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  • Welcome to the ODBD June Release Blog Hop!

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    Julie Warner - justwritedesigns - https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com

    Welcome to the Our Daily Bread designs June Release Blog Hop!

    Julie Warner - justwritedesigns - https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com
    Ever since I first saw these new images, I knew I wanted to make a window card. I used both the small and large petite oval die sets to create my window.  To begin, I cut a layer out of white c/s slightly smaller than the front of my 5.50 x 4.25 white card and stacked the layer on top of the card front. Using the largest of the large ovals, I die cut them together so they would match up when attached. The largest of the small ovals was used to cut the coral layer which I sandwiched between the card and the top layer.

    Julie Warner - justwritedesigns - https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com
    The bicycle was stamped, colored w/ markers and cut out above the top rail of the fence. The scene from Missing You was stamped on the inside of the card along with the sentiment. I added a little extra bit of fence on the inside of the window to complete the bicycle scene on the front. A couple of die cut pennants and buttons were added for extra interest.

    Thanks so much for stopping by!

    Supplies:

    Stamps: ODBD – Bicycle, Missing You
    Paper: Neenah white, coral textured (DCWV)
    Ink: Ancient Page coal,  Memento nautical blue
    Accessories:  Tombow markers, Spellbinders lg & sm petitie oval dies, Cheery Lynn round & scallop button dies, Quickutz pennant die

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  • Summer Cranes

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    Julie Warner - justwritedesigns https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com/

    Congrats to Susan, today’s Featured Stamper on Splitcoast (FS277)! I chose her lovely Brayered Sympathy to case. I kept the layout but made my oval a frame instead of a layer. And I also used a brayer for my background but changed the colors and images.

    Julie Warner - justwritedesigns https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com/

    The image is new from DRS Designs and I used a brayer and two rainbow pads to create my background before I stamped the cranes.  I masked the water area and used the Desert Heat ink pad on the top. This area was then masked and I used the Blue Breeze ink pad for the water.  I used a small acrylic paintbrush to apply bleach to the images to remove the color. After bleaching, I dried it quickly w/ the heat tool. The bleach has to be dry in order to use water based markers to add color back in. If the bleach isn’t dry, it will just continue to remove whatever color I try to add back in.

    I die cut the largest petite oval in a piece of white cardstock and used it for the frame. The little summer sun was cut out of a larger image and colored. A few highlights were added on the water using a white gel pen. The finished card is 4.25 x 5.50.

    Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great Memorial Day!


    Supplies:

    Stamps: DRS Designs – Cranes, Summer
    Paper: Neenah white
    Ink: Kaleidacolor Desert Heat & Blue Breeze, Ancient Page coal
    Accessories: brayer, Tombow markers, bleach, small acrylic paintbrush, white gel pen, Spellbinders petite oval dies

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  • Beat the Band

    Posted on by Julie 3 Comments

    Julie Warner - justwritedesigns https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com/

    Best of 2012 –SPLITCOASTSTAMPERS!

    The Ways to Use It Challenge (WT375) on Splitcoast has us using complementary colors and I think my card fits that. I love the high contrast I get with complementary colors and I use them frequently. The images are a sneak peek from DRS Designs.

    The trumpet player was stamped three times, colored with makers and the I sponged the ground and cut the top in a straight line with top halves of the band members out of the box. The music background was sponged as well and I attached this on the top half of my 5.50 x 4.25 card. The band players were added on the bottom and a fourth (red pants) trumpet player was cut out and elevated slightly. The sentiment was split onto banners which were sponged with the die still in place. It’s funny, but I realized these guys were wearing gloves after I colored their sleeves and hands, so I added the line so they wouldn’t be wearing gloves. I was in the marching band all through school and I can tell you from experience, gloves would have made it impossible to play, lol. Especially with the E flat clarinet I played (about half the size of a regular clarinet).

    Thanks so much for stopping by!

    Supplies:

    Stamps: DRS Designs
    Paper: Neenah white
    Ink: Ancient Page coal, Memento pear tart, cottage ivy, ladybug red
    Accessories: Tombow markers, Spellbinders nested pennants dies

     


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