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!

An altered container for kitty treats!

Hello friends!  I hope you had a wonderful Easter, celebrating the resurrection of our Lord and Savior!  We enjoyed special family time with our kids in TN.  What a blessing it is to be a grandparent!!!  I never knew I could love it this much!!!  We decorated eggs, painted some greenware and played games, and of course, feasted on wonderful home cooking as well!  I have found it so wonderful to see my own daughter growing in the Lord and in her many gifts that God has given her.... and now my grandkids are getting older as well, and are such neat kids!  Anyway..... on to my little project for today...

I have been saving these little containers from Crystal Light (the old style) because they have such great tight fitting lids.  I knew these would be great altered one day.  This idea hit me the minute I saw this month's sets from Our Daily Bread designs. 

I started by stamping the little paw prints from the Paw Prints set diagonally across one sheet of some blue copy paper I have had for a while, as I wanted it to be very pliable. This paper is heavier than your every day cheap copy paper, but not as stiff as great quality card stock either.  I used Versafine ink for a good clear imprint.

From there I cut and adhered it to the container, overlapping a little bit.  I then decorated the container with a couple punched borders, using Martha Stewart punches.  I stamped the image from the Cat Sympathy set and colored it with Copics, then cut with Spellbinders Classic Circles, and cut my matting from SB Picot Edge Circles. For the top of the lid, I stamped the large paw print from the Paw Prints set and cut with SB Classic Circles and Scalloped Circles.

So here is the finished container with 2 bags of treats in it.  I think it would hold more than 3, possibly 4!  Ricky certainly loves his new treat container!!!  LOL!  I love that it has a tight fitting lid that he can't open!!!  He can actually get up into the cabinet and open these bags.... so this was a great solution for me!!! LOL!  Think how cute this would also be as a pencil holder or other tool container in the craft room of your favorite pet-loving crafter! 

I hope you enjoyed my fun little project and are inspired to create something other than a card!  Have a wonderful week!!!

I am submitting this to the following challenges:
 Gingerloft -  Anything but a Card, Robyn`s Fetish - Anything Goes,  The Crafty Pad - Just Die-delicious (use dies), Catch The Bug -  April Anything goes, Sweet Stampin - Dies and/or Doodles, A Gem of a Challenge - #43 Photo Inspiration (I used the colors of the Topaz stone)

hugs,

Always in your Heart

Hello friends!  I hope you've had a chance to view the full April release at Our Daily Bread designs!  I have a card to share that I made  using Dog Sympathy and Paw Prints.  My next door neighbor just had to put her beloved dog to sleep and so these sets were perfect timing for me! I believe there's a great need for pet sympathy cards, so be sure to have a look if you missed the release.

Anyway... I stamped both sizes of paw prints from the Paw Prints set, as well as one of the sentiments which is stamped on the horizontal panel with Versafine Ink. I stamped the main sentiment and the dog image from Dog Sympathy, and colored the image with Copics and just free form cut out, popping up on dimensionals. Since this is in honor of a "boy" dog, I decided to not add any embellishments at all... kept it simple and let the stamps do the talking.  That's about the simplest card I've made in a while! LOL!


Thanks for looking and have a wonderful week!!!

ODBD April 1 Release Blog Hop & News!

Welcome to the Our Daily Bread Designs April 1 Release Blog Hop!  If you got here from  Dawns Blog, you are in the right place!  If you just happened here, you might want to hop on over to the ODBD Blog and start from there so you don't miss a chance to win any of the four great prizes this month, and pick up all the details there!  You have until Monday April 2, 8PM EDT to complete the hop! 

We do have one announcement we want to be sure you get!

We have decided to extend our Customer Favorites Contest!  You now have until April 7th to add your submission to the Customer Favorites Contest for a chance to win a free set and the chance to be a guest designer for the release of "your" set!  So leave us your ONE choice of favorite short Scripture, spiritual quote or spiritual sentiment, and YOUR submission might be in the next ODBD Customer Favorites Sets!  Read all the details and leave your submission  HERE!  ***PLEASE take time to see the Scriptures already in sets list  so you don't waste your one submission on one that's already in a set!

Now... on to my creation:

I used the Prayer of St. Francis, which we all are familiar with if for no other reason than having heard the song that was made using the words of this prayer.  I have been singing that song ever since I created this card! LOL!  Anyway... my card base is Bazzill and is cut with Spellbinders Labels 23 Grand.  The prayer is stamped on My Mind's Eye Bella Bella dp. I used Cheery Lynn Exotic Butterflies Small, Versafine Sepia Ink, Martha Stewart bough punch,ZVA Creative small white roses, and the larger pink rose if from the bridal dept. at Micheal's.  This was super quick and easy but with the cut shape, it packs quite a punch! 

Thanks so much for visiting... now from here you'll hop to Sabrina's Scrumptious Blog!