Thursday, December 01, 2011

ODBD December Release Blog Hop

Welcome to the Our Daily Bread release hop! Today we are showcasing the new releases for December. If you're a regular reader of my blog and just happened upon my section of the hop, you may want to start back at the beginning. Prizes are involved - lots of them!! The ODBD Blog is the place to get started - actually you'll start and end the hop there, and if you should happen to get lost or interrupted in between, you can always go there for a complete list of links in the correct order. If you came to my blog from Sandee's blog, you are doing just fine, and you're almost done!

When you see me playing along, you know that I've had a part in the new release...... this month, these designs are my contributions! I love the peaceful, whimsical feel of these backgrounds, the vintage feel of the clover image, and the reminders to appreciate and be faithful in the simple things.

Here's my card: I colored the clover image on the upper panel and also the seam binding ribbon with Touch Twin Markers (the colors are listed below). You can find a tutorial for custom coloring seam binding with alcohol markers HERE. I used the border die from the Serve The Lord set to cut the edge of my upper panel.

These are the Touch Twin markers that I used:

To be eligible to win prizes today (SIX prizes of Choice of 1 FREE SET!!! Merry Christmas!!!) here is what you have to do:

* Hop to each blog on the list and leave a comment for each designer
* Return to the ODBD Blog, and tell us you completed the hop, follow any other instructions they have for you there, and let us know if there were any blogs you could not comment on.

I am the last stop on the hop today, so after you leave a comment here, you'll be hopping on to the ODBD blog to leave your final comment! Thanks for visiting me today! If you like my designs, stop by and 'like' dkdesigns on Facebook!

(***I do have my comment moderation turned on because I'm over here on the other side of the world, and I'll be sleeping while you hop... don't panic if your comment doesn't show up right away!!)

Thanks for stopping by!

103 comments:

  1. What gorgeous designs Dina!! Love the backgrounds and the clover. Your card with the clover background, stunning coloring and elegant design are stunning!! Have a great day!!
    hugs,
    Chris

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  2. Gorgeous sample, Dina! Your coloring is always life-like!! Loving all of your sets this month....they will be faves for sure!! Blessings, Angie

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  3. W-O-W! So beautiful and elegant!

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  4. Dina I just love these sets! GREAT job with them all and your card is gorgeous!!! Love how you used the border die too!!! The seam binding is gorgeous! Glad you shared your beautiful creation with us today on our hop!!!

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  5. Well, Dina! You have blown me away again!!! This clover design is so gorgeous and your card is stunning!!!

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  6. Incredibly beautiful! Your coloring always amazes me and this is a perfect example of why!! I'm so loving these new stamps!

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  7. Thanks again Dina for the wonderful designs! Your card is just beautiful!!!

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  8. Amazing coloring... so soft, subtle and delightful!

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  9. Love your card.

    Linda

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  10. Gorgeous card, gorgeous design.

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  11. Very elegant lovely card. Mary L Schreiber

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  12. Dina, your card is absolutely breathtaking!! Thanks for sharing your talent so we are able to buy these amazing stamps over at ODBD!! Hugs and blessings, Sabrina

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  13. Oh Dina....so much inspiration on your blog. FABULOUS designs. I love how your images are so soft. If you have time, i would love a quick Photoshop tutorial on how you do that. Off to FB to like your page. Have a great day!!!

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  14. Beautiful card. Mary L Schreiber

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  15. Love the soft colors you used on your card. Very Pretty!!

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  16. Oh my goodness.........that is a gorgeous card. You can almost hear the bees buzzing around the clover.

    Tina DeLong AKA GardenDiva

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  17. such an elegant creation!! absolutely gorgeous!

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  18. pretty design and like the softness to it!

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  19. Prettiest card I've EVER seen!! so soothing!

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  20. I am in awe of all the creativity this card has. Thanks for sharing the tip of coloring the ribbon with alcohol markers also. The border die, along with the terrific flower stamp, really set this quote off!

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  21. This is a lovely card...the coloring is perfect and the ribbon blends perfectly and the use of the cream color does not overwhelm or outshine your work...the detail is beautiful...great job on this card....:)

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  22. Tina DeLong AKA GardenDiva12/01/2011 11:26 AM

    Gorgeous card.

