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Serendipity July Blog Hop #1!

Posted on July 5, 2017 12:00 AM by Julie 15 Comments

Welcome to the July #1 Blog Hop for Serendipity Stamps!

If you arrived here from Miriam’s blog, you’re in the right place..if not, you may want to head over there first.

The Prize – One $20 gift code will go to one random commenter from the blogs. So be sure to visit all the blogs because you don’t know which one the winner will be drawn from. You have through Sunday July 9 to leave comments on the blogs for a chance to win. Mary will announce a winner on July 10 on her Blog. Each month a different image is 50% off. This month- it’s the Sunflower Rake! On the first & third Wednesdays of every month., we’ll be celebrating with a Blog Hop!

When I think of sunflowers, I seem to gravitate toward a blue & yellow color palette. And it went that way here when I came across this blue & white striped paper then found the printed flower paper went so well w/ it. The Sunflower die was die cut a couple of times..once out of the flower pattern paper & once out of the blue stripe then layered as seen. I added a white scallop circle & yellow stitched circle behind it to add a little more weight. The papers were all die cut & layered & I added a yellow Dragonfly to the side of the sunflower. The two words were combined to make the greeting.

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

Next stop is Vickie‘s Blog! Please be sure to comment on all the DT Blogs..it will be so appreciated & also increase your chances of winning!

Julie Warner (you are here!)

Vickie Zimmer

Marybeth Lopez

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – Hello, Sunshine (inside – Just Wanted to Say)

Paper: Staples #110 white, butter yellow, dp (blue= American Crafts- Marine, patterned= Pebbles -Family Ties)

Ink: Versafine majestic blue

Accessories: Serendipity Sunflower, Floral Frame & Embellishment dies, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B, bracket border, scalloped circle dies, Lil’ Inker stitched rectangles dies, ODBD double stitched circle dies, Misti

Sunflower die 032GD	Floral Frame & Embellishment dies 022RD	Hello small 619A	Sunshine 1338CL
Just Wanted to Say 1285D	Flower Pops dies 033MD	Copic Sketch Markers	Memento Inks
MISTI	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Recollections Cardstock	American Crafts -Marine
Pebbles-Family Ties	Lil’ Inker Stitched Rectangles Die Set	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132
Spellbinders A2 Bracket Borders 1 S5-181	Spellbinders Scallop Circles Lg S4-124	Double Stitched Circles Dies

Serendipity May Blog Hop #1!

Posted on May 3, 2017 12:00 AM by Julie 15 Comments

Welcome to the May#1 Blog Hop for Serendipity Stamps!

If you arrived here from Miriam’s blog, you’re in the right place..if not, you may want to head over there first.

The Prize – One $20 gift code will go to one random commenter from the blogs. So be sure to visit all the blogs because you don’t know which one the winner will be drawn from. You have through Sunday May 7 to leave comments on the blogs for a chance to win. Mary will announce a winner on May 8 on her Blog. Each month a different image is 50% off. This month- it’s the Simple Flower Set! On the first & third Wednesdays of every month., we’ll be celebrating with a Blog Hop!

To make my Butterfly Wish card, I stamped the Butterfly Dream image repeatedly across a white panel then heat embossed it w/ white powder. The distress inks were then sponged across mainly the left side & I let them fade to white on the right. Some random water dots were sprinkled on top, then I took a water brush and lifted the color from the little leaves & added just a touch of green. It was die cut first w/ the largest matting basic die then I used one several sizes smaller to cut out the inside & I inserted a white layer between them.

The first part of the greeting was also done using emboss resist & the Wish die cut was double stacked. The Daisy Garden border die was cut out of white then I separated the diamond part from the flowers and attached one under the top layer & the other on top. I found some wide pink tulle polka dot ribbon & fussed w/ it a bit until I arrived at how it looks now.
Here’s a look at the inside.

Please be sure to comment on all the DT Blogs..it will be so appreciated & also increase your chances of winning!

Julie Warner (you are here!)

Vickie Zimmer

Marybeth Lopez

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – Butterfly Dream, Make A (inside – Happy Birthday II, Butterfly)

Paper: Staples #110 white

Ink: Distress inks worn lipstick, squeezed lemonade, abandoned coral, Colorbox frost white pigment

Accessories: Serendipity Daisy Garden die, Wish die, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B dies, detail white embossing powder, Martha Stewart monarch butterfly punch, glassine butterfly punch, crystals, pink tulle ribbon

Butterfly Dream 1390E	Make A 1415 1-UM	Happy Birthday II 552E	Daisy Garden die 052KD
Wish die 077DD	Butterfly 902B	Distress Inks	Colorbox Pigment Ink
Staples 110# White Card Stock	polka dot tulle ribbon	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132
Ranger Embossing Powder	Rhinestones	Glassene Butterfly Punch	Monarch Butterfly Punch

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Dance Stage

Posted on March 28, 2017 9:00 AM by Julie Comment

The challenges on Monday at Splitcoast are TLC631 (no line coloring) & CAS422 (winged things). Hmm….I’m thinking maybe I should have just picked a floral to do the no line coloring. I’ve done it on ornaments & candy canes & it turned out fine, but this little missy was hard to do. Mainly because she’s so little & it’s hard to no line her & keep facial details.

Anyway, I no lined her by using desert sand ink, colored her, then masked her & stamped the butterfly w/ lt blue & colored it. Without having this in my Misti, it would have been impossible. Since the ink is the same color as the Copics I was using, I had to stamp her several times while coloring just to find the edges again. I was so impressed by Nancy Williams card Here & the floor she drew that I added a drawn floor. The curtains were dry embossed, cut out & added on top.

Here’s a look at the inside & below it are the Copics I used.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: DRS Designs – Ballerina, Butterfly, Dance Your Heart Out (inside: Special Day)

Paper: Staples 110# white, lt blue

Ink: Memento desert sand, summer sky, tuxedo black

Accessories: Copic markers, Darice stage embossing folder,Misti

Ballerina 013G	Dance Your Heart Out 021D	Lg Butterfly 192G	Special Day Greeting 573F
Copic Sketch Markers	Memento Inks	MISTI	Staples 110# White Card Stock
Darice Stage embossing folder