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Serendipity April Blog Hop!

Posted on April 20, 2016 12:00 AM by Julie 19 Comments

Welcome to the April Blog Hop for Serendipity Stamps! If you arrived here from Jenny’s Blog, you are in the right place..if not, you may want to head over there first.

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 April 24 to leave comments on the blogs for a chance to win. Mary will announce a winner on April 25. Each month a different image is 50% off. This month- it’s the Adirondack Chair.. The special is free shipping on all US orders $20 and up – good Wed through Sunday 4/20 – 4/24. 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.

For my card, I put the Adirondack Chair image in my Misti, stamped it w/ Memento, colored w/ Copic markers, overstamped w/ Versfine then sprinkled w/ detail black embossing powder & heat embossed it. I pretty much had to do it in this order to use the Copics w/ the heat embossing…Copics tend to “melt” the ep (& ruin your markers) if you try to use them after heat embossing..especially if you do a lot of blending. I die cut the gray frame using 2 sizes of the matting basics dies. For the dry embossed cherry tree, I arranged the image inside the embossing folder, then put one of the embossing frames on top to keep it from embossing the area over the chair. I sort of matched up the branch embossing on the gray frame & embossed it, as well. The stamped, colored & fussy cut geraniums on the side.

Here’s a look at the inside & below it are the Copics I used.

Supplies:

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps –Adirondack Chair, Sm. Geraniums, Thinking of You, (inside – Sending Love)

Paper: Staples white, X-Press It white, gray (Recollections)

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx (to over stamp), (inside-Distress inks mowed lawn & abandoned coral)

Accessories: Copic markers, Misti, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B, Decorative Labels 28 dies, N.Snellen embossing folder (Cherry Blossom), black detail embossing powder, pink Permapaque marker, white Prismacolor pencil, Darice embossing frames

Please be sure to comment on all the DT blogs. It will be much appreciated & will also increase your chances of winning! Now I’ll send you on to Karen’s Blog. Here’s the order in case you get lost.

Julie Warner (you are here!)

Karen Amidon

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Adirondack Chair 712G	Sm. Geranium 1113D	Thinking of You 171F	Sending Love 971D	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131
Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132	Spellbinders Decorative Labels 28 S5-191	VersaFine Small Inkpads	Staples 110# White Card Stock	X-Press It Blending Card
Recollections Cardstock	Momenta Arrow dies	Memento Inks	MISTI	Ranger Embossing Powder
Cherry Blossom embossing folder	Permapaque fine tip markers	Prismacolor Pencils	Distress Inks	Darice Embossing Frames

Get Well Teddy

Posted on April 4, 2016 11:09 PM by Julie 2 Comments

What fun..I’ve been invited to be a Guest Designer on the Splitcoast Color Challenge for the month of April! This is my second guest spot for this challenge & I know it’s going to be a blast! The colors for this week’s challenge (CC577), are pink, mossy green & pool. Since I don’t have the exact colors, I came as close as I could. The dessert for this challenge is animals. I hope stuffed animals count!

For my card, I put the cute Teddy Friends into my Misti, stamped them w/ Memento, colored them w/ Copics the over stamped w/ Versafine. I wanted them to be in sort of a window, so I did a little out of the box technique when I die cut them w/ one of the matting basics. The larger mossy colored layer was first die cut w/ a larger matting basic die then I used the IO grid die to cut the right side & lower edges. Since the die is a bit longer than my panel, I had to cut to the mid point, turn it around, move the die down then cut the opposite edge I added the pool layer behind the grid & added some of the die cut squares back into the grid in a random pattern. The Get Well was die cut once in pink & once in green & stacked offset.

Here’s a look at the inside & below it are the Copics I used.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – Teddy Friends, Soon, (inside- Be Kind)

Paper: Staples white, X-Press It white, pool, meadow, pink

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx (to over stamp)

Accessories: Serendipity Get Well die, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B dies, IO square cutout die, Misti, Copic markers

Teddy Friends 331G	Soon 073A	Get Well die 073ED	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132
Staples 110# white card stock	Memento Inks	IO Square cutout die172-1	The Paper Cut Layering Swatches	VersaFine Small Inkpads
MISTI	Copic Sketch Markers	Be Kind 1312F

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ODBD Anniversary Hop!

