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It’s my turn to host the Featured Stamper Challenge on Splitcoast (FS563) so a big Congrats to Helen, the newest Featured Stamper! She has a really sweet gallery & I chose THIS to case. I really liked the color combo & mixed media look of the background so I kept those, but I used different images, a different layout & made mine a Christmas card.

To make my card, The strip in the middle is actually part of a large tag I made w/ Distress inks & a little platinum Brilliance for some sparkle. The aqua & lime sparkle layers were die cut w/ curved dies & the largest lime sparkle was embossed on both ends. Though the small manger image was meant to be a postage frame, I wanted to use it on my card so I added the large star from the wisemen image in the center of the postage frame. For the rest of the wisemen, I stamped them on the aqua layer & added some white Prismacolor pencil highlights.

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


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And since it’s almost Thanksgiving, I also cased THIS card of Helen’s. I kept most of the layout, but used different colors, different images & turned mine horizontal.

This card was pretty quick & easy. I had a Wrinkle Free Distress background I made a while back that I stamped the leaves onto & fussy cut. The white rectangle with cut out hole was leftover from another project so I added the brown & gold layers then the greeting on a little word window tag.

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Thanks so much for stopping by!

 

Jesus Heart Postage 533F	Simplify Christmas 553D	Three Wisemen Peace 504K	Open Leaf 584D
Fall Leaf w Acorn 471F	1 Line Happy Thanksgiving 841D	Distress Inks	Staples 110# White Card Stock
VersaFine Small Inkpads	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132	Spellbinders A2 Curved Borders 1 S5-180
Copic Sketch Markers	Memento Inks	Prismacolor Pencils	X-Press It Blending Card
Recollections Cardstock	Core’Dinations Canvas Texture paper	Brilliance Inks	Sequins
Sizzix 656973 Snowflake & Flourish embossing folders

A big Congrats to Cathie, the newest Featured Stamper on Splitcoast (FS561)! She has a beautiful, growing little gallery & I chose THIS to case. I kept the Thanksgiving theme & used similar colors, but I used a different layout, different images & used embossing resist as my technique.

My card is pretty quick & easy.  I started by stamping & embossing the two leaves in white across mostly the top & left side. I had to do just a little masking. Then I sponged on Distress oxide & regular inks & blended them toward the bottom. After die cutting, I turned the thin layer upside down & put it back then stamped the greeting w/ the Versafine. A single embossed, sponged & fussy cut leaf was added on top.

Here’s a look at the inside.

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

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Give Thanks 345D	Open Leaf 584D	Fall Leaf w Acorn 471F	Deco Thanksgiving 341G	Distress Inks
Distress Oxide Inks	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Colorbox Pigment Ink	Lil’ Inker Stitched Rectangles Die Set	VersaFine Inkpads
Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132	Ranger Embossing Powder

 
Welcome to the Nov #1 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 Nov 5 to leave comments on the blogs for a chance to win. Mary will announce a winner on Nov 6 on her Blog.  Each month a different image is 50% off. This month- it’s the Sled! On the first & third Wednesdays of every month., we’ll be celebrating with a Blog Hop!

To make my Christmas card, I started by making a brayered background using just the pink, purple & blue part of a Kaleidacolor rainbow pad.  The Bethlehem image was placed into my Misti & stamped several times (to get good coverage) onto the background. Since the image has a deckled look to the edges, I die cut it and the white frame layer inside using some long deckled rectangle dies. A larger black layer was attached behind then I attached the Leftover rainbow layer behind the black. The Noel was die cut once in black & once in white & stacked.

Here’s a look at the inside.

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

Beth Chui

Patti Kehl

Carol Mayne

Miriam Napier

Julie Warner (you are here!)

Vickie Zimmer 

Marybeth Lopez

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Bethlehem 303E	And the Angel Said 1379F	Angel die 069GD	Noel die 091ED
VersaFine Inkpads	Kaliedacolor ink pads	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132	Spellbinders Deckled Mega Rect Lg S5-015
AC color card stock	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Speedball Pop-In Brayer Kit .	MISTI