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Serendipity Feb Blog Hop #2!

Posted on February 21, 2018 12:00 AM by Julie 17 Comments

I used the lovely Zinnia image for my card today. After stamping & coloring, I fussy cut the 3 flowers & leaves. The black strip was die cut & the flowers arranged around & over it. I only used part of the original greeting…the You part was just too large to fit in the space. So to make the you die, I used part of the Rejoice die & trimmed away the rest.

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

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Vickie Zimmer

Marybeth Lopez

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps: Zinnia, You Made My Day (inside:Tiny Flower, Just Wanted to Say)

Paper: Staples 110# white,

Ink: Memento tuxedo black

Accessories: Serendipity Stamps –Rejoice die ,Copic markers, Misti, sequins, MFT basic stitch lines dies, ODBD pierced rectangles dies

Zinnia SS-548L	You Made My Day 1395E	Rejoice die SSDIE-093-E	Tiny Flower 450B	Just Wanted to Say SS-1285D
Copic Sketch Markers	Memento Inks	MISTI	Sequins	Staples 110# White Card Stock
AC color card stock	Pierced Rectangles dies CBD147	MFT Basic Stitch Lines dies

Dance in the Puddles

Posted on February 20, 2018 11:25 PM by Julie 1 Comment

Today’s Color Challenge (CC675) is a denim blue, lime green & purply fig color. Love the first 2..not so crazy about the last one. This was my solution to using these colors together.

Though there’s not much to this card, it gave me trouble from start to finish. Sigh…one of those days. After I used the distress inks to sponge the bg, I used my Misti to stamp these silhouette wellies & umbrella. That was a chore all in itself. I tried a bunch of different inks & colors but the black chalk ink looked the best w/ this bg. I still had to add a few of the lines back in w/ a white gel pen. And a little color was added w/ a green & a pink marker.

Then I proceeded to somehow get ink in places I didn’t mean to but thankfully, it was covered up by the placement of the images. Here’s a look at the inside.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Sparkle N Sprinkle – Spring Swirl 425 (inside – DRS Designs- Sunny Birthday)

Paper: Staples 110# white

Ink: Versamagic midnight black chalk ink, Distress inks twisted citron, shabby shutters, tumbled glass, stormy sky, milled lavender, seedless preserves, Versafine onyx, Memento flannel gray

Accessories: Tombow markers, Lil’ Inker stitched rectangle dies, MFT stitched flags dies

Sparkle N Sprinkle Spring Swirl 425	Sunny Day Birthday Greeting 592G	Memento Inks	Distress Inks	Versamagic chalk ink
Staples 110# White Card Stock	Lil’ Inker Stitched Rectangles Die Set	MFT Stitched Fishtail Flags	Tombow Markers	MISTI

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Stained Glass Easter

Posted on February 19, 2018 10:44 AM by Julie 2 Comments

Today’s Technique Challenge (TLC678) & Clean & Simple (CAS469) are both about backgrounds. The TLC wanted us to make a stained glass bg & I totally cheated on this one. I promise, if I have time, I’ll come back & do it right. 😉

I put the Stained Glass Oval image into my Misti then stamped the image w/ Memento desert sand. I knew I wanted to gold emboss it but since I also wanted to color it w/ Copics & the two don’t play well together, so it was stamped first w/ an ink color that would allow me to see the lines but also disappear when embossed.

After coloring it, I over stamped it w/ gold pigment ink then heat embossed it w/ gold powder. I die cut a piece of lilac card stock & a larger piece of sage green then cut the ovals out of the centers. The Happy Easter Cross was stamped, colored & I cut around the top to let more of the stained glass show through then attached it behind the oval frames & then on top of the stained glass background.

Here are the Copics I used.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: DRS Designs – Oval Stained Glass, Happy Easter Cross

Paper: Staples 110# white, pale lilac, pale sage

Ink: Encore ultimate metallic gold, Memento tuxedo black, desert sand

Accessories: Misti, Spellbinders pierced rectangles, pierced ovals, classic oval dies, sequins

Copic Sketch Markers	Oval Stained Glass – 199P	Happy Easter Cross – 705F	Memento Inks	Staples 110# white card stock
MISTI	Spellbinders Pierced Rectangles Dies	Spellbinders Pierced Ovals Dies SCD-007	Spellbinders Classic Ovals Lg.S4-110	Ultimate Metallic Gold Ink
Recollections Cardstock	Sequins