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Monday, March 17, 2014

Our Daily Bread Designs Anniversary Celebration Release!!!

8:00 AM | Posted by Chris Olsen, Glowbug | | Edit Post

Hi Friends!!

I hope all are doing well!! I am so excited today to be sharing a special release for Our Daily Bread Designs 6th Anniversary!! Today ODBD has been open for business for 6 years!! Each year the team compiles their favorite verses, sentiments and quotes and Kelley creates stamp sets available to the public including those favorites on the Anniversary date!! It is one of my very favorite releases and sets of stamps each year!!! You won't want to miss the inspiration from the team using these sets!!!

Three winners will be randomly chosen from the comments left on the designers blogs to receive a $25 Gift Certificate to the ODBD Store, to be used toward the purchase of ODBD Stamps; ONE lucky random commenter will be randomly chosen to win the 2014 Anniversary Bundle! You have until March 18, 2014 at 9:00 p.m. EDT to leave your comments! The Winners will be posted on the ODBD Blog on March 19th, so be sure to check back to see if you won!

For my first creation I used my favorite sentiment or contribution to the sets: "His Mercies are New every Morning!!" based on the verse from Lamentations.

Lamentations 3: 22-23

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases:

his mercies never come to an end;

they are new every morning;

great is your faithfulness.

This card was created Sentiment Collection 3, Daisy Chain Background, Beautiful Borders, Elegant Ovals, Recipe and Tags die, and Fancy Foliage from Our Daily Bread Designs.

My second creation uses a sentiment from the same collection: Sentiments Collection 3, Hummingbird and ODBD Custom Hummingbird die as well as uses the Blooming Garden Collection, and Beautiful Borders.

For more inspiration, please visit my dt sisters:

Julie * Wanda * Chris * Stacy * Lisa * Grace * Dawn * Diana * Sandee Sabrina *Silke * Cathy * Angie * Linda * Lori * Cheryl * Audrey * Robin

You can also view the creations on the ODBD Blog!!

Thanks for stopping by and for your comments!! I truly appreciate them.

Blessings,

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

ODBDSLC194 Rejoice in New Life!!!!

6:00 AM | Posted by Chris Olsen, Glowbug | | Edit Post

Hello Friends!!

I hope everyone is doing well!! Today is the second week of Anniversary challenges at Our Daily Bread Designs.

This week's challenge is to use purple, lavender or Amethyst on your creation since the Anniversary stone for a 6 year Anniversary is Amethyst.

Here is my creation:

I had a blast coloring up my Bee Balm in Lavender and Purple!!! I wanted to create some texture and interest so I embossed the background in Sizzix Circles and Dots and used the shape of Decorative Labels 28 and Labels 28. In order to keep the card standing I made a straight bottom on the back panel. The sentiment is from Earth's Gladdest Day.

Easter will be here before we know it although it comes later this year so I thought it time to begin some spring/Easter cards.

To me it is no surprise that Easter occurs in Spring as the flowers and plants experience new life once again. What symbolism!! We too can receive new life through the death and resurrection of our Lord and Savior. What a gift of new life if we only believe.

John 11:25-26

Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die.

1 Peter 1:3

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead...

As we see the new life sprout around us, we have so much to rejoice in!!!!

For more inspiration for this challenge, please visit my dt sisters:

Linda Carson, Elizabeth Whisson, Diana Nguyen, Cheryl Scrivens, DJ Rants and Robin Clendenning

To see all the creations in one place or join the challenge, click here. You have until March 16th to join us. For this challenge you may use any stamps but it you have any Our Daily Bread Designs stamps we would love to see you use them. If you participate, you have a chance to win the $15 certificate toward ODBD stamps or to be Spotlighted for the Shining the Light Award (The Shining the Light Award is only for those who use ODBD stamps). We would love to see your creations.

I hope you are in some way inspired by my project!

Thanks for stopping by and for your comments!! I truly appreciate them.

Blessings,

challenges I am entering my creation in:
Word Art Wednesday

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Thursday, March 6, 2014

Be Still

9:26 AM | Posted by Chris Olsen, Glowbug | | Edit Post

Happy Thursday All!! I can't believe how the week is flying by!! The weekend is soon approaching!!!
Today I am popping in to share a card I made just for fun using my friend Cathy's sketch at Splitcoast Stampers yesterday.

I immediately thought it was perfect for a masculine card!! I often need masculine thinking of you cards. Lately it seems so many are affected with cancer in our church or around me. I need to have more thinking of you cards on hand.

