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  • It’s Snowing!!

    Julie Warner – https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com
    Well, it may not be snowing right now, but it is soooo cold here! This is the deep south, y’all! And as of 9:20 pm EST, it was 13 degrees! The water outside from the rain last night has long since turned to ice and we’re on our way to a predicted 6 degrees tonight (-10 with the wind chill).

    So with the winter deep freeze around here, I have two cards to share…one for the CAS challenge today (Snowflakes CAS254) and the other for the Color Challenge tomorrow. The card above is for the CAS challenge and it was super simple. ..especially since I already had the white mega oval die cut in my stash. I stamped the greeting 3 times w/o reinking and added a few snowflakes on it.

    The navy panel was stamped w/ the white chalk ink and I added some additional snow dots w/ a white gel pen. The finished card is 5.50 x 4.25.

    Supplies:

    Stamps: DRS Designs  –Let it Snow, 4 in 1 Snowflake, Snowflake Scroll, Snow Background
    Ink:  Memento Paris Dusk, Colorbox popcorn white chalk ink
    Paper: white, navy
    Accessories:  Spellbinders mega oval die, white gel pen, stickles, rhinestone

    I was asked to be a guest designer for the Color Challenge on Splitcoast for the month of January! The colors for CC460, are Rich Razzleberry, Island Indigo and Night of Navy. I don’t have the exact colors, but I found some inks and Copics which are very close and they seemed like good winter colors to me, so that’s the direction I went

    .Julie Warner – https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com
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    I’m so happy and honored to be a Guest Designer for the Color Challenge this month and no one was more surprised than me, lol! And along with the colors , I included the dessert of splatters.

    After masking a wide band, I stamped the winter trees in black and added a circle mask for the moon and used torn paper mask snow and sky areas. I sponged on the two inks for the night sky and and a little of the teal for the snow. I added some shadows and used the white ink and splatter background to add the snow. A white gel pen was used to bring out some of the splatters a bit more.

    I added the narrow strips down the sides (colored navy with Copics) and the greeting in the lower right. The finished card is 4.25 x 5.50.
    Julie Warner – https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com
    Supplies:

    Stamps: DRS Designs  DRS Designs – Winter Tree Line, Warm Wishes, Splatter Background, Single Tree
    Ink:  Memento Paris Dusk, lilac posies, teal zeal, Colorbox popcorn white chalk ink, Versafine onyx
    Paper: white
    Accessories:  Copic markers, white gel pen, 7/8 circle punch

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  • Serendipity SSCB #25 – Shaped Cards

    Julie Warner - https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com
    Weekly-Favorite Welcome to a new challenge for  Serendipity Stamps! The Serendipity Challenge this week is a Shaped Card.

    I went with a snow globe shape for my little shaker card. The wonderful winter scene was stamped and colored with Copics then I added stickles to the snow for some sparkle and white dots to the sky for falling snow. While that was drying, I die cut a snow globe out of silver card stock and a larger circle to go with it. I used another size circle to cut a piece of acetate for the front. It is big enough to fit between the smaller and larger silver circles so the edges will be covered. For fun, I die cut a snowy border die out of white then snipped off a bunch of the snowflakes and sandwiched them between the layers.

    Julie Warner - https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com
    I traced around the snow globe shape on my folded white card and fussy cut it in the same shape. After cutting the scene into a circle, I elevated the acetate layers, making sure it had silicone sealant all the way around, then added some tiny silver beads and round silver confetti (not too much..I didn’t want it cover up the scene) before sealing them together. A silver string and bow were added to the top. So it’s a card…it’s a snow globe…it’s a shaker ornament to hang on the tree! These are the Copics I used to color the scene. 

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    Supplies:

    Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – Winter Farm
    Paper: Neenah white, brushed silver. clear acetate
    Ink:  Memento tuxedo black
    Accessories: Copic markers, Spellbinders circle dies, Memory Box frostyville border & lg snow globe dies, white gel pen, stickles, silver beads & confetti, ribbon, silver cord, silicone adhesive

  • SSCB#19 Serendipity Stamps – Tri-Shutter Card

     

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

    Weekly-FavoriteWelcome to a new challenge for Serendipity Stamps! The Serendipity Challenge this week is a Tri-Shutter Card!  You can find all the details on how to play along with us at the Serendipity Stamps Challenge Blog. With each challenge we always have a gift certificate up for grabs to a random player. And this week’s sale will be free shipping on any US order of $10 or more… offer good Sept  11-18. I’m also adding this to the Splitcoast Ways to Use It Challenge (WT444)…use designer paper!
    For my Tri-Shutter card, I used this sweet Snowman w/ Birds image. After coloring him with Copics, I die cut him using my out of the box Nestie technique. I added a lt blue die cut layer then attached him to the front section of my tri-shutter card. The purple piece was die cut w/ a fancy snow border. I didn’t use other papers on the sections to the right of him, because I liked the way all the white space showed him off.

    Julie Warner – https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com
    I added narrow sections of different patterned papers on the open sections. On the far right right panel, I added a long pennant flag with the sentiment and the snowflake on top. I added a couple of the same snowflake on the panels facing the sentiment, but so sorry…I didn’t take a pic to show it!

    Julie Warner – https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com
    After finishing, I added just a little stickles to a few areas of the snowman. If you’d like the template for this Tri-Shutter card, it can be found HERE.  These are the Copics I used to color everything.

    Julie Warner – https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com
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    Supplies:

    Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – Snowman with Birds, Small Snowflake, Baby It’s Cold Outside
    Paper: Bazzill white, purple, lt blue, dp (unknown, Cricut Christmas pad)
    Ink:  Memento tuxedo black, grape jelly
    Accessories:  Copic markers, stickles, Spellbinders labels 4 & gold labels 4 dies, Memory Box Frostyville border die, fishtail banner dies