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  • Cowboy Christmas

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

    Today’s Color Challenge (CC434) on Splitcoast, is a Christmas in July set of colors…w/ the dessert option of making it a Christmas card. Looks like dessert for me!

    The images are from DRS Designs. After stamping my Cowboy Snowman, I used the Color Challenge/Christmas colors to color everything. I made two frames, a brownish/kraft and a dk red. The brownish one was embossed w/ a distressed stripe folder then I  tore openings in both and attached the red one on top. The trees were die cut and added on top. I used a star shape tearing template for the sentiment and white acrylic paint to splatter the “snow”. The finished card is 5.50 x 4.25.

    Thanks so much for stopping by!

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    Supplies:

    Stamps: DRS Designs –Cowboy Snowman, Christmas Multi Greeting, Happy Fall, Y’all greeting
    Paper: white, brown, dk red, green
    Ink: Memento tuxedo black, ladybug
    Accessories:  Copic markers, Cuttlebug distressed stripes embossing folders, Plaid star tearing template, white acrylic paint, Sizzix tree die

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  • Old Fashioned Hello

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    Julie Warner – https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com
    A     big congrats to Jodi, the Featured Stamper (FS331) on Splitcoast! What a super gallery and I noticed she has a lot of vintage images and little frames w/ a postage stamp edge, so I chose her Hello, Bonnie Blue Bell to case. I kept the Hello theme, soft colors and general layout, but I used different images, made my background instead of using dp and put the sentiment on the image panel.

    I stamped the greeting  next to the little telephone and colored it w/ Copics, using the colors from Tuesday’s Color Challenge (CC429), sand, pink & sky. To make the background, I placed a couple of strips of drywall mesh across white c/s and sponged the colors on. I added a few strips of painter’s tape and sponged on more color. I die cut one frame using the postage stamp squares (resized to a rectangle) and a narrow white frame around the outside. I used copics to color in the postage stamp frame. The card is 4.25 x 5.50.

    For once, I actually remembered to take a pic of the Copics I used before I put them all back. So just in case you’d like to know, here they are:
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    Congrats again, Jodi! Thanks so much for stopping by!

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    Supplies:

    Stamps: Hot Off the Press
    Paper: Neenah white
    Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Distress Inks in antique linen, stormy sky & spun sugar
    Accessories: Spellbinders long rectangle, rectangle, square & postage stamp dies, Copic markers, ribbon, eyelet, Candi buttons, drywall mesh

     


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  • America the Beautiful

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

    For today’s Ways to Use It Challenge (WT430), we are to feature music and/or instruments. I went w/ the music as these are words from “America the Beautiful”. I’m still hearing the song every time I look at my card.

    The images are from Our Daily Bread designs. I love Patriotic cards and images and there’s nothing finer than the old red, white & blue. This card was fairly quick and easy. I cut a section of designer paper that included the flag and attached it on a navy blue layer. The eagle and musical sentiment were stamped w/ denim ink and colored w/ Copics. I die cut it using my Out of the Box Nestie technique using a Spellbinders deckled rectangle. With the die in place, I sponged a little antique linen ink on it. This was a left over piece of vanilla c/s and I think it must have been around a long time because when I removed the die, I noticed some fine cracking when I bent it. I kind of liked it and to me, it went w/ the distressed look so I used it. I added a few stamped & punched out stars next to it. The finished card is 4.25 x 5.50.

    Thanks so much for stopping by!

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    Supplies:

    Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs – Some Gave All, Home of the Free
    Paper: vanilla, navy blue, dp (K & Co)
    Ink: Adirondack denim & stonewashed, Distressed Inks in antique linen & fired brick
    Accessories: Spellbinders deckled rectangle dies, star punch, Copic markers

     


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