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  • Valentine Ride

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    Today’s Inspiration Challenge (IC529) is a site full of fun items. I saw THIS and thought the bicycle theme would make a cute Valentine. 
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    The bicycle was die cut and added to a sponged background. I had already stamped the heart tree & masking it would have been a nightmare so I just carefully sponged around it & used a marker to fill in any blank spots. I did have to do a little out of the box on the left side of three before I added it to a polka dot stamped layer. The big solid hearts were stamped & fussy cut then I added red stickles to them & some Wink of Stella to the hearts on the tree.

    Here’s a look at the inside w/ just some simple stamping.
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    Thanks so much for stopping by! If you haven’t, please head on over and check out the DRS Thursday Challenge..this week it’s a color challenge. DRS images are not required & there’s a nice prize up for grabs!
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    Supplies:

    Stamps: DRS Designs-  Valentine Tree, Triple Silhouette Hearts, Small Silhouette Heart, Happy Valentine’s Day, Polka Dot Bg,  (inside -Be My Valentine Question Mark )
    Paper: Neenah white, scraps of black & red (for bicycle)
    Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx, Distress inks spun sugar, worn lipstick, tumbled glass
    Accessories:  Spellbinders A2 matting basics B  dies, Lil’ Inkers stitched rectangles dies, Copic markers (for heart tree), Wink of Stella, red stickles, Bicycle die (Quickutz, Denmark collection), small bow (Memory Box Precious Stars die)

  • Serendipity January Blog Hop!


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    Welcome to the Serendipity January Blog Hop! We are showing off a fabulous new Balloon die & featuring some fun birthday images along with it! If you arrived here from Jenny’s Blog ,  you are in the right place..if not, you may want to head over there first. This is also for the Featured Stamper (FS468). Congrats to Michele! I chose THIS to case. I kept the bright colors & birthday & balloons theme, but I used a large reverse die and sponged on my background.
     
    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 Sunday January 24 to leave comments on the blogs for a chance to win. Mary will  announce a winner on Monday January 25.  Each month a different image is 50% off. This month- it’s the Party Background. The special for the hop is free shipping on all US orders of $15 or more good January 20 -24. 
    Be sure to check out the great deals on the Clearance Stamps!   On the third Wednesday of every month., we’ll be celebrating with a Blog Hop!  For another chance to win,  be sure to play along with our monthly challenge. You can get all the details on the challenge HERE.
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    To make my very sparkly birthday card, I first die cut two layers out of white using two of the matting basics. Then the Party Balloons Reverse die was die cut in the smaller layer. On the larger layer, I used Distress inks to sponge on the different colors then attached the balloon layer on top. I also sponged one big balloon cut out and the Happy die and attached them. The Party Bg was stamped across a narrow strip using the Kaleidacolor ink & the Birthday was stamped on top.  I added stickles to the Happy & the one balloon on top and used a clear Wink of Stella on the other balloons. Since we’re combining the hop w/ the monthly Challenge of Stripes, my colors were put on in stripes (or wide bands) and the Party Bg on the strip is a stripe format.

    Supplies:

    Stamps: Serendipity Stamps –Party Background, Happy Birthday
    Paper: Neenah white
    Ink:  Distress Inks in squeezed lemonade, ripe persimmon, worn lipstick, candied apple, peacock feathers. twisted citron, cracked pistachio; Kaliedacolor Caribbean sea, Versafine onyx
    Accessories:  Serendipity Happy & Party Balloon Reverse dies, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B dies, stickles, Wink of Stella

    Now I’ll send you on to Karen’s blog..I’m sure she’ll have something fabulous to show you! Please be sure to visit all of the DT Blogs to increase your chance of winning! Here’s the order in case you get lost.

    Mary’s Blog

    Jenny Gropp

    Julie Warner (you are here!)

    Karen Amidon

    Marybeth Lopez

    Miriam Napier

    Vickie Zimmer

    Jeanne Jachna

    Thanks so much for stopping by!
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  • Joy Noel & Melty Snowman


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    My first card is for today’s Technique Challenge (TLC565) to put a bow on your project. This is a very simple card…the front is one big die cut that covers the card front. I die cut it out of a dk green w/ gold dots designer paper
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    After die cutting it, I die cut it again using the largest die from the flourished star pattern die then backed it w/ a piece of ivory that has small flecks in it. A lt kraft layer was added behind it & I used the same lt kraft to die cut the bow.

    Supplies:

    Stamps: none
    Paper: dk green dp (Paper Studio -Christmas Traditions), ivory flecked, lt kraft
    Ink: none
    Accessories: ODBD Flourished Star Pattern, Medium Bows dies, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A, Holiday Greetings dies

    Melty Snowman


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    Weekly-Favorite CAS-Favorite
    My second card is also CAS (clean & simple) & is for the CAS356 Challenge to use a snowman. I stamped my snowman, masking just the very bottom, then added the “melty” part w/ a Micron pen. The tree line was stamped behind him & I added a little color w/ Copics & some sparkle w/ stickles. 
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    Supplies:

    Stamps: DRS Designs – Simply Snowman, Snow Background, I Melt for You, Tree Line Border
    Paper:  X-Press It white, aqua, sparkle fleck gray
    Ink:   Memento tuxedo black, Distress ink tumbled glass
    Accessories:  Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B, petite ovals dies, stickles, Copic markers

    Thanks so much for stopping by!
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