~ A Fisher of Men ~
March 11th, 2009 by Holly McMillen
Good morning, all 🙂
Our Daily Bread Designs is kicking off a week of celebration! Our Daily Bread Designs is one year old. Just like a loving mother of a one year old child, there will be lots of gifts and fanfare for the big event. I hope you follow along with the ODBD crew on our week of fun and festivities.
Today, I am bringing you a fun tutorial. I have made these little frames before, but this one is very special to me. It comes from my heart.
For this project, you will need:
3 – 5″ chipboard squares
6 – 5″ pieces of patterned paper (coordinating)
ribbon
nestabilities label 1 & 2 dies
flies (as in fly fishing flies!)
brads or candy dots
oval punches (small and medium)
photo corner punch
1/4″ hole punch
stamps (Fishers of Men used here)
Now, I could not find chipboard in 5″ squares, so I purchased a piece of 12″ x 12″ chipboard and cut it down to 5″ squares. I adhered my patterned paper to my three panels using regular two sided tape. I alternated patterns for interest. Do this to the front AND back of your panels (makes both sides look nice!)
Next, punch three holes in your first panel (left). Although I “eyeball” these punches, it is advisable to measure the width between to make sure they are even. Lay your first panel on top of your second panel and mark where the holes are onto the second panel… this way they line up! Repeat this with the third panel.
Note: I used coordinating cardstock as accent pieces to each panel. These were adhered PRIOR to punching the ribbon holes!I decorated each panel as shown…
For Panel 1 (left), I stamped and colored the image with copic markers. I cut the image out using the out of the box technique. The image was matted and baby blue 1/2 pearls added to the corners.
For Panel 2 (Middle), I first stamped the sentiment on Bashful Blue cardstock, then ran it through the cuttlebug using the label 2 die. Then I used the same size die and one two sizes smaller to make the frame. I punched pieces of coordinating cardstock with my small and medium oval punches and made the accents for the frame by folding both in half and wrapping around the frame.
For Panel 3 (Right), I cut my two mats with Label 1 nesties and adhered them together. Then I wrapped them with velvet ribbons in green and rust. I attached the flies to the velvet ribbon and popped that panel on dimensionals.
I cannot say enough about this set (Fishers of Men). When I was assigned to use this set for today’s tutorial, I was so excited. My hubby is a fisherman and the images and sentiments are just gorgeous. Don’t you just love it??
Would YOU like to own this set??? Well, one lucky reader is going to win this set :). All you have to do is leave a comment on this post between now and Thursday March 12th at 6pm stating WHY you would like this set and your name will be entered into a random drawing! It doesn’t get much better than that now, does it? 🙂
Be sure to check out Nancy and Lorelie’s blogs for more chances to win and some more awesome projects!
Here are some deets on my project:
Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs’ Fishers of Men
Colors: Old Olive, Really Rust, Bashful Blue, Chocolate Chip, Rusty Pickle dps
Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black, copics
Accessories: baby blue 1/2 pearls, white and chocolate candy dots, brown, green and rust velvet ribbon, label 1 & 2 nestabilities, oval punches (small and medium), scissors, dimensionals, photo corner punch, 1/4″ hole punch, brads, flies.
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WE HAVE A WINNER!
Here are your random numbers:
22
Timestamp: 2009-03-14 02:36:23 UTC
I love this set. it is perfect for a man card & we have lots of fisherman in our family. I love the verses as well.
Thanks for the opportunity.
Candyce Mathews
I am so thankful that you stopped by today…. I pray you have a blessed day!
~~ Holly ~~
I like Fishers of Men because it an excellent set for men’s cards!!
~Sara Shepherd
I need stamps for men. I also think this would be a great set for encouraging those going on short term mission trips or for missionaries.
fabulous tutorial Holly, fab project!! love the set and would love to win…thanks for the chance!!
I’d love to win this set. It’s one I do not own, and living in FL with all the fishermen around it would certainly get a lot of use!
