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  • ISC Oct Release! Day 1

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    Julie Warner - justwritedesigns https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com/
    Depending on where you live Fall may or may not be part of your season, yet, imagine all the possibilities with this lovely image. How about blending various mediums on your craft sheet and created a unique background? Fall is Near simply, allows your creativity to flow! Fall is Near, lovely as a card or consider putting it in a frame! With Christmas right around the corner, can be used as a manly gift for that special someone in your life!

    Julie Warner - justwritedesigns https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com/

    For my card, I stamped the image with permanent black ink onto watercolor paper.  I used a combination of reinkers and markers to watercolor the image. Highlights were added with a white gel pen.  The lt blue frame was embossed with a Cuttlebug folder and I cut the inside out and attached over the image.  The embossing was highlighted with a white Permapaque pen. Two butterflies were colored, cut out and attached. I used markers directly on the sentiment image before stamping. I added a little outline with a dark  blue gel pen.

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    Supplies:
    stamps: ISC – Fall is Near, Take Flight
    paper: watercolor, lt blue, violet
    ink: VersaFine onyx
    accessories: Adirondack reinkers, Tombow markers, white & dk blue gel pen,  Cuttlebug Grace’s Frame ef, white     Permapaque pen


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  • Sunflower Day

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    Julie Warner - justwritedesigns https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com/

    Happy Columbus Day!

    This card was made for two challenges at Splitcoast: yesterday’s Featured Stamper (FS192) and today’s Technique Lover’s Challenge (TLC294). For the FS challenge, I chose Jenn’s CAS Trees. I kept the 3 repeated images and horizontal layout, but used different images and offset them slightly. I also changed the colors. For the TLC challenge, I used damp water color paper but instead of stamping with ink, I scribbled water color crayons directly onto the stamp, misted it, then stamped onto the w/c paper.

    Julie Warner - justwritedesigns https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com/

    Weekly-Favorite

    All images are Innovative Stamp Creations. After I colored, misted and stamped  the sunflower block  individual sunflower 3 times, I used a lt brown gel pen to add a little definition and cross hatching to the images. I used deckle scissors to cut out the blocks and attached them to a piece of turquoise card stock. I stamped the greeting in the lower right then used a white gel pen to highlight and a dk orange pen to shadow the letters. It’s attached to a white, 5.5 x 4.25 (A2) card. The sunflowers were added and a cut out butterfly. I made 3 faux brads and attached them to the lower right card front.

    Julie Warner - justwritedesigns https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com/

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    Supplies:
    stamps: ISC – Nesting, Flowers Watercolor Effect
    paper: water color, turquoise
    ink: Ancient Page turquoise
    accessories: Caran d’ache water color crayons, white & dk orange gel pens, deckle scissors, mist sprayer


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  • ISC August Release Day 4

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    Today, on our final day of August releases from Innovative Stamp Creations, I have two cards made with two of the sets released this week.  The first one is from  Nature Silhouettes  III.

    Julie Warner - justwritedesigns https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com/

    For this card, I inked the spider lily with lapis and azalea inks, stamped it twice,  cut one out and die cut the other with a mega oval die.  After sponging a little ink around the edges, I attached the cut out lily on top of the base image. I traced this same die on navy paper and cut it out by hand in order to get the narrow mat. The white mat is the next largest oval die.

    For the background, I placed a large flourish mask on my white card stock, stamped the ledger and several word images, then sponged on azalea ink. I stamped a few of the small butterflies and used one as mask. I placed this one in a couple of areas on the background, then sponged more ink over it. I added a corner punch and a white punched fence. The sentiment was punched with a multi size tag punch. Card measures 4.25 x 5.5 (A2).

    Supplies:
    stamps: ISC – Nature Silhouettes III
    paper: Neenah white, navy
    ink: Ancient Page azalea, lapis
    accessories: corner punch (All Night Media), multi tag punch (McGill), flourish mask (Heidi Swapp), Spellbinders mega oval dies, Martha Stewart iron gate border punch

    Julie Warner - justwritedesigns https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com/

    And this final card uses images from Sketch of Roses II.

    Julie Warner - justwritedesigns https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com/

    My final card I started by stamping the large background with a dk plum ink onto watercolor paper.  I used various pink dye inks direct to paper (DTP) then misted it with water and distressed the edges. The rose image and greeting were stamped with Stazon onto a piece of acetate. On the back side, I used a white China marker to make the images stand out. I added a hint of color to the rose and leaves with markers (on top of the white China marker). It’s attached to a heavily distressed piece of purple card stock. I created the embossed background by inking the the grid embossing folder, misting a piece of white card stock, then placing it in the folder and embossing.  A bow was added and I glued a few beads onto a stick pin and attached it to the bow.  Card measures 5.5 x 4.25 (A2).

    Supplies:
    stamps: ISC Sketch of Roses II
    paper: white, purple, water color, acetate
    ink: Printworks (various pinks & purples), Stazon black
    accessories: white China marker, green & pink Galaxy markers, beads, ribbon, stick pin, grid embossing folder (Sizzix/Tim Holtz)

    Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you’ve enjoyed all the new ISC releases! Please be sure to stop by all of the Architect’s blogs for more inspiring art!

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