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  • It’s Snowing!!

    Julie Warner – https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com
    Well, it may not be snowing right now, but it is soooo cold here! This is the deep south, y’all! And as of 9:20 pm EST, it was 13 degrees! The water outside from the rain last night has long since turned to ice and we’re on our way to a predicted 6 degrees tonight (-10 with the wind chill).

    So with the winter deep freeze around here, I have two cards to share…one for the CAS challenge today (Snowflakes CAS254) and the other for the Color Challenge tomorrow. The card above is for the CAS challenge and it was super simple. ..especially since I already had the white mega oval die cut in my stash. I stamped the greeting 3 times w/o reinking and added a few snowflakes on it.

    The navy panel was stamped w/ the white chalk ink and I added some additional snow dots w/ a white gel pen. The finished card is 5.50 x 4.25.

    Supplies:

    Stamps: DRS Designs  –Let it Snow, 4 in 1 Snowflake, Snowflake Scroll, Snow Background
    Ink:  Memento Paris Dusk, Colorbox popcorn white chalk ink
    Paper: white, navy
    Accessories:  Spellbinders mega oval die, white gel pen, stickles, rhinestone

    I was asked to be a guest designer for the Color Challenge on Splitcoast for the month of January! The colors for CC460, are Rich Razzleberry, Island Indigo and Night of Navy. I don’t have the exact colors, but I found some inks and Copics which are very close and they seemed like good winter colors to me, so that’s the direction I went

    .Julie Warner – https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com
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    Best of 2014!
    I’m so happy and honored to be a Guest Designer for the Color Challenge this month and no one was more surprised than me, lol! And along with the colors , I included the dessert of splatters.

    After masking a wide band, I stamped the winter trees in black and added a circle mask for the moon and used torn paper mask snow and sky areas. I sponged on the two inks for the night sky and and a little of the teal for the snow. I added some shadows and used the white ink and splatter background to add the snow. A white gel pen was used to bring out some of the splatters a bit more.

    I added the narrow strips down the sides (colored navy with Copics) and the greeting in the lower right. The finished card is 4.25 x 5.50.
    Julie Warner – https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com
    Supplies:

    Stamps: DRS Designs  DRS Designs – Winter Tree Line, Warm Wishes, Splatter Background, Single Tree
    Ink:  Memento Paris Dusk, lilac posies, teal zeal, Colorbox popcorn white chalk ink, Versafine onyx
    Paper: white
    Accessories:  Copic markers, white gel pen, 7/8 circle punch

    Thanks so much for stopping by!
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  • Snowy Night

    Julie Warner – https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com
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    Congrats to Joy, the newest Featured Stamper on Splitcoast (FS361)! Her gallery is a delight and after browsing for a long time, I chose THIS card to case. I kept the snowy sky and tree theme, but I used different images, slightly different colors and made mine just a winter card instead of a Christmas card.

    I stamped the snow tree w/ fence on white, added a hint of color and shadows w/ some very light cool gray and a snow green Copic markers, then cut around the top edge. When I got to the tree, I left only a very small portion of the right side of the trunk. On a larger navy blue piece, I lined up where the tree would be and stamped it again w/ the popcorn white ink. I added a bit more white (for snow) on the tree with a white gel pen. I used a small die cut circle for the moon and stamped just a few of the branches w/ black. The snow was stamped using the splatter background and the popcorn ink. I added a bit of the same splatter bg on the white part using the lt blue ink. The first two lines of the greeting were added in lower left.

    Congrats again, Joy, enjoy your week! Thanks so much for stopping by!
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    Supplies:

    Stamps: DRS Designs  –Snow Tree w/ Fence, Splatter Background, Stepping Back in Time Greeting
    Ink:  Memento tuxedo black, summer sky, Colorbox popcorn chalk ink
    Paper: white, navy
    Accessories:  Spellbinders circle die, white gel pen, Copic markers in lt cool grays & snow green

  • Happy New Year!

    Julie Warner – https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com
    A very Happy New Year to you all! 

    Today’s sketch challenge (SC469) is an interesting one, and I took a couple of liberties with it in order to make my elements work. I laid it down horizontally and my corner element and little circles are all tied together. I hope the sketch is still recognizable 🙂

    The snowflake wreath was silver embossed and die cut w/ a large circle. I added a turquoise layer die cut w/ an exquisite circle die behind it then the added the turquoise forstyville border across the bottom. The greeting is only a portion of a larger Christmas greeting. The finished card is 5.50 x 4.25.
    Julie Warner – https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com

    Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great New Year! And you still have until tonight to enter the DRS Thursday Challenge…Frosted Flakes! (use snow, snowflakes or snowmen on your project) DRS images are not required, so head on over and link up your frosty card!
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    Supplies:

    Stamps: DRS Designs  –Merriest Christmas Greeting, Snowflake Circle
    Ink: Tsukineko ultimate metallic silver pigment
    Paper: cobalt blue, turquoise
    Accessories:  Spellbinders pennant, circle & exquisite circle dies, silver embossing powder, Memory box Frostyville border die