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Serendipity SSCB#55 – Use a Die Cut!

Posted on May 1, 2016 12:00 AM by Julie 5 Comments

Welcome to the May Challenge for Serendipity Stamps!
This month the challenge is Die Cutting You can get all the details over on the Serendipity Challenge Blog. May’s “Stamp of the Month” is 50% off & this month- it’s the Lemonade Pitcher!. Be sure to check out the great deals on the Clearance Stamps! And as always, we have a gift certificate up for grabs to a random player.

I love this sweet little Cowgirl image & she’s so fun to color. After I put her in my Misti, I stamped her w/ Memento, colored w/ Copics, then over stamped w/ Versafine. I did the same to the Boots & used the matching Boots die to cut them. I die cut a stitched rectangle w/ a stitched circle cut out opening for the cowgirl, then I used a curved border die to cut the bottom edge. I added a vintage pink layer behind it & did a little out of the box on her hat to place the layers on top of her. The greeting was added below the circle & the boots added on top. The little metal concho was originally a copper color & I added a rosy color to it w/ a Copic marker. It’s one I’ve had in my stash forever so I can’t even remember where I bought it.

Here are the Copics I used.

Supplies:

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – Cowgirl, Good with Rope, Boots

Paper: X-Press It white, Staples #110 white, Bazzill vintage pink

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx (to overstamp image after coloring)

Accessories: Serendipity Boots dies, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A, circles, curved borders dies, Copic markers, MISTI, stitched rectangles dies, double stitched circles, double stitched rectangles dies, concho brad

Please be sure to comment on all the DT blogs. It will be much appreciated & will also increase your chances of winning! This month our special Guest Designer is Carol Mayne!

Julie Warner (you are here!)

Karen Amidon

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Cowgirl 1364H	Boots 1387E	Good with Rope 1388E	Boots die 076FD	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131
Spellbinders A2 Curved Borders 1 S5-180	Spellbinders Lg Circles S4-114	Stitched Rectangles Die Set	Double Stitched Circles Dies	Double Stitched Rectangles Dies
VersaFine Small Inkpads	Memento Inks	Staples 110# White Card Stock	X-Press It Blending Card	Bazzill Basics
Copic Sketch Markers	MISTI

Serendipity April Blog Hop!

Posted on April 20, 2016 12:00 AM by Julie 19 Comments

Welcome to the April Blog Hop for Serendipity Stamps! If you arrived here from Jenny’s Blog, you are 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 April 24 to leave comments on the blogs for a chance to win. Mary will announce a winner on April 25. Each month a different image is 50% off. This month- it’s the Adirondack Chair.. The special is free shipping on all US orders $20 and up – good Wed through Sunday 4/20 – 4/24. Be sure to check out the great deals on the Clearance Stamps! 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.

For my card, I put the Adirondack Chair image in my Misti, stamped it w/ Memento, colored w/ Copic markers, overstamped w/ Versfine then sprinkled w/ detail black embossing powder & heat embossed it. I pretty much had to do it in this order to use the Copics w/ the heat embossing…Copics tend to “melt” the ep (& ruin your markers) if you try to use them after heat embossing..especially if you do a lot of blending. I die cut the gray frame using 2 sizes of the matting basics dies. For the dry embossed cherry tree, I arranged the image inside the embossing folder, then put one of the embossing frames on top to keep it from embossing the area over the chair. I sort of matched up the branch embossing on the gray frame & embossed it, as well. The stamped, colored & fussy cut geraniums on the side.

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

Supplies:

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps –Adirondack Chair, Sm. Geraniums, Thinking of You, (inside – Sending Love)

Paper: Staples white, X-Press It white, gray (Recollections)

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx (to over stamp), (inside-Distress inks mowed lawn & abandoned coral)

Accessories: Copic markers, Misti, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B, Decorative Labels 28 dies, N.Snellen embossing folder (Cherry Blossom), black detail embossing powder, pink Permapaque marker, white Prismacolor pencil, Darice embossing frames

Please be sure to comment on all the DT blogs. It will be much appreciated & will also increase your chances of winning! Now I’ll send you on to Karen’s Blog. Here’s the order in case you get lost.

Julie Warner (you are here!)

Karen Amidon

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Adirondack Chair 712G	Sm. Geranium 1113D	Thinking of You 171F	Sending Love 971D	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131
Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132	Spellbinders Decorative Labels 28 S5-191	VersaFine Small Inkpads	Staples 110# White Card Stock	X-Press It Blending Card
Recollections Cardstock	Momenta Arrow dies	Memento Inks	MISTI	Ranger Embossing Powder
Cherry Blossom embossing folder	Permapaque fine tip markers	Prismacolor Pencils	Distress Inks	Darice Embossing Frames

Rainy Day

Posted on April 11, 2016 10:36 PM by Julie 2 Comments

This is my second week as a Guest Designer for the Splitcoast Color Challenge & for this challenge (CC578), the colors are olive, eggplant & Bermuda Bay (a blue/green). I admit, I was a little leery of using the eggplant w/ the other two, but I think it worked out ok in the end.

To make my rainy card, I first made 2 water color backgrounds..the narrow blue/green one and a larger one w/ all 3 of the colors to use for the umbrellas. After brushing water over the narrow panel, I mixed blue & green Brusho powders on an old CD with a wet paintbrush then drug the paintbrush across the top edge of the panel & held it upright to let the color run down. I let it dry a bit, then added a few darker drips & some splatters. For the other panel, I mixed the colors of Brushos on the CD & painted them in separate areas on the panel. When both panels were dry, I splattered then w/ water then quickly dipped them in UTEE (ultra thick embossing enamel) & heat embossed. I had do this in small areas at a time in order for the UTEE to stick & the water puddles not to soak in.

After die cutting the umbrellas & narrow panel (I used a rectangular piercing die & did one side at a time), I stamped the half sun where I knew the panel would end then realized that the yellow I was going to color it wasn’t in the challenge so I stamped it again on a leftover piece of the w/c bg & paper pieced it. I attached the narrow panel, put it in my Misti & stamped the greeting on both & added the umbrellas. The 3rd umbrella I trimmed off the handle & just let the Y be its handle.

Here’s a look at the inside.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – You Made My Day, Half Sun (inside-You Make Me Happy )

Paper: Staples white, water color

Ink: Versafine onyx

Accessories: Spellbinders Pierced Rectangle dies, Misti, Brushos water color crystals, UTEE (Spellbinders circles & pierced circles dies -inside)

You Made My Day 1395E	Half Sun 248D	You Make Me Happy 1343E	Spellbinders Pierced Rectangles Dies	Spellbinders Umbrella IN-035
Spellbinders Lg Circles S4-114	Spellbinders Pierced Circles dies	Brushos Water Color Crystals	VersaFine Small Inkpads	Water Color Paper
MISTI	UTEE