Our Help

We're in the middle of High School open house season in our home.  Our youngest starts grade 10 next year and that means a new school for him.  It's hard to believe our baby is that old.  One of the high schools we visited last week had a horticulture department, an entire greenhouse of plants, and they handed out baby succulents to anyone who wanted one.  Isn't that interesting for a high school?  I now have a little baby sedem succulent that's so darn cute!  

Today's card makes use of Power Poppy's beautiful set Succulent Singles pairing it with ODBD Scripture Collection 3 stamp set.  I made use of Power Poppy's Succulent Singles Coordinating Dies to easily create the shapes of all the pieces I wanted to use.  This makes it so quick to turn into an arrangement that also has dimension. 

All coloured with Copics in some pretty blue-green and green combinations.  

A wee bit of sewing between the layers, a couple of sequins, and the beautiful verse make it complete! 

And here’s a picture of my baby sedem in the sunshine the other day.  I had just sprinkled some water in the soil and caught a wee little waterdrop on the right leaf.

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Our Help

Showcasing Sunflowers

Today I have a few more cards I’ve designed to send to my Sister-in-Law for her to give away.  I am always looking for good Scripture to add to the cards so that they can be used to encourage others, so today I’ve combined a set from The Cat’s Pajamas and a set from Our Daily Bread Designs.  From TCP it’s Sketchy Flowers and from ODBD it’s Scripture Collection 4.  

I love the hope and light that sunflowers represent, so I used the sunflowers from the Sketchy Flowers set a bit differently on these two designs.  On the left I used the stamps without the outlines, and on the right I used more of the outline stamps - so they both have a similar but unique feel.  

To make this design I started with a 4 1/8 x 5 1/4 inch piece of white cardstock, stamped the verse in the center with my MISTI, then step by step stamped the sunflowers around the perimeter.  I added a bit of orange to the tips of some of the flowers, and green to the leaves, and added the brown center of the sunflowers with a marker to stamp technique.  

Then I took an MFT die and cut out the scalloped rectangle center of the design to give it more of a framed feel.  I held onto that tiny frame and I’ll show you what I did to create another card with it later this week.  Instead of just 2 cards, I managed 4 from this stamping! Gotta love that!

Here’s the second design where it shows more of the orange ink I used with the outline stamp in this set to give it a bit of a different look.  Then it’s just some simple twine to finish off both cards.  

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Showcasing Sunflowers

Scripture Series II

Today I’m back with another pair of cards in my Scripture Series.  This particular Bible verse is our daughter’s favourite verse, and we all find it to be such an encouragement of God’s might and his tender love.  

One of the things I’ve been doing in creating these cards is going through my stash of older designer papers and pulling out combinations I like to create the cards.  Without colouring as the focal point, I find that colour combinations and pattern play a more important role in creating interest on the card.  Plus, it helps me work through my mountain of older papers as well.  I thought this pretty white, red and green combo was fresh and perfect for this design.  

I started with Our Daily Bread Designs Scripture Series 1 set, stamping in Wild Wasabi green ink and added some sewing to frame the image, a pretty heart (TCP’s Nested Hearts CutUps), finishing it off with a bit of Baker’s Twine.  

Next up is a verse from Verve Stamps that is also such an encouragement.  Because it talks about the Lord lifting our heads I wanted to use some bright sunny colours.  This set is now in the Verve Scripture Medley 2 set, but it used to be just a Plain Jane stamp set.  

I used a fun layout, and then embellished with some butterflies from TCP’s Butterflies CutUps, popped them up and added some enamel dots to accent.  

I hope these are an encouragement to you today as well!  

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Scripture Series II

Birthday Bloom Beauties

Awhile ago I mentioned on the blog that I found some images I had coloured up a long time ago that I had forgotten about.  (oops)  Today I put another one of those images into a sweet little birthday design.  This is with Our Daily Bread Designs’ Grow in Grace set.  I’m pretty sure it’s retired because I couldn’t find it anywhere on their site.  I think the blooms are really pretty and unique.  Way back when I coloured it up, I had written on the side in pencil that I thought it would go with some MME papers called Cambridge Court.  Luckily, all these months later I still had some of those papers, and then I put a vellum banner in the design with some sewing to hold it all together.  

