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Desert Sunset

Posted on November 19, 2021 10:15 PM by Julie 1 Comment

For the Splitcoast Inspiration Challenge (IC833), we’re going to a wonderful Lighthouse Pinterest Board where I found THIS lovely picture.

For my southwest card, I started w/ a background I made quite a while ago. I thought the purples & oranges were good colors for a desert sunset scene. The bg was done by smooshing the Marvy metallic markers onto a rubber brayer, spritzing w/ water & rolling it over a piece of white card. If I remember correctly, I did it once w/ the yellow, orange & silver colors & again w/ the purples & silver. The hills & cactus plants were die cut out of a few shades of purple & I used part of the leftover orange areas for the cowgirl, cowboy & roadrunner. They were also popped up on foam to give them a little depth.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: none

Paper: Staples 110# white, several shades of purple

Ink: none

Accessories: Rubbernecker Stamps: Rectangle Stitch,Southwest Hills, Cowgirl & Cowboys, Western Animals, Cactus dies, Crossover II, Marvy Metallics markers, rubber brayer

Staples 110# White Card Stock

AC color card stock

Speedball Pop-In Brayer Kit

Marvy Metallics markers

Southwest Birthday

Posted on June 15, 2018 10:26 PM by Julie 2 Comments

This is for the Splitcoast Inspiration Challenge (IC654) & Stacy chose the Vera Bradley site. Lovely colors & patterns there! I was inspired by THIS tote. I just love the colors & Southwest pattern.

To make my SW background, I applied Distress oxide inks to the inside of the embossing folder (Embossing Folder Stamping) then placed my die cut piece of white card stock inside. I actually used what would normally be the back side because I wanted just the lines & not the inside of the pattern. Leaving the c/s just where it was, I added a little more ink here & there where needed. When satisfied, I went ahead & ran it thru the Big Shot to emboss it because I also wanted the texture. The big Happy was die cut then stamped & double stacked on another white piece to give it some depth. The coral pieces were leftovers that seemed to fit in.

Here’s a look at the inside.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Altenew – Halftone Happy, (inside: DRS Designs -Birthday Wishes)

Paper: Staples 110# white, coral textured, black

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Versfine deep lagoon, Distress oxide inks worn lipstick, carved pumpkin, cracked pistachio, abandoned coral, mermaid lagoon

Accessories: Altenew Happy die, Spellbinders A2 matting basics B dies, Taylored Expressions Ikat embossing folder,

Altenew Halftone Happy	Altenew Happy die	Birthday Wishes 778F	TE Ikat folder TEEF28
Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132	AC color card stock	Staples 110# White Card Stock	MS Embossed Diamond Punch M230371
Memento Inks	Distress Oxide Inks	VersaFine Small Inkpads

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