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  • Serendipity SSCB#52 – Anything Goes!

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    Welcome to the February Challenge for Serendipity Stamps!

    This month the challenge is Anything Goes! You can get all the details over on the     Serendipity Challenge Blog.  We also have a new “Stamp of the Month”. Each month a different image is 50% off  & this month- it’s the Tandem Bicycle Set. Be sure to check out the great deals on the Clearance Stamps! And as always, we have a gift certificate up for grabs to a random player.

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    Since anything goes and I always need a ton of birthday cards for March (just around the corner!), I used this fabulous new Birthday die which happens to go perfectly w/ the Happy die & the Reverse Balloon die (I used some of the positive balloons cuts) I already have. I die cut the red stripe layer & the white topper & my first thought was to split the white panel in two & add the Birthday in the middle. Then after die cutting the Birthday, I liked how it looked left with the upper portion of the white but with the lower section removed, so I left it. I added a couple of piece of card stock behind it to elevate it a bit from the red stripe paper. I die cut some of the balloons out of the red stripe & added them w/ some of the confetti & added them next to the double stacked Happy.

    Here’s a look at the inside, continuing w/ the die cuts. 
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    Supplies:

    Stamps: none
    Paper: Neenah white, red striped dp (Bazzill Basics – Red Devil pack)
    Ink:  none
    Accessories: Serendipity- Birthday, Happy, Party Balloon Reverse, Celebrate dies, Spellbinders A2 matting basics B dies, Lil’ Inkers stitched rectangle dies

    Please stop by & comment on all the DT Blogs…it will be much appreciated & will also increase your chances of winning! Our special Guest Designer this month is Darnell Knauss! 

    Jenny Gropp

    Julie Warner (you are here!)

    Karen Amidon

    Marybeth Lopez

    Miriam Napier

    Vickie Zimmer

    Jeanne Jachna

    Thanks so much for stopping by!
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    This entry was posted in Birthday CAS Serendipity Stamps Spellbinders Nestabilities Splitcoast Challenges and tagged

  • Cupcake Love

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    My card today is a combo of the Clean & Simple (CAS361), Color (CC567), and Sketch (SC577) Challenges. The CAS is to make a sweet treat, the colors are mint, strawberry & espresso & my version of the sketch is a little morphed. Instead of the straight band mine is a curved banner & I had to move the greeting underneath.
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    So I stamped, colored & cut out the cupcake (my panel 3) & added some stickles to the icing. The white bg (my panel 2) was dry embossed & I had a big heart punch that fit inside the heart centerpiece almost exactly (my panel 5), so I sponged on green ink & put it behind the cupcake. The banner (my panel 4) was die cut & stamped using the pistachio & worn lipstick inks & I did remove a couple of the flags to make it shorter.  The larger layer (my panel 1)is actually just a frame that was sitting there, so I embossed it w/ frame folder & sponged the green ink over the top of it.

    These are the Copics I used to color the cupcake
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    Thanks so much for stopping by!
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    Supplies:

    Stamps: DRS Designs-  Cupcake, Hey Cupcake; Our Daily Bread designs: Pennant Swag Alphabet
    Paper: Neenah white
    Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx & sepia, Distress inks worn lipstick, cracked pistachio
    Accessories:  Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B, Nested Pennant dies, Copic markers, ODBD Pennant Swag die, Marvy lg heart punch, stickles, Sizzix embossing folders (Love Set #3 & Folksy Fun Posey)

    This entry was posted in CAS Divinity Designs/Our Daily Bread designs DRS Designs Embossing/Dry or Heat Glitter Love/Valentine Spellbinders Nestabilities Splitcoast Challenges Splitcoaststampers Weekly Favorite Sponging and tagged

  • Valentine Doily

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    Today’s Sketch Challenge (SC575) looked simple, yet interesting, so I gave it a try. My card is fairly CAS (clean & simple), made easier because it’s made up of scraps, leftovers & die cuts already made.
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    The white stitched frame, pink doily,  pink circle, arrow & hearts were already cut & just hanging around. The doily isn’t actually a full one..just what you see here, so I tucked it partially under the white frame. The narrow black inside the white was another frame just hanging out so everything worked today. Well, except my internet..it’s been going on little coffee breaks all day. So annoying!! The only newly cut items are the big Happy and the little embossed heart bg. 
    Thanks so much for stopping by!
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    Supplies:

    Stamps: DRS Designs- Small Happy Valentine’s Day, Ornate Corner Tile
    Paper: Neenah white, small scrap of red, black, pink marbled
    Ink: Memento angel pink, Versafine onyx
    Accessories:  Spellbinders A2 matting basics A, circles, pierced circles, Shoot (arrow)  dies, ODBD Stitched Rectangle & Umbrellas (hearts) die, , Lil’ Inkers stitched rectangles dies, Cheery Lynn English Tea Doily die, Memory Box Happy Holidays die, Cuttlebug embossing folder (Love set)

    This entry was posted in CAS Cheery Lynn Dies Cuttlebug/Quickutz/Sizzix DRS Designs Embossing/Dry or Heat Love/Valentine Spellbinders Nestabilities Splitcoast Challenges and tagged