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Serendipity May Blog Hop #1!

Posted on May 3, 2017 12:00 AM by Julie 15 Comments

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

If you arrived here from Miriam’s blog, you’re 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 Sunday May 7 to leave comments on the blogs for a chance to win. Mary will announce a winner on May 8 on her Blog. Each month a different image is 50% off. This month- it’s the Simple Flower Set! On the first & third Wednesdays of every month., we’ll be celebrating with a Blog Hop!

To make my Butterfly Wish card, I stamped the Butterfly Dream image repeatedly across a white panel then heat embossed it w/ white powder. The distress inks were then sponged across mainly the left side & I let them fade to white on the right. Some random water dots were sprinkled on top, then I took a water brush and lifted the color from the little leaves & added just a touch of green. It was die cut first w/ the largest matting basic die then I used one several sizes smaller to cut out the inside & I inserted a white layer between them.

The first part of the greeting was also done using emboss resist & the Wish die cut was double stacked. The Daisy Garden border die was cut out of white then I separated the diamond part from the flowers and attached one under the top layer & the other on top. I found some wide pink tulle polka dot ribbon & fussed w/ it a bit until I arrived at how it looks now.
Here’s a look at the inside.

Please be sure to comment on all the DT Blogs..it will be so appreciated & also increase your chances of winning!

Julie Warner (you are here!)

Vickie Zimmer

Marybeth Lopez

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – Butterfly Dream, Make A (inside – Happy Birthday II, Butterfly)

Paper: Staples #110 white

Ink: Distress inks worn lipstick, squeezed lemonade, abandoned coral, Colorbox frost white pigment

Accessories: Serendipity Daisy Garden die, Wish die, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B dies, detail white embossing powder, Martha Stewart monarch butterfly punch, glassine butterfly punch, crystals, pink tulle ribbon

Butterfly Dream 1390E	Make A 1415 1-UM	Happy Birthday II 552E	Daisy Garden die 052KD
Wish die 077DD	Butterfly 902B	Distress Inks	Colorbox Pigment Ink
Staples 110# White Card Stock	polka dot tulle ribbon	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132
Ranger Embossing Powder	Rhinestones	Glassene Butterfly Punch	Monarch Butterfly Punch

Friends Everyday

Posted on March 11, 2017 9:26 PM by Julie 1 Comment

A big Congrats to Linda, the newest Featured Stamper (FS527) on Splitcoast! After strolling thru her sweet gallery, I chose THIS to case. I kept the CAS design & sponging, but used different colors, different images & made mine a Christmas card.
I had the white piece already die cut so I used some Distress inks to sponge in some pink/reds from the upper left & some lime greens from the lower right. The pine bough was stamped a couple of times w/ a combo of the green Memento inks and the greeting was stamped w/ black. I added a narrow pine green layer & instead of using another white layer to use the embossing folder on, I embossed the front of the card. The trick w/ this is, because I only wanted the front embossed, I had to put the card front in upside down in the folder, so it needed to be a pattern that looked good going either direction. Anything else would just look upside down 🙂

I added a die cut paper bow to finish. Here’s a look at the inside. The embossed card front also gives a nice look to the top of the inside.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: DRS Designs- Pine Bough, Christmas Everyday (inside- From My House)

Paper: Staples 110# white, pine green

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, cottage ivy, northern pine, Distress inks candy apple, fired brick, twisted citron, mowed lawn

Accessories: Misti, MFT diagonal stitched rectangles, Sizzix embossing folder (Alpine set 658191), ODBD small bow die

Christmas Everyday 1051F	Pine Bough 467K	From My House 1045E
Staples 110# White Card Stock	Distress Inks	Memento Inks	MISTI
MFT Diagonal Stitched Rectangle dies	Sizzix Alpine set 658191	Small Bow Dies	AC color card stock

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Knit Happens

Posted on February 28, 2017 6:47 PM by Julie 1 Comment

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Knit Happens! Yes m’am, it does…and if you like to have some wine while you knit..well..it won’t be pretty. Just sayin’. Anyway, these are the colors for today’s Color Challenge (CC624) on Splitcoast. Daffodil, garden green & blackberry. And it seems I have a slight aversion to the blackberry. It’s an odd color, hard to work with & harder to match. The only think that came to mind was this cute little digi & I figured I’d delegate the troublesome color to the ground area.
After printing it out, I colored it then die cut it. The dk purple bg (closest I could come to the blackberry color) was embossed w/ a knit pattern folder & it was pretty much done.

Here’s a look at the inside & below it are the Copics I used. This is going to one of my knitty friends who also happens to like my cards 😛

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: From the Heart Stamps (digi) – Birdbrain Winter Scarf – (inside- TPC Studio -Yarn Crafts, Kasperaks- Knitting Needles, Yarn Unwinding)

Paper: Staples 110# white, Hammermill Digital, Core’Dinations canvas texture dk purple

Ink: (inside- Memento grape jelly)

Accessories: Copic markers, Sizzix embossing folder (Holiday Knits set), Lil’ Inker stitched rectangle dies

FTHS Birdbrain Winter Scarf digi	Kaspareks Knitting Needles AS-38	Kaspareks Yarn Unwinding AS-18	TPC Studio Yarn Crafts
Sizzix Holiday Knits 660034	Lil’ Inker Stitched Rectangles Die Set	Memento Inks	Staples 110# White Card Stock
Core’Dinations Canvas Texture paper	Hammermill 100# Digital Copy card stock	Copic Sketch Markers