Welcome to the Our Daily Bread designs October Release Blog Hop! This month’s hop is all about the upcoming holidays: Christmas and Thanksgiving! We are excited to be sharing our projects with you today!
If arrived here from the ODBD Blog, you are in the right place since I’m the first stop after the ODBD Blog.
For my card, I’m using the fabulous new Apple Wreath set! Isn’t it wonderful? I just love the apples and boxwood branches. They go so well with my branch punch.
After stamping, I colored the wreath in with Tombow markers. I stamped the apples twice more on another piece of white card stock and colored them with a combination of Copics and Tombows. Found out an interesting thing doing this and so here’s my Fun Dscovery Tip for You: If I lay down a light base color with the Copics (here I used FY1, Fluorescent Yellow Orange), then use the Tombows (water based markers) on top, the paper doesn’t pill or shred like it does when using water based makers and with heavy blending. The reason I did this, was because my Tombow red markers are so much brighter and clearer than the reds I have in Copic markers. And with the Copic base, they blended beautifully and easily with no paper shredding. So give it a try and mix things up!
I was in a hurry so I opted to die cut the wreath w/ a scallop circle instead of fussy cutting. I used both the lg and sm scallop circles to cut out the dk green and kraft circles to back the wreath. On the white background, I used an embossing folder and on the narrower strip on the right, I stamped the wood background with the desert sand ink before embossing it as well. I added a narrow dk green layer to make it stand out a bit. The sentiment was die cut using a small tag die. I cut to the middle, took it out, turned the die around and cut the other end to the middle in order to get both ends the same. I added a few more punched branches behind it and a tied green straw like ribbon at the top of the wreath. The finished card is 4.25 x 5.50.
Thanks so much for stopping by!
Supplies:
| Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs – Apple Wreath, Wood Background |
| Paper: Neenah white, dk green, kraft small scraps of various greens for punched branches |
| Ink: Archival library green, Memento desert sand, |
| Accessories: Spellbinders lg & sm scallop circles & tag dies, Copic markers, Tombow markers, stripe embossing folder (Paper Studio), branch punch (Martha Stewart), ribbon, woven green ribbon |
I love the apple wreath. I really like the way you layered the scalloped circles under the wreath to give it depth. Beautiful!!
Very pretty–I like how you cut out the wreath and the extra dimension with the branch punch.
Fabulous job on this Apple Wreath, Julie! The apples are gorgeous and love the added punched branches!! The scalloped die works so well with it too!!
Julie this is just gorgeous!!! Love the added greenery! So much dimension!!!I love it!!!
hugs,
Grace
Incredible Julie!! Gorgeous!! I just love your vibrant coloring and the addition of the punched twigs. You are so creative and talented.
hugs,
Chris
what a gorgeous wreath. i would never have thought of an apple wreat, how wonderful it is. so bright and vibrant. i love the dies that you used for the stems. great job! gorgeous talent.
This card is absolutely beautiful! Great ideas.
Wow! Love how you layered the scallops to make this stamp pop. I thought I might like this stamp, but now it’s a must have, thanks for the hint on the copics/markers, I shall try it.
What a beautiful card – full of delicious colour and texture! Well done Julie – love it 🙂
Wow, awesome card. Love the colors, Julie, great job.
Mstgane
Ann
Lovely coloring. Card has just the right amount of layering so that it isn’t overwhelming.
I loved how you cut out the stamps with Spellbinders and added the foliage to give the card dimension. I love the layering but my hands shake to fussy cut the designs after all the work coloring the stamped image.
The dimension on your wreath is just gorgeous, as is the coloring! I would be delighted to be the recipient of this card.
Julie, I LOVE this! Your coloring is fabulous and I love the extra punched branches! Beautiful job, as usual! Blessings, Angie
HOW BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!! LOVE ALL THE TEXTURE!!!!!!!!!!!! AND ALL THE COLOR!!!!! JUST BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!! :)PERFECT FOR THANKSGIVING!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂
Your card is beautiful.So bright and colorful!
I just love fall colors and cards with dimension….you really nailed it!!!
What a terrific card Julie. Even on a “flat” computer screen it looks lush and full of dimension. Love it.
Reminds me so much of my Dad. This is a card I would make for him if he were still alive. Makes me thankful for my memories!
First, thanks for the great colouring tip. I will have to keep it in mind. I like the adition of the kraft coloured paper. It makes the whole card feel very fall and homey. Great idea to die cut the wreath. It looks great. I did not even notice it was not fussy cut until you pointed it out. And I really like your choice of ribbons and the addition of the MS branches. Great Job!!