Added a little birthday sentiment, and some twine and it’s another card for the birthday stash!

Happy Monday everyone.  

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Birthday Bloom Beauties

Loads More for Sale!

Hello Friends!

I’ve just listed another 60 stamp sets for sale on my SALE Page;  new sets listed are primarily Flourishes, Our Daily Bread Designs and There She Goes.

All prices are in Canadian Dollars - which if you live in the US is to your benefit right now as $1 CDN is about 75 cents US, so your dollar will go further  :)

Hope you can take a look!   Thanks for stopping by!

Christine

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Loads More for Sale!

Tips with Intricate Dies

Just wanted to let you know that I have a post today on the CardMaker Blog with some tips on how to use intricate dies that are so popular in card making right now;  as well as some tools that I find work great.  Hope you can pop on over and find out more!

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Tips with Intricate Dies

Come Follow Me

Hello Everyone and Happy Wednesday.  No snow here yet :)  Sorry to the many of you who are digging out in the US!   See who says Canada is all cold?

On Sunday our friend and colleague had his Ordination Service at Church.  And today as a staff we'll be celebrating with a lunch, since I didn't have time to make a card for Sunday, I made one to give him today.

I pulled out one of my Our Daily Bread Designs Sets - Fishers of Men, which was perfect for the occasion.  I also used today's SCS Sketch Challenge.  

I've colored up the fishing basket and fishing gear with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS in these neutral and bluey-green colors, pairing the image with Kaisers Hunt and Gather paper.  

Also, I added a grid design on the main card layer with my Scor Buddy and then stamped in a fish and a lure into the squares. 

and then here's the inside:

So, I'm off to the lunch!  Thanks for dropping by!  Catch you soon!  (pun intended! :) 

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Come Follow Me

ODBDSLC21 - I Sought the Lord

This will be a long post people....just so you know, lots of important stuff inside, creative and personal :) 

As this post goes live I am on a plane with my husband, our children and a number of our high school students and leaders (21 of us) on a Mission Trip.  I'm beside myself about it!   I thought about not saying anything but I thought maybe you'd like to know too.  We'll be working with two Churches doing a Vacation Bible School at one, and then a Sports Camp and construction at the other church.  My husband has done this trip with the HS'ers twice before, but this is the first time for me and the kids to go with the team.  My husband LOVES these people and they love him and the Pastor and his family told him that they next time he comes that he needed to bring us with him - or he couldn't come back :) 

But, this wasn't an easy decision for me.  It's a lot of time extending myself out with a lot of people 24 -7 and especially with our children with us there too, and I was very anxious about it.  Though I have a very extroverted job in ministry, I am in reality still an introvert and need down time to recharge....so all this was a big leap of faith and a big stretch for me. So, I promised my husband that I would pray about it.  I didn't get an answer for a long time, and then one day several months ago I just felt the Lord say "you can go", and I felt a deep peace about us going too.  His assurance washed over me and has left me a real sense of rest about the decision.  So....now we're on a plane.  You're prayers for doing our work well, and safety and effective ministry there are welcome!  It's so important to me to have our not only our HS'ers but our own children experience and love another culture, another economic situation, to see God at work in another place...and for them to be a part of it too.  Our heart is to be His workmanship and make a difference and do what God has prepared in advance for us to do.  (Ephesians 2:10)

So, this card for the ODBDSLC21 challenge (which is all about coloring) is kind of dedicated to what this Mission Trip is about for me, which I'll explain in a minute. 

Today is my last day on the Challenge Team with the lovely people of ODBD.  It's been just over 6 months and I've so appreciated serving with them.  They are wonderful women who's heart is to use their creativity to create and shine Light into the world.  Thank you so much Kelley and the ODBD team for your generous hearts and hearts for following Jesus.  It's been a pleasure working with you! 

