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Snow Better Snowman

Posted on October 25, 2016 10:57 PM by Julie 1 Comment

These colors may be a little different for a Christmas card, but I was using the Splitcoaststampers Color Challenge (CC606) colors of bermuda, coral & island indigo. I also did a fun Turkish map fold for the inside, per the Technique Challenge (TLC609). If you want the directions for this fold, just click the link for the TLC (above).

As a rule, I don’t usually do fancy folds…apparently I am unable to follow directions..well, I CAN follow directions, I just don’t, lol. It always ends up being a reinvention of the wheel when I can’t stop myself from changing things. So, I did follow directions (mostly) for this one. Mine is a little bit (.25 inch) larger than the directions. And the fancy fold didn’t kill me, so that’s a definite plus. I had to resize the dies to fit a square card (instead of a rectangle), but that’s not too hard. Actually, the hardest part was refilling my ATG tape gun. Sheesh! I bought a case of refills & turns out at least half of them are wound wrong so they are useless. That part was not fun.

Here’s a look at the inside & how it looks folded flat. To me, it looks a little plain but I guess I’m not used to having to fill up that much real estate. Will have to work on that. Since the inside is copy paper, it does fold flat to fit into a regular envelope & it really isn’t bulky or heavy.

These are the Copics I used.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: DRS Designs – Lg Snowman Portrait, Snow Better Greeting, Snow Bg, (inside – Custom Christmas Name Sign, 1 line Merry Christmas, Christmas Village 4in1, Pine Tree Snowdrift, Tiny Snowman, Snow/Sand Lines

Paper: Staples 110# white, X-Press It white, 20# copy paper, coral

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Distress Inks tumbled glass, broken china, marigold, worn lipstick, Colorbox frost white pigment

Accessories: Copic markers, Misti, MFT diagonal stitched rectangles, fishtail flags, arched window dies

Lg Snowman Portrait 001L	Snow Hello 1018F	Snow Bg 187H	Christmas Village 4 in 1 119D	Custom Christmas Village Sign
Sand/Snow Lines 1114D	Pine Tree Snowdrifts 320H	1 Line Merry Christmas B364	Tiny Snowman 256B	Copic Sketch Markers
Distress Inks	Memento Inks	Colorbox Pigment Ink	Staples 110# White Card Stock	X-Press It Blending Card
AC color card stock	MFT Diagonal Stitched Rectangle dies	MFT Fishtail Flag dies	MFT Stitched Arch dies	MISTI

Pinecone Christmas

Posted on October 22, 2016 10:32 PM by Julie 2 Comments

It’s my turn to host the Splicoaststampers Featured Stamper Challenge (FS507) so I want to give a big Congrats to Bev, better known as guneaxdesigns! I chose THIS card to CASE. I kept the layout & Christmas theme, but I used stamps instead of a napkin, added a window arch & used an embossing folder.

I’m using a brand new Pinecone image for my centerpiece. The pinecone was stamped, colored w/ Copics & fussy cut. Then I die cut a large white panel, cut out the arched window & cut another arch (using 2 sizes of the same die set) to make a frame. I stamped the Merry Christmas Arc on the frame (I cut the image apart to make it easier). On the leftover inside arched piece & also on the leftover large frame, I used the Woven Plaid stamp (the cut apart version), & the 3 colors of Distress inks. I went back I embossed the white layer w/ a snowfall folder before I put it all together & I also added a little die cut holly for the hanging part of the pinecone.

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

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: DRS Designs – Pinecone (new!), Merry Christmas Arc, Woven Plaid, (inside- Beautiful Holiday, Triple Holly)

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

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Distress Inks twisted citron, candied apple, mowed lawn

Accessories: Misti, Copic markers, stitched arch dies, stitched rectangle dies, holly ornament die, snowfall embossing folder, stickles (added to the pinecone), Spellbinders A2 matting basics B

Pine Cone w Bow 1001G	Merry Christmas Arc 102E	Woven Plaid 613P	Beautiful Holiday Greeting 353G	Triple Holly 1004F
Sizzix Snowfall Speckles 661008	Staples 110# white card stock	X-Press It Blending Card	MISTI
Memento Inks	Distress Inks	Stitched Rectangles Die Set	MB Cabrini Ornament die
MFT Stitched Arch dies	Copic Sketch Markers	Stickles	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132

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Serendipity October Blog Hop!

Posted on October 19, 2016 12:00 AM by Julie 22 Comments

Welcome to the October Blog Hop for Serendipity Stamps! If you arrived here from Jeanne’s blog, you’re 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 Sunday October 23 to leave comments on the blogs for a chance to win. Mary will announce a winner on October 24. The sale this week will be free shipping on US orders of $25 or more good Wed the 19th through Sunday the 23rd. There’s no coupon code required. Each month a different image is 50% off. This month- it’s the Pumpkin Border. On the third Wednesday of every month., we’ll be celebrating with a Blog Hop! For another chance to win, be sure to play along with our monthly challenge. You can get all the details on the challenge HERE.

This is also for the Splitcoast Featured Stamper, Bev! I chose THIS card to case, keeping the Christmas theme & layout, but I used different images, water colored my image & used a die cut greeting. For my card, I used this beautiful Poinsettia. I just love poinsettias & I can’t wait for the stores to get them in for Christmas. This image just said “water color” to me but instead of using my usual pan w/c, I used Brushos water color crystals. I sprinkled a few reds & greens on a blank palette then added water & painted w/ them as if they were pan w/c. Since this is a large image, I was pretty sure I was going to have to use my out of the box technique w/ the chosen die. I’ve shown this technique before, but a dear friend of mine, Kittie Caracciolo, who works w/ dies like you wouldn’t believe, mentioned that she just doesn’t “get” the out of the box. So here it is again 🙂 Once you understand the principal, it’s pretty easy. And it’s probably my most used & favorite technique. You can click the green link above for the original tutorial & you can also click any of these pictures to enlarge them.

The reason I didn’t fully cut out the little branches before die cutting is because they are so fragile & it’s easy to break them off. After die cutting, I’ll fully trim them out.

The most important thing to remember is that anything that falls out of the box, must be lifted above the die or else it will be cut off.

Here’s a look at the inside.

Please be sure to comment on all the DT blogs. It will be much appreciated & will also increase your chances of winning!

Julie Warner (you are here!)

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – Poinsettia Lg

Paper: Staples #110 white, water color, red pepper, dp (Paper Studio- Holly on Black, HOTP- Green Plaid, both retired)

Ink: Versafine onyx

Accessories: Serendipity Celebrate & Season’s Greetings dies, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B dies, Brushos water color crystals, MFT diagonal stitched rectangle dies

Poinsettia Lg 673K	Celebrate die 037ED	Season’s Greetings die 068FD	VersaFine Small Inkpads
MISTI	Brushos Water Color Crystals	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Water Color Paper
The Paper Cut Layering Swatches	MFT Diagonal Stitched Rectangle dies	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132