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Congrats to Teresa, the newest Featured Stamper (FS691)! She has lovely gallery & I chose THIS card to case. I kept the framed floral w/ greeting underneath, but I used different images, changed the oval layers to rectangular, & made mine a sympathy card.

For my sympathy card, I’m using these lovely calla lilies & a stained glass oval on top.  The lily & frame are all one image, but I didn’t want the stained glass on top of the word frame, so I did them separately. I could have just left off the word framing, but I like how the big sympathy greeting echos the word frame. I die cut the white frame & inside rectangle first, then stamped the 2 parts of the lily & added a green frame. After coloring the lily, I stamped the stained glass on top w/ the gray ink & added just a hint of color here & there. I also added just a bit of color to the large greeting.

Here are the Copics I used:

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Supplies:

 

Calla Lily Sympathy 587L	Deco Deepest Sympathy 973F	Stained Glass Oval 199P	Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock
RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	RN Rectangle dies 5003D	Copic Sketch Markers	Memento Inks	MISTI

A big congrats to Betty, the newest Featured Stamper (FS686) on Splitcoast! She has a lovely gallery & after much browsing, I chose THIS card to case. I kept most of the layout & flower theme, but used different images, dies & colors, & moved the greeting a bit.

After coloring the pretty flowers, I decided against fussy cutting them entirely & instead used my out of the box die cutting technique. A black pinstripe paper was added down the left side & I tucked in a few die cut green branches. On the greeting, I stamped it on a narrow piece then used just one scallop of  the largest pierced scallop circle die to cut the ends. A couple of black mini brads were put on the ends.

Here are the Copics I used:

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Supplies:

 

RN Daisy Bouquet #3 1320-02	RN Kittie Says Phrases #1 3308	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	RN Greenery #2 die 5217-04D	RN Circle Scallop w/ Pierce dies 5129D
Copic Sketch Markers	Memento Inks	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Hammermill 100# Digital Copy card stock	American Crafts -Spring
Sequins	Mini Brads

For the Splitcoast Inspiration Challenge (IC703), we heading over to Ballard Designs & I was inspired by THIS picture. I like the blue & white floral on the oval back chair.

My sympathy card is pretty simple…I die cut the long stem flower out of white & blue then placed the white outline on top of the blue version. The bottom section is an inked embossing folder border I thought mimicked the flower. I had to do a little out of the box on the greeting using a partial die cut shape. Some liquid pearls dots were added here & there after I added the blue, white & marbled blue layers.

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Supplies:

 

With Sympathy 687F	Memory Box Cheshire Branch solid 98596	Memory Box Cheshire Branch outline 98599	Memento Inks	Staples 110# White Card Stock
AC color card stock	Distress Inks	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132	Spellbinders Lg. Petite Ovals S4-138
Spellbinders Sm. Petite Ovals dies S4-140	Cuttlebug Juli’s Garden 2001311