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I made this for the Splitcoaststampers Fan Club April Christmas Challenge! I’ve been having so much fun being a part of the challenge this year & the bonus is I’ll have a bunch of Christmas cards finished in plenty of time for Christmas this year. You’ll need to be Fan Club member but that’s easy…just click the blue link to find out how.
I really love these Birdbrain images & I really miss From the Heart Stamps. And I’m so thankful I bought some of these digi stamps while they were still available. After I put the digital image in a word doc, I typed the greeting & printed it out on Neenah. The little holly sprig & Christmas lights were stamped using some old clear stamps from Studio G. Then I colored everything & added a little glitter to the glass rims. The background was stamped using a retired ODBD image. Distress oxide cracked pistachio was stamped onto pine green c/s so the pattern of the image is actually the lighter color.

Here’s a look at the inside & below it are the Copics I used.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

 

FTHS Martini Chicks digi	ODBD Vintage Mini Pattern 2 Words	ANM Christmas Lights Martini Glass	Lil’ Inker Stitched Rectangles Die Set
Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Neenah Classic Crest white	Copic Sketch Markers
Distress Oxide Inks	Memento Inks	Stickles

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Such a fun Technique Challenge (TLC683) today! And such a great idea from Sabrina…to trace & doodle your stencils, or make a stencil by using a die cut. After looking thru my stencils & not liking what I had for this technique, I remembered this wonderful Umbrella Man die that I have not used. I thought all the openness of the die would lend itself to doodling.

I die cut the umbrella man out of copy paper, traced it & then added all the doodled lines. I used just a few light colors of Copics here & there then added the greeting. A couple of layers & a few raindrops & done.
Here’s a look at the inside & below it are the Copics I used.


Thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies: 

 

Under the Weather 047G	Raindrop Bg –1012H	MFT Diagonal Stitched Rectangle dies	Sizzix Umbrella Man die 657189
Memento Inks	Copic Sketch Markers	Copic Multiliner pens	Lil’ Inker Stitched Rectangles Die Set
Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Recollections Cardstock

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Welcome to the Mar #2 Blog Hop for Serendipity Stamps!

The Prize – One $20 gift code will go to one random commenter from the blogs. So be sure  to visit all the blogs because you don’t know which one the winner will be drawn from. You have through Sunday Mar 25 to leave comments on the blogs for a chance to win. Mary will announce a winner on Mar 26  on her Blog. The special this week is buy 3 stamps get the 4th (of equal or lesser value) FREE! Special good from 3/21 thru 3/24. On the first & third Wednesdays of every month, we’ll be celebrating with a Blog Hop! The Special this month is the Lilac stamp – 50% off!

For my typewriter card, I knew I wanted to watercolor this wonderful, vintage image, so I put it into my Misti & stamped it w/ Versafine onto watercolor paper. I added a water glaze on the areas I wanted to color then dropped in the different colors one at a time. The colors are a little different, but I like the way they blend into each other. When it dried, I went back & added more color in areas & added shadows. Then I over stamped it to sharpen up the details. I added a white linen frame & only used part of the greeting. 

Here’s the inside.

Please be sure to comment on all the blogs..it is much appreciated & also increases your chances of winning!

Mary’s Blog

Bonnie Klass

Beth Chui

Miriam Napier 

Julie Warner (you are here!)

Vickie Zimmer 

Marybeth Lopez

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

 

Typewriter 213H	Quick Note 251D	Rest Relax 1005E	VersaFine Small Inkpads
Watercolor pan set	MISTI	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Recollections Cardstock
Neenah Linen cardstock	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132