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A big congrats to Denise, the newest Featured Stamper (FS579) on Splitcoast! She has a lovely little gallery & I chose THIS to case. I love the vibrant blue so I kept I kept that & most of the layout. I used different images, turned it horizontal & moved the greeting,
This is also for the Ways to Use It Challenge (WT678), to use bleach. I actually love using bleach on card stock…w/ all the different brands & colors, you never know exactly what you’ll get. For this, I stamped this southwest pot image w/ bleach onto the cobalt blue c/s. I was pleasantly surprised to see it turned a lovely turquoise color when bleached. The strip on the side was simply sprayed w/ bleach. After fussy cutting the pot, I used a lg bg die to emboss the turquoise panels then added a double stitched circle frame & some sequins & strips of paper for grasses. 

Here’s a look at the inside.

Just for grins, I sprayed a bunch of different colors of c/s  to see what bleach would do. Here are my results. (Click any pic to enlarge. If there’s a solid piece next to it, that was the original color.)

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Inkadinkado SW Pot	TSOL Mini Banners 2 Cut	MFT Meant to Sparkle	MISTI
Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock	Double Stitched Rectangles dies CBD123	Double Stitched Circles dies CBD136
Boho Background die CBD561	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	Sequins	Cross Stitch Arch dies

 
It’s my turn to host the Featured Stamper Challenge (FS576) on Splitcoast, so a big congrats to Susy! After browsing her lovely gallery, I kept coming back to THIS card. I love the white on kraft & layout so I kept those, but I used different images, added a couple more layers & made mine a birthday card.

After stamping & white embossing then I added some pale colors w/ Prismacolor pencils. I added a fussy cut tab w/ the greeting on it & a fussy cut dragonfly on the ribbon. I used a white gel pen to add some dots because I forgot I wanted to add some white splatter before I put the card together 🙂

Here’s a look at the inside.

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And also, I have a card I made for the Inspiration Challenge (IC637) because I forgot to post it yesterday.


I was inspired by THIS iris, Be Original. Somewhere along the line, the colors went a little sideways & I think I created a totally different hybrid iris!

After coloring, I did a little out of the box when I die cut it. I was looking thru some old backgrounds I made eons ago & came across part of one made w/ Marvy metallic markers & the colors seemed right.

Here are the Copics I used.

Supplies:

Thanks so much for stopping by!

 

 

ISC Oriental Nature Elements	TSOL Back to Basics	Anita’s Iris	Memento Inks	Staples 110# White Card Stock
Copic Sketch Markers	Prismacolor Pencils	Colorbox Pigment Ink	Lil’ Inker Stitched Rectangles Die Set	White Gelly Roll Pen
Cuttlebug Matelasse embossing folder 2001945	Sequins	Marvy Metallics markers	X-Press It Blending Card	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132
Spellbinders Lg Circles S4-114	Spellbinders Sm. Circles S4-116

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This was made for Lydia’s Dare To Get Dirty challenge on Splitcoast & we’d love for you to join in so for all the details go to the Dare to Get Dirty Forum ..but you’ll need to be a Fan Club member. It’s sooooo easy! You still have a little time to enter the challenges, but this is last challenge on the last day of DTGD16.

This card looks simple, but it was off the charts aggravating! I was having one of THOSE days. I dropped or lost most everything I touched. And for the life of me, I can’t figure out why my supplies want to hide. When I drop them in the middle of the floor, they will scoot or shoot half way across a room to get under a piece of furniture like they’re sliding into home! And this requires getting down on my knees w/ a flashlight & long stick (yes I have one just for this purpose) to retrieve them. Dies are the worst..they are the same color as the hardwood floor..& they require the magnet extension on my screwdriver. I had to carry around so many retrieval tools, I felt like a vacuum cleaner w/ full attachments.

Anyway, the scene was stamped across the blank spot in an Embossing Folder Stamped piece. I didn’t like the way the stamped embossing folder piece turned out so the white topper covered it all up, lol. I also stamped the scene on the white then added a little mitre cornered frame around it. The black zigzag was die cut, the greeting & sequins added.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

 

Amsterdam Waterfront	TSOL Mini Banners 2 Cut	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131	Stitched Rectangles Die Set	PS Borders 1 dies
VersaFine Small Inkpads	Distress Inks	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Recollections Cardstock	MISTI
Darice Umbrella embossing folder	Sequins

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