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Flowers in a Bottle

Posted on May 22, 2020 10:41 PM by Julie 1 Comment

For the Splitcoast Inspiration Challenge this week (IC755), we’re headed to A Cottage in the City (or their Pinterest Board). After much back & forth, I couldn’t decide which I liked more..THIS or THIS..so I combined the two. I used the wood plank wall from the first for my background & the flower in the bottle for my main image.

For the background, I stamped the wood grain fence in gray ink then sponged on the lt blue, antique linen & gray inks to resemble the different wood planks. It looked a little too bright & new, so I took some thinned down white acrylic paint & dry brushed it on top & also spritzed some to get the drops.

On the main image, after stamping the flowers, I masked just the one lower petal & stamped the bottle. I used a Copic multiliner to extend the stems. I also took a couple of quick pics to show the basics of my out of the box die cutting method. You can also see the original tutorial HERE.

Align your die where you want it to cut. Use a craft knife to cut around any areas that will go outside of the die cut boundaries & lift them over the die. You’ll have to go into area inside the die just a bit, but if you cut right on a thicker black outline, it will be almost invisible. Or in this case, I cut the top petals, then slid the die down under these areas. Now run this thru your die cut machine. Since these petals are on top of the die, they won’t be cut off.

All cut & it turned out perfectly! I wanted it over to the side like this to give me room for the greeting. I ended up putting it on a separate piece & I used the craft knife to cut a slit down the side of the bottle & tucked the left edge of the blue greeting flag into the slit.

Here are the Copics I used:

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Rubbernecker Stamps: Woodgrain Fence, Sending Love, Brushed Flower #4

Paper: Staples 110# white, lt blue

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Distress ink antique linen, Rubbernecker Color Fuse ink set #9, set #7

Accessories: Rubbernecker Stamps: Rectangle Stitch dies, Copic Sketch Markers, Sequins, white acrylic paint

RN Brushed Flower #4 1313-04	RN Woodgrain Fence 1334	RN Sending Love 1319-07	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	RN Watercolor Wine Bottle 974
RN Color Fuse Ink set #9	RN Color Fuse Ink set #7	Distress Inks	Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock
Memento Inks	Sequins	Copic Sketch Markers	Decoart Acrylic paint

Jaws

Posted on April 11, 2020 10:00 PM by Julie 1 Comment

A big Congrats to Karen, the newest Featured Stamper (FS688) on Splitcoast! She has a fun, colorful gallery & I chose THIS card to case. I liked the brilliant blue color & fish theme, so I kept those. But I used different images & dies & changed the layout.

This fun greeting cracks me up & the first thing I said when I read it was “we need a shark image” (or a bigger boat, lol). So the folks at Rubbernecker showed me this shark & I loved it. I colored the areas that needed it then used my out of the box technique to have him coming out of the circle. I put the layered circle w/ the shark onto a larger cobalt blue bg & die cut the different waves at the bottom to add on top.

Here are the Copics I used:

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Rubbernecker Stamps: Shark, Not Hear the Music

Paper: Staples 110# white, X-Press It, cobalt blue

Ink: Memento tuxedo black

Accessories: Rubbernecker Stamps: Waves, Rectangle Stitch, Circle,Circle Stitch Frames dies, Copic markers

RN Shark 1324	RN Not Hear the Music 823-03	RN Waves die 5202-09D	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	RN Circle dies 5002D
RN Circle Stitch Frames dies 5120D	Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock	X-Press It Blending Card	Memento Inks
Copic Sketch Markers

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Orange Poppies

Posted on March 28, 2020 9:44 PM by Julie 1 Comment

A big congrats to Betty, the newest Featured Stamper (FS686) on Splitcoast! She has a lovely gallery & after much browsing, I chose THIS card to case. I kept most of the layout & flower theme, but used different images, dies & colors, & moved the greeting a bit.

After coloring the pretty flowers, I decided against fussy cutting them entirely & instead used my out of the box die cutting technique. A black pinstripe paper was added down the left side & I tucked in a few die cut green branches. On the greeting, I stamped it on a narrow piece then used just one scallop of the largest pierced scallop circle die to cut the ends. A couple of black mini brads were put on the ends.

Here are the Copics I used:

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Rubbernecker Stamps: Daisy Bouquet #3, Kittie Says Phrases #1

Paper: Staples 110# white, Hammermill 100# Digital Copy, American Crafts- Spring

Ink: Memento tuxedo black

Accessories: Rubbernecker Stamps: Rectangle Stitch, Greenery #2, Circle Scallop w/ Pierce dies, Copic Sketch Markers, Sequins, Mini Brads

RN Daisy Bouquet #3 1320-02	RN Kittie Says Phrases #1 3308	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	RN Greenery #2 die 5217-04D	RN Circle Scallop w/ Pierce dies 5129D
Copic Sketch Markers	Memento Inks	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Hammermill 100# Digital Copy card stock	American Crafts -Spring
Sequins	Mini Brads