ODBD ALUMNI BLOG HOP....

Happy Thursday!

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 For the Love of ODBD  Flower Sets! Check out each link and leave a comment. One of the 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.  The winner will be announced May 10th! Have fun hopping around and enjoy the amazing creations using For the Love of ODBD Flower sets!

If you came here from KATHY'S BLOG, then you are right on track , if not please go back to the ODBD Blog for the complete line up.

 

I have the pleasure of showing off the beautiful Grow in Grace Set. The image was inked in Memento Black and colored with these Copic Markers ~ YG11, G21, R00, RV0000, R81. I decided to emboss the layered White CS with the Linen Impression Plate. I also created a 3D look by raising the big flower. Next I added a Doily in the background, added the sentiment and the Glitter.

Now it's time to hop on over to DEB'S BLOG!!! 

Thank you so much for hopping by today...have a fabulous week!

                                                                  HUGS, ~Silke~

FTTC166, CQC134...It's BINGO time....

Hello everyone!

It's  B-I-N-G-O time over at the Flourishes Timeless Tuesday! 

Heather is hosting this weeks fun FTTC166 challenge. If you would like to play along, then all you need to do is include 3 items from the graphic either across or diagonal on your project....have fun!

I decided to go diagonal using Blue-Ribbon-Bling. My card features the beautiful quote from the Life Lines Set. The DP in the background is from the BasicGrey Picadilly Collection. The edges were embossed with the SU Framed Tulips EF.  Next I added a Doily, some matching Ribbon, Button, Floss and Silver Pearls.

Please make sure to check out the rest of the team ~ Cindy, Maki, Heather, Mona, Beate, 
Amanda and please don't forget our awesome April Guest Designers Geri and Kazan.

My color inspiration is from this weeks Color Q #134....make sure to check it out!

Thank you so much for stopping by today....have a great week! I'll be back on Thursday with another card!


                                                               Hugs, ~Silke~

Catered Crop, C4C133 Happy Birthday...

Hello and happy weekend!

My project today is for the Catered Crop Recipe Swap and for the Crazy 4 Challenges ~ C4C133.

The recipe for the Catered Crop Challenge is *KRAFT PAPER*. Please make sure to stop by the Catered Crop Blog for all the details and for the submissions.

The Crazy 4 Challenge ~ C4C133 theme for this week is to add *BLACK CS*. You can easily combined both challenges :) !!! We have a great sponsor again this month ~There She Goes Stamps ~ so play along to win some goodies!!!

My card features the beautiful Dance Set and the little gift bag features the Sweet Pea Set. My card base is Kraft CS and the DP in the background is from the BasicGrey Little Black Dress Collection. My Sizzix 3D Flowers were created with the Black CS. Next I embellished the card with the Black Stitched Ribbon, a matching Black Button, Silver Pearls and the punched out MS Butterfly.

My gift bag was created with the PTI Favor It Box 2 Die. I embellished it with the same Design Paper, Ribbon, Button, smaller Flowers, smaller MS Butterfly and Silver Pearls.

Thank you for swinging by today! Have a fabulous weekend....


                                          Hugs, ~Silke~

CQC133, FTTC165 Thank you.....

Howdy friends!

Can't believe that another week has just flown by...time is running to fast! It's already time for a new Flourishes Timeless Tuesday ~ FTTC165. Our newest member Amanda is hosting this weeks round and has challenged us to use our *FAVORITE FLOURISHES STAMP SET*.

To be honest with you this was a tough one, because I absolutely l.o.v.e all my Flourishes Stamps and narrowing it down was really hard. I might just have to make a few more cards this week to add it to the challenge this week :) !!! The winner is Country Charm Labels. The sentiment is from the With Gratitude Set. The DP in the background is from the Prima Paper Song Collection. Next I added some *faux stitiching & edge distressing*, a Doily, some handmade Flowers, Ribbon, Button and Silver Pearls.

Please make sure to check out ~ Cindy, Maki, Heather, Mona, Beate, Amanda and don't forget our April Guest Designers Geri and Kazan.

