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Serendipity November Blog Hop!

Posted on November 16, 2016 12:00 AM by Julie 16 Comments

Welcome to the November Blog Hop for Serendipity Stamps! If you arrived here from Jeanne’s blog, you’re 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 November 20 to leave comments on the blogs for a chance to win. Mary will announce a winner on November 21. The sale this time is 20% Autumn and Halloween categories. There’s no coupon code required, good through 11/21/16. Each month a different image is 50% off. This month- it’s the Snow Person w Wreath. 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 Christmas wreath, after coloring it, I die cut it w/ an arch die & did a little out of the box for the parts that hung outside the edge. I was going for the look of a wreath hanging on an arched door. I used some double stitched rectangles to construct the white layer behind it & stamped the greeting over the arch. The two printed papers were die cut, then I stacked them, cut them then put the top of the print on top of the plaid. I used a stitched band behind the arch to go over the split of background paper. Sort of a chair rail look. Since there was still so much blank space below on the plaid paper, I stamped the Christmas on a little rectangle & added the white Merry above it.

Here’s a look at the inside & below it are the Copics I used.
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Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – Holly Wreath, From My House set, Christmas (inside Have Yourself)

Paper: Staples #110 white, X-Press It white, dp (Carta Bella – Christmas Delivery)

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx

Accessories: Copic markers, Lil’ Inker stitched rectangle, long & skinny stitched mats dies, MFT stitched arch, diagonal stitched rectangles dies, Spellbinders Holiday sentiments dies, Misti

Holly Wreath 413G	From My House set 1396Ecl	Christmas 1383	Have Yourself 1377E
Staples 110# White Card Stock	X-Press It Blending Card	Carta Bella Christmas Delivery	Spellbinders Holiday Sentiment dies S2-118
Lil’ Inker Stitched Rectangles Die Set	MFT Stitched Arch dies	Stitched Mats Long & Skinny	MISTI
MFT Diagonal Stitched Rectangle dies	Copic Sketch Markers	Memento Inks	VersaFine Inkpads

25 Days of Christmas Tags 2016

Posted on November 12, 2016 5:58 AM by Julie 10 Comments

Welcome to Day 12 of Tracey McNeely‘s 25 Days of Christmas Tags! I’m here representing Serendipity Stamps w/ an all die cut tag using their beautiful Ornament die along w/ some gorgeous snowflakes from their Snowflake Reverse die. This is also for Splitcoaststampers Featured Stamper Challenge (FS510). A big congrats to Jen! I chose THIS to case. I kept the gold & white w/ the gold glitter, but I made a Christmas tag instead of an Anniversary card & I used different papers & different dies.

For my shiny tag, I die cut a white stitched rectangle then die cut the ornament in the center. Another ornament was die cut out of the gold mirror board & I fit into the opening and carefully attached it from the back side. Using the fuse tool, I made a little shaker pouch out of a cellophane bag & filled it w/ sequins & gold micro beads. A foam sheet was attached behind the ornament panel before the shaker pouch was added & the whole thing was attached to first a piece of gold glitter card stock, then to a larger piece of die cut patterned paper. The tag topper was made w/ a tag topper die but it was about half this size so I used my resizing technique to make it twice as big & added a strip of gold glitter c/s. All the little gold snowflakes were added along w/ the die cut Merry.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: none

Paper: Staples 110# white, gold mirror board, gold glitter c/s (DCWV), TPS Gifts of Gold dp

Ink: none

Accessories: Serendipity Stamps Ornament die, Snowflake Reverse die, Lil’ Inker stitched rectangle dies, Reverse Confetti Squared Off Tag Topper die, Spellbinders Holiday Sentiments die, We R Memory Keepers fuse tool, sequins, gold micro beads, foam sheet

