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Today’s Sketch Challenge on Splitcoast (SC534) seemed perfect for an idea I had a couple of weeks ago to make a beach umbrella scene. Originally I was going to use bright, summer colors, but changed my mind & made it softer, sandy colors.
After I die cut the large sand background & smaller white one, I used a curved border die to cut off the bottom and replaced it w/ a piece of designer paper. I also added a little piece of a punched fence, a few pieces of die cut grass & a die cut border to cover the cut.
The umbrella was die cut out a dusty pink & the toppers cut from more of the same collection of dp. I added the flip flops, clouds & a few crystals. Here’s a peek at the simple inside using some leftovers. (It’s not really crooked, lol. It’s just a weird angle.)
Thanks so much for stopping by!
Supplies:
| Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs – Flip Flop Fun, Happy Birthday (from Little Boys set) |
| Paper: white, textured sand & dusty pink (DCWV matstack), dp (ODBD Shabby Rose collection) |
| Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Distress Inks Victorian Velvet |
| Accessories: ODBD Flourished Star Pattern, Clouds & Raindrops, Umbrellas, Flip Flops dies, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & curved border dies, crystals, picket fence punch |
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Welcome to the Our Daily Bread designs April Release! We have some fabulous images & dies for you this month!
For my first card, I made a background on water color paper using Distress Inks, a water spritzer & a teflon craft sheet. I smooshed one ink color onto the mat, spritzed, then lightly pressed the paper to it. After drying the one color, I wiped off the mat and proceeded to the next color. I used 3 harmonious colors in all & the reason I did it one at a time & dried in between was to layer the colors and not have them all run together. I like the way the background reminds me of a rainy day, but with happier colors. I die cut it and used the outermost die from the Flourished Star Pattern die to cut the pierced layer behind it. The umbrella & umbrella topper were die cut from 4 colors of card stock & the Happy die was cut from 2 of the colors and stacked, offset. I used it to replace the Happy in the greeting & used a stamp positioner to rearrange the rest of the wording.
| Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs – April Showers, Showers of Blessings |
| Paper: white, water color, lt blue, cobalt blue, lt green, aqua |
| Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Distress Inks evergreen bough, tumbled glass, broken china |
| Accessories: ODBD Flourished Star Pattern, Happy Birthday, Clouds & Raindrops, Umbrellas, Layered Lacey Squares dies, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A&B dies, SAMJ, teflon craft sheet |
My second card also started with water color paper, but this time I used actual water colors on it along w/ some metallic gold & white acrylic paints.
When I saw this greeting in the How Great Thou Art set, I kept picturing a swirling galaxy of stars so that was the look I was trying to achieve. I wanted to splatter some masking fluid on the background first, but found mine had totally dried up. So I watered down a little white acrylic paint & splattered it first & after it dried I did several water color washes using different shades of blue. After drying it w/ my heat gun, I splattered a little more white & a little gold on top & used a small paint brush to add some swaths of gold here & there. I used a metallic brushed gold card stock to die cut the Vintage Flourish frame & also the stars. The greeting was heat embossed & die cut in a circle to add on top of the large star. Here’s a different view showing how shimmery it all looks w/ the gold highlights.
And the inside of the card:
Supplies:
| Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs – How Great Thou Art |
| Paper: water color, metallic brushed gold |
| Ink: Versacolor midnight pigment ink, Memento blue danube (inside) |
| Accessories: ODBD Vintage Flourish Pattern, Sparkling Stars, Layered Lacey Squares (inside) dies, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A&B & circle dies, water colors, Cobalt Tapestry embossing powder, white & metallic gold acrylic paint |
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Welcome to the April Challenge for Serendipity Stamps! This month the challenge is Monograms & Verse! You can get all the details over on the Serendipity Challenge Blog. We have something new…a “Stamp of the Month”. Each month a different image will be 50% off. This month- it’s the Jar Label. And as always, we have a have a gift certificate up for grabs to a random player.
For my Monogram card, rather than just have the Monogram by itself, I used the Monogram snipped from the Thanks die (I also snipped off a bit of the flourish) as the first letter in my greeting. I used a stamp positioner to move the lines of the greeting to better fit the Monogram. I love this Giraffe set and rather than color it, I used a piece of drywall mesh (it’s sticky on the backside) as a stencil, masked the sides, sponged some ink through it and added a little more color in a few of the squares w/ Copics. The image was stamped on top & die cut. I added a black mat then put it back on the larger piece it was cut from so it looks like the grid continues. A few of the sequins from the Wood Sequin combo were sprinkled here & there.
The inside was also kept simple:
Supplies:
| Stamps: Serendipity Stamps –Giraffe cling set , Thinking of You ( on inside) |
| Paper: Neenah white, black |
| Ink: Versafine Onyx, Kaleidaolor tahiti (for sponging the grid) |
| Accessories: Serendipity Thanks die, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B, Copic markers, Wood Sequins |
Please be sure to visit & comment on all the DT blogs:
- Miriam Napier
- Vickie Zimmer
- Jeanne Jachna
- Jenny Gropp
- Julie Warner (you are here!)
- Karen Amidon
- Marybeth Lopez
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