About your “frame turorial”, I love how you created the frame on the middle panel. Great idea! Very, very nice piece of art.
I love the card. I love the set because one could use for cards for men but also to illustrate the fact that we all are fishers of men or people.
Holly, this is WONDERFUL! I REALLY love how you added the flies! That is brilliant! What a fantastic project! I was hoping you would like that set, and wanted you to have it! Thank you for all your work on this project and your post. It is fantastic! Got your email and have a response in the works!!! 🙂
Love the flies, Holly, how wonderful the whole project is!
Great tutorial! I can’t wait to try it! TFS! Jeanne
Would love to won this set as it would be my first odbd stamp! Thanks for the chance! ~S
Hi Holly,
Great tutorial. This is a great masculine card and the bible passage is one of my favorites.
I would love to win this set,can’t get these in Europe.Your cards are always soooo good!
This set is great for masculine cards. I do have it, but would love to win & give one to my daughter!
I would love to win this set! I would like to use it to make cards with the ladies at church. Thanks for the awesome chance! Kathy Hering…
I live in the Pacific Northwest where fish, hunting, etc…. is a big thing for the guys in our family. This would be a wonderful set to have.
Catherine
Awesome tutorial Holly and beautiful end product!!! Great masculine card!!!
~hugs
Chris
great tutorial, this is a great set that many things can be done by the guiding hand of our Father.
I would love to win this set. It is a reminder everyday that we influence people every day whether we realize it or not and we should always try to show God in our lives so others will be drawn to him thru us. Thanks for the chance to win. Lenoria Kelly
I would love to own this set. I’ve been looking at it and thinking of buying it anyway. I don’t own a fisherman set yet and I know several guys that fish. It would be perfect for those hard to know what to do for guy cards. Thanks for the chance to win, and thanks for all your inspiration. You’re one talented lady.
Oh my goodness, Holly, this is so amazing!!! I absolutely love how you added the real flies! So creative! Thanks for sharing your tutorial!
Wonderful tutorial Holly. It looks awesome. I would love this set becuase of the scripture that Kelley used. It is a wonderful set for those men as well since it has the fishermen images. But I think its a great set for those who need a little pick me up of encouragment to do God’s will.
I’d love to own that set because I don’t have it and it would make awesome masculine cards.
I love this set. it is perfect for a man card & we have lots of fisherman in our family. I love the verses as well.
Thanks for the opportunity.
Candyce Mathews
I love the tutorial. I’d like to win this set because I have absolutely no “manly” stamps and also because they are useful for proclaiming our directive to be fishers of men.
I would LOVE this set cuz I don’t have many sets for men. I always struggle with making cards for all the special guys in my life and this would be perfect!
Thanks for the opportunity!
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY ODBD!
Lori
Thanks for the great tut, Holly and your wonderful project too. Totally awesome what you have done with the set. Would love to win this set as love the verses it has and also makes great cards too. Love how you have used the flies too. Thank you for a chance at winning the great blog candy too. Phyllis M.
What a spectacular card! Never would of thought of using “flies”. I love all the ODBD stamps. This set would be a good “guys” card. Thanks for sharing your talent.
Blessings,
Deborah
I think this is a really nice gift for someone special in your life and for Father’s Day! I would love this set for the men who get birthday cards in our church’s card ministry!
I am so very happy to have been introduced to this website and blog. Your stamps and creations are a blessing and an inspiration to me and others. I could just buy all of them if that were possible. We have a card ministry in our church also, and we would put this set to good use. NE
What an absolutely wonderful project. I love the addition of the “flies”. I would like this set because it is perfect for masculine cards, and my kids love fishing with Dad. Thanks so much for the chance to win 🙂
My husband also loves fishing and this would be an amazing set to use. Thanks for all the inspiration you have given and the chance to win.
I love this set. My dad is an avid fisherman. I would also LOVE to use this set for my Scripture and His Holy Name challenges I lead. This would be perfect. Thanks for the tutorial and the chance to win. Blessings!
