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  • Peaceful Cardinal

    Julie Warner - justwritedesigns - https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com

    Happy Friday!
    Thanks so much for stopping by and  I’d love for you to drop in and check out my card on the DRS Designs Blog today.

    Julie Warner- thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com
    Ever have one of those days where you know exactly what card you want to make? Clear picture of it in your head and you sit down and make it. Happens to me all the time… NOT!! I still have the picture of that card in my head but it really isn’t thiscard. The scenic bg oval is close to what I pictured but it didn’t have the cardinal in front. But the Cardinal on Branch wanted to be there and he was downright insistent! So there you have it!

    So maybe the cardinal worked out to be a good choice and in the end, I’m pretty happy w/ it. For the oval snow scene, I picked a couple of oval dies for the pine green and top white layer and after cutting them, I penciled in the oval on the front of my 5.50 x 4.25 white card. I placed a reverse mask (the same oval cut out of a piece of scratch paper placed over the surrounding card front). Using torn edge strips for masks for the ground, I sponged in the sky and added a little blue for the snow.

    I used pine green and dk brown markers to ink the Pine Bough and stamped it on top of the scene. For the top layer, I used the same markers to ink the pine cones from the cardinal image and used a stamp positioner to place them. The cardinal and one pine cone were stamped on a separate piece, colored w/ markers and cut out. The sentiment only from the Three Wisemen Peace image was stamped in the lower left. I added stickles on the branches for a little sparkle.

    Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great weekend!

    Supplies:
    stamps: Cardinal on Branch, Three Wisemen Peace, Pine Bough
    paper: white, pine green
    ink: VersaFine onyx, Memories sky blue, Distress ink dried marigold
    accessories: Tombow markers, Spellbinders oval dies, stickles

     


  • Flashback Friday – Glitter Minis

    Julie Warner - justwritedesigns https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com/
    Today, I thought I’d try something different. Focus on something I made a while back but for some reason, never made to Splitcoast. The challenge today is Mostly Blue for F4A82.

    Mini Ledger from Innovative Stamp Creations

    This line is ideal for Artist Trading Cards, when you need a quick Mini-Card! Even accents the pages on a small Mini Book too! The tab image is super easy to use as you’ll see in the sample below you can use almost any of the phrases on the inside of the tab to accent your card, etc!

    I made a trio of little mini cards using a technique similar to the one Here. I kept the same general layout and colors for my set of 3×3 mini cards. The main images were stamped with Stazon onto acetate and stickles was added to the back side. The acetate was then attached to the backgrounds which were mad by stamping various elements of the Mini Ledger set and sponging ink around the edges. The notebook edge was done with a spiral punch. The tabs were inked then pressed against the mini ledger ( Kissing Technique) before stamping onto white card stock. This gives just a hint of the lines. The sentiment was then stamped in black inside the tab.

    Julie Warner - justwritedesigns https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com/

    The little chipboard hearts and flower were first pressed against the Kpad (for color) then stickles was added on top.  Finished mini cards measure 3 x 3.

    Thanks so much for stopping by!

    Stamps: ISC -Mini Ledger, Flowers Watercolor Effect, Bush Flowers, Make a Note, Nature Silhouette II, Sketch of Roses II
    Paper: white, teal, lt blue, lt green, acetate
    Ink: Stazon black, VersaFine Onyx, Kaleidacolor Caribbean Sea, Brilliance Moonlight white
    Accessories: spiral punch (SU), black permapaque marker, stickles, small chipboard hearts & flower

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  • Sparkle N Sprinkle & Really Reasonable Ribbon Blog Hop!

    Julie Warner - justwritedesigns https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com/

    Welcome to our February Blog Hop! We at Sparkle N Sprinkle are teaming up with the crew at Really Reasonable Ribbon to show you some amazing projects using SNS glitters, flocking, stamps and embossing powders and some really pretty ribbon from the February Ribbon Kit from RRR.

    If you came here from Cheryl Walker’s Blog, you are in the right place! If not, you may want to go to Really Reasonable Ribbon Blog so you’ll be able to start from the beginning.

    Julie Warner - justwritedesigns https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com/

    For my card, I started by doing a brayered background on white c/s using only the yellow/orange/pink sections of a rainbow pad. All of the images were then stamped using black ink and I sponged on a little more color under the ducks. With a very small acrylic paintbrush, I applied bleach to the flowers. Since I used a non-waterproof dye ink, the color bleached out perfectly. I used a white gel pen to help accent the swirls on the ducks and then applied  glue to these areas as well as the flower centers. I sprinkled on Sparkling Snow glitter on some flowers and Sunny Daze glitter on the rest then edged it w/ a black marker.

    Julie Warner - justwritedesigns https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com/

    The only real difference in these cards is the treatment of the black layer. On the top version, I used a border punch on three sides and on the bottom version, I used a scallop edge die. On both, the sentiment was die cut w/ a small oval die and part of the crochet lace ribbon was added at the bottom of the image panel. I used a sunny yellow diamond ribbon for my bows and threaded a piece of the same crochet ribbon through the knot. Both are attached to 5.5 x 4.25 white cards.

    In addition to the Really Reasonable Ribbon blog candy, Sparkle N Sprinkle is giving a stamp set to one lucky hopper!  Leaving a message on every blog increases your chances of winning, because it’s a mystery which of the artists’ blogs has been chosen to house the prize! On Tuesday February 15, a name will be drawn from the comments on the mystery blog. Winner gets to choose a stamp set of their choice from SparkleNSprinkle.com!

    Next, hop on over to True SJolander’s Blog. I’m sure she’ll have something wonderful to show you!

    Thanks so much for stopping by and good luck to you!

     

    Supplies:
    stamps: Sparkle N Sprinkle – Spring Swirls #425, Spring Backgrounds #399
    paper: Neenah white, black
    ink: Kaleidacolor Birthstone rainbow pad, VersaFine onyx
    accessories: February Ribbon Assortment from Really Reasonable Ribbon,  Spellbinders petite oval, plaid border punch (EK Success), scallop border die (QuicKutz), brayer, Quickie glue pen, black Permapaque marker

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