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Archive for September, 2015

Welcome to the September Challenge for Serendipity Stamps! This month the challenge is Stamp Your Own Background! 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 Japanese Maple. You might want to check out the super deals on the Bo Bunny paper packs..there are some perfect papers for Christmas & Halloween. For all of you wanting that fabulous Hot Air Balloon Reverse die, they are back in stock so get yours now! And as always, we have a  have a gift certificate up for grabs to a random player.

My card today is almost entirely bits of leftovers from other projects or backgrounds I didn’t use. The largest background is done on the backside of a piece of glossy card stock & has some kind of a coating on it..sort of semi glossy. The detail Leaf Pops were stamped w/ resist ink then brayered over using a rainbow ink pad. The white strip down the left side was stamped w/ the Fall Pops set using the same ink. The serpentine like glitter strip was a leftover & was made w/ a hot glue gun & glitter was sprinkled on while still hot. The large Solid Leaf Pop was stamped & die cut w/ the matching die. I added some little copper glitter acorns & squiggly pieces from the Oak Leaf die. I die cut an oval in the background & added the greeting underneath. It was first stamped w/ the resist ink, brayered then over stamped (slightly offset) w/ Versafine.

Here’s the inside using more leftovers. I used the oval cut out of the front to stamp the greeting.

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Diane Jaquay (Sept Guest Designer)

Marybeth Lopez

Miriam Napier

Vickie Zimmer

Jeanne Jachna 

Jenny Gropp

Julie Warner (you are here!)

Karen Amidon

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Today we are taking another look at the Our Daily Bread designs September release! I just love the fish & dolphins sets. I used the dolphins again for my card today along with Sunburst Pattern & Sparkling Stars dies.

For my card, after stamping the dolphins with Memento & coloring w/ Copics, I over stamped w/ Versafine then fussy cut them. I repeated this for one more of the dolphin on the right to elevate him a bit on top of the other two. The image was stamped twice more but I colored only the water on both & used a self made cloud stencil & sponged in the sky before die cutting w/ the two sized of stars dies. I also die cut 2 black stars & stacked them offset before attaching the dolphins on top. The background was die cut w/ the Sunburst Bg & the circle cut greeting & a black circle were attached in the circle part of the die. Some sponged aqua die cut stars were attached here & there and stickles was added for some sparkle.

Here’s a look at the inside using some leftovers I didn’t use for the front. (These dolphins were also stamped w/ a small flower from the Boho Love set.) Below it are the Copics I used.


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Supplies:

Under the Sea	Sunburst Bg die CBD140	Circles dies CBD142	Sparkling Stars dies CBD79	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131
Copic Sketch Markers	Memento Inks	VersaFine Inkpads	Stickles	Distress Inks
AC color card stock

Today’s Color Challenge  (CC548) is some pretty fall colors…just perfect for my Autumn Wreath! And the dessert is trees or leaves, so got it covered!

After stamping the wreath & coloring it, I die cut the large white panel then used a curved border die across the bottom. I used the same rectangular die to cut the bottom a little more in order to separate the two white panels & let some of the glitter c/s show thru. The Autumn & acorns dies were also cut out of the glitter c/s as well as one fussy cut maple leaf. The other two maple leaves & the sunflower were colored & fussy cut, as well. 

Here’s a look at the inside & also the Copics I used.

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Twig Wreath SS-1370-G	Fall Pops SS-1372-K	Take Time 1371E	Autumn die SSDIE-065-D	Maple Leaf Lg 806E
Maple Leaf Sm 642C	Oak Leaf Scroll dies 035E	Oak Leaf Outline & Acorn dies 034E	Copic Sketch Markers	Staples 110# White Card Stock
Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132	Spellbinders A2 Curved Borders 1 S5-180	MISTI	DCWV Glitter Matstack
X-Press It Blending Card	VersaFine Inkpads