So cool, Holly! My husband and son like to fish..so does my dad..so I love your project today! A lot of the sets are geared towards guys, actually!! Lol!! Have a great day. Thanks for participating in all the fun!!
Holly, what a fabulous project! Thanks for the tutorial…cuz I have got to try this now. I just rec’d a bunch of DP…
I would love to win some blog candy to help ODBD celebrate!!
This is very cool and what a great gift idea!!! I may CASE this! {{{{hugs}}}
What a great idea – Definitely something I will come back and try soon! My son, husband and dad all fish so the set would definitely get used. Also, love the scripture included with it!
I would love this set, I love the scriptures and it is one of the few ODBD sets I do not have
I would just love to win this set….It would be awesome to create with it….I can just imagine all the things I would make!!!
This is fabulous and your tutorial is so easy to follow. Thanks for sharing your creative and inspiring MOJO.
This is the perfect set for men,
Men of both kinds… the kind who fish for “men” and the ones who fish for ‘fish” LOL
Thanks for the chance to win I LOVE these stamp sets!!!
Beautiful job on all three cards Holly!
I would very much like to win this set ’cause they are so beautiful and perfect quality! I love seeing your samples! Thanks for a chance to win! Greetings from Belgium, Annelies
Fishers of Men…would find many uses for this set…thanks for the opportunity to win one.
Jan Castle
P.S. wish your pictures were larger…is there a way to do this?
What a spectacular Fishers of Men project! I can’t wait to win this set and what a great opportunity to make beautiful masculine cards for the men in my life!
What a wonderful set to use for masculine cards. It would be great to watercolor!! Thanks for the fun tutorial.
Why would I want this stamp set? Because it’s fantastic! The artwork is so beautiful and the scripture references are in such elegant fonts. Besides which this set is the perfect masculine set – and there are never enough of those to be found. Thanks for the chance to win.
I would love to win this gorgeous stamp set!
My addicted to fishing husband is always telling me to purchase fishing sets. I do not have this one yet.
I love what you did with it!!! I just might have to case you when I finally do get it.
Yvonne
What a wonderful project and EXCELLENT tutorial, Holly!! You did an amazing job on your detailing!
Great for mens cards but perfect for my youngest son….he loves fishing and goes whenever he has a free block of time which is rarely….I taught him to fish when he was three with barbless hooks on the pond where we lived. He now lives on the same pond but fishes in Canada when he can get away.
I would love this Fishers of Men set as I do not yet have any ODBD stamps, and with the exchange rate and postage they are waaaaaaaaay too expensive for me to buy 🙁 I also need more masculine stamps 🙂
Blessings
Maxine
Holly, I have always loved this set because it reminds us of what each Christian is to do. Thanks for the great tutorial.
With three sons, a loving husband, and all the various other males in my life (especially all the fishermen) this set would be incredibly well-used.
Thank you for the great tutorial you shared here, Holly. Having fun with this ODBD anniversary!
Great tutorial. I love the project and like most of the comments – the flies really add so much! It would be great for people who fish but I could also finally get something started with our Church. I have been toying with idea of cards at Church and maybe this would spark us on! It is perfect for Lent!!!! Anyway, I am enjoying your creations. Thanks so much for sharing!
Great tutorial! I love this set, I too have been wanting to strat a craft group at my church, this would be a great set to strat with.
Great stamp set for the cards our group send out to men (women are easier) o the church. Our touch point group send cards out to folks who are having a tough time for the various reasons life hands us to handle. The names are taken from the prayer list.
What an awesome little keepsake Holly! This is really neat! I love this stamp set and I would love to own it (it’s on my wish list) because it reminds us to constantly live out our life of faith for others to see and to be true Fisher’s of Men!!
Thanks for sharing!
I would like this set, so I can make a card for my father-in-law. He loves fishing, but between his heart problems and cancer, he doesn’t get a chance to go anymore.
