ODBD {4th Anniversary} Blog Hop

Welcome to the Our Daily Bread designs 4th Anniversary Special Design Team Edition Release Blog Hop!  You should be joining me from Silke's awesome blog. If not, you might want to start at the ODBD Blog so you are sure to not miss anyone! If any links are lost along the way, you can always get the entire list of links from the ODBD Blog as well!

The bread sticks are so excited to be celebrating ODBD's 4th anniversary! I am truly blessed designing for a company that glorifies God in every stamp set and shares Him in everything! As Christian's that's what we are called to do, and I couldn't ask for a better company to design for!! Huge congrats Kelley and team on 4 years!!!! May God continue to bless ODBD in the years ahead!!!

Now, if you are a long term follower of ODBD, then you know that each year the Design Team submits a favorite Scripture for the special anniversary sets. So far all of the "Scripture Collection" stamp sets in the store have come from those DT submissions. This year, the special sets not only include our favorite scriptures but also quotes and sentiments. How fun is that?  I am sure you have seen some of the amazing sets on the hop thus far! Now for all of the details of the Anniversary Hop, please be sure to visit this post on the ODBD blog. You won't want to miss any of the fun!

This year for the 4th anniversary set, I submitted a sentiment that I found. So, my card highlights that sentiment in the new "Sentiments Collection." I embossed the sentiment in white and then colored the background using distress inks. For the pink background paper, I used a shopping bag I had saved. It was definitely too pretty to throw away. :) I also used both the Cheery Lynn Designs Fanciful Flourish die and the Spellbinders Fleur de Lis die.

Papers: Memory Box boysenberry and slate cs, Paper Trey Ink white cs, pink paper from recycled shopping bag
Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs Sentiments Collection
Stamp Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink victorian velvet, pumice stone, frayed burlap; Tim Holtz embossing ink; Ranger seafoam white embossing powder
Embellishments: Cheery Lynn Designs Fanciful Flourish die, Spellbinders Fleur de Lis die, flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts, Kaiser Craft pearls, Glimmer Mist purple pansy and Maya Road mulberry red mist to color Hug Snug seam binding, sewing machine

I hope you are enjoying the hop and new anniversary releases. Now hop on over to Deb's beautiful blog to see what she has created! Thanks for "hopping" by! Blessings,

Loving Color!

Oooh, I don't know about you, but I LOVE color! It just makes me happy! Of course I have my favorites but sometimes a rainbow of everything is what I really enjoy! Well, this amazing lady, Annette, created this gorgeous afghan using the Bobble stitch. Yes, that is her gorgeous afghan in the photo below! Be sure to see Annette's post here.

I asked her what yarn she used and about the pattern, and she linked me to this site for the pattern. She used the Hobby Lobby I Love This Yarn for the afghan. So, I of course has to run to the store, and on the same day I ran to Hobby Lobby to grab the yarn to create this beauty, I got this gorgeous ad in the mail:

 

Did any of you get this? Look at those colors and those yellow wellies! So yummy! It's a 'keeper ad' for sure! I almost want to hang it on my wall. Just love it! Anyway, I decided to base my color rows off of this ad. Annette did not use teal in her afghan but I am going to add it as it is so beautiful. Otherwise, I think we are using close to the same colors. The ad did too. Did they see Annette's afghan? LOL! Anyway, here is how I will do my rows:

*Burgundy
*Pinks
*Grey/White
*Orange
*Yellows
*Grey/White
*Greens
*Teals
*Grey/White
*Blues
*Grey/White

You will notice that I have noted 'grey/white' in the list above. I have both a light grey yarn and white. I am not sure what I will use in between the colors. What do you think would look great? The ad had a light grey, and I like it so that may be my choice. Then I will use white on the edging as Annette did. I am just not sure. I think my second attempt at this afghan, I will follow the ad colors exactly for a different look. I can't wait to see how they both turn out. I better get goin'. :) Here is how my first little afghan has started out this week:

Notice the 'bobbles' on my afghan are offset. Annette has hers lined up but I am trying the 'offset' look. LOL! I can see myself making these afghans to donate, as gifts, etc. I really love this and all of the colors. I sure pray I don't get tired of it! Thanks for looking, and happy crafting whatever you are working on today! Blessings,

ODBD For the Love of Backgrounds

**Please note: To see today's {Faith Journaling} prompt, please scroll down one post or click here. :)

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 Backgrounds! Check out each link and leave a comment. If you get lost along the way, go to ODBD Blog for the full link list. One of the posts is a "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 March 28th at 6 p.m. The winner will be announced March 29th! So, get hopping and enjoy all the inspiration using For the Love of ODBD Backgrounds!

