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Serendipity SSCB#61 – Add Texture!

Posted on November 1, 2016 12:00 AM by Julie 1 Comment

Welcome to the November Challenge for Serendipity Stamps!
This month the challenge is Add Texture! You can get all the details over on the Serendipity Challenge Blog. November’s “Stamp of the Month” is 50% off & this month- it’s the Snow Person w Wreath! Be sure to check out the Yard Sale items and the great deals on the Clearance Stamps! And as always, we have a gift certificate up for grabs to a random player.

To make my Christmas card, I put the Poinsettia Corner image into my Misti, stamped & colored it w/ Copics, then added a little Copic opaque white pigment to the window sills. After it dried, I added a little stickles on top of the white pigment, waited for it to dry, then overstamped the image to bring back the details. I resized a rectangle die to make it smaller then used a stitched line die around the edges. The Welcome (love the font on this!) & Christmas words were put together to make the greeting. All of the designer paper pieces were left over strips & rectangles I put together as you see. For the texture, I added an embossed white layer for the upper right side & also a little more texture in the die cut grosgrain ribbon piece & embossed double bow. A few sparkly crystals finish it off.

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 – Poinsettia Corner, Welcome, Christmas (inside – Have Yourself)

Paper: Staples #110 white, X-Press It white, dp (American Crafts -Jolly)

Ink: Memento tuxedo black ( inside- Versafine crimson)

Accessories: Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B dies, Lil’ Inker long & skinny stitched mats dies, ODBS small & mini bow dies, Memory Box grosgrain ribbon die, Sizzix snowfall speckles embossing folder, crystals, Copic Opaque White, stickles, Misti

Copic Sketch Markers	Memento Inks	VersaFine Small Inkpads	Staples 110# White Card Stock
X-Press It Blending Card	American Crafts – Jolly	Sizzix Snowfall Speckles 661008	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131
Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132	Stitched Mats Long & Skinny	Memory Box Grosgrain Ribbon dies 30077	Mini Bow die
Small Bow Dies	Stickles	Rhinestones	Copic Opaque White	MISTI

Holly Girl

Posted on October 29, 2016 10:38 PM by Julie 2 Comments

It’s my turn to host the Splitcoaststampers Featured Stamper Challenge (FS508) so a big congrats to Jeanne, aka Penny627! She has such a wonderful gallery & after much browsing, I chose THIS to case. I didn’t have a cute little Halloween girl, but I had a cute little Christmas girl. So I kept the basic layout & circle element, but I used different images, different colors & since there isn’t a die for this cutie, I did a complicated out of the box/into the window for her.

Sigh…I’m not gonna lie..it took me quite a while to color this lovely, then it took me longer to figure out how I was going to handle her, since she’s a bit bigger than I thought when I ordered her. To make the circle opening, after a lot of consideration, I traced around the smallest Grand circle die & used a craft knife to cut away the area around her that fell inside the circle. I used the same circle along w/ the largest of the regular circle dies to cut the silver glitter layer & put it behind her. The card started out to be 5.5″ square, but I just felt uneasy w/ it, so I cut it down to fit A2 & added just a touch of snowflake embossing on the lower corners & strips of the silver glitter on either side. It changed the look a bit, but I like the partial circle a lot better. I added a die cut Joy out of the silver glitter above the Happy Holidays that is part of the red designer paper I used to back the image.

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

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Penny Black – Fairy Holly (inside- Anita’s (no longer available)

Paper: Staples 110# white, X-Press It white, dp (Studio Calico -Magical, DCWV silver glitter)

Ink: Memento tuxedo black (inside -Versafine crimson)

Accessories: Copic markers, Misti, Spellbinders lg circles, Grand circle dies, Sizzix Holiday thinlits dies, Crafter’s Companion embossing folder

PB Fairy Holly 40-173	Sizzix Holiday thinlits 660058	Spellbinders Lg Circles S4-114	Spellbinders Grand Circles LF-114
X-Press It Blending Card	DCWV Glitter Matstack	Studio Calico Magical	Copic Sketch Markers
Memento Inks	Crafter’s Companion Christmas Elegance EF6-CHEL

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Snow Better Snowman

Posted on October 25, 2016 10:57 PM by Julie 1 Comment

These colors may be a little different for a Christmas card, but I was using the Splitcoaststampers Color Challenge (CC606) colors of bermuda, coral & island indigo. I also did a fun Turkish map fold for the inside, per the Technique Challenge (TLC609). If you want the directions for this fold, just click the link for the TLC (above).

As a rule, I don’t usually do fancy folds…apparently I am unable to follow directions..well, I CAN follow directions, I just don’t, lol. It always ends up being a reinvention of the wheel when I can’t stop myself from changing things. So, I did follow directions (mostly) for this one. Mine is a little bit (.25 inch) larger than the directions. And the fancy fold didn’t kill me, so that’s a definite plus. I had to resize the dies to fit a square card (instead of a rectangle), but that’s not too hard. Actually, the hardest part was refilling my ATG tape gun. Sheesh! I bought a case of refills & turns out at least half of them are wound wrong so they are useless. That part was not fun.

Here’s a look at the inside & how it looks folded flat. To me, it looks a little plain but I guess I’m not used to having to fill up that much real estate. Will have to work on that. Since the inside is copy paper, it does fold flat to fit into a regular envelope & it really isn’t bulky or heavy.

These are the Copics I used.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: DRS Designs – Lg Snowman Portrait, Snow Better Greeting, Snow Bg, (inside – Custom Christmas Name Sign, 1 line Merry Christmas, Christmas Village 4in1, Pine Tree Snowdrift, Tiny Snowman, Snow/Sand Lines

Paper: Staples 110# white, X-Press It white, 20# copy paper, coral

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Distress Inks tumbled glass, broken china, marigold, worn lipstick, Colorbox frost white pigment

Accessories: Copic markers, Misti, MFT diagonal stitched rectangles, fishtail flags, arched window dies

Lg Snowman Portrait 001L	Snow Hello 1018F	Snow Bg 187H	Christmas Village 4 in 1 119D	Custom Christmas Village Sign
Sand/Snow Lines 1114D	Pine Tree Snowdrifts 320H	1 Line Merry Christmas B364	Tiny Snowman 256B	Copic Sketch Markers
Distress Inks	Memento Inks	Colorbox Pigment Ink	Staples 110# White Card Stock	X-Press It Blending Card
AC color card stock	MFT Diagonal Stitched Rectangle dies	MFT Fishtail Flag dies	MFT Stitched Arch dies	MISTI