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ODBD March Release Blog Hop!

Posted on March 1, 2016 7:58 AM by Julie 38 Comments

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

For my first card, I’m featuring the fun new Superstar set along w/ the wonderful new Double Stitched Stars dies. The stars were stamped w/ a combination of the versafine habanero & red satin inks then die cut w/ the Sparkling Stars dies. I used the evergreen ink for the star outline on the medium star and also for some of the smaller stars. For the medium star, I used the dies to make a reverse mask & stamped the inside using the large star image. The white textured layer was cut w/ the largest Rectangle die then matted w/ a piece of red/orange dp. I used the stitched stars to die cut through both layers of papers so that the turquoise paper would show through. The stars were all triple stacked for dimension before adding inside the cut out areas. The greeting was put on a die cut Pennant & a little twine was added w/ a star on top.

Here’s a look at the inside.

Supplies:

Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs – Superstar (retired)

Paper: Neenah white, textured white, dp (American Crafts- #Summer)

Ink: Versafine habanero, red satin, Distress ink evergreen bough

Accessories: ODBD Flourished Star Pattern, Double Stitched Stars, Sparkling Stars, Rectangles, Pennants dies, Misti, bakers twine

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For my second card, I used the Double Stitched Rectangles, Rectangles, Double Stitched Squares & Squares dies to construct my shirt card. I didn’t use any particular measurements, just what looked about right. In case you’d like the lapel fold measurements they are:
Brown layer uses the inside layer of the largest Double Stitched Rectangle & I marked it at 1 3/8″ in from the left on the top edge & 3 3/8″ down from the left top then scored a line connecting the two marks to make the fold for the lapel.

I attached a piece of the brown houndstooth over this fold for the lining & used thin border of the stripe for the edging. I used the Double Stitched Rectangles on the “coat” & “shirt” layers to better make them look like stitched clothing. The shirt placket was a left over strip & I just moved the die in on the sides to make the stitches & added a little corner for the collar. The shirt buttons were made using the center hole of the key in the pocket.

The jacket pocket was made using the Double Stitched Squares & Squares dies. After I die cut the greeting & Keys, I added the key ring at the corner of the pocket & tucked the greeting partially inside the pocket. For the jacket button, I die cut the button (from the Matting Circles dies) 4 times & stacked them together w/ the houndstooth pattern on top & used some clear nail polish to make it shiny.

Here’s a look at the inside..I left it blank for now.

Supplies:

Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs – Keys to Happiness

Paper: Neenah white, metallic silver, dp (brown = Kaisercraft -Chapter One, houndstooth & stripe = Pebbles -Front Porch)

Ink: Versafine onyx

Accessories: ODBD Flourished Star Pattern, Double Stitched Rectangles, Rectangles, Double Stitched Squares, Squares, Keys (retired), Matting Circles (retired) dies, Scor-Buddy, nail polish

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Please be sure to visit all the DT blogs..it will be much appreciated & will also increase your chance of winning!

Cathy * Julie * Dawn * Sandee * Robin * Lori

* Angie * Lisa * Chris * Diana * Sabrina *

Melissa (Guest Designer)

Keys to Happiness	Rectangles dies CBD122	Flourished Star Pattern dies CBD75	Double Stitched Squares dies CBD141L	Squares dies CBD140L
Double Stitched Stars dies CBD128	Sparkling Stars dies CBD79	Double Stitched Rectangles dies CBD123	Pennant Flag die CBD134	Scor-Buddy
MISTI	Distress Inks	Kaisercraft –Chapter One	American Crafts -#Summer	Pebbles – Front Porch
Neenah Classic Crest White	VersaFine Inkpads	Baker’s Twine

Serendipity February Blog Hop!

Posted on February 17, 2016 12:00 AM by Julie 21 Comments

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Welcome to the February Blog Hop for Serendipity Stamps! If you arrived here from Mary’s Blog, you are in the right place..if not, you may want to head over there first.

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 February 21 to leave comments on the blogs for a chance to win. Mary will announce a winner on February 22. Each month a different image is 50% off. This month- it’s the Tandem Bicycle Set.. The special is 40% off one item. Enter “40fromhigh0216” to get 40% off the highest priced item in the cart. Good through 2/21. Be sure to check out the great deals on the Clearance Stamps! On the third Wednesday of every month., we’ll be celebrating with a Blog Hop! For another chance to win, be sure to play along with our monthly challenge. You can get all the details on the challenge HERE.

