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Big City Wish

Posted on October 1, 2016 11:21 AM by Julie 1 Comment

Today’s Inspiration Challenge (IC565) is a site w/ some beautiful dishes & I was inspired by THIS plate. I thought it also went well w/ colors from Tuesday’s Color Challenge (CC602). I don’t have the exact colors, so I came as close as I could using a combination of inks.

I die cut a white background, taped off the edges all around, then sponged on a combination of inks to try to get close to the colors. Then I stamped the Starry Bg first in the plum ink, then again in the white pigment ink across the top.

The black city skyline & white silhouette behind it were added at the bottom & then I put into my Misti & inked only the BIG w/ a black marker & stamped it 3 times to get good coverage. The Wish was die cut once out of white & once out of black & stacked together to add on top of the BIG. The lt gray layer was die cut & added underneath. Just a little Wink of Stella was added to the stars.

Here’s a look at the inside. I used the negative of the die cut as a mask & sponged the city silhouette across the bottom.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: DRS Designs – Starry Bg, Dream Big, ( (inside – Birthday Wishes greeting)

Paper: Staples 110# white, black, lt gray sparkle

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Distress Inks spun sugar, milled lavender, Victorian velvet, seedless preserves, Printworks plum, Colorbox frost white pigment

Accessories: Misti, Wink of Stella, Memory Box City Nightline & Cityscape Silhouette dies, MFT diagonal stitched rectangle dies, ODBD Wish die, Lil’ Inker stitched rectangle die

Dream Big 041F	Starry Bg 124H	Birthday Wishes 508E
Staples 110# white card stock	MISTI	Memento Inks	Recollections Cardstock
Distress Inks	Stitched Rectangles Die Set	MFT Diagonal Stitched Rectangle dies	MB Cityscape & Silhouette dies 98398 / 98399
Celebrate & Wish dies	Colorbox Pigment Ink	Wink of Stella	Printworks Ink

Autumn Leaves

Posted on September 24, 2016 10:29 PM by Julie 2 Comments

It’s my turn to host the Featured Stamper (FS503) challenge over on Splitcoast. A big congrats to Penni, the newest FS! I chose THIS to case because I really liked the colors. So I kept the colors, but used a water color background instead of designer paper & changed it from a birthday card to a fall card.
The w/c bg was made by lightly misting the w/c paper, sprinkling the Brushos, then misting again, a little more heavily. When dry, I die cut the whole panel w/ a large rectangle then die cut the Reverse Leaves die down the side. I lined this panel up on a die cut orange panel & put the leaves die back in place to cut through the orange panel. I wanted the leaf detail to show up when I put the orange leaves back in place. A stacked die cut Autumn was added & the other half of the greeting was stamped below it. One stamped maple leaf was fussy cut & 2 orange leaves added.

Here’s a look at the inside.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great weekend!

Supplies:

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – Autumn Leaves, Maple Leaf sm, ( inside- Uplifting Words, Speech Bubble set)

Paper: Staples #110 white, teal, orange (DCWV matstack), water color

Ink: Versafine onyx

Accessories: Serendipity Autumn, Leaves Reverse dies Spellbinders A2 matting basics A dies, MFT Diagonal Stitched Rectangles dies, Lil’ Inker stitched rectangle dies, Brushos water color crystals

Autumn Leaves 334D	Uplifting Words SS-1398-K	Speech Bubble set 1400QCL	Autumn die SSDIE-065-D	Leaves Reverse Die SSDIE-078-H
Maple Leaf Sm 642C	VersaFine Inkpads	Brushos Water Color Crystals	Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock
Water Color Paper	DCWV Brights matstack	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131	MFT Diagonal Stitched Rectangle dies

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Serendipity September Blog Hop!

Posted on September 21, 2016 12:00 AM by Julie 25 Comments

Welcome to the September Blog Hop for Serendipity Stamps! If you arrived here from Mary’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 Sunday September 25 to leave comments on the blogs for a chance to win. Mary will announce a winner on September 26. The sale this time is buy 3 get a 4th item free! No coupon required…the lowest item will be free & if you order 8, you get 2 free, etc. Good thru 9/25/16. Each month a different image is 50% off. This month- it’s the Postoid Set! 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.

Since the challenge for this month is “no coloring” & I really love color, I thought a good way to add color would be by using different ink colors. I started by die cutting the stitched rectangle out of one of the faint printed pieces of the designer paper then stamping the 4 different stamp images w/ four different ink colors. I did have to do a little masking. Three extra stamp images were also stamped & the red & green ones were fussy cut inside the post edge, the navy one was trimmed outside the postage edge. These were all attached to larger navy layers that I used the postage edge scissors to trim (remember all those scissors we all bought way back when?)

The greeting was stamped on a white piece the same width as the postoid panel & I used a lg. corner rounder to trim the ends. The text print paper was die cut w/ a rectangle then I used a dotted edge curved die to cut away the bottom & add the faint white dots w/ a white Prismacolor pencil.

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! Now I’ll send you on to Karen’s Blog. Here’s the order in case you get lost.

Mary’s Blog

Julie Warner (you are here!)

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – Postoid Set, Miss You, (inside- Sending Smiles)

Paper: Staples #110 white, navy, dp (Teresa Collins- Everyday Moments)

Ink: Adirondack denim, butterscotch, cranberry, Archival library green,

Accessories: Spellbinders A2 matting basics A dies, Fiskars postage edge scissors, MFT Diagonal Stitched Rectangles dies, AE Dotted Borders dies, white Prismacolor pencil. Lg. corner rounder, Lil’ Inker stitched rectangle dies

Postoid Set 273K	Miss You! 373D	Sending Smiles 1361E	Adirondack dye inks	Archival Inks
Fiskars Postage Stamp Scissors	MFT Diagonal Stitched Rectangle dies	Avery Elle Dotted Borders D-03-19	Teresa Collins Everyday Moments	Recollections Cardstock
Prismacolor Pencils	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131	Lg Corner Rounder	Stitched Rectangles Die Set