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25 Days of Christmas Tags 2016

Posted on November 12, 2016 5:58 AM by Julie 10 Comments

Welcome to Day 12 of Tracey McNeely‘s 25 Days of Christmas Tags! I’m here representing Serendipity Stamps w/ an all die cut tag using their beautiful Ornament die along w/ some gorgeous snowflakes from their Snowflake Reverse die. This is also for Splitcoaststampers Featured Stamper Challenge (FS510). A big congrats to Jen! I chose THIS to case. I kept the gold & white w/ the gold glitter, but I made a Christmas tag instead of an Anniversary card & I used different papers & different dies.

For my shiny tag, I die cut a white stitched rectangle then die cut the ornament in the center. Another ornament was die cut out of the gold mirror board & I fit into the opening and carefully attached it from the back side. Using the fuse tool, I made a little shaker pouch out of a cellophane bag & filled it w/ sequins & gold micro beads. A foam sheet was attached behind the ornament panel before the shaker pouch was added & the whole thing was attached to first a piece of gold glitter card stock, then to a larger piece of die cut patterned paper. The tag topper was made w/ a tag topper die but it was about half this size so I used my resizing technique to make it twice as big & added a strip of gold glitter c/s. All the little gold snowflakes were added along w/ the die cut Merry.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: none

Paper: Staples 110# white, gold mirror board, gold glitter c/s (DCWV), TPS Gifts of Gold dp

Ink: none

Accessories: Serendipity Stamps Ornament die, Snowflake Reverse die, Lil’ Inker stitched rectangle dies, Reverse Confetti Squared Off Tag Topper die, Spellbinders Holiday Sentiments die, We R Memory Keepers fuse tool, sequins, gold micro beads, foam sheet

Ornament die 010J	Snowflake Reverse die SSDIE-080-K	Staples 110# White Card Stock	DCWV Glitter Matstack	Mirror Board
TPS Gifts of Gold	Spellbinders Holiday Sentiment dies S2-118	Lil’ Inker Stitched Rectangles Die Set	Reverse Confetti Squared Off Tag Topper dies	We R Memory Keepers Fuse Tips
Sequins	Gold Micro Beads	Foam Sheets

This entry was posted in Christmas/Holiday/Winter Glitter Serendipity Stamps Spellbinders Nestabilities Splitcoast Challenges Splitcoaststampers Weekly Favorite and tagged 25 Days of Christmas Tags Christmas Lil' Inker ornament Reverse Confetti Serendipity Stamps shaker card snowflakes Spellbinders Splitcoast Splitcoast Weekly Favorite tags

Serendipity SSCB#61 – Add Texture!

Posted on November 1, 2016 12:00 AM by Julie 1 Comment

Welcome to the November Challenge for Serendipity Stamps!
This month the challenge is Add Texture! You can get all the details over on the Serendipity Challenge Blog. November’s “Stamp of the Month” is 50% off & this month- it’s the Snow Person w Wreath! Be sure to check out the Yard Sale items and the great deals on the Clearance Stamps! And as always, we have a gift certificate up for grabs to a random player.

To make my Christmas card, I put the Poinsettia Corner image into my Misti, stamped & colored it w/ Copics, then added a little Copic opaque white pigment to the window sills. After it dried, I added a little stickles on top of the white pigment, waited for it to dry, then overstamped the image to bring back the details. I resized a rectangle die to make it smaller then used a stitched line die around the edges. The Welcome (love the font on this!) & Christmas words were put together to make the greeting. All of the designer paper pieces were left over strips & rectangles I put together as you see. For the texture, I added an embossed white layer for the upper right side & also a little more texture in the die cut grosgrain ribbon piece & embossed double bow. A few sparkly crystals finish it off.

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

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!)

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – Poinsettia Corner, Welcome, Christmas (inside – Have Yourself)

Paper: Staples #110 white, X-Press It white, dp (American Crafts -Jolly)

Ink: Memento tuxedo black ( inside- Versafine crimson)

Accessories: Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B dies, Lil’ Inker long & skinny stitched mats dies, ODBS small & mini bow dies, Memory Box grosgrain ribbon die, Sizzix snowfall speckles embossing folder, crystals, Copic Opaque White, stickles, Misti

Copic Sketch Markers	Memento Inks	VersaFine Small Inkpads	Staples 110# White Card Stock
X-Press It Blending Card	American Crafts – Jolly	Sizzix Snowfall Speckles 661008	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131
Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132	Stitched Mats Long & Skinny	Memory Box Grosgrain Ribbon dies 30077	Mini Bow die
Small Bow Dies	Stickles	Rhinestones	Copic Opaque White	MISTI

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Serendipity October Blog Hop!

Posted on October 19, 2016 12:00 AM by Julie 22 Comments

Welcome to the October Blog Hop for Serendipity Stamps! If you arrived here from Jeanne’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 October 23 to leave comments on the blogs for a chance to win. Mary will announce a winner on October 24. The sale this week will be free shipping on US orders of $25 or more good Wed the 19th through Sunday the 23rd. There’s no coupon code required. Each month a different image is 50% off. This month- it’s the Pumpkin Border. On the third Wednesday of every month., we’ll be celebrating with a Blog Hop! For another chance to win, be sure to play along with our monthly challenge. You can get all the details on the challenge HERE.

This is also for the Splitcoast Featured Stamper, Bev! I chose THIS card to case, keeping the Christmas theme & layout, but I used different images, water colored my image & used a die cut greeting. For my card, I used this beautiful Poinsettia. I just love poinsettias & I can’t wait for the stores to get them in for Christmas. This image just said “water color” to me but instead of using my usual pan w/c, I used Brushos water color crystals. I sprinkled a few reds & greens on a blank palette then added water & painted w/ them as if they were pan w/c. Since this is a large image, I was pretty sure I was going to have to use my out of the box technique w/ the chosen die. I’ve shown this technique before, but a dear friend of mine, Kittie Caracciolo, who works w/ dies like you wouldn’t believe, mentioned that she just doesn’t “get” the out of the box. So here it is again 🙂 Once you understand the principal, it’s pretty easy. And it’s probably my most used & favorite technique. You can click the green link above for the original tutorial & you can also click any of these pictures to enlarge them.

The reason I didn’t fully cut out the little branches before die cutting is because they are so fragile & it’s easy to break them off. After die cutting, I’ll fully trim them out.

The most important thing to remember is that anything that falls out of the box, must be lifted above the die or else it will be cut off.

Here’s a look at the inside.

Please be sure to comment on all the DT blogs. It will be much appreciated & will also increase your chances of winning!

Julie Warner (you are here!)

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – Poinsettia Lg

Paper: Staples #110 white, water color, red pepper, dp (Paper Studio- Holly on Black, HOTP- Green Plaid, both retired)

Ink: Versafine onyx

Accessories: Serendipity Celebrate & Season’s Greetings dies, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B dies, Brushos water color crystals, MFT diagonal stitched rectangle dies

Poinsettia Lg 673K	Celebrate die 037ED	Season’s Greetings die 068FD	VersaFine Small Inkpads
MISTI	Brushos Water Color Crystals	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Water Color Paper
The Paper Cut Layering Swatches	MFT Diagonal Stitched Rectangle dies	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132