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Archive for March, 2021

A big congrats to Francine, the newest Featured Stamper (FS738)! She has a fab gallery & I chose THIS card to case. I kept the die word cut off at the bottom, but used different dies, different colors & made mine a birthday card.

I made a similar card, w/ the die cut bottom like this, a long time ago & liked the look, so I was immediately drawn to that in Francine’s card. For my version, I die cut the 2 white panels; on the smaller one, I also die cut the bottom using the shadow part of the word die, then put it back. On the larger bg, I sponged just a little color at the bottom, then used a spritzer tool & Copics to spray the color onto it. Not as smooth as an airbrush system, but it will do. Then the stars bg was stamped in some of the same hot pink colors over this bg. I also put a white Posca pen into the spritzer tool & misted it, too. I did the same on the die cut Birthday, using the blue Copics. I added a star border die cut & added some stickles to it for a little sparkle.

These are the Copics I used to spritz on the color.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Staples 110# White Card Stock	Copic Sketch Markers	MISTI	Memento Inks	We R Memory Keepers Air Brush Tool
Stickles	Posca Paint Pen

For the Inspiration Challenge (IC799), we’re headed to Homebnc Pinterest Board where I found THIS picture.

On my card, I’m using some new dies & greetings from Rubbernecker Stamps. I first die cut the large pot our of an alcohol ink bg. It’s a little hard to tell, but it’s pretty shiny & metallic in real life. The stems of all the flowers were cut out of a few greens & the flowers were all cut out of white that sponged different pastel colors of ink on to get all the colors. The bg was cut w/ a couple of slimline dies & I placed a larger turquoise layer behind them. To get the inside frame, I cut the white piece twice, using 2 sizes of the die set, then put middle (frame part) back.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

RN Kittie Says Spring Time 3411	RN Slimline Nested Stitch dies 5326D	RN Slimline Inside Geometric X die 5332-02D	RN Lg Garden Pots die 5401-04D	RN Canterbury Bells & Stems die 5402-05D
RN Gentian & Stems die 5402-02D	RN Tulips & Stems die 5402-01D	RN Buchnera & Stems die 5402-03D	RN Color Fuse Ink set #1	RN Color Fuse Ink set #4
RN Color Fuse Ink set #6	RN Color Fuse Ink set #9	RN Color Fuse Ink set #11	Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock
Versafine Clair ink

It’s my pleasure to host the Splitcoast Featured Stamper Challenge (FS737) this week, so a big congrats to Sandy! She has a wonderful gallery & after much browsing, I chose THIS card to case. I kept the floral in the oval & birthday theme, but used different stamps & dies, added a designer paper & turned the layout horizontal.

I’m using some new items..the clear stamp set & layered script You are to be released this coming week! After stamping & coloring the carnation, I used the out of the box technique & an oval die to cut it. The first part of the greeting was stamped & I masked of the rest & replaced it w/ the layered word die.

Here are the Copics I used. I went back in later & added a light shadow on the right side w/ C2 & C3 markers, so they aren’t shown below. 

Thanks so much for stopping by! I’ll get the link for the new Layered Script Word die up as soon as I get it.

Supplies:

RN Birthday Phrases w Flower 3340	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	RN Oval Stitch dies 5008D	RN Oval Scallop dies 5030D	RN You Script w/ Shadow die 5406-05D
Staples 110# White Card Stock	X-Press It Blending Card	Copic Sketch Markers	MISTI	Memento Inks
Pink Paislee –C’est La Vie