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May 2018 Release with Our Daily Bread Designs

May 1, 2018 Paper Crafting

Today I am sharing a project(s) I created using Our Daily Bread Designs May Release. I am so excited about this release because everything is so calm and peaceful…let me show you what I mean.

This first set I’m featuring is called “Come to Me” and is a beautiful scene of beach chairs at the ocean…oh, how I wish I was here in this picture!

I colored this up with Copic markers and added some white gel pen dots to the ocean waves to make it look like the ocean foam. Doesn’t this scene just look dreamy!?!

And here are the projects I have to share using the Turtle Love set:

That turtle is just so AWESOME! Lol. I colored him up using Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and then added him to some paper from this paper pack. This is probably my favorite ODBD paper pack of all time!

For my last card today, I am featuring the Lever Card Die. I have never used a die like this before, and I LOVED it! Just look at how fun this turtle is on a moving lever card:

and here is the inside:

Which one is your favorite of these beachy projects today? I had such a great time making them that I just can’t pick a favorite! Bye for now…I hope your week is filled with calm.

For more inspiration using the May Release and to see the other designers projects, be sure to visit the ODBD Blog here.

May your days be filled with sunshine,

Totes Beach Collection

April 25, 2018 Paper Crafting

Hello again! Today I’m so excited because I have another collection to share with you using the Timeless Totes dies and Layers add-ons from Daily Bread Designs. It is a fantastic die, and probably my favorite crafty item right now!

I have created a beachy theme (another of my favorites) for this collection:

This beach tote has a watercolor feeling, using these papers from Our Daily Bread Designs. Oh, and did I mention they also have a wallet die that fits inside the purse? It is called the Petite Pocketbook Die and it is so cute! Here I made a beachy sand wallet using papers from the same collection.

But that’s not all….oh, no. If you know me, you know that I love making collections and this purse die was screaming out for a collection!

See that one on the left? It is so beautiful to use the Tote Embossed Inset Die as a stencil!! Normally, you would use this die to emboss a darker cardstock to make it look like leather. But I wanted a BEACH feel, so I used the die to emboss that beautiful design, then I inked it using Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink and a finger dauber.

The striped one in the middle is painted with watercolors! I used a kraft paper for the base of the purse on this one, reminiscent of sand. Notice the fun rope knots on the handles; doesn’t that just scream beach tote to you? (it does to me!)

I also created a video for you to show you just how easy these purses are to assemble! Watch it below or on YouTube:

And I also had a little fun creating a no-line watercolor card to match my beach tote. I wanted it to have the same feeling as the tote:

This fish set is also from the April release of Our Daily Bread Designs, and you can find it here. I used the bass fish and Gansai Tambi watercolors to paint the water, then I stamped the bass using a very light colored ink. I colored over it using watercolors and I think it has a soft, beautiful feeling.

If you haven’t already seen my Essentials Collection, you can view it here…it’s a beautiful collection of neutrals and black and white purses that are much more elegant! Here’s a peek at one of my favorites:

The Beach Collection is much more informal and beachy! So fun that there are so many options you have with this set. I might be a little obsessed…Lol.

I hope you enjoyed my collection of beachy totes and cards today! I love that you can make so many variations with these dies! So. much. fun.

May your days be filled with sunshine,

The Greatest Gift…..Really!

April 18, 2018 Mother's Day, Paper Crafting

Today I’m going to tell you all the reasons why I love this new set from Our Daily Bread Designs called “The Greatest Gift.”

It is a beautiful Mother’s Day set with GORGEOUS butterflies (just look at that detail in the wings!)
It has not only the butterfly stamps but also the matching DIES to cut out those butterflies (yes! The dies come with it!)
I love all the sentiments like: “A mother holds your hand for a while, but holds your HEART forever” and “To the World you are a Mother, but to your family you are the World”
The font on said sentiments is a fantastic blend of script and uppercase lettering
It makes beautiful cards so easy…

Here are my creations this week with this set:

I heat embossed the butterflies on VELLUM with glitter embossing powder. I thought the wings looked so beautiful on vellum. And there is that sentiment that I love! I used this set for the gate, which I embossed with Liquid Platinum embossing powder.

Here’s a closer look at those butterflies…look at that detail in the wings!

