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It’s my turn to host the Splitcoaststampers Featured Stamper Challenge so a big congrats to AJ Bodine (aka rutabagapie)! Her gallery is full of beautifully colored images & fun designs. After much browsing, I chose THIS to case. I liked the image running over onto the circular frame & the flower theme so I kept those, but I used different images, different colors & I used a die cut for the greeting instead of stamping it.

I’ve had this image for awhile & I’ve been wanting to get it out & use it. So today is the day! After coloring,  I smoothed out the blends a little using Prismacolor pencils then I die cut it a couple of times w/ 2 sizes of large ovals.  I didn’t have a pierced oval that large so I did it the old fashioned way…w/ the SU piercing set. The outer frame is actually popped up just a bit from the  rest of the image. Due to the size of the image, there wasn’t a lot of room left for a greeting but I had a die cut that fit in pretty well. I double stacked it, black on white to give it a little depth.

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


Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great weekend!

Supplies:

Cup & Vine AGC2-2762	Magenta Stenciled Flower 28031H	Birthday Wishes 778F	Sizzix Happy Drop Ins 660721
Copic Sketch Markers	Prismacolor Pencils	Memento Inks	MISTI
X-Press It Blending Card	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Recollections Cardstock	Pebbles Home for Christmas
Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132	Spellbinders Lg. Petite Ovals S4-138	Spellbinders Grand Ovals LF-110	SU Piercing Mat set

 
For today’s Inspiration Challenge (IC603), I chose This scrapbook page. I don’t really do scapbooking so mine is a card  😀 but I liked the silhouette images against the sky. 
For the background, I used the Wrinkle Free Distress technique by smooshing the brown Distress inks onto my craft sheet, misting pretty heavily, then pressing mostly the bottom half of my water color paper on top. (Repeat this until you get the coverage you want.) After wiping the sheet off, I repeated this for the top half of my paper using the blue inks. Since watching paper dry is not one of my strong suits, I dried it w/ my heat gun then put  into my Misti and stamped the hiker &  trees w/ the sepia Versfine. I had to stamp them each about 2 or 3 times to get a good impression on this watercolor paper. I used a white marker to edge the panel & the white Prismacolor pencil to highlights to some of the rocks. I had a large brown paint chip & I liked the names of the colors so I let them show at the bottom. The greeting was added on a circle & backed w/ a larger circle from the paint chip.

Here’s a look at the inside.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great weekend!

Supplies:

 

Silhouette Hiker 1026G	Silhouette Bg Trees 1030F	Take a Hike 189C	Happiness Retirement 163G
Distress Inks	VersaFine Small Inkpads	Prismacolor Pencils	MISTI
Inkssentials Craft Sheet	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132	Spellbinders Lg Circles S4-114
Spellbinders Sm. Circles S4-116	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Water Color Paper	Paint Chips
Inkessentials Mini Mister	Permapaque White marker

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

For my floral birthday card, I first stamped two of the largest  Summer Flower Pops, colored then die cut then w/ the matching die. On one, I trimmed it closer & removed all the background petals & popped it up a bit on top of the full flower. One of the smaller flowers was used for the center & I used the yellow Copic to color the (originally clear) frosted resin stone for the very center.  The white panel was masked down the left side & the Flower Corner stamped a couple of times & colored.  After die cutting the larger gray gingham background & a ribbon out of the same paper, I attached these & stamped the greeting. 

Here’s a look at the inside. I wanted to color the Flower Corner but didn’t want the color to go thru, so I die cut a piece of 22# paper, stamped it, then attached it to the inside. Below it are the Copics I used. 

Next stop is Vickie‘s Blog!  Please be sure to comment on all the DT Blogs..it will be so appreciated & also increase your chances of winning! 

Mary’s Blog

Ann Wong (guest designer)

Patti Kehl

Carol Mayne

Karen Amidon

Miriam Napier

Julie Warner (you are here!)

Vickie Zimmer 

Marybeth Lopez

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

 

Summer Flower Pops 1304M	Flower Corner 1305E	Make a Wish set 1391ECL	Happy Birthday 093D
Flower Pops dies 033MD	Copic Sketch Markers	Memento Inks	MISTI
Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock	Pebbles Special Delivery Girl	Lil’ Inker Stitched Rectangles Die Set
Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132	Memory Box Grosgrain Ribbon dies 30077	Frosted Flatback Resin Stones