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Owl Always Love you and Winter cards

By KariV on December 21, 2018 in Christmas, Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I am sharing my last cards as a Designer for Our Daily Bread Designs. I have absolutely loved designing for ODBD, and I will certainly miss all the fun!

My first card is for my friends at ODBD, using the Winter Greetings stamp set with that beautiful owl. (I’ll always love you, ODBD friends and team! And a big thank you to Kelley for having me!)

I love that this set has a variety of greetings for both winter cards and other sentiments! I used the Pine branches and Pinecones dies on this card (some of my favorites).

My next card shows the beautiful snowy trees from the December release called Peaceful Wishes.

I added some glitter to those snowy trees and used Distress ink to ink around the edges of this card. If you don’t have a tag die, never fear…you can use a rectangle die in a smaller size to make a tag! I love how it looks with some grey pine branches and a blue thread bow. The frame is from this set.

My last card is a favorite:

I cut out that PEACE word from this die, then colored it with Copic markers in a variety of violets. I added dots using a white gel pen.

Then I cut out the Snowflake Sky die and used it as a stencil. To make it feel soft and dreamy, I used Clarity brushes to add the Distress ink in Salty Ocean, and Tattered Jeans. Those Clarity brushes are wonderful!

I hope you enjoyed my projects today. I hope you have a very happy Holiday season and a Merry Christmas!

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Flourish Tree Three Ways

By KariV on December 14, 2018 in Christmas, Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I have three very different cards using the exact same die, the Flourished Tree Inset die from Our Daily Bread Designs.

The first one is very simple, just showing off that beautiful die:

After I finished, I thought it needed a little more pizzazz, so I added some green sequins.

There! That’s better. Just a few simple touches and you have a beautiful card. I used the Pierced Rectangle Dies to create a frame for the middle piece. The fun foam creates even more dimension behind that middle panel.

Then, I thought it would be fun to create a STENCIL from this die cut. So I cut two trees out of white heavy cardstock, and used one for the green tree stencil and one for the red tree stencil. Here’s my card:

It creates a beautiful stencil and I just alternated the colors and the direction of the tree! I added a white heat embossed sentiment from this set on black cardstock and a few clear gem stones to dress it up a bit.

After I was finished with this card, I saw those cardstock stencils and decided to create a card out of them, too! Nothing goes to waste around here! I simply cut around each of those tree stencils (they were already red and green from creating the last card) and added them to a Snowy Sky backdrop.

I added some vellum before adhering the Merry Christmas sentiment from the Holiday Words dies. I hope you were inspired by all the ways you can use this Flourish Tree Inset die!

For more inspiration on the December release products, visit the Our Daily Bread Designs blog here.

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A Forest of Trees

By KariV on December 7, 2018 in Christmas, Paper Crafting

There’s something just so serene about looking at a forest of trees. Today I have a few cards to share with you using some new stamp sets from Our Daily Bread Designs.

My first cards uses the new set called “Seek Me” and I think it is so dreamy. I created some colorful watercolor backgrounds and splattered white ink over the top. I used the larger stamp of the line of trees in the background using gray ink, then I stamped the larger set of three trees in front in a deep black ink.

The sentiment says “You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.” To me that feels so comforting and I just want to stare at these cards for a while.

My next card uses the stamp set called “Peaceful Wishes.” This is also a dreamy set, and I used some flocking to make snow on those trees:

The sentiment comes with that line on either side of the “and Happy New Year” and I simply extended the lines around the whole picture to create a box around those trees.

The fun flock is so easy to add…just put glue where you want the “snow” to be, and sprinkle on the fun flock. In real life it adds a fuzzy, snowy, dreamy feel.

I hope you enjoyed these projects today. I really enjoyed making them. The trees are so calming and that is perfect for this time of year. But you could really use these trees for any time of year.

Thanks for stopping by!

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December with Our Daily Bread Designs

By KariV on December 1, 2018 in Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I have some projects featuring the brand new December products from Our Daily Bread Designs.

My first card features the new Winter Greetings set with this adorable owl image:

I created a bokeh effect background using Distress Oxide inks in Peacock Feathers, Twisted Citron, and Iced Spruce. Then I added some circles with white ink and pearl Gansai Tambi watercolor paint.

I colored up that owl in Copics and added some white gel pen to make him look more fuzzy. Don’t you just want to squeeze him!? Here’s a close up of him:

My next card features the new Flourish Tree Inset die:

Isn’t that a beautiful tree. Imagine how easy cards can be using this die and some colored cardstock! I used paper from this paper pack and added some red glitter cardstock behind the die cut image. Then, I used the word “JOY” from the Peace and Joy die set as the sentiment. I colored it in three colors of green Copics and used the same green Copics on the bow on top of the tree. The bow is from an earlier set that I adore: the Ice Skate die set.

My last card today features the new Peace & Joy die. It is a great size for a card front!

Here I used paper from the Christmas Collection 2017 Paper pack. I die cut the Peace & Joy, then added some red fun foam behind the letters to pop them up. To finish it off, I added some Pine Branches and a Pinecone next to the word “Peace.” I just love the size of this die cut!

There’s a lot more to see of the new December Release! Check out the Daily Bread Designs blog here to see the full release and a lot more inspiration from the Design Team!

Thanks for stopping by.

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Joyful Gnomes

By KariV on November 26, 2018 in Christmas, Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I have a quick project to share featuring a stamp set available only in the Hedgehog Hollow Exclusive Christmas Box!

The papers and the stamp set are all included in the box (I added the green glitter paper from my stash):

I just love this stamp set from LDRS Creative! The background papers are also from LDRS creative and an entire 6×6 pack is included in the Limited Edition Exclusive Christmas Box.

If you are interested in my Copic Colors used, I have the list below:

Reds: R05, R46, R59
Greens: YG67, YG17, YG03, G09
Blues: BG49, BG57, BG53
Browns (stool and tree trunk): E43, E41, E79
Yellows: Y17, Y21
Greys (gnome 1 beard): C1, C3, C5
Greys (gnome 2 beard): W1, W3, W5

For more information about this Exclusive Christmas box, click here. Oh, and remember, today is the last day of the sale for 10% off!

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