Welcome to the July Challenge for Serendipity Stamps!
This month the challenge is Just Add Water! You can get all the details over on the Serendipity Challenge Blog. July’s “Stamp of the Month” is 50% off & this month- it’s the Sprinkler!
The Special is Buy 3 items and the 4th one will be free (be sure you have at least 4 items in your cart!) Buy 8 items and 2 will be free – and so on, and so on… Lowest priced items are free. Clearance, $1 Stamps etc are included (but do you want your freebie to be a $1 stamp?)
Good through Monday July 4th. Be sure to check out the Yard Sale items and the great deals on the Clearance Stamps! And as always, we have a gift certificate up for grabs to a random player.
For my Just Add Water card, I pulled out some Distress Inks & a craft sheet to make my background. The inks were pressed onto the craft sheet, a little apart, then I spritzed it w/ water until they started to run & pressed the piece of water color paper onto the watery inks. After the first pressing, I dried it just a bit w/ my heat tool then pressed it again until I was happy with the way it looked. After drying it again, I put the background into my Misti & stamped the Dream, Imagine & Create words on the large bg & the A onto a die cut square of another section. The Misti really helped as I had to stamp these twice to get good coverage on the textured water color paper.
On the A, I used a paintbrush loaded w/ clear water & a paper towel to lift some of the color inside the A and inside the frame. Then I used Tombow makers to add the green. I also added the green to 2 letters I cut apart from the Create die to form the rest of the “Art”. The little bead curtains were made using the little chain from the Ornament Pops set & filling in the circles w/ the green marker.
Here’s a look at the inside. I haven’t figured out what greeting to use, so I left it blank for now.
Supplies:
| Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – Paintbrush, Believe Set, A Amaryllis, Ornament Pops Outline set |
| Paper: Staples #110 white, water color |
| Ink: Versafine onyx, Distress inks spun sugar, worn lipstick, abandoned coral, scattered straw, ripe persimmon |
| Accessories: Serendipity Create die, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A, squares dies, Tombow markers, MISTI, stitched rectangles dies, craft sheet |
Thanks so much for stopping by!
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Julie I’m stunned! What a wonderful card! Everything about it makes my jaw drop – the “A” with the little die cut letters to make Art. The beads in the background. The beautiful “smooshed” background. Thanks for creating such a gorgeous card!
Gorgeous background. I like how you added the word Art.
WOW…breath-taken-away at this gorgeous piece of artistry you’ve shared with us! The background, the paintbrush, the A transformed into art, the colours…every. single. element. is perfect! In awe! So thrilled to be on the team with you and yes, you are definitely an inspiration!
~carol