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Serendipity May Blog Hop #1!

Posted on May 2, 2018 12:00 AM by Julie 16 Comments

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

To make my card, I used a background I made quite a while ago. It’s a technique I learned around 1999 (yikes!). Easy & fun to do. All you need is white glossy or semi-glossy card stock (it needs to have a coated surface) & art tissue that bleeds when wet. Not all tissue paper will do this, so check what you have first. I have some Spectra Art tissue & I know it bleeds so that’s what I used. Pick some colors you like but be aware that contrasting colors (like red & green) will make brown. Tear some pieces & place them on your card stock then mist it w/ water. Wait a minute or two then remove the tissue & let it dry. You want to leave the tissue on long enough to bleed the color onto the c/s but not long enough to dry there, or it will stick.

After it dried, I placed it into my Misti & stamped the mailbox image on top. I wanted it a bit darker so I coated it w/ black embossing powder & heated. I used a white Posca paint pen to add the white dots to the flowers & border around it.

Here’s a look at the inside.

Please be sure to comment on all the blogs..it is much appreciated & also increases your chances of winning!

Mary’s Blog

Christine Alexander (guest designer)

Beth Chiu (off this week)

Julie Warner (you are here!)

Miriam Napier

Marybeth Lopez

Vickie Zimmer

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps: Mailbox w/ Wildflower, Thinking of You, Postoid Set (inside: Happy Birthday)

Paper: Staples 110# white, Neenah white linen, semi-glossy (white coated cardboard)

Ink: Memento tuxedo black

Accessories: Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B dies, white Posca paint pen, detail black embossing powder, tissue paper

Mailbox w/ Wildflowers 1259F	Thinking of You 171F	Postoid Set 273K	Happy Birthday 093D
Neenah Linen cardstock	Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock	Ranger Embossing Powder
Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132	MISTI	Memento Inks
Posca Paint Pen	Spectra Art Tissue Paper Asst.

Texas Balloon

Posted on April 21, 2018 9:55 PM by Julie 2 Comments

A big congrats to Suzy, the newest Featured Stamper (FS585) on Splitcoast! She has a wonderful gallery & since she lives in Texas & I am from Texas, I couldn’t resist picking THIS card to case. She has a lot of Tx themed cards but I liked the Tx flag on the balloon so I kept that. I used different stamps & dies & put my Tx flag on a punch out of the state outline.

This card turned out to be a little trickier than I thought it would. Mostly because the big Hot Air Balloons bg die actually has a very large balloon in the lower left that I didn’t want to be there. So I had to die cut it pretty carefully using a smaller top plate to avoid cutting it out. A tiny bit of it did start to cut so I covered it up by die cutting a small cloud in that area (just to right of her face). I also die cut a lt blue layer & lined it up a little off to shadow the white. The right balloon has a colored Tx state punch under it. The little cowgirl was done separately & fussy cut around the top & sides to go on top.

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

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – Cowgirl, (inside: Sending Smiles , US Map )

Paper: Staples #110 white, X-Press It, lt blue

Ink: Memento tuxedo black (summer sky also used on inside)

Accessories: Serendipity Reverse Hot Air Balloon die, Howdy die, Spellbinders A2 matting basics B dies, Lil’ Inker stitched rectangle die, Copic markers, Misti, Memory Box puffy clouds die, Punch Bunch Texas punch, small star punch

Cowgirl 1364H	Sending Smiles SS-1361E	US Map 1350H	Hot Air Balloons Reverse die SSDIE-064-M
Howdy die 061ED	Memento Inks	Staples 110# White Card Stock	X-Press It Blending Card
AC color card stock	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132	Lil’ Inker Stitched Rectangles Die Set	Copic Sketch Markers
MISTI	Memory Box Puffy Clouds dies	Punch Bunch State of Texas punch	Fiskar’s Star punch

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Serendipity April Blog Hop #2!

Posted on April 18, 2018 12:00 AM by Julie 14 Comments

Welcome to the April #2 Blog Hop for Serendipity Stamps!

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 April 21 to leave comments on the blogs for a chance to win. Mary will announce a winner on April 22 on her Blog. On the first & third Wednesdays of every month, we’ll be celebrating with a Blog Hop! The Special this month is the Morning Glory stamp – 50% off! This week’s sale is 40% off the highest priced item in your card, Good 4/18 thru 4/22. Use Coupon Code: “40fromhigh418”.
My card today is on the very CAS side of things. Don’t let that fool you..I’m sure it takes longer for me to do CAS than to do a “normal” card. For the most part, I have trouble w/ CAS. The images are really cute but I need more practice w/ these type of images. The hearts were stamped on the linen bg & I thought it needed more so I outlined them w/ a glue pen & sprinkled on some glitter. For the Love word, I sponged Distress inks from left to right then stamped & glittered it. I found a piece of patterned paper just the right size & colors so I used it to back the white & to die cut the swirly.

Here’s a look at the inside.

Please be sure to comment on all the blogs..it is much appreciated & also increases your chances of winning!

Mary’s Blog

Sabrina Friel (guest designer)

Beth Chiu

Julie Warner (you are here!)

Miriam Napier

Marybeth Lopez

Vickie Zimmer (off this week)

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps: Wedded Bliss , Friends set

Paper: Staples 110# white, Neenah white linen, dp (Basic Grey -Phoebe)

Ink: Versafine onyx Distress inks bundled sage, twisted citron, spun sugar

Accessories: Spellbinders A2 matting basics B, Lil’ Inker stitched rectangle dies, Reverse Confetti swirl dies, bubblegum pink glitter, Quickie glue pen, sequins

Wedded Bliss 1428CSS	Friends set 1424CSS	VersaFine Small Inkpads	Distress Inks
Neenah Linen cardstock	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Basic Grey – Phoebe	Reverse Confetti Swirlies dies
Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132	Lil’ Inker Stitched Rectangles Die Set	Sequins	Sakura Quickie Glue Pen	Ultrafine Glitter