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Archive for August, 2014

A big Congrats to Kathy, the Newest Featured Stamper (FS395) on Splitcoast! Such a wonderful gallery and it was hard to choose, but I went with THIS card to case. I kept most of the layout w/ the little houses & the Christmas theme, but I used stamps instead of dp and made mine into little layered inchies.

After stamping, coloring and die cutting the little houses & trees into inchies, I attached them on slightly larger squares, then onto my card front and added some stickles on the snow areas. The greeting is actually a combination of two stamps that I put together. The little star is from another image and I added a crystal in the center. The finished card is 4.25 x 5.50 and these are the Copics I used. 

Thanks so much for stopping by! Congrats again, Kathy!

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A couple of fun challenges on Splitcoast today! This is for the MIX Challenge (MIX83) & QFTD Challenge (QFTD225). For the MIX, when I’m creating cards, I usually go for COLOR..I love it vibrant, no matter what hue. This particular card, since it’s Halloween uses the warm fire spectrum. And for the new Queen for the Day (& new hostess), I was inspired by THIS card of Jenn’s w/ the cute little witch.

Love this fashion forward witch legs image and the greeting is perfect! I stamped her lovely legs, colored with Copics then added the die cut greeting and a fussy cut witch hat on top. Just a little stickles was added to the stripes on her legs and the hat band. I added a black leftover negative from a die cut border underneath the panel.

For the background, I sponged on yellow & orange ink then stamped the stars at the top. I used a white marker to color in the stars then added stickles on top. The finished card is 4.25 x 5.50 and these are the Copics I used.

Thanks so much for stopping by! If you haven’t, please click on over to the DRS Thursday Challenge..this week show us a Creepy or Crawly or Scary card! DRS images are not required!

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Witch Feet 140H	Witchly Accessories 154K	Shoe Fits 143D	Interlocking Star Bg 819H
MISTI	Copic Sketch Markers	Kaliedacolor ink pads	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131
Cheery Lynn Southern Charm die CL-B454	Stickles	Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock
Memento Inks	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132

Welcome to the Serendipity Stamps August Blog Hop! We are showing off some beautiful new fall & Halloween images & dies! If you arrived here from Jenny’s Blog, you are in the right place..if not, you may want to go to Mary’s Blog and start from the beginning.

Prizes:
You have until  9-1 to leave a comment.  Mary will announce the winner on her blog on 9-2
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I used the fun Kitty & Jack image along with the new Boo die for my Halloween card. This image is a lot of fun to color! I also stamped, colored and fussy cut just the kitty & jack part to pop up on top of the base image. The base image was die cut w/ a large circle and I trimmed of the bottom just below the rock wall & added a larger die cut circle behind it. Boo was die cut out of a dot embossed textured black & stacked on top of 2 more die cut Boo’s for a little depth. The large distressed orange dp was stamped with the new Wood Background image using the rusty hinge ink. I punched one black bat fence and another out of a black Halloween text print..the solid black fence has some yellow highlights added to the top.

The yellow leafy dp on the left was a leftover strip from something else and I used a curved border die on the right edge & added some black faux stitch lines. On the inside, I added some leftover dp and punched bat fence to frame the fun Fraidycat greeting.


The finished card is 4.25 x 5.50 and these are the Copics I used.

The card below is one I did using some of the new Leaf Pops Negatives & It’s About Time images & a clock die also available at Serendipity Stamps. Just click the picture and it will take you to all the details on this card. 

Your next stop of our Blog Hop is Karen’s Blog! Thanks so much for stopping by!

If you get lost, here is the blog hop order:

• Mary’s Blog
• Kecia Waters
• Jeanne Jachna
• Jenny Gropp
• Julie Warner
• Karen Amidon 
• Marybeth Lopez 
• Miriam Napier
• Vickie Zimmer

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