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  • Halloween Pair

    Posted on by Julie 2 Comments

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    Today’s Ways to Use It Challenge (WT500), has us caseing our own first uploads to our Splitcoast galleries. Yikes! Since that’s a scary proposition, I went with 2 Halloween cards I uploaded my first week as a member on Splitcoast. For this card, I cased THIS one of mine (below). 

    witch_shoesFor new card, I used a piece of glitter sticker back c/s for the upper section. It was silver but I used an orange Copic to color it then a curved border die to cut it.The little cat in the moon was also stamped on some of the glitter c/s & colored before fussy cutting. The witch legs were colored w/ Copics and I added some stickles to the purple stripes of her stockings. A few sequins were sprinkled around for more glitz. The finished card is 5.50 x 4.25 & these are the Copics I used.
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    On my second card, I cased THIS card from the very next day (below) which was appropriately, from the very first WT Challenge I did! 

    WT111 Fright NightFor my new card, I have no clue as to why I thought it would be a good idea to split the pumpkins image in two. After I did that, I spent probably an hour trying to figure out how to arrange them. 2 of something in most cases doesn’t look as pleasing as 3 of something. So I have a tiny little greeting underneath (no room for anything larger). 
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    After coloring & die cutting the pumpkins, I matted them on larger black squares and added a stacked die cut button to sort of “join” them. I had this fun orange/black polka dot ribbon but the orange was too light so I took a darker orange Copic and colored over the dots. The finished card is 5.50 x 4.25 and these are the Copics I used.
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    Well, that’s my updated cases of my early uploads. I don’t think I can take any more embarrassment today after looking at my first uploads, lol.

    Thanks so much for stopping by!  If you haven’t, please head on over and check out the DRS Thursday Challenge…this week, Food (include an image, die cut, punch of something you can eat). DRS images are not required so be sure to link up your creation.
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    Stamps: DRS Designs-  Witch Legs card– Witching You Greeting, Silhouette Cat & Moon, Witch Feet       Jackolantern card – Peculiar Pumpkin Patch, Halloween Brewed by
    Paper: Witch Legs card– white, black, silver glitter sticker back c/s   Jackolantern card– white, black, orange
    Ink:    Witch Legs card– Stazon black, versafine onyx (for greeting) Jackolantern card– Memento tuxedo black
    Accessories: Witch Legs card– Copic markers, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B, curved borders dies,sequins   Jackolantern card- Copic markers, ribbon, Spellbinders squares & scalloped borders 3 dies, word window punch (McGill), button & scallop button dies (Memory Box)Copic markers, stickles, narrow olive ribbon, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B, acorn confetti, Micron pen

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  • Fall Flowers

    Posted on by Julie 3 Comments

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    My fall card today features a pretty little Autumn bouquet of flowers & wheat for the Color Challenge (CC499). I tried a technique on the flowers called “stamp etching“.  I didn’t add too many little “etching” lines on the flowers today, but I like the depth they give. After coloring them, I added some gold stickles to centers of the sunflowers and orange stickles to the other 2 little flowers. A few leaf outlines were stamped w/ the rust ink, then overstamped w/ the solid leaf versions using a combo of inks & spritzing. After cutting them out, I wrinkled them so they’d look more realistic.
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    The argyle background was stamped w/ the peeled paint ink & the diamonds were stamped w/ the scattered straw ink, stamped one off so it wouldn’t be so dark.The finished card is 5.50 x 4.25 and these are the Copics I used.

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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, Twine (use twine or embroidery floss on your card). DRS images are not required so be sure to link up your creation.

     

     

    Stamps: DRS Designs- Med. Silhouette Leaf, Open Leaf, Fall Leaf w/ Acorn, Autumn Flower Spray, Scarecrows & Cornrows greeting, Argyle Background, Argyle Diamond
    Paper: white, olive textured (DCWV mat stack)
    Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Distress Inks in scattered straw, peeled paint, rusty hinge, ripe persimmon
    Accessories:  Copic markers, stickles, narrow olive ribbon, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B, acorn confetti, Micron pen

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  • Serendipity Stamps SSCC #36 Autumn/Fall

    Posted on by Julie 5 Comments

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    Welcome to the October Challenge for Serendipity Stamps! This month the challenge is appropriately…Fall/Autumn! You can get all the details over on the Serendipity Challenge Blog.  The DT has the added challenge of using a glue technique. And as always, we have a  have a gift certificate up for grabs to a random player. The sale this week is40% Off Coupon.  Enter “40fromhigh1014” during checkout and get 40% off the highest priced item in the cart.  Good through 10/8.

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    Since the DT had the extra challenge of using glue, I started with some leftover pieces of card stock and my hot glue gun on the “low melt” setting. After burning myself one too many times on the hot melt setting, I figured the low setting would be perfect for melting on paper. On the long strip, I first sponged a little fall color on the white textured strip then drizzled the glue haphazardly. While it was still hot, I sprinkled on some sparkly glitter that has some pearl ex like powder in it, waited for it to cool, then brushed off the excess. On the leaf piece, I puddled a bunch of hot glue in a circle, then melted it smooth with my heat gun. Immediately I pressed the small maple leaf into it, let it cool enough to pull the stamp out, heated it again with my heat gun a bit then sprinkled on the same glitter.
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    The greeting and maple leaves were copper embossed on vanilla. The greeting was die cut and the leaves were fussy cut. Some metallic copper layers and fun fibers were added to finish.

    Supplies:

    Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – One Falling Leaf 384D, Maple Leaf set 806QCL
    Paper: vanilla, metallic copper, dp (DCWV- naturals matstack), strip of textured white (DCWV), burlap dp (Paper Studio -ETC)
    Ink:  Encore ultimate metallic bronze ink
    Accessories: Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B, Radiant Rectangles & mega oval dies, Ranger copper embossing powder, fibers, glitter (Sparkle N Sprinkle -Autumn Medley)

    Please stop by and comment on all the team blogs to be entered in the drawing! This month, our special guest designer is…

    Julia Stainton

    Thanks so much for stopping by!
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