Welcome to the ODBD Feb. release!

Hello Friends!  Welcome to the Feb. ODBD Release!!! I think you are going to fall in LOVE with this release!

Before I tell you about my card, let me just give you the details on how you can win some stamps!

 Three winners will be randomly chosen from the comments left on the designers blogs to receive a $25 Gift Certificate to the ODBD Store, to be used toward the purchase of ODBD Stamps.  You have until February 2, 2013 at 9:00 p.m. EST to make your comments!  The Winners will be posted on the ODBD Blog on February 3rd, so be sure to check back there to see if you won!

For this card, I wanted a very vintage feel, and a place to tuck in a little message, so I created a pocket card.  I stamped the Flourish heart with ColorBox Bronze ink and die cut with the largest heart in the Custom Ornate Hearts Die set.  I used a base of cream, added my designer paper, then the large heart.  On that I matted an old postcard that I found in my Mother in Law's things when we cleaned out her apartment before she went in to a nursing home.  It is so cool... it's actually a change of address post card from the PO, and it has "place one cent stamp here" on the front.  I don't know when post cards were 1 cent but that's how old this is and it really tickled me. There were only a couple so it was hard to ink it, but I do love how it feels on this card, and I added some texture to it by embossing it with a heart border from a Sizzix ATC folder.   Under the post card I placed some "paper lace", using the new Beautiful Borders die cut. I added one tiny heart where the one cent is to go, also die cut from the Ornate Hearts die set.  On top of all that is my pocket, created with pink vellum behind the lacey die cut from the Ornate Heart Die set.  I stamped one sentiment on the post card, and one on a tag, cut with the ODBD Custom Recipe Card and Tags die set.    Everything is sponged with Distress Ink to antique it a bit.

Card Recipe:

Stamps: ODBD Flourish Heart (Large Heart), Be Mine (I Adore You Sentiment), Clean Heart (Partial sentiment on tag)

Dies:  ODBD Custom Ornate Hearts Dies, ODBD Custom Beautiful Borders Dies, ODBD Custom Recipe Card and Tags Dies

Ink:  ColorBox Bronze, T Holtz Distress Inks

Accessories:  Old Post Card, , May Arts Silk Ribbon, Prima Flowers, Vintage Amore designer paper from Paper Studio, Sizzix Embossing Folder 

For my second card, I went a little more masculine.... or at least that was my intention.

The card base is 5 x 5.5" and then I popped up in tent topper style another panel, so the card would get mailed in a 5 x 7  or 6" square envelope.  The hearts are stamped with Real Red  and cut out with the coordinating ,Ornate Hearts Dies.  The largest heart is from the Heart of Joy set.   The little hearts are all cut with a smaller die in the Ornate Die set, and I stamped little sentiments that reminded me of conversation hearts (from Be Mine and Clean Heart sets)... but I "hung" them in banner form from the twine.  I stamped the smaller heart design several times to make the background for my horizontal panel, and added one to the top.... also cut with the die.I decided to keep it clean and unfrilly so it could be used for a guy.


Card Recipe:
Stamps: ODBD Heart of Joy, Clean Heart, Be Mine
Dies:  ODBD Custom Ornate Hearts
Ink: Real Red
Accessories:  Anna Griffin Embossing Folder, Baker's Twine, Heart Brads

Here are the new ODBD products used for today's cards:

For More inspiration and projects that will blow your mind, please visit my DT sisters:

Stacy * Dawn * Grace * Chris * Cathy * Sandee * Julie * Sabrina * Lori * Wanda * Lisa * Silke * Audrey * Angie

To see the full release and lots of inspiration in one place, please see THIS POST on the ODBD Blog!

Thanks so much for stopping by!