• Quick Desk Calendar

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    The ISC Architects have some little mini calendar projects to show you today. Wouldn’t these make great little gifts for friends and co-workers?  To print the mini calendar, we used a free calendar print program from Red Castle. After I printed mine out on vanilla paper, I cut it apart and stapled the pages together.  I attached them to a piece of card board for support then to a slightly larger piece of black c/s. (Click any picture to enlarge.)

    Julie Warner - justwritedesigns https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com/All images are Innovative Stamp Creations.  After cutting three layers, 2 of the labels 8 and 1 of labels 16, I left the dies in place while stamping various images from different sheets, I sponged on colors on the largest two and used markers on the smallest one. Each layer is backed by card board for stability. I then cut a smaller labels 8  out of white card board for my easel back and attached a smaller piece of card board covered with sticky back black felt. I also used the felt for the hinge because it’s more durable and flexible than card stock. The horizontal felt the calendar rests on will fold up flat between the easel and the calendar back for easy mailing. When opened, the calendar bottom rests on the felt which keeps it from sliding.

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    Thanks so much for stopping by!

    Supplies:
    stamps: ISC – Mini Ledger, Odd Findings,  Make a Note,  Destination, Time
    paper: vanilla paper, Neenah white, black
    ink: VersaFine Onyx, Kaleidacolor blue breeze, Memories soft vanilla
    accessories: Red Castle free calendar print program,  Spellbinders labels 8 & 16, card board, black sticky back felt, Tombow markers, staples

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  • ODBD Dec Release Blog Hop

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    Julie Warner - justwritedesigns https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com/Welcome to the December Our Daily Bread designs Release Blog Hop!

    If you came from Becca’s Blog, you are in the right place, but if you just happened on my blog you should go to the ODBD Blog and start from there, and if along the way any links are broken simply return to the ODBD blog where the entire list will be listed in order. Now on to my project!….. Click any picture to enlarge

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    I’m using the smaller of the two beautiful ornament images on the new Ornaments set. You’ll notice that these ornaments fit perfectly inside the Spellbinders Heirloom Ornament dies! That’s because Spellbinders chose ODBD as a Preferred Stamp Partner!  What does that mean? ODBD will be expanding their lines to include perfect match sentiments, Scriptures and images to Spellbinders dies. Pretty exciting!

    My ornament was gold embossed three times on vanilla card stock in order to layer the center of the ornament.  It was colored with markers and a water brush, the base ornament was die cut with the Spellbinders die and the other two centers were layered on top. The dk green/gold dot dp was cut with a Labels 10 die and all layers were edged with a gold leafing pen. The sentiment was also gold embossed and hand cut. A sheer ivory bow was added on top of the ornament. The finished card measures 4.25 x 5.50.

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    I hope you enjoyed my project today! From here, hop on over to Kathy’s blog for some more inspiration!

    Thanks so much for stopping by!

     

     

    Supplies:
    stamps: ODBD – Ornaments
    paper: vanilla, dp (all from The Paper Studio)
    ink: Encore Ultimate Metallic Gold
    accessories: gold embossing powder, Krylon gold leafing pen, sheer ivory ribbon, Spellbinders Heirloom Ornament & Labels 10 dies

     

     


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  • Faux Tile Background Tutorial

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    Click any picture to enlarge.

    Supplies Needed:

    • card stock (Neenah white used here)
    • ink (Ranger chalk ink in cobalt used here -very similar to Fluid Chalk French Blue)
    • Scor-It, Score Pal or bone folder and ruler
    • cosmetic or similar sponge
    • lt gray marker (Tombow used here)
    • stamp (ODBD Brocade Background used here)
    • scrap copy paper for a mask
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    Step 1

    Step 1:
    You may make your tile background any size by adjusting the dimensions of the score lines. For mine, I used a 5 x 3.75 inch piece and scored all the horizontal lines at 1.25 inch intervals. The vertical scores are 1 5/8, 1 3/4 and 1 5/8 as shown above. Score all lines all the way across and down so your card stock should look like the picture below.

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    After all scoring is done
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    Step 2

    Step 2:
    Turn your scored card stock over so that all scored lines are now indented.  Ink your image and stamp onto the card stock.

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    After stamping

    Your stamped card stock should be well on its way to looking like tile. Note the indented score lines mimic grout lines by preventing the image from stamping into them.

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    Step 3

    Step 3:
    Cut a square  inside corner in a piece of copy paper to use as a mask. Place the mask as shown and ink your cosmetic sponge with the same ink you used to stamp the image.

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    After one row of corners are sponged

    Move the mask around the corners as you go until all “tile” edges are lightly sponged.

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    Sponging of tile corners completed.
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    Step 4

    Step 4:
    Use the light gray marker just at the very edges of each tile corner. This completes the “tile” appearance and adds depth to your tiles.

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    After the marker was used on half of the corners

    You can stop now or continue to add shading all the way around your “tiles”. The one sided shading is more of a light direction appearance while shading all around would be more of a head on light source.

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    Finished Card

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