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Serendipity June Blog Hop #1!

Posted on June 6, 2018 12:00 AM by Julie 12 Comments

Welcome to the June #1 Blog Hop for Serendipity Stamps!

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 June 10 to leave comments on the blogs for a chance to win. Mary will announce a winner on June 11 on her Blog. On the first & third Wednesdays of every month, we’ll be celebrating with a Blog Hop! The Special this month is the Iris stamp – 50% off!

My card is almost entirely made w/ dies. The only stamped item is the word “the” & I took it from the Wedded Bliss set. For the Lighthouse, I die cut it twice in white, twice in blue & once in mint green. After a lot of arranging, I stacked them together so that the blue would show on all sides w/ the green in the middle & a little white on the left side. I had a small piece of the wavy designer paper that I cut the top along one of the wavy lines and placed it behind the oval to resemble waves. A few little die cuts were added along w/ the two die cut words (Seas was cut from the Season’s Greetings die).

This is also for the Splitcoast Inspiration Challenge & THIS is my inspiration.

Here’s a look at the inside. I left it blank until I decide who it’s going to & on what occasion. Maybe a birthday or Father’s Day.
Please be sure to comment on all the blogs..it is much appreciated & also increases your chances of winning!

Mary’s Blog

Beth Chiu

Julie Warner (you are here!)

Miriam Napier

Marybeth Lopez

Vickie Zimmer

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps: Wedded Bliss

Paper: Staples 110# white, cobalt blue, mint green, dp (Pebbles -Special Delivery Boy)

Ink: Memento Danube blue

Accessories: Serendipity Stamps: Lighthouse die , Season’s Greetings die, Day die , Spellbinders A2 matting basics B, lg petite oval dies, Lil’ Inker stitched rectangles dies, Impression Obsession seabirds & nautical dies, Memory Box puffy cloud dies

Wedded Bliss 1428CSS	Lighthouse die 031ED	Season’s Greetings die 068FD	Day die 041CD	Staples 110# White Card Stock
Recollections Cardstock	Pebbles Special Delivery Boy	Spellbinders Lg. Petite Ovals S4-138	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132	Lil’ Inker Stitched Rectangles Die Set
IO Mini Nautical DIE184-L	IO Seabirds DIE078F	Memory Box Puffy Clouds dies

Yellow Vases

Posted on May 18, 2018 9:47 PM by Julie 1 Comment

For the Splitcoast Inspiration Challenge (IC650), Stacy chose a site of an English tissue paper collage artist, Victoria Bellas Carter. I had fun strolling thru her amazing gallery & chose THIS as my inspiration.

To make my card, I made a watercolor bg w/ yellows & a little orange. After it dried, I placed it in my Misti & stamped the vases several times to get good coverage on the w/c paper. I used a paintbrush & clear water to remove most of the yellow from the lg flower on the vase then added the pinky red color. I used paint that had dried in my palette & I guess it had some iridescent w/c medium in it because the flowers have some sparkle now. The other little flowers were done the same way on a leftover piece of the bg & I fussy cut them.

Here’s a look at the inside. I haven’t decided who it’s going to so I didn’t add a greeting yet.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps: Vases, Tiny Flower, Miss You!

Paper: Staples 110# white, water color, Neenah white linen

Ink: Versafine onyx (Memento cantaloupe used on inside)

Accessories: Spellbinders A2 matting basics B, lg rectangles dies, Misti, water colors

Vases 549G	Tiny Flower 450B	Miss You! 373D	VersaFine Small Inkpads
Staples 110# White Card Stock	Neenah Linen cardstock	Water Color Paper	Watercolor pan set
Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132	Spellbinders Rectangles Lg. S4-132	MISTI

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Serendipity May Blog Hop #2!

Posted on May 16, 2018 1:00 AM by Julie 12 Comments

Welcome to the May #2 Blog Hop for Serendipity Stamps!

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 May 20 to leave comments on the blogs for a chance to win. Mary will announce a winner on May 21 on her Blog. On the first & third Wednesdays of every month, we’ll be celebrating with a Blog Hop! The Special this month is the Petunias stamp – 50% off!

My card was pretty quick. I have a substantial stack of backgrounds made over the last few years & sometimes I go thru them when I’m making a card. The times when I would get stuck for an idea, I would just make backgrounds & file them away. Or when I’m trying out a technique, especially if it’s messy, I’ll make a bunch in different colors or designs. So this is one of those bgs. It’s on glossy paper & it uses alcohol inks. I like the flowing colors & thought it looked good behind this wonderful barn scene.
After I positioned the image in my Misti, I stamped it (minus the windmill) onto the bg. First time, it didn’t work because I used Memento ink. That ink wiped right off of the glossy bg. So I did it again using Ancient Page. That’s my go to ink for glossy surfaces when I don’t really want to use Stazon. I stamped just the windmill on the right of the white frame & did a little into the window on the left of the windmill & die cut the oval center. Added the greeting & a black layer & done!

Here’s the inside. I left it blank except for the barn image which is light enough to stamp or write over. I’ll probably send this to my hubby’s brother who is in the middle of building a barn.

Please be sure to comment on all the blogs..it is much appreciated & also increases your chances of winning!

Mary’s Blog

Christine Alexander (guest designer)

Beth Chiu

Julie Warner (you are here!)

Miriam Napier

Marybeth Lopez

Vickie Zimmer

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps: Summer Barn w/ Windmill, One Day in the Country

Paper: Staples 110# white, glossy white, black

Ink: Ancient Page coal (Memento desert sand used on inside)

Accessories: Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B, lg & sm petite oval dies, Copic refills, Misti

Summer Barn w/ Windmill 1149K	One Day in the Country 388D	Copic Various ink refills	Ancient Page inks
Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock	Kromekote white gloss card stock	Spellbinders Lg. Petite Ovals S4-138
Spellbinders Sm. Petite Ovals dies S4-140	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132	MISTI