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Iris for a Friend

Posted on March 29, 2025 9:45 PM by Julie 2 Comments

My card today is a pretty floral inside an oval with a stenciled background. The stencil makes it easy to match your colors to any image you want to use. This would be great as a spring or Easter card for a dear friend, It’s not at all hard to make and the colors can be customized to your own liking.

For the Featured Stamper Challenge FS947, we are having a special remembrance of a dear member of Splitcoast who recently passed on. Polly was FS431 back in 2015 so today we are honoring her by selecting once again, from her gallery. I chose THIS card to case. I kept the floral theme & stenciled background, but I used different images, dies, colors & stencil.

After coloring & die cutting the lovely Iris image & greeting, I die cut a large white oval, then used a smaller to cut out the inside to make a frame. I made a similar frame out of lavender & attached the white frame on top of it. Then both were attached to the inside portion of the oval. I popped up the iris just a bit in order to make it level w/ the part that hangs over the frame. I did the same for the greeting, For the background, I used a 2 part stencil w/ lg & sm circles & 3 colors of ink. I also cut a rectangular frame & popped it up before adding it on top of the background.

These are the Copics I used on the iris: (here’s a coloring tip for you. I used the G21 & G99 for the leaves & since they’re on the cooler side of green & I already had the Y02 out, I used it in areas of the lighter G21 on the leaves to bring them forward & add a little warmth to them. It’s also handy if you don’t have a lot of lighter YG colors.)

If you’d like to watch me color this image the video is here: https://youtu.be/2AdZMdd4VxA

(the video is X4 speed so use the settings to slow it down if you prefer)

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies: (click the names below the pictures to take you to the products)

Stamps: Brass & Bliss: Iris Floral set

Paper: Staples 110# white, lavender

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Brass & Bliss: Color Fuse inks set #5, set #6, set #7

Accessories: Brass & Bliss/Rubbernecker Stamps: Iris Floral, Rectangles, Sm. Stitch Ovals dies, Lg Blending Brushes, Sm & Lg Circles stencil, Misti

Iris Floral set 37015	Iris Floral dies 37015D	Rectangle dies 5003D	Oval Sm. Stitch dies 5014D	Sm & Lg Circles Stencil 4309
Large Blending Brushes	Color Fuse Ink set #5	Color Fuse Ink set #7	Color Fuse Ink set #6	Staples 110# White Card Stock
AC color card stock	Copic Sketch Markers	MISTI	Memento Inks	Scotch ATG

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Wedgewood Flowers

Posted on March 28, 2025 9:42 PM by Julie Comment

My card today used a floral set from this week’s new release. It’s heat embossed in white on a blue that reminds me of Wedgewood Vases. A die cut background & embossed greeting complete the card. This would make a great card for Easter, too.

For the Inspiration Challenge IC1008, we are visiting Antique Farmhouse & their Pinterest Board. THIS fabric tablecloth was my inspiration.

After I heat embossed the pretty floral with white ink & powder, they were both die cut w/ their coordinating dies. I also die cut the petal cover die in white as well as a smaller white panel. This panel I used a large corner rounder on the top corners. They’re attached to a large blue panel. The oval & the greeting are both popped up just a bit.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies: (click the names below the pictures to take you to the products)

Stamps: Brass & Bliss: Spring Greetings set

Paper: Staples 110# white, cornflower blue

Ink: Hero Arts Unicorn white pigment ink

Accessories: Brass & Bliss: Spring Greetings, Rectangles, Round Petal Cover dies, MISTI, white embossing powder

Spring Greetings set 37009	Spring Greetings dies 37009D	Rectangle dies 5003D	Round Petal Cover die 5713D	Scotch ATG
MISTI	Hero Arts Unicorn Pigment Ink	Ranger Embossing Powder	AC color card stock	Lg Corner Rounder

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Sending Love & Hugs

Posted on March 22, 2025 9:47 PM by Julie Comment

I have another Sneak Peak of the Floral Release coming 3/26/25. This time it’s a large, floral background set. This image would be awesome if the flowers were individually colored, but I kept my clean & simple by creating a brayered background to add color. You could also try it over any leftover backgrounds you have or do a black & white. Endless choices for this lovely image.

A big congrats to Darlene, the newest Featured Stamper FS946! She has a super gallery & after much browsing, I chose THIS card to case. I kept the big floral background w/ a simple greeting, but I used different images, different colors, turned mine vertical & left off a layer,

To make my background, I used a piece of glossy card, a little brayer & a selection of little ink pads. I started w/ the yellow at the top & brayered it about 1/3 of the way down. Then added a little of the apricot on top of the lower part of the yellow. Then the 2 bright pinks, followed by the purple at the bottom. Since it’s glossy, you just have roll over it a few time to get good coverage & remove any streaks. I let it dry for a few minutes, then used the embossing buddy over it before putting it into my Misti & stamping w/ Versaclair. Since it’s a big image, I repeated this in any areas that didn’t look dark enough. I knew the Versaclair would not dry totally on the glossy, so I heat embossed it w/ clear powder. It was die cut w/ the largest stitched rectangle & to make sure the embossing didn’t flake off the edges, I used the heat tool around where it was cut. The greeting was stamped, die cut & I added a peach colored band behind it that I used an edger die on, & put the cutaway portion of one but in black, down the center. A few rhinestones were added here & there.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope to see you at the IG Release Hop. (You will be able to find it at @brassandblisscraftco or on my account @julie_justwritedesigns on Instagram, Wed morning 3/26/25.)

Supplies: (click the names below the pictures to take you to the products)

Stamps: Brass & Bliss: Floral Background set

Paper: Staples 110# white, white glossy (for brayered bg), strip of peach, strip of black

Ink: Versaclair nocturne, Brass & Bliss: Color Fuse Inks set #1, set #2, set #5, set #6

Accessories: Brass & Bliss: Sm Stitch Rectangle, A2 Narrow Rectangles, Classic Edge Cuts dies, MISTI, rhinestones, clear embossing powder, small brayer

Floral Background 37012	Classic Edge Cut dies 5807-01D	Rectangle Small Stitch dies 5013D	Narrow A2 Rectangle dies 5728D	Color Fuse Ink set #1
Color Fuse Ink set #2	Color Fuse Ink set #5	Color Fuse Ink set #6	Scotch ATG	Ranger Brayer
Kromekote white gloss card stock	MISTI	Versafine Clair ink	Ranger Embossing Powder	AC color card stock
Rhinestones

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