Two for Tuesday: Winter Chickadee

Hello friends!  I have a second post for today because it's time for another Two for Tuesday feature over at the Our Daily Bread Designs Blog.  Since I was in the mood for Christmas in July...I chose to feature the Winter Chickadee stamp set for my two cards.

Creative Nugget:  A little distress watercolor was splattered on the background to give texture to the white space.  The chickadee from the Winter Chickadee stamp set was colored with Copic Markers and a sentiment from the set was heat embossed.  The card was embellished with a few Pine Branches and berries.  Other dies used from the ODBD Store include Pierced Rectangles, Pierced Circles, Circles, and Circle Ornaments.

Creative Nugget:  Papers from the Holly Jolly Paper Collection were added on the stepped up version and were cut with the new Quilted Background Die to create a Christmasy background for the little chickadee.

Be sure to hop on over to the ODBD Blog to see more Two for Tuesday creations!

These cards will be submitted for the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday Week #342 - Anything Goes

The Merry Christmas Challenge #26 - Anything Christmas

Sunny Day Crafting Challenge #26 - Any Animal

Happy Little Stampers - July Anything Goes With Dies

A Perfect Time to Craft Open Challenge #7 - 1st July 2018

Thanks so much for stopping by!  

Hugs,

Cathymac

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

Welcome to the ODBD November 2017 Release.

Hello friends!  Welcome to the Our Daily Bread Designs November 2017 Release.  Now that November is here, December and Christmas will not be far behind.  With that in mind, Our Daily Bread Designs is releasing thee new stamp sets and lots of fun dies to help get ready for winter and the Christmas season.  Get ready to see some beautiful winter and Christmas projects created by the Breadstick Designers using the new release products 

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 "stamps column" of the website just for commenting on the Design Team cards!  You have until November 2, 2017 at 9:00 p.m. EDT to leave your comments on the Designers' Blogs for a chance to win!  The Winners will be posted on the ODBD Blog on November 3rd, so be sure to check back there to see if you won!

My first sample was made with the new Winter Chickadee stamp set.

Creative Nugget: A sentiment from the Winter Chickadee set was white embossed on a piece of Kraft card stock cut with a Pierced Rectangle Die.  This panel was splattered with white acrylic paint.  Two panels of paper from the Christmas 2017 Collection were also cut with the Pierced Rectangle Dies and mounted to the Kraft layer.  The Winter Chickadee was colored with Copic Markers, cut with a Pierced Circle Die, and matted with paper cut with a Circle Die. The Pinecones Dies and Pine Branches Dies were used to cut a pine spray which was tied to the card with jute twine.  Frosting Powder was added to give a little sparkle to the snow on the branch.

My second sample uses the Snowman Family stamp set and the Snow Globe Die.

Creative Nugget:  Paper from the Christmas 2017 Collection was cut with a  Pierced Rectangle Die and a Pierced Circle Die.  The Snow Globe was also cut from paper from the Christmas 2017 Collection.  Two snow drifts were cut with the Curvy Slopes Dies. One drift was adhered to the front of the card.  The Snow Globe was added next, and finally the second drift was added.  A piece of acetate was glued to the back of the front panel.  The Snowman Family was stamped to another piece of card stock and colored with Copic Markers.  A double layer of foam tape holds the two layers together with sequins and seed beads sandwiched between.  The Trees and Deer Dies were used to cut two pine trees which were sponged and covered with Frosting Powder before adding them to the front of the card.  The sentiment from the Snowman Family stamp set was stamped on an oval cut with a Pierced Oval Die and mounted to an Oval die cut. to finish the card.

Here are the fabulous new products being released by 

Our Daily Bread Designs this month 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. While at each blog, be sure to leave a comment to be eligible to win one of the three fabulous prizes!

Cathy * Lisa * Dawn * Sandee * Chris 

 Angie * Kathy * Grace * Lori * Helen * Diana

Thanks so much for stopping by…Hope you are inspired by the hop!

Have a wonderful day!    

Hugs,

Cathymac