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Easter Monogram Cards with Our Daily Bread Designs

By KariV on March 14, 2018 in Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I am excited to show you how beautiful the new Monogram dies are from Our Daily Bread Designs. You might be thinking…just how great can a monogram die be? Well…take a look at these beauties; not only do they die cut a good-sized letter with a pierced detailing around the edge, but they also EMBOSS the middle of the letter to create a striking look.

Take a look:

I colored a portion of the Letter E die with Copics so you can see the beautiful effect of this embossing. It is so striking in real life!

I used the pretty new paper pack just released called Beautiful Blooms for the background. For the sentiment, I took the Happy Easter die and cut off the E! This way, I could use it with my monogram to create the word “Easter.” The flowers are from the Bitty Blossoms set and the Easter Eggs dies set.

Here’s another I created using a different color scheme and a square card:

Isn’t that die so pretty?! For this card I inked on some Distress Inks in Evergreen Bough, Faded Jeans, and Salty Ocean. I colored the leaves and flowers with Copics and I left the die cut word in all white.

I hope you enjoyed these projects! If you need a Monogram Letter die, consider these newly released letters…they are just gorgeous! (I think I’m going to have to start collecting a few more)

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Easter!

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Easter Greetings with Our Daily Bread Designs

By KariV on March 7, 2018 in Paper Crafting

I’m so excited to announce that I am Guest Designing for Our Daily Bread Designs! I found this company last year and fell in love with their products.

Today, I’m featuring the new Easter Greetings stamp set, which has some GORGEOUS hyacinth flowers! I have always loved these flowers, but I thought they only came in purple. A quick search showed me that they also come in Yellow, Pink, and white. Take a look at this beautiful stamp:

Isn’t it gorgeous?! I heat embossed the stamp first, then used some Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers to get the variation in colors on this one. The background is actually dry embossed using a die from Our Daily Bread Designs called Vintage Flourish Pattern. It is a beautiful die when used to cut, too! But here I thought the soft look of embossing was so beautiful.

I used a paper pack called Plum Pizzazz for the background and the Happy Spring purple paper. Such a fun paper pack!

Then, once I learned that Hyacinths come in a variety of colors, I of course had to make another card! I used the same dry embossing technique and created a completely different look:

I used Distress Inks to give the embossed background an Ombre look. So pretty, right?

Here’s a close up so you can see the dimension on this card:

I hope you enjoyed these projects today. For more information, please visit Our Daily Bread Designs blog and store! Easter Greetings!

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Mosaic Turnabout and Fabulous Phrases Dies with Concord & 9th

By KariV on March 2, 2018 in Paper Crafting

It’s a beautiful week with these awesome Concord & 9th sets. Today I’m featuring the Mosaic Turnabout stamp set and the Fabulous Phrases Dies.

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I had so much fun creating with these…and I absolutely love the font of these Fabulous Phrases Dies. For my first card, I used some beautiful blues and greens (with some yellow thrown in for fun):

The Mosaic Turnabout it so much fun to use! You just ink it up in one color, stamp it, then turn your paper and do it all over again (up to 4 times total). You can use any colors you like and make such a fun background.

I built up the silver embossing powder three times on the “thinking of you” phrase to get that metal accent look. A little glitter tape in a matching color and that’s all it takes to make a beautiful and fun card!

About this time, I thought that the turnabout set would be fun embossed in different metallic colors!

I used gold, silver, and liquid platinum embossing powder, turning the paper only three times and leaving a few blank spots. This one is for my parent’s FIFTIETH wedding anniversary! I colored up the cake with Copics and added it to the center with foam tape. That beautiful cake is from an earlier set, found here.

Now, you know I had to make a SUNSHINE card…and here I used orange and yellow inks and partially embossed them with gold to give it a shiny flair.

Then I masked off portions of the card front to create those “sun rays.” This “hey there” sentiment is one of my favorites!! I added a black shadow to the sentiment, some glittery Wink of Stella pen, and a bit of Glossy Accents on top. A few Jewel Nuvo Drops finish off the card. I wish you could see the glitter on this card!

The last card I have to show you today turned out different than I planned….but I love how it turned out!

Have you ever had a happy mistake on your card? I originally embossed the lower half of the card in white, then inked on some blue Distress Ink. When I went to clean off the heat-set embossing powder a little, I used a dry baby wipe that had some green ink on it and SMEARED that green ink all over! But look at that color variation it gave me on the bottom half of the card! And yes, I got it all over the clean white top half, too.

I didn’t give up…I cut off the bottom portion. Then I found an ink swatch (that I used to test colors) with the green, blue, and purples on my desk and thought it would pair nicely with my *MISTAKE.*

The circle die is from the Everyday Circles Die set, and the “Fabulous Friend” and hearts are from the Fabulous Phrases Dies. The “For A” sentiment is from the Wonderful Florals Stamp Set that was also released this month. Isn’t that sentiment lovely?! And Voila! Saved it!

These Concord & 9th sets are wonderful, and they make it easy to create beautiful cards everytime! Check out their Mosaic bundle here to save money.

I hope you enjoyed these projects today! Thank you so much for stopping by.

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Wonderful Florals Stamps & Dies with Concord & 9th

By KariV on February 23, 2018 in Paper Crafting

Hello, everyone! Today I am spotlighting a NEW FAVORITE stamp set called Wonderful Florals from Concord & 9th. If you only get one set from this February 2018 new release, please consider getting this one! It is awesome and has quickly become a favorite for this year!