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  23. very soft and tender! stunning creation!

    hugs and kisses from germany,
    silvi xoxo

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  24. This is precious! love the design and beautiful stamps you used

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  25. very nice Dina! and thanks for showing all the stamps and dies you used!! very helpful!

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  26. Beautiful, Dina! Love the texture and clover used as a header.

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  27. love the coloring and total look of this card

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  28. I absolutely love your card! It is one anyone would love to receive. I think I have to try something like it- thanks for the inspiration!

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  29. beautiful card love the soft colors and the papers you used. Awesome. thanks for sharing and for the chance to win.
    abbraddock@msn.com

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  30. Wow, Dina, you have left me in amazement mode here - your coloring is that of a true artist as you made this clover image come alive. Love how you framed out this beautiful new sentiment, which is so versatile for us card makers. Thank you for sharing your gorgeous work with us!
    Hugs and Blessings!

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  31. Your soft color palette is gorgeous. A beautiful set, congrats on your design. Love your pretty card!

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  32. This is a stunning card! I love the colors and the lovely flowers! It is lovely enough for a wedding invite. Thank you so much for creating and sharing it.
    alsmouse ~C8> Ratty Hugs

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  33. Nice !!! Dina... your project turned out soft and elegant. Thank you for sharing your creativity with us. Blessings!

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  34. Hi Dina,
    I am stunned with the coloring job you did on those leaves and flowers! The soft look really made me think you used chald at first, wow we wow wow! All of that softness is complimented perfectly with the soft cream color you used for your card! Amazing job...and now I have to go look for those markers, lol. Oh, and thanks for the tutorial.

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  35. Dina, your card is so beautiful. The colors are gorgeous!

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  36. Just beautiful! As alwyas fabulous coloring and wonderful design!! TFS

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  37. This is such an amazing card and just soooo beautiful. I love the softness of the colours. Cheers OzziLiz

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  38. Your card is just beautiful!

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  39. WOW!!! GORGEOUS!!!I love everything about it!!! It's so soft!!

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  40. gorgeous, gorgeous card!!

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  41. Your card is stunning. The colors just pop out. Thanks for posting

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  42. Wow Dina!! so soft and beautiful, Love your card...layout and ribbon!!

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  43. Dina!! The first thing that came from my mouth when I saw your creation was---"OH--WOW!" I love how clean and crisp yet extremely soft in your ability to color the clover---wowzers!!! Thanks so very much for your love towards creating and for sharing it with one and all:) be blessed beyond measure
    Tammy
    www.bbbm.weebly.com

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  44. Love the elegance of this beauty! Beautiful designs Dina! You're one talented artist!

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  45. Dina, this is perfect! I love your take on the coloring, it seems the most accurate! I love how it peeks out and sets off the whole card!!

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  46. What a stunning card - love your design and your coloring is wonderful!! Thanks for sharing your gifts with us : )

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  47. Love the clover.

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  48. magnificient layout to bring attention to the sentiment. the clovering of the clovers as a header are done so nicely, also

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  49. I really like the softness of your card!!!!

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  50. You are truly and artist....that clover image is so beautiful it should be framed, and yet it looks perfect for the border on the top of this card highlighting a fabulous sentiment framed so simply and wonderfully. Beautiful, beautiful, card. Blessings.

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  51. WOW!. Your coloring is so pretty. I think this such a pretty card.

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  52. Dina, your card looks like a prayer would if it were a material thing. The softness and dreaminess of this card is just like a whisper. Nice colors and beautiful embellishments.

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  53. Love the custom seam binding.

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  54. Simply luscious!!! I Love the way you colored the clover!

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  55. Another outstanding card. So inspiring.

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  56. stunning, elegant, beautiful!

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  57. carol from kiwiland12/01/2011 7:50 PM

    Beautiful card and I love your colours for the clover.You have designed great ssets of stamps and they all realy appeal to me.Thank you.

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  58. Oh My! Stunning and Beautiful Card!

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  59. LOVE this clover set and your card really rocks the design! Gorgeous!

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  60. Awesome card! It was so beautifully done.

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  61. I love the way you colored your image. On my computer the colors came across very suttle but I like that look. Very nice. TFS.

