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Ornaments 2 Ways

Posted on December 6, 2014 1:18 PM by Julie 1 Comment

Best of 2014!
For today’s Inspiration Challenge on Splitcoast (IC470), I chose THIS for my first card and THIS for my second. I’m actually using the same ornament image on both, just different techniques and I actually had to do “surgery” on my ornament image. I wanted a blank ornament but all I could find was this ornament which originally had a nativity scene inside, so I took a craft knife and carefully cut it out. On this triple ornament card, I saw a card Lydia posted on the SCS FB page of some free form water color ornaments and really liked it. I don’t remember who did it or how long ago it was, or I’d link it.

So after the image surgery, I stamped the ornament, masked & stamped twice more using pumice ink (after stamping off once) onto water color paper. This w/c paper isn’t my fave..it’s a little rougher & grainer than what I usually use, but I couldn’t remember where I put the other paper. Anyway, the pumice ink after stamping off 1 time, just leaves a bare outline that pretty much disappears when all the coloring is finished. Now the coloring took me a quite a while because the color has to be painted in layers & allowed to dry in between. I’m not one to appreciate watching paint dry, so I helped it a lot w/ a heat gun. The splotchy, free form look is intended to be that way & I’m pretty satisfied with it.

I added a little splatter & went back w/ a fine line paint brush to remove some paint for the highlights along the edges then stamped the greeting & drew the lines to the ornament tops. The finished card is 4.25 x 5.50.

For this card, I stamped the same surgically enhanced ornament w/ the black ink & colored with Copics. The stars were stamped on top and I used a white gel pen to fill the large one in then fussy cut it. The pine branches were stamped w/ the evergreen ink then I die cut the panel w/ one of the matting basics rectangles. I took a curved border die and cut off the bottom & attached the two parts on top of a background I made a while back using distress inks, spritzing & w/c paper. I added another little curved border strip on top of the bottom section & stamped half of a greeting under it (the other half is on the inside). A die cut red bow was added on top & these are the Copics I used.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: DRS Designs- (1. Triple Ornament card) Nativity Ornament, Beautiful Holiday Greeting (2. Red Ornament card) Nativity Ornament, Pine Bough, Lovely Gifts Christmas Greeting, Retro Starburst, 3 Wisemen Peace (for small star)

Paper: 1. water color, red linen, 2. X-Press It, water color, red

Ink: 1. Distress Ink pumice stone, Versafine onyx 2. Memento tuxedo black, Distress Ink evergreen bough, worn lipstick, spun sugar, pistachio, tumbled glass

Accessories: 1. tube water colors, #10 round brush, #0 liner brush, Copic markers, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B 2. Copic markers, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B, curved dies, white gel pen, Cheery Lynn Pretty Pretty Bows die

Serendipity SSCB#38 – Sparkle & Shine!

Posted on December 3, 2014 12:00 AM by Julie 6 Comments

Welcome to the December Challenge for Serendipity Stamps! This month the challenge is Sparkle & Shine! You can get all the details over on the Serendipity Challenge Blog. The DT has the added challenge of snow.. And as always, we have a have a gift certificate up for grabs to a random player. This weeks’ sale is a 40% off coupon. Enter “40fromhigh1214” to get 40% off the highest priced item in your cart.

For my Christmas card today, I went with more of a masculine theme. I love this old truck image and I thought it would look good in a rusty blue color. After coloring it with Copics, I stamped and fussy cut an extra wreath to add on top. The greeting was stamped underneath and I added some dimensional sparkly snow on the ground and stickles on the wreath.

The two patterns of designer paper are actually one double sided piece I die cut using a curved border then flipped one side over. The cobalt blue layer was embossed using a snowflake frame and I used a white chalk marker to go over the raised areas. The snowflake was stamped with the blue ink and fussy cut. The finished card is 5.50 x 4.25 and these are the Copics I used.

Our Guest Designer: Nancy Penir

Supplies:

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps –Christmas Truck 1238H, Season’s Greetings 1136D, Snowflake Cling set 1335G

Paper:X-Press It white, cobalt blue, dp (Authentique – Something for All Seasons)

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, blue danube

Accessories: Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B, curved borders dies, white chalk marker, Copic markers, sparkling snow dimensional writer, snowflake frame embossing folder (Darice), stickles

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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North Coast Creations November Release!

Posted on November 22, 2014 7:58 AM by Julie 5 Comments

Welcome to the North Coast Creations November Release! We have a couple of really cute Christmas/Winter images for you!

Prize Information:

Just for commenting on the Design Team Blog Posts, you have a chance to win a $10 NCC Gift Certificate, good towards the purchase of NCC Stamps. You have until November 24, 2014 at 10:00 PM EST to leave a comments on the participating designers blogs for a chance to win! Two random winners will be selected from the comments left on the designers blogs, the winners will be announced on the NCC Blog on November 25, 2014, be sure to check back there to see if you have won!

I was very excited when I saw this nutcracker…I really love them and have a number of them I put out every Christmas. This guy just looked like a member of the Royal Guard so I used mostly red, white & blue on him.

After stamping and coloring, I die cut the nutcracker and matted it with red. The striped paper is a new collection coming soon from Our Daily Bread designs. I die cut the right edge along with a white layer using a bracket border die.The front of the white card was embossed using the largest die of the ODBD Flourished Star Pattern set. I die cut and added all the little stars from the ODBD Sparkling Stars set. I used one of the triangles from the ODBD Pennant dies to make the fishtail on the greeting banner. The blue background was embossed and I used a white chalk maker to highlight the raised embossing. The finished card is 4.25 x 5.50 and these are the Copics I used.

The second image for this release is the sweet little Snow Angel Murphy! I stamped Murphy twice, colored and die cut the circle ornament shape on one and colored and fussy cut Murphy on the other. I added a Santa hat from the Santa Claws set and the greeting from the Santa Paws set.

I added a little sparkling snow glitter writer dimensional paint to the snow and fur on the Santa hat for some dimension and sparkle.

The paper and snowflakes are from Our Daily Bread designs. The finished card is 5.50 x 4.25 and these are the Copics I used.

Please be sure to visit all the DT Blogs for more inspiration!

Sandee * Lori * Dawn * Julie * Lisa * Amber

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: North Coast Creations –Nutcracker, Snow Angel Murphy, Santa Paws, Santa Claws, Old Fashioned Santa – Our Daily Bread designs – Sparkling Snowflakes

Paper: white, ODBD Christmas Collection 2014 paper, ODBD Patriotic paper collection, royal blue, red, wine red

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, love letter, Colorbox frost white pigment, Distress ink antique linen

Accessories: ODBD Sparkling Stars, Pennant, Matting Circles & Circle Ornaments, Flourished Star Pattern, Snowflake dies, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B, bracket border, mega oval, radiant rectangles dies, white chalk marker, Copic markers, sparkling snow dimensional writer, snowflake frame embossing folder (Darice)

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