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  • ODBD November Release Recap

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    Julie Warner - https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com
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    Today, we are reviewing the ODBD November release.  Aren’t these ornament images and dies lovely? So perfect for all your Christmas cards and so easy to customize with whatever colors and papers you want to use. For my ornament, I stamped it w/ the concord ink and added color w/ Copic markers. The greeting was stamped on a strip of the same snowflake paper (from the ODBD Christmas Paper Collection), added a hint of color before attaching it across the ornament w/ a couple of purple mini brads.  For the snowflake paper layer, I used a French curve ruler and a craft knife to cut the curvy borders. After piercing along the edges, I added a bunch of graduating sizes of circles. These were die cut and although I didn’t use the actual die cut, I liked all the little rounded dots.

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    The snowflake paper was attached on top of another piece of designer paper. On this dp, I enhanced the lt blue areas w/ a Copic marker. After everything was attached, I added some stickles to the dots and also the centers of the snowflakes on the ornament.

    Thanks so much for stopping by!

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    Supplies:

    Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs – Christmas Pattern Ornaments
    Paper: Neenah white, soft sky, ODBD Christmas Paper Collection 2013, other dp
    Ink:  Distress Ink dusty concord
    Accessories:  ODBD Circle Ornament dies, Spellbinders Asian accents die (under ornament topper),  fading dot border die (for all the little purple dots), Copic markers, stickles, French curve ruler, piercing tool & mat, brads

     


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  • Christmas Owl

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    Julie Warner - https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com

    Weekly-FavoriteToday’s Color Challenge on Splitcoast (CC453), artichoke, cherry & baked brown sugar, are such great colors for Christmas that I made another card. Mary (owner of Serendipity Stamps), asked if anyone could think of a way to make this super owl die look Christmasy. This is what I came up with using the hat and scarf from the Snowman w/ Birds image.  Julie Warner - https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com

    After die cutting the owl, I attached him to a piece of dk red. Originally I had die cut a smaller labels 4, but I changed my mind and put the die cut label back into the piece and used it as one. I had a scrap of an artichoke piece so I used it on the right side. The snowy scene was stamped onto the kraft (as close as I have to the baked brown sugar) and I added snow on the trees w/ a white gel pen. The snow on the ground was done w/ a white prismacolor pencil. The falling snow was done by seriously thinning white acrylic paint (approx. 6 to 1 water/paint) in a fine mister and spritzing. I wanted something else red, so I drew a tiny cardinal in the tree. The finished card is 5.50 x 4.25. These are the Copics I used to color the hat & scarf.
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    Thanks so much for stopping by! Please stop by tomorrow to see the new Serendipity Challenge!

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    Supplies:

    Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – Winter Fence Line, Snowman w/ Birds, Tis the Season
    Paper: Neenah white, kraft, dk red, olive, scrap of metallic gold
    Ink:   Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx
    Accessories:  Serendipity Owl die, Spellbinders labels 4 die, Memory Box tender leaves die, sequins, Martha Stewart branch punch, white Prismacolor pencil, white gel pen, thinned white acrylic paint in fine mister

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  • Mint Green Ornament

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    Julie Warner – https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com
    Weekly-FavoriteA big CONGRATS to Susan (One4Joy), the newest Featured Stamper (FS354) on Splitcoast! I’ve been a fan of Susan’s for a long time and I love her wonderful thoughtfulness and quirky style. While I love her projects, it was hard for me to case her. I chose THIS beautiful card to case. So my attempt is close..I kept the same layout and big circle element, but I used different images, different embossing folder and added a bow instead of the felt snowflake border. 

    I embossed the lovely ornament w/ a sparkly black/green powder onto a shimmery mint green card stock and die cut it w/ the coordinating die. The shimmery dark green card stock was embossed w/ a multi image folder, but I only used one section and moved it around to selectively emboss the same snowflake line three times. I added two die cut mint green borders on top and bottom w/ the greeting stamped on the lower one. The ribbon for the bow was colored w/ Copics to match and the finished card is 4.25 x 5.50. 

    Congrats again, Susan, enjoy your week! Thanks so much for stopping by!
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    Supplies:

    Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs – Vintage Pattern Ornaments
    Paper: mint & dk green shimmer metallic
    Ink:  Tsukineko ultimate metallic green, Archival library green
    Accessories:  ODBD Circle Ornament dies, Spellbinders bracket border die, Sizzix embossing folder (swirls & ribbons set), black magic embossing powder, mini bowdabra. ribbon, Copic markers

     


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