ODBD Release Day Blog Hop!!!

Hello everyone! Welcome to the Our Daily Bread Designs December Release Blog Hop! And, what an amazing blog hop it is going to be, too!!! If you are here looking for my Flourishes Timeless Tuesday post, you can scroll down or click here!

ODBD is releasing two gorgeous sets called His Gift and Peace and Joy! If you came here from Debi's blog, you are in the right place! If you happened on my blog but did not start at the ODBD Blog, you really should go there and start from there! The reason is we are playing a game. Each designer has one secret word hidden within her post so you must hop to each, copy the word hidden in the designer's post with designer's name, and leave a comment. Then, you will return to the ODBD Blog and leave a comment that you have visited all the blogs and left a comment so you can receive a special email address to email Grace with your completed sentence!


Guess what? Once you have done that you are enter for a chance to win! For this Release Blog Hop, Kelley has generously offered to give TWO lucky winners their choice of one free set! Winners will be chosen by Random.org from the correct emails received by Dec.2, 8PM EST.

Since these two sets are all about Christmas and God's gifts, I thought it would be great to make gift tags using each of the sets! These were pretty fast and fun to make! The snowflakes are done using versamark and some red ep! I layered some petite circle and scallop nesties and used both of the snowflakes in the set. They are truly sparkly in real life. One of the sentiments from the set is stamped on the back. You can click on the pictures to see a larger image.

For the scripture tag, I stamped off of the script poinsettia image and stamped the scripture inside. I sponged with ranger inks to create more of a vintage look. I used one of the spellbinders nestabilities shapes to create my tag look. I also used a scrap piece of my SEI dp. Love that! This dp is beautiful and weighty enough to stand alone. This way the back is just as beautiful as the front of my tag!

Thanks so much for reading my post and checking out what I created for you this month. My secret word is WISH! Next, you need to hop over to Angie's blog and see what she has created for you! You may also want to know that starting in January the design team will be bringing you fun challenges monthly with even more ways to win!!! As always, thanks so much for stopping by! Have a Blessed Day!

Blessed Christmas!

This card is for today's SCS Sketch Challenge(SC255)! Thanks Roxie and Chat for a great sketch. It is also for yesterday's SCS Color Challenge(CC245)! Always Real Chocolate! What can I say? I really love these colors!

I am using one of ODBD new releases this month called Blessed Christmas. For this image I pretty much used my pure poppy ink pad to the poinsettia and my new leaf ink spot to the ivory leaves and some of the tips of the poinsettia. I love this noncolored rocked and rolled look.

I softened up the ivory cardstock a bit with some ranger antique linen ink. I added my bow, button, gold pearls, and gold curly que to finish my card.

Since the Martha Stewart new border punches came out, I have been trying to get a few. I have had this one a few weeks and could not figure out how to use it for it to look right on my card. I ended up layer two sections opposite each other so I have this wonderful opened scalloped edge of the top and bottom. Totally love it this way!

I have been having some blog issues. It seems my blog page does not load correctly and some people are not able to comment if and when it does load. I am trying to fix this. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Stamps
ODBD Blessed Christmas
Paper
Ivory, pure poppy, always artichoke, SU retired holiday dp, pure poppy
Ink
Pure poppy, leaf green(when blended with the real red looks like always artichoke), ranger antique linen
Accessories
MS border punch, foam squares, glue dots, mini bowdabra, gold pearls, photo corner punch, button, bow dabra wire, cuttlebug ef, sponges, ribbon

Christmas Nativity! FS144

This card is for today's SCS Feature Stamper Challenge(FS144)! Congratulations, Christine! Beautiful gallery with so many wonderful cards to choose from. I chose this one to case.

I kept to a theme concept. Christine has Valentine's Day, I chose Christmas
I changed the colors. However, I did try to stay with two pattern papers and one texture like Christine. I chose to add a punch border along the sides of the back vertical panel
I did use a sentiment as my focal image like Christine, however, I opted to add a nativity image behind my sentiment. I rocked and rolled the nativity scene using adirondack pool and lettuce inks. I stamped the scripture using Momento black.

