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  • Hand Knit

    Posted on by Julie 2 Comments

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    Well…today’s Color Challenge  (CC497) is certainly challenging! I doubt that in a million years I would have ever put these color together. So they were definitely a challenge. The other challenging part is that I don’t own these colors (other than a vanilla) so I had to sub with what I had. I do have samples of these colors, so mine are pretty close..which is good since I couldn’t even find any dp in my neglected stash that used these colors. The vanilla doily was already die cut (from another project that didn’t get used) so at least I was ahead w/ that. For the blackberry-like bg, I stamped a pattern that reminded me of a quilt pattern w/ the elderberry ink on top. The yarn and basket were stamped w/ combos of the elderberry & plum inks then die cut.
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    The greeting is actually a combo of two that I put together then punched w/ a tag punch. A bow w/ just the right color of thread spool button on top was added w/ the tag. The narrow yellow ribbon was colored w/ a Copic to match.

    Thanks so much for stopping by!

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    Supplies:

    Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs – Hand Knit, Pincushion Tag set (retired), Holly Pattern Mini
    Paper:  vanilla, blackberry, honey yellow
    Ink: Memento plum, elderberry
    Accessories: ODBD Doily dies, ODBD Knitting Basket & Yarn dies,  Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B dies, yellow Copic marker, tape measure ribbon, thread spool button, tag punch (Marvy)

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  • Etched Leaves

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    Weekly-Favorite
    Today’s Technique Challenge on Splitcoast (TLC500) is based on Lydia’s tutorial found HERE. And I admit, I’ve been wanting to try it. I love the way the flower looks after Lydia was finished and the hard part was not recreating the exact same thing she did, lol. So I purposely hunted for different images…maybe a bit ambitious to use so many leaves, though. It took me quite a while to “etch” them all. Then I wanted to color them…but I didn’t want to cover up all those etched lines so I masked them, placed a piece of drywall mesh on top to use as a stencil and sponged in some background color. 
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    After adding the greeting, I also added a frame by using a ruler and a black pen and a hint of border color with a water brush and the rusty hinge distress ink and some stickles on the oak leaf/acorn for the “sparkle” part of challenge. 

    Thanks so much for stopping by!
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    I’m also entering this in the Simon Says Stamp Mon Challenge …Stamps & Stencils. 

    Supplies:

    Stamps: DRS Designs- Med. Silhouette Leaf, Open Leaf, Fall Leaf w/ Acorn, Hayrides Greeting
    Paper: white
    Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Distress inks in warm honey, scattered straw, rusty hinge, crushed olive, ripe persimmon
    Accessories:   stickles, Spellbinders A2 matting basics B dies, drywall mesh, .01 black Micron pen

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  • Featured Stamper Hostess Farewell

    Posted on by Julie 5 Comments

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    Today is a bittersweet day. We (the Featured Stamper Hostesses) are having to say goodbye to one of our own…Bridget Finlay. We are sad she is leaving, but we understand that Bridget has an important mission. 

    For this card, I chose THIS card of Bridget’s. I really love the contrast of the turquoise & peach and her perfect layout, so I kept those. For me, the real challenge of caseing Bridget is I don’t want to change a thing! But change I must, so I used different images, a doily die cut instead of the heart and I used a stamped, die cut butterfly instead of the punched one Bridget used. 

    I started with a die cut white panel, attached some drywall mesh and sponged on the tumbled glass ink in a random rather than solid manner, then added a little splatter w/ the same ink & a water brush. After die cutting the doily w/ peach, I cut it apart & reassembled it a little smaller to fit the area. The big butterfly was stamped on dp & die cut. I really loved the shiny little teal leaf embellies Bridget used, so I made mine out of aluminum foil glued to c/s, colored w/ Copics and die cut. For the flower, I used a Prima on top and punched a larger one to go underneath.
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    To make the greeting, I die cut the letters out of turquoise twice, stacked them on top of each for dimension & glued them in an up/down manner to mimic the wonderful die Bridget used. The pretty little flower on top of the big butterfly was a gift from my sweet friend, Sabrina. 

    Supplies:

    Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs – Butterfly
    Paper:  white, peach, turquoise, small piece of dp (Basic Grey -Hopscotch)
    Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Distress ink tumbled glass
    Accessories: ODBD Doily dies, ODBD Butterfly die,  ODBD Fancy Foliage die, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B dies & Font One upper & lower case dies, Copic markers, turquoise gem, aluminum foil, butterfly multi punch (Martha Stewart), hibiscus flower die (Quickutz), button, Prima flower

    Because I could spend a lifetime caseing Bridget, I made a second card in her honor.
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    For my card, I cased THIS card of Bridget’s. I just love the bright colors and spools of thread. So I kept those, but I used different images/dies and made my own backgrounds.

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    The big solid doily image was stamped w/ the yellow ink on the large bg and partials of it were stamped w/ the other ink colors on the side strip. The little thread spools were stamped, colored & die cut & on two of them I trimmed away the measuring tape. After stamping the 2 greetings, I pierced around the edge, added a punched button border & some colorful buttons. These are the Copics I used.
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    Supplies:

    Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs – Birthday Doily, Spool Tape, Sew Special
    Paper:  white, turquoise,yellow
    Ink: Memento tuxedo black, dandelion, tangelo, bahama blue, cottage ivy
    Accessories: ODBD Spool die, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B dies, Copic markers, piercing tool & mat, button border punch (EK Success), buttons

     

    Thanks so much for stopping by! A fond farewell, Bridget, and may you be richly blessed in your future endeavors!
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