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  • Serendipity December Blog Hop!

    Posted on by Julie 15 Comments

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    Welcome to the Serendipity December Blog Hop! We are showing off some fabulous new Christmas images & dies! If you arrived here from Jenny’s Blog ,  you are in the right place..if not, you may want to head over there first.
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    The Prize – One $20 gift code will go to one random commenter from the blogs.  So be sure  to visit all the blogs because you don’t know which one the winner will be drawn from. You have through Sunday December 6 to leave comments on the blogs for a chance to win. Mary will  announce a winner on Monday Dec 7. Special: is     40% off the highest priced item in the cart. This will be the last sale of the year!  coupon code is “40fromhigh1215” .  We have something new…a “Stamp of the Month”. Each month a different image will be 50% ff. This month- it’s the Large Cupcake.  Be sure to check out the great deals on the Clearance Stamps!

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    For my Christmas card, I started with a background I made on water color paper. I used some Distress Ink pads, smooshed them onto a kraft sheet, spritzed w/ a little water, then pressed the water color paper to it. I did one color at a time & dried it w/ a heat gun, then did the next color. This keeps the colors from running together & becoming muddy. When I finished, I die cut the layers & added the grape card stock in between.  The angel, greeting & very narrow layer around the center panel were die cut out of white glitter card stock. I also die cut another 2 angels & 1 greeting out of a darker purple to shadow them.

    On the inside, I stamped the And the Angel Said, die cut it, then edged it w/ a purple Permapaque marker. I went over the edging & a little more w/ a Wink of Stella. I discovered the Wink of Stella made a little of the purple run so I used it to drag a little purple in toward the greeting. I also used it to add a little color to the white angel die cut.
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    Supplies:

    Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – (inside – And the Angel Said) 
    Paper: water color, grape, dk purple, white glitter (DCWV matstack)
    Ink:  Distress Inks in dusty concord, shaded lilac,  tumbled glass, mermaid lagoon, ( Versafine sepia- inside)
    Accessories:  Serendipity Angel, Season’s Greetings  dies, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B dies, purple Permapaque marker, Wink of Stella

    Now I’ll send you on to Karen’s blog..I’m sure she’ll have something fabulous to show you!

    Please be sure to visit all of the DT Blogs to increase your chance of winning! Here’s the order in case you get lost.


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  • ODBD December Release Blog Hop!

    Posted on by Julie 37 Comments

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    Welcome to the Our Daily Bread designs December Release! We have some beautiful scenic images & fabulous dies for you this month! 

    Prize Information: – 

    Three randomly selected winners will each receive a $25 gift certificate to the ODBD Store, to be used toward the purchase of ODBD Stamps found in the “stamps column” of the website just for commenting on the Design Team cards!  You have until December 2, 2015 at 9:00 p.m. EST to leave your comments on the Designers Blogs for a chance to win!  The Winners will be posted on the ODBD Blog on December 3rd, so be sure to check back there to see if you won!

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    It’s no secret that I love scenic images & I LOVE to color so this month’s release is definitely in my wheelhouse (pardon the pun). For my first card I used Copics to color the Living Water image, then I over stamped w/ Versafine because I love how it brings out the details.  The water at the bottom of the image was extended a bit by turning the image around & stamping just the water part again (upside down). I had some rusty barn red card stock that I had spritzed with bleach & it looked really good w/ the colors in the image so I used it for the framing. To make the white frames, I die cut using the fabulous new Double Stitched Rectangles, Rectangles & the largest Double Stitched Circle for the opening around the image. I trimmed off the edges a bit on the smaller rectangle using one of the matting basics because I wanted a bit of the red to show though then I attached the larger frame on top along w/ the greeting circles & a few Candi dots.

    Here’s a look at the inside using the leftover circles…a little simple, but I liked the asymmetrical look of it  & below it are the Copics I used.
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    Supplies:

    Stamps: ODBD – Living Water
    Paper: X-Press It white, Neenah white, barn red (spritzed w/ bleach)
    Ink:  Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx (to over stamp after coloring)
    Accessories: ODBD Double Stitched Rectangles, Rectangles, Double Stitched Circles dies, Copic markers, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B, circle dies,  Misti, bleach in mister bottle, Candi dots

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    For my second card, I used the beautifully scenic Safe Travels. I made a background on water color paper using regular pan water colors & a little Brushos water color crystals. I added the colors, approximating where the image would be, dried it w/ a heat gun then stamped the scene in Versafine. Bridge 07907
    A few more detail colors were added after it was stamped then I used the Rectangles & Double Stitched Rectangles to die cut the main image. I had to do a little out of the box to keep from trimming off the tree tops. On the rest of water color background, I stamped the trees & tree tops again to make it look as if there is a forest on the layer behind the bridge. A stitched rectangle frame was added on top & then the rest of the water color background added behind the image.

    This is the inside using some of the leftover water color bg & one bridge I fussy cut. Originally, I was going to put this greeting on the outside but since it’s a little bigger & covered up much more of the bridge, I put it on the inside.
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    Supplies:

    Stamps: ODBD – Safe Travels
    Paper: watercolor
    Ink:  Versafine onyx 
    Accessories: ODBD Double Stitched Rectangles, Rectangles, Double Stitched Circles dies, water colors, Brusho water color powders, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B, circle dies

    Please be sure to visit & comment on all the DT blogs..this will be so appreciated & will also increase your chances to win! 
    Julie     * Dawn * Amy * Cathy *     Lori *Sandee * 

    Robin * America * Angie * Lisa * Grace * 

    Sabrina * Chris * Silke

    Thanks so much for stopping by!
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    These are the beautiful sets & dies I used.

          


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  • Autumn Colors

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    Three wonderful challenges today on Splitcoast & I was able to combine them! The F4A297 (fall colors), the MIX144 (fall colors), and HYCCT1530TEAM (turning you loose). The first 2 are pretty easy to see..for the MIX I have a combo of Distress ink/watercolor in my background, Copics & Versafine ink on the image. Hope that’s enough! For the HYCCT, I used the Wrinkle Free Distress tutorial. I don’t think I’ve ever done it before & I added another wrinkle because the bg is second generation. I had a combo of Distress inks & a little water color on my craft sheet & when I lifted the w/c paper up, it had way too much on it so I pressed another piece of w/c paper to the w/c sheet I just lifted to soak up the excess. 
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    After I dried the bg, I used a Sizzix die on opposite corners & attached it to a dk green bg. The image was stamped w/ Memento, colored w/ Copics then over stamped w/ Versafine. I used a pierced square die & also did a little out of the box on the top of the image. The leaf pile was fussy cut & added on top.

    Here’s a look at the inside using leftovers & below it are the Copics I used.
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    Thanks so much for stopping by! This is also for the DRS Thursday Challenge..That’s Tasty! Have a food item on your project. DRS images are not required & there’s a nice prize up for grabs!
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    Supplies:

    Stamps: DRS Designs- Bountiful Basket, Changing Leaves Greeting, (1 Line Thanksgiving- inside), Leaf Pile
    Paper: X-Press It white, thin water color paper, dk green
    Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx (for over stamping after coloring), Distress inks marigold, straw, marmalade, persimmon
    Accessories:  Copic markers, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B, squares, pierced squares dies, Misti, water colors, Sizzix #660220 dies

     


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