The Write Stuff

A big congrats to Julee, the newest Featured Stamper  (FS646) on Splitcoast! She has a gorgeous gallery & I picked several I wanted to case, but kept coming back to THIS card. I kept the coffee theme & layout, but used different images, different dies & made my own background paper.

For my card, I stamped the bg text a bunch of times w/ the truffle ink onto cream c/s, masking the edge so they wouldn’t run over each other, then stamped the splats & Coffee words & inked the edges. The 2 coffee go cups were sponged in the two different colors & die cut branches were added. The greeting is 2 put together on a die cut circle w/ the edges sponges. I forgot about the ribbon until after I had already glued the panel to the card, so I just frayed the left edge instead of trying to tuck it under.

Here’s a look at the inside.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

 

 

RN Good Cup of Coffee 1052-11	RN Coffee Bg 1222	RN Splatter Stains 3006	RN Keeps Me Going 1052-08	RN Watercolor Splatter set 1226
RN Out of Jail 1052-10	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	RN Circle Stitch dies 5006D	RN Coffee Cup die 5203-01D	RN Leaf Group die 5118D
Memento Inks	Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock	Distress Inks

The Splitcoast Inspiration Challenge (IC707) is a fabric site full of colors & patterns. I was inspired by THIS fabric for the bright colors. From the thumbnail, it looked floral to me so that’s the direction I went.

Instead of embossing resist, I did the reverse on my background. I sponged on the Distress inks, dried it w/ a heat gun then used my embossing buddy over to make sure it was really dry. (It probably would have been easier to emboss, then sponge, but sometimes it’s hard to get all of ink off of the embossing & I wanted it to be really crisp & white.) Then the azaleas were white embossed on top. The white front was die cut twice w/ a stitched curve die to make the split thru the center. After adding the greeting, I die cut some tiny flowers out of leftover background pieces & attached them.

Here’s a look at the inside. The azalea image is a 2 part stamp & while I only used the outline on the front, I used both here on the inside. There’s also a matching die for it, if you’re interested. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

 

RN Azalea Sunrise 1014	RN Altogether Wonderful 1050-03	RN Happy Birthday 3031	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	RN Borders 3 dies 5160-03D
RN Rectangle Stitch Frame dies 5122D	RN Sm Flowers #2 die 5210-05D	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Versafine Clair ink	Distress Inks
Colorbox Pigment Ink	Ranger Embossing Powder

It’s my turn & my pleasure to host the Splitcoast Featured Stamper Challenge (FS645). So a big congrats to Michelle! She has a lovely gallery & after browsing her entire gallery, I kept coming back to THIS. I kept the Hot Air Balloon theme & layout, but I used dies instead of a stamp, different colors & a shaving cream bg instead of a watercolor bg.
 My version is pretty simple..I sponged a white piece of c/s w/ yellow & orange Distress inks, then die cut one of just the yellow for the outline & the inserts out of the red/orange part. The greeting was white embossed on black & the sky circle is a remnant piece of  shaving cream bg.

Here’s the inside. I used the negatives of the balloon & clouds as a stencil to sponge thru them.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

 

RN Brush Butterflies 3018	RN Cloud die set 5147-02D	RN Hot Air Balloon die 5209-02D	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	RN Nested Banner Stitch dies 5151D
Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock	Distress Inks	Colorbox Pigment Ink	Ranger Embossing Powder
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