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  • Sail Away

    Posted on by Julie 1 Comment

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    Weekly-Favorite
    The Sketch Challenge on Splitcoast (SC544), is pretty straightforward except for the diagonal element across the top third. Instead of just putting something there, I chose to divide my panel there using 3 patterns of paper.
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    The sailboat image was stamped w/ denim ink onto ivory card stock and again on white. I paper pieced the white boat & bigger clouds onto the ivory version. Originally I die cut the paper at the top using the Sunburst die, but because of the pattern, it’s very hard to see. The greeting and an anchor were added on die cut pennants and I sprinkled some die cut stars around. Here’s a look at the inside. Sorry the pic is a little blurry. 🙂
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    Thanks so much for stopping by!
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    Supplies:

    Stamps:  North Coast Creations –Sail Away, Floral Sentiments 3 (inside) ODBD- Anchor the Soul 
    Paper:  Neenah white, ivory, dp (Paper Studio – Cape Cod)
    Ink:  Adirondack denim, Memento rhubarb stalk (for anchor)
    Accessories: ODBD Pennants, Sparkling Stars, Sunburst Background dies, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B, curved border dies

     


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  • Serendipity May Blog Hop!

    Posted on by Julie 32 Comments

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    5-1-15 Blog Hop Badge copy

    Welcome to the Serendipity May Blog Hop! We are showing off some beautiful new dies & images! 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 May 3rd to leave your comments & Mary will announce the winner on her blog on May 4th.     Special:  Free Shipping on US orders of $15 or more.  Good Friday May 1 to Sunday May 3rd.
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    Are you ready for summer & summer vacations? If this cute camper doesn’t get you in the mood I don’t know what will. I know they are usually a silver color, but it’s my camper & I wanted some bright colors. After coloring it with Copics, I fussy cut around the top because I already knew I wanted it to sit on top of a frame with the US map inside a window. Then I had to make a background for my map. I’ve done a different version of Bokeh before, but for this one, I started by sponging on the colors, then used circle masks, a pencil eraser & a Q-tip with white pigment ink to make the Bokeh circles. Here’s a look at the background before I stamped the map.
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    I also added a few darker spots w/ the eraser and the same ink pads just for a little contrast. Then I stamped the map & added the frame with the greeting stamped on the right. The die cut Enjoy was added in the left corner.These are the Copics I used for the camper.
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    Supplies:

    Stamps: Serendipity Stamps –Camper, US Map, Home is Where You Park It
    Paper: Neenah white, X-Press It white, small piece of black (for backing on Enjoy die)
    Ink:  Versafine onyx, Memento tuxedo black, Kaleidacolor melon melody & riviera pads, Colorbox frost white pigment
    Accessories:  Serendipity Enjoy die, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B dies, stitched rectangle dies, black Candi dot


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    My next card was almost entirely paper piecing. I’ve had this big pad of fun summertime papers for a while & they are a little cartoonish but so colorful. I thought it would be fun with this fun new Hammock image.
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    I die cut the paper with a stitched rectangle die utilizing the cute sun & clouds already on the paper. A stitched hill die was used to cut the bottom part of the paper and add it on top (it’s a 12 x 12 pad). The hammock image was pieced using a couple of different areas & papers from the same collection. I did have to rearrange the greeting a bit in order to fit it around the hammock & I added the Relax die cut on top.Copics were used to color the tree, sky and stripes of the hammock & these are the colors I used.
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    On the inside, I used some of the left over papers.
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    Supplies:

    Stamps: Serendipity Stamps –Hammock, Rest Relax , Happy BirthdayII (inside)
    Paper: X-Press It white, dp (
    Ink:  Versafine onyx, Memento tuxedo black
    Accessories:  Serendipity Relax die,stitched rectangle dies, stitched hill dies, Copic markers

    Now I’ll send you on to Karen’s Blog. I know she’ll have something wonderful to show you! Here’s the hop list, in case you get lost:

    Thanks so much for stopping by!
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    I’m entering my first card in the Curtain Call -Travel On Challenge!
    And also in the CAS-ual Friday CFC139 Challenge!


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  • NCC March Release Another Look!

    Posted on by Julie 7 Comments

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    Today we are taking another look at the North Coast Creations  March release!  These coffee images are wonderful & so trendy! On my first card, I used the fabulous Warm My Heart set for the pair of coffees and the What’s Brewin’? for the greeting.

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    For the pair of to go cups, I stamped them several times on a piece of dp that had bands of patterns, fussy cut them and paper pieced them together. The little check ribbon is part of the paper, as well. I wanted a coffee stained look for the background so inked an embossing folder (it looks like ink splats) w/ the tea dye ink and pressed it to the white paper. It didn’t quite fill in the splats so I took a water brush and filled them in. I also took a small plastic top, inked it w/ the same ink, stamped it, then blurred the edges a bit w/ the water brush. The top & bottom edges were die cut using the largest of the ODBD Lacey Layered Squares dies. I used the ODBD Pennant die to cut the greeting flag.

    I’m also adding these cards to Virginia’s View Challenge #14!

     Supplies:

    Stamps:  North Coast Creations –Warm My Heart, What’s Brewin’?
    Paper:  Neenah white, dp (Paper Studio)
    Ink:  Memento tuxedo black, Distress Ink tea dye, Colorbox dark brown fluid chalk ink
    Accessories: ODBD Lacey Layered Squares, Pennant dies, Spellbinders squares dies, Sizzix embossing folder (ink splats), water brush

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    I used the same two sets for my second card but I used a more colorful approach. The coffee cup was stamped, masking as I went, 3 times using 3 different inks. The 3 colors of twine were wound around the brads to make it look as if the cups are hanging from the twine. The black cup was stamped, color added w/ Copics and fussy cut to add on top. NCC Coffee Pleasures 06047
    After die cutting the panel, I edged it in green using a Copic marker. I added a narrow black layer then die cut the largest layer using the ODBD Flourished Star pattern die. The edge was also colored w/ a Copic to match. The image at the very top was also colored to match and fussy cut. 

    Supplies:

    Stamps:  North Coast Creations – What’s Brewing?, Warm My Heart 
    Paper:  Neenah white, black
    Ink:  Memento tuxedo black, rosebud, danube blue, cottage ivy
    Accessories: ODBD Flourished Star Pattern die, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A &B, brads, baker’s twine, Copic markers

    Please be sure to visit all of the DT blogs for a lot more caffeinated inspiration!
    Lori * Julie * Sandee * Dawn * Patty *

     Angie * Wanda
     
    Thanks so much for stopping by! 
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