My color inspiration is from this weeks Color Q Challenge ~ CQC133....love those deep colors!!!

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by....have a fabulous week!

                                        Hugs, ~Silke~

C4C132 Handmade...

Happy Saturday!

Hope you are enjoying your weekend? What are your plans??? I think I will finally catch up on cleaning my house and watch our GSU Baseball team playing against Appalachian State. Our Rebecca started playing Softball for the Rec. Dept. this season and I know she would enjoy watching a real game.

Anyway, I had time to make a card for this weeks Crazy 4 Challenges ~ C4C132. Cindy is still our hostess for the month and she has challenged us to add *BUTTONS*!!! The more the better :) !!!

I decided to ink up my brand new PTI Button Boutique Set. I finally broke down and bought this beautiful Set :) !!!  The colors were inspired by this weeks The Play Date Cafe ~ PDCC127.....

Thank you so much for stopping by today....hope you have a chance to play along?!?

                                                                Hugs, ~Silke~

Stamp Set: PTI Button Boutique

Ink: SU Marina Mist

Paper: SU Everyday Enchantment Designer Series Paper, PTI Ivory CS 

Others: Doily, Silver Pearls, SU Buttons, *faux stitching*, Black Pen, *edge distressing*, Lace Trim Ribbon, Red Satin Ribbon and Flower

ODBD Alumni TAG HOP....

Happy Thursday!

It's time for a new Our Daily Bread Designs Alumni post......this months For the Love Blog Hop theme is *TAGS*. The Alumni team and some of the ODBD Designer's are featuring the beautiful ODBD Tag Collections. 

Check out each link and leave a comment.....If you came here from KATHY'S BLOG then your are right on track....and if not, please go back to the ODBD blog for the full link list.  One of the 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 25, 2012 at 6 PM.  The winner will be announced April 26!  Have fun hopping and good luck!

I have the pleasure of showing off the beautiful Daffodil Tag Set along with the coordinating Tag Die. You can match this tag with the sentiments that come in this Set or with many other ODBD Stamp Sets......the possibilities are endless!  The images were inked in Memento Tuxedo Black and colored with these Copic Markers ~ YG11, G21, Y08, Y21. The DP in the background is from Authentique Blissful Collection. The rest of my card was embellished with some *edge distressing*, *faux stitiching*, Lace Trim Ribbon, Black/White Check Ribbon with a matching Black Ribbon and Scrapper's Floss, Halfback Pearls and  Zva Pearls.

Now it's time to hop on over to GRACE'S BLOG.

Thank you for stopping by today......

                                                              HUGS,  ~Silke~                                         

FTTC164, CQC132 Hello Friend...and some pictures

Hello my sweet stampin' friends!

Hope you all had a wonderful Easter weekend? Ours was fabulous! I'm so excited to tell you that Sarah did amazing in her pageant this weekend and placed 1st Runner Up....I'll have some pictures waiting for you at the end of this post...stick around!!!

It's time to tell you about our new Flourishes Timeless Tuesday ~ FTTC164 this week. Mona is our hostess and she has challenged us to create a *FRUITFUL* card/project. Have fun playing along and please visit the FTTC Blog for more details and all the entries this week.

  

For my *fruity* card I decided to ink up the yummy Pears Set and the sentiment is from the Sweet Violets Set. I started out by inking both images onto Flourishes White Cardstock using Memento Tuxedo Black. Next I colored the pear image with these Copic Markers ~ N1, YG11, G12, G24, Y21, YR04, R000, R14, R17 and Colorless Blender. The card was embellished with some piercing around the edges, the Black/White Check Ribbon, the punched out Scalloped Border and the Silver Pearls.

Please make sure to check out ~ Cindy, Maki, Heather, Mona, Beate, Amanda and our April Guest Designers Geri and Kazan.

Before I go, I wanted to tell you that my card was also combined with this weeks Color Q Challenge ~ CQC132 and the the Deconstructed Sketch #46.......

