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Christmas Gnomes

Posted on October 19, 2019 9:52 PM by Julie 1 Comment

It’s my pleasure to host the Splitcoast Featured Stamper Challenge (FS663) this week, so a big Congrats to Claudette! I chose THIS card to case. I kept the four pane window design, but I used different stamps & dies & made mine a Christmas card.

My card started w/ the die cut 4 pane window frame. I used it to pencil in the position of the gnomes on a piece of X-Press It then stamped & colored them. For the 2 gnomes who have feet &/or hands out of the box, I made a couple extra & fussy cut those parts to add on top. I placed the 4 pane die onto the gnomes & cut them so they’d have the stitching, too. When it was all put together, I added a piece of thin fun foam behind the whole panel to pop it up a bit, then added the die cut holly.

Here are the Copics I used.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Rubbernecker Stamps: Donovans Gnomes set

Paper: Staples 110# white, green, red, X-Press It, dp (Essential Prints)

Ink: Memento tuxedo black

Accessories: Rubbernecker Stamps: Rectangle Stitch, Window Stitch, Holly #1 , Donovans Gnomes dies, Copic Sketch Markers

AC color card stock

Staples 110# White Card Stock

X-Press It Blending Card

Copic Sketch Markers

Essential Prints

Halloween Birdhouses

Posted on September 27, 2019 9:27 PM by Julie 1 Comment

For the Inspiration Challenge (IC721), we have Flags on a Stick. They have some really fun, really nice flags & for my card, I was inspired by THIS Halloween flag. I thought the decorated birdhouses were really cute.

For my Halloween card, I die cut the houses & ghosts out of white, the tree, crows & fence out of black & the tiny pumpkin out of orange. To me it seemed simpler to cut the houses in white & color them instead of cutting a bunch out of different colored paper. The die I used for the birdhouses is actually one multilevel roofline spooky house. I cut it out twice then cut apart the house to make my 3 birdhouses. On the yellow one, I colored the stars thru a stencil. I used a 3/8″ circle punch for the holes, colored them black & put them back in. Then I just put all the pieces together on a white front where I had already stamped the greeting frame.

Here are the Copics (& 1 orange Tombow) I used. This may be the first time I’ve used that black Copic!

Supplies:

Stamps: Rubbernecker Stamps: Happy Halloween Frame

Paper: Staples 110# white, black, orange

Ink: Memento tuxedo black

Accessories: Rubbernecker Stamps: Rectangle Stitch, Bats & Spiderwebs, Spooky House, Wrought Iron Fence, Spooky Tree, Ghosts, Scarecrow, Pumpkins & Ivy dies, Rubbernecker Stars Stencil, Copic Sketch Markers, orange Tombow Marker

RN Happy Halloween Frame 1067	RN Stars Stencil 4006	Copic Sketch Markers	Memento Inks	AC color card stock
Staples 110# White Card Stock	Tombow Markers

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Thanksgiving Tree Line

Posted on September 6, 2019 9:30 PM by Julie Comment

It’s my pleasure & my turn to host the Splitcoast Inspiration Challenge (IC718) & we’re headed to Piper Classics. They have a lot of lovely items & I was inspired by the colors in THIS picture.

I saw a similar card, a very long time ago but I can’t find it for anything, now that I’m looking for it. I think it was probably by Michelle Zindorf, but I’m not certain. Doesn’t it always happen that way? Anyway, it stuck in my head & I thought this would be a great way to use this Single Fall Tree image.

After I masked off the water area & sponged in the ground & bg tree line, I reversed the mask & sponged in the water. I used a few yellow & orange Copics to add the trees/bushes in the distance, then I put the tree image into my Misti & stamped it w/ Distress oxide inks in walnut & espresso. First one was stamped, then I moved the panel to stamp it again, & again, & again. I turned it upside down, lined the trees up, & stamped them in tea dye for the reflection trees. After all the trees were stamped, I added some white lines w/ a gel pen in the water & sponged a little walnut around the edges.

Here’s the inside.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: DRS Designs – Single Fall Tree, Give Thanks (inside: Deco Thanksgiving, Pumpkin Pile)

Paper: Staples 110# white

Ink: Distress inks ripe persimmon, dried marigold, crushed olive, walnut stain, vintage photo, weathered wood, tumbled glass, Distress oxide inks in ground espresso, walnut stain, tea dye

oAccessories: Misti, Rubbernecker Rectangle Stitch dies, ribbon, white gel pen, yellow & orange Copics

Single Fall Tree 468F	Give Thanks 345D	Deco Thanksgiving 341G	Pumpkin Pile 781H	MISTI
RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Distress Inks	Distress Oxide Inks	Copic Sketch Markers
White Gelly Roll Pen	Ribbon