Posted on March 17, 2016 7:58 AM by Julie 46 Comments

Welcome to the Our Daily Bread designs Special Anniversary Release Hop! We have some beautiful sets & gorgeous dies to show you…along with our brand new logo & watermarks! Things are looking pretty spiffy around here, don’t you think?

These new dies are so beautiful, I couldn’t wait to take them for a drive. The greeting sets have such gorgeous fonts & sentiments…they were suggested by our very own DT member, Grace, who is battling cancer, & she mentioned to Kelley, that sometimes you’d like to have something other than “get well” to put on a card. Something more uplifting & meaningful. I’m sure you’ll agree, all the sets are wonderful.

For this card, I started by making a series of watercolor washes across some watercolor paper. I only used the one color of pink, just varied the intensity. After die cutting the pink layers, I stamped the different dogwood blooms on the leftover piece & fussy cut them. The original Filigree Frame die is not the same on both ends, but it is symmetrical up to that point, so I die cut it to just past midway, embossed that section only, then turned the die around & matched up the already cut mid section, to cut the remainder & have the same look on both ends. Since my card is horizontal, it just looked more balanced to have it the same. (This is the same principal as die Resizing & you can see the pictures of that by clicking.) I used the Viva pen to add the little pearl drops on the frame & flower centers.

I get asked a lot what my watercolor backgrounds look like before I stamp or die cut them. Usually, I forget to take pictures of the “before”, but I remembered after I did the first set of die cuts. So I put them back in place to show you. And you can see, the middle (smaller) layer is cut out of the larger background (you can click any pic to make it larger!). When all the other layers are added on top, that missing piece well never show. Below it is a view of the inside..I only had that much of the watercolor bg left!

Supplies:

Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs – Healing Prayers, Dogwood mini, (inside- Faith Card Sentiments)

Paper: water color, Neenah white

Ink: Versafine onyx, (Memento angel pink – inside)

Accessories: ODBD Lavish Layers, Filigree Frames, Flourished Star Pattern, Rectangles dies, Viva Pearl pen, watercolor pan set, Misti

On my second card, I started w/ the two pieces of ODBD designer paper. I love the green pattern of the bg piece (from the Beautiful Boho pad), but I didn’t have a solid green that came close to matching it before the Boho Bold pad came out. Perfect! I die cut those layers using the largest Flourished Star Pattern die for the print & the largest Double Stitched Rectangle for the solid.

On the solid green, I stamped the Belles Vignes w/ white ink & heat embossed it w/ an off white sparkle powder. Then I die cut it using the next smaller Double Stitched Rectangle. The ivory die cut Lavish Layer covers the area where it was cut & allows me to use the smaller cut out on top of it.

The wonderful Helen Keller quote was stamped w/ Versafine olympia green & die cut w/ one of the Rectangle dies. It’s matted on a Double Stitched Rectangle of the pattern paper & again on an ivory Lavish Layer. The butterfly was stamped on ivory w/ the olympia green ink, heat embossed like the bg & die cut w/ the matching butterfly die.

Here’s a look at the inside.

Supplies:

Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs – Healing Prayers, Belles Vignes, Trois Jolies Papillons, (inside- Faith Card Sentiments)

Paper: ivory, dp (ODBD- Beautiful Boho, Boho Bolds)

Ink: Versafine olympia green, Colorbox frost white pigment (inside -Memento new sprout)

Accessories: ODBD Lavish Layers, Filigree Frames, Flourished Star Pattern, Double Stitched Rectangles, Rectangles, Trois Papillons dies, winter white embossing powder, Misti

Please be sure to visit & comment on all the DT blogs..it will be so appreciated & also increase your chances of winning!

Julie * Sandee * Cathy * Dawn * Lori *

Robin * Angie * Chris * Grace * Lisa *

Sabrina * Melissa (Guest Designer)

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Healing Prayers	Faith Card Sentiments	Belles Vignes	Tres Papillons	Filigree Frames dies CBD148
Lavish Layers dies CBD149	Flourished Star Pattern dies CBD75	Double Stitched Rectangles dies CBD123	Rectangles dies CBD122	Boho Bolds
Beautiful Boho	Neenah Classic Crest White	AC color card stock	Strathmore Water Color Paper 90#	Colorbox Pigment Ink
RN Glacier white embossing powder	VersaFine Inkpads	Watercolor pan set	Memento Inks	MISTI
Viva Pearl pens