Trust in Him at all Times. . .

Trust in him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to Him, for God is our refuge. 

Psalm 62:8

ODBD Shining the Light Challenge #175

This week the Our Daily Bread Designs Challenge Team challenges YOU to an "It is Fall!" Challenge. Last month we wanted to see fall colors: this month we want to see your fall creations and not just fall colors. . .

 To make the challenge even more rewarding, we will be giving out a $15 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!! And, if you use Our Daily Bread Designs stamps, we will again be choosing one to two creations to spotlight for our Shining the Light Award. All submissions must be added to Mr. Linky by Sunday, Oct. 27 at 8 p.m. EST. Complete details are available on the ODBD blog.

Please take a bit of time to visit my fellow challenge team members' blogs, you'll be blessed! 

Chris Olsen * Diana Nguyen 
 Cheryl Scriven * DJ Rants    
  and. . Guest Design Team Member Linda Carson

Project Details

The theme of this week's challenge is "Fall" and when I think of fall, I think of the time change that occurs in most parts of the United States, so I made a card that's a little different than a traditional "fall" card. . .perhaps it should be called a "fall back" card!  Funny thing is that we don't "fall back" or "spring forward" in my sunny, little corner of the world. We are always on AZ time! Regardless of where one lives, time seems to pass so quickly. I found this hymn by our nation's sixth President, John Quincy Adams, written in 1839.

Alas! how swift the moments fly!

How flash the years along!

Scarce here, yet gone already by,

The burden of a song.

See childhood, youth, and manhood pass,

And age, with furrowed brow;

Time was—Time shall be—drain the glass—

But where in Time is now?

Time is the measure but of change;

No present hour is found;

The past, the future, fill the range

Of Time’s unceasing round.

Where, then is now? In realms above,

With God’s atoning Lamb,

In regions of eternal love,

Where sits enthroned I AM.

Then pilgrim, let thy joys and tears

On Time no longer lean;

But henceforth all thy hopes and fears

From earth’s affections wean:

To God let votive accents rise;

With truth, with virtue, live;

So all the bliss that Time denies

Eternity shall give.

-THE HOUR-GLASS

Words: John Q. Adams; sixth president of the United States

Written for the 200th anniversary of the First Congregational Church in Quincy, Massachusetts, September 29, 1839.

• Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs Time
• ODBD Products: Scor-Buddy
• Dies and Accessories: Spellbinders, embossing powder, brads.

Blessings! jme ~ SDG

Grieve with those who grieve. . .

Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. Romans 12:15

 

ODBD Shining the Light Challenge #174

This week the Our Daily Bread Designs Challenge Team challenges YOU to a make your own background with stamps or embossing (I used both!)
 

 To make the challenge even more rewarding, we will be giving out a $15 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!! And, if you use Our Daily Bread Designs stamps, we will again be choosing one to two creations to spotlight for our Shining the Light Award. All submissions must be added to Mr. Linky by Sunday, Oct. 20 at 8 p.m. EST. Complete details are available on the ODBD blog.

Please take a bit of time to visit my fellow challenge team members' blogs, you'll be blessed! 

Chris Olsen * Diana Nguyen 
 Cheryl Scriven * DJ Rants     
 and. . Guest Design Team Member Linda Carson

Project Details

Made for a work colleague whose husband passed away this past week. The verse used on the inside of the card is excerpted from the Sermon on the Mount in which Jesus lays out for His disciples the difference between those who are of His kingdom and those who are of the world. This verse is so often used to comfort those who are grieving the loss of a dear one, but in the context of Kingdom living, one of the signs of a repentant heart, is sorrow for sins. Sorrow for the injuries we caused our dear Savior, and that He bore God's wrath for sin that was our just penalty. . .oh, how we mourn! But Jesus also promised that those who are His are blessed and will be comforted. How true that it is! Our beloved Savior applies the healing balm to our souls and bids us to rise from the dust and into the very presence of our God! It is most amazing and most humbling. What a Savior, what a friend!

Our Daily Bread Designs Products

• Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs With Heartfelt Sympathy
• Dies and Accessories: Spellbinders, Embossing Powder, markers, twine.

Blessings! jme ~ SDG

Mercy and love. . .

Surely God is my help; the Lord is the one who sustains me. Psalm 54:4

ODBD Shining the Light Challenge #173

This week the Our Daily Bread Designs Challenge Team challenges YOU to use fall leaves on your card- stamped or die cut…not just on your designer paper.

 To make the challenge even more rewarding, we will be giving out a $15 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!! And, if you use Our Daily Bread Designs stamps, we will again be choosing one to two creations to spotlight for our Shining the Light Award. All submissions must be added to Mr. Linky by Sunday, Oct. 13 at 8 p.m. EST. Complete details are available on the ODBD blog.
 

Please take a bit of time to visit my fellow challenge team members' blogs, you'll be blessed!  

Chris Olsen * Diana Nguyen  Cheryl Scriven * DJ Rants  
and. . Guest Design Team Member Linda Carson
 

Project Details

Our Daily Bread Designs Products

• Stamps: Randi's Song, Scripture Series 2 
• Dies and Accessories: Raffia

Blessings! jme ~ SDG

He goes before you. . .

The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you. Deuteronomy 3:18

ODBD Shining the Light Challenge #172

This week the Our Daily Bread Designs Challenge Team challenges YOU to an "Anything Goes with Our Daily Bread Designs Stamps and/or Dies" challenge.

