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  • Serendipity Stamps Blog Hop Day 3!

    Posted on by Julie 17 Comments

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    Welcome to the Serendipity Blog Hop! We are showcasing some fabulous new dies these 3 days and Hoppers have until Feb 5 to leave a comment! Winners will be posted on Feb 7.  Blog candy is hidden – meaning the winner will be chosen at random from one of our DT blogs.  Be sure to leave a comment on each blog so you’ll be in the random drawing.   The prize will be  $10 discount code each day of the hop!

    If you came here from Mary’s Blog (Serendipity Challenge Blog), you are in the right place. If not you might want to start there so you won’t miss a thing!

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    This is the final day of the Serendipity Blog Hop and our last die to show you is this beautiful Ladybug! It is so detailed! The scoring and different size circles are just wonderful. It may be cliche, but I immediately thought red, white & black. A little funny, because ALL of the ladybugs we have around here are orange and black. Must be a different variety. Anyway, I die cut 3 ladybugs…1 red, 1 black & 1 white. The red is the main ladybug and I used the lg dots from the black version & small dots from the white version & I added dots w/ a white gel pen to the centers of the lg black dots.. I added a white die cut blossom layer underneath the ladybug and a die cut white flower.

    The red background was stamped w/ a cute little ladybug image and some black & white dp that I’ve had forever seemed to be a good match. The greeting was die cut with a fishtail banner & I found a package of little ladybug clothespins so I added it to the banner. The finished card is 5.50 x 4.25.

    Thanks so much for stopping by! Now I’ll send you on to your next stop…the blog of the wonderful Karen Amidon!

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    Supplies:

    Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – Ladybug, Ladybug Hugs
    Paper: black, white, red, dp (unkwn)
    Ink:  Memento tuxedo black
    Accessories: Serendipity Ladybug die, Spellbinders blossom 4 die, MFT fishtail banner die, Memory Box Cheshire branch solid & outline dies, ladybug clothespin, white gel pen

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  • Thinking Silhouette

    Posted on by Julie 1 Comment

    Julie Warner – https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com
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    What a wonderful color combo we have this week for the Splitcoast Color Challenge (CC463)! Peggy chose Tangerine, Saffron & Coastal Cabana! And I went with dessert using a wooden shape. I know I have a baggie of those cute little wooden things, but all I could find was a bag of wooden buttons that had this little heart in it so that’s what I used 🙂

    I sponged on the distress inks then stamped the two silhouette images. I lined up where the images would be on the front of my white card, and stamped them again so it looks like they go from the card to the sponged panel. I don’t know why, but I trimmed off a couple of strips from the right side but only added the narrowest back on, a little apart from the main panel.

    The die cut oval sentiment was added along w/ the wooden heart. A few highlights were added with a white gel pen.

    Thanks so much for stopping by!

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    Stamps: North Coast Creations – Floral Sentiments 2, Find Beauty
    Paper: X-Press It white
    Ink: Versfine onyx, Distress Inks in ripe persimmon, scattered straw, peacock feathers
    Accessories:  Spellbinders oval die, wooden heart charm, white gel pen

     


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  • To Have & To Hold

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    Julie Warner – https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com
    Time for another Color Challenge on Splitcoast (CC461) and week 2 for me as a Guest Designer for the Color Challenge! What lovely colors we have this week…Tempting Turquoise, Coastal Cabana and Crisp Cantaloupe with a dessert of a frame (either stamped, cut out or drawn). So on my card I used a huge amount of a cantaloupe clone and tiny amounts of the turquoise & cabana. Instead of white, I used ivory for my neutral and for dessert, I included a die cut window frame.

    I stamped the greeting, die cut and with the die in place, lightly sponged on the pink & salmon inks ( I don’t have the exact colors so I used a combo to achieve the color). The lily corners were stamped several times, colored w/ Copics and fussy cut along w/ 1 small butterfly. The cantaloupe background piece was spritzed w/ bleach to get the splotchy look.

    Julie Warner – https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com
    After die cutting the window frame out of ivory, I added a piece of vellum behind it before attaching all the pieces. The finished card is 4.25 x 5.50 and these are the Copics I used.
    Julie Warner – https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com
    Thanks so much for stopping by!

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    Supplies:

    Stamps: DRS Designs – To Have & To Hold Greeting, Lily Corner, Three Butterflies
    Ink:  Memento tuxedo black & angel pink, Versafine onyx (for greeting), Adirondack salmon
    Paper: ivory, cantaloupe, vellum
    Accessories:  Copic markers, Cheery Lynn window die, ODBD Elegant Oval die, bleach in a fine mist sprayer

     


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