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  • June

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    Julie Warner – https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com
    Weekly-Favorite
    Today’s Ways to Use It Challenge (WT478), is all about birthdays. We are to make a card representing our birth month, the flower, the gem…well, hmmmm. The flower for June is a rose. I’m not really a rose person so I don’t have many rose images. I know I have 3 (4 if you count the one I couldn’t find), but the prettiest one is so small I nearly went blind trying to color it. On to plan B. I remembered I had a set of the month names so I dug it out, stamped it & colored it. I thought it needed something, so I masked it & added the umbrella with a top one cut out & elevated.

    Julie Warner – https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com
    I had to die cut it using my out of the box technique so I wouldn’t cut off the base umbrella.  I added a few more die cut layers & also cut the card using the largest labels 28 die (I had to place the folded card w/ the fold just below the top cutting edge of the die). Since the other birthstone for June (besides the pearl) is the Alexandrite, I added some AB crystals which are pretty close, since they also change colors from pink to purple to green. 

    The finished card is just under 5.50 x 4.25 so it fits in an A2 envelope. These are the Copics I used.

    Julie Warner – https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com
    Thanks so much for stopping by!
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    Supplies:

    Stamps: DRS Designs –Umbrella, The Stamping Ground – June
    Ink:  Memento tuxedo black
    Paper: X-Press It white, pink, grass green
    Accessories:  Copic markers, Spellbinders labels 28 & Decorative labels 28 dies, AB crystals

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  • Bunny & Faux Bunnies

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    Tulip Oval dk 02930
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    I have 2 cards for today’s Free For All Challenge (F4A217) Show me the bunny! The one above is also for yesterday’s (WT475) to use ovals. On this card, I stamped and colored the image then die cut an oval lavender frame for it. On another large white piece I stamped the tulips across the bottom and did what I call “into the window” using a larger oval die. It’s a lot like out of the box, but goes the other direction. The 2 lavender buttons were dotted with a white Permapaque marker. The finished card is 5.50 x 4.25 and these are the Copics I used.

    Julie Warner – https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com
    Supplies:

     

    Stamps: DRS Designs –Tulip Bunny, 1 Line Happy Easter, Spring Crocus
    Ink:  Memento tuxedo black
    Paper: X-Press It white, lavender
    Accessories:  Copic Markers, white Permapaque marker, Spellbinders oval dies, buttons


    For my Faux Bunnies, I created a little Easter scene using pigs w/ bunny ears.  You know sometimes (ok, a lot of times) I get these crazy ideas and they won’t go away until I create it. So here are my Easter bunny impostors. It could happen. Maybe. I started by stamping Leonard Billboard then masking him to stamp the fence and grass. The greeting was split up to fit inside the billboard. Little Leonard and the eggs were stamped separately and fussy cut. I used bunny ears from a couple of different bunnies (slightly different sizes), stamped them, cut them out and added to the pigs. 

    Julie Warner – https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com
    The finished card is 5.50 x 4.25 and these are the Copics I used. Yep. I used a lot of stamps and a lot of Copics on this one, lol.
    Julie Warner – https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com
    Supplies:

    Stamps: DRS Designs –Leonard the Pig Billboard, Leonard Pig’s Dance of Joy, Big Bunny Face,Jelly Bean Bunny, Somebunny Greeting, Egg w/ Bow, Easy Grass Bg, Add a Fence
    Ink:  Memento tuxedo black, bamboo leaves, olive grove
    Paper: X-Press It white
    Accessories:  Copic Markers, cloud dies (Memory Box), black Permapaque marker (for edges), white Permapaque marker (for dots on purple Easter egg)

    Thanks so much for stopping by! If you haven’t yet, please check out the DRS Thursday Challenge. This week, I Get Around!  Use circles on your creation. DRS images are not required, so head on over and link up your creation!

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  • ODBD April Release!

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    Julie Warner - https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com
    Welcome to the Our Daily Bread designs April release! Can you believe it’s already April? Well, you won’t believe this month’s release, either! We are talking some fabulous dies, papers and images! I am really loving this Vintage Flourish Pattern die! And the chalkboard background images are terrific!

    Prize Details:

    • Three winners will be randomly chosen from the comments left on the designers blogs to receive a $15 Gift Certificate to the ODBD Store, to be used toward the purchase of ODBD Stamps. 
    • You have until April 2, 2014 at 9:00 p.m. EDT to leave your comments! 
    • The Winners will be posted on the ODBD Blog on April 3rd, so be sure to check back there to see if you won!

     I kept picturing neon colors behind a black pattern so for my pair of neon birthday cards, I first colored half of an 8.5 x 11  piece of white card stock with a rainbow of fluorescent Copics mixed with a bit of neon Sharpies. On the one above, I did a  swirly hodgepodge and on the one below I  did rainbow stripes. Then I stamped the Chalkboard Fan background with versafine onyx.  I used versafine because I consistently get a better black coverage with large, detailed images like this one.  On the one above, I used the Vintage Flourish die to die cut the entire background, then die cut another out of white. I covered a piece of white paper with adhesive (just used my ATG big gun) and stuck the white version to it. Call me crazy, but I took all the neon piece (negative bits that are usually discarded) and pieced them into the corresponding spaces on the white version. Then I placed the die back over it and ran it through the embossing cycle again just to make sure it all stuck in place.  I used the largest center die to cut out the large neon center frame and used the smallest insert to cut the scrolly frame. So I actually got all of the neon pieces out of the one background! Not too shabby! The greeting was stamped w/ neon pink ink and the  frame w/ black then fussy cut.The white layer was stamped w/ black and die cut. 

    Julie Warner - https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com
    This one was a bit simpler. I added a die cut white frame that I pierced all the way around and a smaller white frame that was stamped with black. The scrolly center was done the same as above except in white. So in reality, I actually was able to make two A2 sized birthday cards out of 1 piece of 8.5 x 11 white card stock (not counting the actual cards). Not too bad, considering all the parts and pieces! These are the Copics & Sharpies I used for both cards.Julie Warner - https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com

    Thanks so much for stopping by! Please be sure to visit all of the DT blogs so you’ll be entered to win!

     Chris * Sandee * Grace * Stacy * Dawn * Julie * Lori * Cathy * 

    Sabrina * Silke * Wanda * Angie * Audrey * Lisa

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    Supplies:

    Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs – Flourish Label Borders, Chalkboard Fan Background, Mini Tags 3
    Paper: X-Press It white
    Ink:  Versfine onyx, HA neon pink
    Accessories: ODBD Vintage Flourish Pattern die, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A dies, Copic fluorescent markers, Sharpie neon markers, paper piercing tool

     

     


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