Palomino Beauties

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Cheri aka cburry....congrats, Cheri!!  I chose this fun card to recreate...loved the simple layout and I'm a sucker for a cloud background!  For my card, the horse image from Saddle Up (by Our Daily Bread designs) was stamped onto a white panel and again on a small piece of white cardstock in order to fussy cut the image and pop it up for dimension.  The flowers were colored, then clear-coated using a Glaze Pen.  Once the glaze was dry, using masking, the grassy area was sponged in green (the glaze resisted the green ink); the clouds were sponged in aqua over a template created with the ODBD Custom Clouds and Raindrops Dies set. The same glaze resist technique was used on the horses' manes, tails, and other white portions; once the clear glaze was dry, caramel ink was sponged to create the Palomino look.

Thanks for stopping by!

God bless!

Our Daily Bread designs December New Releases!

Hi, everyone!  Welcome to the Our Daily Bread designs December New Release party!!!!  Kelley has done it again....there are four amazing new stamps sets and three new "got-to-have" cutting die sets as well!!!  Check out the entire release HERE!  If you'd like a chance to win some ODBD stamps, please follow the instructions below:

Prize Information: 

Three randomly selected winners will each receive a $25 gift certificate to the ODBD Store, to be used toward the purchase of ODBD Stamps found in the "ODBD stamps column" of the website just for commenting on the Design Team cards!  You have until December 2, 2015 at 9:00 p.m. EST to leave your comments on the Designers Blogs for a chance to win!  The Winners will be posted on the ODBD Blog on December 3rd, so be sure to check back there to see if you won!

* Julie * Dawn * Amy * Cathy * Lori * Sandee * Robin *                                     * America * Lisa * Grace * Sabrina * Chris * Silke *

My two samples today feature these new and previously released items:

My first card features the Saddle Up set, the new ODBD Custom Double Stitched Circles Dies, ODBD Custom Matting Circles Dies, and the ODBD Custom Happy Birthday Dies set.  The background is real denim from a pair of jeans which has been in my fabric stash for many years.  When I saw the Saddle Up set, I knew I wanted to create a "dapple gray" look.  The image was stamped onto the die cut circle (cut with the ODBD Custom Matting Circles Dies and matted with the ODBD Custom Double Stitched Circles Dies), plus again on scrap cardstock so that I could fussy cut them and pop them up with foam tape.  The white sections of the horses were highlighted with a clear glaze pen, then once dry, the gray was sponged on the bodies and the manes and tails were colored with a marker.  The glaze pen acted as a resist.  To create the dapple look, I dotted a white gel pen lightly plus added slight water marks all over with a paintbrush.  The 'Happy' was cut from the ODBD Custom Happy Birthday Dies set and the 'birthday' was cut by hand from the Happy Birthday sentiment in the Saddle Up set.

For my next card, the image from Plough the Fields was stamped in Stazon Jet Black, then watercolored.  Vintage is not normally my style, but I thought an old-fashioned tractor with faded paint would work well.  The ODBD Custom Rectangles Dies fit this image perfectly and it was matted with the ODBD Custom Double Stitched Rectangles Dies set.  The background panel was stamped with the Wood Background in kraft ink, then the sentiment was overstamped in black.  Since the image was partly water-colored with artichoke ink, I added artichoke denim ribbon for an accent before popping up the image panel with foam tape.

Thanks so much for hanging out with us!!

God bless!!