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Pigs on Vacay Selfie

Posted on July 11, 2016 12:21 PM by Julie 2 Comments

Today’s Clean & Simple Challenge (CAS385) on Splitcoast is Hit the Beach! I’m also borrowing an idea I used last week (polaroid frame) which happens to coincide w/ last week’s tutorial, Stamped Selfies. So…I have these cute pigs on vacay taking a selfie.

I die cut my “polaroid” frame, then cut a larger square out of white to go behind the frame. I figured by having the square already cut, I wouldn’t have to mask the frame. The vacationing pigs were stamped & I did mask them…but here’s a little tip..I’ve used these pigs before so I already had masks for them. When I cut a mask, I usually stamp the image a few times, line them up stacked on top of each other & cut them all at once. Then I save the masks in a little baggie w/ the images, so I can pull them out & use them when needed. Saves a lot of time in the long run. After masking them, I stamped the flamingo scene behind them & colored everything. The little glasses were die cut & I colored the white lenses w/ Copics to look like sunglasses.

Here are the Copics I used and below it is the inside.

Thanks so much for stopping by!
I’m also adding this to the Simon Says Monday Challenge – Flora &/or Fauna

Supplies:

Stamps: DRS Designs – Hula Pig, Leonard Pig, Flamingo Scene, Summer Story Greeting (inside– Sending You a Smile)

Paper: Staples 110# white, X-press It white, turquoise

Ink: Memento tuxedo black (Kaliedacolor bouquet on inside)

Accessories: Copic markers, Lil’ Inker stitched rectangles dies, Spellbinders A2 matting basics B, squares dies Misti, Poppystamps word tag die, Taylored Expressions glasses die, Baker’s twine

Flamingo Scene 878L	Summer Story 881C	Hula Pig 879E	Sending You a Smile 289D	Leonard Pig 718D
Staples 110# white card stock	MISTI	Memento Inks	Recollections Cardstock	X-Press It Blending Card
TE Eyeglasses die	Stitched Rectangles Die Set	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132	Spellbinders Squares Lg S4-126	Poppystamps Greeting Tag 1164 dies
Copic Sketch Markers	Baker’s Twine

Poinsettia Ribbon

Posted on July 9, 2016 10:13 PM by Julie 3 Comments

A big congrats to Rita, the newest Featured Stamper on Splitcoast! Wow, does she have a BIG gallery & so many beautiful things to see. After much browsing, I chose THIS to case (copy & share everything!). I kept the flower theme & general layout, but I moved the vertical band to the other side, used different dies, different colors & made mine a Christmas card. I also realized when I went to link to Rita’s card, that she had cased a card of Kittie’s, lol. So I guess this is a case of a case!

For my card, I started w/ a large white die cut panel & narrower dot border die cut white linen panel. On the larger one, I sponged the red & red-orange inks from the bottom left corner up & out for a little ways, letting it kind of trail off at the ends, then I attached the dot border linen panel on top. I die cut the poinsettia ribbon & larger grosgrain ribbons along w/ the wider leaf poinsettia out of the same linen but I sponged the red inks on the big poinsettia & the wider ribbon.
The Merry part of the greeting was also die cut & sponged. For the center of the poinsettia, I used a frosted flatback resin button..it’s very sparkly & looks like cut glass. It was clear but I dotted it all over w/ a lipstick orange Copic marker.

I’m adding this to the Simon Says Monday Challenge – Red, White &/or Blue.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps –Christmas

Paper: Neenah white linen

Ink: Kaleidacolor desert heat, Distress ink candied apple, Versafine satin red

Accessories: Spellbinders A2 matting basics A, poinsettia & Merry dies, Avery Elle Dotted Elle-ments, Memory Box Poinsettia Ribbon & Grosgrain ribbon dies, frosted resin stone, lipstick orange Copic

Christmas 1383	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131	Dotted Elle-ments dies	Memory Box Poinsettia Ribbon die 99182	Memory Box Grosgrain Ribbon dies 30077
Spellbinders Poinsettia dies S5-055	Spellbinders Holiday Sentiment dies S2-118	VersaFine Small Inkpads	Distress Inks	Kaliedacolor ink pads
Staples 110# White Card Stock	Neenah Linen cardstock	Frosted Flatback Resin Stones	Copic Sketch Markers

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Umbrella Girl

Posted on July 2, 2016 11:37 AM by Julie 1 Comment

I’m combining 3 Splitcoast challenges for this card…Color (CC589), Sketch (SC599), & Inspiration (IC552). For the IC, I was inspired by THIS lovely picture.

For my image, I started w/ a small rectangle of linen c/s, sponged the blue inks from the bottom up, added a mask for the horizon & sponged the purple inks from there down. After removing the mask, I sponged the pink inks from the top down until they almost met in the center. I had a little trouble getting the pink inks to go w/ the textured rose c/s I was using for the larger layer, so went over this area w/ some Prismacolor pencils to alter the color a bit. Then I placed this panel into my Misti & stamped the image w/ Versafine, added a little white in areas w/ a gel pen, then stamped it over it again. Then it was just die cutting the other layers & putting it all together.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Deep Red Stamps – Retro Umbrella Girl, Our Daily Bread designs – You Bless Me So (retired)

Paper: Staples 110# white, Neenah linen, Bazzill vintage pink

Ink: Versafine onyx, Distress Inks salty ocean, mermaid lagoon, shaded lilac, dusty concord, worn lipstick, Memento lilac posies

Accessories: ODBD Piereced Rectangles, Double Stitched rectangles dies, Spellbinders matting basics B dies, Lil’ Inker Embossed Dots die, Avery Elle Dotted dies, Misti, crystals, Prismacolor pencils

Retro Umbrella Girl	Pierced Rectangles dies CBD147	Double Stitched Rectangles dies CBD123	Embossed Dots Rectangles dies	Thank You die
Dotted Elle-ments dies	VersaFine Inkpads	Distress Inks	Memento Inks	Staples 110# White Card Stock
Bazzill Basics	Rhinestones	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131	Neenah Linen cardstock	MISTI
Prismacolor Pencils