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It’s my turn to host the Splitcoaststampers Featured Stamper Challenge (FS508) so a big congrats to Jeanne, aka Penny627! She has such a wonderful gallery & after much browsing, I chose THIS to case. I didn’t have a cute little Halloween girl, but I had a cute little Christmas girl. So I kept the basic layout & circle element, but I used different images, different colors & since there isn’t a die for this cutie, I did a complicated out of the box/into the window for her. 

Sigh…I’m not gonna lie..it took me quite a while to color this lovely, then it took me longer to figure out how I was going to handle her, since she’s a bit bigger than I thought when I ordered her. To make the circle opening, after a lot of consideration, I traced around the smallest Grand circle die & used a craft knife to cut away the area around her that fell inside the circle. I used the same circle along w/ the largest of the regular circle dies to cut the silver glitter layer & put it behind her. The card started out to be 5.5″ square, but I just felt uneasy w/ it, so I cut it down to fit A2 & added just a touch of snowflake embossing on the lower corners & strips of the silver glitter on either side. It changed the look a bit, but I like the partial circle a lot better. I added a die cut Joy out of the silver glitter above the Happy Holidays that is part of the red designer paper I used to back the image.

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


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PB Fairy Holly 40-173	Sizzix Holiday thinlits 660058	Spellbinders Lg Circles S4-114	Spellbinders Grand Circles LF-114
X-Press It Blending Card	DCWV Glitter Matstack	Studio Calico Magical	Copic Sketch Markers
Memento Inks	Crafter’s Companion Christmas Elegance EF6-CHEL

These colors may be a little different for a Christmas card, but I was using the Splitcoaststampers Color Challenge (CC606) colors of bermuda, coral & island indigo. I also did a fun Turkish map fold for the inside, per the Technique Challenge (TLC609). If you want the directions for this fold, just click the link for the TLC (above). 

As a rule, I don’t usually do fancy folds…apparently I am unable to follow directions..well, I CAN follow directions, I just don’t, lol. It always ends up being a reinvention of the wheel when I can’t stop myself from changing things. So, I did follow directions (mostly) for this one. Mine is a little bit (.25 inch) larger than the directions. And the fancy fold didn’t kill me, so that’s a definite plus. I had to resize the dies to fit a square card (instead of a rectangle), but that’s not too hard. Actually, the hardest part was refilling my ATG tape gun. Sheesh! I bought a case of refills & turns out at least half of them are wound wrong so they are useless. That part was not fun. 

Here’s a look at the inside & how it looks folded flat. To me, it looks a little plain but I guess I’m not used to having to fill up that much real estate. Will have to work on that. Since the inside is copy paper, it does fold flat to fit into a regular envelope & it really isn’t bulky or heavy.


These are the Copics I used.

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Lg Snowman Portrait 001L	Snow Hello 1018F	Snow Bg 187H	Christmas Village 4 in 1 119D	Custom Christmas Village Sign
Sand/Snow Lines 1114D	Pine Tree Snowdrifts 320H	1 Line Merry Christmas B364	Tiny Snowman 256B	Copic Sketch Markers
Distress Inks	Memento Inks	Colorbox Pigment Ink	Staples 110# White Card Stock	X-Press It Blending Card
AC color card stock	MFT Diagonal Stitched Rectangle dies	MFT Fishtail Flag dies	MFT Stitched Arch dies	MISTI

It’s my turn to host the Splicoaststampers Featured Stamper Challenge (FS507) so I want to give a big Congrats to Bev, better known as guneaxdesigns! I chose THIS card to CASE. I kept the layout & Christmas theme, but I used stamps instead of a napkin, added a window arch & used an embossing folder. 

I’m using a brand new Pinecone image for my centerpiece. The pinecone was stamped, colored w/ Copics & fussy cut. Then I die cut a large white panel, cut out the arched window & cut another arch (using 2 sizes of the same die set) to make a frame. I stamped the Merry Christmas Arc on the frame (I cut the image apart to make it easier). On the leftover inside arched piece & also on the leftover large frame, I used the Woven Plaid stamp (the cut apart version), & the 3 colors of Distress inks. I went back I embossed the white layer w/ a snowfall folder before I put it all together & I also added a little die cut holly for the hanging part of the pinecone.

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


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Supplies:

Pine Cone w Bow 1001G	Merry Christmas Arc 102E	Woven Plaid 613P	Beautiful Holiday Greeting 353G	Triple Holly 1004F
Sizzix Snowfall Speckles 661008	Staples 110# white card stock	X-Press It Blending Card	MISTI
Memento Inks	Distress Inks	Stitched Rectangles Die Set	MB Cabrini Ornament die
MFT Stitched Arch dies	Copic Sketch Markers	Stickles	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132