Our Daily Bread designs January release hop!

I get to hang out with the Our Daily Bread design team on my birthday!!! Today we are showcasing the new releases for January in a blog hop. If you're a regular reader of my blog and just happened upon my section of the hop, you may want to start back at the beginning. Prizes are involved!! The ODBD Blog is the place to get started - actually you'll start and end the hop there, and if you should happen to get lost or interrupted in between, you can always go there for a complete list of links in the correct order. If you came to my blog from Suzanne's blog, you are doing just fine.

***If you're not interested in the hop, please visit Suzanne's link to see her gorgeous keepsake project made with all DK stamps - it is incredible!***

When you see me playing along, you know that I've had a part in the new release...... this month, these designs are my contributions. This is a new style for me, and I really had fun designing these sets and backgrounds. This will be my last set designed for ODBD, but you'll still be able to purchase my stamps there. Thank you so much for your encouragement and support - it has been my pleasure to provide Christ-centered stamp sets for you through ODBD, and we'll see where the Lord leads next!!I had a Laughing Cow container sitting on my desk that I wanted to alter, so that is the base of my butterfly box. I started by stamping the butterfly background on some textured cardstock which was swiped with Distress ink. After the image was stamped, I buffed it a little bit to blend the inks together. I cut the round base from that piece of cardstock, and also the strips that cover the edges of the box. The butterfly was cut with the die from the edge of that cardstock.

I stamped the butterfly flourish on a die-cut circle, and spritzed it first so the image would have a watercolored/distressed look. I wanted the butterfly to stand out, so it's lifted up a little with some rolled up foam tape.

On the edge, I also layered a stamped and die-cut crocheted border from the Serve the Lord set.
I used the sentiment from the Grunge Cross set and hope this box remains a reminder to myself to not let my fears and insecurities get in the way of doing what the Lord wants me to do!

To be eligible to win prizes today here is what you have to do:

* Hop to each blog on the list and leave a comment for each designer
* Return to the ODBD Blog, and tell us you completed the hop, follow any other instructions they have for you there, and let us know if there were any blogs you could not comment on.

I am the last stop on the hop today, so after you leave a comment here, you'll be hopping on to the ODBD blog to leave your final comment! Thanks for visiting me today! If you like my designs, stop by and 'like' dkdesigns on Facebook!

(***I do have my comment moderation on, but I will be close to my computer most of the day... please don't panic if your comment doesn't show up right away!!)