• Serendipity SSCB #26 -Chalk

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    Julie Warner – https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com
    Weekly-FavoriteWelcome to a new challenge for  Serendipity Stamps! The Serendipity Challenge this week is Chalk.

    I will admit..it’s been a long time since I’ve used my chalks or chalk pencils. On top of that, I have a bit of bronchitis and the chalk dust really gave me coughing fits, lol. Anyway, I stamped the lovely wine image, masked it and rubbed and scribbled pink and purple chalks over the background, After I removed the mask, I used the chalk and chalk pencils to add color to the image. I then used an eraser to remove color in areas for highlights. Since it’s hard to do really detailed shading with chalk, I had decided in the beginning I would go for an Impressionistic type still life look. The coughing got to be too much with the chalk dust and the colors still didn’t look shaded enough, so I took out my Prismacolor pencils and added more shading. It was starting to look a little better, but I still wasn’t happy with it.

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    It’s funny where inspiration comes from, but as I was pondering what to do next, I noticed an animated short film on tv. The style was very cartoonish but I started looking at the backgrounds in the scenes. They were very mottled and had these cross hatch markings all over it and I really liked the way they looked. So I took a white Prismacolor pencil and did the scratchy bg on the top. I also used the Ink Spots image to add a little something something along the shaded edges. The framed image was so large, I had no place to put the greeting except over the image, so I added it with the Versafine onyx ink.

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    Supplies:

    Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – Wine & Cheese, Everyday Words set, Ink Spots
    Paper: Neenah white, dk blue violet
    Ink:  Memento tuxedo black & lulu lavender, Versafine onyx
    Accessories: Spellbinders labels 8 die, chalks (pastel sticks), pastel pencils, Prismacolor pencils

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  • Stained Glass Ornament

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    Julie Warner – https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com

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    A big congrats to Sandie, the Featured Stamper (FS358)! She has such a lovely gallery and I chose THIS card to case. I kept the die cut ornament theme and layout, but used a stained glass bg and bigger ornament with different colors and a die cut header.

    For my card, I die cut a circle, left the die in place, added some swaths of color w/ my Copics, then stamped the stained glass oval on top. I drew around the inside of the die w/ a fine tip marker then took the die off. I added a die cut open flower type element, a die cut red circle and a fussy cut poinsettia ribbon slide image on top. I also added a die cut ornament top and bow to complete the ornament.  For the white bg, I die cut the fading dot border and added a strip of red behind it. The first half of the greeting on the bottom and a couple of red stars.

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    The finished card is 4.25 x 5.50 and these are the Copics I used.Julie Warner – https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com
    Thanks so much for stopping by! 

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    Stamps: DRS Designs  – Stained Glass Oval, Poinsettia Ribbon Slide, Beautiful Holiday Christmas Greeting
    Ink:  Memento tuxedo black
    Paper:  white, red
    Accessories: Copic markers, Spellbinders circle dies, Memory Box fading dot border, Tilda swirl & precious stars dies, ODBD ornament topper die, red Candi button

     


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  • North Coast Creations November Recap

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    Julie Warner – https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com
    Today we are taking a look back at the North Coast Creations November Release!
    Don’t you love these cute Christmas pet sets? If his ears were a little fluffier, this cute puppy would look a lot like a blonde cocker spaniel we had. That dog’s middle name was trouble.  His first name was Tigger…mainly because when his coat was a little long, he looked a lot like a lion and because our daughter was little and that was what she wanted to name him, lol. When Tig was a few years old, we adopted a parrot…a conure named Odie. The first sound he imitated was Tig’s bark. So we had a dog and a parrot that both barked. 

    I think this set will be perfect for a Christmas card for that dog lover on your list. And the image itself can be used all year long…for pet sympathy, congrats on your new puppy..etc. I’m using at as a Christmas card w/ one of the greetings that comes with it. I stamped it with the espresso ink directly onto one of the beautiful ODBD Christmas Paper 2013 Collection. I die cut it but altered the curved ends by cutting them off straight and had the bow on the puppy out of the box. A die cut ornament from the ODBD Fancy Ornaments dies was die cut out of a red piece of the same paper pack. I added a stamped and fussy cut pine cone branch on top. The striped paper (from the same pack) was die cut on top and bottom and I added some gold pearl pen dots. The finished card is 4.25 x 5.50 and these are the Copics I used. 

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    Supplies:

    Stamps: North Coast Creations –Santa Paws, ODBD – Pinecone Singles
    Paper: Neenah white, ODBD Christmas paper collection 2013
    Ink: Memento espresso truffle, Colorbox warm red chalk ink
    Accessories:  Copic markers, ODBD Fancy Ornament dies, Spellbinders labels 22 &  bracket border dies, Viva gold pearl pen

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