Welcome to the September Challenge for Serendipity Stamps! This month the challenge is is Summer’s Last Hurrah! You can get all the details over on the Serendipity Challenge Blog. And as always, we have a  have a gift certificate up for grabs to a random player.
Well, this is one of those cards that the idea was different than the result. It also is prettier IRL..so sparkly and not anywhere near as dark as it is the pics. And somewhere along the line, the paper piecing part totally got lost. Maybe we can call the stamping and fussy cutting of all those shells as paper piecing 🙂 I have some packages of coated glitter sticker card stock and this particular sheet was silver. I added the blues & greens with Copics then stamped the shells and palm tree with Ancient Page on top. I had to color then stamp because the ink and Copics don’t work together if I do it the other way around and Memento won’t stick to the coating. I did briefly heat set the ink just to be safe. The frame was die cut out of glittery designer paper with a gray patterned sheet behind it w/ the greeting stamped on it. I added some small punched circles of the same colored glitter paper inside the frame.
 Thanks so much for stopping by! Please be sure to visit and comment on all the Summer inspiration cards from the DT.
This month we also have a special guest designer! Â
Bridget Finlay (Guest Designer)
Supplies:
| Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – Palm Tree 004K, Shell set 638QCL, Haiku-Long the Summer 379E1 |
| Paper:Â ,dp (SEI – On the Coast), silver glitter sticker card stock (unknown) |
| Ink:Â Â Â Versafine onyx, Ancient Page (for the glitter c/s) |
| Accessories:Â Â Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & BÂ dies, Copic markers, hole punch |
Beautiful colors on the shells. I love how you’ve framed the sentiment and made your scene around the frame!
Really pretty card…like the design, and all the shimmer with the pretty glitter papers…
So gorgeous Julie!! Really love that sparkle look to the images!! Really sets the scene! 😉 Hugs – *Vicki*
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I love all that sparkle and shine – and wow! Lots of fussy cutting! It was totally worth it!
Oh, the sparkle and shimmer on this is gorgeous, Julie – the colours are so deep, and I like how you’ve created the perfect matching shell frame!!
Very pretty Julie! Lot of fussy cutting here and I love the sparkle!