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A big congrats to Gayle, the newest Featured Stamper (FS792) on Splitcoast! She has a sweet little gallery & I chose THIS card to case. I kept the layout & most of the colors, but used different images, dies, added some layers & did a little dry embossing.

For my ginger yoga cat, I stamped & colored it w/ Copics, then stamped the Calm part of the greeting right under it. A narrow dk brown layer along w/ the rust colored loopy edge layer were added behind. The white layer was embossed w/ a folder & since I didn’t have a large enough dk brown layer to add under it, I colored just the edge of another white layer w/ a dk brown Copic. The rest of the greeting was stamped on a narrow strip & attached on the embossed layer. A piece of designer paper was the final layer.

Here are the Copics I used:

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Supplies:

Memento Inks	Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock	X-Press It Blending Card	Copic Sketch Markers

For the Splitcoast Inspiration Challenge (IC853) we’re visiting James Street Home Decor where I found THIS mat w/ all the cute animals to use for my inspiration.

To make my selfie card, I started by stamping the group of friends image & coloring it. I wanted it to resemble a polaroid so I die cut a white layer then used a rounded square to cut out the window for the animals. Two sizes of the rounded stitched rectangles were used to make the little frame on top. I thought it needed a little more defining, so I die cut a black layer & used a lg circle die to cut an opening to frame the animals. For the greeting, I stamped the Life verse then dug thru my stamps. Since I was going for a selfie, I wanted a hashtag to add to it. I found one in the Toy Blocks set & stamped it along w/ the script Friends (from the Best Friend set). Now the friends all set to post their selfie to social media!

Here are the Copics I used (so many! but animals come in lots of colors.):
Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Supplies:

Memento Inks

Staples 110# White Card Stock

AC color card stock

X-Press It Blending Card

Copic Sketch Markers

A big congrats to Kristine, the newest Featured Stamper (FS791) on Splitcoast. She has a beautiful gallery & after much browsing, I chose THIS to case. I kept the cute dog theme but ended up changing most everything else. I used different stamps, dies & colors & used fewer layers w/ no designer paper.

After coloring the cute dog couple, I die cut them along w/ a few extra blanks in order to pop them up a bit. The kraft bg was stamped w/ a cheesecloth bg & cinnamon ink. I wanted a narrow, dk brown layer behind the dogs, but didn’t have the right color so I used a Copic marker to color just around the edges that would show before attaching it. The outline heart was also colored w/ Copics & I used a clear glaze pen to add some shine & dimension to the tiny hearts above the greeting & also the dogs’ eyes.

These are the Copics I used:

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Supplies:

Memento Inks

Staples 110# White Card Stock

AC color card stock

X-Press It Blending Card

Sakura Glaze pens