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Blue Poppies

Posted on March 12, 2021 10:20 PM by Julie Comment

For the Splitcoast Inspiration Challenge (IC797), we have a site of colorful rugs. I was inspired by THIS rug for the pretty blue poppies.

To make my card, I stamped the individual poppies, leaves & stems on the main panel then stamped a couple extra poppies. After coloring everything, I die cut the extra poppies w/ their matching dies & popped them up a bit. The main panel was die cut w/ a slimline rectangle & along w/ doing the out of the box on the outsides, I also moved the bottom of the die up & cut the panel shorter (aka resizing). I used regular stitched rectangle dies for the lime & cobalt panels, then cut them narrower to place behind the poppy panel. The greeting was die cut w/ a tag die & for this, I cut one end, turned the die around & cut the other end so both ends would be the same.

Here are the Copics I used for the poppies.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Rubbernecker Stamps –Precious Poppies, Thanks set, Darling Dahlias

Paper: Staples 110# white, X-Press It, cobalt, lime

Ink: Memento tuxedo black

Accessories: Rubbernecker: Precious Poppies , Slimline Nested Stitch, Rectangle Stitch dies, MISTI, Copic Sketch Markers, Rhinestones

RN Precious Poppies 3406	RN Precious Poppies dies 3406D	RN Thanks set 3335	RN Darling Dahlias 3408	RN Slimline Nested Stitch dies 5326D
RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	Staples 110# White Card Stock	RN Tag Stitch dies 5149D	X-Press It Blending Card	AC color card stock
Copic Sketch Markers	Rhinestones

Birthday Hydrangeas

Posted on February 26, 2021 11:36 PM by Julie Comment

For the Inspiration Challenge, we are headed to Retro Stage, a vintage inspired clothing store. I was inspired by THIS dress. Ok..I changed the color from blues to purples & the snowflakes into hydrangea petals, but otherwise, they’re identical!

Since I had already stamped the hydrangeas together & colored them, I used my out of the box technique to die cut them. I took a few extra pics of this, & you can also click the green link to take you to the original tutorial.

First step, pick the die you want to use & determine which parts of your image will go “outside of the box” or circle, in this case. I used my craft knife to cut around those areas & lift them above the die (the stem is also cut out & on top of the die). Only the parts under the die will be cut when I run it thru the machine.

Here it is after I ran it thru the machine.

You can see, only the areas on the right which were under the die, were cut by the machine.
For the lg background, I sponged it using the purple inks, going from darker at the bottom & fading to the white on top. A little water was splattered on it to add the spots. The die cut hydrangea petals were sprinkled around & the greeting added along w/ some gems.

For the lg background, I sponged it using the purple inks, going from darker at the bottom & fading to the white on top. A little water was splattered on it to add the spots. The die cut hydrangea petals were sprinkled around & the greeting added along w/ some gems.
Here are the Copics I used.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Rubbernecker Stamps: Heavenly Hydrangeas, Poetic Peonies (greeting)

Paper: X-Press It, Staples 110# white

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Rubbernecker Color Fuse inks set #6, set #8

Accessories: Rubbernecker Stamps: Heavenly Hydrangea, Rectangle Stitch, Circle Stitch dies, Copic Sketch Markers, Rhinestones

RN Heavenly Hydrangeas 3407	RN Heavenly Hydrangeas dies 3407D	RN Poetic Peonies 3405	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	RN Circle Stitch dies 5006D
RN Color Fuse Ink set #8	RN Color Fuse Ink set #6	Staples 110# White Card Stock	X-Press It Blending Card	Copic Sketch Markers
Memento Inks	Rhinestones

This entry was posted in Birthday Girly/Feminine/Mother's Day Rubbernecker Stamps Splitcoast Challenges Sponging Spring/Easter Tutorials and tagged Birthday Copic flowers out of the box Rubbernecker Splitcoast Sponging spring tutorial

Wreath Lattice

Posted on November 7, 2020 11:16 PM by Julie 1 Comment

Congrats to Jane, the newest Featured Stamper (FS718) on Splitcoast! Jane has a lovely gallery & I chose THIS card to case. I kept the most of the layout & the lattice element, but I used different stamps, dies & made mine a Christmas card.

For my card, I had this wreath colored quite a while ago, just waiting to be made into a card, so I die cut it, using my out of the box technique (yep.there were a lot of parts out of the box on this one!), & backed it w/ a dk green circle layer. On the lattice, I used a slimline sized die but I only cut it part way, to fill the space I had available on the stitched rectangle cut piece. I’ll let you in on a little secret…the bottom part actually went a little too far. So I glued a narrow strip behind the piece, put it back in the stitched rectangle die, & ran it thru again. The patch is invisible! So don’t despair if this happens to you. After putting it all together, I added some sequins to the lattice & backed it w/ the same dk green.

Here are the Copics I used on the wreath.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Rubbernecker Stamps: Wreath w/ Berries, Christmas Phrases Lg/Sm

Paper: Staples 110# white, X-Press It, dk green

Ink: Memento tuxedo black

Accessories: Rubbernecker Stamps: Slimline Inside Circle Lattice,Rectangle Stitch, Circle, Circle Stitch dies, Copic Sketch Markers, Sequins

RN Christmas Phrases Lg/Sm 3328	RN Wreath w/ Berries 1252	RN Slimline Inside Circle Lattice die 5332-01D	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	RN Circle Stitch dies 5006D
RN Circle dies 5002D	Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock	Copic Sketch Markers	Memento Inks
Sequins

This entry was posted in Christmas/Holiday/Winter Rubbernecker Stamps Splitcoast Challenges and tagged Christmas Copic out of the box resizing Rubbernecker Splitcoast wreath