A gorgeous fall card! The scalloped circle is perfect with this stamp. Thanks for the tip, I know it will be put to use! Those apples are colored so beautifully!
What a gorgeous card, beautiful colors and beautiful image.
What a beautiful card. The card does not look rushed to me, lol. Thanks for sharing such an awesome creation.
Julie, this is gorgeous! I love all wreaths and have collected quite a lot in rubber stamps so both of the ODBD wreaths have to go into my collection. Your coloring is so pretty and thanks so much for the tip of coloring the apples. I also have noticed that there isn’t a really bright red in Copics. Thanks so much for showing your beautiful wreath!
The colors and your coloring are beautiful!! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for that tip on combining the use of markers. It was a dilemma I had experienced. I love the card, and really like the new home page for ODBD. Good Job!
Julie, this is an awesome card! I love the colors and the details. I would love to be on the receiving end of that card! Gorgeous!
This is absolutely beautiful. Love all the bright colors. Great use of the stamps.
Love your card! I must have this stamp — will be ordering it — thanks for the inspiration Julie.
I love the idea of using the scallop punch instead of fussy cutting… sometimes you just don’t want to fussy cut 🙂
Thank you for sharing your ideas.
Oh, my… absolutely incredible! I love it!!! And your use of the scallop die is actually really nice. Why fussy-cut when this alternative is so beautiful!!
Also loving all the little branches 🙂
Very pretty.. love the colors
Julie this is sooooo gorgeous!!! You always blow me away with your creations!!!
Wow! This is a fabulous wreath card. I am really taken aback by not only the 3 dimensional affect but by it looking so lifelike. Beautiful job I must say!!!
Awesome colors, coloring and card!
Your card looks so vibrant. Very fall! Great job!
wow, I love the apple wreath, and the coloring and layering are wonderfull. I really really like the setiment stamp have a blessed thanksgiving.
Beautiful Card. Thanks for the great tips. I thought I was the only one having trouble when using water colors. Thanks again.
Love the dimension and extra backgrounds!!
The bow is the perfect finishing touch.
Beautiful Julie! I just love how you used the punches to add dimension to the image. That along with the coloring make it pop!
Beautiful! I love the coloring on the apples!
What a beautiful card. Such talent
Your coloring is outstanding! An absolutely beautiful card.
Beautiful coloring work on your card! Always a joy to see your creations.
I love the way you used both Copic and Tombow markers. I never would have thought of that.
WOW – this card is stunning! And you put alot of work into it with the coloring & cutting. I like the way you layered the wreath on the scalloped cirles – it really pops. Puts me in the mood for the holidays 🙂
Wow Julie!!I love the colors,image,and the coloring!!The ferns are so perfect with the wreath!!
Hugs,
Nicki
Love the colors of the card- so Vibrant!
WOW! I love this gorgeous apple wreath, and the Thanksgiving sentiments. Beautifully done. The fern looks real and you want to pick the apples… thanks for inspiring.
Great laying!
Lovely colors!
Beautiful fall card,love the bright cheerful colors !!!
Just beautiful!
What a warm festive card. This is adorable. I love the colors and the way you layered it.
Love this card…the cute apples and the wonderful greens with reds really make a statement.
Love the bright colors and how you layered the scalloped circles under the wreath. That mesh trim is great too!
Beautiful card, and wise matching of stamped image with punched 3D elements that complement the image.
I just love the colors and textures. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for sharing your beautiful card! I especially love the dimensional apples and vivid colors used.
wow, this is beautiful…I love the green and the dementional apples….:)
Love, love, love the apple wreath, very different.
Beautiful card and I really like this stamp.
Beautiful ! Thanks for sharing
WOW! What a luscious wreath! Beautiful, absolutely beautiful!
Thank you so much for the beautiful card…love what you did with the apples! Great job!
I just love your wreath card. the coloring is perfect. Wish the wreath was real so I could put it on the door.
With the scalloped circles we can make cards like that so much faster for Cmas!! Love your coloring!
Love the way you’ve used the stamp, along with the ferns added to it! Just beautiful
Aloha- being on Maui I really miss having fall around me. I love the extra touches with the branches tucked behind the sentiment and using scalloped circles to cut out the design-beautifully done.
Julie Love your wreath Thanks for the tips on color and paper
Your card is beautiful….for either season! Thanks for Sharing your lovely project Julie!!
Paper Hugs,
Jan
What a stunning card thanks for the inspiration Melanie
Beautiful card love the layering and the colors thanks fr sharing and for the chance to win.
Hugs
Beautiful! The colors you used are awesome!