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Serendipity-SSCB #29 -Stitches + Vehicles

Posted on March 5, 2014 12:01 AM by Julie 7 Comments

Welcome to the March challenge for Serendipity Stamps! We’re switching things up a bit in 2014…The challenges will now be MONTHLY so you have longer to play. The design team will still provide inspiration twice a month (every other Wednesday), but you will have the whole month to play along! The Serendipity Challenge this month is In Stictches (use faux, real, stamped.) And for the Design Team, we’ve added the twist of using a vehicle (bike, boat, plane, train). You can find all the details on how to play along with us at the Serendipity Stamps Challenge Blog. With each challenge we always have a gift certificate up for grabs to a random player. The special this week is 20% off Easter category images. Good through March 12, 2014.

For my vehicle card, I chose this fun tandem bicycle image and made it into a little scene by combining it with the mailboxes image. I stamped the bicycle first, masked it and stamped the mailboxes. I stamped just the grassy/flower portion of the mailbox image a time or two more to add the grass around the bicycle. The little flower bouquet (from the bicycle set) was stamped separately and I cut a slit in the basket to insert it. I used a paper piercer to add the “stitching holes” across the top and bottom and also around the greeting. I used a small corner rounder on one end of the greeting and a maroon Micron pen to add the faux stitches. The finished card is 5.50 x 4.25 and these are the Copics I used to color everything. I know, seems like a lot of colors, but there you go. And the only reason G20 (wax white) is in there is because YG11 (mignonette) was running low and I didn’t want to stop to refill it, lol.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Please be sure to stop by and visit all of the DT Blogs!
Jeanne Jachna
Marybeth Lopez
Miriam Napier (not participating this week)
Pauline Pollington
Jenny Gropp
Vickie Zimmer
Julie Warner – you are here!
Karen Amidon
Anya Schrier

Supplies:

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – Tandem Bicycle, Mailboxes w/ Wildflowers, Everyday Words (small)

Paper: X-Press It white, dp (Basic Grey – Wander collection)

Ink: Memento tuxedo black

Accessories: Copic markers, maroon Micron pen, paper piercer, small corner rounder

Serendipity SSCB #28 -Typeprint or Music Pt 2

Posted on February 19, 2014 12:01 AM by Julie 9 Comments

Welcome to the February challenge for Serendipity Stamps! We’re switching things up a bit in 2014…The challenges will now be MONTHLY so you have longer to play. The design team will still provide inspiration twice a month (every other Wednesday), but you will have the whole month to play along! The Serendipity Challenge this month is Type Print or Sheet Music. And for the Design Team, we’ve added the twist of a blended color background with the print. You can find all the details on how to play along with us at the Serendipity Stamps Challenge Blog. With each challenge we always have a gift certificate up for grabs to a random player. The special this week is Buy 3 items, get a 4th one free. Lowest priced item in cart is free. Good through 2/26.

For the continuation of the Serendipity February Challenge, I used this beautiful Spring in Provence image for the main attraction. After coloring it with Copics, I die cut it with a deckled rectangle. On a piece of text printed designer paper, I first used a brayer, then sponged on different colors of ink. I wasn’t real happy with the look, so I tried spritzing it with a white Mr. Huey’s spray. Still wasn’t working for me, so I added some gold ink spot images and some teal Nature Gives quotes here and there.. Better, but not quite it. Then I took out a big paint brush and some dye inks thinned with water and did several light ink washes over it. You can still see some of the original text in areas so I decided to quit before the paper fell apart, lol. I added a rust layer behind the image and a larger vanilla deckled layer that I had to resize from a long deckled rectangle.

A leftover vanilla strip was embossed and added to the right side before attaching to the sponged, painted text background and these are the Copics I used for the image.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Please stop by and visit all of the Design Team blogs!
Jeanne Jachna
Marybeth Lopez
Miriam Napier
Pauline Pollington
Jenny Gropp
Vickie Zimmer
Julie Warner – you are here!
Karen Amidon
Anya Schrier

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Supplies:

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – Spring in Provence, Ink Spots, Nature Gives

Paper: X-Press It white, vanilla, rust, dp (Basic Grey – Out of Print collection)

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, teal zeal, Brilliance galaxy gold, Kaleidacolor Tahiti ink pad

Accessories: Spellbinders deckled rectangle & long deckled rectangle dies, Copic markers, various Adirondack reinkers, Quickutz embossing folder (Chevron set)

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Serendipity Stamps SSCB #28 -Typeprint or Music

Posted on February 5, 2014 12:01 AM by Julie 5 Comments

Welcome to the February challenge for Serendipity Stamps! We’re switching things up a bit in 2014…The challenges will now be MONTHLY so you have longer to play. The design team will still provide inspiration twice a month (every other Wednesday), but you will have the whole month to play along! The Serendipity Challenge this month is Type Print or Sheet Music. And for the Design Team, we’ve added the twist of a food theme with the print. You can find all the details on how to play along with us at the Serendipity Stamps Challenge Blog. With each challenge we always have a gift certificate up for grabs to a random player. The sale of the week is 40% Off Coupon – from now through February 12th get 40% off the highest priced item in your cart when you enter the code “40fromhigh214” during checkout.

For my foodie card using type print, I chose this sweet cupcake & candle die. I die cut the cupcake a few times out of white card stock, glued two together and attached them over a fussy cut cupcake. To know where to cut the solid version, I use the die to just emboss (not cut) another cupcake, then cut around the outside edge. The third die cut version I colored w/ yellow and pink Copic markers then attached it on top for a little more dimension. Then I added some stickles on the icing for a little sparkle.

The type print is all over the paper I used. I thought this collection of Basic Grey would be perfect as every piece has type print all over it. I die cut the pink layers around the cupcake and fussy cut the black print layer. The bottom of two of the larger layers were die cut with a border die and I used some Ranger black enamel to make the black dots. The finished card is 4.25 x 5.50.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Please be sure to stop by and visit all of the Design Team blogs:
Jeanne Jachna
Marybeth Lopez
Miriam Napier
Pauline Pollington
Jenny Gropp
Vickie Zimmer
Julie Warner – you are here!
Karen Amidon
Anya Schrier

Supplies:

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – Everyday Words Small

Paper: white, dp (Basic Grey – Out of Print collection)

Ink: Memento tuxedo black

Accessories: Serendipity Cupcake & Candle die, Spellbinders labels 22 & Classic inserts 3 edge dies, Copic markers, stickles, Ranger black enamel accents

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