The Write Stuff – Page 510 – Creative Ideas from Just Write Designs

Christmas Greetings

Posted on November 24, 2012 12:26 AM by Julie 2 Comments

For Saturday’s Inspiration Challenge (IC364) on Splitcoast, I chose Red Metal from the many fabulous Gelaskins for my inspiration. Since I wanted to make a Christmas card, I thought the red and white would work great. I also tried to keep a bit of the helter skelter angles and lines in my die cut frame and holly flourish.

The sentiment is from Our Daily Bread designs. I stamped it using the rhubarb Memento ink and die cut w/ a Spellbinders Labels 18. I used 2 sizes of the same die set to cut a frame, left the two dies in place, and sponged on the same ink. The labels and larger frame were attached to a piece of designer paper then to my 5.50 x 4.25 white card and the holly flourishes were added.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs – Flourished Christmas Verses

Paper: Neenah white, dp (DCWV Christmas stack)

Ink: Memento rhubarb stalk

Accessories: Spellbinders labels 18 dies, Cheery Lynn holly flourish die

Thanksgiving Turkey

Posted on November 15, 2012 11:19 PM by Julie 1 Comment

The challenge on today’s Ways to Use It Challenge (WT401) on Splitcoast is birds. A turkey is a bird, right?? Well I’m going with it. Are y’all ready for Thanksgiving? So am I. NOT!! It seems really early this year. Not good for a perpetual procrastinator. Not naming names…just sayin’

The images are from DRS Designs. The turkey dinner was stamped, colored w/ Copic markers and cut out. I had this idea to just do a circle die cut, partly off the edge so I cut the circle out of the edge of the kraft and a slightly smaller circle out of the turquoise layer. The sentiment was white embossed and I used a Tim Holtz clear ruler (it has the holes for piercing along one edge) to piece the holes and then I did the faux stitching w/ a white gel pen. I used a small circle die to cut the different color circles and attached a kraft strip on top and trimmed the tops of the circles. The finished card 5.50 x 4.25.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: DRS Designs

Paper: white, kraft, turquoise, red orange textured (DCWV mat stack)

Ink: Colorbox frost white pigment

Accessories: white embossing powder, Spellbinders circles dies, leaf punch, button, white gel pen, Tim Holtz clear ruler

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Cardinal Ornament

Posted on November 10, 2012 10:51 PM by Julie 5 Comments

Best of 2012 -SPLITCOASTSTAMPERS!

Congrats to Patty, the Featured Stamper this week on Splitcoast (FS301)! I spent a long time in her wonderful gallery and finally chose her Christmas Cardinal to case. I kept the Christmas theme w/ cardinals and the red and white colors but I left off the chocolate color, used different images and used different dies and embossing folder.

The images are new from Our Daily Bread designs. The cardinal ornament was stamped once with the red chalk ink and again with the black ink. The red version was die cut w/ a circle die and after coloring the other cardinals I cut them out and attached them on top of the red version. I die cut a another piece of white w/ the splendid circle die for the backing layer and dotted it w/ a white Pearl pen. An embossing folder was used on the final layer, a wide red grosgrain ribbon added then everything attached to my 4.25 x 5.50 card.

Congrats again, Patty, and thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs – Cardinal Ornament

Paper: Neenah white

Ink: Ancient Page coal, Colorbox lipstick red chalk ink

Accessories: Spellbinders circle & splendid circle dies, Copics markers, ribbons, Sizzix embossing folder (Thank you set #5), white Pearl Pen

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