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It’s my turn & my pleasure to host the Splitcoast Featured Stamper Challenge (FS645). So a big congrats to Michelle! She has a lovely gallery & after browsing her entire gallery, I kept coming back to THIS. I kept the Hot Air Balloon theme & layout, but I used dies instead of a stamp, different colors & a shaving cream bg instead of a watercolor bg.
 My version is pretty simple..I sponged a white piece of c/s w/ yellow & orange Distress inks, then die cut one of just the yellow for the outline & the inserts out of the red/orange part. The greeting was white embossed on black & the sky circle is a remnant piece of  shaving cream bg.

Here’s the inside. I used the negatives of the balloon & clouds as a stencil to sponge thru them.

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Supplies:

 

RN Brush Butterflies 3018	RN Cloud die set 5147-02D	RN Hot Air Balloon die 5209-02D	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	RN Nested Banner Stitch dies 5151D
Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock	Distress Inks	Colorbox Pigment Ink	Ranger Embossing Powder
Sequins

Today’s CAS Challenge (CAS537) is all about June weddings. So I have a really quick wedding card.

The wedding couple, greeting, & candles in the corner were all white embossed on turquoise felt card stock. It’s not really made of felt, but it has that same textural look to it. It’s backed w/ a WFD (wrinkle free distress) background I made w/ Distress oxide inks. the flourish across the top was cut out of the same paper & I added a few pearls on it.

Here’s the inside. I flipped over the negative of the die cut for the front & used it as a stencil on the inside.

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Silhouette Bride & Groom 026G	New Beginning 602E	Rain Down Greeting 837F	Wedding Ring Ensemble 028G
Colorbox Pigment Ink	Distress Oxide Inks	Ranger Embossing Powder	Darice Flourish die 2014-42
AC color card stock	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131	Lil’ Inker Stitched Rectangles Die Set

Congrats to Wanda, the newest Featured Stamper (FS644)! I’ve long been a fan of Wanda’s & I probably could have cased her all week long. I was inspired by THIS card for my fishy birthday card. I kept the layout & underwater theme, but used different images, different colors & added a couple of layers.

After stamping, coloring & fussy cutting all the fish, I dug thru my pile of backgrounds & came up w/ this shaving cream bg. I wanted something w/ some watery colors but not so intense or busy that it detracted from the little fish. For those stripes on the little angel fish I had to use a yellow gel pen to get inside the lines. I added some bubbles & a piece of striped washi tape. Then came the hunt for a greeting. Turns out the one I used was just about perfect. I inked up the top & bottom lines, then used a narrow piece of scotch tape to cover the original A (in Fantastic), stamped, then reversed the process w/ the tape & stamped an I in the A’s place. Some of those clear acrylic doohickies (forgot the name, lol) finished it off.

Here’s a look at the inside & below it are the Copics I used.

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Supplies:

 

4 in 1 Ocean Designs 953F	Big Mouth Bass 896D	Pawsitivily Birthday 727F	Birthday Wishes 508E	Bubbles 130A
Memento Inks	Distress ink reinkers	Staples 110# White Card Stock	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	RN Circle Stitch dies 5006D
Copic Sketch Markers	Washi Tape	Dew Drops (Decorative Fillers)