 To make the challenge even more rewarding, we will be giving out a $15 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!! But ONLY if you've used Our Daily Bread Designs stamps or dies.

Additionally, we will again be choosing one to two creations to spotlight for our Shining the Light Award. All submissions must be added to Mr. Linky by Sunday, Oct. 6 at 8 p.m. EST. Complete details are available on the ODBD blog.
 

Please take a bit of time to visit my fellow challenge team members' blogs, you'll be blessed! 

Chris Olsen * Diana Nguyen 
Cheryl Scriven * DJ Rants         
and. . Guest Design Team Member Linda Carson

Project Details

Our Daily Bread Designs Products

• Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs Fancy Labels, To the Lovebirds, Scripture Collection 10, Randi's Song
• Dies and Accessories: ODBD Exclusive Dies To the LoveBirds; Spellbinders Labels 17 (coordinates with stamp set)

Blessings! jme ~ SDG

Passing world. . .

The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever.
1 John 2:17

ODBD Shining the Light Challenge #171

This week the Our Daily Bread Designs Challenge Team challenges YOU to use fall colors since next Monday is the first day of fall.  Your project does not have to be fall-themed, it just has to use fall colors of either red, yellow, orange, brown, and/or green. 

 To make the challenge even more rewarding, we will be giving out a $15 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!! And, if you use Our Daily Bread Designs stamps, we will again be choosing one to two creations to spotlight for our Shining the Light Award. All submissions must be added to Mr. Linky by Sunday, Sept. 22 at 8 p.m. EST. 

Complete details are available on the ODBD blog.

Please take a bit of time to visit my fellow challenge team members' blogs, you'll be blessed! 

Chris Olsen * Diana Nguyen  Cheryl Scriven * DJ Rants        and. . Guest Design Team Member Linda Carson

Project Details

Our Daily Bread Designs Products

• Stamps: ODBD With Heartfelt Sympathy and To The Lovebirds
• Dies and Accessories: ODBD Custom Die Birdcage and Banners; Memory Box Woodland Branch, Cheery Lynn Designs Carnivale Border Die (both brands carried by ODBD, dies retired); Spellbinders

Blessings! jme ~ SDG

 

From Heaven Above. . .

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. Luke 2:14

 

 

ODBD Shining the Light Challenge #170

This week the Our Daily Bread Designs Challenge Team challenges YOU to a "Get Ready for Christmas" Challenge.
 

To make the challenge even more rewarding, we will be giving out a $15 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!! And, if you use Our Daily Bread Designs stamps, we will again be choosing one to two creations to spotlight for our Shining the Light Award. All submissions must be added to Mr. Linky by Sunday, Sept. 15 at 8 p.m. EST. Complete details are available on the ODBD blog.

And you'll find something else going on over at the ODBD Store: a sale! That's right! You can find out all the details here: ODBD Sale.
 

Please take a bit of time to visit my fellow challenge team members' blogs, 
you'll be blessed! 

Chris Olsen * Diana Nguyen 
  Cheryl Scriven * DJ Rants       
and. . Guest Team Member Linda Carson

Project Details

One of my challenges in making Christmas cards is that I tend to make them too complicated to replicate quickly and too bulky to mail efficiently. . .so I've tried to strike a balance with these two examples. They both start with a main panel where the image is stamped multiple times with various techniques to give the impression of layers without the bulk. One is stamped on glossy photo paper using VersaMark and then rubbing on Ranger Distress ink, followed by stamping in various colors. 

Our Daily Bread Designs Products

• Stamps: Sparkling Snowflakes, Christmas Verses
• Ink: White pigment, blue
• Dies: ODBD Custom Snowflakes Dies; Spellbinders Oval Dies
• Accessories: Pearls, Shimmer Mist.

Blessings! jme ~ SDG

 

A time for everything. . .

To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven.

 Ecclesiastes 3:1

 

ODBD Shining the Light Challenge #169

This week (and all this month) the Our Daily Bread Designs Challenge Team challenges YOU to a make a project using a single layer. This is one layer as in one piece of cardstock or one layer on a base (this includes diecuts).

 To make the challenge even more rewarding, we will be giving out a $15 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!! And, if you use Our Daily Bread Designs stamps, we will again be choosing one to two creations to spotlight for our Shining the Light Award. All submissions must be added to Mr. Linky by Sunday, Sept. 8 at 8 p.m. EST. 

Complete details are available on the ODBD blog.

This week we say goodbye to our guest team member,  Jennipher Lowery . I''ll miss seeing Jennipher's beautiful work each week as part of the team, and am thankful for the opportunity we've had to work together again. Please join me in thanking Jennipher and wishing her Godspeed!

Our newest challenge team guest designer is Linda Carson! Welcome Linda!!
  

Please take a bit of time to visit the blogs of my challenge team members; you'll be blessed! 

Chris Olsen * Diana Nguyen   
Cheryl Scriven * DJ Rants   
  and. . Guest Design Team Member Linda Carson
and special guest from ODBD Grace Nywening

Project Details

Our Daily Bread Designs Products

• Stamps: Scripture Collection 1, Randi's Song;
• Dies and Accessories: Antique Labels; Border Dies

Blessings! jme ~ SDG