Field of Flowers

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Kathy aka laurasbuffy....congrats, Kathy!  I loved the blended background colors of this beautiful card from Kathy's awesome gallery.  For my card, I used a watercolor wash technique with a wide brush.  After the panel was dry, it was stamped with 'Botanical Beauty' background stamp from Taylored Expressions and a sentiment from 'Large Peony 4' by The Ton, then cut out with a Double Stitched Rectangles Die from Divinity Designs LLC.  Lavender baker's twine and rhinestones were added for finishing touches.

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Blessings,

Wings of Time

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Sally Merla aka CraftyMerla......congrats, Sally!!  Oh wow, it was extremely tough to choose a card from her gallery since I loved so many, but I finally decided on this gorgeous card for inspiration to create a birthday card for my step-dad.  I went with similar colors and a bird image, but added some stenciling, linen thread and two metallic dots.  The background was created using the Wrinkle Free Distress technique....ink pads were swiped onto a craft sheet, spritzed with water, then ivory cardstock was pressed into it.  The stamps I used are from the 'Woodpecker' set by Divinity Designs, the panel was cut out with the DD Custom Double Stitched Rectangles Dies set and the stenciling was sponged over the 'Arrows' Mixed Media Stencil.

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Blessings,

For A Special Doctor

Hi, everyone!  This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from OPI, which is all based on nail polish.  When I saw this lovely color, it reminded me of the original sage color of scrubs worn by doctors.  A young man in my study group has been in the hospital for a couple of months due to a motorcycle crash, so my plan is to make thank you cards for he and his family to share with his caregivers there during his recovery.  Since I am totally in love with the Wrinkle Free Distress technique, I created a quick background to match the scrubs.  The sentiments and images are from the 'Great Care' Stamp/Die Duos set and the following ODBD Custom dies were used as well: Double Stitched Rectangles, Double Stitched Circles, and Circles. 

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Have a blessed weekend!

Coffee Is A Hug In A Mug

Happy Friday, everyone!  Today, some of the ODBD Design Team has teamed up with some members of the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Design Team and are sharing projects using ODBD Coffee themed products!  If you came from the ODBD Blog, you're in the right spot.  If not, you might want to start there so that you don't miss any inspiration!  In case you get lost, here is a complete list:

ODBD Blog
Angie Crockett....that's me!

Coffee Loving Cardmakers  

Amy Tsuruta

Kerry Urbatch  

Helen Gullett  

Lisa Bzibziak

Robyn Jordan  

Lori Turner  

Dana Gong

Dana Warren  

Erin Thiem  

Katie Brooks  

Kathy Schweinfurth

Laurel Seabrook  

Just for commenting on the ODBD Blog, my Blog or the participating Coffee Loving Cardmakers DT Blogs listed above, you have a chance of winning a $25 ODBD Gift Certificate!  But that's not all,  from August 3rd - 10th, 2018, you can save 20% on Our Daily Bread Designs, North Coast Creations and Artistic Outpost stamp sets, Custom Dies and Paper Collections on the ODBD Website when you enter the code coffee in the discount codes area.  Please note that Bundles are NOT included in this sale.

My card sample today features the fun 'Hug in a Mug' Stamp/Die Duos set, along with the ODBD Custom Clouds and Raindrops Dies set (tiny hearts), ODBD Custom Pierced Circles Dies, ODBD Custom Circles Dies (mat), and the ODBD Custom Pierced Rectangles Dies.  The background was created by swiping two shades of brown ink onto a craft mat, spritzed with water, then instant coffee granules were sprinkled on and allowed to dissolve.  The ink/coffee mixture was then blotted up with a piece of white cardstock.  Once the panel was dry, it was cut with the largest die from the Pierced Rectangles, and again with the next smallest die (this created a frame border which was adhered to the inside panel.)  Five extra mugs were stamped, watercolored, cut with the custom die, then popped up on the card.

Here are the ODBD products used in my card today:

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Blessings,

Our Daily Bread designs August New Release

Hi, everyone! The summer months are flying by!  It's August 1st already and that means that there is another fabulous new release from Our Daily Bread designs!  You can see the entire new release, prize information, plus all of the amazing designer samples RIGHT HERE. 

Here are the ODBD products featured in my two samples for today:

My first card features the new ODBD Custom Get Well Soon Dies, ODBD Custom Bitty Butterflies Dies, and the ODBD Custom Pierced Rectangles Dies.  The background panel was colored with yellow, green, and aqua inks using the Wrinkle Free Distress technique (swipe ink pads onto a craft sheet or washable surface, spray with water to blend, then blot up the ink with your paper.)  The same colors were used to sponge the butterflies.  Aqua gems and baker's twine were added as simple embellishments.

My second card features the 'Great Care' Stamp/Die Duos set, ODBD Custom Fancy Circles Dies, ODBD Custom Circles Dies, ODBD Custom Pierced Rectangles Dies, ODBD Easter Card Collection 2016, and the ODBD Pastel Paper Collection.  The scrubs image was stamped onto polka dot and pink designer paper then fussy cut and paper pieced together. The small rectangle panel was cut using the die-resizing technique to give me the exact width I needed for this design. The only embellishment added was pink baker's twine.

Thanks for hanging out with us today!

Blessings,

Faith Changes Everything

Happy Saturday, everyone! This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from Serengeti Fashions....I fell in love with the colors and tropical flowers of this ladies top. For my card, I started with watercolor paper plus navy blue, medium blue, and light green inks using the Ink, Spray, and Smash Technique.  Once the panel was dry, I used the ODBD Custom Frangipani Dies set and ODBD Custom Tropical Leaves Dies set with scratch paper so that the outside edges of the images could be sponged.  Then the dies were placed over the sponged image and the inside patterns were sponged. The word die from the 'Walk By Faith' Stamp/Die Duos set was cut out of the panel plus cut twice with navy blue cardstock, using the Two Tier Eclipse technique (found here at SCS on the Tutorials link....note:  you have to be signed in to access this page.)  Once the panel was cut and framed with the ODBD Custom Pierced Rectangles Dies set and the Faith word popped up, the only embellishments added were some green pearls.

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Blessings,

Butterfly Hello

Hi, everyone! This week's Featured Stamper is Joanne Allison aka Angelnorth....congrats, Joanne!!  I chose this amazing dragonfly card because of the cool watercolor background and wanted to step outside of my comfort zone to make something a little messy.  I started with a piece of watercolor paper, brushed plain water over it here and there, then touched a paintbrush with blue reinker to the water and the colors ran through.  I was going to use two colors, but the blue separated into lavender, so yay for me!!!  Some flecks from the paintbrush were added after the ink was done running.  Once the panel was dry, it was cut out with the ODBD Custom Double Stitched Rectangles Dies.  The butterflies from 'Butterfly and Bugs' was stamped in Stazon Jet Black, then watercolored with the same blue ink.  The ODBD Custom Hello Die was added instead of stamping a sentiment.  I will also be submitting this to Lydia's Dare to Get Dirty challenge from Saturday, which is a secret unless you are a Fan Club member! :)

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Blessings,