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Autumn Pumpkins

Posted on August 30, 2016 9:44 PM by Julie 1 Comment

Today’s Color Challenge (CC598) is perfect for a fall card…cajun orange, curry yellow, chocolate & garden green. The dessert is to make a fall themed project.

For my autumn/Thanksgiving themed card, I started w/ the cute little pumpkins. Yeah, I know just stamping & coloring would be the normal way to go. Sigh…but I remembered seeing some pumpkins w/ another image on top & that stuck in my head. Once stuck, it’s there until I try it. So just in case you’re interested, here’s my practice sheet. I practice on copy paper all the time & usually save these for masks later on.

I did some doodling, masking, etc, but finally decided on masking the bottom & stamping the solid leaf (on the mid right) w/ brown ink on top of the pumpkin. After coloring a few to see how they’d look, I noticed that since it was copy paper, some of the color bled out when I added the shadow underneath & I liked it! It kind of looked like a reflection so I also tried to recreate that on the “good” version (upper left, above the watermark). The brown stamped leaf on the top of the pumpkin didn’t work out so well, so I went over it w/ a white gel pen & added the dots.

For the background, I stamped the sunflowers in the upper corner & the leaves in the lower left. I had to do a little out of the box to keep them intact. And while I was at it, I also cut around the parts that went into the main image so I could lift them on top. Sigh…I know it would be simpler to just do them separately & glue on top. But apparently I like to choose the road less traveled. Or the one that needs a machete to get through, lol.

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

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – Fall Pops, Leaf Pops Solid, (inside –Happy Thanksgiving )

Paper: Staples #110 white, dp (Basic Grey – Green at Heart)

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, cocoa (Kaleidacolor melon melody- inside)

Accessories: Serendipity Autumn die, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B, stitched rectangles

Fall Pops 1372QCL	Leaf Pops Solid 1329QCL	Happy Thanksgiving 1127D	Autumn die 065DD	Copic Sketch Markers
Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132	Memento Inks	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Basic Grey Green at Heart
Stitched Rectangles Die Set

Pressed Maple Leaves

Posted on August 29, 2016 7:18 PM by Julie 7 Comments

I made this for today’s Technique Challenge (TLC601) hosted by my sweet friend, Karen, over on Splitcoast. The challenge was to take something from the yard and make an impression of it to use on your project.

So….what I learned from trying to run various leaves/flowers thru my Big Shot..
1. English Ivy leaves do not work. At all.
2. Geranium leaves really don’t work much better.
3. Sweet potato vine leaves work too well. They make a mess.
4. Geranium petals work, but they also make a mess & they do not want to release from the paper.
5. Japanese maple leaves work perfectly! But after the mess of #3 & #4, I put everything between paper towels & funny enough, the paper towel impressions look the best! (See comparison below.)

For my card, I used the 110# white c/s impression for the top layer & the larger one done on plain ol’ 24# copy paper. I even found a few Japanese maple leaves that had turned red! Since it has not been cool, I’ll assume it’s from heat stroke. Added a couple of dusty purple layers & a few die cut purple leaves (to cover an unfortunate embossing incident w/ the stitched die), & a greeting.

Here’s a look at the inside.

And here are the side by side comparisons. I’m definitely going to be using the paper towel versions in the future…love how they kept the reds of the leaves.

The leaves on the right are the ones I used for all of these samples above. Only the paper towel & the tissue paper pressings retained the red color. On all the others, the red turned to shades of purple.

Below: watercolor ppr, textured w/c ppr, 110# white c/s

On the first one, the geranium petals did NOT want to let loose of the paper (the original color is a bright fuchsia..see pic below).The second one, they came off a little better, but I had to really scrub. The maple leaves on plain white c/s came off easily, but the bright red leaves turned purple.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – All Those Golden, (inside- Autumn is Second Spring)

Paper: Staples #110 white, dusty purple

Ink: Versafine onyx (Memento elderberry- inside)

Accessories: Serendipity Leaves Reverse die, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B, stitched rectangles

All Those Golden 306D	Autumn is a Second Spring 1142E	Leaves Reverse Die SSDIE-078-H	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132
VersaFine Inkpads	Memento Inks	Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock	Stitched Rectangles Die Set

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Howdy Star Shaker

Posted on August 20, 2016 10:05 PM by Julie 1 Comment

A big congrats to Donna, the newest Featured Stamper (FS498) on Splitcoast! I didn’t have to go far to find THIS card to case (copy & share everything). I kept the shaker card & most of the colors & layout, but I used different images, a star shaped shaker instead of a round one, & used a cowboy/southwest theme on mine.

For my star shaker, I started by stamping the cowboy/cowgirl accessories image, coloring w/ Copics, then I did a little into the window to keep from cutting off the top of the boots when I die cut the stitched star opening. I made a larger star shaped pouch out of a page protector, sealed the edges but leaving one edge open, filled it w/ sequins, stars & little punched cowboy boots, then sealed the remaining edge. After attaching the shaker pouch behind the opening, I added foam tape all behind the panel & attached it to another white back panel. A couple of narrow frames (one brown, one turquoise) were added behind it before attaching to the card. The Howdy was die cut & I used some of the same Copics to color it to match.

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

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: DRS Designs –Cowboy Garb, (Saddle Up Greeting, Starry Bg , Interlocking Stars Bg– inside)

Paper: Staples 110# white, X-Press It white, brown, turquoise

Ink: Memento tuxedo black (Distress ink vintage photo & tumbled glass – inside)

Accessories: Copic markers, Paper Shapers cowboy boot punch, ODBD Double Stitched Stars dies, Lil’Inker stitched rectangles dies, Serendipity Howdy die, page protector, sequins

Cowboy Garb 1121K	Saddle Up Greeting 877F	Starry Bg 124H	Interlocking Star Bg 819H	Howdy die 061ED
Double Stitched Stars dies	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132	Stitched Rectangles Die Set	Memento Inks
Staples 110# White Card Stock	X-Press It Blending Card	Recollections Cardstock	Copic Sketch Markers	MISTI
Foam Tape	Sequins	Cowboy Boot punch