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  • Serendipity SSCB #26 -Chalk

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    Julie Warner – https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com
    Weekly-FavoriteWelcome to a new challenge for  Serendipity Stamps! The Serendipity Challenge this week is Chalk.

    I will admit..it’s been a long time since I’ve used my chalks or chalk pencils. On top of that, I have a bit of bronchitis and the chalk dust really gave me coughing fits, lol. Anyway, I stamped the lovely wine image, masked it and rubbed and scribbled pink and purple chalks over the background, After I removed the mask, I used the chalk and chalk pencils to add color to the image. I then used an eraser to remove color in areas for highlights. Since it’s hard to do really detailed shading with chalk, I had decided in the beginning I would go for an Impressionistic type still life look. The coughing got to be too much with the chalk dust and the colors still didn’t look shaded enough, so I took out my Prismacolor pencils and added more shading. It was starting to look a little better, but I still wasn’t happy with it.

    Julie Warner – https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com
    It’s funny where inspiration comes from, but as I was pondering what to do next, I noticed an animated short film on tv. The style was very cartoonish but I started looking at the backgrounds in the scenes. They were very mottled and had these cross hatch markings all over it and I really liked the way they looked. So I took a white Prismacolor pencil and did the scratchy bg on the top. I also used the Ink Spots image to add a little something something along the shaded edges. The framed image was so large, I had no place to put the greeting except over the image, so I added it with the Versafine onyx ink.

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    Supplies:

    Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – Wine & Cheese, Everyday Words set, Ink Spots
    Paper: Neenah white, dk blue violet
    Ink:  Memento tuxedo black & lulu lavender, Versafine onyx
    Accessories: Spellbinders labels 8 die, chalks (pastel sticks), pastel pencils, Prismacolor pencils

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  • This Little Piggy Does the Hula

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

    A big Congrats to Wanda, the Featured Stamper on Splitcoast (FS339)! She has a gallery just filled with fun cards and I chose her Hey There Mr. Owl to case. I liked the fun image and window so I kept those, but I used different images, different colors and made mine a birthday card.

    The images are new from DRS Designs. After stamping the Hula Pig and Palm Tree, I added some seagulls from the Seaside Dock image and colored it w/ Copics. I used the splatter image to add some sand and also across the bottom of my card. I stamped Leonard Pig Billboard on a separate piece and stamped the greeting inside his billboard. I used a stamp positioner to rearrange the greeting onto two lines instead of one. I added an extra snout on Leonard for a little dimension. The finished card is 4.25 x 5.50.

    Congrats again, Wanda, enjoy your week!
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    Supplies:

    Stamps: DRS Designs – Hula Pig, Palm Tree, Splatter Background, Seaside Dock, Leonard Pig Billboard, Small 1 Line Happy Birthday
    Paper:  white, turquoise
    Ink: Memento tuxedo black, desert sand
    Accessories:  Copic markers, Spellbinders square dies, small palm tree punch, pink crystal

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  • NCC July Release!

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    Welcome to the North Coast Creations July release!

     

    Julie Warner – https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com
    On this card, I stamped the old barn w/ black ink and colored it with Copics. The red card stock I had wasn’t as dark a red as I wanted, so I rubbed red ink all over it before stamping it with ODBD’s Wood Background with cocoa ink. I die cut a frame with this using the Spellbinder’s Labels 21 then added some piercing and faux stitching w/ a white gel pen. The greeting was die cut using a Lacey Pennants die. The finished card is 5.50 x 4.25.

    These are the Copics I used:
    Julie Warner – https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com
    Supplies:

    Stamps: North Coast Creations – Barn,  Find Beauty, ODBD Wood Background
    Paper: Neenah white, dk red
    Ink: Memento tuxedo black, rick cocoa, Ancient Page cardinal & bordeaux
    Accessories: Spellbinders Labels 21 & Lacey Pennant dies, Copic markers, white gel pen, piercing tool

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    On my second card, I again stamped and colored the image using Copics. The gazebo as well as the heather layer were die cut w/ square dies. The lower panel of heather was embossed and added below w/ a gradient ribbon between the two. The greeting, again from Find Beauty, was die cut w/ an oval. The finished card is 4.25 x 5.50. (Sorry, I forgot to take a pic of the Copics.)

    Supplies:

    Stamps: North Coast Creations – Gazebo,  Find Beauty
    Paper: Neenah white, heather
    Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Paris dusk
    Accessories: Spellbinders square & classic oval dies, Copic markers, ribbon, Darice border embossing folder (Nature set)

     

    Thanks so much for stopping by!

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