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  • Serendipity SSCB#42 pt 2 – Monograms & Verse!

    Posted on by Julie 2 Comments

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    Welcome to the April Challenge for Serendipity Stamps! This month the challenge is Monograms & Verse! You can get all the details over on the Serendipity Challenge Blog.  We have something new…a “Stamp of the Month”. Each month a different image will be 50% off. This month- it’s the Jar Label.  Be sure to check out the 50% off select wood stamps, too. And as always, we have a  have a gift certificate up for grabs to a random player.

    Seems I’ve been returning to my roots and working with a lot of water colors lately. But they really are fun and pretty easy..especially if you’re just making backgrounds to use for die cuts.. I tried to use a different coloring medium, but this beautiful country scene just begged to be water colored.

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    Since it’s pretty detailed, I pulled out my long neglected water color pencils. They are a good way to add color just where you want it. In conjunction with a few water brushes, coloring a scene like this is fairly quick and painless. And if you get a bit too much color in places, just wet it and dab with a paper towel. Instantly lighter (did this on the trees and roof)! After I was finished I did go back & add just a touch more color here & there with my Tombow markers (water based).

    It’s a big scene and I didn’t feel it needed any embellishment, so I used another piece of water color paper to die cut a frame. The bottom is a little wider to accommodate the greeting. I added a die cut C and T to add over the coordinating areas of the greeting. The greeting is pretty easy to read in person, but if you’re having trouble here, it says “One day in the country is worth a month in town”.

    Here’s a look at the simple inside. I used the piece of w/c paper I cut out of the frame on front and stamped another country scene w/ the pumice ink, softened it a bit w/ a water brush & added the greeting & a die cut kraft layer.

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    Supplies:

    Stamps: Serendipity Stamps –Summer Barn,  One Day in the Country – Barn & Windmill, Thinking of You( on inside)
    Paper:  water color, kraft (on inside)
    Ink:  Versafine Onyx, Distress Ink pumice stone (on inside image)
    Accessories:  Serendipity Sweet die (for the T) & Celebrate die (for the C),  Spellbinders A2 matting basics A dies,  water color pencils (Koh-I-Noor), water brushes, Lil’ Inkers stitched rectangle dies, Tombow markers

    This is another “Monogram/Verse” card I posted a few days ago. Just click the picture to take you to all the details. 
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    Please be sure to visit all of the Design Team blogs to increase your chance to win! 

    Thanks so much for stopping by!
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  • Silver Glitter Lining

    Posted on by Julie 1 Comment

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    The Technique Challenge on Splitcoast (TLC529) today is all about using the negative part of a die cut and lots of glitter in different colors. Immediately, I thought of doing this umbrella in a rainbow of colors and adding silver glitter to the bottom of the clouds.

    It took me way longer than it should have. Oh well…live & learn. The reason it took longer is…the first time I die cut the pieces, one of cloud dies slipped & made a mess, so I had to do it over. Which was a little tricky…I had to die cut the whole layer first, then arrange all the pieces, leaving room for the greeting.
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    Ok, so that was done. Then I had a brilliant (IMHO) idea to use a sheet of one sided sticky label paper instead of tape. I die cut all the images again…but I die cut them from the wrong side. So I did it over. Sigh…I’m sensing a pattern here. I also die cut the umbrella inserts out of the sticker paper because I wanted the masks of release paper. Once again, wrong side..you see where this is going. 

    So I place the release paper masks on the areas of the umbrella then use navy glitter on the frame & handle. I pull one mask off at a time and add the other colors. I peel the mask partly back from the bottom of the clouds, add silver glitter, then clear glitter on the tops. Those little raindrops almost made me lose it completely, lol. But I prevailed. Then I temporarily stuck all the glittered images in place from the back side, put permanent adhesive on their back sides and pressed them to the card front. That part actually worked fairly well (yay!!). Then I took the miscut front, trimmed it to match the good one and edged it w/ pink markers before attaching it behind the real front because I wanted a little more dimension. Greeting stamped & I added a glitter button thingie in the upper right. 

    Whew! And it sounded so simple! Thanks so much for stopping by!
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    Supplies:

    Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs – Showers of Blessings
    Paper: Recollections heavy white, sticky label sheet
    Ink:  Versafine onyx
    Accessories: ODBD Flourished Star Pattern, Clouds & Raindrops, Umbrellas dies, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A dies, extra fine glitter in various colors, pink Copics, silver glitter button

     


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  • Serendipity April Blog Hop!

    Posted on by Julie 34 Comments

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    Welcome to the Serendipity April Blog Hop! We are showing off some beautiful new dies & images! 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 April 12  to leave comments. The winner will be announced on Mary’s blog on April 13. And we have a sale.. Buy 3, Get a 4th Free.   Good Fri through Sunday  4/10 – 4/12. And don’t forget about our half off stamp of the month Mason Jar.
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    For my cards today, I made several water color wash backgrounds. I picked one of the brighter ones for this card. The frame was die cut first, edged w/ a black marker,  then the tulips & leaves were cut out of the leftover pieces.  A white background was cut to fit inside the frame using a pierced rectangle die then the flowers were arranged on top. The Bloom die was cut out of black 3 times and stacked together. I added just the flower centers cut out of a little pink area from the watercolor background. The finished card is 4.25 x 5.50 and here’s a look at the inside.
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    Supplies:

    Stamps: Serendipity Stamps –Spring Flower Pops,  Happy Birthday (inside)
    Paper:  Neenah white, black, water color
    Ink:  Versafine Onyx
    Accessories:  Serendipity  Flower Pops, Bloom dies, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B, pierced rectangle dies, black Permapaque marker, water colors & brushes, black Permapaque marker

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    My second card uses one of the paler water color backgrounds. This time, I die cut a narrow black square frame to place all the flowers & leaves inside. Before I attached them, I used a black Tombow maker to ink just a few of the dots from the ink splatter image and stamped them in a diagonal from top left to bottom right.
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    After attaching all the flowers, the Create word was die cut 3 times like before and stacked. I added some black crystals to the flower centers for a little sparkle. The finished card is 4.25 x 5.50 and here’s a look at the inside.
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    Supplies:

    Stamps: Serendipity Stamps –Spring Flower Pops, Ink Spots, I Just Wanted to Say (inside)
    Paper:  Neenah white, black, water color
    Ink:  Versafine Onyx
    Accessories:  Serendipity  Flower Pops, Create dies, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B, pierced rectangle, petite oval dies, black Tombow marker, water colors & brushes, black crystals

    Now, you’ll need to hop on over to Karen’s Blog. I know she’ll have something wonderful to show you! Here’s the hop list, in case you get lost:

    Thanks so much for stopping by!
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    I’m also adding these cards to Virginia’s View Challenge #14! 


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