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ODBD May Release Another Look!

Posted on May 13, 2016 7:58 AM by Julie 5 Comments

Today we’re taking another look at the Our Daily Bread designs May Release! The images are wonderful & the dies are, well…to die for!

For my vintage inspired hatstand card, I started w/ a piece of watercolored bg I had in my stash. The colors are kind of pink/violet & the paper has a texture so I stamped over it w/ the Medallion Bg using the grape ink. I like how the texture gives it a sort of worn wallpaper tapestry look. After die cutting it w/ one of the Pierced Rectangles, I used one of the Leafy Edged Border dies to cut the bottom & another to cut a dk violet strip to go under it. The image itself was colored w/ Copics & die cut. the little ornamental side pieces are from the die cut border. I didn’t have much room left for a greeting at the bottom, just enough to stamp one of the Medallion Greetings.

Here’s a look at the inside & below it are the Copics I used.

Supplies:

Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs – Good Day, Medallion Bg (retired), Medallion Sentiments (retired), (inside – Foxglove- retired)

Paper: Staples 110# white, watercolor, textured purple, dp (ODBD – Pastel )

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, grape jelly, Versafine onyx, imperial purple, (inside -Memento grape jelly & bamboo leaves)

Accessories: ODBD Pierced Rectangles, Leafy Edged Borders dies, Copic markers, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A dies, watercolors, Misti

Please be sure to visit all the DT Blogs for more inspiration!

Robin * Melissa * Julie * Sandee * Cathy * Dawn
* Lori * Lisa * Sabrina * Grace * Jan (Guest Designer)

Thanks for stopping by!

Good Day	Pierced Rectangles dies CBD147	Leafy Edged Border dies CSBD103	Pastel Paper	Memento Inks
VersaFine Inkpads	Copic Sketch Markers	X-Press It Blending Card	Core’Dinations Canvas Texture paper	Strathmore Water Color Paper 90#
MISTI	Watercolor pan set

Posted on May 4, 2016 8:20 PM by Julie 1 Comment

I made this for the Sketch Challenge (SC591) on Splitcoast today. Honestly, this is the sketch..but a few things went a little sideways 🙄

The birdies & branches were stamped, colored w/ Copics, over stamped w/ Versafine & die cut. The watercolor panel was one I made a while back & decided to use. Then in order to see a bit of it, I die cut the top white linen panel w/ a curved die & separated it..so I’m using this & the big branch as my horizontal element. I added the second birdie because..well..that’s a lot of empty white space & it still makes me a bit nervous. I had them all finished, anyway.

Here’s a look at the inside & below it are the Copics I used.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: North Coast Creations –Little Birdies (inside greeting – Thanks a Bunch)

Paper: X-Press It white, Staples 110# white, water color

Ink: Versafine onyx, Memento tuxedo black

Accessories: NCC Birdies dies, ODBD Pierced Rectangles, Pierced Circles, Leafy Edged Borders, Circles dies, Copic markers, Misti, Brushos water color crystals

Little Birdies NCS1-173	Thanks a Bunch NCS174	Circles dies CBD142	Leafy Edged Border dies CSBD103	Pierced Rectangles dies CBD147
Pierced Circles dies CBD162	Copic Sketch Markers	Memento Inks	VersaFine Inkpads	X-Press It Blending Card
Staples 110# White Card Stock	Neenah Linen cardstock	Strathmore Water Color Paper 90#	MISTI	Brushos Water Color Crystals

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Rainy Day

Posted on April 11, 2016 10:36 PM by Julie 2 Comments

This is my second week as a Guest Designer for the Splitcoast Color Challenge & for this challenge (CC578), the colors are olive, eggplant & Bermuda Bay (a blue/green). I admit, I was a little leery of using the eggplant w/ the other two, but I think it worked out ok in the end.

To make my rainy card, I first made 2 water color backgrounds..the narrow blue/green one and a larger one w/ all 3 of the colors to use for the umbrellas. After brushing water over the narrow panel, I mixed blue & green Brusho powders on an old CD with a wet paintbrush then drug the paintbrush across the top edge of the panel & held it upright to let the color run down. I let it dry a bit, then added a few darker drips & some splatters. For the other panel, I mixed the colors of Brushos on the CD & painted them in separate areas on the panel. When both panels were dry, I splattered then w/ water then quickly dipped them in UTEE (ultra thick embossing enamel) & heat embossed. I had do this in small areas at a time in order for the UTEE to stick & the water puddles not to soak in.

After die cutting the umbrellas & narrow panel (I used a rectangular piercing die & did one side at a time), I stamped the half sun where I knew the panel would end then realized that the yellow I was going to color it wasn’t in the challenge so I stamped it again on a leftover piece of the w/c bg & paper pieced it. I attached the narrow panel, put it in my Misti & stamped the greeting on both & added the umbrellas. The 3rd umbrella I trimmed off the handle & just let the Y be its handle.

Here’s a look at the inside.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – You Made My Day, Half Sun (inside-You Make Me Happy )

Paper: Staples white, water color

Ink: Versafine onyx

Accessories: Spellbinders Pierced Rectangle dies, Misti, Brushos water color crystals, UTEE (Spellbinders circles & pierced circles dies -inside)

You Made My Day 1395E	Half Sun 248D	You Make Me Happy 1343E	Spellbinders Pierced Rectangles Dies	Spellbinders Umbrella IN-035
Spellbinders Lg Circles S4-114	Spellbinders Pierced Circles dies	Brushos Water Color Crystals	VersaFine Small Inkpads	Water Color Paper
MISTI	UTEE