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ODBD November Release!

Posted on November 1, 2013 7:58 AM by Julie 37 Comments

Welcome to the Our Daily Bread designs November release! We have some fabulous Christmas images and dies to show you today! One winner will be randomly chosen from one of the designers blog comments to receive a $50 Gift Certificate to the ODBD Store, to be used toward the purchase of ODBD Stamps. You have until November 2, 2013 at 9:00 p.m. EST to make your comments! The Winner will be posted on the ODBD Blog on November 3rd, so be sure to check back there to see if you won!

On my first card, I used The Earth, Vintage Pattern Mini 1, the Circle Ornament dies and the ODBD Christmas Paper Collection 2013. After stamping the earth ornament and die cutting it, I added a die cut red bow, holly leaves and berries to the top. The left side of the cardinal paper was die cut and I added another die cut piece of red underneath to help define the border. The lt green/vanilla bg was stamped with Vintage Mini Pattern 1 and the green ink. The dk green is another sheet of the Christmas paper collection. I added a few die cut hanging stars to finish my 5.50 x 4.25 card.

Supplies:

Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs – The Earth, Vintage Pattern Mini 1

Paper: vanilla, red linen, ODBD Christmas Paper Collection 2013

Ink: Distress Ink in fired brick, HA Field Greens

Accessories: ODBD Circle Ornament dies, Spellbinders bracket border, Asian accents (dk green behind the ornament) & nested pennant dies, Memory Box precious stars die

On my second card, I used 4 inks to pounce/sponge color on white c/s then stamped the 2 large ornaments of the Vintage Pattern Ornament set w/ Versafine onyx. I wanted a much smaller ornament so I die cut a smaller circle and w/ the die still in place, I stamped the Vintage Pattern Mini 1 inside then drew the border w/ a fine black marker. I added a few dots w/ a white gel pen for some contrast. On the 2 border strips, I stamped the Vintage Pattern Mini 1 & Vintage Pattern Mini 2 and attached them to the front of my 4.25 x 5.50 card. The greeting was stamped with a combination of red & green inks. The two smaller bows are from the stars die cut.

Supplies:

Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs – Vintage Pattern Ornaments, Christmas Pattern Ornaments (sentiment), Vintage Pattern Mini 1, Vintage Pattern Mini 2

Paper: Neenah white

Ink: Distress Inks in worn lipstick, festive berries, mowed lawn, Kaleidacolor fresh greens (lightest green only), Versafine onyx

Accessories: ODBD Circle Ornament dies, Spellbinders circle dies, Memory Box precious stars die, white gel pen

Thanks so much for stopping by! Please be sure to visit all of the team blogs.

Dawn * Grace * Sandee * Lisa * Chris * Angie * Julie * Silke * Cathy

*Lori * Tosha * Sabrina * Audrey

Pink & Green Pinecones

Posted on October 28, 2013 7:28 PM by Julie 2 Comments

Well, it turns out my first post today was for a CAS Challenge last week, lol. I got lost in the Challenge list and picked the wrong one. This is for the challenge that’s actually today…(CAS244) Tearing or Distressing. While it may not look totally clean & simple, it actually is CAS. For my pink/green bg, I quickly (very quickly) pounced/sponged 4 colors of ink then stamped the image w/ Versafine on top. It’s die cut w/ a long rectangle and I added a bit of a white marker and stickles to the snowy parts of the pinecones. The black grid looking bg is a long ago leftover from a TLC challenge (TLC235) painted grid. This is also for one of the Hope You Can Cling To Challenges…HYCCT1326, Mixed Media.

I tore the side of the long strip using a tearing ruler (makes it so easy). I attached it to a left over strip then attached the narrow little strip I tore off. I added the greeting on the card front and a few sequins cause you can never have too much bling! The finished card is 4.25 x 5.50.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: DRS Designs – Pinecone Square, Christmas Multi Greeting

Paper: white, black

Ink: Versafine onyx, Distress inks in worn lipstick, festive berries, mowed lawn, Kaleidacolor fresh greens

Accessories: sequins, drywall mesh, white acrylic paint, Spellbinders long rectangle dies, tearing ruler, stickles

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SSCB #22 Sentiments

Posted on October 23, 2013 12:02 AM by Julie 7 Comments

BEST OF 2013!

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Welcome to a new challenge for Serendipity Stamps! The Serendipity Challenge this week is Sentiments…make a sentiment your focal point! You can find all the details on how to play along with us at the Serendipity Stamps Challenge Blog. With each challenge we always have a gift certificate up for grabs to a random player. This week’s sale: 20% off the Words and Verse Category.Good through 10/30/13.

The only tricky part about this card was the framed window. And it was really only a little tricky because I resized the opening. First, I temporarily attached the white layer on top of the red layer then I used the smaller of 2 Quickutz long rectangles to cut the opening thru both layers. Per the resizing tutorial (just click on the word above) I made it half again longer. Then I took the two layers apart and used the next larger rectangle to make the window larger on the white layer (again resizing it).

Since the focus is on the sentiment, I stamped the winter scene in black and left it uncolored. The greeting was stamped with red ink, except for the holly flourish on top. I wiped the red ink off and inked that part w/ black then added some color and a little stickles. I also added some stickles in areas on the scene. The bottom edges were cut with bracket border dies and the finished card is 5.50 x 4.25.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Please be sure to stop by and see all of the Sentiment focus cards from the DT.

Jeanne Jachna
Marybeth Lopez
Miriam Napier
Pauline Pollington
Jenny Gropp
Vickie Zimmer
Julie Warner – you are here!
Karen Amidon

Supplies:

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – Merry Christmas 133F, Winter Homestead 134F

Paper: Neenah white, red linen

Ink: Versafine onyx, Colorbox lipstick red chalk, Memento tuxedo black

Accessories: Quickutz rectangles dies, Copic markers, stickles, Spellbinders bracket border dies

Winter Homestead 134F	Merry Christmas 133F	Copic Sketch Markers	Memento Inks
Spellbinders A2 Bracket Borders 1 S5-181	Neenah Classic Crest white	Neenah Linen cardstock	VersaFine Inkpads