Monday, August 20, 2012

ODBD Special Birthday Blog Hop!




Happy Monday!  Today, the ODBD designers are celebrating a very special lady's birthday!  Happy Birthday, Randi Barrett!  You can read about Randi's story here. 

If you just hopped over from Debi's blog you are in the right spot.  If not, you may want to start at the ODBD Blog!


Randi has a stamp set in the store dedicated to her called Randi's Song For my card today I used elements from this set along with the poppy image from Mother's Day and the sentiment from the Happy Birthday set.  I used ODBD Custom Poppy die.  This image and die come with stem included.  I just snipped the top of the poppy off and colored with copics. I added some gun metal stickles to the centers.  I stamped the scripted verse in Randi's Song set inside the large scalloped August Release Bookmark Collection of  ODBD Spellbinder's Exclusive Bookmark dies.  I lightly sponged inside.  I did cut this die down.  For this card the bookmark die is used as more of a tag than a bookmark.  It is adhered to the card. 


Next, I stamped the two step leaves that come in Randi's Song with Memento Pear and a couple with New Sprout inks.  The veining stamp was stamped with ripe avocado inks.  I cut those out and inked the edges a bit.  I then arranged my three flowers and the leaves to create a fun and colorful arrangement to coordinate with my background paper.  I finished with a double ended fishtail sentiment, seam binding bow, and some gold metallic memory thread curly que touches.   

 As always thanks so much for stopping by!  Next on the hop is Sandee's blog!



Betty 

I am using Sketchbook #73 
  

66 comments

  1. oh...WOW.. Betty! LOVE the stamp mix and Randi's Song on the Bookmark! Beautiful... she's going to love it!!

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  2. Very beautiful, Betty... Randi will love it, no doubt! <3

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  3. Soooo gorgeous, Bet! I noticed Randi's Song right away on the tag....what a great idea! Beautiful card and tag...she will love it!! HUGS!!

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  4. Awesome! Love your card..Happy brithday Randi God Bless

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  5. Cute card. Love the little curly cue's.

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  6. Love this card! It is gorgeous. I love tbe colors and flowers .so pretty.

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  7. what a beautiful bunch of flowers for randi's birthday. i always love them. the wire swirls are a cute accent.

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  8. Oh my...this card is so happy and beautiful Betty! Awesome take on the Sketch...great minds think alike..LOL! Hugs ~S~

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  9. Beautiful Betty! Love the poppies and the sparkle and great use of Randi's Song!!! Randi will love it!

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  10. wow Betty, these flowers are gorgeous and love that beautiful bow.

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  11. Oh how gorgeous!! I just love the use of the tag, poppies and Randi's song to make this card!! It is stunning in every way!! Randi will lvoe it!!
    hugs,
    Chris

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  12. Very bright and cheery.

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  13. beautiful card!!! love all the gorgeous details!!

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  14. Love the poppies, love the colors, love the card!!!!

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  15. Yep, I need the bookmark die. Love those flowers. Happy Birthday, Randi!!!

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  16. The colors, the special elements, and the special love that went in to making it...I love it all! Happy Birthday Randi!

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  17. Delightful Betty! I love how you pulled all of these stamps together to create such a lovely cohesive creation! The colors are so yummy! I just know I could smell these beauties if they were in hand! Blessings...

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  18. AWSOME card, all your hard work shows.

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  19. What vibrant colors--a great way to celebrate Randi's birthday. Love how you popped the poppies (no pun intended). I pray that Randi has a special birthday, thanks to all who are sharing love to her on this day.

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  20. I LOVE sending all of these Birthday Blessing to Randi:)

    Betty!! This is a lovely card ---from the designer papers, colors, stitching, stamps, embellishment and shape:) You are so anointed ---for such a time as this:) be blessed
    ~Beyond Measure
    Tammy
    www.urbeyondmeasure.com

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  21. I love, love, love the colors. And combining the various sets exhibits true talent and vision. Thanks for the inspiration. I'm sure Randi will love it.

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  22. Gorgeous, Betty! I love your brightly colored poppies and elegant bookmarks. The colors and ribbon and papers are just beautiful and Randi will love this!

