Thursday, June 21, 2012

Our Daily Bread Designs Alumni For the Love of Good Steward Sets!

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 Good Steward sets! 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, July 4th at 6 pm. Enjoy all the awesome inspiration using For the Love of ODBD Good Steward sets!

My design uses Our Daily Bread Designs "Serve the Lord" stamp set, along with their "Crocheted Circle Die Custom Die."





I wanted to focus my design on the Veterans of Foreign Wars "Buddy Poppy." You can read more about the VFW Buddy Poppy HERE.

I stamped the poppy image onto white cardstock, cut it out with the Crocheted Circle die, then colored the background with Copic markers. After stamping the image onto the red polka dot, I trimmed the blossoms and paper pieced them onto my die cut image panel. I added a few shadows onto the blossoms with a red Copic marker.



If you've arrived here from the ever so talented Connie's blog,
you are hopping along just fine! 


And, remember: if you get lost along the way, head back to ODBD's Blog, where you will find the entire list of inspiration! 

Thanks so very much for joining us today!



50 comments:

Angella D. Crockett said...

Deb, what an amazing card! I love the paper-pieced poppies and your patriotic color scheme! Thanks for the link....I had not heard of this program before. Blessings, Angie

Grace said...

Ooooooh Deb this is soooo pretty! This is one of my favorite sets and with the black bg it really pops!!! Beautiful layout and gorgeous card!
hugs,
Grace

Saints Rule! said...

This is beautiful Deb! I love the warm poppy design and the cheery pattern paper. So very classy! Beautifully done!

Teri C said...

How pretty is this??? LOVE that stamp set!

Clare Curcio said...

Deb, your poppies look so pretty! Excellent color choices overall, and it's just Americana at heart! May God bless our military, retired, active duty, and future enlistees! My hubby is retired Air Force.

Marsha said...

So pretty. Love how you tied all the papers, image, elements together.

Candy Meyers said...

What a neat idea to use paper piecing for the flowers. That gave them so much personality. Also the red, white and blue theme is perfect for this time of year.
Thanks for sharing.
Candy Meyers

Carol Drumwright said...

Love the contrast of the blues and reds. I love poppies and the blue plaid really pops everything out. Beautiful!

Dawn said...

just fabulous, Deb! I love the paper pieced poppies!! awesome colors and so perfect for poppy day!

Conniecrafter said...

Great patriotic card for our men or women

Miriam Prantner said...

Beautiful card! Love the piecing and the colors.

Becky said...

wow Deb, this is gorgeous. This is truly one of my favorite sets. I love how you paper pieced the flower.

PatsyB said...

Wow!!! My favorite color combo! I bet half the cards I make are red, white and black! Love the set and love your card!!

Tami B. said...

How pretty. The poppies are so striking and I am in love with the crocheted circle.

Queen Mary said...

Lovely Deb -- thanks for sharing -- I love the poppies!

Anonymous said...

What a wonderful card. Love the colors.

Holly Paulson

Betty said...

Beautiful!! Love the colors and poppies!

Pati said...

Polka Poppies! Cute. Nice layout and combo of papers with the red, white & blue theme for the poppies.

Tammy said...

Deb!!!
Great paper piecing!!! Super cute poppies!!! Thank you so very much for sharing and for allowing me to glean from you---you are precious!!! be blessed
~Beyond Measure
Tammy
www.urbeyondmeasure.com

Tosha Leyendekker said...

Deb, your pieced poppies are stunning and so beautifully framed!! Your card is pure gorgeousness!!

Sabrina Jackson said...

Deb, what a gorgeous card and your coloring of the poppies....stunning! I'll have to check that link out, thanks for sharing it! Hugs and blessings, Sabrina

Betty Wright said...

Beautifully done, Deb! I just love this set and what you have done with it. Great colors and the paper pieced flower detailing is fantastic! Lovely card!

Christine said...

What a sweet card...a work of art. I am always touched by the veterans selling Buddy Poppies, so I love this card!

Sue D said...

Very pretty--I like your paper pieced poppies.

kathi17 said...

What a wonderful tribute to the VFW Deb. I never would have thought of using the poppies for that. Your paper and layout are beautiful too. I was so glad to see you use the crocheted stamp and die set. I've been looking at that set for a long time. Every time I place an order to ODBD I look at it. It's always so hard to narrow down which sets to buy next!

Kelley said...

Deb, that is so stinking cute!!!! Love it! Congrats on the new job! So cool!

LaDawn said...

Love the texture of your card. It is neat the way you used the texture.
Thanks

Chris Olsen, Glowbug said...

Wowzer Deb!! Love the red, white and blue, the added ric rac and the polka dotted flowers. Stunning and beautiful!!
hugs,
Chris

craftymom205 said...

Love your card.

craftymom205 at yahoo dot com

Diana said...

Like the design...

lorrayneingram said...

I love the die with this set.

Jan Marie said...

Love this card and it definitely evokes the "Buddy Poppy" memories . .along with the red, white and blue. Love your paper piecing and the overall design!! Blessings!

Jan Castle said...

Love your poppy card...so bright and eye catching!
Paper Hugs,
Jan

christi said...

i was wondering how to use my crochet die. thanks for refreshing my memory. your card is gorgeous.

Mary Babet said...

This is so adorable. I would never think to buy this stampbut every time I see it it is so pretty. I love the color combination.

Mary Babet said...

This is so adorable. I would never think to buy this stampbut every time I see it it is so pretty. I love the color combination.

Jean C said...

Your card is beautiful. The poppies jump off the card with the color contrast. It reminds us of the service of our armed forces yesterday and today!

Myamical said...

Absolutely beautiful. The colors are great and so pretty. Thank you.

Stella said...

Deb, what a beautiful card. Love the colors.

Scrap-n-happy said...

What a fantastic card. I love so much about this creation. The crochet die template is wonderful and I love the poppies and how you colored them with Copics.

Rea' said...

What a pretty color combination!

Clickersister said...

Love this! My favorites always seem to be the ones with the die cuts! Thank you!

Charlotte Zweigoron said...

Sharp! Cool coloring... great job!

Justavicki said...

Love it Deb! It really brings back memories of when I was a child..I can remember when the Buddy Poppies were in full force and veterans were supported and appreciated. We need to return to the old paths in many things. Great card!

Sherry Kushibab said...

Those paper pieced poppies are brilliant....love them on that bold background paper.....Absolutely wonderful card.

Heather said...

Ooh those polka-dotted poppies are so fun! And I love the bright pop of color they create against the blue.

Anonymous said...

Beautiful card. I love the circle die you used.

Margie F.

Unknown said...

Such a pretty card! I love the paper-pieced poppies. Great colors too for the 4th. Great job!

Keri Brown said...

Awesome card.... Awesome die... :-)

Leanne said...

Gorgeous! Love the circle die.