I think this is still one of my favourite ODBD sets, Sing to the Lord, and I've given it color with Copic Markers (Y17, Y19, Y35, Y38, BH11, BG13, G12, G21, G24, Y3, W7), and popped the top blooms up with dimensionals.  I tipped the nestie shape slightly, framing it in the background with the Lotus shape Die. 

I love the accenting on the bottom with the folded papers (My Minds Eye), the Rings Border Punch from Martha Stewart and the Satin Ribbon. 

And I don't often decorate the inside of my cards, but I could not resist this one, it's from the Scripture Collections set and the verse really defines for me what the next days are all about. 

So...I'll be absent here on the blog for a little bit...I'll see you again toward the end of the month, with lots of news about all we've seen and done.  Thanks for your visit and your prayers!

Now head on over to these girls to see what beauties they've colored up for you...Chrissy, Chris, Francie, Patter and Sabrina.

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ODBDSLC21 - I Sought the Lord

Gettin' Sketchy

How's your weekend going?  How about a fun sketch for this week's ODBD Challenge?  Sounds great doesn't it?

I'm really INTO sketches lately, it's just so nice to have someone do the layout work for you, especially in summer when I have limited time for crafting. 

I've been looking longingly at this pretty designer paper from 7 Gypsies called Savannah for a while now, and today seemed like the perfect challenge for it.  I chose some pretty Prism paper to match (Sage Medium) and some SU So Saffron.  I stamped the birds nest from the Nest Set, with Crushed Curry so it would stand out a little more, and then overstamped the verse from Scripture Collection 4 with Forest Moss Distress Ink, and then used the nestie as a template sponged Tea Dye Distress ink overtop, and on the outside of the designer paper. 

I love that I was able to create a frame with the nesties, accenting it with the Floral Accent Nesties shapes, some pearls and this gorgeous old SU ribbon.  The vertical stripes are made with my Martha Stewart Rings edge punch, double punching the row in the middle, and single punching for the outer stripes. 

I love this verse and need it's reminding often.  This makes me think too of the verse reminding us that he watches the birds of the air too (thus the nest) and that my cares are cared for by Him and I need to bring him my honest self.  It's so good to know I'm not in this alone. 

Head on over to the Challenge Team girls to see what they've done with the sketch this week, and then join us and you could win some ODBD Prizes!  http://www.ourdailybreaddesignsblog.blogspot.com/

Chris Dickinson, Chris Olsen, Francie Gumprecht, Sabrina Jackson, and Patter Cross

Have a great Saturday! 

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Gettin' Sketchy

Some Summer Color

Here we are at week 17 of our ODBD Shining the Light Challenges and today you get to do some choosing of colors.  You can make a creation with Blue, Yellow and Green together ....or two of those colors, OR one of them creating something monochromatic.   Sound fun? 

Here's mine: 

I chose to go mostly monochromatic in shades of yellow, using this pretty The Lord has Risen set.   I love how cheerful Apricot looks, and I feel sad that SU is retiring it.  The flowers are colored with Copic Markers Y17, Y19, Y35, Y38 and I think a little YR04, and the leaves with YG00, YG01, YG03). Then I masked it and sponged Apricot ink over top.  I used this weeks' Mojo Sketch 142.

I love this SU ribbon, gee wiz why didn't I crack this open sooner?  It was part of a combo set, it's quite thick and lacy.  Martha Stewart Hydrangea punch along the bottom and SU's new Square Lattice Embossing Folder. 

Of course the part I can never get to photograph well - I used a gold spica pen all over the design to give it sparkle.  You can probably only see a hint of it in the flower centers....but it's all over!   The sentiment is from one of the new Fuschia sets, From Me to You, I just used my marker and bent the sentiment to fit in the circle. 

There are never a shortage of people that need prayer are there?  So never a shortage of people you could send a card like this to! 

So, join us in the challenge, linking at the ODBD Blog....you could win ODBD prizes each week!

Be sure to check out these girls' great cards too, yummy colors!

America, Chris, Francie, Natalie, Patter, and Sabrina!

