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Blue Marbled Coffee Cups

Posted on June 22, 2018 5:40 PM by Julie 1 Comment

For the Inspiration Challenge (IC655), I was inspired by THIS. I’ve always loved this unique coffee image & it’s been way too long since I used it. So I managed to locate it (since moving, it’s been a challenge to find a lot of stuff!).
For my card, I put the coffee image (Smell the Coffee set CL157) into my Misti and stamped it on some paper I hand marbled. Well, actually it’s a copy of the paper I hand marbled. Since each one is a one of a kind piece I started using color copies so I could hang onto the originals. After stamping, I die cut & used some the leftover paper to make a frame. Some stickles was added for the glitter part.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Impression Obsession – Smell the Coffee set CL156

Paper: Staples 110# white, black

Ink: Memento tuxedo black

Accessories: Misti, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B, circle dies, stickles

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Pick Flowers

Posted on May 8, 2018 6:55 PM by Julie 1 Comment

For the Inspiration Challenge (IC649), Angie chose Vineyard Marketplace & I chose THIS for my inspiration. I like the bright colors & floral theme.

This bg was made a while ago, using swirls made with plain old glue then using watercolors on top of it. I just really like the bright, happy colors & thought they’d go well behind these whimsical leaves. The leaves were put into my Misti, stamped, colored w/ Copics & a Prismacolor pencil overlay, then stamped again. I added the greeting & did my out of the box technique to die cut it. By the way, I first did that tutorial way back in Feb 2009 using another IO image set! It’s probably my most used technique. After matting, I used stickles in some areas, added a few sequins & some white dots for contrast.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Impression Obsession – Damask Floral CL109, Spring Blooms CL68

Paper: Staples 110# white, watercolor, vermillion

Ink: Memento tuxedo black

Accessories: Misti, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B, mega oval, mega scallop oval dies, stickles, Copic markers, Prismacolor pencils, sequins, white Posca paint pen, watercolors

Impression Obsession Damask Floral CL109	Impression Obsession Spring Blooms CL68	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132	Spellbinders Mega Ovals S4-023span>
Spellbinders Mega Scallop Ovals S5-024	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Recollections Cardstock	Water Color Paper	MISTI
Copic Sketch Markers	Memento Inks	Watercolor pan set	Posca Paint Pen	Sequins
Prismacolor Pencils

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Cattails & Dragonflies

Posted on June 25, 2016 1:17 PM by Julie Comment

Has it been crazy hot where you are? And humid, too? A walk outside around here is feeling like walking through a steam room. It’s pretty bad when it feels as if you’re wearing the air like a wetsuit. As Dr. Suess might say…I do not like the heat. I do not like it one bit. I do not like it even one little bit. For today’s Inspiration Challenge (IC551), we have a Pinterest Board full of Tim Holtz inspiration. I was inspired by THIS card.

(I DO like these colors. I do like them a lot.) And cattails & dragonflies are what you’d probably see in a hot, humid area. You can tell it’s hot because of the blazing orange above the dragonflies. I die cut a stitched rectangle out of the white linen c/s then sponged on the oranges from the top down and the green/turq from the bottom up. Then I put it into my Misti, stamped the cattails & dragonflies w/ Memento, added some color w/ Copics, then over stamped w/ Versafine. Just a touch of the splatter bg. was added here & there. The greeting was die cut in a double stitched circle & I sponged the outer circle w/ the same colors.

Funny thing about the bottom…I scored the top fold in the wrong place which made the front shorter & back too long. Instead of rescoring it (which would make it look funny & all), I cut off the excess on the back & added a sponged strip w/ part of the grid border on top. I guess another case of a mistake turning into an opportunity for change.

Here’s a look at the inside & below it are the Copics I used for the cattails & dragonflies.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great weekend!

Supplies:

Stamps: DRS Designs – Long Tall Cattails, On My Mind, 4 in 1 Garden Bugs, Splatter Bg, (inside: Cheerful Smiles)

Paper: Staples 110# white, Neenah white linen

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx, Distress inks carved pumpkin, ripe persimmon, cracked pistachio, peacock feathers

Accessories: Copic markers, Lil’ Inker stitched rectangles dies, Impression Obsession (IO) grid border die, ODBD double stitched circle dies, Misti

4 in 1 Garden Bugs 941C	Long Tall Cattails 605H	On My Mind 031D	Splatter Bg 855H	Cheerful Smiles 1107G
Staples 110# White Card Stock	Neenah Linen cardstock	MISTI	VersaFine Inkpads	Memento Inks
Distress Inks	Stitched Rectangles Die Set	Double Stitched Rectangles dies CBD123	IO Square cutout die172-1	Copic Sketch Markers