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Howdy Star Shaker

Posted on August 20, 2016 10:05 PM by Julie 1 Comment

A big congrats to Donna, the newest Featured Stamper (FS498) on Splitcoast! I didn’t have to go far to find THIS card to case (copy & share everything). I kept the shaker card & most of the colors & layout, but I used different images, a star shaped shaker instead of a round one, & used a cowboy/southwest theme on mine.

For my star shaker, I started by stamping the cowboy/cowgirl accessories image, coloring w/ Copics, then I did a little into the window to keep from cutting off the top of the boots when I die cut the stitched star opening. I made a larger star shaped pouch out of a page protector, sealed the edges but leaving one edge open, filled it w/ sequins, stars & little punched cowboy boots, then sealed the remaining edge. After attaching the shaker pouch behind the opening, I added foam tape all behind the panel & attached it to another white back panel. A couple of narrow frames (one brown, one turquoise) were added behind it before attaching to the card. The Howdy was die cut & I used some of the same Copics to color it to match.

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

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: DRS Designs –Cowboy Garb, (Saddle Up Greeting, Starry Bg , Interlocking Stars Bg– inside)

Paper: Staples 110# white, X-Press It white, brown, turquoise

Ink: Memento tuxedo black (Distress ink vintage photo & tumbled glass – inside)

Accessories: Copic markers, Paper Shapers cowboy boot punch, ODBD Double Stitched Stars dies, Lil’Inker stitched rectangles dies, Serendipity Howdy die, page protector, sequins

Cowboy Garb 1121K	Saddle Up Greeting 877F	Starry Bg 124H	Interlocking Star Bg 819H	Howdy die 061ED
Double Stitched Stars dies	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132	Stitched Rectangles Die Set	Memento Inks
Staples 110# White Card Stock	X-Press It Blending Card	Recollections Cardstock	Copic Sketch Markers	MISTI
Foam Tape	Sequins	Cowboy Boot punch

ODBD May Mid Month Release Blog Hop!

Posted on May 16, 2016 7:58 AM by Julie 21 Comments

A big HOWDY to you & welcome to the Our Daily Bread designs May Mid Month Release! I tell you, this release is exactly what a Texas girl loves! And since that describes me to a T, I LOVE these! Not to mention how much you can do w/ a fabulous silhouette image.

To start my first card, I knew I wanted a brightly sponged background, so I dug out a few Kaleidacolor ink pads. They have the most vibrant colors and that’s what I wanted.

I used a a torn mask for the ground & sponged on the greens, reversed the mask & sponged on some yellow for the sky. Then I added a big circle mask & sponged on more yellow, some orange & a little red. I used the edge of the sponge to add the streaks coming from the sun, then highlighted them a bit w/ a white Prismacolor pencil. I put the bg into my Misti then stamped the silhouette cowboy, lg cactus & the eagle from the Bookmark Trees set. The small cactus & little cloud are punches. I die cut the scene w/ a Double Stitched Rectangle, doing a little out of the box for the eagle. The black background was done w/ a small border punch. I made a corner template out of copy paper & used it to help punch all around the edges and have it be as symmetrical as possible.

Here’s a look at the inside.

Supplies:

Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs – Howdy, Bookmark Trees (retired)

Paper: Staples 110# white, black

Ink: Kaliedacolor inks Desert Heat, Melon Melody, Fresh Greens, Versafine onyx, (habanero -inside)

Accessories: ODBD Double Stitched Rectangles dies, Misti, cactus punch, SW border punch, cloud punch, white Prismacolor pencil

My second cowboy card started w/ pieces of a leftover watercolor bg. I liked the bright sunset colors w/ flecks of metallic gold & thought it might be fun to use them in a split background configuration.

Having them separated like this was very challenging to say the least. I placed them on top of the die cut turquoise bg w/ temporary adhesive & stamped the silhouette on top. Leaving the turquoise mat in place, I removed the orange w/c layer & stamped the silhouette again.

