Welcome to the Our Daily Bread designs November Release Blog Hop! If you arrived here from Angie’s fabulous blog, you are in the right place. If not you might want to start at the Our Daily Bread designs Blog and start from the beginning. If you get lost along the way, simply return there where the entire hop is listed with links.
For my card, I made a Swinging Z-Fold card. There is a tutorial for this HERE. My card started as a 4.5 x 12 piece of vanilla Bazzill. I made the main card fold 6 1/8 inches from the right side and the Z fold 2 7/8 inches from the left side. I added a red piece of dp to the left and a turquoise piece on the right. Per the tutorial, I opened the fold and die cut half of the ornament thru the left front. For the ornament itself, on coordinating dp, I stamped and embossed the ornament image then die cut using the new Spellbinders 2011 Heirloom Ornament die. With a craft knife, I cut out little openings inside the embossing. I stamped another ornament on a patterned piece of the dp and placed the patterned ornament behind the embossed one and attached it on top of the half ornament cut in the card.
Though technically the top pic is the front, if you unfold the left, it looks a little plain. So to dress it up a little, I attached a frame left from die cutting the patterned ornament . I also added a few pine bough images in a couple of the corners.
On the inside, I added a smaller ornament w/ the greeting on the backside of the large ornament.
Thanks so much for stopping by! Now I’ll send you on to Sabrina’s wonderful blog!
Supplies:
| Stamps: ODBD – Ornaments 2, Mistletoe Tag, Sing for Joy |
| Paper: Bazzill vanilla, dp (all from Prima – Madeline collection) |
| Ink: Ancient Page chocolate, Encore Ultimate Metallic bronze |
| Accessories: chocolate sparkle embossing powder, Spellbinders 2011 Heirloom ornament & petite oval dies, Tombow markers (for inking the pine bough image) |
this is a stunning card, I need to give that fold a try, thanks for the inspiration…so glad to be guesting for you gals…have a fabulous day!
enjoy *~*
Julie girl, this is so amazing! Not only is the card technique so cool, but I am flipping out over the pieced ornament….love the 3d effect…wow! Beautiful work as usual!! Blessings, Angie
This is a gorgeous card, Julie!
drop dead gorgeous Julie!! clever you…I love it
Awesome swinging Z-fold card. I love your choice of stamp and colors!!
What a stunning z fold design Julie!! Love your colors and use of the stamps!! The swinging ornament is perfect!!
hugs,
Chris
Oh my! This is such a unique fancy fold card. Amazing. Love how you colored and blinged the ornament.
Your card is awesome! The ornament is exquisite! Love the colors. Hugs, Sarah
Your cards made me smile, what a beautiful array of colors for the holidays. Gorgeous!
gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous!!
Oh Julie, this is just gorgeous. I love that stamp set and I have the dies, think I need to order that one.
what a beautiful work of art!
hugs and kisses from germany,
silvi xoxo
Wow how Beautiful. I love the way you have made the Z-fold card it lets the Ornament shine. I love the papers and the colors. the glittler adds that extra pop. I love things with glitter. love the sentament. thanks for sharing and for the chnce to win
abbraddock@msn.com
What a stunning card.
The Z-fold is such a versatile technique and you did an awesome job making this stunning card. TFS
Oh my word, Julie!! I am amazed at your creativity and am blown away at the beauty of this wonderful card!! I have never tried one of these z-fold cards, but you have given me the last little push to go ahead and try it. Thanks for the sharing this beauty! Hugs and blessings, Sabrina
OMGoodness, Julie!! What an amazing z-fold card!! Fabulous that you cut out parts of the ornament die and added designer paper behind it…totally made it even more spectacular!!
Absolutely stunning!! I can’t get over these projects!1 they are all so beautiful! I love the Z card idea and will be back for the tutorial! I know I can’t match this card but love the idea.
Thank you so much for sharing!
Sue B
wahini97 at yahoo dot com
Julie, each card on this Blog Hop is just spectacular. You ladies are so clever and talented. I’m in awe!
Love, love, love it!
This is so pretty, Julie! I haven’t tried this type of card yet, you make it look so easy! Beautiful!
So pretty, thanks for the tutorial!
Wowza!! I have a set of those dies waiting to give somebody as part of their Christmas gift – but should I be so lucky as to win anything in the blog hop I’d be tempted to hold onto them.
Love the detail of the added pine boughs.
Beautiful card. Love those colors.
