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Christmas Bells Window

Posted on July 28, 2015 1:08 PM by Julie 2 Comments

Today’s Color Challenge (CC541) on Splitcoast is a rosy red, minty green & taupe. I don’t have the exact colors so I used what I had on hand.

I started by die cutting the kraft layer (sub for taupe), stamped the greeting, highlighted it w/ a white gel pen, then sponged white chalk ink around the edges. The window & shutters were die cut then I attached a piece of acetate behind the window frame & embossed them before adding a small piece of designer paper behind them. The pinecones & bells were colored w/ Copics & fussy cut & I added a white die cut curved piece at the bottom to represent snow. Stardust stickles was added to the snow & red stickles on the berries & ribbon.

Here’s a look at the inside using leftovers & also the Copics I used.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs – Jingle Bells, Pinecone Singles

Paper: white, kraft, dp (ODBD Christmas 2014 collection )

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx (greeting), Colorbox popcorn chalk ink

Accessories: ODBD Flourished Star Pattern, Welcoming Window, Window Shutter & Awning dies, Spellbinders curved borders dies, Copic markers, white gel pen, stickles

Serendipity SSCB#45 – Monochrome!

Posted on July 8, 2015 12:00 AM by Julie 9 Comments

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Welcome to the July Challenge for Serendipity Stamps! This month the challenge is Monochrome..pick one color & use it. 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 Winter Doe. Be sure to check out the great deals on the Clearance Stamps, too. And as always, we have a have a gift certificate up for grabs to a random player.

For my card, the color I chose is a blue/gray. I wanted to use this wonderful rowboat & dock image & was looking thru some backgrounds I’ve made at various times when I came across a stack of Christmas card fronts I had saved. This little river w/ the snowy banks just seemed perfect for my boat. After I stamped it & colored w/ Copics I used the same into the window technique I posted last week HERE. Then I die cut the outer frame and stamped part of the greeting in the lower right. The top loop of the F went into the picture so I took a white gel pen and went over that loop to make it stand out.

The finished card is 5.50 x 4.25 and these are the Copics I used:

Supplies:

Stamps: IO/Serendipity Stamps –Rowboat & Dock ,Merrily, Merrily

Paper: X-Press It white, recycled greeting card

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

Accessories: , Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B dies, Copic markers, Misti, white gel pen

Please be sure to visit all of the DT blogs & comment to increase your chance of winning the drawing!

Julie Warner (you are here!)

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Rowboat & Dock SS-1263H	Merrily, Merrily 1363E	Copic Sketch Markers	X-Press It Blending Card	Memento Inks
VersaFine Inkpads	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132	MISTI	White Gelly Roll Pen

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Serendipity Stamps July Blog Hop!

Posted on July 3, 2015 12:00 AM by Julie 17 Comments

Welcome to the Serendipity July Blog Hop! We are showing off some lovely 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 July 5th to leave your comments & Mary will announce the winner on her blog on July 6th. Special: Free shipping on all US orders of $15 or more Contental US only. We have something new…a “Stamp of the Month”. Each month a different image will be 50% off. This month- it’s the Winter Doe. Be sure to check out the great deals on the Clearance Stamps & sale stamps!

As a native Texan, I really love this sweet little Cowgirl! Seriously, I want to go put my boots on right now…just need to decide which pair, lol! She is a joy to color and to give her a little something special, I did what I call an “into the window” treatment. A little like out of the box, but it goes the other direction. After stamping & coloring her with Copics, I die cut it first using the larger die, then used a craft knife to cut around the top and sides in order to slip the lower left corner of the smaller die under her.
Below, you can see that the image was cut on the lines just enough to slip the die under.

Below, after die cutting I put the larger die back in place and embossed them both.

And below is how it looks finished…all ready to attach.

These are the Copics I used to color her.

I used a leftover frame I colored w/ Copics and a die cut circle w/ the star concho from the Bandana die.

Supplies:

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – Cowgirl, Sending Smiles (inside)

Paper: X-Press It white, dp (SEI)

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

Accessories: Serendipity Howdy & Bandana dies, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B, circles dies, Copic markers, MISTI

My next card has the wonderful Bandana & Poker Chip dies along with the fun new greeting.

After die cutting all the pieces, I stamped and colored the greeting and attached them to an embossed background. The poker chips took a little patience to paper piece all those little parts. These are the Copics I used for the greeting.

The inside is just a simple frame I colored to match along with an extra concho from the Bandana die.

Supplies:

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – When the Chips are Down Horizontal, Thinking of You (inside)

Paper: Neenah white, black, sparkle fleck red, sparkle fleck gray

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

Accessories: Serendipity Poker Chip & Bandana dies, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B, romantic rectangles 2, long rectangle dies, Copic markers, MISTI, embossing folder (Lifestyle -chevron set)

Now I’ll send you on to Karen’s Blog..I know she’l have something wonderful to share!

Here is the list in case you get lost:

Mary’s Blog

Julie Warner (you are here!)

Thanks so much for stopping by!