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I made this for the Splitcoaststampers Fan Club November Christmas Challenge! I’ve been having so much fun being a part of the challenge this year & the bonus is I’ll have a bunch of Christmas cards finished in plenty of time for Christmas this year. You’ll need to be Fan Club member but that’s easy…just click the blue link to find out how. 

To make my cute little Christmas camper, I started by stamping, coloring, then masking it in order to stamp the tree on top. Originally this camper had a folding beach chair in front of it, but wiped the ink off of it before stamping, then added the fussy cut package in its place. I stamped the greeting then some snowflakes & dots in the bg then added a little stickles. I also drew the twine around the tree & added some torn, inked strips at the bottom for snow.

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


Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

 

Camper SS-1351-F	Snowflake Sm. SS-356-C	Happy Holidays set 1423CSS	Ink Spots SS-321-D	For Unto Us set 1422CSS
Tall Tree med SS-677-E	Three Gifts SS-1044-E	Ornament Pops Outline Set SS-1324-K	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	Copic Sketch Markers
Distress Inks	Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock	Stickles	MISTI
X-Press It Blending Card	Memento Inks

The Clean & Simple Challenge (CAS505) is Trick or Treat! I have a really quick card. The background was in my stash, so I was already half way home.

I saw a greeting similar to this & thought hmmm..I can do that! It took a little finagling w/ the letters from a couple of word set dies, but I did it.  Before I die cut the letters, I embossed them w/ a sparkly black powder. I did the same to part of the feather & the mask. The mask is actually a large mustache punch turned upside down, lol. I cut two holes for the eyes & it became a mask. I know..as if the skull wasn’t scary enough, now he’s got a mask. The black grid bg is a leftover from TLC235 Painted Grid where I took drywall mesh, put it on a brayer, rolled it thru white paint then onto the black card stock.

Here’s a look at the inside.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

 

Scary Skull 712G	Accent Bats 517A	Be Married 024F	Expect the Unexpected 751E
Iron Fence & Gate 771P	Memento Inks	Versafine Clair ink	Ranger Embossing Powder
RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	RN Rectangle X Stitch dies 5144-030D	Decoart Acrylic paint	Staples 110# White Card Stock
AC color card stock	Sizzix Holiday thinlits 660058	Phrase 1 S4-563	Drywall Mesh self adhesive
Spellbinders Feathers dies IN-019	EK Success Lg Bow & Mustache punch

A big congrats to Adriana, the newest Featured Stamper (FS612) on Splitcoast! She has a really cute, fun gallery & I chose THIS to case. I kept most of the colors & coffee theme, but I used different images & dies & turned my layout vertical.

After stamping & coloring the image, I added the greeting & a little stickles to the whipped cream. The rust panel was stamped w/ the lower part of a calendar grid & a little color added randomly. Just a narrow strip of teal was added under the top layer to help tie the colors together.

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


Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

 

Pie & Coffee 767H	Pumpkin Spice 346E	Calendar 053M	Deco Thanksgiving 341G
4 in 1 Harvest 758D	Copic Sketch Markers	MISTI	Stickles
Distress Inks	Memento Inks	Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock
X-Press It Blending Card	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131	Spellbinders A2 Curved Borders 1 S5-180	Pierced Rectangles dies CBD147
Kaliedacolor ink pads