The idea for my card came from a painting I saw somewhere. I don’t know who painted it or if they used oil, acrylic or water color, but I loved all the vibrant color & that stuck with me. My background is done w/ Brushos water color crystals on water color paper. I did a few washes but since the water colors are powder/crystal form, I wet the areas first, sprinkled a little of the color I wanted (the first was the turquoise), then worked them a bit w/ the paint brush. In most cases, I let the previous color dry before I moved to the next color. Toward the end, I added some almost dry brush strokes in some areas & I helped the yellow drip on down the page. Since it really made no sense to have a detailed image, I put the tandem bicycle in my Misti, stamped it few times (to get good coverage, since the paper has texture) w/ Versafine then used a black Tombow marker (water based) to fill it in and make a silhouette out of it. A white gelly roll pen was used to add the highlights on the bike. It was then die cut a couple of times w/ a white layer inserted in between & the greeting added on top.

Here’s the inside…I kept it pretty simple.

Supplies:

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps –Tandem Bicycle, Miss You, (inside – Thinking of You)

Paper: white, water color

Ink: Versafine onyx

Accessories: Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B, curved border dies, Brushos water color crystals, fishtail flag dies, black Tombow marker, white gel pen, Misti

For the Serendipity Monthly Challenge…Anything Goes, I made a birthday card with the cute little Bird Bath image.

I already had the front piece w/ the stitched circle cut out so I stamped the little bird bath on a separate piece, colored it, masked it, then sponged the yellow from the top & blue from the bottom. After removing the mask, I over stamped it w/ Versafine (it was still in my Misti) then placed the frame around it.

For the extra little birds, I had to do a mirror image by stamping it onto acrylic then stamping the acrylic to the paper. After I colored them, I went over the left facing one w/ a Micron pen to sharpen the lines then I fussy cut them both. I added the die cut & sponged Birthday and left the lower section of it in place. 2 of the clouds I added are from the Hot Air Balloon die & the large one is another die cut.

Here are the Copics I used & below it is the inside. Again, it’s on the simple side, but when you don’t use designer paper, you don’t have any left to work with, lol.

Supplies:

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps Bird Bath (inside – Everyday Words small horizontal)

Paper: Neenah white, X-Press It white

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx(to over stamp), Distress inks in tumbled glass, squeezed lemonade

Accessories: Serendipity Birthday, Hot Air Balloons Reverse dies, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A dies, Copic markers, stitched rectangle dies, double stitched circle dies, Misti

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.

Mary’s Blog

Julie Warner (you are here!)

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Tandem Bicycle Set 1276QCL	Miss You small 624B	Thinking of You 171F	VersaFine Inkpads	Brushos Water Color Crystals
Staples 110# white card stock	White Gelly Roll Pen	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132	Tombow Markers
MISTI	Spellbinders A2 Curved Borders 1 S5-180	Water Color Paper	Fishtail Flag dies	Hot Air Balloons Reverse die 064MD
Birthday die 072FD	Everyday Words small horiz 469J	Bird Bath 1356E	Stitched Rectangles Die Set	Double Stitched Circles Dies
X-Press It Blending Card	Distress Inks	Copic Sketch Markers	Neenah Classic Crest White	Hydrangea 3 in 1 punch
Memory Box Puffy Clouds dies

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Easter Blessings

Posted on February 9, 2016 6:12 PM by Julie 4 Comments

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Today’s Color Challenge (CC569) on Splitcoast is lagoon, olive & watermelon. I thought these were pretty Spring colors so I went w/ a mostly white Easter card using the colors on the flowers & greeting.

After I die cut the Sunburst bg, all the little flowers, vines, leaves & Easter part of the greeting, I used Distress inks to sponge the colors on. The 3 crosses each die cut twice & stacked together & then on each other for dimension. The blessings part of the greeting was stamped on a stitched oval & added under the die cut Easter. The sunburst layer was sponged just around the edge.

Here’s a look at the inside.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs – Earth’s Gladdest Day

Paper: Staples #110 white

Ink: Versafine deep lagoon, Distress Inks peeled paint, shabby shutters, evergreen bough, worn lipstick

Accessories: ODBD Sunburst Bg, Pierced Ovals, Bitty Blossoms, Ornamental Crosses, Happy Easter, Lovely Leaves dies, ( inside- Double Stitched Rectangles dies),Viva white pearl pen

Pierced Ovals dies CBD172	Double Stitched Rectangles dies CBD123	Bitty Blossoms Dies	Leaves & Branches dies CBD225	Happy Easter Die
Sunburst Bg die CBD140	Ornamental Crosses	Viva Pearl pens	Distress Inks
VersaFine Inkpads	Staples 110# White Card Stock