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  • Thinking of You

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    An clean, colorful, easy to make card for any number of occasions. The stamps have matching dies & I’m really loving this woodplank cover die. Use it plain white or inked for totally different look.

    For the Inspiration Challenge (IC960), we are visiting Daily Paintworks & their Pinterest Boards where I found THIS picture to inspire me.

    My card is pretty simple. I die cut the large wood plank panel then used brushes to add the green ink & a little of the blue-green, then used the blue green to rub directly over the top to darken all the raised areas. A smaller white panel was die cut a few times. First w/ the larger die, then a smaller one (to create the white frame) and finally an even smaller die to create the rectangle inset. I placed this in the center of the wood plank die & ran it thru the die cut machine. The branches were all colored & die cut & I used the individual wood plank set to cut the piece for the greeting before stamping on it.

    Here are the Copics I used:

    Thanks so much for stopping by!


    Supplies:

    Stamps: Brass & Bliss: Simple Floral #1, Always Peony set (greeting)
     Paper:  Staples 110# white
    Ink: VersaClair nocturne, Brass & Bliss/Rubbernecker Stamps: Color Fuse ink set #9, set #10
    Accessories:  Brass & Bliss/Rubbernecker Stamps: Rectangles, Wood Plank Panel, Wood Planks,  Simple Floral #1 dies, Detail Blending Brushes, ,  MISTI, Copic Markers



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  • Birthday Butterflies

    Posted on by Julie Comment


    A birthday card sure to brighten a special someone’s day! All colors of the rainbow adorn the stenciled stripe strip & are continued in the trio of fancy butterflies. Touches of black make the colors pop!

    A big congrats to Beth, the newest Featured Stamper (FS897)! She has a super gallery & I chose THIS card to case. I kept the birthday & butterflies theme, but I used different images, colors & dies, stenciled the stripes instead of using designer paper, and added some narrow black framing.

    My rainbow bright card started w/ the stenciled strip. I used almost every color of ink in the Color Fuse series, a distressed stripe stencil and some detail brushes. I used parts of a scallop rectangle frame die to border the strip & help it stand out. The fancy butterflies were colored & die cut w/ their coordinating dies. I used a little foam to pop them up. I liked this particular birthday greeting for its tall letters and graphic look. To me, it paired well w/ the stripes above it.

    A narrow black layer was added behind the main panel to tie it all together.
    Here are the Copics I used on the butterflies:

    Thanks     so much for stopping by!

    Supplies:

    Stamps: Brass & Bliss: Butterfly Kisses set, Silhouette Wildflower set
     Paper:  Staples 110# white, black
    Ink: VersaClair nocturne, Memento tuxedo black,  Brass & Bliss/Rubbernecker Stamps: Color Fuse ink set #1, set #2, set #4, set #5, set #6, set #7, set #8, set #9, set #11
    Accessories:  Brass & Bliss/Rubbernecker Stamps: Rectangles, Butterfly Kisses set, Outside Scallop Frames dies, Tattered Stripes Stencil, Detail Brushes,  MISTI , Copic markers



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  • Wonderful Day Oval

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    A clean & simple card that’s easy to make and easy to customize by changing the colors or the greeting. Add a black border for some impact against the white.

    A big congrats to Cristena, the newest Featured Stamper (FS894). She has a wonderful gallery & I chose THIS card to case.  I kept the wildflower in the oval layout, but I used different images, dies & colors & a few less layers.


    For my card, I placed the new Oval mask on a die cut piece of white card stock. The greens were sponged in from the bottom up & the purples were sponged from the top down. I left just a bit of white between the 2 colors, then added the blue to bridge the colors. When using 2 opposite colors like green & purple, it’s important not to try to blend them together or it will usually look like mud. I used the lt blue because it blends well w/ both the purples & the greens.

    After removing the mask, the pretty Silhouette Wildflowers were stamped on top of the sponged area. The word day was stamped beneath the oval & I cut a thin strip w/ the wonderful word on it to fit the oval. The image was attached to a black, die cut panel before adding to a white card.

    Thanks so much for stopping by!


    Supplies:

    Stamps: Brass & Bliss/Rubbernecker Stamps: Silhouette Wildflowers
     Paper:  Staples 110# white, black
    Ink: VersaClair nocturne, Brass & Bliss/Rubbernecker Stamps: Color Fuse ink set #1 & set #4
    Accessories:  Brass & Bliss/Rubbernecker Stamps: Rectangles, Rectangles w/ Square Holes dies, Circle/Oval Mask/Stencil,  MISTI 



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