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ODBD Mid October Release Another Look!

Posted on October 29, 2015 7:58 AM by Julie 2 Comments

Today we are taking another look at the Our Daily Bread designs Mid-October Release! The sets & dies are simply fabulous for Christmas & a must have for your collection!
My card today features the gorgeous Merry Mosaics dies & the original Peaceful Poinsettia dies. I just love the lacy, airy look of these new dies & they fit perfectly w/ the solid dies. I die cut them all out of white & the centers & leaves out of a combo of brushed gold metallic & the Winter collection paper.

For the top white panel, I used a lot of masking to stamp the All is Calm greeting. I inked the first line only, wiped off the A & replaced it w/ the Flourished Alphabet letter A. I did the same to the second line using the flourished B. I find it easiest when stamping only 1 line, to ink the line, wipe off the ink of the parts I don’t want to stamp, then cover the wiped off letter & second line w/ a piece of scotch tape because no matter how well I think I remove the ink, some always remains. This just makes sure it doesn’t ruin my project. The words were all gold embossed (one at a time, as they were stamped).
After the greeting was finished, I placed the panel into a dot embossing folder then put an embossing frame on top. The embossing frame has an oval opening that keeps the dots from embossing on top of the greeting. I’ve also done this by die cutting an oval out of a couple of card board frames and using the frames on top of the embossing folder. Either way works!

Here’s a look at the inside. I only had this one corner of the dp left over so I used it to frame the greeting which was die cut using the Vintage Label die.

Supplies:

Stamps: ODBD –Flourished Alphabet, Peaceful Deer, (inside- Christmas Tunes)

Paper: Neenah white, brushed gold metallic, dp (ODBD – Winter collection 2014)

Ink: Encore Ulitmate metallic gold pigment

Accessories: ODBD Flourished Star Pattern, Merry Mosaics, Peaceful Poinsettias, Christmas Candles dies, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B dies, detail gold embossing powder, Swiss dots embossing folder (Cuttlebug), Darice embossing frames

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Please be sure to stop by & visit all of the DT blogs for some more gorgeous inspiration!

Sandee * Julie * Cathy * Grace *

Robin * Amy * Dawn * Diana * Lori

These are the sets, dies & papers I used.

Christmas Poinsettia

Posted on October 14, 2014 9:45 PM by Julie 3 Comments

Wow! No. 500 for the Color Challenges (CC500)! Seems we’re having a month of anniversaries. Last week was 400 for the Featured Stamper so we have a ways to go!

For my card, I went with the Winter Colors. Love these colors together! I’m also combining with Susie’s HYCCT challenge to use music. I die cut all the poinsettias out of white (the smaller ones are ODBD, the 1 big one & the leaves are Spellbinders & I love how they complement each other). I used the Distress Inks to sponge on the color then stamped the music in black on top.

After spending 45 minutes trying to find dp to go with this, I finally gave up & made my own by sponging on the blues & greens then stamping the music again. Added an embossed white layer, a die cut ornament w/ the greeting stamped on a leftover of the bg, & a few sequins.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs – Holly Wreath (greeting), O Christmas Tree Carol

Paper: white

Ink: Versafine onyx, Distress Inks in shabby shutters, tumbled glass, evergreen bough, festive berries

Accessories: ODBD Peaceful Poinsettia dies, fancy ornaments, ornate flowers & borders dies, Spellbinders poinsettia, A2 matting basics A & B dies, sequins, gold dots, Sizzix embossing folder (Snowflake & Flourish set)

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ODBD October Release!

Posted on October 1, 2014 7:58 AM by Julie 28 Comments

Welcome to the Our Daily Bread designs October Release! We have some beautiful images and dies for you this month…perfect for fall, Thanksgiving & Christmas.

Prize Information:

Three randomly selected winners will each 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 just for commenting on the Design Team cards! You have until October 2, 2014 at 9:00 p.m. EDT to leave your comments on the ODBD Blog or the Participating Designers Blogs for a chance to win! The Winners will be posted on the ODBD Blog on October 3rd, so be sure to check back there to see if you won!

For my first card, I used the beautiful Poinsettia Ornament along with the Matting Circles dies, Peaceful Poinsettia dies, Circle Ornament dies, Doily dies, Vintage Flourish Pattern dies and the greeting from the Christmas Pattern Ornaments set. I gold embossed three poinsettia ornaments, carefully colored them with Copics, die cut one full ornament and fussy cut the poinsettias of the two others. A pink layer was die cut as well as a shimmer pink doily to back it. The ornament topper and some of the poinsettias were die cut out of gold and a couple more poinsettias out of pink.

The greeting was also gold embossed, die cut and added under the ornament. The large pink layer was die cut out of pink using the Vintage Flourish Pattern die. Only the border shows, but I like the way the stitch pattern looks around the edges. The finished card is 4.25 x 5.50 and these are the Copics I used.

Supplies:

Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs – Poinsettia Ornament, Christmas Pattern Ornaments (sentiment)

Paper: white, pink, gold corrugated

Ink: Encore ultimate metallic gold

Accessories: ODBD Circle Ornament dies, Matting Circle dies, Vintage Flourish Pattern dies, Doily dies, Peaceful Poinsettia dies, gold embossing powder, Copic markers, Spellbinders Nested Pennant dies

On my second card, I used the beautiful Autumn Tree set along with the Elegant Ovals dies and Rustic Beauty Paper. After stamping the tree on cream and coloring it, I die cut it and the greeting which was stamped on a separate piece of cream. A larger elegant oval die was used to cut the backing layer behind the greeting out of the rustic paper. I used a kraft knife to cut around the top of apple basket part of the image to insert the greeting layer. The edges were sponged & I also used a Copic to color the embossed edges.

The finished card is 4.25 x 5.50 and these are the Copics I used.