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Archive for February, 2020

Congrats to Brent, the newest Featured Stamper (FS679) on Splitcoast! He has a wonderful gallery full of digital projects. After much browsing, I chose THIS to case. I kept the layout & flower on the side, but used different images, colors & dies.

I stamped & colored the dogwood branch like a cherry blossom branch then fussy cut it. The white bg was embossed w/ a cherry blossom folder & I added a couple of narrow layers. The greeting was stamped on a large stitched flag. I did have to use my resizing technique to make the flag a little longer.

Here are the Copics I used:

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Supplies:

 

Dogwood 1092H	Deco Thanks 623E	Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D
RN Nested Banner Stitch dies 5151D	Copic Sketch Markers	Memento Inks	Darice 1218-67 Cherry Blossom folder

For the Splitcoast Inspiration Challenge (IC740) we have Stencil Girl Shop. They have some wonderful stencils, but it was a bit tough at first for me..I tend to be inspired by color first & it was all in black & white! So I headed over to the blog & found lots of color. THIS is my inspiration..the color bands reminded me of a rainbow, so that’s the direction I went.

I started by stamping & coloring the image, then used my into the window techinque to cut around the top, then inserted the stitched rainbow die behind it. I colored each rainbow strip then put them back behind the image. A little Wink of Stella gave them a nice sparkle.

Just to give it a finished edge, I added a narrow yellow strip at the bottom of the rainbow, then stamped the greeting.

Here are the Copics I used:

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Supplies:

 

Everything Irish 204G	Gold Rainbow 685F	Staples 110# White Card Stock	X-Press It Blending Card	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D
MFT Stitched Rainbow dies	Copic Sketch Markers	Memento Inks	Wink of Stella

It’s my pleasure to host the Splitcoast Featured Stamper Challenge (FS678) this week, so a big congrats to JJ Barrett (aka IndigosMom)! JJ has a lovely, colorful gallery & I chose THIS card to case. I kept the blue flower & chevron embossing, but used different images & dies, different embossing folder & a different layout.

To me, the blue, white & yellow color combo looks so fresh & crisp. After I colored the flowers, I die cut them, doing a little out of the box cutting to lift a couple of the petals on top of the die cut zigzag frame I attached on top. The script was heat embossed w/ white ink & white powder onto the cobalt blue strip. The white bg was dry embossed & I actually used the back side because I liked it a little better for this. On the Love die cut, I cut it in white & also blue, then spliced them together, using the cut off parts underneath their opposites for a double stack.

Here are the Copics I used. I also used yellow & ultramarine Prismacolor Pencils to add depth to the colors.

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Supplies:

 

RN Brushed Flower #4 1313-04	RN Script Border #3 1310-03	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	RN Rectangle Combo #4 die 5217D	RN Love #2 die 5205-03D
Copic Sketch Markers	Prismacolor Pencils	Memento Inks	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Hammermill 100# Digital Copy card stock
Cuttlebug Charles 2001429	AC color card stock	Colorbox Pigment Ink	Ranger Embossing Powder