The Write Stuff

It’s my pleasure to host the Splitcoast Featured Stamper Challenge (FS658) this week, so a big congrats to Laura! After much browsing, I chose THIS card to case. I kept the layout, but flipped it & used die cuts instead of stamps on mine.

For my autumn card, I die cut all the scarecrow pieces out of different colors, added a bit of shading w/ some Prismacolor pencils & put them all together. I added a fence & some corn stalks. The greeting was stamped onto a shortened stitched pennant.

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Supplies:

 

RN Splatter Leaves 3019	RN Scarecrow die 5216-04D	RN Corn Stalks die 5215-03D	RN Picket Fence die 5152-01D	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D
RN Circle Stitch dies 5006D	RN Nested Banner Stitch dies 5151D	Versafine Clair ink	Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock
Prismacolor Pencils

For the Inspiration Challenge (IC719) on Splitcoast, we’re heading to Dormify. A fun site (especially for back to schoolers) & I was inspired by THIS poster. I really liked the orange/blue combo.

To make my beach scene, I masked off the water & sky area & sponged in some oranges for the ground/sand, added a little brown to the sides along w/ stamping a splatter image for a little texture. The mask was reversed for the water & sky & those were sponged. I used some Tombow markers to “ink” up the palm trees & stamped them on either side. Surfer boy Zeke was colored & fussy cut & the old woody was die cut. The greeting is partly another stamp combined w/ some die cut & colored letters. I added the white wavy polaroid type frame for a little separation & to make the greeting stand out.

Here is the inside & the Copics I used:

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Supplies:

 

RN Zeke 891-03	RN Woody 567-01	RN Woody die 567-01D	RN Life is a Circus 647-04	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D
RN Island Dreams 1109	RN Splatter Bg 1231	RN Alphabet Upper Case dies 5140-01D	RN Alphabet Lower Case dies 5140-02D	RN Rectangle Scallop die 5028D
RN Square Scallop die 5027D	RN Many Happies 124SO	Memento Inks	Distress Inks	Staples 110# White Card Stock
X-Press It Blending Card	Tombow Markers

Congrats to Rebecca, the newest Featured Stamper (FS657) on Splitcoast! She has a lovely gallery & I chose THIS card to case. I kept the fall leaf theme w/ the  big central leaf, but I used different images, different colors & a different technique.

For my fall card, I started by die cutting a large leaf shape & using the negative as a mask to sponge Distress inks in the fall colors. Then I stamped the Single Fall Tree in Distress oxide ink in ground espresso. I used a water brush & more of the distress inks to add a little splatter. 

For the larger bg, I used the woodgrain bg, but not in the conventional sense. I used a technique I learned probably 15 yrs ago but I don’t see it used these days. I wanted the bg to look a little more solid, so I used a hair dryer to slightly heat a piece of fun foam then pressed it to the woodgrain bg. What I got was a solid version of the woodgrain. (See pic below.) The green block is made of fun foam & I inked it so you could see it better. This works w/ any stamp, it just looks better w/ some. I will caution you, do not use a heat gun..it’s just too hot & will melt the foam into a solid hard mess. I have an old, not very powerful hair dryer I kept just for things like this 😀 . I used my solid foam “stamp” & Distress inks in vintage photo & walnut stain for the bg.

Here’s the inside.

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Supplies:

 

Single Fall Tree 468F	Woodgrain Bg 626P	Beauty of Autumn 704D	Goodbye Summer 350F 207G
Open Leaf 584D	MISTI	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	RN Deckle Rectangle dies 5176D
RN Splatter Leaves dies 3019D	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Distress Inks	Distress Oxide Inks