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Archive for May, 2017

 
Welcome to the May#2 Blog Hop for Serendipity Stamps!

If you arrived here from Miriam’s blog, you’re in the right place..if not, you may want to head over there first.

The Prize – One $20 gift code will go to one random commenter from the blogs. So be sure  to visit all the blogs because you don’t know which one the winner will be drawn from. You have through Sunday May 21 to leave comments on the blogs for a chance to win. Mary will announce a winner on May22 on her Blog.  Each month a different image is 50% off. This month- it’s the Simple Flower Set! On the first & third Wednesdays of every month., we’ll be celebrating with a Blog Hop!

My card is fairly quick since this fab die does almost all of the work for you! Since I first saw it, it’s been one of my faves (especially since I suggested it to Mary, way back when, lol)! I adore hot air balloons…it’s impossible not to smile & be happy when you see them. And I used it today because I have a friend who recently received some bad news, health wise & I’m sure she could use a smile.

After die cutting the reverse hot air balloons out of cobalt, I found some paper that had these chevrons in blues & green & I thought it went perfectly w/ the patterns in the balloons. I die cut the clouds part of the die again in white to add on top of the white stitched frame, then added the fussy cut speech bubble w/ the greeting in the lower right.

Here’s a look at the inside using some of the leftover parts. (I also used a mask of the balloon die to sponge the blue ink on the side of the envelope.)

Please be sure to comment on all the DT Blogs..it will be so appreciated & also increase your chances of winning!

Mary’s Blog

Patti Kehl

Carol Mayne

Karen Amidon

Miriam Napier

Julie Warner (you are here!)

Vickie Zimmer

Marybeth Lopez

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

 

Speech Bubble set 1400QCL	Uplifting Words 1398QCL	Hot Air Balloons Reverse die SSDIE-064-M
Distress Inks	Memento Inks	Pebbles Special Delivery Boy	Staples 110# White Card Stock
AC color card stock	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132	Double Stitched Rectangles dies CBD123	Sequins

Today’s Clean & Simple Challenge (CAS429) on Splitcoast asks us to “get techy” & show/use some kind of technology. I’m sure a whole lot of technology went into the space program.
In fact, growing up The Jetsons was one my fave cartoons & I couldn’t wait to grow up & have Rosie be my robot maid or have a flying space car or dinner from an electronic dumbwaiter in the wall. Hmmm…I’m still waiting!  But I do have George Jetson’s boy Elroy & his dog Astro on my card. The image was stamped, colored & fussy cut to add to a bg I made ages ago & near as I can remember, it was sponged w/ the distress inks then stenciled w/ white pigment ink. I stamped the image again on this bg in order to have the stars, which I colored in & added Wink of Stella. The cut out circle was added back w/ the greeting on top. 

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

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to check out the DRS Giveaway!

Supplies:

Spaceboy Skip 285H	Starry Bg 124H	Out of This World 267F	Birthday Wishes 508E
Copic Sketch Markers	Distress Inks	Memento Inks	VersaFine Small Inkpads
Staples 110# White Card Stock	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132	Lil’ Inker Stitched Rectangles Die Set	Double Stitched Circles Dies
Memory Box Splatter stencil 88581	Memory Box Star Flash stencil 88542	MISTI	Wink of Stella

A big congrats to Donna, the newest Featured Stamper on Splitcoast (FS536)! After much browsing, I chose THIS to case. I admit my case doesn’t look a lot (really anything) like her card, lol. I literally focused (tongue in cheek) on the camera & my card just kind of grew from there. After I had the camera die cut, I thought it went really well w/ the greeting, then I needed something to have a picture of…and that’s how it went.

So after I stamped & colored the flamingo scene, I added the die cut frames, the camera & split the greeting w/ the first part on the little flag & the rest on the lower frame.

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


Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful Mother’s Day!

Supplies:

 

Flamingo Scene 878L	Palm Tree 886G	Picture Perfect Day 084E	Wherever You Go 779H
Copic Sketch Markers	Memento Inks	Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock
Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132	Spellbinders Curved Matting Basics B dies S5-172	MFT Cute Cameras dies
MFT Blueprints 21 dies