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ODBD December Release Review!
Today we are taking another look at the Our Daily Bread designs December release! I’ve combined some elements from the December release along with some from the November release. I love how they work together. I needed a birthday card and I really didn’t want it to look like a Christmas card, so I used the stars from Shine On, matching dies & Flourish Pattern dies from last month with the Mini Tag dies & Mini Tag Sentiments and Patriotic paper from December.
The largest layer of Patriotic paper was die cut w/ the largest die from the Flourished Pattern set. I love how it pierces all around the edge when it cuts. I used the background from the same die on the white and snipped around the outside stars in order to slip the next layer of Patriotic paper underneath them. Two of the white stars were white embossed then die cut. The middle star was stamped in red and a little blue was added then it was also die cut. The mini tags were stamped in red and blue then die cut and all tied up with some baker’s twine.Please be sure to visit all the DT blogs for more inspiration!
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Supplies:Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs – Mini Tag Sentiments, Shine On
Paper: white, ODBD Patriotic paper collection Ink: Memento love letter, Adirondack denim, Colorbox frost white pigment Accessories: ODBD Sparkling Stars, Mini Tags, Flourished Star Pattern dies, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A, lt blue Copic marker, white embossing powder, baker’s twine
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Serendipity SSCB#38 pt 2- Sparkle & Shine!
Welcome to the December Challenge for Serendipity Stamps! This month the challenge is Sparkle & Shine! You can get all the details over on the Serendipity Challenge Blog. The DT has the added challenge of adding gold or silver … and as always, we have a have a gift certificate up for grabs to a random player.
My card today features this beautiful holly wreath! I love gold embossing on Christmas cards but I also know that embossing powder and Copic markers can be a little tricky. If you’re careful, you can add a little color, but blending and using a blender pen are not recommended. They usually tend to “melt” the embossed powder. So in order to have the best of both worlds, I stamped the wreath w/ black, colored it with Copics then fussy cut it. I didn’t even try to cut out the tiniest little sprigs because I wanted the embossed gold version of these to show. Using gold ink & gold powder, I embossed it on another piece of white, added just a hint of color then did an out of the box treatment on it using a hexagon die. Then I attached the fussy cut version on top, a little to the side so the gold embossing would show more. The edges of the hexagon were also gold embossed. The greeting was gold embossed underneath the wreath and the other die cut layers were added before I attached it to the card.
Gold stickles were added to the poinsettia centers and stardust stickles to the red bow. The finished card is 4.25 x 5.50 and these are the Copics I used.
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Our Guest Designer: Nancy Penir
- Karen Amidon
- Marybeth Lopez
- Miriam Napier
- Vickie Zimmer
- Jeanne Jachna
- Jenny Gropp
- Julie Warner (you are here!)
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Supplies:
Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – Holly Wreath Cling set 413QCL Paper: white, dk red, dp (Pebbles – Welcome Christmas) Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Encore ultimate metallic gold pigment Accessories: Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B, hexagon, squares, & bracket borders dies, Copic markers, detail gold embossing powder, Candi button, stickles, gold metal dots 
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