I am using ODBD Joy to the World and Christmas Verses stamp sets.
I used as my background the SEI Winter Glitterland dp. I love these non-traditional colors, texture, and sparkle!

Stamps
ODBD Joy to the World and Christmas Verses
Paper
PTI true black, garden green bermuda bay, white, new leaf, SEI, DCWV Holiday stack
Ink
Adirondack pool and lettuce, Momento tuxedo black
Accessories
MS border punch, Sizzix Christmas texture plates, mini bowdabra, silver pearls, bowdabra wire

Rejoice!

This card is for today's Sketch Challenge(SC253)! Thanks so much, Roxie!!! I used the bow pieces for my vertical pieces.

I am using ODBD Luke 2:11 and Christmas Verses sets.

For this card I am using soft suede and purely pomegranate with some ivory cardstock. I think purely pomegranate just screams Christmas and I actually still have some of the holiday dp left over to use for the background. I stamped my poinsettia and colored with copics, distressed with some ranger antique linen, and added a double layer at the top and bottom panels of MS border punch. I finished with my bow, gold curly que cording, and gold pearls. I paper pierced the background vertical panel at the top and bottom. I faux stitched with a permanent marker. All of the ivory panels were lightly sponged with the Ranger antique linen ink. The main panel just a little heavier with the ink.

Stamps
ODBD Luke 2:11, Christmas Verses
Paper
Soft Suede, Purely Pomegranate, Ivory, retired SU holiday paper 2007?
Ink
purely pomegranate, ranger antique linen
Accessories
MS border punch, gold bowdabra wire, ribbon, foam dots, gold pearls, foam squares, copics, white gel, sponges, mini bowdabra

Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge(FTTC40)!

It is time for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge(FTTC40)! This week Kimberly Crawford is our challenge host! Kimberly is challenging us to a limited supplies challenge! Our challenge is to combine a colored image, texture or textures, and any shades of neutrals we want. You can pack on the layers and textures just make sure you include an image to color and use only neutral cardstock. Just so you know you can us any combination of whites, creams, blacks, browns, and grays! So make your cards pop with texture and a beautifully colored image! We cannot wait to see what you create!

I created a pendant tag for my card. I also stayed with the neutrals for the cardstock colors, but chose to give pop with my color image and accessories! I am using Drummer Boy and Christmas Music stamp sets! I am using Flourishes Classic Ivory cardstock. I literally use this cardstock all the time regardless if I am coloring something or not. It has a wonderful weight and hand to it! Just takes inks beautifully and embossing magnificently! I colored my images with Flourishes Copic Color Collection.

I laughed a bit while making this card because when the Spellbinder pendant dies(lattice pendant) came out I really thought that those were something I did not have to have. Well, I kept saying.... "Cindy made me do it"! Hee Hee!!! Cindy Haffner, one of my blog team friends, just makes the most beautiful cards and sports the details like no bodies business. So, when she started using some of the pendant die cuts I went...oh, dear!!!

Nuff said!!! I was hooked! So, here is my first attempt using one since my package just arrived today! I do have a suggestion when working with these intricate die cuts, though. While using a piercing tool does help a bit, I found that using my embossing buddy helped a lot. Now, it may make your cardstock chalky, but you can always go over that with like ink.

Please check out the other blog team designer's cards to see what they created with the limited challenge for you this week.

Maki Jones

Silke Ledlow

Cindy Haffner

Dee Jackson

Kim Crawford

Stamps
Flourishes Drummer Boy and Christmas Music sets
Paper
Smokey Shadow and Flourishes classic ivory
Ink
Momento tuxedo black, ranger antique linen, vintage photo, pure poppy
Accessories,
Spellbinders circles, pendant die cuts, mini bowdabra, MS corner punch, ranger distressing tool, sponges, copics, gold pearls, red sheer ribbon, gold cording, gold bowdabra wire, sizzix Christmas texture plate