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  • Party Time

    Posted on by Julie Comment


    It’s my turn to host the Inspiration Challenge on Splitcoast (IC900) & I chose a really fun site w/ lots of ideas..The Refab Diaries & their Pinterest Board where I found THIS picture. I thought the bright colors & hodgepodge of items would be perfect for the image I wanted to use.

    After stamping & coloring this party image, I fussy cut it (actually pretty easy since it’s just a rounded outline). I popped it up just a bit on a mini slimline bg & backed it w/ a piece of polka dot paper. The banner was stamped separately, fussy cut & popped up on the original banner area. For this greeting & the large Happy & Birthday words, I used a combo of Versaclair Glamorous & Purple Delight, stamping one then the other on top of it,  to get the right color to match the paper (the Misti is essential for this). After I die the words, I used the leftover part as a reverse mask & stenciled in the pinkish shadow.

    You can see the finished Happy at the top & the reverse mask/stencil of Birthday at the bottom.

    Here the stenciling/sponging is finished.

    I placed the stamped, die cut words slightly offset to allow the shadow to show behind them.


    Here are the Copics I used for the image:

    Thanks so much for stopping by!


    Supplies:

    Stamps: Rubbernecker Stamps: Birthday Magic set, Happy Birthday Lg/Sm set
    Paper:  Staples 110# white,  dp (Rubbernecker Stamps:  It’s Party Time paper pad)
    Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Versaclair Glamorous & Purple Delight, Rubbernecker Stamps:  Color Fuse set #5
    Accessories:  Rubbernecker Stamps:  Birthday Magic set, Birthday Magic Lg/Sm set, Stitched Mini Slimline, dies,  Copic markers, Crossover II, Misti



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  • Missed You

    Posted on by Julie Comment


    It’s my pleasure to host the Splitcoast Inspiration Challenge (IC896) this week and I chose Running with Sisters & their Pinterest Board. THIS was my inspiration. I loved the flowers & bright orange color.

    For my mini slimline card, I die cut the panel & sponged on the apricot & nectar inks for my background, only going about 3/4 of the way up. Then I stamped a bunch of the 3 sizes of daisies onto copy paper and die cut them all to use as masks. I had already decided to bleach the petals but I needed the masks to arrange where to stamp, then mask the ones that needed it.

    After stamping the daises w/ Versafine Clair ink (I used this because Memento just doesn’t stand up to the bleach very well), I used a synthetic paint brush to bleach the petals. FYI..the paint bristles  need to be synthetic because bleach will totally destroy natural bristles, so go ahead & use a cheap synthetic one. Depending on the ink color, bleach will usually not take the paper back to white. Since I used a red-orange, after bleaching, I got an off white. I also stamped 3 more daisies onto white & die cut them. These 3 are popped up w/ fun foam.

    Thanks so much for stopping by! 

     

     

    Supplies:

    Stamps: Rubbernecker Stamps: Layered Daisy Bouquet
    Paper:  Staples 110# white
    Ink:   Versaclair onyx, Rubbernecker Stamps: Color Fuse inks: sets #2 & #4
    Accessories:  Rubbernecker Stamps:  Mini Slimline Stitch, Layered Daisy Bouquet dies,  Crossover II, Misti, bleach, synthetic paintbrush

     


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  • Vitamin Sea

    Posted on by Julie Comment


    A big congrats to Melissa, the newest Featured Stamper (FS833)! She has a wonderful gallery & I chose THIS card to case. I kept the whale get well theme, but used different images, dies & colors, & since my greeting was bigger, I moved it to the stenciled background.

    For my little whale card, after coloring & die cutting him, I added a couple of rounded rectangles under him & a section of die cut blue waves below him. The background was stenciled w/ different colors, then the greeting was split, above and below him. 

    The white rounded square & whale were popped up a bit.

    Here are the Copics I used. I colored the whole set but ended up using just the whale, so the blues & greys were used on him.

    Thanks so much for stopping by!


    Stamps: Rubbernecker Stamps: Vitamin Sea setPaper:  Staples 110# white, lt blueInk:  Memento tuxedo black, Rubbernecker Stamps: Color Fuse inks set #1, set #4, set #7, set #8Accessories:  Rubbernecker Stamps:  Vitamin Sea set, Stitched Rectangles, Rounded Stitch Squares, Slimline Waves dies, Fish Scale Stencil, Crossover II,  Misti, Copic Markers



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