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  • Flashback Friday – Glitter Minis

    Julie Warner - justwritedesigns https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com/
    Today, I thought I’d try something different. Focus on something I made a while back but for some reason, never made to Splitcoast. The challenge today is Mostly Blue for F4A82.

    Mini Ledger from Innovative Stamp Creations

    This line is ideal for Artist Trading Cards, when you need a quick Mini-Card! Even accents the pages on a small Mini Book too! The tab image is super easy to use as you’ll see in the sample below you can use almost any of the phrases on the inside of the tab to accent your card, etc!

    I made a trio of little mini cards using a technique similar to the one Here. I kept the same general layout and colors for my set of 3×3 mini cards. The main images were stamped with Stazon onto acetate and stickles was added to the back side. The acetate was then attached to the backgrounds which were mad by stamping various elements of the Mini Ledger set and sponging ink around the edges. The notebook edge was done with a spiral punch. The tabs were inked then pressed against the mini ledger ( Kissing Technique) before stamping onto white card stock. This gives just a hint of the lines. The sentiment was then stamped in black inside the tab.

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    The little chipboard hearts and flower were first pressed against the Kpad (for color) then stickles was added on top.  Finished mini cards measure 3 x 3.

    Thanks so much for stopping by!

    Stamps: ISC -Mini Ledger, Flowers Watercolor Effect, Bush Flowers, Make a Note, Nature Silhouette II, Sketch of Roses II
    Paper: white, teal, lt blue, lt green, acetate
    Ink: Stazon black, VersaFine Onyx, Kaleidacolor Caribbean Sea, Brilliance Moonlight white
    Accessories: spiral punch (SU), black permapaque marker, stickles, small chipboard hearts & flower

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  • ISC May Reworking the Butterflies

    Julie Warner - justwritedesigns - https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com
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    Best of 2011

    Instead of a new release, this month we’re taking images of our choice and reworking, or using them again. Betsy says she gets a lot of request for more art using some of the butterfly images. We all buy images, maybe use them a few times, then move on to new stuff.  So this month, we’re using images from our stash and let me tell you, I used a whole bunch of different images from a lot of different releases. And I’ll mention here that NO Designer Paper was used. A lot of background images and inks were used to create the different looks.
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    For inspiration on this first card, Betsy provided a link to a couple of pictures and I chose this Montage. I went very literal for my card. For the blue and green background, I used several texture background images from Textured  Backgrounds and Dimensional Elements Edges 1.  For the tan panel, I colored the inside of the embossing folder w/ a green marker and embossed it. All edges were sponged w/ the tea dye and chocolate inks. The frame was shortened to fit the central panel using a SAMJ and after coloring the butterfly w/ markers, I cut it out and attached it on top. The finished ivory card measures 5.5 square.

    Supplies:

    Stamps: ISC -Textured  Backgrounds,  Dimensional Elements Edges 1, Beautiful Butterflies III, Fruitful (frame), Tropics (greeting)
    Paper: ivory, blue, sage, tan
    Ink: VersaFine Onyx, Ancient Page chocolate, Distress Ink Tea Dye, Colorbox white pigment
    Accessories: Cuttlebug Bird Call embossing folder, Tombow markers, brads, small pin, SAMJ (stamp-a-ma-jig)

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    On the second card, I used sponging and masking to create the main panel. A while back, I saw this card by TheresaCC when she was the featured stamper at Splitcoast. I loved the layout but didn’t have a chance to try it out until now. I stamped and masked the daisies and background leaves then stamped the daisies again on a separate piece of c/s. When I saw that the ribbon placement would cover the original images, I cut out the second set and attached them on top. The pink, blue and green inks were sponged onto the white panel w/ the image masks in place. The finished card measures 4.25 x 5.5.

    Supplies:

    Stamps: ISC – Oriental Nature Elements, Nature Silhouettes II, Nature Silhouettes III, Artful Décor, Silhouette Butterfly ATC, Marvels of Nature III (tiny butterflies)
    Paper: Neenah white, baby blue, black
    Ink: VersaFine Onyx, Memories soft baby blue & baby pink, Distress Ink shabby shutters, Colorbox baby blue pigment ink
    Accessories: Tombow markers, wide polka dot ribbon

    Thanks so much for stopping by!
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  • Butterfly Dream

    Julie Warner - justwritedesigns https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com/

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    Happy Saturday! Ready for a little Sneak Peek of one of the April releases for ISC?

    I  made this  little CAS card for the Inspiration Challenge (IC280) at Splitcoast. Love all those yummy cakes! This time I was inspired by Mountains.

    All images are Innovative Stamp Creations and are a Sneak Peek of the April line to be released on Monday, April 18. The little viney bg is the perfect size for an ATC but I’m using it as a small panel on my 4.25 x 5.5 card. I sponged 4 of the colors of the Kpad onto my ATC sized piece then stamped the image in black on top and cut out.

    The butterfly was done the same way and I added a little stickles to both. The white bg was embossed w/ a Sizzix folder and the sentiment was die cut w/ a Spellbinders oval and my Grand Calibur.

    Thanks so much for stopping by!
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    Stamps: ISC – Touch of Spring Butterfly
    Paper: Neenah white, black
    Ink: VersaFine onyx, Kaleidacolor Riviera
    Accessories: stickles, Spellbinders petite ovals, Sizzix birds & branches embossing folder