL!  Anyway.... this month's set, Paw Prints from Our Daily Bread designs provided the perfect little paw print stamp for the inside fabric.  I stamped it with Stazon Ink directly on some fabric. When stamping on fabric, you want to let the stamp rest on the fabric for a moment longer than on you do on paper, to be sure it has absorbed all the ink. 

I used a 7" square for the bottom, and 4 x 7" pieces for the sides.  I formed a paper pattern for the cut out in the front, and cut the fabric accordingly.  I cut the same pieces from my outside fabric and some batting.   I sewed right sides together and then inserted the lining into the bed and sewed along the top edge.  Then I added the seam binding to the edges.  I then made the pillow for the bottom using a piece of cardboard for the base, added a couple layers of batting, then the paw print fabric, adhering to the back of the cardboard.  I covered the back with more fabric and viola... a doggie bed.  Very simple once I figured out my sizes. 

I added the little banner (Spellbinders Ribbon Banners) which I stamped with the sentiment from Paw Prints with Regal Rose and sponged with T Holtz Worn Lipstic Distress Ink.  I wish I had my granddaughter's puppies to show in this bed, but anyway... you get the idea.  It's fun to take stamping to a different level sometimes.... and this month's sets were just too perfect not to use on this project!  Hope you were inspired in some small way to get stamping and maybe even sewing!

Thanks so much for stopping by!!!

Always in your heart... a best friend never forgotten.

Hello friends!  Wow where did this week go?  LOL!  Today I wanted to pop in and share a really quick card I made with this month's release from Our Daily Bread designs, Dog Sympathy.  My base is Baja Breeze, and the dp is my old but loved Max and Whiskers by BasicGrey.  The ribbon is May Arts Faux Suede.  I cut the sentiment panel with Classic Spellbinders Ovals Large, and matted with SB Floral Ovals.  This was super quick but when you need a pet sympathy card.... it needs to be quick, right?  :)  The sketch is this week's Card Patterns 160.

Thanks for looking!!!  Have a blessed weekend!

For the Love of Tags & Custom Die: Plant Kindness

Welcome to Our Daily Bread Design's Alumni Team's bi-monthly For the Love Blog Hop. If you got here from Silke, you are in the right place!   The Alumni team along with some of the ODBD designers are featuring a hop for the For the Love of ODBD Tag Sets and die! Check out each link and leave a comment. If you get lost along the way, go to the ODBD blog for the full link list.  One  post 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, April 11th at 6 pm EDT.  The winner will be announced April 25th at 6pm EDT!  So, get hopping and enjoy all the fabulous inspiration using The Love of ODBD Tag Sets!  Here is my creation:

I used Garden Tag Set as well as the matching custom Die to cut it.  

 

 

The base us The Paper Co Metallic, the gray is Papertrey Smokey Shadow,  and the designer paper is BoBunny Country Garden Collection.  I created a pocket for my tag, and made the sketch to fit this week's Card Positioning Systems Challenge, and I added some Cheery Lynn dies (Fanciful Flourish and Exotic Butterfly Mini), which also qualifies it for the Think Spring Challenge going on over on their blog this week.  I added May Arts wrinkled ribbon and a Prima flower, and some little ZVA Creative roses to finish.  If you are wondering about the shadow effect of the flourishes, I simply cut one green and one gray, and then stacked them just offset a bit to created that shadow look.  The image is colored with Copics. 

Now I will send you on your way..... Sabrina is next on the hop!