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Posted on February 7, 2025 9:48 PM by Julie Comment

This scenic card was pretty easy to make and has a rainbow of colors to offset the black backgrouns and white trees. It just takes a few dies, the brush stroke clear stamps, multple inks and some clear embossing powder. The fun part was mixing the colors to get entirely new shades.
For the Inspiration Challenge, IC1001, we are visiting Nicebai & their Pinterest Board. I was inspired by THIS tee shirt. I loved the strokes of colors against the white trees & black background.

I started by picking two of the narrowest brush strokes & placing them in my Misti. Then I used the colors on the shirt as a guide to the colors I picked. I started w/ the center red stroke & made it by inking first w/ nectar a couple of times, then used the bubblegum a couple of times on top. The darker red was done the same way with the addition of lilac & odyssey once each. The orange/red is nectar with apricot. The light blue is sky with just a touch of odyssey. The teal is straight up whisper. The light green is moss by itself. The yellow is custard. The rust color is nectar plus apricot plus pumpkin. The dark blue/violet is odyssey plus lilac, each stamped several times. Then to keep the colors vibrant, I rubbed it all over w/ a Versamark & heat embossed w/ clear powder. In the pictures, it really isn’t pebbled or cracked, it’s just the light reflecting on the glass like coating.

I ended up using only the feathered end of the brush strokes & used the edger die to cut a narrow band. For the white lower edge, I cut another forest, snipped off the trees & turned it upside down then put the band on top of it.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies: (click the names below the pictures to take you to the products)

Stamps: Brass & Bliss: Paint Strokes set, Welcome Flower set (greeting)

Paper: Staples 110# white, yellow, black

Ink: Versaclair nocturne, Brass & Bliss: Color Fuse inks set #2, set #4, set #5, set #6, set #8, set #11

Accessories: Brass & Bliss: Welcome Flower, Classic Edge Cuts, Pine Tree Forest dies, Misti, clear embossing powder

Paint Strokes set 37001	Welcome Flower set 37007	Welcome Flower dies 37007D	Classic Edge Cut dies 5807-01D	Pine Tree Forest 5164D
Circle dies 5002D	Color Fuse Ink set #1	Color Fuse Ink set #2	Color Fuse Ink set #4	Color Fuse Ink set #5
Color Fuse Ink set #6	Color Fuse Ink set #7	Color Fuse Ink set #10	Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock
MISTI	Versafine Clair ink	Scotch ATG	Versamark ink	Ranger Embossing Powder

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Hope is Alive

Posted on February 1, 2025 9:25 PM by Julie Comment

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Does someone you know need a little encouragement or just a “I’m thinking of you” card? The greetings on this set are perfect for that and the lovely big flower surrounded by smaller ones is just beautiful. You can almost smell the floral scent of spring on this card. Maybe even give it a little spritz of something sweet before you mail it.

A big congrats to auntieof8, the newest Featured Stamper FS939! She has a lovely gallery & I chose THIS card to case. I kept the circular wreath like floral image but I used different images, dies, colors & left off the dry embossed front.

Normally, this big floral image is all one piece, but I colored & die cut one full image, then colored & fussy cut just the center rose & leaves to add on top. It’s attached to two white circles backed by two pink circles and they are popped up on top of the full image. The full image is also elevated just a bit. A large pink layer was added behind the white front and the greeting was stamped toward the bottom. The coordinating dies for this flower set also has dies for all the greetings, I just didn’t use it here.

Here are the Copics I used:

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies: (click the names below the pictures to take you to the products)

Stamps: Brass & Bliss: Sketch Flower set

Paper: Staples 110# white, dusty pink

Ink: Versaclair nocturne, Memento tuxedo black

Accessories: Brass & Bliss: Dot Dash Rectangles, Dot Dash Circles, Sketch Flower dies, Misti,

Sketch Flower set 37004	Sketch Flower dies 37004D	Circle dies 5002D	Dot Dash Circles die 5802-02D	Dot Dash Rectangles die 5802-03D
Copic Sketch Markers	Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock	MISTI	Versafine Clair ink
Memento Inks	Scotch ATG

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Say Hello

Posted on January 24, 2025 10:16 PM by Julie Comment

Today, I have a clean and simple card with punches of bright color that are so easy to add with this new Paint Strokes set. Select from the different strokes, pick your colors and stamp! It’s that easy. By putting them in the Misti, one at a time, I was able to add more color in the places I wanted and also mix colors in the same areas. This set makes it easy to look like you watercolored the paint strokes.

For the Inspiration Challenge, we are visiting MOREUSHOP & their Pinterest Board. I was inspired by THIS picture.

To make my card, I die cut the white panel & put it into my Misti. I selected some of the different paint stroke images & did them one at a time so I wouldn’t accidentally get ink from one image to the next. I stamped each one the first time w/ the lightest color. Then repeated using progressively darker color near the bottom of each one. The flowers were stamped on white & die cut. I placed a clear plastic sheet over the background, placed the flowers where I wanted them, then repeated the brush stroke inkings on top of the flowers. The flowers were popped up a bit & attached on top of the brush stroke background. The greeting was added directly onto the background then it was attached to a bright blue panel. Some sequins finished the card.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies: (click the names below the pictures to take you to the products)

Stamps: Brass & Bliss: Paint Strokes set, Floral Memories set

Paper: Staples 110# white, bright blue

Ink: Versaclair nocturne, Brass & Bliss: Color Fuse inks set #2, set #4, set #5, set #6, set #8, set #11

Accessories: Brass & Bliss: Dot Dash Rectangles, Floral Memories dies, Misti, sequins

Paint Strokes set 37001	Floral Memories set 37002	Floral Memories dies 37002D	Dot Dash Rectangles die 5802-03D	Color Fuse Ink set #2
Color Fuse Ink set #4	Color Fuse Ink set #5	Color Fuse Ink set #6	Color Fuse Ink set #8	Color Fuse Ink set #11
Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock	MISTI	Versafine Clair ink	Sequins
Scotch ATG