I had fun coloring up the Waves of the Sea image from Our Daily Bread Designs with copics and painting water with acrylics. This verse is one of my favorites for comfort and it is from ODBD Scripture Collection 2.

I hope you are in some way inspired by my project!

Thanks for stopping by and for your comments!! I truly appreciate them.

Blessings,

challenges I am entering my creation in:

Word Art Wednesday- free scripture and sentiments are available each week

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Tuesday, March 4, 2014

ODBDSLC193 Soft Floral

6:00 AM | Posted by Chris Olsen, Glowbug | | Edit Post

Hello Friends!!

I hope everyone is doing well!! It is now March and hopefully Spring will be here soon. I am so longing for the sunshine, warmth and flowers!! I guess I have been experiencing the winter blahs!!

To cheer my mood, I decided to go with pastels and flowers for this week's Shining the Light challenge at ODBD which is to use metal and/or sweets on your creation.

Our Daily Bread Designs, Zinnia, Daisy Chain Background, Beautiful Borders, Zinnia and Leaves Dies, Chris Olsen

This past week, ODBD released some gorgeous dies and stamps which I used for today's card.

The background is created with the Daisy Chain Background. The Zinnia is colored with copics and cut out with the custom Zinnia and Leaves die. The border along the bottom is the Beautiful Borders die from ODBD.

The Zinnia is layered on and with the Decorative Labels 28 die from Spellbinders.

My piece of metal is the brads in the center.

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As the snow covers the ground and so many yearn for spring, it is so easy to get in a slump to look for the negative rather than the joy in life. It is not a part of God's plan, however, for us to not trust in Him and see the joy in life. Sure there are times when life gets us down...we are human. Do you know how important God feels it is for us to be joyful in Him? Joy is mentioned over 826 times in the Bible!!

so...

Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!

Phil. 4:4

This is the Day that the Lord has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it.

Psalm 118:24

My goal is to be Joyful today and share that joy with others!!

For more inspiration for this challenge, please visit my dt sisters:

Linda Carson, Elizabeth Whisson, Diana Nguyen, Cheryl Scrivens, DJ Rants and Robin Clendenning

To see all the creations in one place or join the challenge, click here. You have until March 9th to join us. For this challenge you may use any stamps but it you have any Our Daily Bread Designs stamps we would love to see you use them. If you participate, you have a chance to win the $15 certificate toward ODBD stamps or to be Spotlighted for the Shining the Light Award (The Shining the Light Award is only for those who use ODBD stamps). We would love to see your creations.

I hope you are in some way inspired by my project!

Thanks for stopping by and for your comments!! I truly appreciate them.

Blessings,

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Saturday, March 1, 2014

Welcome to the ODBD March Release!

8:00 AM | Posted by Chris Olsen, Glowbug | | Edit Post

Hello Friends!!

Today I am popping in to share the March Release at Our Daily Bread Designs!! Kelley has some really beautiful stamp sets and dies this month that you won't want to miss. Each of the team members will be showing a couple of projects using these new sets so you won't want to miss all the inspiration!!

Three winners will randomly be chosen from the comments left on the designers blogs to receive a $25 Gift certificate to the ODBD store to be used toward the purchase of ODBD stamps. You have until March 2, 2014 at 9:00 pm EST to make your comments. The winners will be posted on the ODBD blog on March 3rd, so be sure to check back there to see if you have won.

My first creation uses the new Zinnia stamps and custom dies, the Daisy Chain die, the Sweeter than Honey and Blooming Garden Paper collection released this month!! I just love the gorgeous blue of the paper. The Zinnias were colored three times and cut with the Zinnia and Leaves die and layered. The bees are also colored with copics and cut out with a die. The beautiful floral die background is the new Daisy Chain background die.

My second creation uses the Heart and Soul Collection Paper collection released last month, the Daisy Chain Background (layered between the Gold Labels 4 and Opulent Ovals dies), the Hummingbird, and Bee Balm. The hummingbird was colored with copics and cut out with a custom ODBD Hummingbird die. The sentiment is from the Sweeter than Honey stamp set and is cut out with the ODBD Recipe and Tags die.

Here are some of the sets used from the new release:

For more inspiration, please visit my dt sisters:

Stacy * Grace * Chris * Dawn * Julie * Sabrina * Cathy * Lori * Sandee * Wanda * Audrey * Silke * Angie * Lisa

or the ODBD blog.

I hope you are in some way inspired by my creations!

Thanks for stopping by and for your comments!! I truly appreciate them.

Blessings,

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