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Serendipity April Blog Hop!

Posted on April 20, 2016 12:00 AM by Julie 19 Comments

Welcome to the April Blog Hop for Serendipity Stamps! If you arrived here from Jenny’s Blog, you are in the right place..if not, you may want to head over there first.

The Prize – One $20 gift code will go to one random commenter from the blogs. So be sure to visit all the blogs because you don’t know which one the winner will be drawn from. You have through Sunday April 24 to leave comments on the blogs for a chance to win. Mary will announce a winner on April 25. Each month a different image is 50% off. This month- it’s the Adirondack Chair.. The special is free shipping on all US orders $20 and up – good Wed through Sunday 4/20 – 4/24. Be sure to check out the great deals on the Clearance Stamps! On the third Wednesday of every month., we’ll be celebrating with a Blog Hop! For another chance to win, be sure to play along with our monthly challenge. You can get all the details on the challenge HERE.

For my card, I put the Adirondack Chair image in my Misti, stamped it w/ Memento, colored w/ Copic markers, overstamped w/ Versfine then sprinkled w/ detail black embossing powder & heat embossed it. I pretty much had to do it in this order to use the Copics w/ the heat embossing…Copics tend to “melt” the ep (& ruin your markers) if you try to use them after heat embossing..especially if you do a lot of blending. I die cut the gray frame using 2 sizes of the matting basics dies. For the dry embossed cherry tree, I arranged the image inside the embossing folder, then put one of the embossing frames on top to keep it from embossing the area over the chair. I sort of matched up the branch embossing on the gray frame & embossed it, as well. The stamped, colored & fussy cut geraniums on the side.

Here’s a look at the inside & below it are the Copics I used.

Supplies:

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps –Adirondack Chair, Sm. Geraniums, Thinking of You, (inside – Sending Love)

Paper: Staples white, X-Press It white, gray (Recollections)

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx (to over stamp), (inside-Distress inks mowed lawn & abandoned coral)

Accessories: Copic markers, Misti, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B, Decorative Labels 28 dies, N.Snellen embossing folder (Cherry Blossom), black detail embossing powder, pink Permapaque marker, white Prismacolor pencil, Darice embossing frames

Please be sure to comment on all the DT blogs. It will be much appreciated & will also increase your chances of winning! Now I’ll send you on to Karen’s Blog. Here’s the order in case you get lost.

Julie Warner (you are here!)

Karen Amidon

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Adirondack Chair 712G	Sm. Geranium 1113D	Thinking of You 171F	Sending Love 971D	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131
Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132	Spellbinders Decorative Labels 28 S5-191	VersaFine Small Inkpads	Staples 110# White Card Stock	X-Press It Blending Card
Recollections Cardstock	Momenta Arrow dies	Memento Inks	MISTI	Ranger Embossing Powder
Cherry Blossom embossing folder	Permapaque fine tip markers	Prismacolor Pencils	Distress Inks	Darice Embossing Frames

ODBD April Release Blog Hop!

Posted on April 1, 2016 7:58 AM by Julie 45 Comments

Welcome to the Our Daily Bread designs April Release Blog Hop! We have some beautiful images & fabulous dies for you this month, no fooling!

For both of my cards today, I’m featuring the beautiful new Star Quilt stamp & the Star Quilt die. Now technically, they don’t fit together, but on this first card, I did use the die to emboss only on top of the stamped image. I stamped the Star Quilt image on heavy white c/s..once using the seaglass ink, twice using the celadon ink & once using the whisper gray ink. Please note, since I used pigment ink on these, I made sure to heat set it w/ my heat gun so it wouldn’t rub off.

Here’s the part where I embossed the Quilt die on top of the stamped image. I die cut one of the celadon stamped images using the next to largest Square die to use as my base quilt image.
As I mentioned, the die & image don’t fit together for die cutting, but I noticed they do line up pretty well for embossing & I wanted that stitched fabric look. In order to line them up, I used a piercing tool to poke a small hole in the center of the image.