Stamps:  ODBD - From Me to You, He is Risen;  Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Always Apricot;  Paper:  Always Apricot, Que Sera Sera DSP (K & Co), Flourishes Classic White, Whisper White;  Accessories:  Big Shot, Deckled Rectangles Nestabilities, Circle Punch, Scalloped Circle Punch, SU Ribbon, Sponge, Copic Markers, Kaiser 1/2 Pearls, Butterfly Embosslit, Dimensionals, Bow Easy, Glue Dots.

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Some Summer Color

Strong and Courageous

Well, I hope your weekend is off to a good start.  Our daughter had Friday off so we did a little girl-time shopping together, and now we have Monday off (Victoria Day here) and the boys have Tuesday off too, so it's long weekend time for us.  We've had 3 days of beautiful rain too, that's been so needed, it will be so wonderfully green when the sun comes out, and all the annuals I planted and the perennials will love it too! 

Today the Our Daily Bread Challenge Team has a new challenge for you.  This one is all about the sentiment.  The challenge is to make the sentiment the focus of your card - and that's so easy with ODBD stamps and the beautiful verses and sentiments.  I used the Scripture Collection 3 and the Vine Borders for my focal image on Basic Grey Green at Heart paper, with gold embossing.  Such a powerful and encouraging verse too isn't it?   I have some wonderful *eye-candy* inspiration for you too, from Amy Atlas Events website for today's IC challenge over at SCS too.  Link is page 49 a Moroccan table spread of yummy goodies. 

I also did some rolled ribbon flowers to accent with some die cut branches.  At this angle below you can see the verse better. 

So, come on and join us!  Use a verse or sentiment as your focal point on your creation.  Keyword for online galleries is ODBDSLC14, and link to the ODBD Blog post. 

Visit the other girls to see their sentiment creations too:  America, Chris, Francie, Natalie, Patter and Sabrina.

Recipe:  Stamps:  ODBD - Scripture Collection 3, Vine Borders;  Ink:  VersaMark;  Paper:  Rich Razzleberry Textured, Old Olive, Always Artichoke, Basic Grey - Green at Heart;  Accessories:  Gold Embossing Powder, Razzleberry Ribbon, 1 inch punch, Sizzlet Leaves die, scalloped corner and edge punch, dimensionals, 1/2 pearls. 

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Strong and Courageous

Those May Flowers

We've been having beautiful weather this week.  All my perennials are growing and it won't be long before they are blooming.  Today finds us at a wedding of 2 of our former students marrying one another, so it will be a joyful spring day with weddings and flowers.  The Our Daily Bread Designs Challenge Team has another challenge to invite you into this week too.  We want to see how your April Showers have turned into Flowered May creations! 

I took this beauty - Mom from Our Daily Bread Designs and stamped it twice with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  I colored with copic markers (YG91, 93, 95, 99;  R00 R01, R11, R12, R14;  and R29, R39 and R89).  Then cut out and extra Wild Rose Blossom to pop it up. 

I trimmed it in an Out of the Box fashion with Labels 10 Nestabilities, and then added Ultrafine Flower Soft in Sage . 

I repeated the flower design by overstamping it around the sentiment in Ruby Red, and paired it with some great designer paper Jocelyn by SEI. 

So please join us by showing us your flowers this week at ODBD.  The challenge is ODBDSLC13 for linking at Splitcoaststampers and be sure to add your link to the ODBD Blog.  Each week there are prizes! 

For more deets see the ODBD Blog. 

And see more floral beauties with the Challenge Team:  America, Chris, Francie, Natalie, Patter and Sabrina

Recipe:  Stamps - ODBD Mom;  Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Ruby Red;  Paper:  Ruby Red, Gina K Pure Luxury White, Jocelyn by SEI;  Accessories:  Big Shot, Labels 10 Nestabilities, Floral Accent Shapeabilities, Dotted Sheer Ribbon, Chenille Dots Ribbon, Dimensionals, Copic Markers, Large Oval Punch, Red Rhinestones, Flower Soft, Crystal Effects, Bow Easy 

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Those May Flowers

A Light For My Path

Last chance....Blog Candy HERE!


