New Spellbinders, meet New JustRite

by Becca Feeken on January 31, 2012 » Add more comments.

Hi there blog friends! Let me start out by saying thank you so much — I am humbled by the sweet honor of your favor!! I asked God for courage, and received an answer loud and clear, in a way that has left me awed and speechless. If you left a message for me by going to my contact page and saying that you wanted to be on the pre-order list for the Peg Bow Maker, you should have received an email from me with a link to the ordering page and with my sincere thanks for believing in me. I have yet another tool that I’ve been developing for the last year and a half that will see the light of day soon. It’s not a do-it-yourself kind of thing but you’ve empowered me think I can actually finish bringing it to life. Ah, courage . . .

In the mean time, there’s yet a wonderful new die template that you’ve not seen yet. I wasn’t able to show it before CHA and it almost killed me!! Spellbinders™ Floral Ovals is a template that I’ve been dreaming of. I love ovals and use them often, but this one has a decorative, romantic, feminine flare. I used two of the Floral Ovals set slightly askew to create an opening for my sentiment panel using Spellbinders™ Labels Twenty Five. Onr top of the opening I laid Spellbinders™ Twisted Metal Tags and Accents - I know I use that a lot!! Paired with new stamps from JustRite Stampers that you haven’t seen yet either – I ask you to turn your thoughts toward the Easter that approaches. Using a sentiment from JustRite called Easter Blessing Oval Medallion, I paired it the new JustRite Fleur de Lis Background Stamp. Up the side of the card I used Spellbinders™ Moroccan Accents that I layered with lace and seam binding and finished with a Triple Bow (Double bow + 1 on Peg Bow Maker).

SUPPLIES I USED

Stamps: JustRite Stampers -Fleur de Lis Background Stamp, Easter Blessing Oval Medallion
Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Cream 80lb, Bazzill
Ink: Colorbox Chalk Ink – Prussian Blue, Stormy Sky Distress Ink
Accessories: Spellbinders™ Moroccan Accents, Spellbinders™ Floral Ovals, Spellbinders™ Twisted Metal Tags and Accents, Spellbinders™ Labels Twenty Five, Seam Binding, Pearl Pick, Recolletions Pearls

Sincerely sweet friends, I am amazed – I read every email yesterday and responded individually to more than 250 of you, I have more to go but missed a night’s sleep somewhere in this adventure. They were not all emails about the bow maker, some of them were well wishes and some were other people in my same situation reaching out for a shared word. It’s a lesson to me daily that I don’t know everything about the world, but I do know that I have a treasure in the family I’ve made in blog land and I want you to know there’s not an iota of your kindness that I take for granted.

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Today Is Kind Of Special . . .

by Becca Feeken on January 29, 2012 » Add more comments.

. . . as is the case with most of the things in my life, I ultimately have to be dragged, kicking and screaming. It takes me a long time before I get the hint, heed the little whisperings in my ear or most of all, mount up the courage. Well today I’ll share with you one of those whisperings . . . Some time ago I shared a little tool that helps me make bows . . . I created my version because I wanted one so bad and it is now what I use to make most of my bows. Not wood crafty in the least, I made a very rough, cobbled together “thing” that my sweet husband would have made for me if he were still alive. He was proud of me, I know! So many of you emailed me to ask where you could get one and now, with the help of Our Daily Bread Designs, they are being made available.

This is a very commercial post and I was nervous that it might offend some, but I’ll ask you to remember that I give away practically everything. Oh my how many times have I prayed about what to do! When I lost John a year and a half ago, I really lost everything and have struggled to keep amazingpapergrace alive. I was dead set about moving forward but several other companies jumped in and made their own version. Given my situation, I’ve asked the Lords blessing to support my endeavor; I’m at peace with whatever the answer will be. Mine comes from the heart. I’ve put so much work into dreaming up the unique bows that can be made with the Peg Bow Maker and laying out concise, step by step, instructions and I want to keep dreaming. So now you know the story; please keep it in your heart when you decide if this is a tool you might enjoy. I’ve taken the liberty of putting the product specifics below and hope you’ll be absolutely tickled by the fun, fun commercial I dreamed up for it. It gave me a laugh when putting it together (that’s what the stress of taking a step forward will do), I hope you’ll laugh too.

What: Becca’s Peg Bow Maker
Where: Will be available online at www.ourdailybreaddesigns.com
When: Now on display at CHA, will be available for preorder afterwards
Contents: Peg Bow Maker, 2 Pegs, 1 spool support, four screws/CD
Instructions: Video instructions for 6 unique bows – 2 new/not available on YouTube
Shipped: Bow Maker is shipped flat with four screws for assembly.
Size: 8.5″ wide, 10″ deep, 6.5″ tall.
Bows: 1″ wide by 6″ wide – pegs spaced 1″ apart and one peg with 1.5″ spacing.
Ribbon Size: 1/4″ ribbon up to length of pegs 6″

Should you want to get your name on the pre-order list right away, here’s the link!
http://ourdailybreaddesigns.com/BeccasPegBowMaker.html

The Peg Bow Maker previews below are selected clips from the video packaged with the bow maker.

I’ll be back tomorrow! See you soon!

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Sneak Peek: Wonders to Perform

by Becca Feeken on January 28, 2012 » Add more comments.

Hi there blog friends! I hope you are having a wonderful weekend. If you ask me, it’s glorious! ! I’ve been holed up inside for the longest time. This week has been a breath of fresh air to have gotten outside a bit. I have a new card to share today and again, I think it’s unlike my normal card du jour! It contains a sneak peek of a new sentiment that will be fully revealed in the Our Daily Bread Designs blog hop on February 1st. I kept the design simple and did not want to cover the beautiful features of the design paper. So embossing, rather than cutting, with the die template seemed like my best option. I used the Our Daily Bread Designs Grunge Cross die cut; it leaves the faint outline of a cross underneath the stamped sentiment.

It’s a very subtle effect and can be seen much better in real life. I was able to tilt the card to get a good enough picture for you to see the outline. I love the effect and it didn’t cover that wonderful design paper. I finished off with a ~~stacked~~ tiered bow (with no tails) at the bottom of the card.

SUPPLIES I USED

Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs – The Sea
Paper: Recollections, Hot Off the Press, Bazzill
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black
Accessories: Our Daily Bread Designs – Cross Die Template, EK Success Border Punch, Prima Bling, Satin Ribbon

Hugs to you all, I’ll be back tomorrow!!

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