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  23. Gorgeous card, love the colors and the bling.

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  24. Hi there GF!! What a beautiful card! Those colors are just stunning!!

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  25. Gorgeous card Betty! So elegant! Love the beautiful blossoms!

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  26. Wow! I love all of the layering. It's absolutely gorgeous!

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  27. This summery card with your choice of wonderful stamps really make this card very, very special!

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  28. Stunning colors, beautiful layering and awesome embellishments! I'd give it a 10...picture perfect!

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  29. OMG, this is quite the project Betty. WOW, WOW, WOW!

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  30. Yowzers, GF!!! Drop dead gorgous!!! Love it!!

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  31. Love this bright and beautiful bouquet of cheerful flowers!! Randi will be so tickled to receive your card using the verse from "her" set.What a great way to honor her today!!

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  32. Very pretty card...enjoyed your selection of colors!
    Paper Hugs,
    Jan
    Happy Birthday Randi!

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  33. Wow, great use of the poppy stamp & die set! Love that you combined elements of so many stamp sets!

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  34. Love the card, such dimension with the textures and layering. Thank you so much for the inspiration.

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  35. Stunning, love the bright colors, love the sentiment, and love those gorgeous flowers. and on a special tag too. WOW! creative....thanks for sharing.

    Happy Birthday Randi with many blessings.

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  36. Beautiful! Wonderful combination of images, love the colorful poppies!

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  37. So bright & cheery--made me smile!

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  38. Such a warm and cozy colorful card. Reminds me a bit of Fall coming soon. Love it.

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  39. I love the flowers and the colors on your card...:)

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  40. such pretty colors, lovely layering, love the metallic curly cues!

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  41. The poppies are beautiful and the card is amazing!

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  42. Gorgeous card.

    craftymom205 at yahoo dot com

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  43. Ohhh!! So beautiful. Love how you layered the flowers on the front with the memory thread curly ques. Stunning coloring.

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  44. BEAUtiful Betty!! The poppies are so pretty like rays of sunshine to warm the heart!! Love all the details and Im sure Randi will too :)

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  45. Beautiful card; love the bright colors. Thanks for sharing

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  46. Awesome card Betty...I sure love the bright cheery colours, such pretty flowers, and DSP, and bow to set it all off...
    Hugs

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  47. Oh my goodness! This is absolutely luscious!

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  48. Great colors and I love the poppy.

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  49. This card is breath-taking. You have included so many creative and special details. Love how you used the stamps and dies in new ways, and I am fascinated with the shiny curly-Q s.

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  50. This card is so bright and cheery! I am sure Randi will love all the special elements that make it uniquely hers. You did a lovely job making a beautiful card even more personal and extra touching.

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  51. like the flowers- nice card

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  52. Beautiful cheery colors and coloring! This will touch Randi's heart! Thanks to the DT for doing this, what a special blessing.

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  53. This card is so very "you", Betty! Super gorgeous, love these stamps :)

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  54. Beautiful and Joyous and Bright!
    Joyce

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  55. This is a beautiful card! So cheery and full of life. Reminds us all of God's blessings and to be thankful for what we have. Hope Randi's birthday is wonderful. She is receiving some fabulous cards. Great job ladies!

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  56. wow Betty this is such a beautiful birthday card and I love this special tribute to Randi-blessings to all the breadsticks for this act of kindness

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  57. Your card is so bright and cheerful! It would make anyone feel better about getting older. :)

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  58. Gorgeous flowers. I like how you pulled the color off the background paper.

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  59. Such pretty colors--very cheery.

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  60. Just beautiful! Love the gold memory wire. Adds a great finishing touch!

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  61. Goodness Gracious Betty!!! This is one gorgeous card! You put those bold colors together in such a beautiful way! Randi will love this!

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  62. Betty, Your card is so bright and cheery!!Love the autumn colors and dp!!
    Hugs,
    Nicki

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  63. Amazing card! Love those poppies!

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  64. Great card, love the flowers and the color scheme. She will love it.

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