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A big Congrats to Monique, the newest Featured Stamper (FS680) on Splitcoast! She has a fabulous gallery & it was hard to pick, but I finally decided on THIS card to case. I kept the blue flowers theme & intricate bg cut out, but I used different images & dies & left off a few layers.

After coloring the blue daisies, I die cut them w/ a rounded stitched rectangle die. On the white bg, I die cut the left side w/ a circle lattice die & added just a few of the centers back in then backed it w/ navy blue. The butterfly was colored w/ the same colors & die cut w/ its matching die & I split the greeting..white embossing half on navy & stamping the rest on the white bg. I used a word window punch on the “Happy” part.

Here are the Copics I used. (I also used a few Prismacolor Pencils in similar colors on top.)

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Supplies:

 

RN Daisy Bouquet #4 1320-03	RN Brush Butterflies 3018	RN Fluttering Butterflies dies 3018D	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	RN Happy Birthday 1319-06
RN Circle Lattice 5026D	RN Rounded Corner Rectangle Stitch dies 5017D	Copic Sketch Markers	Prismacolor Pencils	Memento Inks
Staples 110# White Card Stock	Hammermill 100# Digital Copy card stock	AC color card stock	Colorbox Pigment Ink	Ranger Embossing Powder
McGill multi word window punch

For the Splitcoast Inspiration Challenge (IC741) we’re going to Shop The Manor. After window shopping for quite a while, I came across THIS lovely pillow.  I remembered I had an alcohol ink bg in my stash w/ similar colors so I went w/ the pillow for my inspiration. The bg was done w/ alcohol inks on Yupo paper. After dropping the colors, I spritzed it & also dropped some rubbing alcohol onto it to move the color around a little.

After coloring the daisies, I stamped the greeting then cut it w/ a lg tag die (using my out of the box technique on the left side). The tag die has a separate circle or square hole so you’re able to put it anywhere. I used it to not only cut the hole for the tag, but also cut all the little circles down the side. To make them stand out more, I die cut a bunch of these holes in white then used a 3/8″ circle punch to cut out the stitched hole left behind. These rings were attached on top of the circle cut outs in the colorful bg. A few of the punched out circles were added to the tag. Since the bg wasn’t a full card front size, I attached some stitched strips of white to frame it in & give it a more finished look.

Here are the Copics I used on the daisies.

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Supplies:

 

RN Daisy Bouquet #1 1317-02	RN Blooms Your Way 1319-17	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	RN Tag Stitch dies 5149D	Copic Sketch Markers
Memento Inks	Ranger Alcohol Inks	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Hammermill 100# Digital Copy card stock	Yupo paper
Isopropyl Alcohol 91%	Inkessentials Mini Mister	EK Success circle punch

Congrats to Brent, the newest Featured Stamper (FS679) on Splitcoast! He has a wonderful gallery full of digital projects. After much browsing, I chose THIS to case. I kept the layout & flower on the side, but used different images, colors & dies.

I stamped & colored the dogwood branch like a cherry blossom branch then fussy cut it. The white bg was embossed w/ a cherry blossom folder & I added a couple of narrow layers. The greeting was stamped on a large stitched flag. I did have to use my resizing technique to make the flag a little longer.

Here are the Copics I used:

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Supplies:

 

Dogwood 1092H	Deco Thanks 623E	Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D
RN Nested Banner Stitch dies 5151D	Copic Sketch Markers	Memento Inks	Darice 1218-67 Cherry Blossom folder