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Serendipity Summer Release Blog Hop!

Posted on June 13, 2014 12:00 AM by Julie 18 Comments

Welcome to the Serendipity Stamps Summer Release Blog Hop! Today is Day 1 and we are featuring a bunch of brand new images and dies! The focus today is on the new dies. Isn’t this lighthouse die fabulous? And you will love the sunflower die, too! One random commenter will chosen to win a $20 gift certificate to the Serendipity Store! The last day to comment is June 18th and the winner will be announced on June 19th on Mary’s Blog. And we have a couple of specials, too. Free mini grab bag with $20 purchase and some free small word stamps come with many of the word dies!

For my all die cut card, I die cut two lighthouse, one in caribbean, one white…one orange sunflower, and two Hello’s, one white, one orange. The white, orange and caribbean layers were die cut w/ the matting basics dies and I also used an IO grid border die on the larger white layer. The grid is 3 long rows so I had to cut it 3 times to go across this layer. I only used the petal part of the sunflower die and put it behind the top of the lighthouse. Since some of the orange petals showed through, I added the white cut outs from the white lighthouse version to cover it. The two hello’s were stacked offset on top of each other and an orange button w/ some twine finished everything.

Please be sure to stop and comment on all the DT blogs so you’ll be eligible to win!

Mary’s Blog
Vickie Zimmer
Jeanne Jachna
Jenny Gropp
Julie Warner
Karen Amidon
Marybeth Lopez
Miriam Napier

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Paper: X-Press It white, orange, caribbean

Ink: none

Accessories: Serendipity Stamps Hello, Lighthouse & Sunflower dies, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B dies, Impression Obsession grid die #172-1, button, Caribbean twine (The Twinery)

Hello die SSDIE-027-D	Lighthouse die 031E	Sunflower die 032GD	IO Square cutout die172-1
Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132	X-Press It Blending Card	AC color card stock	Baker’s Twine

Serendipity Blog Hop!

Posted on May 16, 2014 12:00 AM by Julie 18 Comments

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Welcome to the Serendipity Stamps Blog Hop! Today we are featuring a bunch of brand new word dies! You are really going to love these. Something for everyone and every occasion.

First, the prize details:

$20 gift code to one person who has commented on ALL the blogs.
To enter to win leave a comment through midnight Sunday 5-18.
Winner will be posted on Mary’s blog Monday 5-19

For my cards, I chose to use the Dream and Imagine die cuts words for my cards. On this card, I used the Dream die and the first thing that came to me was a Dreamcatcher. Somewhere I saw a dreamcatcher that had an owl for the centerpiece and the owl was so similar to this one, I thought this little owl would be perfect. I die cut him out of black and the solid owl version out of white. I also cut another detailed owl out of white paper to place on top of the solid backing so I could see where I wanted to color. After coloring the solid backing, I attached the black owl on top. I used some of the same markers to color a piece of white in bands before I die cut the Dream word. The feathers were stamped, colored and fussy cut. For the dreamcatcher, I die cut a sunflower and backed it with a circle die cut.

The finished card is 4.25 x 7 and these are the Copics I used.

Supplies:

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – Feather Background 448L

Paper: X-Press It white, black, Bazzill white textured

Ink: Memento tuxedo black

Accessories: Copic markers, Serendipity Dream, Owl & Solid Owl dies, Spellbinders squares, circles dies, Perfect Paper Crafting mini rulers, Memory Box wild sunflower die

My second card features the Imagine die.

I stamped the Toadstools & Violets, colored them then die cut them using a little bit of my out of the box technique. I had some left over pieces of violet, lavender and rust that coordinated nicely, so I used the closest sizes of matting basic dies to give them a little polish. I die cut the Imagine, corners and top bracket out of white and added them for contrast.

The finished card is 4.25 x 5.50 and these are the Copics I used.

Supplies:

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – Toadstools & VioletsPaper: X-Press It white, violet, lavender, rust, grass green

Ink: Memento tuxedo black

Accessories: Copic markers, Serendipity Imagine, Floral Frame & Embellishement dies, Spellbinders labels 22, Matting basics A & B dies, neon yellow gel pen (for violet centers)

My final card features the Floral Frame and Embellishments along with the larger Floral Dragonfly & Solid Dragonfly dies.

I had some spritzed, water colored background left over from another project with these bright red/orange colors so I die cut the dragonflies and Dream out of it. The larger background behind the floral frame was made by sponging on a variety of pink, red, yellow and orange inks. After I die the floral frame out of white, I used a slightly smaller square die to trim down the left over square center in order to leave some of the red/orange border around it. This card measures 5″ square.

