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I combined 2 Splitcoast challenges for this one: Technique (TLC595), to make a stamp selfie card; & Clean & Simple (CAS386), use sunshine. 
Truthfully, lately I can’t get enough of these selfie cards, lol. I named mine Mack the Knife partly because of the shark & partly because my iPod was playing “Mack the Knife” when I started this card. Must be fate!

So Mack the shark was stamped, colored, masked & the beach scene stamped behind it & also colored. I added the die cut polaroid frame & added some die cut palms, a little camera & the circle cut greeting.

Here are the Copics I used.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Beach Sunrise 768L	Killer Birthday 175D	Happy Shark 153G	Birthday Wishes 508E
Staples 110# white card stock	MISTI	Memento Inks	Recollections Cardstock	X-Press It Blending Card
Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132	Spellbinders Squares Lg S4-126	Stitched Rectangles Die Set	IO Palm Trees dies	MFT Cute Cameras dies
Spellbinders Lg Circles S4-114	Copic Sketch Markers

A big congrats to Vickie, the newest Featured Stamper  (FS493) on Splitcoast! She has a lovely gallery that I had fun browsing…but I kept coming back to THIS card. I loved the splash of blue water color w/ the boat image stamped on top. So I kept the water color & boat theme, but I also added a little green to the mix, used different images, turned mine vertically & added a few sequins.

To make my card, I sprinkled some Brushos water color crystals on one area of a piece of water color paper. I used the ultramarine, turquoise & a little sea green. Then I spritzed it w/ water and let it do its thing. When it dried, I put it in my Misti & stamped it (a couple of times) w/ Versafine. After stamping the greeting, I die cut it, attached it to slightly larger black layer then onto the card. I used a corner rounder on the lower edge of the card front.

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

Supplies:

Rowboat & Dock 1263H	Merrily, Merrily 1363E	Staples 110# white card stock	MISTI	VersaFine Small Inkpads
Water Color Paper	Recollections Cardstock	Brushos Water Color Crystals
Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A	Med. Corner Rounder	Spellbinders Curved Matting Basics B dies S5-172	Sequins

 
Today’s Clean & Simple Challenge (CAS385) on Splitcoast is Hit the Beach! I’m also borrowing an idea I used last week (polaroid frame) which happens to coincide w/ last week’s tutorial, Stamped Selfies. So…I have these cute pigs on vacay taking a selfie. 

I die cut my “polaroid” frame, then cut a larger square out of white to go behind the frame. I figured by having the square already cut, I wouldn’t have to mask the frame. The vacationing pigs were stamped & I did mask them…but here’s a little tip..I’ve used these pigs before so I already had masks for them. When I cut a mask, I usually stamp the image a few times, line them up stacked on top of each other & cut them all at once. Then I save the masks in a little baggie w/ the images, so I can pull them out & use them when needed. Saves a lot of time in the long run. After masking them, I stamped the flamingo scene behind them & colored everything. The little glasses were die cut & I colored the white lenses w/ Copics to look like sunglasses.

Here are the Copics I used and below it is the inside.

Thanks so much for stopping by!
I’m also adding this to the Simon Says Monday Challenge – Flora &/or Fauna

Supplies:

Flamingo Scene 878L	Summer Story 881C	Hula Pig 879E	Sending You a Smile 289D	Leonard Pig 718D
Staples 110# white card stock	MISTI	Memento Inks	Recollections Cardstock	X-Press It Blending Card
TE Eyeglasses die	Stitched Rectangles Die Set	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132	Spellbinders Squares Lg S4-126	Poppystamps Greeting Tag 1164 dies
Copic Sketch Markers	Baker’s Twine