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  • Snowman Trio

    Posted on by Julie 1 Comment

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    Weekly-Favorite
    A big congrats to Debby, the newest Featured Stamper (FS391) on Splitcoast! She has wonderful gallery and I found quite a few I wanted to case, but I was really drawn to THIS card with its cute little snowman and wonderful colors. I kept the snowman theme and colors, but I used different images, different die cuts and made my own patterned paper instead of using designer paper.

    I stamped the three snowmen, colored them and cut them out. I didn’t have the cute little die cut hillside Debby used, so I die cut a similar one a couple of times then added it some white hills for my snowy background. On the blue bg, I used some white pigment ink to stamp a snowflake background & I used a polka dot border & the same ink on blue frame. For the white frame, I used some soft pool ink and a chevron border image to stamp it. The greeting is part of a larger one & I used a SAMJ to position just the 3 words then die cut it w/ a diamond shaped die. The trees die cuts actually started out much fuller & w/ leaves, but I cut them off to resemble winter trees. I added a little stickles to the snowflake bg and buttons on the snowmen. The finished card is 5.50 x 4.25 and these are the Copics I used.

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    Congrats again, Debby! Thanks so much for stopping by!
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    Supplies:

    Stamps: DRS Designs –Stretch Snowman, Simply Snowman, Snowman Bird Buddies, Snow Background, Snowflake Scroll, Merry & Bright Stars Greeting, Polka Dot Background, Double Chevron
    Paper: X-Press It white, sky
    Ink:  Memento tuxedo black, Colorbox frost white pigment, Hero Arts soft pool
    Accessories: Copic markers, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B dies & classic diamond dies, Memory Box pine tree border die & Arboscello tree die, stickles

     

     


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  • Beautiful Geraniums DTGD14

    Posted on by Julie 2 Comments

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    Have you heard? It’s Dare to Get Dirty Week on Splitcoast! Challenges, Fun, Chatter…all for the Fan Club Members. Not a FC Member? It’s easy and so worth it…check it out HERE. This is a card for my Challenge.
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    For my abundant geraniums, I used dye reinkers to water color two backgrounds..one coral, one green then punched out the flowers (using several sizes of hydrangea petals) and the leaves then shaped them w/ a stylus. I can’t even tell you how long that took for all these little flowers & leaves. I used a white gel pen to add the lines & centers and a marker to add that distinctive “geranium” leaf line to the leaves.

    The greeting was stamped on a die cut piece of textured white then added to a fancy die cut piece of leftover water colored bg and attached on a piece of green dp. The red frame between the white top and green dp layer, is out of the same water colored paper I used for the flowers. It was a little plain, so I stamped the geranium image w/ black ink to add a little something extra. 
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    Thanks so much for stopping by!
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    Supplies:

    Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – Lg Geranium 1112J, Our Daily Bread designs – Sentiment Collection 2
    Paper: white, water color, dp (Paper Studio- ETC.), Bazzill white
    Ink:  Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx (greeting)
    Accessories:  Spellbinders labels 28 & decorative labels 28, A2 matting basics A & B, geranium leaf punches (punch bunch, marvy), hydrangea punches (martha stewart), stylus, gems

     


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  • ODBD August Release!

    Posted on by Julie 33 Comments

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    Weekly-Favorite
    Best of 2014!
    Welcome to the Our Daily Bread designs August Release! We have such a fun release this month…we’re going to the beach! These images & dies are fun, fun, fun! 

    First the Prize Information:

    • Three winners will be randomly chosen from the comments left on the designers blogs to receive a $15 Gift Certificate to the ODBD Store, to be used toward the purchase of ODBD Stamps found in the “stamps column” of the website.
    •  You have until August 2, 2014 at 9:00 p.m. EDT to leave your coments!
    • The Winners will be posted on the ODBD Blog on August 3rd, so be sure to check back there to see if you won!

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    For my first card, I stamped the wonderful Anchor scene, colored it with Copics then did a bit of my out of the box technique on the right side using a classic oval die. I kept the colors a little toned down to coordinate with the background paper I wanted to use. The larger black oval and wide black panel were done with the embossing folder stamping technique. I sprayed one side of an embossing folder w/ sparkly silver & gold sprays, then pressed a piece of black card stock inside. There is no texture since I didn’t emboss it…just sparkle! On the teal woodgrain patterned paper, I stamped the little anchor & compass rose with teal ink  & the fishing net background on the right side with gold ink. The two different braided ropes w/ shells were something I’ve had in stash for quite a while. The smaller one was glued around the oval and the larger one tied in a bow and added. The finished card is 5.50 x 4.25 & these are the Copics I used.

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    Supplies:

    Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs – Anchor the Soul, Smooth Sailing, Fishing Net Background
    Paper: X-Press It white, black, dp (Paper Studio – ETC collection)
    Ink: Memento tuxedo black, teal zeal, Encore ultimate metallic gold
    Accessories: Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B dies, classic oval dies & Labels 21 dies, Copic markers, braided twine w/ shells, Heidi Swapp gold & silver shine sprays, Lifestyle Crafts embossing folder (Tide set)

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    On my second card, I went with a fun tropical color combo and lots of sparkle. I had some pieces of striped paper w/ lines of sparkle already in it so I used a couple of rainbow ink pads to sponge in those colors on the stamped, die cut flip flops. I also used them to stamp the big sand dollar then stamped the greeting on top. It was die cut with one of the circle ornament dies and I used a scallop circle on the teal layer. The little teal border was die cut with an edge of a scalloped long rectangle die I used on both sides. I added a few gems and stickles in tropical colors to the flip flop straps. The finished card is 5.50 x 4.25.

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    Supplies:

    Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs – Flip Flop Fun, Life is Better, Ocean Treasures
    Paper: X-Press It white, teal, dp (SEI -)
    Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Kaleidacolor Melon Melody & Caribbean Sea
    Accessories: ODBD Circle Ornament dies, ODBD Flip Flop dies, ODBD Flip Flop Border dies, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B dies, scallop circle & scallop long rectangle dies, stickles, gems

    Thanks so much for stopping by! Please be sure to stop by and comment on all the team blogs so you’ll be in the prize drawing!

    Julie  * Cathy * Paula * Grace * Chris * Lori * Dawn * Sandee *

     Lisa * Angie * Sabrina * Wanda * Audrey * Silke

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