ODBD Blog
Kathy
Silke
Betty
Fran
Angie
Lori
Rosemary
Julie
Jan
Connie
Chris
Patter {you are here}
Grace
Sandee
Deb

For my backgrounds, I chose to use both the ODBD Stitch Background and the ODBD Grunge Cross Background. I love how the Stitch Background can be used even on tiny spaces and still look effective. Can you see the stitches even behind the quote from the ODBD Never Give Up set?

Papers: Memory Box dill nc, Memory Box granny smith and boysenberry cs, Paper Trey Ink white cs
Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs Stitch Background, Our Daily Bread Designs Grunge Cross Background, Our Daily Bread Designs Never Give Up (quote)
Stamp Ink: Jenni Bowlin stick candy, SU perfect plum
Embellishments: flowers and leaves from Wild Orchid Crafts, Prima solitaire jewel-tone flower, jute from Hobby Lobby, Martha Stewart layered arches border punch, sewing machine

I hope you have enjoyed my creation using two great backgrounds from Our Daily Bread Designs! Now hope on over to Grace's amazing blog and see what she has created! Blessings,

{Faith Journaling} Challenge #111

Recently I read in my Life Application Bible that we should "declare Sunday as your 'thanks, faith, and hope' day to celebrate God's goodness to you." So today, please share:

**Do you have a day of the week you set apart for the Lord and what do you do differently on that day?

Hebrews 4:9-10 "There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from His."

Enjoy your journaling time, and to see all of our previous {Faith Journaling} questions, please look here. Blessings to you,

{ODBD Anniversary} Designer Favorites Flower Hunt Game

Welcome to the 4th anniversary fun at Our Daily Bread designs! Today we are having a game of sorts. One dozen of the bread sticks have baked up a special scavenger hunt game! We decided to shower ODBD with a bouquet of flowers, since flowers are one of the traditional gifts for a 4th anniversary. Hoppers will be collecting these flowers along the way, and creating a beautiful bouquet for Kelley and all of Our Daily Bread designs! We each have created a special card or project using at least one of our own personal ALL TIME FAVORITE ODBD sets. SIX of us will also have a special "Designer’s Flower Hunt Game" blog button with a special flower on it! You will want to look for it in the designer’s side bars of their blogs as you hop through. You never know which 6 designers out of the 12 of us has a special flower! You will want to start at the ODBD blog for all of the details and then begin search! Here is our "hop" order for the Flower Hunt Game:

ODBD Blog
Grace
Patter {you are here}
Angie
Chris
Sabrina
Lori
Fran
Lisa
Connie
Sue
Debi
Gemiel

Now let's look at my four favorite ODBD stamp sets and then what I created with two of the sets. Click on the title of each set to see an image of the set.

Honeycomb Background
I love this particular background because it works so amazingly on everything especially art journaling pages! But with that said I have used it on cards and scrapbook pages too. It is a great, great background for all thing paper crafting and mixed media!

Faith
This set not only has wonderful scriptures but it has a title (Faith) and a quote from Mother Theresa. Then if that were not enough, there is a gorgeous butterfly image that goes with the set. Truly a favorite and so versatile!

God's Love
When this particular set was released, I knew I had to have it. I love butterflies, and the butterfly in this set is stunning. I also love the verse and quote. They work so well for the scrapbook pages I create of my girls!

The Word of God
And what can I say about this set? I LOVE God's Word, and I love the Bible image. I create new journals each year, and this set works perfectly for journals, cards, scrapbook pages, etc. Needless to say, I use this set a lot!

So, what did I do with two of the sets? Well, I created an 8x8 scrapbook page of one of my girls. I used the title and quote from the Faith set. I then used a portion of the butterfly image from the God's Love set for the banner below the photo. I was trying to think of how to use the image differently. I had a lot of fun with this page!

Papers: Pink Paislee She Art pp, CM cranberry cs, Paper Trey Ink white cs
Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs Faith, Our Daily Bread Designs God's Love
Stamp Ink: Jenni Bowlin seed packet, chili powder, soap powder; Tim Holtz Distress Ink black soot
Embellishments: leaves from Wild Orchid Crafts, May Arts twine, jute from Hobby Lobby, Paper Trey Ink buttons, Tim Holtz ticket, sewing machine

Be sure to leave a comment, and then hop on over to Angie's awesome blog to see if she is hiding a flower and to see her amazing creation! Thanks for stopping by, and keep checking back as we have anniversary fun going on all week! Blessings,

