Friends - DD Color Challenge

Happy Saturday, everyone!  I actually have two friendship cards to share with you today...the first was created for the Divinity Designs Color Combo Challenge. This month we are using colors inspired by papers from the Fall Favorites Paper Pad...just a little reminder that summer is coming to an end and Fall is on its way.

I decided to use the Forever Friends stamp set for my sample...I just love these cone flowers in fall colors!

Creative Nugget:  The new Z Fold Card with Layers Dies were used to create the base  of the card and some of the layers were cut with papers from the Follow the Son Paper Pad which coordinate with the Fall Favorites pad.  The sentiment peeking out from the second fold was embossed on and layered to circles cut with the Circles and Filigree Circles Dies.

The card opens to reveal a whole field of coneflowers which were masked and stamped repeatedly across all of the panels and colored with Copic Markers.  The new Farm Fence Die was used for the fencing and the sentiment was stamped on a banner cut with one of the Treat Tags Dies.

For my second card we head down to the farm!

Creative Nugget:  The blue and green papers from the Boho Bolds Paper Pad were cut with the Sunburst Background Die and the Grass Hill Die to form the background for the farm scene. The animals are all from the Farm Friends Stamp/Die Duo and were colored with Copic Markers.  Other dies used to create the scene include the Barn, Farm Fence, Pierced Circles and Fancy Circles dies.

By making a little T cut with a craft knife around the barn doors, they fold open to reveal a white embossed sentiment inside...along with two more farm friends!  The sentiments are from the Hogs & Kisses stamp set.

These cards will be submitted for the following challenges:

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge 1933 - Anything Goes
2 Crafty Critter Crazies Challenge #29 - Anything Goes Featuring a Critter
Alphabet Challenge - K is for Kind Thoughts
CCEE1934 - Fancy Folds
Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #198 - Emboss It!

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Be sure to hop on over to the Divinity Designs Blog to check out the other Color Challenge projects created by the Divinity Divas!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Hugs,

Cathymac

Sweet Friendship

Hello sweet friends!  Today I'm hosting the Ways to Use It Challenge on Splitcoaststampers and we are using stripes…stamped, sponged, embossed, or even on designer paper. Easy, Right?  Hope you can join us.  Here is my card with stripes sponged through different stencils and embossed with an impression plate:

Creative Nugget:  The embossed stripes were cut with a Circle Cutter, stitched to a Layered Lacey Oval, and mounted onto the sponged and splattered stripes to make the background for the frangipani flowers from a new stamp set called Sweet as Perfume by Our Daily Bread Designs.  The sentiment was embossed, cut with one of the Oval Dies, and mounted to one of the Ornate Ovals. Ribbon, metallic thread, and colored rhinestones were added to finish the card.

Since friends are such a sweet blessing in our lives, whether they are close by or far away, this card was created for all of my very dear forever friends!

Creative Nugget:  The coneflower from the Forever Friends stamp set was randomly white embossed on a piece of Mixed Media paper and watercolored.  A Leafy Edged Border Die was used to create a curvy border for the pretty Cozy Quilt paper.  A frame was cut using the Lavish Layers Die and a Double Stitched Rectangle Die.  Distress inks were used to water color the white embossed coneflower.  Layered Lacy Oval Dies were used to cut and mat the embossed sentiment panel.  Crinkly heated ribbon was used to make the bow.

These cards will also be submitted for the following Challenges:

Word Art Wednesday #240 - Anything Goes
Pile It On #112 - Use Your Favorite Colors
Just Us Girls #352 - Color Week (Coral, Yellow, Pink)
Coffee, Chocolate, & Cards #113 - Fancy and Use Pink

Your visit means so very much to me…thanks so much for stopping by!  Find a friend and give them a big hug!

Hugs,
Cathymac

Take Another Look at the ODBD July 2016 Release

Hello friends!  Today Our Daily Bread Designs is taking another look at the July 2016 Release!  The flowers in this month's release are just beautiful as you will see as you hop to each of the Breadstick Designers' blogs!  

The Forever Friends stamp set and some of the new ovals dies were used to create the Double Z card below.

Creative Nugget:  The coneflower in the Forever Friends stamp set was stamped multiple times across the panels on the Double Z card and colored with Copic Markers and a Yellow Wink of Stella Marker.   Several more coneflowers were stamped on scraps of card stock, colored, fussy cut, and popped up for dimension.   The Z Fold border was lined with paper from the Beautiful Boho Collection and a Fence Die cut.  The sentiment was stamped on a label cut with one of the Layered Lacey Ovals Dies and tied to the fence.  Ribbon was used to keep the card closed.

When opened, the whole field of coneflowers is displayed.  A second sentiment from the Forever Friends set was stamped on a panel cut with one of the other Layered Lacey Ovals Dies.

Here are the fabulous new products from the Our Daily Bread Designs July 2016 Release that were used to make this card...

…and some other previously released products:

To see all of the breathtaking projects created with the July Release products hop on over to the Our Daily Bread Designs Blog. Then click the links below to see the details for each beautiful project.  

Lori * Robin * Melissa * Julie * Sandee * Cathy 

Dawn * Lisa * Sabrina * Diana

 Diane (Guest Designer) 

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a wonderful weekend…take time to smell the flowers!

Hugs,

Cathymac