I liked the look the textured turq c/s gave to the ground area, but not so much on the cowboy. So I stamped him again on a separate piece & fussy cut him. Yikes! That was some fancy cutting, let me tell you! Then I had to go over all the cut edges w/ a black marker to keep them from showing. I added the greeting & big star frame to finish.

Here’s a look at the inside.

Supplies:

Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs – Ride ‘Em Cowboy

Paper: Staples 110# white, black, textured turquoise, water color

Ink: Versafine onyx

Accessories: ODBD Pierced Rectangles, Pierced Circles, Circles, Sparkling Stars, Double Stitched Stars dies, Misti, Brushos water color crystals, gold acrylic paint

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Melissa * Julie * Sandee * Cathy * Dawn *

Lori * Robin * Chris * Angie

Howdy	Ride ‘Em Cowboy	Double Stitched Rectangles dies CBD123	Pierced Rectangles dies CBD147	Circles dies CBD142
Pierced Circles dies CBD162	Double Stitched Stars dies CBD128	Sparkling Stars dies CBD79	Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock
Core’Dinations Canvas Texture paper	VersaFine Inkpads	Kaliedacolor ink pads	Strathmore Water Color Paper 90#	Brushos Water Color Crystals
Decoart Acrylic paint	Prismacolor Pencils	McGill SW Border #940 punch	All Night Media Cactus punch	All Night Media cloud punches

Serendipity Stamps July Blog Hop!

Posted on July 3, 2015 12:00 AM by Julie 17 Comments

Welcome to the Serendipity July Blog Hop! We are showing off some lovely new images & dies! If you arrived here from Jenny’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 July 5th to leave your comments & Mary will announce the winner on her blog on July 6th. Special: Free shipping on all US orders of $15 or more Contental US only. We have something new…a “Stamp of the Month”. Each month a different image will be 50% off. This month- it’s the Winter Doe. Be sure to check out the great deals on the Clearance Stamps & sale stamps!

As a native Texan, I really love this sweet little Cowgirl! Seriously, I want to go put my boots on right now…just need to decide which pair, lol! She is a joy to color and to give her a little something special, I did what I call an “into the window” treatment. A little like out of the box, but it goes the other direction. After stamping & coloring her with Copics, I die cut it first using the larger die, then used a craft knife to cut around the top and sides in order to slip the lower left corner of the smaller die under her.
Below, you can see that the image was cut on the lines just enough to slip the die under.

Below, after die cutting I put the larger die back in place and embossed them both.

And below is how it looks finished…all ready to attach.

These are the Copics I used to color her.

I used a leftover frame I colored w/ Copics and a die cut circle w/ the star concho from the Bandana die.

Supplies:

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – Cowgirl, Sending Smiles (inside)

Paper: X-Press It white, dp (SEI)

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx (to overstamp image after coloring)

Accessories: Serendipity Howdy & Bandana dies, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B, circles dies, Copic markers, MISTI

My next card has the wonderful Bandana & Poker Chip dies along with the fun new greeting.

After die cutting all the pieces, I stamped and colored the greeting and attached them to an embossed background. The poker chips took a little patience to paper piece all those little parts. These are the Copics I used for the greeting.

The inside is just a simple frame I colored to match along with an extra concho from the Bandana die.

Supplies:

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – When the Chips are Down Horizontal, Thinking of You (inside)

Paper: Neenah white, black, sparkle fleck red, sparkle fleck gray

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx (to overstamp image after coloring)

Accessories: Serendipity Poker Chip & Bandana dies, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B, romantic rectangles 2, long rectangle dies, Copic markers, MISTI, embossing folder (Lifestyle -chevron set)

Now I’ll send you on to Karen’s Blog..I know she’l have something wonderful to share!

Here is the list in case you get lost:

Mary’s Blog

Julie Warner (you are here!)

Thanks so much for stopping by!