ODBD Starts October With a New Release Blog Hop!

If you got here from Sandee’s blog, you are in the right place! If not go to the ODBD BLOG and start from there.

Make a comment on every blog because there is CANDY hidden along the way!!! And you know what?... even the Designers don't know yet who has the candy!!!  You'll be happy to know that there are THREE prizes to be given away... and they are for Store Credits to the Our Daily Bread Designs Store! 

This hop will be open for comments until 6PM EST Friday Oct 2 and the winners will be announced on the ODBD Blog on Sat. Oct 3.

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These are the 3 new sets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have two projects I want to share with you today
using the new sets.

Where do I start to tell you how I put this one together! Actually I started with cutting the ovals with my Nesties…then the torn paper (which I set aside for a bit) and the verse stamped on white.

Now what?!  As soon as I saw these sets, I knew I had to work in some Mudd Puddles sand!

I inked up the clump of cattails from With Deepest Sympathy (the image with the dock, trees, boat…yeah, just the little clump of cattails!), and stamped them 3 times. Even though the “water ripples” stamped with them, it worked out ok!

Then I colored them in with my Copics and sponged the sky with distress inks. I also used my cloud template to add a few clouds.

I figured out where my “torn water” would go, applied Coral Mudd Puddles sand, and let it dry before attaching the “water”.

While the sand was drying, I stamped the cattails and dragonfly from With Heartfelt Sympathy, in Versamark and Espresso and clear ep. They’re colored with Copics.

Assemble and add the dab of sand under the cattails… Actually a very simple, (yet it looks like you spent hours!) card to do!

stamps: with deepest sympathy, with heartfelt sympathy, praying for you paper: gp white, prism ink: adirondack espresso, versamark, mustard seed, scattered straw, broken china, faded jeans other: mudd puddles sand, spellbinders, clear ep, embossing folder, copics, foam dimensionals

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Now, I haven’t done one of these for a while and thought these cattails would look really cool…sooo……

I gave it a try… this is Sculpy clay. I ran it through the pasta machine (used only for clay!), molded it over a light switch cover, stamped and baked in the toaster oven (baked it still on the light switch cover…at 250 it can withstand the baking! and it pops right off once it’s cool enough to handle!).
Rejoice and be glad is from the top of the verse from With Deepest Sympathy. It was a little tricky to get just that little bit stamped without leaving an impression from the rest of the verse in the clay!
That’s when I figured I needed some “texture” to help hide what did impress! (see, the magic of stamping again… you can almost always fix it!) I used a dry, regular ol’ household sponge and just went around the edges before baking.

It’s colored in with Copics then I gave it a coat of Krylon Crystal Clear just to give it a protective coat.

Well, I hope you’ve enjoyed this post and maybe learned something to boot!

Don’t forget to visit all the blogs and leave a comment so you have a chance at winning!

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Connie Angella & Deb

 

As always, thanks for stopping!

Dawn