Then I lined it up w/ the center hole in the die w/ the image face down on the cutting side of the die. In this position, I lined up the edges of the image so they would be square on the die. I placed it like this on the magnetic sheet & placed the rubber embossing mat on top & embossed it.

I repeated this embossing on the seaglass & other celadon stamped quilts. I fussy cut parts of the whisper gray version (the squares & triangles around the borders) then positioned them inside a Double Stitched Square die to get the stitching cuts. I know it seems like a lot of work, but that’s the look I wanted. The angled star quilt center was fussy cut & attached offset from the base star. I also die cut the Star & Double Stitched Star & buttons out of leftover quilt image parts.

The polka dot paper was die cut first w/ the Flourished Star Pattern & that piece was repeatedly cut down using smaller Double Stitched Rectangles & Rectangles with one white layer inserted between them.

Here’s a look at the inside using another fussy cut Star Quilt centerpiece.

Supplies:

Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs – Time to Mend, Star Quilt (inside –Sewn with Love )

Paper: Staples 110# white, Recollections heavy white, dp (ODBD – Christmas Collection 2014)

Ink: Colorbox whisper gray, celadon & seaglass pigment inks, Versafine deep lagoon

Accessories: ODBD Flourished Star Pattern, Star Quilt, Double Stitched Stars, Double Stitched Rectangles, Sparkling Stars, Double Stitched Stars, Squares, Double Stitched Squares, Rectangles, Matting Circles dies, Misti

For this quilt card, I went with a more dramatic color combo & I used the Star Quilt die and not the image this time. I die cut the Star Quilt in black (twice), and one each in 3 solid shades of tan/brown & 3 polka dot shades of tan/brown (all from the Ephemera Essentials paper).

I also die cut one Star Quilt out of ivory to use as my base so I would have something to attach them all to. Sort of like doing a 100 piece puzzle, lol. After I arranged the pieces like I wanted & attached them, I attached one of the black grids of the quilt on top of the pieces. The other black grid fell on top at an angle, & I thought…hmmm..that looks pretty good! So just for fun, behind some of the pieces (the black ones & the one directly next to them) I added other tan colors to make a complicated paper piecing even more intricate! Then I attached this black grid on top, turned at about a 20 degree angle then trimmed off the corners that stuck out.

Here’s what the angle at which the two were attached looks like. The polka dot would be the squared frame & the solid is the angled one. The corners that stuck out were trimmed off.

I added a Double Stitched Square frame on top to have a little bit heftier border then added it to my card. the tan sun shape & one of the polka dot centers were attached in place.

The greeting was rearranged a bit & I replaced the Q w/ a Flourished Alphabet Q. In order to die cut the greeting, I had to do a little resizing using a Double Stitched Square die.

Here’s a look at the inside.

Supplies:

Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs – Time to Mend (retired), Flourished Alphabet (inside –Star Quilt, Sew Special )

Paper: Staples 110# white, black, dp (ODBD – Ephemera Essentials)

Ink: Versafine onyx (inside -Memento desert sand)

Accessories: ODBD Flourished Star Pattern, Star Quilt, Double Stitched Rectangles, Sunburst, Rectangles, Squares, Double Stitched Squares, Vintage Flourish Pattern dies

Please be sure to comment on all the DT Blogs! It is so appreciated & will also increase your chances of winning!
Cathy * Dawn * Lori * Robin * Julie * Sandee

* Chris * Grace * Lisa * Sabrina

* Diana * Angie * Melissa (Guest Designer)

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Sew Special	Sewn with Love	Flourished Alphabet	Star Quilt die	Flourished Star Pattern dies CBD75
Sunburst Bg die CBD140	Double Stitched Rectangles dies CBD123	Rectangles dies CBD122	Vintage Flourish Pattern dies CSBD56	Squares dies CBD140L
Double Stitched Squares dies CBD141L	Sparkling Stars dies CBD79	Double Stitched Stars dies CBD128	Ephemera Essentials	Christmas Collection 2014
Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock	VersaFine Inkpads	Colorbox Pigment Ink	MISTI

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Serendipity March Blog Hop!

