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The Ways to Use It Challenge (WT375) on Splitcoast has us using complementary colors and I think my card fits that. I love the high contrast I get with complementary colors and I use them frequently. The images are a sneak peek from DRS Designs.

The trumpet player was stamped three times, colored with makers and the I sponged the ground and cut the top in a straight line with top halves of the band members out of the box. The music background was sponged as well and I attached this on the top half of my 5.50 x 4.25 card. The band players were added on the bottom and a fourth (red pants) trumpet player was cut out and elevated slightly. The sentiment was split onto banners which were sponged with the die still in place. It’s funny, but I realized these guys were wearing gloves after I colored their sleeves and hands, so I added the line so they wouldn’t be wearing gloves. I was in the marching band all through school and I can tell you from experience, gloves would have made it impossible to play, lol. Especially with the E flat clarinet I played (about half the size of a regular clarinet).

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Congrats to Tracy, the Featured Stamper this week on Splitcoast (FS275)! What a wonderful gallery she has and after much browsing, I chose her Happy Birdie Blue to case. I kept a similar layout but changed the colors, images die cut shapes.  I needed a graduation card for one of my DH’s nephews and these new Our Daily Bread designs images are perfect for the new graduate.

I die cut a square panel and with the die still in place, I sponged some of the neptune ink in the center and the pear tart ink toward the edges.  After sponging, I stamped the sentiment. I like to do the sponging first so the stamped sentiment will stay clear and sharp.

The frame was stamped on the larger square and colored a little with markers and sponged as well. The banners and tassels were die cut added below the sentiment.  The finished card is 4.50 x 6.25 (A6).

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This is for the Inspiration Challenge on Splitcoast (IC336) and features a sneak peek at a new Engagement sentiment from DRS Designs. I really liked this pretty Pendant and used the colors and tree shape for my inspiration. The card itself is pretty clean and simple because I really wanted the sentiment to take the center stage. I had die cut this leafy flourish for another card and the reverse (piece left over ) cut was just sitting there and I thought it would make a lovely backdrop with some light gray card stock behind it. I used an edge die to cut the right side before attaching to my 4.25 x 5.50 white card. I think the peach bow adds just the right touch of color.

Thanks so much for looking! Have a great weekend! And please check out the DRS Designs Thursday Challenge! Music is the theme this week. It’s easy to enter and DRS images are not required and a wonderful prize is up for grabs!

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For my card, I used the Dreams and Eternity stamp sets and the matching ODBD custom die made by Spellbinders!

I used a combo of the inks to get the color I wanted to go with this paper. The quote was inked first with the rose coral then I tapped the pumpkin spice on top before stamping it and die cutting. I did the same with the Eternity frame.  On the quote layer, I left the die in place and sponged on some of the same inks.  A die cut flourish vine was added in between the two and a big bow in the lower right corner. The finished card is 6.25 x 4.50 (A6).

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Happy Wednesday!

Fun and easy sketch today on Splitcoast (SC384)! I tweaked it a bit by using embossing/die cut strip panel divisions instead of making them 3 actual panels.

After coloring w/ markers, I cut out the daffy label and sentiment along w/ the grape layers and rounded the corners. The big ivory bg was embossed w/ a Sizzix folder (for the right panel) and I used just the insert of a Spellbinders border (for the left panel). I added a butterfly and a bow to my 5.50 x 4.25 card. The images are all from DRS Designs.

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