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Welcome to November!  And it’s time for the Splitcoaststampers Fan Club Nov Christmas Challenge! We have a year of new Christmas Challenges!  You’ll need to be Fan Club member but that’s easy…just click the blue link to find out how. Bet you’re wondering what the challenge theme is..I’d love to tell you but you’ll have to go see for yourself. AND..it’s also time for the Featured Stamper Challenge (FS717) so I’m combining both challenges for this card plus I have another card for just the FS.

On my first card, I cased THIS card of Mary’s. I kept the sunrise/sunset scene w/ the silhouette image, but I used die cuts instead of a stencil, made mine a slimline Christmas card & used slightly different colors.

After die cutting the deer & tree out of black, I die cut the white slimline ticket shaped panel & a few more bottom sections out of white. I used a stitched hill die to cut those extra bottoms into snowbanks. I used a large circle die to cut a reverse mask out of copy paper & used it to sponge in the sun. For the sky, I used the negative part of the slimline cloud die to add some cloud like shapes to the sky. The deer & tree were popped up slightly using cardboard die cut w/the same dies. White acrylic paint & a paintbrush was used to splatter the falling snow then I used some stickles in areas for a little sparkle.

Supplies for this card:

My second card is a little different & I chose THIS card of Mary’s to case. I kept the Christmas theme & making a poinsettia out of a leaf image, but I also used a real leaf to “print” the larger petals & only made one large poinsettia instead of many smaller ones.

I started w/ my die cut white panel & some real leaves I picked off one our Crape Myrtle trees. The shape reminded me of poinsettia petal, but these are a lot sturdier & easy to print. Here’s a pic of the leaves as they looked when I picked them.

I inked a leaf by rubbing the crimson inked over the leaf, placing it ink side down on the panel, then gently rubbing over the backside w/ a paper towel. If you press or rub too hard, you lose the vein detail, so be gentle if you try this.

This is how it looked after I printed the leaf 5 times. I’m not worried about the ink smudges because I’d already planned on using a splatter stamp to add some interest. With the base layer of petals done, I inked part of another leaf w/ the moss ink, masked the red petal w/ the actual leaf, & printed the green leaves. Then I took a leaf rubber stamp, inked it w/ the crimson & stamped it for the smaller, top layer of petals.

The splatter was stamped once w/ scarlet & again w/ gold ink & heat embossed w/ gold powder.  I used a gold leaf Krylon pen around the edges, added the greeting & some gold gems in the center of my poinsettia.

Supplies for this card:

RN Leaf set 1221	RN Christmas Phrases Lg/Sm 3328	RN Splatter Bg 1231	RN Winter Bouquet 3321	RN Slimline Ticket Stitch dies 5329-02D
RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	RN Slimline Clouds die 5328-01D	RN Deer Family dies 5162-10D	RN Winter Tree die 5170D	RN Stitched Hills dies 5173-01D
RN Circle dies 5002D	RN Color Fuse Ink set #1	RN Color Fuse Ink set #2	RN Color Fuse Ink set #4	RN Color Fuse Ink set #7
RN Color Fuse Ink set #10	Versafine Clair ink	RN Mirror Gold embossing powder	Ultimate Metallic Ink	Staples 110# White Card Stock
AC color card stock	RN Crossover II	Stickles	MISTI	Decoart Acrylic paint
Krylon Metallic Leafing pens	Rhinestones

For the Inspiration Challenge (IC778) on Splitcoast, we have Kia as our Guest Hostess & the site she chose is Beijos. They have many beautiful things & I was inspired by THIS picture. I just love the cute little patterned stockings.

I actually die cut these stockings out of a few different papers, including a plaid..but w/ the background paper & the red frame, the ones in the white print were the only ones that really worked. The circular frame w/ the red stockings was die cut into a red square & I pieced the print & also some white stockings for a little layered contrast. After attaching the white fur top, I coated them w/ stickles. I love glitter glue, I cannot lie, lol. Everything is attached to a white stitched square w/ the center cut out & replaced w/ just a leftover circle frame. For the greeting, I used a tag die, cut to the center point, turned the die around & cut the angled end again to make it symmetrical.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

RN Christmas Phrases Lg/Sm 3328	RN Stockings in Circle dies 5336-04D	RN Square Stitch dies 5005D	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	RN Circle Stitch dies 5006D
RN Tag Stitch dies 5149D	Versafine Clair ink	Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock	Carta Bella Christmas Delivery
RN Crossover II

We have a fun Get Spooked Challenge on the Ways to Use It (WT816) today. So I think this card will definitely fit right in. For the bg, I used the Wrinkle Free Distress tech on some lightweight watercolor paper using some yellow, orange & purple Distress inks.

When it dried, I used the splatter bg to stamp over it w/ gold ink & used gold embossing powder. Then I put the panel in my Misti & stamped the graveyard & crow.  Leaving the panel in place, I put the white layer w/ the oval cut out on top & stamped the grim reaper, took the white panel off & stamped him again. The tombstone & ghost were stamped on white & fussy cut.

Here’s the inside:

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

4in1 Halloween Silhouettes 1152D	Spirt of Halloween 010D	Flying Ghost 008C	Grim Reaper 963G	Silhouette Graveyard 579H
Frightful & Delightful 1148F	RIP Tombstone 570B	Splatter Bg 855H	Staples 110# White Card Stock	MISTI
RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	RN Oval Stitch dies 5008D	RN Mirror Gold embossing powder	Distress Inks	Memento Inks
Ultimate Metallic Ink