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  62. Dina, your card is simply exquisite!! So glad you could join us today for a fun hop!!

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  63. You clover is beautiful, looks like it is in a misty meadow. The card is so elegant.

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  64. Elegant! This is so pretty. Thanks,
    Kim

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  65. Wow Dina, more cool designs from you! Your coloring of the clover on this card is gorgeous! I love the soft colors, what a beautiful card! Keep these wonderful designs coming!!

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  66. what an elegant card your made. i love how soft and inviting it is. your coloring is absolutely amazing. it is blended so beautifully.

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  67. I love your card -- and that you used the clover without the die cut! Beautiful for a scrapbook page!

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  68. Gorgeous card.

    craftymom205 at yahoo dot com

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  69. Wow - this is very pretty. I love the details you provided about how you did the card including the marker colors. Impressive!!!!

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  70. This is so elegant. Best ribbon I have ever seen. Super color combo. Adding the clover to my Christmas list.

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  71. Beautiful card!
    Love how you colored the ribbon!

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  72. Great card. It feels like it is dreamy, if that is a word, you would find it only when you are dreaming. Except it is right here on your site. Thanks

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  73. Dina! Your card is just stunning! Love the soft look to it! Hugs!

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  74. The soft colors and the papers you used are awesome and beautiful.

    Print vip cards
    Transparent business cards

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  75. Super card - so beautifully coloured and so well put together - amazing!!

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  76. Very beautiful card - it is gentle and elegant!!
    Well, I am never lucky in any BlogHops and I am not sure it is possible to winn taking part in them.. But I try to play as often as I can being in a hopeness for anyting))
    ha-ha..
    hugs. riliska. xx

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  77. I honestly thought that the clover was printed on the paper! Wow O Wow! Very effective soft colors.

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  78. You are a super talented lady! The clover adds so much to the card. Thanks for sharing with us!

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  79. Very ELEGANT and stunning! LOVE the coloring and colors used on the clover! And all the detail, including the bow- really quite lovely!!!

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  80. Beautiful card. Wonderfully colored foliage. Looks real.

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  81. Stunning...a whole new way to use the beautiful clover stamp. The colors and layout are fabulous!

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  82. What a gorgeous card. It looks like a framed piece of art work, which it is! I'm gonna check out your tutorial on how to color binding tape. I am just getting into card making and am behind the times! LOve your card, just beautiful! ~Gin~

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  83. Hello Dina, you have made a lovely card. Gorgeous ribbon, soothing colors. A winner!

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  84. What a very beautiful and elegant card !
    Thanks for sharing !


    karenajo

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  85. You are so talented...what a blessing! Lovely card. ;)

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  86. Your coloring looks like a varnished print, its amazing. Love the sayings in this set, what a lovely job designing.

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  87. Wow Dina! You are the designer of these gorgeous images? Fabulous job Sweetie! I love these! So many of the designers have used your clover in this hop, but the way you have stamped it like a border at the top is my favorite way I have seen it! It brings the clover to a whole new level. That may sound weird, but it really makes the clover look more elegant and special than everyday clover :) Your card is stunning! Thanks so much for sharing your creative talents with us!

    rebeccadunham at hotmail dot com

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  88. This is a beautiful card. Love the softness and colors.

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  89. What a pretty card. your coloring is so awesome. Thanks for sharing and May God Bless Cyndie

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  90. Wonderful card--great coloring.

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  91. I like it when the person list the choice of copic markers they used. I'm still learning to work with copics. Thanks

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  92. Lovey work. Such softness and great sentiment! I like this set!

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  93. Absolutely stunning...I love this card completely. Very very pretty.

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  94. Gorgeous card and amazing coloring. TFS such a beautiful card.

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  95. Love the soft colors in these cards

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  96. Beautiful work!! Both in the illustration and in the use of the images for your card!! Love your coloring of both the images and the ribbon!! What a blessing!!

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  97. Love your stamp designs and your card is beautiful!!!

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  98. So very beautiful. Love the subtle colors of your card.

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  99. This card reminds me of the romance of St. Patrick's Day (I'm from Ireland lol) Its absolutely gorgeous! Thanks for the hop.

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  100. Very beautiful and so feminine! Thanks for the inspiration!

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