Ornament die 010J	Snowflake Reverse die SSDIE-080-K	Staples 110# White Card Stock	DCWV Glitter Matstack	Mirror Board
TPS Gifts of Gold	Spellbinders Holiday Sentiment dies S2-118	Lil’ Inker Stitched Rectangles Die Set	Reverse Confetti Squared Off Tag Topper dies	We R Memory Keepers Fuse Tips
Sequins	Gold Micro Beads	Foam Sheets

This entry was posted in Christmas/Holiday/Winter Glitter Serendipity Stamps Spellbinders Nestabilities Splitcoast Challenges Splitcoaststampers Weekly Favorite and tagged 25 Days of Christmas Tags Christmas Lil' Inker ornament Reverse Confetti Serendipity Stamps shaker card snowflakes Spellbinders Splitcoast Splitcoast Weekly Favorite tags

North Coast Creations November Release!

Posted on November 9, 2016 7:58 AM by Julie 3 Comments

Welcome to the North Coast Creations November Release! We have some really cute new Christmas images & a matching Reindeer die this month! You are really going to love these for your Christmas card making.

On my Santa Star card, I decided to make it into a shaker card. I really love shakers & I think they add a little something extra & kids love them. The shaker on this was made using a cellophane pouch I made out of a little envelope that embellishments come in. There’s not a lot of depth or bulk to it so it’s definitely mailable.

After die cutting the white top panel w/ the Double Stitched Rectangles, I positioned the largest Double Stitched Star die at an angle toward the top. The largest Sparkling Star die was used to cut the red frame behind it & I used the smallest star dies to die cut all the sparkly stars I put inside the shaker. After sealing it, I attached it behind the star opening & added a thin foam sheet under it give it a bit of room. I added a green paper star behind it before I attached it all to the striped paper. Santa was colored w/ Copics & fussy cut. The greeting was stamped on another star & the glittery presents added beside Santa.

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

Supplies:

Stamps: North Coast Creations – Ho Ho Ho (retired)

Paper: X-Press It white, Staples 110# white, dp (Pebbles -Welcome Christmas, DCWV -Christmas Collection)

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Kaliedacolor fruitcake

Accessories: ODBD Double Stitched Rectangles, Pierced Rectangles, Double Stitched Stars, Sparkling Stars, Celebrate & Wish (retired) dies, Copic markers, Misti, sequins, WeR Memory Keepers Fuse Tool, foam sheet

For my Rudolph card, after stamping & coloring him, he was die cut w/ the matching die. I found some paper in my stash that had a row of little red nosed reindeer on it so I cut just that strip & found some other papers that coordinated w/ it. The greeting was stamped on a Stitched Oval & backed w/ a plain Oval & I thought it needed a little something extra so I die cut the stars using the Splendorous Stars & Shining Star dies.

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

Supplies:

Stamps: North Coast Creations – Rudolph

Paper: X-Press It white, Staples 110# white, dp (Pink Paislee -Snow Village, TPS- The Shoppe on the Square, DCWV -The Christmas Collection)

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Kaliedacolor fruitcake

Accessories: NCC Reindeer die, ODBD Double Stitched Rectangles, Stitched Ovals (retired), Ovals, Splendorous Stars, Shining Star dies, (inside –Double Stitched Circles dies), Copic markers, Misti, Spe

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Lori * Sandee * Julie

Rudolph stamp/die NCS6-220	Double Stitched Rectangles dies CBD123	Pierced Rectangles dies CBD147	Sparkling Stars dies CBD79	Double Stitched Stars dies CBD128
Ovals dies CBD112	Splendorous Stars dies CBD78	Shining Star die CBD80	Double Stitched Circles dies CBD136	Copic Sketch Markers
Memento Inks	MISTI	We R Memory Keepers Fuse Tool	Staples 110# White Card Stock	X-Press It Blending Card
Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131	DCWV The Christmas Combo	Pink Paislee Snow Village	DCWV Glitter Matstack	Pebbles Welcome Christmas
TPS The Shoppe on the Square