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  • Serendipity SSCB #26 -Chalk

    Julie Warner – https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com
    Weekly-FavoriteWelcome to a new challenge for  Serendipity Stamps! The Serendipity Challenge this week is Chalk.

    I will admit..it’s been a long time since I’ve used my chalks or chalk pencils. On top of that, I have a bit of bronchitis and the chalk dust really gave me coughing fits, lol. Anyway, I stamped the lovely wine image, masked it and rubbed and scribbled pink and purple chalks over the background, After I removed the mask, I used the chalk and chalk pencils to add color to the image. I then used an eraser to remove color in areas for highlights. Since it’s hard to do really detailed shading with chalk, I had decided in the beginning I would go for an Impressionistic type still life look. The coughing got to be too much with the chalk dust and the colors still didn’t look shaded enough, so I took out my Prismacolor pencils and added more shading. It was starting to look a little better, but I still wasn’t happy with it.

    Julie Warner – https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com
    It’s funny where inspiration comes from, but as I was pondering what to do next, I noticed an animated short film on tv. The style was very cartoonish but I started looking at the backgrounds in the scenes. They were very mottled and had these cross hatch markings all over it and I really liked the way they looked. So I took a white Prismacolor pencil and did the scratchy bg on the top. I also used the Ink Spots image to add a little something something along the shaded edges. The framed image was so large, I had no place to put the greeting except over the image, so I added it with the Versafine onyx ink.

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    Supplies:

    Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – Wine & Cheese, Everyday Words set, Ink Spots
    Paper: Neenah white, dk blue violet
    Ink:  Memento tuxedo black & lulu lavender, Versafine onyx
    Accessories: Spellbinders labels 8 die, chalks (pastel sticks), pastel pencils, Prismacolor pencils

  • ODBD December Release!

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

    Welcome to the Our Daily Bread designs December Release! 

    For my first card, I white embossed all the little flowers and greeting on white card stock then die cut them w/ the matching die. On the greeting flower, I left the die in place and sponged on the berry ink. On the other flowers, I sponged on the lawn, berry & peacock inks. The curvy white strip on top is a couple of left over pieces from die cutting a labels 17. The strips were pierced, attached on top of the two rows of flowers w/ ribbon on top. The large 5.25 x 4.0 white panel was also pierced around the edges. The finished card is 5.50 x 4.25. 

    Supplies:

    Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs – Ornate Borders & Flowers, Ornate Borders Sentiments
    Paper: Neenah white
    Ink:  Distress Ink festive berries, mowed lawn & peacock feathers, Colorbox frost white pigment
    Accessories:  ODBD Ornate Borders & Flowers dies, Spellbinders labels 17 die, ribbon, baker’s twine, button, piercing tool & mat, white embossing powder

    Julie Warner – https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com
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    On my second card, I started by using a brayer and a large rainbow ink pad to cover a large piece of white card stock. After stamping the Ornate Background, I added some highlights w/ a white gel pen and a white Prismacolor pencil. I then added black enamel dots all over the design. The two border/frame images were stamped, colors and die cut w/ the matching dies. The greeting was die cut w/ a small petite oval and I cut along the edges of the design to insert it. The finished card is 5.50 x 4.25.

    Supplies:

    Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs – Ornate Borders & Flowers, Ornate Borders Sentiments, Ornate Background
    Paper: Neenah white, pale pink, butter yellow
    Ink:  Versafine onyx, Big & Juicy sunset rainbow ink pad
    Accessories:  ODBD Ornate Borders & Flowers dies, Spellbinders small petite oval dies, Copic markers (for greeting layers), Ranger enamel accents in black. white gel pen, white Prismacolor pencil

     

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  • Christmas Owl

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

    Weekly-FavoriteToday’s Color Challenge on Splitcoast (CC453), artichoke, cherry & baked brown sugar, are such great colors for Christmas that I made another card. Mary (owner of Serendipity Stamps), asked if anyone could think of a way to make this super owl die look Christmasy. This is what I came up with using the hat and scarf from the Snowman w/ Birds image.  Julie Warner - https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com

    After die cutting the owl, I attached him to a piece of dk red. Originally I had die cut a smaller labels 4, but I changed my mind and put the die cut label back into the piece and used it as one. I had a scrap of an artichoke piece so I used it on the right side. The snowy scene was stamped onto the kraft (as close as I have to the baked brown sugar) and I added snow on the trees w/ a white gel pen. The snow on the ground was done w/ a white prismacolor pencil. The falling snow was done by seriously thinning white acrylic paint (approx. 6 to 1 water/paint) in a fine mister and spritzing. I wanted something else red, so I drew a tiny cardinal in the tree. The finished card is 5.50 x 4.25. These are the Copics I used to color the hat & scarf.
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    Thanks so much for stopping by! Please stop by tomorrow to see the new Serendipity Challenge!

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    Supplies:

    Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – Winter Fence Line, Snowman w/ Birds, Tis the Season
    Paper: Neenah white, kraft, dk red, olive, scrap of metallic gold
    Ink:   Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx
    Accessories:  Serendipity Owl die, Spellbinders labels 4 die, Memory Box tender leaves die, sequins, Martha Stewart branch punch, white Prismacolor pencil, white gel pen, thinned white acrylic paint in fine mister