I would love this set because I don’t really have much in the way for making ‘guy’ cards. Besides I really like the sentiments!
Hi! This is a great set. I love any Christian sets but this set is special because God wants us to be “Fishers of men”. Thank you for the opportunity to win and great project.
Wow Holly! This is fantastic!!!
How great to have a chance to win this masculine set. I have lots of fishermen in my family and need to get back to stamping again. Thanks for a chance. Kay V
What a wonderful male card! I would like to win this set because 1. It IS a wonderful set for a male theme. 2. My Hubby is a fisherman, as well as our one son. 3. My Hubby is in Iraq right now and is a witness for Jesus there in the Army and I think this set would be an encouragement to him if I were to win and make a card for him with this set. Thank you for offering such wonderful “candy” 🙂 God Bless.
I like it so I can make cards for the fishermen in my family. Thanks for the chance to win this awesome set. Hugs, Nellie.
Hi! What a wonderful card! Lots of fun things to look at. I would like to own this set because it is so versatile. I could think of dozens of ways to use it.
good luck everyone!
Jennifer
Love how you utilized this set! I know Christian fishermen who would love the encouragement of artwork from this set!
I’ve always loved the verses in this set and living among many rivers as I do it would be wonderful to create card sets for different church ministries and fundraisers and outreach programs. Thanks for giving us the birthday presents – very generous. And thanks for sharing your wonderful talent.
Hugs and blessings – Jean
I would love this set because I always need men’s sets and I am trying to get stamps that provide Christian encouragement.
I love ODB stamps but I don’t own any yet. This is a great set. Thanks for the great tutorial!
I would love this set because it represents one of my favorite stories in the bible and it also reminds me of my late father who loved to fish. Thank you,
I love your frame idea! I like this set because is pretty much sums up the life of a Christian – to be fishers of men. If we are not doing that, we are missing so many blessings and opportunities from the Lord. It also means we are not experiencing the fulfillment God intends for us. The “Cast your cares…” sentiment is also a reminder that no matter how tough it is or alone we feel, our Heavenly Father is always watching over us and carrying the burden for us if only we let Him. Thanks for a chance to win this one!
I love this set, with three sons and a DH, it is so challenging to create “man cards” – this sure fits the bill – thank you for sharing such a great project with us!
I can’t decide what set to buy first, so this would be a good starting point! I love the frames!
I love this set! It has so much meaning to it. Would love to win it. Thanks for the chance.
Blessings
Pat
Great tutorial. I would love to win.
Tricia
I think this set makes wonderful masculine cards. I have a card ministry at church and I know there are fishermen in the congregation so this would be perfect.
This was a great tutorial. I like this set as it has so much meaning to it. Thanks for sharing and the opportunity to win!
The images in this set are great and I especially like the verse reminding us to cast our cares on the Lord and He will sustain us. I would love to have this to make some masculine cards. Thanks for the chance.
I would love to win this set. My brother is a priest and it reminds me of him. It is also a great set for creating masculine cards.
Would love to with this set as it would be my first ODBD stamps. What a great masculine stamp set.
What a GREAT set!!!!! Love what you did with it!!!! That would be sooo appropriate for so many things…. Thanks for the chance to win the set! Love your SITE!!!!! Happy Anniversary ODBD!!!!
This is a really nice set. My mind is always “fishing” for new ideals! Sorry, I couldn’t resist.
Thank you for the great tutorial. Love this set as it is such an inspirational set. Have 4 sons and 1 stepson and they love to fish. What better way to inspire with such a great biblical verse with nature as well. It is so hard to find great stamps like this set for men. Would love to win this set.
This is a great set for making cards with a masculine look to them. I am really short on stamps that can be used for masculine cards. This would be a great addition.
Wow Holly…You really get a lot of comments when you give away a prize…I think I am number 83…but I do not expect to win…I just had to comment on your lovely creative card…you are such an inspiration as well as your verse 🙂
Holly this is fantastic! Love the flies!!!
