Wednesday, February 15th, 2017
Welcome to the February #1 Blog Hop for Serendipity Stamps! If you arrived here from Miriam’s blog, you’re in the right place..if not, you may want to head over there first.
The Prize – One $20 gift code will go to one random commenter from the blogs. So be sure to visit all the blogs because you don’t know which one the winner will be drawn from. You have through Sunday Feb 5 to leave comments on the blogs for a chance to win. Mary will announce a winner on Feb 6 on her Blog. Each month a different image is 50% off. This month- it’s the Fun Heart Cling Set! The sale this time is Free Shipping on US orders of $25 or more, good until 2/19. On the first & third Wednesdays of every month., we’ll be celebrating with a Blog Hop!
To make my clean & simple St. Patrick’s Day card, I die cut all the pieces and parts out of a water color background I had in my stash. It was a largish leftover from something else, made w/ yellows & greens Brushos crystals. The colors were perfect for a St. Patrick’s Day card & the little bird was die cut out of an area where the greens faded into white. I liked the way it made him look more like a real bird w/ varied coloring. (The shamrock in his hat is part of the Little Critters die set.) The Lucky die was cut once out of the w/c bg & once out of a lime green I used underneath for a bit of a shadow. For the embossed edges, I used a scallop ribbons folder then cut away only one part to use as the edges on either side. The shamrock balloons were added w/ some Baker’s twine strings.
Here’s a look at the inside.
Please be sure to comment on all the DT Blogs..it will be so appreciated & also increase your chances of winning!
Mary’s Blog
Carol Mayne
Karen Amidon
Miriam Napier
Julie Warner (you are here!)
Vickie Zimmer
Marybeth Lopez
Thanks so much for stopping by!
Supplies:
Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – (inside- Happy St. Patrick’s Day)
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| Paper: Staples #110 white, Neenah white linen, watercolor, lime green |
| Ink: Memento tuxedo black |
| Accessories: Serendipity Birdies, Lucky, Little Critters, Shamrock dies, Brushos water color crystals, Sizzix embossing folder, TE shamrock dies, Lil’ Inker Stitched Rectangle dies |
Tags: Birds, CAS, Embossing/Dry or Heat, Lil' Inker, Serendipity Stamps, Splitcoast, Splitcoast Weekly Favorite, St. Patrick's Day, Taylored Expressions, water color
Posted in Birds, CAS, Cuttlebug/Quickutz/Sizzix, Embossing/Dry or Heat, Serendipity Stamps, Splitcoast Challenges, Splitcoaststampers Weekly Favorite, St. Patrick's Day, Watercolor | 22 Comments »
Monday, March 21st, 2016
Well…I realize St. Paddy’s Day was last week, but the Clean & Simple (CAS369) is basically, well…St. Patrick’s Day. Go figure! So here I am w/ one last card. Since green (any shade) is my favorite color, I always like this holiday & I guess I’ll have one ready for next year.
To make my easy card, I white embossed the polka dot bg on the green & die cut it. On the white layer, I die cut a large shamrock & used the negative space instead. The greeting & a few shamrocks were stamped & I sprinkled a few sequins to finish.
Here’s a look at the inside.
Thanks so much for stopping by! Don’t forget to swing by & check out the DRS Thursday Challenge..this week it’s a Spring Color Challenge & there’s a nice prize up for grabs. DRS images are not required to enter.
Supplies:
| Stamps: DRS Designs- Shamrock Shenanigans, Shamrock Group, Polka Dot Bg, (St. Pat’s Greeting – inside) |
| Paper: Staples white, green |
| Ink: Versafine onyx, Colorbox frost white pigment, Kaliedacolor fresh greens |
| Accessories: Misti, white embossing powder, sequins, Serendipity Shamrock die, Lil’Inkers stitched rectangles dies, ODBD Flourished Star Pattern die |
Tags: CAS, DRS Designs, DRS Thursday Challenge, Embossing/Dry or Heat, shamrocks, Splitcoast, St. Patrick's Day
Posted in CAS, DRS Designs, Embossing/Dry or Heat, Splitcoast Challenges, St. Patrick's Day | 1 Comment »
Monday, February 8th, 2016
The Technique Challenge (TLC572) on Splitcoast today involves a pleated skirt made of paper. The instructions were not hard, I just made it harder on myself because of orientation of my image..so I had to reverse the side of the pleat & make is shorter to fit.
After I stamped, colored & die cut Paddy Bear, I colored a narrow cut off piece w/ the same green Copics & added it to the upper right. I used a piece of the marigold c/s to make my pleated skirt. It’s attached to a piece of white on the reverse side & I stamped it w/ little shamrocks using the marigold ink. I also used a dot embossing folder & curved border die to cut most of the lower edge. The two ribbons were also colored to match & attached on top of the pleated skirt. A little Wink of Stella was added to all the shamrocks.
These are the Copics I used to color everything.
Thanks so much for stopping by!
Supplies:
| Stamps: DRS Designs- Tall Shamrocks, Shamrock Shenanigans, Paddy Bear, Shamrock Bg |
| Paper: Staples white, Hammermill white, marigold |
| Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx, Distress ink dried marigold |
| Accessories: Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B, curved border dies, Copic markers, ribbon, Misti, Cuttlebug Swiss dots embossing folder, TE shamrocks die, Wink of Stella |
Tags: Copic, Cuttlebug/Quickutz/Sizzix, DRS Designs, shamrocks, Spellbinders, Splitcoast, Splitcoast Weekly Favorite, St. Patrick's Day
Posted in Cuttlebug/Quickutz/Sizzix, DRS Designs, Embossing/Dry or Heat, Spellbinders Nestabilities, Splitcoast Challenges, Splitcoaststampers Weekly Favorite, St. Patrick's Day | 2 Comments »
