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  • Sending Love

    Posted on by Julie Comment


    A fun, easy Valentine, Wedding, Anniversary or Birthday card with minimal coloring and a stencil background using translucent grit paste. Easy to customize using the colors of your choice. The hardest part is waiting for it to dry.

    A big congrats to Deb, the newest Featured Stamper (FS888) on Splitcoast! She has a wonderful gallery & I chose THIS card to case. I kept the layout (mostly) & the hearts, but I used different images, dies & colors. I also changed the background to a stenciled one.

    For my card, I started by placing the stencil on scratch paper & rubbing 2 colors of pinkish/red ink over the top. I didn’t try to blend it, just dabbed it in areas first the lighter color then used the darker color on the rest. I placed the stencil on top of white card stock, ink side UP, then used a palette knife &  spread the grit paste in a thin layer. The paste picked up the ink from the top of the stencil as I spread the paste & it gave me a lovely varied color. There is a subtle glitter in this paste that’s more apparent in person. I carefully lifted the stencil & washed it right away so it wouldn’t adhere to the stencil. Then I let the background piece dry (about 20 minutes or so).

    While it was drying, I stamped the greeting & die cut w/ the longest tag. The heart balloons were also stamped, colored & die cut. When dry, I attached a pink inside scallop frame around the heart bg, tucking the greeting tag under the edges, & layered a red outside scallop frame underneath it. The balloons were popped up just a bit.
    Here are the Copics I used for the balloons:

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    Supplies:

    Stamps: Brass & Bliss: Love is in the Air set
    Paper:  Staples 110# white, pink, red
    Ink: Memento tuxedo black,  Rubbernecker Stamps: Color Fuse inks set #4
    Accessories:  Brass & Bliss/Rubbernecker Stamps: Love is in the Air, Inside Scallop Frame, Outside Scallop Frame, Offset Tags dies, Stacked Hearts Stencil,  Crossover II,  Ranger Distress Translucent Grit Paste, Misti, Copic Markers



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  • Hello Panda

    Posted on by Julie Comment


    A fun panda in a pocket card backed w/ some pretty monochromatic paper & using some lovely scalloped frames. With the different frames, it looks like you worked really hard, but it’s really easy & not much coloring. 

    It’s my turn to host the Inspiration Challenge on Splitcoast (IC948) and we’re visiting Doodle & Stitch & their Pinterest Board where I found THIS cute picture.

    After stamping, lightly coloring & die cutting the panda & pocket, I die cut the white frame & the designer paper using two of the outside scallop frame dies. The grey frame was die cut w/ an inside scallop die. I really like how they fit & work together. I used a peach card stock for the pocket, but couldn’t find a larger piece for the narrow border under the monochromatic paper, so I used a Copic marker to color just the border that would show.

    The panda & the pocket were popped up just a bit since the edges go over the gray frame. Two hearts were die cut (but not stamped) out of the same paper & added on the pocket.
    Here are the Copics I used (sorry it’s blurry..the colors are C2, C3, R20 & R22).

    Thanks     so much for stopping by!


    Supplies:

    Stamps: Brass & Bliss: Animals in Pockets set
     Paper:  Staples 110# white, grey, peach, dp Brass & Bliss (Floral Monochrome )
    Ink: Memento tuxedo black
    Accessories:  Rubbernecker Stamps/Brass & Bliss: Inside Scallop Frames, Outside Scallop Frames, Animals in Pockets dies,  Copic Markers



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  • Radiant

    Posted on by Julie Comment

     


    A colorful card made with papers leftover from inking & sponging. The background is acrylic paint smoosh from a gel plate press & the leaves are all die cut from the scrap paper I used underneath my inking & spongings & sprayings.


    For the Inspiration Challenge (IC941) we are visiting the Daydreamerie & their Pinterest Board where I found THIS lovely picture.

    For my card, I used a background I made w/ acrylic paint & a gel plate. By itself, it wasn’t that impressive but it worked out well for my background. The leaves were die cut out of scrap sheets I place under my work when I’m sponging, inking or spraying. Some of them turn out so pretty that I save them. I glued a couple of these to card stock then die cut them. I like the bright, random colors against the dark background. The greeting was stamped w/ white ink & heat embossed w/ white powder. Then I used a clear, sparkly shine spray over the whole front. It has a very nice shimmer in real life.

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    Supplies:

    Stamps: Rubbernecker Stamps– You Are An Inspiration set 
    Paper:  Staples 110# white
    Ink:  Hero Arts Unicorn
    Accessories:  Rubbernecker Rectangle Stitch, Open Flower #1, Open Greenery #1 dies, Gelli Printing Plate, Ranger Brayer, acrylic paint, white embossing powder

     


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