This is a very nice set…would love to win it, as I don’t have any of the sets, yet……I just have to cool my heals at buying fro awhile 🙁 as work here is so slow…but maybe someday I will be a proud owner of our ODB designs…I am working on a prayer journal swap, and the sentiments would be great to stamp in the book!
Honestly how can you NOT love any of the ODBD sets??? This set is great because you can use it for men and yet also has wonderful sentiments as well! Love the tutorial – thanks Holly!!!
I would love to win this set. I’m hoping to get my life organized enough to make enough crafting time to make cards for the church and this would be great.
I love your stamps.
Happy Anniversary
I would use it to make cards for our parish nurses for them to send out. sUSAn
Hi! I love ODB stamps, and this one looks beautiful!! I love your tutorial, and would be so happy to win the set. Thanks!!
Holly, this is just a fantastic project!!! You did an excellent job presenting it, thank you for sharing!
This is my favorite set, I think it’s so versatile. Would love to win it and make some “man” cards to bless the male population too!! Thank you!
blessings, Maria
Who wouldn’t want this stamp set, but especially because it is masculine and has one of my favorite verses on it.
I would love to own this stamp for the sentiment. I lean on the fact that I can cast my fears, hopes, dreams, all of it on him and he WILL sustain me!!!
I would love this set as my husband and my daughter love to fish. The sentiment is wonderful and would be very useful. Who doesn’t love a good masculine set in the world of flowers.
I would love this set to create great welcome basket cards for our church congregation. I love making the cards to match the recepient and since we live in a rural community there are lots of “fishermen” in our community.
I have not seen an ODBD set that I don’t like, just have not been in position to obtain one, yet. I think this would be a wonderful man’s set but could also be used for women. This would be a great first set.
This is a great idea for a masculine card. Plus the scripture is perfect.
I am a brand new follower of ODB and I have to say what a blessing it is! It can be difficult to find stamps and images that give the glory to God, but ODB does that and more. I would love to have this set, as I don’t have any ODB sets yet.
Blessings!
Ohhh! I love this idea and I love all ODBD stamps! I want this set just so I can CASE your project! 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
Oh how exciting! Your tutorial is fab! I absolutely LOVE this stamp set!!! I’ve been looking at it for quite sometime. It’s so hard to find a really good masculine set and this is just perfect!!! PICK ME, PICK ME! You ladies are all fabulous and I love ODBD!!!
Fabulous tutorial! I will definitely get plenty of use of it!
I absolutely love this set for many reasons: it reminds me of my time fishing with my 17 yr old son who will soon be going off to college, it contains one of my most favorites Bible verses, it is the best I’ve seen for “guy” cards, love, love, love the fonts used in the sentiments…I could go on and on! It is just THE BEST!
Thanks for the chance!!! I’d love to win this set, I love the scripture, and I could use a good masculine set, especially one having to do with fishing. DH is a big fisherman!
This is a great way to show off this set. I would love it because I never seem to be able to find the right stamp for a masculine card, and, my father and brother in laws are all fishermen. thanks for the chance to win this set.
Rose
This frame project is so nice and would be great to give to your husband or dad who are fishermen! Thanks for sharing!
I love ODBD stamps and only have 2 sets so far. Would love to win this set! My dad loves to fish so I could use it for him as well as other male friends and family members.
What a beautiful stamp set. It is so hard to find masculine sets. I love your tutorial, too. O don’t have any ODBD sets yet, and this one would be great to own.
A beautiful stamp set and I would love to own this.
It would be awesome for masculine cards.
Geez…girl, I cannot believe that I have not commented sooner…or did I? at any rate…this is just beautiful…what a great way to say…I am thinking of you 🙂
Holly – this is just fantastic and wonderful! Love ths colors and you did such an awesome job on this! 🙂
I recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I don’t know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.
Sarah
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