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I’m so excited to have been asked to be a Guest Designer for the Splitcoast Color Challenge this month! And for the first challenge (CC773) of 2020, we have a blue, yellow & brown color combo, w/ trees as the dessert option. I don’t tend to use a lot of brown so it was a good challenge for me. 

It’s kind of funny, but after I was told the colors, I went to bed that night & kept thinking “what am I going to make?”. When I woke up, I actually had a picture of this card in my head. All I had to do was to try create it. And a tree w/ a deer is actually an excellent way to work that brown in to the mix. For the bg panels,  I used some blue Brushos on watercolor paper & just let the watery mixed blues run & spread down the paper. After it dried, I cut it into 3 panels & attached a little cardboard to the backs then onto a deckle edge espresso brown panel. I added a larger lt blue panel behind it then the die cut espresso tree on the left & a saffron yellow sun behind it. The deer was also attached to a matching cardboard die cut & I used Prismacolor Pencils to add the color.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

 

RN Deer Family dies 5162-10D	RN Deckle Rectangle dies 5176D	RN Winter Tree die 5170D	RN Rectangle dies 5003D	RN Circle dies 5002D
Staples 110# White Card Stock	Prismacolor Pencils	AC color card stock	Water Color Paper	Brushos Water Color Crystals

Happy New Year & welcome to 2020! I made this for the Splitcoaststampers Fan Club January Christmas Challenge. We have a brand new year of Christmas Challenges!  You’ll need to be Fan Club member but that’s easy…just click the blue link to find out how. Bet you’re wondering what the challenge theme is..I’d love to tell you but you’ll have to go see for yourself. 
For my card, I started w/ a die cut piece of tan c/s, then took a wide, flat paintbrush & dry brushed a combo of white, white glimmer & gold glimmer acrylic paints vertically down the panel. When it dried, I put it into my Misti & stamped the wood bg first w/ the desert sand ink then again using Brilliance lightning black.  The ivory circle has the greeting gold embossed on it & edged w/ a gold leaf pen. The dk green circle was stamped w/ the lovely wreath image (& yes..it was a little hard to see the black ink on the dk green bg!) & colored w/ Prismacolor Pencils. I love the gold Prisma pencil on the dk green! I cut around a few of the gold berries & lifted them on top of the greeting circle. A couple of die cut holly were added under the circles. I thought the white card front looked a little too bright so I sponged it w/ Distress antique linen before attaching everything.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

 

RN Merry Christmas w/ Holly 1256-06	RN Wreath w/ Berries 1252	RN Wood Fence Bg 1123-03	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	RN Circle Stitch dies 5006D
RN Holly #1 die 5162-08D	Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock	Prismacolor Pencils	Memento Inks
RN Mirror Gold embossing powder	Brilliance Inks	Ultimate Metallic Ink	Distress Inks	Krylon Metallic Leafing pens
Decoart Acrylic paint	MISTI

Congrats to Susan, the newest Featured Stamper (FS673) on Splitcoast! She has a fab gallery & I chose THIS card as my inspiration. I kept the blues & oval but used different images & dies & turned the layout.

I thought a little winter card would be nice. I put thank you on the inside but it could just as well be a winter birthday card. Had to take the pictures flat because this navy bg is one of those colors that defy picture taking. I have a couple of colors that the camera just goes haywire trying to capture the color & this is one. Flat like this, it comes out fine & hopefully you can see the silver snowflakes & silver embossed greeting, too. The snowflakes were stamped w/ the silver ink, but I didn’t emboss them..just heat set them. For the ice skates,  I stamped them on the lighter blue/gray c/s & used Prismacolor Pencils on them. I have really enjoyed using the pencils on different colors of c/s lately & this color seemed to work out well for the skates. A few silver punched snowflakes were added to finish.

Here’s the inside:

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a Happy New Year!

Supplies:

 

Ice Skates 373H	Snowflakes & Winter Cheer 135G	Interlocking Snow 015H	Blizzard of Thanks 545F	MISTI
Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock	Ultimate Metallic Ink	RN Silver Dollar embossing powder	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D
RN Oval Stitch dies 5008D	Tonic Snowflake punch 2	Prismacolor Pencils	Memento Inks