You really know how to knock someone’s socks off! I just love movement cards! I’m terrible at them myself but I love looking at others. The colors you chose are just so classic! Beautifully done!
Turquoise and red aren’t what I would normally have chosen for a Christmas card but girl, you made it work, and big time. I’m off to search for something out of the ordinary. Seeing what you did with it makes me look at things differently. Love the ornament, too.
Oooh, love the folds and coloring on this. Just gorgeous! Blessings,
This is a beautiful card with a great design. I love that ornament and sentiment.
Gorgeous, Julie! Love all your wonderful details and fab design!
Beautiful card, I love the design & creativity. Gorgeous!
love it very creative and it just gorgeous.
What a stunning design….just love how you have laid this out and how fabulous the inside paper is laid to work so perfectly on the front of the card….that ornament looks outstanding in this design. TFS
Julie I am speechless! This is soooo gorgeous my friend!!!!!!
WOW…what a beautiful card…thank you for the inspiration
Wow have you been a busy girl. Love all the set and would love to have it myself. Love all your work, please keep sharing it. this is so cute and unique. Love the card all together and especially when it is opened. Thanks for sharing.
Syd Egan
sydegan@hotmail.com
Wow this card looks like it took a long time. It is beautiful and I am sure it was worth all the time it took. Thanks for your creation.
This is just so very lovely!
OOO WOW!!! I really love your card!!! It is gorgeous!!!! love how you did the ornament!!
Fantastic ornament!!! Great card!
Jan Castle
This card looks really complex thanks for offering a challenge.
Aww! The ornament is so pretty & beautifully colored too.
Oh Julie…. this z fold is just over the top in creativity and gorgeousness!!! I LOVE the dp and the way you did the ornament!!! Stunning as always!!!
hugs,
Grace
(blog in progress)
Julie!! You did a super job!!! Thanks for allowing me to glean from you!!! be blessed
Beyond Measure
Amazing job, as always Julie! I’ll be checking out that tutorial! Gorgeous colors too!
Love how you incorporated the ornament into your card, very creative and beautifully done.
The colors are gorgeous, I love the ornaments.
What a shunning card. Just beautiful. Even if I follow the directions, it would not come out as beautiful as yours.
Vicky Schmidt
Beautiful, I love the 3D effect! TFS
Real Christmas spirit and inspiration! Thank you! Joy from Ukraine
What a super fun technique! Lovely work!
What a work of art! These ornament stamps are amazing and I love that they are coordinated with the Spellbinders die! Just love this card!
Beautiful card. I’ll have to try making one myself.
Just love the colours in your beautiful card – lovely reminder words for the most wonderful season! Blessings!
This is a great card and i want to give it a go, but I must finish this hop.Love the colours, design and of course the stamps.
Ooh, I just love your card technique! What a great image and such beautiful colors!
Hugs,
Marsha S.
Julie – as always so inventive and beautiful. I love the colours here too. Great work.
I’ve never seen a swinging Z fold before but I’m certain none could come close to the beautiful card you created here. Thank you.
Barbara in LA
Wow! What a beautiful card. Love the frame around the ornament.
Gorgeous card.
craftymom205 at yahoo dot com
This is one gorgeous card!
Beautiful, love you style and color choices. Thank you for adding the tutorial link and sharing your talents.
Awesome card. WOW!!!
i love this Z card it is Beautiful! i cant wait to make one!
Soooo stunning! Love the z-fold card and that pieced ornament is out of this world!
Your card is absolutely stunning!
I seem to be following a theme…your card is stunning. Love the colors and the extra details that you included. Thanks for the inspiration!!
This is a beautiful card…great job, inspiring…love your blog…:)
Oh Julie – this is so amazing! I had to keep reading how you did this, and looking at the card and reading again. Thanks for the link to the tutorial – otherwise I will never understand this technique! And what a perfect set to use for this kind of card! This is just gorgeous! Thanks for sharing this.
rebeccadunham at hotmail dot com
Such a fun card…
great card design; love the ornament!
This is gorgeous Julie-I love this new stamp set for the ornament die and you are showing it so well
So amazing – Now I know why you are (or have been) all of those design teams. Breathtaking.
Julie, I love the shimmer on this – What a gorgeous design!
What a wonderful Z-card! I just love your use of turquoise and rose red. I’m also pleased to see another idea using the Spellbinder’s ornament die as I have that set. Thanks!
very clever design! love it!