Last night I was speaking at a Women's Event in a town near ours, but my husband was celebrating our High School Graduates at our Grad Night.  These kids in grade 12 have been with us since grade 7, so I was a little sad to have missed the celebration.  But this week's ODBD Challenge fits perfectly with the Grad Theme.  The Challenge Team is challenging you to create a Graduation Card or gift.

I just love this ODBD set, it's one of my favourites.  It's called Light of the World, it just speaks to me.  I have a thing for Lighthouses.  I've probably mentioned this before, but the building we do our Youth Ministry in is called The Lighthouse.  Perfect name don't you think?  I am so grateful that HE is the Light for my path. 

For this card I colored the scene with my Prismacolor Pencils.  I paired it with some SEI Designer paper (Sweet Perfume Pearl), SEI Happy Day, and Bermuda Bay blue-green.  I scored the Bermuda cardstock on the horizontal in the background to continue that feeling of the horizon.  This Dotted Wave Border punch is perfect for that wavy feeling to isn't it?   And look at my sweet ships-wheel charm!  From my even sweeter Team Mate America!  Thanks girly!

I cut apart the verse for the sentiment and pieced it together to fit better in the space. 
Alright now you're invited into the challenge for Grad Cards or Projects.  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 Thursday, May 13. 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 1 to 2 creations to spotlight for our Shining the Light Award. In order to qualify for this award, however, you must use Our Daily Bread stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky on the ODBD Blog by May 13 at 8 p.m. EST.

If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC12. When creating your posts on blogs please include a link to the challenge.

So, to see the other fabulous grad creations head on over to:  Sabrina, Francie, Natalie, Patter, America and Chris.

Recipe:  Stamps:  Our Daily Bread Designs - Light of the World;  Ink;  Memento Tuxedo Black, Bermuda Bay;  Paper:  Bermuda Bay, River Rock, Gina K Pure Luxury White, SEI - Happy Day and Sweet Perfume Pearl DSP;  Accessories;  Dotted Wavy Border Punch, Prismacolor Pencils, Linen Thread, Charm, Bermuda Bay Ribbon, Bow Easy, Scor-It, Silver Brads, Dimensionals.

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A Light For My Path

A Day For Moms

It's a day for Mom's at Our Daily Bread Designs!  Today the Shining the Light Challenge Team has created cards or projects for Mother's Day and we invite you to get a head start on your Mother's Day creations too!  Here's my contribution today

Wouldn't a wreath or table centerpiece look beautiful for a Mother's Day present?  I used this new Happy Mother's Day set from ODBD and colored it up to match my Kioshi paper using my Prismacolor pencils.  It has a very spring feel with the papers, lots of spring greens and softly colored flowers.  I added the sentiment from the set in vellum inside the oval, so you could still see some of the color through the paper. 

So make sure you join us in the challenge this week!  Link at the ODBD Blog and if you're using online galleries use the keyword ODBDSLC11.  Just a reminder this challenge will go for TWO weeks because next Saturday is a New Release day with the Design Team.  Winners each week earn a gift certificate to the ODBD store!  Fantastic! 

Now you'll want to visit my team sisters to see their beautiful creations for Mother's Day too:

Chris, Sabrina, Patter, Natalie, Francie and America

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A Day For Moms

A Little Recycling

Today's Our Daily Bread Designs Shining the Light Challenge is a fun one....you need to use something recycled on your creation. 

Hmm, I had to think about that one for a while.  Then my husband came home with a cup of Starbucks coffee and I looked at the coffee sleeve and knew I had my idea! 

Underneath this pretty fruit basket is part of my husband's coffee sleeve, how's that for recycled?  I just cut the sleeve off on each end and then made sure my focal image would cover the Starbucks logo.  I really like the white flourishes on the sleeve so I thought it would great on a card. 

I tried something new with the coloring on this card.  I colored this lovely Fruit of the Spirit image with Copic Markers on Kraft paper, and then added prismacolor pencil in white overtop for highlight.  Coloring with Copics on Kraft gives you a totally different look.  The color somes out much more muted, but I think it's a neat effect.  I cut the table cloth piece of the focal image out and left the top for a Labels One Nestie tipped on the diagonal.

