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  • ODBD Mid October Release Another Look!

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    Weekly-Favorite
    Today we are taking another look at the Our Daily Bread designs Mid-October Release! The sets & dies are simply fabulous for Christmas & a must have for your collection!
    My card today features the gorgeous Merry Mosaics dies & the original Peaceful Poinsettia dies. I just love the lacy, airy look of these new dies & they fit perfectly w/ the solid dies. I die cut them all out of white & the centers & leaves out of a combo of brushed gold metallic & the Winter collection paper. 

    For the top white panel, I used a lot of masking to stamp the All is Calm greeting. I inked the first line only, wiped off the A & replaced it w/ the Flourished Alphabet letter A. I did the same to the second line using the flourished B. I find it easiest when stamping only 1 line, to ink the line, wipe off the ink of the parts I don’t want to stamp, then cover the wiped off letter & second line w/ a piece of scotch tape because no matter how well I think I remove the ink, some always remains. This just makes sure it doesn’t ruin my project. The words were all gold embossed (one at a time, as they were stamped). All is Calm xcu07665
    After the greeting was finished, I placed the panel into a dot embossing folder then put an embossing frame on top. The embossing frame has an oval opening that keeps the dots from embossing on top of the greeting. I’ve also done this by die cutting an oval out of a couple of card board frames and using the frames on top of the embossing folder. Either way works! 

    Here’s a look at the inside. I only had this one corner of the dp left over so I used it to frame the greeting which was die cut using the  Vintage Label die. 

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    Supplies:

    Stamps: ODBD –Flourished Alphabet, Peaceful Deer,   (inside- Christmas Tunes)
    Paper: Neenah white, brushed gold metallic,  dp (ODBD – Winter collection 2014)
    Ink:  Encore Ulitmate metallic gold pigment
    Accessories: ODBD  Flourished Star Pattern, Merry Mosaics, Peaceful Poinsettias, Christmas Candles dies, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B dies, detail gold embossing powder, Swiss dots embossing folder (Cuttlebug), Darice embossing frames

    Thanks so much for stopping by!
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  • Snowflake Ornament

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    Today’s Ways to Use It Challenge (WT544) is all about the left hand side. So my ornament image is on the left side of the card & so is the greeting.
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    After stamping the ornament with Memento, I colored it w/ Copics then over stamped w/ Versafine (using my Misti).  The ornament was reverse masked in order to stamp the snowflakes inside, then masked completely to stamp the bare branches & sponge in the background. I used a splatter image to add the snowflakes w/ white ink & I also white embossed them. I added a sparkle flecked gray layer behind the ornament & also behind the fancy die cut on the other side. A little stickles was added for sparkle & a little gray bow.

    I didn’t take a pic of the Copics because they were all cool grays…C0, C2, C4, C5, C7.

    Thanks so much for stopping by! This is also for the DRS Thursday Challenge today…You Left Me Hanging! (have something hanging or dangling)..DRS images are not required & there’s a nice prize up for grabs.
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    Supplies:

    Stamps: DRS Designs-   Simple Ornament, Season’s Greetings, Splatter Bg, Interlocking Snow Bg, Tree Limb
    Paper: Neenah white, X-Press It white, gray sparkle
    Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx (for over stamping ornament), Distress ink tumbled glass, Colorbox frost white pigment
    Accessories: Copic markers, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B  dies, white embossing powder, stickles, Cheery Lynn pretty bows die,  Marianne Creatables  Anja Lg Oval die, Candi dot, Misti

     


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  • Aloha Surfboards

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    Aloha Surfboards cu 06972It’s day 2 of Dare to Get Dirty on Splitcoast and this is for MY (justwritedesigns) Challenge! The details are HERE, but you’ll need to be a Fan Club member…it’s easy, just click to find out how. 

    Aloha Surfboards 06971I had a lot of fun making this card. It’s just my style..fun, enough detail to keep me interested, a little coloring, a little fussy cutting & colorful! I started with the background. After masking off the water area, I sponged in the very orange sky using a cloud stencil I made w/ scallop scissors on a piece of acetate. The little seagulls were stamped & I used a white gel pen on the big one. The mask was reversed to cover the sky then I sponged in the water & added the highlights. I added just a touch of sand color at the very bottom. (The palm tree was also stamped on the background as well as the frame.)

    Then I stamped, colored & fussy cut the surfboards. The top palm tree is actually part of the white frame. A little technique I call “into the window” and here’s a short tutorial showing how I did it. After stamping the palm tree where I wanted it & coloring it, I first die cut the large, outer frame, then determined the areas around the palm tree I would have to cut in order to slip the corner of the die under it. It turned out to be almost all of it, lol. There are actually only 2 places where the tree is still attached to the frame. (Click any pic to make it larger.)

    Alhoha Surfboards palm tree cut 06966    Please pay no attention to my blue tipped fingernails, lol. That always happens when I sponge images. The inside frame die is in place & with the corner under the tree, I ran it thru the Big Shot.

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    Aloha Surfboards palm tree finished 06968All die cut & embossed! I cut 2 more heavy frames & used a little foam tape to elevate the frame & surfboards above the background.

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    And here’s a look at the inside. More sponging & I left off a greeting for now. Have to decide who it’s going to! 
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    And these are the Copics I used.
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    Thanks so much for stopping by!
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    Supplies:

    Stamps: DRS Designs – Seagulls (from Seaside Dock image), Palm Tree (Rubber Stampede), Surfboards (Inkadinkado) inside – Palm Trees (Cherry Pie)
    Paper: Neenah white, X-Press It
    Ink: Memento tuxedo black,  Versafine onyx, Kaliedacolor desert heat, caribbean sea, Distress Inks peacock feathers, antique linen
    Accessories:  ODBD Flourished Star Pattern dies, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A, Copic markers, white gel pen

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