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Serendipity May Blog Hop #2!

Posted on May 16, 2018 1:00 AM by Julie 12 Comments

Welcome to the May #2 Blog Hop for Serendipity Stamps!

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 May 20 to leave comments on the blogs for a chance to win. Mary will announce a winner on May 21 on her Blog. On the first & third Wednesdays of every month, we’ll be celebrating with a Blog Hop! The Special this month is the Petunias stamp – 50% off!

My card was pretty quick. I have a substantial stack of backgrounds made over the last few years & sometimes I go thru them when I’m making a card. The times when I would get stuck for an idea, I would just make backgrounds & file them away. Or when I’m trying out a technique, especially if it’s messy, I’ll make a bunch in different colors or designs. So this is one of those bgs. It’s on glossy paper & it uses alcohol inks. I like the flowing colors & thought it looked good behind this wonderful barn scene.
After I positioned the image in my Misti, I stamped it (minus the windmill) onto the bg. First time, it didn’t work because I used Memento ink. That ink wiped right off of the glossy bg. So I did it again using Ancient Page. That’s my go to ink for glossy surfaces when I don’t really want to use Stazon. I stamped just the windmill on the right of the white frame & did a little into the window on the left of the windmill & die cut the oval center. Added the greeting & a black layer & done!

Here’s the inside. I left it blank except for the barn image which is light enough to stamp or write over. I’ll probably send this to my hubby’s brother who is in the middle of building a barn.

Please be sure to comment on all the blogs..it is much appreciated & also increases your chances of winning!

Mary’s Blog

Christine Alexander (guest designer)

Beth Chiu

Julie Warner (you are here!)

Miriam Napier

Marybeth Lopez

Vickie Zimmer

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps: Summer Barn w/ Windmill, One Day in the Country

Paper: Staples 110# white, glossy white, black

Ink: Ancient Page coal (Memento desert sand used on inside)

Accessories: Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B, lg & sm petite oval dies, Copic refills, Misti

Summer Barn w/ Windmill 1149K	One Day in the Country 388D	Copic Various ink refills	Ancient Page inks
Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock	Kromekote white gloss card stock	Spellbinders Lg. Petite Ovals S4-138
Spellbinders Sm. Petite Ovals dies S4-140	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132	MISTI

Serendipity May Blog Hop #1!

Posted on May 2, 2018 12:00 AM by Julie 16 Comments

Welcome to the May #1 Blog Hop for Serendipity Stamps!

To make my card, I used a background I made quite a while ago. It’s a technique I learned around 1999 (yikes!). Easy & fun to do. All you need is white glossy or semi-glossy card stock (it needs to have a coated surface) & art tissue that bleeds when wet. Not all tissue paper will do this, so check what you have first. I have some Spectra Art tissue & I know it bleeds so that’s what I used. Pick some colors you like but be aware that contrasting colors (like red & green) will make brown. Tear some pieces & place them on your card stock then mist it w/ water. Wait a minute or two then remove the tissue & let it dry. You want to leave the tissue on long enough to bleed the color onto the c/s but not long enough to dry there, or it will stick.

After it dried, I placed it into my Misti & stamped the mailbox image on top. I wanted it a bit darker so I coated it w/ black embossing powder & heated. I used a white Posca paint pen to add the white dots to the flowers & border around it.

Here’s a look at the inside.

Please be sure to comment on all the blogs..it is much appreciated & also increases your chances of winning!

Mary’s Blog

Christine Alexander (guest designer)

Beth Chiu (off this week)

Julie Warner (you are here!)

Miriam Napier

Marybeth Lopez

Vickie Zimmer

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps: Mailbox w/ Wildflower, Thinking of You, Postoid Set (inside: Happy Birthday)

Paper: Staples 110# white, Neenah white linen, semi-glossy (white coated cardboard)

Ink: Memento tuxedo black

Accessories: Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B dies, white Posca paint pen, detail black embossing powder, tissue paper

Mailbox w/ Wildflowers 1259F	Thinking of You 171F	Postoid Set 273K	Happy Birthday 093D
Neenah Linen cardstock	Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock	Ranger Embossing Powder
Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132	MISTI	Memento Inks
Posca Paint Pen	Spectra Art Tissue Paper Asst.

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Texas Balloon

Posted on April 21, 2018 9:55 PM by Julie 2 Comments

A big congrats to Suzy, the newest Featured Stamper (FS585) on Splitcoast! She has a wonderful gallery & since she lives in Texas & I am from Texas, I couldn’t resist picking THIS card to case. She has a lot of Tx themed cards but I liked the Tx flag on the balloon so I kept that. I used different stamps & dies & put my Tx flag on a punch out of the state outline.

This card turned out to be a little trickier than I thought it would. Mostly because the big Hot Air Balloons bg die actually has a very large balloon in the lower left that I didn’t want to be there. So I had to die cut it pretty carefully using a smaller top plate to avoid cutting it out. A tiny bit of it did start to cut so I covered it up by die cutting a small cloud in that area (just to right of her face). I also die cut a lt blue layer & lined it up a little off to shadow the white. The right balloon has a colored Tx state punch under it. The little cowgirl was done separately & fussy cut around the top & sides to go on top.

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

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – Cowgirl, (inside: Sending Smiles , US Map )

Paper: Staples #110 white, X-Press It, lt blue

Ink: Memento tuxedo black (summer sky also used on inside)

Accessories: Serendipity Reverse Hot Air Balloon die, Howdy die, Spellbinders A2 matting basics B dies, Lil’ Inker stitched rectangle die, Copic markers, Misti, Memory Box puffy clouds die, Punch Bunch Texas punch, small star punch

Cowgirl 1364H	Sending Smiles SS-1361E	US Map 1350H	Hot Air Balloons Reverse die SSDIE-064-M
Howdy die 061ED	Memento Inks	Staples 110# White Card Stock	X-Press It Blending Card
AC color card stock	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132	Lil’ Inker Stitched Rectangles Die Set	Copic Sketch Markers
MISTI	Memory Box Puffy Clouds dies	Punch Bunch State of Texas punch	Fiskar’s Star punch