Posted on March 16, 2016 12:00 AM by Julie 25 Comments

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Welcome to the March Blog Hop for Serendipity Stamps! If you arrived here from Jenny’s Blog, you are in the right place..if not, you may want to head over there first.

The Prize – One $20 gift code will go to one random commenter from the blogs. So be sure to visit all the blogs because you don’t know which one the winner will be drawn from. You have through Sunday March 20 to leave comments on the blogs for a chance to win. Mary will announce a winner on March21. Each month a different image is 50% off. This month- it’s the To the World.. The special is buy 3 items get your 4th (least expensive) item free. Good through 3/20. Be sure to check out the great deals on the Clearance Stamps! On the third Wednesday of every month., we’ll be celebrating with a Blog Hop! For another chance to win, be sure to play along with our monthly challenge. You can get all the details on the challenge HERE.

The idea for my baby card came from some paint chips I had in my stash. I thought the colors would be perfect for a baby girl card. With the colors in hand, I picked out the closest colors of Copic markers & refills & loaded a mini mister w/ isopropyl alcohol & spritzed a plain white panel w/ it. No need to use your Copic blender refill for this when the alcohol will do the same basic job at much less cost. With the paper wet, I dropped the blender colors here & there & let the colors spread, spritzing w/ more alcohol when needed. When the colors looked like I wanted, I dropped a few droplets of alcohol to make the paler circles. When it dried, I die cut it, put it in my Misti, stamped w/ Memento, added just a touch more color to the image, then over stamped w/ Versafine. I used a white gel pen to go over the eggs. The Congratulations was die cut out of another paint chip & I shortened it by snipping off part of the word & repositioning the curlicue tail of the G.

Here’s a look at the inside & below it are the Copics I used. I also used the exact same colors of refills for the background.

Supplies:

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – Nest in Tree

Paper: Martha Stewart paint chips (no longer available), Hammermill white

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx (to over stamp)

Accessories: Serendipity Baby set, Congratulations dies, Misti, white gel pen, med. corner rounder, Copic markers & matching refills, stitched rectangle dies, isopropyl alcohol 91%, mini mister

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This card is continuing the Serendipity Challenge Theme this month of circles/dots. To make this card, I started by making a watercolor background w/ a series of washes for the ground, sky & hillside in the back right.When dry, I die cut it, placed it my Misti & stamped the barn scene w/ Memento.

Since the colors for the barn would be darker, I just added some detail watercolor on top of the barn. It turned out to be a little darker than I wanted, so I stamped the barn roof & front again on a separate piece of watercolor paper, used Brushos on the roof (to get the rusty look), painted the front, then paper pieced them on top of the original. Then I die cut w/ a pierced circle, added the white circle & put them back on top for a sort of spotlight look. A narrow white frame & the die cut Hello were attached on top.

Her’s a look at the inside. The narrow strips were about all I had left from the piece so I stamped the barn scene using the lilac distress ink then added the greeting.

Supplies:

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – Barn w/ Windmill, (inside- Quick Note)

Paper: watercolor, Neenah white

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx (to overstamp), (inside- Distress ink shaded lilac)

Accessories: Serendipity Hello die, Misti, watercolor pan set, Brusho watercolor crystals, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B, circles, pierced circle dies

I made this card a few days ago using more of the new images. You can get all the details on it by clicking HERE.

Please be sure to visit & comment on all the DT Blogs..it will be much appreciated & also increase your chances of winning! Here’s the order in case you get lost.

Julie Warner (you are here!)

Thanks so much for stopping by!

White Gelly Roll Pen	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132	Copic Sketch Markers
Copic Various ink refills	Isopropyl Alcohol 91%	Strathmore Water Color Paper 90#	VersaFine Inkpads	Brushos Water Color Crystals
Watercolor pan set	Inkessentials Mini Mister	Stitched Rectangles Die Set	Spellbinders Lg Circles S4-114	Spellbinders Pierced Circles dies
X-Press It Blending Card	Distress Inks	MISTI	Memento Inks	Med. Corner Rounder