{HSCRC12} Hymn #6, Savior Like a Shepherd Lead Us

Hymn Challenge #6: Savior Like a Shepherd Lead Us

Words Attributed to: Dorothy A. Thrupp
b. June 20, 1779; d. Dec. 14, 1847

Music: William B. Bradbury
b. 1816; d. 1868

Dorothy Ann Thrupp was born in London, June 20, 1779, to Joseph Thrupp and Mary Burgan. From what I can tell, she was 1 of 15 children to Joseph and Mary. I was not able to find that she ever married or had children of her own. If you look at the sheet music below, you will notice it says "Words attributed to Dorothy Ann Thrupp; Music by William B. Bradbury, 1859." The reason it states that is because no one knows who really wrote the words to this hymn. Miss Thrupp would not sign her hymns but she would note her initials--"D.A.T." This hymn was found amongst her other collections but was not signed in any way.

The first verse of this hymn says:

Verse 1
Savior, like a shepherd lead us, much we need Thy tender care;
In Thy pleasant pastures feed us, for our use Thy folds prepare.
Blessed Jesus, blessed Jesus! Thou hast bought us, Thine we are.
Blessed Jesus, blessed Jesus! Thou hast bought us, Thine we are.

So, what do you think of when you think of a shepherd? Do you know much about shepherds and sheep? I know I don't but I do know that Jesus is my Shepherd. Jesus in not only the Shepherd who leads us but He is also the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.  Jesus isn't just doing His job. He loves us and laid His life down for us.

John 1:29 "The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, 'Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!'"

Let's look at a few definitions regarding shepherding:

Sheepfold—an enclosure for sheep; Church of God where believers gather to glorify God.

Undershepherd—a person who protects, guides, or watches over someone or a group of people; God appointed shepherds to feed His sheep; clergy.

Sheep—God's people.

Now let's look at sheep (God's people/believers):

**Sheep trust and depend on the shepherd for their daily needs. Who are you depending on for your daily needs —self or Jesus the believers' Shepherd? Who are you teaching your children/grandchildren to depend on?

**Sheep are meek and quiet and don't stir up trouble. Are you stirring up trouble around you or do you lovingly handle situations as God would want them handled?

**Sheep are sacrificial animals. God calls believers to lay down their lives for others. Are you denying yourself and following Him, or are you 'allowing yourself' and 'following self'?  Luke 9:23 "Then He said to them all: 'If anyone would come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me.'"

**Sheep should be employed by the Shepherd. How are you serving in the Kingdom for the Shepherd?

As the hymns says, He leads us, He tenderly cares for us, He seeks us when we go astray, He loves us, He bought us, and we are His! Sometimes He has to break us and carry us to change us but we can always trust that He tenderly cares for His sheep. Praise God for His glorious gift! Do you belong to the sheepfold? If not, He would love for you to enter the gate and come to Him!

Isaiah 40:11 "He tends His flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart; He gently leads those that have young."

Below you will find the sheet music to "Savior Like a Shepherd Lead Us." Make sure you look at the link I have included for you below the hymn.

Click here to listen to Todd Agnew sing this hymn as well as read the words.

For my 5x7 page today, I used the Our Daily Bread Designs set called "Lord is my Shepherd." Not only is the image perfect in this set but there are SO many great verses for today's study. Be sure to click here to look at the entire set! I used the sheep/lamb image to create sort of a toile background on my blue paper. It's hard to see the blue since there wasn't any good light but the finished page shows it a bit better. I loved using this stamp to make toile paper!

The verses I used were from the same set—John 1:29 which was listed above and Psalm 100:3.

Papers: Paper Trey Ink cs, misc. bank paper
Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs Lord is my Shepherd
Stamp Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink stormy sky, faded jeans, barn door
Embellishments: Jenni Bowlin soap powder acrylic paint, burlap from Save On Crafts, flower from Wild Orchid Crafts, Basic Grey button, May Arts twine, Tim Holtz tiny attacher, sewing machine

So do you live like a sheep without a shepherd or will you this week and the weeks ahead live like you belong to the Shepherd? Remember to use Keyword HSCRC12 when posting your creations in any online galleries. Also, please leave a link to your creation here using Inlinkz! To see all of the information regarding this challenge and the previous studies, please see this post here. Blessings to each of you!

{Memory Box} Spotted!

I am so excited to share that one of my Memory Box cards was featured on "iSpy Sketches." Thank you Kim and team for featuring my card. I am blessed! Here is the card that was featured. You can see more information here on my Memory Box blog.

Also, I haven't shared my Memory Box creations for a while so I thought I would do that today. Click on the card title to go to the post to see instructions, supply lists, and close-up photos. I hope you enjoy these.

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