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Coolest Snowman Presents

Posted on April 7, 2021 12:28 PM by Julie Comment

Welcome to April! And it’s time for the Splitcoaststampers Fan Club April Christmas Challenge! We have a year of new Christmas Challenges! You’ll need to be Fan Club member but that’s easy…just click the blue link to find out how. Bet you’re wondering what the challenge theme is..I’d love to tell you but you’ll have to go see for yourself. Hint..I’m really loving the new theme for this year. This post should have been up on April 1st, so I’m a little late.

For my snowman Christmas card, after coloring & die cutting the snowman & presents, I popped them up a bit on a stitched oval then added the stamped greeting on a strip underneath. The blue paper was attached behind them & I added some stickles to all the centers of the snowflakes on the paper.

Here are the Copics I used:

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Rubbernecker Stamps: Snowmen w/ Presents

Paper: Staples 110# white, X-Press It, dp (DCWV-Blue Noel)

Ink: Memento tuxedo black

Accessories: Rubbernecker Stamps: Snowman w/ Presents, Rectangle X Stitch, Rectangle Stitch, Oval Stitch dies, Copic Sketch Markers, Stickles

Staples 110# White Card Stock	DCWV Blue Noel	MISTI	Memento Inks	Copic Sketch Markers
X-Press It Blending Card	Stickles

Coffee Cats in Cups

Posted on April 2, 2021 8:45 PM by Julie 3 Comments

It’s my pleasure to host the Splitcoast Inspiration Challenge (IC800) this week & the site I chose is Design Stack & their Pinterest Boards. I found THIS cute pic & used it for my inspiration.

For my card, I also have a fun & useful tutorial. It’s really simple & I’m a little surprised it took me this long to figure it out. This revelation actually came about because of a little accident & I had an “aha” moment when it happened. My tutorial involves the mirror image little cat on the far left. But the best part is, not only is he a stamped mirror image of the cat on the right, he was also die cut using the same die. So after I colored & die cut the cat on the right & the 3 in the center, I really wanted a mirror image cat. I’ve done the mirror image stamping quite a bit so that part was easy. Since these are clear stamps, I reasoned that the back of a larger clear stamp would be the best choice for my mirror image. I will mention, right off the bat, a Misti is essential to this technique. So here’s what I did: (click on any pic to enlarge)

Up to this point is the normal process for mirror image stamping. The difference is since it’s in the Misti & I didn’t clean off the ink on the original image (that was the accident part), it stamped the image on both sides of the card stock.

This where the “aha” moment kicked in. Since it was stamped using the Misti, the stamped image is exactly in the same spot on both sides. I taped the die to the right (normal) side..the side the die actually fits.

Finished! I did 2 of these to show you the right side & the mirror side. With this little trick it’s now possible to die cut a mirror image. Yay! No fussy cutting! I will mention that I made sure to have a smooth surface (I used the metal shim under mine) for the mirror image (cutting side). Otherwise you’ll have ridges if your cutting plate is well used.

The background was stamped w/ the Color Fuse inks & another coffee set. Here are the Copics I used.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Rubbernecker Stamps: Cats in Coffee Cups, Splatter Stains, Watercolor Splatter set

Paper: Staples 110# white, chocolate brown, turquoise,X-Press It Blending Card

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Rubbernecker Stamps: Color Fuse ink set #3, set #9

Accessories: Rubbernecker Stamps: Rectangle Stitch dies, MISTI, Copic Sketch Markers, Crossover II

Cats in Coffee Cups 3409	Cats in Coffee Cups dies 3409D	Watercolor Splatter 3480	Splatter Stains 3006	Deckle Frame dies 5176-01D
Rectangle Small Stitch dies 5013D	Color Fuse Ink set #3	Color Fuse Ink set #9	Staples 110# White Card Stock	MISTI
Memento Inks	Copic Sketch Markers	X-Press It Blending Card

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Birthday Stars

Posted on March 27, 2021 9:34 PM by Julie Comment

A big congrats to Francine, the newest Featured Stamper (FS738)! She has a fab gallery & I chose THIS card to case. I kept the die word cut off at the bottom, but used different dies, different colors & made mine a birthday card.

I made a similar card, w/ the die cut bottom like this, a long time ago & liked the look, so I was immediately drawn to that in Francine’s card. For my version, I die cut the 2 white panels; on the smaller one, I also die cut the bottom using the shadow part of the word die, then put it back. On the larger bg, I sponged just a little color at the bottom, then used a spritzer tool & Copics to spray the color onto it. Not as smooth as an airbrush system, but it will do. Then the stars bg was stamped in some of the same hot pink colors over this bg. I also put a white Posca pen into the spritzer tool & misted it, too. I did the same on the die cut Birthday, using the blue Copics. I added a star border die cut & added some stickles to it for a little sparkle.

These are the Copics I used to spritz on the color.

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