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Hooked on Mermaids

Posted on July 27, 2015 11:04 AM by Julie 1 Comment

Today’s Clean & Simple Challenge (CAS335) is all about the beach! I thought these shells, waves & mermaid would fit right in. The hardest part about this card was finding an ink that would stick to this shimmery lt. teal card stock.

I wanted to stamp the shells & highlight the seahorse & waves with a blue ink & I only have Stazon in white & black. I tried Distress ink, Memento, Chalk ink..nothing would stick. Until I got out my Ancient Page. Success! So after stamping & coloring the mermaid, I fussy cut her & the stamped shells. The waves & seahorse were die cut & highlighted w/ ink. The circle burst was also die cut & I used the white Stazon to stamp the wave pattern inside.

After it was all attached to the card, I stamped the greeting & added stickles for sparkle. These are the Copics I used on the mermaid.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Don’t forget to check out the DRS Thursday Challenge…A Stitch in Time (faux or real stitching). DRS images are not required & there’s a nice prize up for grabs!

Supplies:

Stamps: DRS Designs –Mermaid, 4 in 1 Seashells, Hooked on You, Versatile Bg

Paper: Neenah white, X-Press It white, lt. teal shimmer

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Ancient Page cobalt, Stazon white, Distress Ink mermaid lagoon (greeting)

Accessories: Copic markers, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B dies, Memory Box sunburst circle die, Joy Craft dies Seahorse & Wave, stickles

From Our Bright House

Posted on July 24, 2015 11:44 PM by Julie Comment

How fun! The IC Challenge (IC503) is a Pinterest board full of Beachy images & houses. I was really inspired by THIS picture w/ all its bright colors and tall houses.

For my bright house card, I had a water color background I made a week or so ago when I was experimenting with Brushos. So I used a strip of it and die cut my buildings out of matching colors then mixed them up. I used one edge of a pierced rectangle die to make the top sections and a curved border die to make the blue bottom section. After stamping the greeting, I addd a Candi dot & done!

Here’s a look at the inside using some leftover pieces.

Thanks so much for stopping by! If you haven’t, please check out the DRS Thursday Challenge. This week, A Stitch in Time (use real or faux stitching or stitched dies). DRS images are not required & a nice prize is up for grabs.

Supplies:

Stamps: DRS Designs – Our House, Birthday Wishes (inside)

Paper: Neenah white, water color, turquoise, cobalt blue, orange, peach

Ink: Versafine onyx

Accessories: Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B, Row Houses, pierced rectangles & curved border dies, Brushos water color crystals, Candi dot

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Serendipity SSCB#45 – Monochrome!

Posted on July 8, 2015 12:00 AM by Julie 9 Comments

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Welcome to the July Challenge for Serendipity Stamps! This month the challenge is Monochrome..pick one color & use it. You can get all the details over on the Serendipity Challenge Blog. We have something new…a “Stamp of the Month”. Each month a different image will be 50% off. This month- it’s the Winter Doe. Be sure to check out the great deals on the Clearance Stamps, too. And as always, we have a have a gift certificate up for grabs to a random player.

For my card, the color I chose is a blue/gray. I wanted to use this wonderful rowboat & dock image & was looking thru some backgrounds I’ve made at various times when I came across a stack of Christmas card fronts I had saved. This little river w/ the snowy banks just seemed perfect for my boat. After I stamped it & colored w/ Copics I used the same into the window technique I posted last week HERE. Then I die cut the outer frame and stamped part of the greeting in the lower right. The top loop of the F went into the picture so I took a white gel pen and went over that loop to make it stand out.

The finished card is 5.50 x 4.25 and these are the Copics I used:

Supplies:

Stamps: IO/Serendipity Stamps –Rowboat & Dock ,Merrily, Merrily

Paper: X-Press It white, recycled greeting card

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx (to overstamp image after coloring)

Accessories: , Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B dies, Copic markers, Misti, white gel pen

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Rowboat & Dock SS-1263H	Merrily, Merrily 1363E	Copic Sketch Markers	X-Press It Blending Card	Memento Inks
VersaFine Inkpads	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132	MISTI	White Gelly Roll Pen