This card will be going to our Senior Pastor, he's just finished a series on the Fruit of the Spirit and he really is an amazingly gifted preacher, so we feel very blessed to work with him, and hear from him each week. 

Now head on over to my DT Sisters to see their recycled creations and then jump in yourself!  Your have a chance of winning $15 in ODBD Gift Certificates!  What could be better???  This week's code is ODBDSLC10 for online galleries and you can link up at the ODBD Blog.

America Kuhn, Chris Olsen, Francie Gumprecht, Natalie Dever, Patter Cross, Sabrina Jackson

Recipe:  Stamps - ODBD Fruit of the Spirit;  Ink - White Craft Ink, Memento Tuxedo Black;  Paper - Old Olive, Whisper White, Kraft;  Accessories:  Big Shot, Labels One Nestabilities, Copic Markers, Prismacolor Pencils, Scalloped Punch, Olive Satin Ribbon, Stapler, Latte Buttons, Linen Thread, Dimensionals

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A Little Recycling

Cast Your Cares

Today's Shining the Light Challenge at Our Daily Bread Designs is so fun and fitting for a post-April Fool's Day.  Today we want you to use stitching or for April Fool's - faux stitching on your creation!  I chose to go with the faux stitching route since I haven't done it for a long time.  I wanted to get some more masculine cards in my stash too, so I pulled out this great set Fishers of Men, and my Copic Markers. 

 

After coloring the card I added sponging details with my Ranger Distress Inks (Tea Stain), and then added some copic pointillism for the sand, and glittery shimmer on the details with my glitter pen.  For my faux stitching I added a faux blanket stitch around the edges and then two cross stitches on each side of the main image.  I also like the nautical knotting I added with the hemp on each side too.  It all helps with the masculine feel too. 

So join us on the challenge this week!  Get stitchy with us, and use the code ODBDSLC8, and upload your link to the ODBD blog.  Each week we get to award a $15 prize to the ODBD store, and for those who use ODBD Stamps - a Shining the Light Award too! 

For more inspiration see the Challenge Team's creations:  America Kuhn, Chris Olsen, Francie Gumprecht, Natalie Dever, Patter Cross, and Sabrina Jackson

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Cast Your Cares

Yesterday, Today and Forever

Today at Our Daily Bread Designs the Shining the Light Challenge team is bringing you some beautiful creations for Easter.  It seems hard to believe it's just a week away! 

For me, Easter is the Cross, and how Jesus purchased my freedom in such a costly way;  I am incredibly grateful!  The truth that He is the same yesterday, today and forever holds me firmly with confidence.  He has shown me in the most ultimate way that I can depend on Him.  So I combined three sets from ODBD for this Easer themed card.  The cross and dove image is from Confirmation, the Verse is from Scripture Collection Four, and Ironworks Borders. 

I stamped the cross in Cameo Coral on Sahara Sand paper, and then embossed the verse in silver overtop.    I also embossed the Ironworks border onto some Cameo Coral paper, and then just trimmed out the corners placing them on the Floral Accent Shapeabilities. I paired this with this pretty metallic paper from SEI called Claire , sometimes when you look at it it shimmers silver, other times almost gold, so, I added some highlighting to the dove etc. with my Stardust glitter pen. 

Above you can see I added another Fancy Floral Shapeabilities with pearls, and below you can see the ribbon treatment more closely.

Some ruffled loops of silk ribbon adhered to the underside of the main image, and a small silk bow. 

So, we'd like to invite you in on the challenge, create a card with an Easter theme and link it to the ODBD Blog post.  Each week a $15 prize to the ODBD Store are awarded, and if you use ODBD stamps you can also earn the Shining the Light award too. 

To see some more inspired Easter Creations check out my team-mates links here:  America Kuhn, Chris Olsen,  Francie Gumprecht, Natalie Dever, Patter Cross, Sabrina Jackson

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Yesterday, Today and Forever

A Taste of Spring Snowdrops

It's another Saturday with the Shining the Light Challenges at Our Daily Bread Designs!  Did you know it's the first day of Spring today?  So that's our theme...create something with the theme of spring. 

