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Archive for June, 2020

A big congrats to Cathy, the newest Featured Stamper (FS699) on Splitcoast! She has such a big, beautiful gallery it was hard to pick just one. For my card, I cased THIS card of Cathy’s. I liked the little rectangle image w/ the greeting underneath, so I kept those. I used different dies,  a polka dot dp & totally changed the theme as well as flipping the layout. Yeah..I’m not sure how the cactus turned into a cafe set, but there it is.

For my little cafe scene, I die cut the patio set 3 times..in white, gray & hot pink, then stacked them. I shaped the umbrella a bit & added little pink birds & a flower vase. I came across the gray & pink polka dot paper & IRL, the gray frame accents it really well. But I’ve found most grays really freak out my camera. Anyway, lots of layered frames were stacked because it helped them show up better & I noticed Cathy likes a lot of layers. 

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Supplies:

 

RN Patio set die 5209-03D	RN Small Birds die 5147-06D	RN Smile die 5205-04D	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	RN Vases & Shelves die 5309-05D
RN Mixed Flower Stack die 5309-10D	Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock	American Crafts -Everyday

For the Inspiration Challenge (IC760), we’re visiting a Pinterest Boards called Happy Walls. I was really struck by THIS mural & used it for the inspiration for my card.

For my card, I stamped the image & left her mostly black & white. I added just a little color to her eyes & lips w/ an E53 Copic & also added some gold Wink of Stella on top of her lips. I used a lt cool grey Prismacolor pencil to add just a touch of contour to her face. The branches were all die cut out of silver glitter paper & I used the same Copic marker to make some of the leaves a champagne color. She’s popped up a bit on top of the ovals & then attached on top of a die cut floral frame.

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Supplies:

 

RN Nala 1121-16	RN Nala die 1121-16D	RN Floral Frame die 5211D	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	RN Oval Stitch dies 5008D
RN Oval Stitch Frame dies 5123D	Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock	DCWV Glitter Matstack	Wink of Stella
Copic Sketch Markers	Memento Inks	Prismacolor Pencils

It’s my pleasure to host the Splitcoast Featured Stamper Challenge (FS698) this week! A big congrats to Patti, the newest Featured Stamper! She has such a lovely gallery & there are many I’d love to case but I chose THIS card in the end. I loved the flowers at the edge of a cutaway corner, so I kept that. But I used different images, dies & a different background.

The single rose image is a 2 part, watercolor stamp & I put the solid part into my Misti & inked, spritzed, stamped & repeated this w/ a couple of shades of rose colored ink. Then I stamped the black outline & added a bit more shading w/ a few Copics & a white Prismacolor pencil. I made three of these & die cut them to go on the corner that I cut w/ a curved border die. A diagonal stripe bg stamp & a light green ink were used for the bg layer.

These are the few Copics I used in addition to the inks.

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Supplies:

 

RN Single Rose 1038	RN Great Friend 1319-22	RN Diagonal Stripes 1399	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	RN Borders 3 dies 5160-03D
RN Color Fuse Ink set #4	RN Color Fuse Ink set #10	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Memento Inks	Copic Sketch Markers