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Serendipity SSCB#48 – What’s New?

Posted on October 7, 2015 12:00 AM by Julie 3 Comments

Welcome to the October Challenge for Serendipity Stamps! This month the challenge is What’s New (use your newest products)! You can get all the details over on the Serendipity Challenge Blog. We have something new…a “Stamp of the Month”. Each month a different image will be 50% off. This month- it’s the Wheel in Snow. Be sure to check out the great deals on the Clearance Stamps & sale stamps!And as always, we have a have a gift certificate up for grabs to a random player.

For my Halloween window card, I die cut the Cheery Lynn window out of black card stock, then used my Misti to stamp the owl & branch w/ Memento, color with Copics, then over stamp w/ Versafine. The branch was die cut w/ the matching die & the owl was fussy cut. I had an orange & purple background I made on thin water color paper using Distress Inks & the acrylic block technique & after it dried, I put it in the Misti, stamped the moon w/ Memento, then used a white Prismacolor pencil to add white to the moon & stars. The moon didn’t look as white as I wanted, so I ended up stamping it on a piece of white c/s that I had brushed on some Wink of Stella & fussy cut it to add on top. I added the greeting flag and a bat & pumpkins die cut from the Creepy Wreath set.

Here’s a look at the inside & below it are the Copics I used. (I used the fluorescent yellow Sharpie for the eyes & feet)

Supplies:

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – Halloween Pops set, Happy Halloween, Leaf Pops Detailed set

Paper: X-Press It white, black, dp (Making Memories – Spook Alley)

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx (to overstamp image after coloring), Distress inks in spiced marmalade, dried marigold, dusty concord, wilted violet

Accessories: Serendipity Creepy Wreath die, (pumpkins & bats) Leaf Pops dies, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B dies, MISTI, Copic markers, fishtail flag dies, window die (Cheery Lynn), Wink of Stella

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Marybeth Lopez

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Serendipity October Blog Hop!

Posted on October 2, 2015 12:00 AM by Julie 20 Comments

Welcome to the Serendipity October Blog Hop! We are showing off some fabulous new images & dies! 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 October 4 to leave comments on the blogs for a chance to win a $20 Gift Certificate to SS. Mary will announced a winner on Monday Oct 5. Special: 40% off the highest priced item in your cart when you use Code “40fromhigh1015”. Offer good Friday Oct 2 – Sunday Oct 4th. We have something new…a “Stamp of the Month”. Each month a different image will be 50% off. This month- it’s the Wheel in Snow. Be sure to check out the great deals on the Clearance Stamps!

For my first card, I put this super cute little witch from the Halloween Pops set into my Misti, stamped her with Memento & colored her with Copics. To add a little interest, I used the blender to add polka dots to her dress. Then I over stamped the image with Versafine (this really brings out the details!) & die cut with a stitched rectangle. I had to do a little out of the box treatment to keep from cutting off her hat & broom & I also trimmed the edges a little closer. The moon & top of the cauldron were stamped with white ink onto the black c/s & the dp strips are all from the same sheet…I just used a few areas of it. I added some orange stickles to her belt & hat band & crystal stickles to the moon.

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

Supplies:

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – Halloween Pops set, Happy Halloween

Paper: X-Press It white, black, dp (Recollections – Midnight Magic)

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

Accessories: Serendipity Creepy Wreath die (inside), Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B dies, MISTI, Copic markers, stickles, stitched rectangle dies, fishtail flag dies

For this card, I used the fun new Hocus Pocus image. Usually, I color first then see if I have paper to match, but I picked the paper first on this one so I could use Copics to go with it. I love open areas on words…it gives me a lot of opportunity to change the colors to suit.

After stamping, coloring & over stamping, I die cut it..but I had to do a little resizing (pls click link for explanation) to make it fit, so the panel is now much longer than the actual die. It’s backed w/ a vanilla rectangle layer & I added some of the die cut Creepy Wreath on top & bottom. A few bats & a cat from the wreath set were also added.

You can probably see it better in the pic above..I added some Wink of Stella to the colored areas. I wanted a little sparkle but I didn’t want to cover all the coloring. Here’s a look at the inside & also the Copics I used.

Supplies:

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – Hocus Pocus -(Wicked Good Day – inside)

Paper: X-Press It white, ivory, black, dp (Jillibean Soup – Witches Brew)

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

Accessories: Serendipity Creepy Wreath die (inside), Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B dies, MISTI, Copic markers, Wink of Stella

Now I’ll send you on to Karen’s blog..I’m sure she’ll have something fabulous to show you!

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Serendipity SSCB#47 pt 2- Backgrounds!

Posted on September 23, 2015 12:00 AM by Julie 5 Comments

Welcome to the September Challenge for Serendipity Stamps! This month the challenge is Stamp Your Own Background! You can get all the details over on the Serendipity Challenge Blog. We have something new…a “Stamp of the Month”. Each month a different image will be 50% off. This month- it’s the Japanese Maple. You might want to check out the super deals on the Bo Bunny paper packs..there are some perfect papers for Christmas & Halloween. For all of you wanting that fabulous Hot Air Balloon Reverse die, they are back in stock so get yours now! And as always, we have a have a gift certificate up for grabs to a random player.

My card today is almost entirely bits of leftovers from other projects or backgrounds I didn’t use. The largest background is done on the backside of a piece of glossy card stock & has some kind of a coating on it..sort of semi glossy. The detail Leaf Pops were stamped w/ resist ink then brayered over using a rainbow ink pad. The white strip down the left side was stamped w/ the Fall Pops set using the same ink. The serpentine like glitter strip was a leftover & was made w/ a hot glue gun & glitter was sprinkled on while still hot. The large Solid Leaf Pop was stamped & die cut w/ the matching die. I added some little copper glitter acorns & squiggly pieces from the Oak Leaf die. I die cut an oval in the background & added the greeting underneath. It was first stamped w/ the resist ink, brayered then over stamped (slightly offset) w/ Versafine.

Here’s the inside using more leftovers. I used the oval cut out of the front to stamp the greeting.

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – Fall Pops. Leaf Pops Detail set, Leaf Pops Solid set, Leaves, Autumn (inside – Take Time)

Paper: white coated, Neenah white, copper glitter

Ink: Kaliedacolor Tahiti, Ranger resist ink, Versafine onyx

Accessories: Serendipity Oak Leaf, Scallop Border, Leaf Pops dies, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A, oval, bracket border dies, stickles, hot glue gun, glitter, brayer

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Diane Jaquay (Sept Guest Designer)

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Karen Amidon

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