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Season’s Greetings Dove

Posted on September 13, 2016 10:41 PM by Julie 2 Comments

Today’s Color Challenge (CC600) offered 5 different color combos. I chose the first combo…smoky slate, coastal cabana & bermuda bay. Since I don’t have the actual colors, I came as close as I could using ink & Copics.

I stamped the dove, added just a little gray shading to it, masked it, then sponged on the color for the bg. I used a few Copics to deepen the color & fill in any blank spots. Cut a few layers, die cut half of the greeting & added some gray snowflakes under the layers.
Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – Christmas Dove, Season’s Greetings

Paper: Staples #110 white, Neenah white linen, gray, turquoise glitter (DCWV mat stack)

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx, Distress inks cracked pistachio, peacock feathers

Accessories: Serendipity Snowflake reverse, Season’s Greetings dies, Copic markers, stickles

Christmas Dove 679J	Season’s Greetings 1136D	Snowflake Reverse die 080KD	Season’s Greetings die 068FD	Copic Sketch Markers
Memento Inks	Staples 110# White Card Stock	VersaFine Small Inkpads	Distress Inks
Neenah Linen cardstock	Recollections Cardstock	DCWV Glitter Matstack	Stickles

Dare to Get Dirty -Pink Flamingos

Posted on August 1, 2016 8:48 AM by Julie 3 Comments

This was made for my DTGD challenge & we’d love for you to join in so for all the details go to the Dare to Get Dirty Forum ..but you’ll need to be a Fan Club member. It’s sooooo easy!

While I can’t give you the challenge details here I can share how I made this card. These flamingos are so pretty & they begged to come home & live w/ me. I love birds so how could I refuse? I put them into my Misti, stamped them Memento, colored w/ Copics , added a few white highlights w/ a Prismacolor pencil, then over stamped w/ Versafine. After die cutting w/ the matching dies (well…they were a set!), I stamped, colored & fussy cut a bunch of hibiscus to add at their feet.
For the window scene, I die cut the octagon in white layer, added a slightly smaller black octagon frame then sponged the scene onto the white octagon I cut out. I used Prismacolor pencils to add the sunlight on the water & the surf at the water’s edge. The stamped, die cut palm tree (part of the flamingo set) was added & the greeting stamped between the flamingos. The little stitched black strip on the card front had to be added because I did what I do when I get in a hurry, & I scored the card front in the wrong place. So..I had to have something to cover the weird score line. 😉

I’m also adding this card to the Simon Says Wed. Challenge – Anything Goes!

Here are the Copics I used.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: The Stamps of Life – Flamingos 2 Stamp, Rubber Stampede – hibiscus

Paper: X-Press It white, Staples 110# white, black

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx black (to over stamp after coloring), Distress ink antique linen, Kaliedacolor Caribbean sea, desert heat

Accessories: TSOL flamingo dies, Spellbinders A2 matting basics B, sm & lg octagons, Lil’ Inker stitched rectangles, long & skinny stitched rectangles, Copic markers, Misti, stickles, Prismacolor pencils

TSOL Flamingos 2 Stamp	Rubber Stampede Tropical set	TSOL Flamingo dies	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132	Spellbinders Octagons dies set
Stitched Rectangles Die Set	Stitched Mats Long & Skinny	Memento Inks	VersaFine Small Inkpads	Distress Inks
Kaliedacolor ink pads	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Recollections Cardstock	MISTI	Stickles
Copic Sketch Markers	Prismacolor Pencils

Sailboat Summer

Posted on July 4, 2016 12:18 PM by Julie Comment

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Today’s Technique Challenge (TLC593) is reverse masking. Easy peasy & something I do a lot. On this little summer scene, I put the image into my Misti, stamped the sailboat, colored it w/ Copics, then masked it. I used a reverse mask for the horizon to cover the sky & sponge in the sea; put a round mask on the sun & flipped the horizon mask to cover the sea so I could sponge in the sky; then took off the sun mask & covered the sky w/ a reverse mask of the sun & sponged in the sun itself. Whew! That was easier to do than to explain. I even confused myself trying to write all that.

After all the sponging & masking was done, I added some white highlights w/ a gel pen, put it back into my Misti & over stamped w/ Versafine (all the coloring & sponging had dulled the original Memento lines quite a bit). I die cut it, added a narrow black layer then put a white die cut panel on top. The white panel has a square die cut to let the sailboat show thru & I rounded the corners. I was going for a kind of polaroid look for the frame.

Here are the Copics I used. Some of these were used to fill in little areas around the boat that were revealed when I took off the boat mask.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: DRS Designs – Sailboat, Summer Story Greeting

Paper: Staples 110# white, X-press It white, black

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx, Kaleidacolor inks melon melody, desert heat, caribbean sea

Accessories: Copic markers, Lil’ Inker stitched rectangles dies, Impression Obsession (IO) mini nautical dies, Spellbinders A2 matting basics B, squares dies Misti, med. corner rounder, white gel pen

Sailboat 887F	Summer Story 881C	Staples 110# white card stock	MISTI	VersaFine Small Inkpads
Memento Inks	Recollections Cardstock	X-Press It Blending Card	Kaliedacolor ink pads	IO Mini Nautical DIE184-L
Stitched Rectangles Die Set	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B	Spellbinders Squares Lg S4-126	Med. Corner Rounder	White Gelly Roll Pen