Graciellie Design

First of all, I hope your family is enjoying and celebrating a blessed Father's Day today! If your dad is now enjoying his day in Heaven, like mine, then I hope you are taking time to remember him and celebrate his memory. Today's card is a little tribute to today's celebration, to fathers in general, since I thought this was a great male card with bright, Summer colors and stamps. I was inspired by a wonderful new stamp set by North Coast Creations , Our Daily Bread Designs sister company, an thought I would use bright colors to create a clean and simple card. This new stamp set is called Sail Away . I colored the image with alcohol markers, using various tones of aquamarine blue for the sea and light browns and red for the striped sail. The contrast is lovely and very suitable for Summer. I like this sentiment too and what I did is die cut it with a Mini Tag die  (that I find so versatile) and add some linen thread. I also cut the front panel vertically to leave...

What are you inspired by? I love delicate patterns and pastel colors... I love to add layers and dimension to a project. I love to inspire others too! All of this things inspire me to create and motivate me to keep on doing what I do. Today I am sharing a card I made with beautiful papers, stamps and dies from Our Daily Bread Designs, using one of the new dies in an unconventional way. I wanted to create a decorative column for the background using various layers. I had been wanting to use the new Pegboard die from ODBD in an unexpected way and what I did is die cut two pegboards and cut about 1/4" from them and then cut one of them in half. The pegboard column adds a so much detail and interest to the card. Another interesting touch I added was the vellum frame. I die cut one Lacey Square from ODBD, cut it in thirds and adhere the two remainding corners under the sentiment label. This is the last thing I added to the card, and I actually had to come back and add that fini...

Cardmaking has become more elegant and interesting thanks to the new supplies and machines being created from a few years back until now. I'm sure more and more new and improved supplies will continue to be released, but I still remember that one time when I made a heart shaped card for Valentine's when I was in Preschool. Or that other time when I made a small card with a Little Mermaid's sticker to send it to my oldest cousin in Brazil when I was 10. Cardmaking should be inspirational in any case and that is why I enjoy meaningful and versatile products that I can use over and over to share my creativity with others. This is the case with the beautiful stamps and dies from Our Daily Bread Designs that I used for today's card. ODBD just released a couple of the products being featured today: Amazing Grace background stamp and Layered Lacey Square Dies . Love these! I used dye ink to stamp the background and the sentiment on subtle patterned papers. This is a g...

My favorite watercolor technique is actually watercolor resist... It is such an easy technique that gives you gorgeous results every time! I used the new God Verses stamp set released for ODBD's Anniversary Celebration. It is full of inspiring verses! The roses  were stamped and heat embossed in gold and then watercolored. For the layering I altered the Vintage Flourish Pattern filigree frame to create a small rectangular frame for the sentiment's label. I also covered the front of the card with a gorgeous distress wood pattern from the Rustic Beauty Paper Collection and finished the card with ribbon. I hope you enjoyed today's post! I hope you try out this watercolor technique too! It's an easy way to color stamped flowers and it's a very quick process too! Since Spring is coming, I invite you to check out the beautiful flower stamps available at the ODBD website ... You'll love them! Thanks for stopping by today! Have a great weekend! ...

Today I'd like to share a card I created using papers, dies and stamps from ODBD . I particularly enjoyed using the new word die together with a birthday ticket stamp, and I loved using these beautiful papers too! I actually cut a tag from the patterned paper and added a pretty shabby bow on top, embellished with a vintage gold button. I added different layers using label die cuts, a hand cut banner and lace. The word die was cut twice to make it sturdy, and I used a pretty metallic cardstock for it. Once the tag was done I adhered it to a delicate patterned layer, added a pretty border and some pearls. Finally I adhered the finished layer to a pink card base. For more inspiration make sure you visit ODBD blog ! Thanks so much for stopping by today. I'd like to share my card with: Love to Scrap - Buttons & Bows Dream it Up - Marching into Spring Cute Card Thursday - Die Cuts and Punches In the Pink - For a Special Lady Admit Three Clear S...