ODBD December 2018 Release-Flourished Tree

Hello crafty friends!
Less than a week before Christmas, hard to believe! I’m dropping in to share my final two cards from the ODBD December 2018 release. These are the quickest, easiest cards to make. I used the stand-alone die, Flourished Tree Inset Die and combined with some designer papers from the 2018 Christmas Collection. That’s all you need!
For both cards:

• Trim your designer sheet panel to the size of your base.
• Place the die where you’d like, tape with a light removable adhesive to secure and then run through your die-cutting machine.
• Place a contrasting piece of designer paper behind your die cut and tape to the back of the panel so it shows through the front.
• Adhere the panel to your base, you can add sequins or Stickles or glitter glue to your tree and/or paper for an added touch. You can add the sentiment of your choice or leave it blank as I did.
• Done!

A big thanks to Our Daily Bread Designs for having me as a guest designer this month, it is always an honor!

I hope you’ll take a look at the entire December bundle, so many goodies in there!

Merry Christmas to you are yours!
Blessings,
Michelle

ODBD December 2018 Release-Warm Winter Greetings

Hi again, crafty friends!
This week I am highlighting two stamp sets, Winter Greetings and Seek Me, from Our Daily Bread Designs’ December release.

Card #1

This little guy is so cute!

• I started by stamping white cardstock with ODBD’s Wood Background stamp in a very light beige ink.
• I then stamped the owl image in brown ink, and colored it using Prismacolor pencils.
• Because I felt he needed to look fluffy I used my snow pen on his chest, wings and head. Heat set and watch the magical puffing of the ink! Here’s a close-up:

• Using the Pierced Rectangle dies, I cut a frame out of dark green paper from the Christmas Collection 2017 paper pad.
• I then used coordinating sheets of paper from the same pack to cover my base and mounted the framed image on top.
• The sentiment comes from the same set.

Card #2

I wanted to create a beautiful, wintery scene for this beautiful stamp.

• I started by taking a scrap piece of cardstock and cutting the slopes using a die from the Curvy Slopes die set. I used it to lay on my panel before I stamped the trees. Voila, instant mountains.
• I continued with the second line of trees but stamped twice to make them a little darker, this gives the illusion of being closer.
• The third line of trees I added some blue ink for a Blue Spruce tree look.
• Finally the larger tree in front, another image from this set, I stamped adding more blue and dark greens.
• I then cut another slope, covered it in adhesive tape and added a super fine glitter for the appearance of snow, and glued to my card base. I then decided to add more “snow" throughout the scene.
• Once I was finished with my scene I taped it to a sheet of paper from the same Christmas Collection 2017 pad.

How are you coming along with your Christmas cards? I’m great at creating them, not-so-great at mailing them!!! Yikes.
Thank you for stopping by and leaving a comment, It makes my day! Michelle

Altenew BAF-Poppy Winner

Good morning! And now to announce the blog-hop winner from the BAF Poppy Blog-hop and giveaway ($20 gift certificate from Altenew). 

and the winner is...

SANDY

Sandy, I have emailed you.

Thanks to everyone who participated and left a comment, hugs!

Michelle

ODBD December 2018 Release-Peace & Joy

Hello Friends!
Our Daily Bread Designs December 2018 release is another gorgeous issue of beautiful stamps and dies to help finish those holiday cards!  Here is a look at the release.

Using the Peace & Joy die I created the following two cards.

Card #1

• I used these gorgeous papers from the Christmas Collection 2017.  No stamping for these cards, easy peasy!!
• I ran the die through the dark green sheet of paper plus two additional times on regular 110 lb white cardstock, I then stacked the letters together to give the appearance of chipboard letters with dimension.
• I then used the Leafy Edged Borders on the snowflake sheet of paper and glued it to the lighter green sheet on my base.
• Then positioned the letters and glued down. 
• For an added “Christmas-y” touch I added Stickles to the snowflakes, they shine so pretty in the light.

Card #2

This also was a VERY easy card, only paper was used. I took a gold sheet from the Winter Collection 2014 centered the die and ran it through my die-cutting machine and a purple sheet from the Plum Pizzazz paper collection.

Thank you for stopping by! Michelle

Altenew Build-A-Flower: Poppy Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hi Crafty Friends! You should have arrived here from Therese Calvird's incredible blog.

I am beyond thrilled to be part of this Altenew blog hop! Total fangirl moment😆😆
Floral images and layered stamps are at the top of my favorite card-making supplies and Altenew is a master of both. It is no surprise I have several projects to share with you using the new Build-A-Flower: Poppy stamp/die duo. First, take a look at the set:

Purchase the Build-A-Flower: Poppy & Ink Bundle here and receive a 5% discount on the duo.

It comes with a layering guide as well or you can also download it from the product page:
Now on to the cards I created using the set.

• I created these cards at the same time, using my MISTI made it easy. All of my cards (except the note cards below) measure 5 x 6.5 inches.
• First I stamped the images using Tea Party and Rose Petal ink sets along with Memento Black ink for outline.
• I fussy cut the white areas right of the images. 
• I used a strip of black paper on the right side to make the flowers pop.
• I glued the panels down to the base while popping up the right sides with foam tape.
• The sentiments come from the same set.
• As a final touch of bling I added black sequins to the centers and Black Diamond Stickles for the rest of the centers as well as to add some “freckles” around the images.

Here is a video if you would like to watch my card-making process:

A few other cards I created:

• I used the Frame Circle Dies with Altenew’s Gold Foil cardstock to add a little sumthin’ sumthin’ to this pastel bouquet. 
• Ink sets used: Summer Afternoon, Warm & Cozy, Red Sunset

• For the next card I used the Tea Party mini ink cube set and the Green Fields alcohol artist markers to color the flowers/leaves
• Die cut the images
• Gold heat embossed the background using Altenew’s Rustic Linen clear background stamp.
• Arranged the flowers in a half-wreath shape.
• For the holiday sentiment I used the Beautiful Inside set and framed it in black card from my stash.
• Black Diamond Stickles added just a hint of shine to the centers of the flowers.

Finally, I wanted to create a set of simple 4-bar (3.5 x 4.875) thank you notes. I love them! SO easy to create. Again I colored these images using Altenew ink sets in Cherry Blossom and Rose Petal. The sentiment comes from the Painted Butterflies set.

I hope I’ve given you some ideas for this set! Now on to more good stuff!

Prizes:

• To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $30 gift certificate to 5 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog for a chance to win. Five winners will be announced on the Card Blog on 12/9/2018.
• I will also be selecting a random winner to receive a $20 gift certificate, just leave a comment on this blog post. I will announce the winner on my blog on 12/6/2018. 

Your next blog stop is the talented Svetlana Shayevich. If you lose your way, here is the entire blog list beginning with Altenew:

Altenew Card Blog

Enza Gudor

Erum Tasneem

Zinia Redo

Laurie Willison

Virginia Lu

Norine Borys

Laura Jane

Jung AhSang

Therese Calvird

Michelle Murray   you’re here

Svitlana Shayevich

Amber Rain Davis

Sveta Fotinia

Laurel Beard

Thank you for stopping by and leaving a comment-it makes my day! Michelle