Hello everyone! I hope you are enjoying the May Our Daily Bread
designs Blog Hop! The sticks in the bread basket are soooo excited
this month about all the sets being released! I know you will enjoy
this hop and will love all the new sets!
If you got here from the wonderful blog of Chris Olsen, you are in the right place! If
not, you might want to start at the Our Daily Bread designs Blog and
hop from there!
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I have two cards to share today. It didn’t start out to be two but it evolved that way and parts of one are used on the other. This one started as a watercolor background on lightweight watercolor paper. After it dried, I die cut the image out of the background then used a slightly larger die to make the background opening larger. On the 5×5 ivory card front, I stamped the Vintage Border across the bottom, added a little color to the centers and used the Vintage Border Die across the bottom half only to cut the card edge. I made a few more of the borders on another piece of c/s, die cut them and added them under the frame and around the top of the sentiment tag.
A lot of times, when I have an image like this fabulous Porch image (designed by Dina Kowal) all inked up, I’ll stamp it more than once. Just in case something happens to the first or I want to layer for depth or to have one for later. This was the extra one and while it was sitting there, I thought I’d add a little color. Then the narrow frame piece from the first card was added to see how it looked. For the die cut Vintage Border peeking out around from around the frame, I double stamped it; once w/ the Kpad and again w/ the black ink. I scored a border on the front of the 5×5 ivory card.
From here hop on over to Connie McCotter’s blog, I know she’ll have something fabulous to share!
Thanks so much for stopping by!Â
Supplies:
| Stamps: ODBD – Porch & Vintage Border |
| Paper: ivory, water color paper |
| Ink: Kaleidacolor Caribbean Sea, VersaFine Onyx |
| Accessories: ODBD Vintage Border die, Spellbinders long rectangles (rezized to a lg square), Peerless watercolors, Tombow markers, Scor-It board, white gel pen (for highlights) |
Beautiful job on both cards! I love that shade of blue with white. It’s so crisp and clean!
My oh my! Beautiful cards! great sentiments and your artwork is wonderful.
Sharon L
Love how you’ve used the layered frames for this beautiful image.
I love the colors of the first card. Looks so peaceful.
Your cards are beautiful. I love the watercolour background of your first card. The vintage die cut borders are lovely too!
Julie, I wish I shared your talent as well as your first name! Those are two beautiful cards. I love the watercolor. I’m going to enjoy the ODBD team!
I love your colors. It’s really beautiful. Thank you.
Donna
Very nice card. Very calming.
Like your colour choices.
Beautiful card, so calming and restful.
Beautiful color, nice job.
So soft and pretty! Good job!
Beautiful! The watercolor is spectacular and the other really pops!
Julie, both of these cards are very lovely. So peaceful and calming, and very well done!
Julie,
You used so many of the new releases and achieved such beautiful cards displaying such color and depth! Absolutely beautiful!
I just love both of your cards. Such beautiful colors on each of them. Thanks for sharing your lovely art.
this is by far my favorite creation on the hop!
Love that first card with the watercoloring! It is so pretty and peaceful looking. I’m really loving all the peaks of this set.
love all the layering and watercolors,
Julie your cards are so gorgeous! What a gift to be able to watercolor like this!!! Both cards are perfect and gorgeous!
Really beautifully done. Gorgeous colors. Thanks
Love the way you used the border to make a frame.
Great Card. I love the coloring on both cards. And lets not forget the great Bible verses. Thanks for sharing.
Wow, I don’t know which one I like best, they both have so much going for them. The layering does so much for a card. A beautiful job.
These are both beautiful! Love the colors you used… Thanks for sharing your artwork!
Hugs & Blessings, Donna
Lovely cards and the Bible verses. You did a great job and are very talented. thanks for sharing your beautiful cards.
Great cards – just love the background on the first card. Sue
The border is exquiste…and adds such a simple pop to your card. I love it! thank you for sharing.
I love both cards, like how you layered them. thanks for sharing 🙂
Lovely card. Great image.
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Very peaceful cards–just like my front porch.
Beautiful colors for a porch scene. Restful, peaceful & relaxing. Very pretty cards. This is my 1st time to yout blog, I’ll be back to visit longer at a later time. Blessings to you!
Both of your cards are lovely!!!
Pretty cards. I really like how you colored the images.
Pretty Cards.
PeggyS
Beautiful Card! Thanks for sharing!
Love the way you showed the same stamp set in two different styles – both beautiful. Thanks!
Both cards are beautiful! I love the watercoloring and the way you did the frames! TFS
Very nice… love the color scheme.
What a lovely card…very relaxing!
love the color scheme.
Looks like a great place to relax.
Beautiful color choices. So refreshing – like God’s word! Your cards are both beautiful!
Those soft colors on the porch are so inviting!!
The soft colors you used in both cards is delicious. The sentiment goes wonderfully with your color scheme. Wonderful job
Beautiful cards! I really like the soft blues. Very soothing.
Great colors! Very peaceful and marry up so well with your scripture choices.
What a great set of cards. I too am in love with the porch set.
Both cards are beautiful. I love that parts of the first card are on the second.
What a beautiful job you did. Love all the layering and how you used parts of the first card on the 2nd card. They are both lovely.
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful!!! Love the color scheme here Julie – you applied it masterfully!!
Both cards are just lovely. Love how you have shown the versatility of this stamp set.
Marcie
love how you have colored these stamps, they look so real. it makes me nostalgic for my grandparents’ front porch – for a time when life was so uncomplicated.
Your card is so pretty and fresh in the pretty colours you have used. It reminds me of a sweet cool twilight after a hot summer’s day.
Thank you for sharing! 🙂
These cards are simply stunning! I love this color combo.
I just love your card!! The papers and colors you used work perfect with the lovely stamp set!
All these new things are just beautiful, can’t wait to see everything!
Thanks for this chance to win.
beautiful cards, looks so homey I could curl up and have a rest, love your colours and the new border die!! JanK
These are beautiful! Love the soft watercolors.
Love your cards! Very restful and colorful and they fit so nicely with the new porch set.
Amazing, love the detail and coloring.
I love your coloring scheme using this stamp. The colors blended beautifully.
Great job.
Candy Meyers
Absolutely amazing!
Love the color and details of your card.
I love blues and greens together. (Such a cool and calming combination to me.) Your cards are lovely.
Both beautiful cards. I really like the first card until I saw the second and now it is a toss up. Very neat in blues and greens.
Love the color…..and the porch….wish I were there on it.
Beautiful cards Julie! Love the color combo’s, and how you did the frame work on the second card!!
Very nice! I really like the second one…the layering is perfect!
I am so glad you made the two of them, but I can’t decide on which I like the best! They are both so beautiful and they show two great ways of using this awesome stamp! I am lovin it! Thank you for sharing!
I love the ‘sticks in the basket’ design team. This card is adorable, such a softness to it, and done in such a way, as not to take away from the detail of the stamp set, wonderful
So pretty! Terrific use of these stamps! Thank you!
I love them both! I can so relate as I have been blessed with a home that has a huge porch and spend a lot of time out there!
both cards are so lovely! i love the clean and crisp look of them!
I love your card and your selection of the wicker chairs. Very nice.
Your watercolor is great! Thanks for sharing.