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It’s my honor to host the Splitcoast Featured Stamper Challenge (FS728) & a big congrats to Debbie! She has a beautiful gallery & I chose THIS to case. I kept the greeting centerpiece surrounded by a big flower & embossed bg, but I used different images, dies & embossing folder & changed the colors.

For my version, I stamped, colored & fussy cut the big flower & leaves & since I couldn’t find the right color of purple, I colored the oval frame to go with it. The center oval was die cut out before the greeting was stamped on it, then it was replaced. I added some die cut branches & crystals & the rest is pretty self explanatory.

Here are the Copics I used:

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

RN Brushed Flower #12 1318-02	RN Best Friend set 3334	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	RN Oval Stitch dies 5008D	RN Oval Stitch Frame dies 5123D
Staples 110# White Card Stock	X-Press It Blending Card	MISTI	CGull Floral Leaf Swirl 12-0018 embossing folder	Copic Sketch Markers
Memento Inks	Rhinestones

Welcome to 2021!  Are you as happy to say adios to 2020 as I am? Seriously, all I can say to 2020 is don’t let the door hit you on the way out. And it’s time for the Splitcoaststampers Fan Club Jan Christmas Challenge! We have a year of new 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. Hint..I’m really loving the new theme for this year.

My card is pretty easy…I stamped the piggy w/ presents onto kraft & colored it in using Prismacolor pencils. I really love the look of Prismas on kraft & especially when paired w/ a bit of white. The snowflakes were stamped on the large kraft layer using Distress picket fence ink then I added a white layer behind piggy & a scalloped edge down the left.
Here’s the inside. I figured the greetings would work well for Christmas, New Year’s or any winter holiday.


Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Christmas Leonard Pig 709K	Tiny Season’s Greetings 173A	Interlocking Snow 015H	Beautiful Holiday Greeting 353G	Prismacolor Pencils
RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	RN Nested Scallop w Holes dies 5300D	Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock	Distress Inks

Welcome to November!  And it’s time for the Splitcoaststampers Fan Club Nov Christmas Challenge! We have a year of new 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. AND..it’s also time for the Featured Stamper Challenge (FS717) so I’m combining both challenges for this card plus I have another card for just the FS.

On my first card, I cased THIS card of Mary’s. I kept the sunrise/sunset scene w/ the silhouette image, but I used die cuts instead of a stencil, made mine a slimline Christmas card & used slightly different colors.

After die cutting the deer & tree out of black, I die cut the white slimline ticket shaped panel & a few more bottom sections out of white. I used a stitched hill die to cut those extra bottoms into snowbanks. I used a large circle die to cut a reverse mask out of copy paper & used it to sponge in the sun. For the sky, I used the negative part of the slimline cloud die to add some cloud like shapes to the sky. The deer & tree were popped up slightly using cardboard die cut w/the same dies. White acrylic paint & a paintbrush was used to splatter the falling snow then I used some stickles in areas for a little sparkle.

Supplies for this card:

My second card is a little different & I chose THIS card of Mary’s to case. I kept the Christmas theme & making a poinsettia out of a leaf image, but I also used a real leaf to “print” the larger petals & only made one large poinsettia instead of many smaller ones.

I started w/ my die cut white panel & some real leaves I picked off one our Crape Myrtle trees. The shape reminded me of poinsettia petal, but these are a lot sturdier & easy to print. Here’s a pic of the leaves as they looked when I picked them.

I inked a leaf by rubbing the crimson inked over the leaf, placing it ink side down on the panel, then gently rubbing over the backside w/ a paper towel. If you press or rub too hard, you lose the vein detail, so be gentle if you try this.

This is how it looked after I printed the leaf 5 times. I’m not worried about the ink smudges because I’d already planned on using a splatter stamp to add some interest. With the base layer of petals done, I inked part of another leaf w/ the moss ink, masked the red petal w/ the actual leaf, & printed the green leaves. Then I took a leaf rubber stamp, inked it w/ the crimson & stamped it for the smaller, top layer of petals.

The splatter was stamped once w/ scarlet & again w/ gold ink & heat embossed w/ gold powder.  I used a gold leaf Krylon pen around the edges, added the greeting & some gold gems in the center of my poinsettia.

Supplies for this card:

RN Leaf set 1221	RN Christmas Phrases Lg/Sm 3328	RN Splatter Bg 1231	RN Winter Bouquet 3321	RN Slimline Ticket Stitch dies 5329-02D
RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	RN Slimline Clouds die 5328-01D	RN Deer Family dies 5162-10D	RN Winter Tree die 5170D	RN Stitched Hills dies 5173-01D
RN Circle dies 5002D	RN Color Fuse Ink set #1	RN Color Fuse Ink set #2	RN Color Fuse Ink set #4	RN Color Fuse Ink set #7
RN Color Fuse Ink set #10	Versafine Clair ink	RN Mirror Gold embossing powder	Ultimate Metallic Ink	Staples 110# White Card Stock
AC color card stock	RN Crossover II	Stickles	MISTI	Decoart Acrylic paint
Krylon Metallic Leafing pens	Rhinestones