On this card, I also heat embossed onto vellum and then I added color to the back of the vellum using Distress Oxides. If you look closely, you will see where I stamped the butterflies using WATER onto the background to create a ghosted effect. So cool. I love that circle scalloped rectangle die…I just picked this up last month at the Stamp Convention.

For this last card, I thought the butterflies needed some flowers to complete the scene. If I were to mail this card, I would definitely need to make a larger envelope! This time I embossed with gold embossing powder onto white cardstock, then I added some color using a finger dauber and some Distress Oxides in three different colors: Picked Raspberry, Spiced Marmalade, and Squeezed Lemonade. I inked up the background with some Salty Ocean Distress Oxide and added another of my favorite sentiments from this set.

I hope you enjoyed these projects today! I’ll be back next week with some fun beachy projects to share…and I can’t wait!

May your days be filled with sunshine,

Timeless Totes with Our Daily Bread Designs

April 11, 2018 Paper Crafting

Today I want to introduce you to an awesome purse die from Our Daily Bread Designs. It’s called Timeless Totes and is so much fun to create with! I felt just like a purse designer, and I just couldn’t stop at one. Instead, I created two entire lines: The Essentials Collection, and The Spring Collection:

THE ESSENTIALS COLLECTION

THE SPRING COLLECTION

One thing I love about this die set is that it’s so versatile! You can add the tassel in various colors, you can add the pocket, you can add the buckle…there is so much you can do to change up these purses.

For example, take a look at this spring collection: on the blue purse I added the pocket and a buckle, the yellow purse I simply added a small flower on the pocket, and the purple purse I added the tassel to the pocket that was embossed for interest. Also, look at the beautiful papers that you can change up to make any feeling you want! (You can bet I’ve got more collections coming)!

Here’s a closer look at the spring collection, it’s a casual, happy collection with sweet spring colors:

I added the cream color on the handles of this purse for more interest. And that sweet little flower is from this set.

Take a look at those side pockets! These are so awesome because when you attach them, they create that soft curve…perfect for holding a cell phone, right?! Lol.

The purple tassel is one of my favorites…matches those pretty handles!! Do you need a purple purse in your life?

And for the Essentials Collection, I had some fun with embossing on the body of the purses.

Look at those KEYS!!! I used this die here and heat embossed them several times with silver embossing powder. I just love them hanging off the purse! I wouldn’t have to dig through my purse to find my keys if they hang so nicely on the side like this! Lol. I used another die here to emboss those circles around the face of the purse, and I added a black “leather like” band around the bottom of the purse.

Notice the stitches around the edges of this purse…I simply used a black pen! So easy. And here I used gold foil paper for the buckle and around the top of the tassel. I just ADORE those finishing touches. I embossed the double stitched square dies in the center of the purse. Doesn’t that just add some class?!

This embossed purse might be my favorite! I used pearl paper so in real life this purse just glows with pearlescent beauty! I used this die here to create the diamonds in the purse, and added black paper on the sides for a dramatic look! It’s so fancy! Oh, and see the gold plate near the top of the purse…that’s part of the buckle that I cut with gold foil paper; just imagine that’s where the designer label is etched.

This taupe purse rounds out the Essentials collection. Here I used white for the tassel and the buckle to match the fun polka dots on the pocket. And that pocket really opens! It’s held closed by a small piece of velcro.

So which purse would you need to add to your purse collection? I just realized that I would need a basic black purse too, and probably a red purse, and a turquoise purse….Lol. I have a few more to create, don’t I?

I hope you enjoyed these collections today! Do check out these dies at Our Daily Bread Designs, I think that they are so much fun to create with.

May your days be filled with sunshine,

Hope Blooms

April 10, 2018 Paper Crafting

Hi, today I have a soft and beautiful floral card to share with you. I just got a new stencil that I love and I decided to dry emboss it first, then add some color using distress ink and a little colored pencil.

Isn’t this a glorious flower? Here is another photo where you can see the embossing:

Sometimes I just need to to make a flower come alive with color! “Where flowers bloom, so does hope” is from the Peony Spray stamp set from Altenew. This stencil, called Poppy Bloom is also from Altenew and was perfect for today. So pretty, and the soft coloring was just like a hug for me. Hope on a card!

I hope you enjoyed this sweet and hopeful project today.

Wishing a very Happy 4th Birthday to Altenew!!

May your days be filled with sunshine,