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I realize that I love to have a stack of the Wonderful Florals stamp already stamped out, then take my Daniel Smith Watercolor sample dots and watercolor in front of the TV. It is so satisfying AND I can be in the same room as my husband. Win-Win.

Here is my first favorite card:

Isn’t it wonderful?! This is only watercoloring that panel and cutting it down a bit to put directly onto the black card base. So simple, yet so stunning! I painted some of those flowers to look like succulents, then I painted up the flowers to look like cactus flowers (hey…I’m from Arizona, it just comes naturally!)

Next, I used that cute striped stamp in the set as a background for the die cut letters:

I’ll tell you, it does wonders for your self esteem to have such a wonderful sentiment on your crafty desk! Lol. (I do keep this displayed on my desk right now!)

I love the stripes with the flowers and black die cut letters on top. I white heat embossed “You’re so” onto black paper to complete the sentiment.

Next, I wanted to use another of my very favorite stamp sets from Concord & 9th: the Barnwood Background stamp! I stamped this with Distress Oxide ink and then heat embossed it in clear to add even more texture to the card. Then I added my watercolor Wonderful Floral stamp onto black fun foam. Last, I used distress ink to ink up the letters in an ombre fashion and added some white gel dots. I attached the letters using foam tape.

Oh my heavens, I love how this turned out! Concord & 9th has such striking, beautiful sets, don’t they?

And I may have gotten a little carried away…because I just couldn’t stop making these in all the colors!

When I told my husband I was going to make this card in all the colors, he told me I was crazy. Maybe I am, Honey, Maybe I am….BUT JUST LOOK AT THAT PICTURE! It was all worth it if just to capture that picture. 🙂

On the inside of the card I stamped “Have a Wonderful Day” or “You’re so Wonderful.”

The Wonderful Floral dies are also a must have…they make it not only easy to cut out the shapes and letters for the cards I’ve made above, but they also make it easy to create SHAKER CARDS!

I used just the die cut word “Wonderful” and added a few of the single flowers around it:

I used clear beads for the inside of the shaker and it adds such a fun element. I white heat embossed the sentiment onto black cardstock to add before and after the shaker word. Here’s a close up:

I hope you enjoyed these projects today! As you can see, there are SO MANY things you can do with this Wonderful Florals Bundle set.

I’ll leave you with a couple more of my favorite pictures:

Thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful day…;)

Supplies Used:

Wonderful Florals Bundle
Wonderful Florals Stamp Set
Wonderful Florals Die Set
Barnwood Background Stamp Set

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Birthday Stacks Stamps & Dies with Concord & 9th

By KariV on February 16, 2018 in Paper Crafting

Hello everyone! Today I’m thrilled to be featuring the new Birthday Stacks Stamp Set and Birthday Stacks Dies by Concord & 9th.

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These new products are a delight to create with and I think you will agree…they are pretty revolutionary! The Birthday Stacks dies will cut a “surround” for your images so you can create a pop-up card that is completely mailable!

Here’s the first card I created with that die and the Birthday Stacks Stamp set:

The “celebrate” sentiment is also a die included in this die set. Here I colored it with Copic Markers to match my color scheme, and backed it with another die cut celebrate word in black cardstock. I heat embossed the “it’s your day” on black cardstock and attached it to the very front using foam tape.

I stamped and colored the candles, then used the coordinating die to cut it out. These dies also have a notch in them to show you where to fold so they fit perfectly in your surround!

Here’s a side view to show you the dimension:

And it folds down to perfectly fit into an A2 size envelope! Genius, Concord & 9th! Check out the Birthday Stacks Bundle here to buy them both at a discount.

The balloons were stamped on the back surround (before I scored and folded the sides) and colored with Copic markers. I added white gel pen accents and Nuvo jewel drops to finish it off.

My next card is for a pretty significant birthday boy who is turning FIFTY!! This time I created a black card and heat embossed in silver:

I used the presents in the set this time, and added Prismacolor colored pencil in white, light blue, lavender, and yellow for some interest. I also heat embossed the “happy birthday” sentiment in silver on the first panel.

The die cut I used is called “Hooray die” and is a *free earned reward when you spend $60 in the Concord & 9th shop! (until March 8, 2018 or while supplies last)

Here’s a look at the side view on this one:

The great thing about these sets is that you DON’T HAVE TO USE THEM FOR POP-UP CARDS ONLY! You can also use them for traditional cards.

I created a colorful card for someone who is getting up there in age as well…and used multiple lines of candles:

I love that you can simply mask the top of this stamp and create an entire background filled with candles! I heat embossed with white embossing powder, and used distress ink over the top.

That die “You’ve Got This” is from an earlier Concord & 9th Release. I die cut it from the background, then glued in some black fun foam die cut from the same phrase. I adhered the colorful, inked die cut phrase right over the top. What a fun card to give to someone who doesn’t appreciate birthdays as much! 😉

My last card is also an A2 card using these sets. I stamped and die cut several of the images, then popped them up on different levels using foam tape:

I used Daniel Smith watercolors on this card, for a fast (under five minute!) card….I love it when a card comes together easily and quickly!

Just a note on that sentiment: I stamped it first, allowed it to dry, then covered it with post-it tape before stamping the balloon strings! Such an easy technique, but so fun. 🙂 There are two styles of balloon strings you can choose from, and I used both styles here.

I hope you enjoyed these cards today using the Birthday Stacks Bundle. A big thank you for stopping by!

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