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Birthday Greenery

Posted on March 29, 2019 8:49 PM by Julie 2 Comments

We have a guest host for the Inspiration Challenge today…& I know you’ll recognize her. SmilynStef is our host & she’s chosen a fun site…SNURK. I was immediately drawn to THIS picture & chose it for my inspiration.

For my birthday card, I die cut the 2 part leaves then sponged the open parts with the mowed lawn & pine needle inks. The solid piece underneath, was sponged with the citron, pistachio & evergreen colors. I sponged the die cut wishes the same way.

Here’s a look at the inside. I also included another picture below this showing what I used for this frame. I had a piece of copy paper under the leaves when I sponged them & it left this wonderful sheet of color. I folded it in half & glued it together, then die cut the frames.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Rubbernecker Stamps: Happy Birthday

Paper: Staples 110# white

Ink: Distress inks twisted citron, cracked pistachio, evergreen bough, mowed lawn, pine needles, Versaclair green oasis (for greeting)

Accessories: Rubbernecker Stamps: Leaf die set, Leaf Group, Rectangle Stitch, Circle Stitch, Wishes, Rectangle Stitch Frame dies

RN Happy Birthday 3031	RN Leaf die set 5130D	RN Leaf Group die 5118D	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	RN Rectangle Stitch Frame dies 5122D
RN Circle Stitch dies 5006D	RN Wishes die 5205-05D	Distress Inks	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Versafine Clair ink
Rhinestones

Butterflies

Posted on March 1, 2019 10:05 PM by Julie Comment

It’s my turn & my pleasure to host the Splitcoast Inspiration Challenge this week! And we’re headed to the V&A (Victoria & Albert) Museum. There are so many wonderful things to see there & after much browsing, I chose THIS for my inspiration.

For my butterflies, after stamping a coloring, they were die cut w/ their matching dies. I used a white paint pen to add the dots on the wings & outlined them w/ a black pen. I came across just a strip of polished stone background I made a long time ago & thought it looked good w/ the color in the butterflies. I die cut it w/ a flag die, using my Resizing Technique to lengthen the flag. The greeting was added in the corner & some sequins for a little sparkle.

Here’s the inside & below it are the Copics I used.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Rubbernecker Stamps: Brush Butterflies (inside: Happy Birthday )

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

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Versaclair nocturne

Accessories: Rubbernecker stitched rectangles, Fluttering Butterflies , Nested Banner Stitch dies, Copic markers, sequins, white Posca paint pen

RN Brush Butterflies 3018	RN Fluttering Butterflies dies 3018D	RN Happy Birthday 3031	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	RN Nested Banner Stitch dies 5151D
Staples 110# White Card Stock	X-Press It Blending Card	Copic Sketch Markers	Sequins	Memento Inks
Versafine Clair ink	Posca Paint Pen

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Birch Forest

Posted on February 22, 2019 10:22 PM by Julie 2 Comments

X5!

We have a really wonderful site for the Inspiration Challenge this week..Fine Art America. I had a really hard time choosing, but finally went w/ THIS picture.

I didn’t have any fox images or dies (will have to see about that!), so I used a deer family die instead. I die cut them out of sand colored c/s then used Prismacolor pencils to add a little color to them. The snow hills & birch trees were cut out of white & shaded w/ Prismas. On the lg black bg, I splattered it using a paintbrush & some white acrylic paint. Usually, I like to have a greeting on the front & it feels a little odd not to have one & not to use any stamps at all, but I guess I’ll get over it 😉

Here’s a look at the inside.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: none

Paper: Staples 110# white, black, sand

Ink: none

Accessories: Brass & Bliss/Rubbernecker stitched rectangles, Deer Family, Birch Trees, Deckle Hills dies, Prismacolor pencils, white acrylic paint

Deer Family dies 5162-10D	Birch Forest die 5167-01D	Deckle Hills die 5173-02D	Rectangle Small Stitch dies 5013D	Staples 110# White Card Stock
Prismacolor Pencils	AC color card stock	Acrylic Paint