Supplies:

Stamps: none

Paper: X-Press It white

Ink: Memento love letter, Kaleidacolor desert heat & melon melody rainbow pads, Distress ink worn lipstick

Accessories: Serendipity Dream, Floral Frame & Embellishment , Floral Dragonfly, Solid Dragonfly dies, Spellbinders square dies, Perfect Paper Crafting mini rulers

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to visit all of the Design Team blogs so you’ll be entered to win!

Mary’s Blog
Miriam Napier
Pauline Pollington
Vickie Zimmer
Anya Schrier
Jeanne Jachna
Jenny Gropp
Julie Warner
Karen Amidon
Marybeth Lopez

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Serendipity Spring Blog Hop!

Posted on April 25, 2014 12:01 AM by Julie 23 Comments

Welcome to the Serendipity Blog Hop!

Today we are featuring some new stamps for spring from Serendipity Stamps! These are perfect for your spring projects and include some beautiful new images perfect for Mother’s Day. If you arrived here from Jenny‘s blog , you are in the right place. If not, you may want to head on over to Mary’s blog so you’ll be able to start from the beginning.

First the prize details:

$20 gift code to one person who has commented on ALL the blogs
To enter to win leave a comment through midnight Sunday 4/27.
Winner will be posted on Mary’s blog Monday 4/28

For my first card, I’m using one of the new 1304M Flower Pops, the 1305E Flower Corner and the 1303E Happy Mother’s Day.

I stamped and colored 2 of the big Zinnias, fussy cut and layered them on top of each other. I also added another cut out center on top and used some dimensional silicone under the petals so they’d keep their shape. The flower corner panel was die cut with a curvy border, attached to black and I used a Japanese screw punch to add the holes along the curve. The greeting was stamped on a larger pink panel, edged with black and I added 2 Candi dots in the lower right corner. Here are the Copics I used.

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – 1304M Flower Pops, 1305E Flower Corner, 1303E Happy Mother’s Day.

Paper: X-Press It white, pink, black

Ink: Memento tuxedo black

Accessories: Copic markers, Spellbinders curved border dies, stickles, Japanese screw punch, Candi dots, black Permapaque marker, dimensional silicone adhesive

My second card features the new 1307 Mason Jar, 1306F Wildflowers and the Dandelion & Puff flowers from the 1304M Flower Pops set.

This was just a tad tricky to put the flowers in the jar and have it look “correct”. I first stamped the flowers and masked the stems before stamping the mason jar on top. I stamped just the top of the mason jar on a separate piece and after coloring everything, I cut out the 2 horizontal bands of the jar and attached them on top of the corresponding area on my base image. I added a little splatter and the greeting (469J). On the background, I stamped the 2 flowers using the grape & posy inks and I used generational stamping with these…meaning I stamped them more than once before reinking. Here are the Copics I used for this card.

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – 1307 Mason Jar, 1306F Wildflowers, Dandelion & Puff flowers from 1304M Flower Pops set, Everyday Small Words 469J

Paper: X-Press It white, dk violet

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, grape jelly, lilac posy

Accessories: Copic markers, Spellbinders matting basics A & B dies, Perfect Paper Crafting mini rulers

My third card is one I posted earlier and you will also find it HERE.

After stamping and coloring the aprons image, I used my out of the box technique to die cut it. I used more dies for the red, yellow & green layers and also an embossing folder on the red & green layers. I edged the panels with a black marker and stamped the greeting & added a die cut pair of cherries. These are the Copics I used for this.

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – Hi There, Aprons 1308F

Paper: white, red, yellow, green

Ink: Memento tuxedo black

Accessories: Copic markers, Spellbinders long rectangle, circles, labels 33 & fresh fruit dies, Quickutz stacking flower dies, Cuttlebug embossing folder (Swiss dots), black Permapaque marker

Thanks so much for stopping by! Now I’ll send you onto your next stop…

Karen’s Blog. Here is the entire list if you lose your place.

Julie Warner (you are here!)

Karen Amidon

Flower Pops 1304M	Flower Corner 1305E	Happy Mother’s Day Stitched 1303E	Mason Jar 1307D	Wildflowers 1306F
Everyday Words small horiz 469J	Hi There sm. 621A	Aprons 1308F	Copic Sketch Markers	X-Press It Blending Card
AC color card stock	Memento Inks	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132	Spellbinders A2 Curved Borders 1 S5-180