Birds of the Season

Hello friends!  For those in America....I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Not only do I have plenty of leftovers from our meal yesterday, but I also have lots of leftovers laying around on my craft desk.  The Ways To Use It Challenge on Splitcoaststampers yesterday was to use up some of those crafty leftovers...so, I put some of them to good use and finished a couple of Christmas cards featuring two birds of the season.

Creative Nugget:  My leftover scraps were turned into banners and stitched together to make the background for this Winter Chickadee.  The stamps, dies, and papers used are from Our Daily Bread Designs and include Winter Chickadee, Winter Cardinal, Holly Jolly Paper Collection, Pierced Rectangles, Double Stitched Circles, Circles, Pennant Flags and Double Stitched Pennant Flags.

Creative Nugget:  The Pine Branches, Pinecones, Pierced Oval and Snow Globe were all cut from leftovers laying an my desk. The cardinal colored with Copic Markers and greeting are both from the Winter Cardinal stamp set and the papers are from the Christmas Collection 2017.

These cards will be submitted for the following challenges:

As You See It Challenge #163 - Have a Banner Day

Sunny Day Crafting Challenge #62 - U is for Up in the Air

Pile It On #136 - Large Sentiment and/or Things With Wings

Moving Along With the Times #59 - Christmas Animals

Thanks so much for stopping by...have a wonderful weekend!

Hugs,

Cathymac

Looking Back at the ODBD November 2017 Release

Hello friends!  Today we are taking another look at the Our Daily Bread Designs November 2017 Release.  Get ready to see more wonderful winter and Christmas projects created by the Breadstick Designers using stamps and dies released this month. 

My first sample is a bridge fold card using the Winter Cardinal stamp set.

Creative Nugget:  The panels on the bridge card base were lined with papers from the Christmas Collection 2017 Paper Pad.  The Winter Cardinal image was colored with Copic Markers.  Rounded Rectangle Dies and the Double Stitched Rounded Rectangle Dies were used to cut out the cardinal and the mat.  The bridge was made using the Curvy Slopes Dies.  The Trees and Deer Dies were used to complete the winter scene.  A sentiment from the Winter Cardinal set was also cut and matted with Rounded Rectangle and Double Stitched Rounded Rectangle die cuts.

My second sample is a Christmas card using new dies from the November release.

Creative Nugget:  Curvy Slopes were cut from papers in the Christmas Collection 2017 Paper Pad and used at the bottom of the card base which was cut with a Pierced Rectangle Die.  Three trees from the Trees and Deer Dies were used to cut trees from another panel also cut with a Pierced Rectangle Die.  This panel was mounted to  paper from the Christmas Collection 2017 so that the paper showed through the tree cut outs.  Two of the trees that were cut out of the panel were then popped onto the front of the card using foam tape for dimension.  The deer were added as well as a corner accent cut with the Pine Branches Die.  The sentiment is from the Winter Chickadee stamp set and was embossed in the upper corner to finish the card.

Here are the fabulous new products available at the Our Daily Bread Designs Store that were used to make these projects… 

…and some old favorites previously released:

To see all of the wonderful projects created with the November Release, hop on over to the Our Daily Bread Designs Blog. Then click the links below to see the details for each project.

Cathy * Dawn * Sandee * Kathy * Helen * Diana * Lori 

These cards will also be submitted for the following challenges:

ABC Christmas Challenge - W for White and X for X Marks the Spot

Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #268 - Holiday

Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog - Anything Goes + A Sentiment

Craft Rocket Challenge #43 - Christmas is Coming!

Sparkles Christmas Challenge #82 - More Than One Fold

Pile It On #136 - Large Sentiments

Thanks so much for stopping by…Hope you are inspired by these cards!

Have a wonderful day!    

Hugs,

Cathymac