Our Daily Bread December Release Preview

It's time for Our Daily Bread's December release and I made some bookmarks using the new Ornate   Border Sentiments set from this month's release.  They're perfect for adding little encouraging sentiments to a project.

My daughter went out of state to college, and sometimes can get overwhelmed, so I thought I'd make something to help her get through those moments.  I used the Bookmarks ~Trees set along with the coordinating Bookmarks dies and designed a little pocket for it too.  The sentiments are from the Ornate Border Sentiments set, and the image was colored with Copics.

Here's a second bookmark I made using watercolor paper and Tombows with an Ornate Border sentiment.

That's it from me today.  Be sure to check out all the inspiration the rest of the gals have to share.  You won't want to miss a stop!!

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

Three winners will be randomly chosen from one of the designers blog comments to receive a $25 Gift Certificate to the ODBD Store, to be used toward the purchase of ODBD Stamps.  You have until December 2, 2013 at 9:00 p.m. EST to make your comments!  The Winners will be posted on the ODBD Blog on December 3rd, so be sure to check back there to see if you won!

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Stamps:  Ornate Border Sentiments and Bookmarks~Trees (ODBD)

Paper:  Oliver (MME), White (PTI) Watercolor 140 lb Cold Pressed (Bee Paper Company)

Ink:  Versamark, Smokey Gray (Versafine)

Accessories:  Bookmarks dies (ODBD), Pearls (Pizzazz Aplenty), Shimmer Twine (The Twinery), Black Seam Binding, Black Embossing Powder, Border Punch (EK Success), Copics 

For the Love of ODBD Best Sellers Hop

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 Love of ODBD Best Sellers! Check out each link and leave a comment. If you get lost along the way, check the ODBD blog for full list of links.  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, January 2nd, at 6 pm.   Enjoy all the beautiful designs featuring For the Love of ODBD Best Sellers!

I have the honor of starting the hop today, and I went very CAS using the Bookmark ~ Trees set with the coordinating Bookmark Dies, along with the set Faith.   The beautifully designed bookmark images do most of the work for you.  I LOVE that!

Our bookkeeper's daughter loves to read, so I thought it would be fun to give her a book with this bookmark included.  I chose the faithful sentiment because I think young ones can get overwhelmed with big ambitions.  We put such huge demands and expectations on our kids at such a young age, that some tasks can seem daunting.  I love this quote by Mother Teresa.

I just stamped the image with Onyx Black Versafine and inked the background using the Ranger Distress Inks Mustard Seed and Ripe Persimmon.  I then added the sentiment from the Faith set, and diecut it using the coordinating Bookmark Die.  Easy Peasy

Here is what I used:

That's all I have for you today.  Next stop on the hop is the super sweet Betty!!

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Stamps:  Bookmark ~ Trees, Faith (Our Daily Bread Designs)

Paper:  White (PTI)

Ink:  Onyx Black (Versafine), Mustard Seed and Ripe Persimmon (Ranger Distress)

Accessories:  Bookmark Dies  (Our Daily Bread Designs), Large Eyelet (SU!), Black Ribbon (PTI)

Encourage Reading!!! Bookmark

I am an avid reader!! I LOVE to read! And I love bookmarks. I have a fun collection actually.

Unfortunately, neither of my kids have developed an eagerness to read. I don't know how that happened since I've encouraged them since they were very little, and set a good example by letting them see me read often....LOL

Well, here's the really funny part to how this bookmark came into existence. My oldest graduated from H.S. this past May and is heading off to college in a week and 4 days. He DOES NOT like to read. Well, for one of his General Classes that he's required to take, he received a book in the mail that had to be read by the time he started his first class. Homework? Over the summer? You've got to be kidding!!!

I LOVE IT!!! Anyway, he was just using a ripped piece of paper to keep his place marked. So, I made this simple, and not *frou-frou*, bookmark to keep track of where he stopped...which was only about 20 pages in. Who can stop after only 20 pages? Are you kidding me?

I thought these little magnetized bookmarks would make a great gift from a teacher to his/her students. They're easy to make, and use very little paper. I've found that the magnetized bookmarks stay put the best. Love 'em. So I just cut a 2 5/8" x 5 1/4" inch rectangle of black with an 1/8" smaller dp piece, folded it in half. I put Basicgrey Magnetic Snaps on the inside and put a circle on top that would stick out of the book; making it easier to find your page. That's it...You could use different colors, scrap pieces of cardstock, and a variety of Fonts.

To make this circle, I used my JustRite stamper!! LOVE this tool. To get the different colors, I used the Wooden Stamp Mount. The three sets I used for this circle are: Curlz Font "Fun Borders" for the border, Special Occasions Font for "READ", and the Small Letters for the year. I inked up the image with Chocolate Chip (Stampin' Up) and colored every other border circle and the year with black.

Just Rite has a whole bunch of new sets now too, and Michelle at Stamper's Dream will be carrying them really soon. They are so much fun, and are so versatile!!

Supplies:
Stamps - JustRite Stamper Kits
Paper - Kaisercraft dp, Black, Suede Dark Brown (Prismatics), Neenah Classic Natural
Ink - Chocolate Chip (SU), Black marker
Accessories - Magnetic snaps (Basicgrey), Nestabilities