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  • ODBD October Release Blog Hop!

    Posted on by Julie 39 Comments



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    Welcome to the Our Daily Bread designs October Release! We have some gorgeous Christmas images, dies & paper for you this month!



    For my first card, I gold embossed the two background ornaments & die cut w/ the matching dies. The left ornament also has a gold embossed Flourished Alphabet letter J.  The top ornament was die cut w/ the other topper die out of the same paper as the main layer. I used the largest Matting Circle die to cut the center & since the snowflake paper only has the flakes around the border, I arranged the circle opening near one corner so it would look like the flakes are circling the bottom. I used more of the snowflake paper for the gold embossed greeting & Leafy Edged Border topper. A Candi dot was added on top of the center ornament & coated w/ gold stickles & I also added some Wink of Stella on the metallic gold c/s behind the top ornament.Here’s a look at the inside. 

    Joyeux Noel inside 07435Supplies:

    Stamps: ODBD -Christmas Tunes, Elegant Embellishment set, Flourished Alphabet
    Paper: vanilla, pale gold metallic,  dp (ODBD – Christmas Collection 2015)
    Ink:  Encore Ulitmate metallic gold pigment
    Accessories: ODBD Elegant Embellishments, Ovals, Flourished Star Pattern, Leafy Edged Border, Vintage Flourish Pattern, Vintage Label dies, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B dies, detail gold embossing powder, gold Wink of Stella pen, gold Stickles, Candi dot


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    My second card will have you singing Christmas Tunes!  I’ve been humming them ever since I started this card. I just love a cream & gold Christmas card with lots of gold embossing, so that’s what I’ve done here.

    After gold embossing the Christmas Tune, it was die cut w/ the matching Vintage Label die & the brushed gold metallic backing layer was die cut using a die from the Vintage Flourish Pattern die set. The largest gold layer was die cut with the Flourished Star Pattern largest die. The top background was a little trickier since it’s 3 layers & the top 2 are divided in 3. I first cut the cream layer, divided it but pushed the layers together to gold emboss the different Snowflakes on top & cut the bottom using the Leafy Edged Border die. I attached 3 gold layers behind them & carefully lined up the bottom & cut again. The largest faintly patterned dp  layer was cut to match the bottom curve.

    I used a different Leafy Edge Border to cut the cream colored border running under the greeting then stacked the gold embossed Snowflakes in the lower right. The top 2 snowflakes were fussy cut & each flake is elevated just a little from the one underneath. So it has a bit of dimension but is still, definitely mailable.

    Here’s a look at the inside with more stamping & some leftover pieces from the front die cuts.

    Christmas Snowflakes inside 07447Supplies:

    Stamps: ODBD –  Christmas Tunes, Sparkling Snowflakes
    Paper:  ivory, brushed gold metallic, dp (Anna Griffin)
    Ink:  Encore Ulitmate metallic gold pigment (Brilliance gold & Versafine sepia on inside)
    Accessories: ODBD  Snowflakes, Flourished Star Pattern, Leafy Edged Border, Vintage Flourish Pattern, Vintage Label dies, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B, detail gold embossing powder

    Please be sure to visit & comment on all the DT Blogs! It will be much appreciated & definitely increase your chance of winning!

    Sandee * Julie * Cathy * Amy * Dawn * Lori *

     Robin T. * Lisa * Angie * Chris * Grace * 

    Sabrina * Silke * America * Loretta * Robin C.

    Thanks so much for stopping by!
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  • ODBD Sept Mid Month Another Look!

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    Today we’re taking another look at the Our Daily Bread designs Mid September Release! Don’t you love the flower images & fabulous flower & border dies? I know I do!  
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    My card today is all about the dies & mostly black & white with just a touch of pale aqua in the flowers & large background. A long while back, I made some backgrounds on black card stock by placing some drywall mesh across it (it’s sticky on the back side, like magic mesh), then brayering over it using white acrylic paint. I used one of these for my middle layer & for the leaves & flower centers. I used one of the Leafy Edged Border dies to divide the white panel & add a little interest. 
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    The flowers were all die cut out of white, shaped a little, then the centers sponged with tumbled glass Distress ink. The greeting was die cut out of the Chalkboard paper collection & the largest background is from the Shabby Rose paper collection. Here’s a look at the inside.Aqua Flowers inside 07399
    Supplies:

    Stamps: None
    Paper:  Neenah white, black, dp (ODBD Chalkboard & Shabby Rose collections)
    Ink:  Distress Ink tumbled glass
    Accessories: ODBD Pretty Posies, Flourished Star Pattern,Leafy Edged Border, Vintage Flourish Pattern, Vintage Label dies, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B, brayer, white acrylic paint, drywall mesh

    Please be sure to stop by and visit all of the DT Blogs for more inspiration!

    Sandee * Lori * Grace * Julie * Cathy * Amy * 

    Paula * Chris* Robin T. * Angie * America * 

    Dawn * Robin C. * Diana

          Thanks so much for stopping by!
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  • Halloween Mummy

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    For today’s Ways to Use It Challenge (WT550), it’s all about Punctuation! My greeting has 2 punctuation marks: the apostrophe & the question mark. 
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    This is a pretty quick card, too, especially since I came across the mummy image all colored & cut out…must have been a leftover that didn’t get used..or else the stamp fairy visited during the night. Either way, lucky for me! After stamping the graveyard, greeting & RIP tombstone with white pigment ink on black card stock, I added a white frame, a punched moon (that already had the colors on it, yay!), part of a die cut white tree & clouds (more stash finds!)

    To finish it, I die cut 2 rectangles out of kraft then cut off the top corners, stamped the versatile background w/ corduroy ink, stamped the RIP & drew the frame w/ a brown marker & I had a coffin for my mummy. Here’s a look at the inside.
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    Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to check out the DRS Thursday Challenge – this week, Flyin’ High (have something that flies on your creation). DRS images are not required & there’s a nice prize up for grabs!
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    Supplies:

    Stamps: DRS Designs-   –Mummy, Who’s Your Mummy, Silhouette Graveyard, RIP Tombstone,  Accent Bats, Versatile Bg, (Bump into Me Greeting – inside)
    Paper: Neenah white, kraft, black
    Ink: ,Colorbox frost white pigment, Distress ink brushed corduroy (coffin),  (Memento- tuxedo black on inside)
    Accessories: circle punch, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B, cloud punches, tree die cut (Memory Box), brown Permapaque marker

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