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  • Floral Oval Sympathy


    Weekly-Favorite CAS-Favorite
    Today’s Technique Challenge (TLC528) on Splitcoast is Cluster Stamping and involves die cutting or punching a large mask then stamping inside with smaller images. I die cut an oval out of a card sized piece of copy paper where I wanted it to be on the actual card. After placing this reverse mask on top of the actual piece of card, I sponged pink ink inside and a little gray around the edges.

    Leaving the mask in place, I stamped the different flower images, then using a tiny acrylic paintbrush, I painted bleach on the flowers to remove most of the color. I also went over it a bit with a white Prismacolor pencil to smooth out the white areas. After removing the mask, I used a pierced oval around it. The greeting was stamped (using a stamp positioner to move the lines closer together) in the lower right and a fussy cut little bird was added on the left along w/ a few clear sequins. These are the Copics I used for the bird.
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    I started w/ the RV colors then thought the pink was a little too much on the cool side to go w/ the sponged pink so I added just a touch of the cherry white to warm it up. Here’s a look at the inside.
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    Thanks so much for stopping by!
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    Supplies:

    Stamps: DRS Designs –Dandelion Puff, Dogwood Branch, 4 Flower Background, Bird on Branch, May Memories Sympathy, Deepest Sympathy (inside)
    Ink: Memento tuxedo black,  Distress inks spun sugar, weathered wood
    Paper: Neenah white, sparkle dk gray heather
    Accessories:  Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B, oval & pierced oval dies, bleach, small acrylic paintbrush, white Prismacolor pencil, clear sequins

  • ODBD May Release!

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    Welcome to Our Daily Bread designs May release! We have some gorgeous images and dies for you this month! And they coordinate so well with the release from last month! 

    First, the prize details:

    • 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. 
    • You have until May 2, 2014 at 9:00 p.m. EDT to leave your comments! 
    • The Winners will be posted on the ODBD Blog on May 3rd, so be sure to check back there to see if you won!

    For my first card, I combined the new Vintage Labels dies & Carried to Heaven with the Flourish Label Borders, Vintage Flourish Pattern dies, Ornamental Cross Collection dies & Chalkboard Vine Background from last month’s release. I also added the Cala Lily from the Loving Memories set. After I die cut the Vintage Labels and the Vintage Flourish Pattern dies out of white, I left the dies in place on the labels and stamped the Chalkboard Vine pattern on top using the sky blue ink. I added the Flourish Label Border on the largest die using the black ink.

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    The lilies were colored with Copics and fussy cut. I added a bit of blue to the smallest cross and stacked the crosses on top of the lilies. The finished card is 5.50 x 4.25 and these are the Copics I used.


    Blue Sympathy copics 03474Supplies:

    Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs  Carried to Heaven, Loving Memories, Chalkboard Vine Background, Flourish Label Borders
    Paper: X-press it white, lt blue
    Ink:  Memento tuxedo black, Memories sky blue
    Accessories: ODBD Ornamental Cross Collection dies,  ODBD Vintage Labels dies, ODBD Vintage Flourish Pattern dies, Copic markers

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    For my second card, I used the Sheltering Angel, the Chalkboard Vine Background, the Vintage Label Dies, the largest of the Vintage Flourish Pattern die and the Angel Wings dies. I liked the lt blue ink on white on my first card, so I made a large background again using the Chalkboard Vine Bg and the sky blue ink. I thought it needed a little something, so I pierced all around the border. The Sheltering Angel blessing was stamped, die cut and with the die still in place,  I used colors from the two Kaleidacolor pads to sponge the color on top. For the yellow label and the largest background, I stamped the Chalkboard Vine bg again using the straw ink (stamped one off) and sponged on a little more of the same ink to deepen the color. The Angel Wings were die cut out of yellow and I used the yellow & orange inks from the melon Kpad to add a little more color. 

    Supplies

    Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs  Sheltering Angel, Chalkboard Vine Background
    Paper: X-press it white, yellow
    Ink:  Memento tuxedo black, Memories sky blue, Kaliedacolor melon melody, blue breeze, Distress ink scattered straw
    Accessories:  ODBD Vintage Labels dies, ODBD Vintage Flourish Pattern dies, ODBD Angel Wings dies, sequins. paper piercer

     

    Thanks so much for stopping by! Please be sure to visit all of the DT Blogs for much more inspiration!

    Chris * Grace * Cathy * Julie * Stacy * Dawn * Sandee * 

    Lori * Sabrina * Lisa * Angie * Wanda  * Audrey

     

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  • Forever Loved

    Julie Warner – https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com
    The CAS (clean & simple) Challenge (CAS270) today on Splitcoast is Stars. One of my first thoughts when I think of stars is the Stars & Stripes so that’s the direction I went. I used a couple of brand new images & dies from Our Daily Bread designs which will be released on May 1. I also combined a couple of previous releases…the sentiment in the lower right (from Some Gave All) and the patriotic heart (from Heart & Soul) and the Ornate Heart dies. 

    I started by die cutting the large heart on the white, then stamping both sentiments using a combination of the red & blue inks. I added a few more stars from the Some Gave All sentiment and then I had to add some red & blue splatter because apparently I can’t keep my inky mitts away from white space. But I like the splatter so all’s well that ends well. The patriotic heart was stamped using the same inks and die cut. The angel wings & star were all die cut. 

    Thanks so much for stopping by! And if you see a man or woman in uniform, please shake their hand & say “Thanks so much for your service!”

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    Supplies:

    Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs – Some Gave All, Heart & Soul, Carried to Heaven (new!)
    Paper: white, cobalt blue, red
    Ink:  Distressed Inks chipped sapphire & barn door
    Accessories: ODBD Ornate Heart dies, ODBD Angel Wing dies (new!), Spellbinders star dies