I wanted to create something that shows what Spring looks like here!  Though we've had a very mild winter and the snow is about 2/3 melted, we're still in that stage of mostly soft colors, not too much spring color yet, that sort of grey blue phase.  So I took this beautiful Lily of the Valley from the Easter Blessings set, and colored it softly with my Copic Markers, adding a soft blue around the plant too, then after I was done I added Dazzling Diamonds glitter on the flowers to make them look like shimmering Snowdrops. 

Below you can see a better picture of the shimmer.   I sewed and distressed all the layers of designer paper (Memory Box Dewfrost), adding some teeny tiny pearls, diagonal ribbon and a punched row behind it with the sheer ribbon in a pretty double bow. 

So join us on this Spring Challenge today.  You can link at the ODBD Blog, and your keywords for SCS are ODBDSLC6

For more springlike inspiration see these great ladies today:  America Kuhn, Chris Olsen,  Francie Gumprecht, Natalie Dever, Patter Cross, Sabrina Jackson

Recipe:  Stamps:  ODBD - Easter Blessings;  Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Soft Sage;  Paper:  Sage Shadow, Soft Sky, Memory Box - Dewfrost DSP, Gina K Pure Luxury White;  Accessories:  Big Shot, Labels Three Nestabilities, Fancy Tags Labels, Sewing Machine, Organza Ribbon, Basic Grey 1/2 Pearls, Crystal Effects, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Dimensionals, Copic Markers, Pinked Heart Punch, Soft Sky Double Stitched Ribbon. 

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A Taste of Spring Snowdrops

ODBD Second Anniversary Celebration

Guess what!  Yesterday I was one of the spots that had yummy secret Blog Candy!  :)  So the winner of this beautiful ODBD Stamp Set,  He Watches Me is:  Commenter # 42, who is Miriam! 

Miriam, please contact me at my email by Friday March 19th by midnight MTN time, by clicking on the link below my picture on the right sidebar with your snail mail address so I can mail this to you!

Today is the Second Anniversary of Our Daily Bread Designs!  Congratulations Kelley and crew....!

So as a part of this weeks' celebrations, today we are going to be unveiling brand new Scripture Stamps chosen by each of the Design Team Members in a Blog Hop!  These verses are wonderful!  And equally special, Kelley designed two sets to go with the Scripture stamps one called Ironworks Borders and one called Vine Borders, perfectly suited for framing the verses.  Here I've used Vine Borders and Scripture Collection 4.  I added some color to my vine border with copic markers and then added some gorgeous shimmer with some Irridescent Gold Glimmer Mist, which gives you gorgeous shimmer!  Wow, why didn't I have this before!  The frame is popped up from the verse. 

I really love this verse, and have laid my anchor down many times here in the Word.  And there are so many of us that need to be reminded of this inviting truth.  We are such independent people and think we always have to go it on our own.  But it just leaves us weary and worn.  That's not how He wants us to live, He offers us so much more! 

So, would you like to do some winning along this blog hop???  To be eligible to win, you must:

• Hop from first to last on the list, (so if you've come here from SANDEE's blog you're on the right track) then collect the secret LETTER each designer will have, keeping them in order, because they will spell out a special message.
• Leave a comment for the designer on their blog.
• Return to the ODBD blog, leaving a comment to tell us that they visited all the blogs.
• Email Grace at: gnywening@yahoo.com, giving me the secret message the letters spell.

You have until 8:00 PM EST on Mar 18th to complete the hop and email Grace the message.

Now remember this is a blog hop....and you need to collect something here!  My secret letter is R and now you need to head over to FRANCIE'S Blog to see what she's showing off! 

Recipe:  Stamps - ODBD Vine Borders, Scripture Collection Four;  Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black;  Paper:  River Rock, Elegant Eggplant, SU DSP;  Accessories:  Copic Markers, Irridescent Gold Glimmer Mist, Dimensionals, Big Shot, Long Deckled Nestabilities, Bow Easy, Silk Ribbon, Glue Dots, Gold Brads, Floral Screen Cuttlebug Folder

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ODBD Second Anniversary Celebration