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  • Feeling Mushy


    A fun card with a mushroom & frog friend in front of a cute gnome cottage, Use for a birthday, just a note or feel better occasion. Easy to make & choose your own colors to switch it up. 

    A big congrats to Laura, the newest Featured Stamper (FS875)! She has a wonderful gallery & I chose THIS card to case. I liked the layout, so I kept that, but I used different images, different colors & different dies.

    After coloring & cutting out my little mushroom & frog friends, I colored the gnome cottage & did a little out of the box on the elements on top of the gnome cottage, then inserted a rust colored oval frame on top. The greeting was stamped along w/ some extra toadstools along the bottom. The mushroom & frog were popped up a bit on top.

    Here are the Copics I used for the Mushroom/Frog:

    The cottage was colored separately & here are the Copics I used for it:

    Thanks
    so much for stopping  by! 


     

     

    Supplies:

    Stamps: Rubbernecker Stamps:  Gnome Cottages, Feeling Mushy set
    Paper:  Staples 110# white, X-Press It, moss green, rust
    Ink:  Memento tuxedo black, cottage ivy (for row of toadstools at bottom)
    Accessories:  Rubbernecker Stamps: Rectangle Stitch, Stitched Ovals, Feeling Mushy set dies, Crossover II, Misti, Copic Markers



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  • Christmas Bells

    Almost entirely die cut Christmas card (one word of greeting was stamped), w/ a lovely pierced herringbone pattern background & brushed gold Christmas bells. I used a couple of techniques when die cutting the designer paper that are worth checking out (links provided).

    A big congrats to Mimi, the newest Featured Stamper (FS862)! She has such a gorgeous gallery & while I adore watercolor, since her gallery is all beautiful watercolors, I went w/ an entirely die cut card. THIS is Mimi’s card I chose to case. I kept the Christmas theme & colors, but used die cuts & a pierced background instead of watercolor. The layout was kept similar, w/ most of the detail down the left side, but I used designer paper for my left side strip instead of pine boughs.

    After I die cut the bells, bow & Merry part of the greeting, I used a circle die to cut the pearl shimmer paper behind the bells then put them together. The Christmas word was stamped onto a flag w/ the Merry attached above it. The white background was die cut w/ a stitched rectangle, then I used a background cover piercing die that reminds me of herringbone. For the side strip I used just a section of designer paper w/ a mini slimline die & used my out of the box method to cut the part w/ just the bells. I also resized this die to make it narrower. I used the same die to cut the pine green layer behind it.

    Since the bells were die cut out of brushed gold, I used that & a light gold for some of the holly leaves. A darker gold & 2 shades of pine green were used for the topmost holly leaves.

    Thanks
    so much for stopping by!


     

     

    Supplies:

    Stamps: Rubbernecker Stamps: Magic of Chrismtas 
    Paper:  Staples 110# white, 2 shades of pine green, 2 shades of red, 2 shades of brushed gold, Rubbernecker Stamps: Snowflake Fun Slimline paper pad
    Ink: Memento tuxedo black
    Accessories:  Rubbernecker Stamps:  Mini Slimline w/ Stitch, Rectangle Stitch, Circle,  Holly #2, Off Set Tags, Bells & Bow, Background Cover #1, Small Classic Alphabet dies, Crossover II, MISTI

     


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  • Thankful Tags


    For the Splitcoast Inspiration Challenge (IC880) we’re visiting Urban Owl and their Pinterest Board where I found THIS picture.

    For my tag trio card, I die cut the largest out of a maroon card stock and white for the medium tag. I used the fall twig bg image, gold ink and embossed it w/ gold powder. The book and cup image was stamped and colored and I used a little out of the box on the right side when I cut it using the smallest tag die. A gold Krylon pen was used to edge all of the tags and I tied a little bow w/ gold thread thru the smallest one.

    The autumn patterned paper was die cut w/ a curved die and I used some leftover pieces of the double sided paper to cut the 3 leaves.

    Here are the Copics I used:


    Thanks so much for stopping  by! 


     

     

    Supplies:

    Stamps: Rubbernecker Stamps: Fall Happiness set, Fall Twig Bg
    Paper:  Staples 110# white, maroon, dp (Rubbernecker Stamps:Autumn Leaves paper pad)
    Ink:  Memento tuxedo black, Ultimate Metallic gold
    Accessories:  Rubbernecker Stamps: Rectangle Stitch, Fall Happiness set, Curved Borders, Holiday Tags, Leaves Trio dies, Crossover II, Misti, Copic Markers, Mirror gold embossing powder