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Archive for October, 2021

Welcome to November!  And it’s time for the Splitcoaststampers Fan Club November 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. Hint..I’m really loving the new theme for this year. I’m a little bit early for the Christmas Challenge because I’m combining it w/ the Featured Stamper Challenge (FS769) & a big congrats to Jocelyn! She has a beautiful gallery & I chose THIS card to case. I kept the slimline Christmas design but used different images, dies & colors. I also used a stencil instead of designer paper.


For my card, I die cut the the white panels & used a new stencil on the smaller layer, with turquoise, lavender & lt blue inks. A narrow turquoise panel was added behind it & the gnome & gift box were colored & die cut w/ their matching dies. A craft knife was used to cut a slit at the top of the box so I could insert the gnome inside & I added fun foam behind to pop it up. The greeting was split above & below & I added 3 colored to match (they were clear & I used some of the same Copics to color them) gems on the top right & some iridescent stars sprinkled around the stenciling.

Here are the Copics I used:

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock	Memento Inks	Copic Sketch Markers	Rhinestones
X-Press It Blending Card	MISTI

For the Splitcoast Inspiration Challenge (IC830), we’re going to visit iCanvas, where I found THIS picture for my inspiration.


My scene is mostly die cuts w/ a stenciled inset circle behind the truck. I used a new snowflake stencil (coming soon) & lt blue & lt lavender ink to sponge the circle before attaching it behind my circle cut out in the white panel. The truck, tree & presents were all die cut & most of the truck parts are all elevated to give them dimension. I meant to add some snow on the truck (like the picture), but I forgot. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Staples 110# White Card Stock

AC color card stock

A big congrats to Sherri, the newest Featured Stamper (FS768) on Splitcoast! She has a wonderful gallery & I chose THIS card to case. I kept the pair of gnomes & most of the colors, but used different images & dies, turned mine horizontal & made it a Christmas card.

For my card, after coloring & die cutting the gnomes & presents, & also cut some fun foam using the same dies to pop them up. The Happy die cut word was layered twice & the red shadow was also backed w/ fun foam. I put an extra piece of foam behind the sign the gnome on the left is holding.

Here are the Copics I used:

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock	Memento Inks	Copic Sketch Markers
X-Press It Blending Card	MISTI