Here are a few pictures of Sarah and family......

                                                     Sarah right before she went on stage

                             We mainly video taped the event, but here we are right after crowning.

                                                     Here we are....all four Ledlow Girls :)


Thank you for stopping by....have a fabulous week!!!

                                                          Hugs, ~Silke~

Catered Crop, C4C131 I Wait For The Lord......

Happy weekend!

My girls have *Spring* break this week and Sarah is participating in a Glitz Pageant today....needless to say this week just flew by. I was hoping to have more stampin' time, but since the weather was fabulous we where on the go most of the time....and I combined today's card with three challenges!

First up is this weeks Crazy for Challenges ~ C4C131....Cindy is our new host this month and is challenging us to a *Color* theme. Please use BLUE & WHITE PLUS ONE OTHER COLOR OF YOUR CHOICE!!! Please swing by the C4C Blog to see all the details and the teams ideas. 

Next is this weeks Catered Crop Recipe Swap Challenge....Our featured ingredient is to use *BRADS*. Please make sure to swing by the Catered Crop Blog for all the details and entries. We have some fabulous prizes to giveaway!

The layout was inspired by this weeks Cardabilities Sketch #52.....

Hope you will have a chance to play along! Have a wonderful Easter weekend.....

                                                             Hugs, ~Silke~

Stamp Set: ODBD Scripture Collection 9

Ink: SU Pacific Point

Paper: PTI White CS, PTI Enchanted Evening

Other: Doily, PTI Enchanted Evening Stitched Ribbon, Spellbinder Label 18 Die, Woodgrain Embossing Folder (Hobby Lobby Brand), Flowers, SU Antique Brads 

FTTC163 Happy Birthday to You...

Happy Tuesday!!!

Beate is hosting today's Flourishes Timeless Tuesday ~ FTTC163. The theme this week is to create a *BIRTHDAY* card/project.

I grabbed the beautiful flower image from the Spring Bouquet Set and the sentiment is from the Botanical Bookplates Vol. 1 Set. The flower image was inked in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored with these Copic Markers ~ YR02, Y21, R00, R02, YG11, G21 and Colorless Blender. The DP in the background is from the Kaiser Craft Bonjour Collection. The rest of the card was embellished with some White Satin Ribbon, a Silver Button, some White Scrapper's Floss, Glitter and the Silver Pearls.

The colors are from this weeks Color Q Challenge ~ CQC131.....please make sure to stop by the CQ Blog to see all the ideas.

Now it's time to hop on over to the FTTC Blog to see all the DT ideas and all of this weeks entries ~ Cindy, Maki, Heather, Beate, Mona. Please help us welcome our new DT Member Amanda Havon, plus our two new Guest Designers for the month of April Geri Utterback and Kazan Clark.

As always, thank you so much for stopping by...have a fabulous week and I'll be back this weekend with a new card!!!

                                               Hugs, ~Silke~

ODBD April Release Blog Hop....

Happy Palm Sunday and welcome to the Our Daily Bread Designs April 1 Release Blog Hop! If you came here from LORI'S BLOG, then you are right on track place!  If not then please 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 8PM EDT April 2, 2012 to complete the hop! We'll announce the Winner on April 3, 2012!!!

We do have one announcement we want to be sure you get! We have decided to extend our Customer Favorites Contest! You have until April 7, 2012 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!

I decided to go with a Black & White theme for my *Doggy Sympathy* card. The brand new Set I'm using is actually called *Dog Sympathy*. The card was embellished with some Ruffled Lace Ribbon on the bottom, as well as the Black/White Gingham Ribbon on top, a little Flower Charm, a matching Black Button and some Black Scrapper's Floss. Of course not to forget the finishing touch are the Silver Pearls...voila!!! This design is simple and it will allow you to replicate in minutes.

Now it's time to hop on over to GEMIEL'S BLOG!!!

Thank you so much for stopping by today and good luck to all of you :)  !!!

                                                                   Hugs, ~Silke~