Let's get this party started!!

It's time to celebrate the one-year Anniversary of Our Daily Bread designs! It was one year ago today that owner Kelley Holland began her adventure. What a fun adventure it has been, and look where we are a year later! Great products and inspirational stamps! I've even had the privilege of designing some of the stamp sets available from ODBD - I think that's pretty cool!

This is the first stop for the team's blog hop, so whether you meant to start here or not, you are in the right place!! There are goodies for you along the way as you move from one team member's blog to the next, and it's important to hit the blogs in the order of the Hop. There is blog candy along the way too! Make sure you visit the blogs in the order we send you, or you may miss it.

For a special grand prize, we are playing "Scripture Scramble!" Each blog has one or two words that you can collect at each stop and put together to make a scripture verse (NIV edition). Once you have collected all the words, send the verse in the correct order, along with the scripture reference by EMAIL to our DT Coordinator, Judy Rozema, at lidaroseroz@gmail.com. Correct entries will be put into a Bread Basket and the Grand Prize winner will receive a set of their choosing from Our Daily Bread designs AND a selection of cards made especially for this celebration by some of the Design Team members. How cool is that?! Be sure to enter by midnight CST on March 19th!

Here is my Scripture Scramble word: ONLY

Speaking of scriptures, today is the release of two new sets: Scripture Collections 1 & 2. Each of the Design Team members chose a verse that is special to them and Kelley made those verses into stamps, and split into two special anniversary sets that are available for purchase today! This is my verse - it's always been one of my favorites. A reason for hope - the FACT that no matter what I face, no matter how hard I fall, no matter how much I think I have failed - the Lord is faithful, and never changes. In fact, although His compassions are bottomless, every morning they are NEW, and directed toward me. That's an amazing God!

My first card shows the verse in an oval frame, which I cut with my Coluzzle. I actually stamped on the ribbon, but the image bled. I still like the look - sort of faded and vintage - goes well with the vintage floral paper and the pearls. Here's the verse in more detail:

My second card features a photo I took of a Oregon sunrise - my Aunt lives on gorgeous property on a hillside overlooking a river, and I took so many pictures there when we were home last year. I love the thought of a sunrise with this verse - the newness of God's compassion every morning. The verse is stamped on vellum and stitched to the photo. The corners are hand-cut, and the flourish in the corner was part of the design of the paper.

Here's another angle for you:

Now, to continue on, next you'll be visiting Holly at Toy's Haven. Wait until you see what she has to show you!