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Archive for January, 2018

 
It’s my turn to host the Splitcoast Featured Stamper Challenge, so a big congrats to Karen! She has a lovely gallery & I was very taken w/ THIS card…the colors, the layout..I just love it. Which is a little strange, because every time I try to use this blackberry or razzleberry color, I get into trouble. For me, they are very hard colors to work with. Anyway, I kept the colors & layout, but used different images & dies & made mine a birthday card.

After I white embossed the flowers & leaves onto white c/s, I sponged on the Distress inks in the purples & blues then die cut the flowers w/ the matching dies. I didn’t have paper anywhere near this purply color so I also sponged the wider strip down the side, then stamped the leaves w/ Versamark. I had to sponge the Wishing word to match, too. The white linen bg was sponged w/ the tumbled glass & the rest of the greeting was stamped w/ the Versafine purple ink. I came across a large bottle of dew drops (remember those?) so I added a few.

Here’s a look at the inside.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Altenew Striped Florals	Wishing Words ICS61-139	Birthday Wishes 778F	Altenew Striped Florals dies	Staples 110# White Card Stock
Neenah Linen cardstock	AC color card stock	Distress Inks	Colorbox Pigment Ink	VersaFine Inkpads
Versamark ink	Ranger Embossing Powder	Stickles	Dew Drops (Decorative Fillers)

   
Welcome to the Jan #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 Jan 21 to leave comments on the blogs for a chance to win. Mary will announce a winner on Jan 22 on her Blog. On the first & third Wednesdays of every month, we’ll be celebrating with a Blog Hop! The Special is the Floral Alphabet stamps – 50% off!

Aren’t these birds adorable? I love the stitch lines & patterns on them. While I was unpacking some crafty stuff (after our recent move), I came across some backgrounds I made ages ago. I used a portion of the blue/green wax paper resist Cuttlebug bg on this card. To me, it looked similar to the Floral Cuts Bg die, so I thought they’d work well together. I colored the little birds using colors from the bg piece, then fussy cut them. The Hello die was cut once out of white & once out of teal & stacked, a little offset.

Here’s a look at 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

Beth Chui

Miriam Napier

Julie Warner (you are here!)

Vickie Zimmer 

Marybeth Lopez

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

 

Embroidered Bird Flower 1419E	Embroidered Bird Vine 1418E	You’re So Tweet 1366B	Hello die 027DD
Floral Cuts Bg die 084ND	Mini Scroll Heart die 043DD	Memento Inks	Copic Sketch Markers
Lil’ Inker Stitched Rectangles Die Set	Kaliedacolor ink pads	Staples 110# White Card Stock	X-Press It Blending Card
MISTI	Cuttlebug Floral Fantasy ef 37-1806

 
A big congrats to Lisa, the newest Featured Stamper (FS571) on Splitcoaststampers! She has a lovely little gallery & I chose THIS to case. I kept the circle for the central image, but turned mine vertical, left off the divided panel & made mine a sympathy card.

To make my sympathy card, I used a large circle as a reverse mask, a smaller circle as a mask for the moon/sun, and a straight edge piece of paper for a horizon mask then sponged the blues below & red/oranges above. I went back in w/ a white pencil & added some reflection lines then stamped the Silhouette Branch in black & highlighted them w/ a white gel pen. After adding the stitched circle frame, I stamped the greeting & one of the little corner flourishes in 3 corners. After I die cut the whole panel, I sponged on color on the little narrow layer & put it back around the white panel. 

Here’s a look at the inside.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Our Thoughts 121D	Silhouette Branch 1011H	Condolences 109K	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Memento Inks
Distress Inks	White Gelly Roll Pen	Prismacolor Pencils	Double Stitched Circles dies CBD136	Double Stitched Rectangles dies CBD123