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Serendipity October Blog Hop!

Posted on October 19, 2016 12:00 AM by Julie 22 Comments

Welcome to the October 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 October 23 to leave comments on the blogs for a chance to win. Mary will announce a winner on October 24. The sale this week will be free shipping on US orders of $25 or more good Wed the 19th through Sunday the 23rd. There’s no coupon code required. Each month a different image is 50% off. This month- it’s the Pumpkin Border. 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.

This is also for the Splitcoast Featured Stamper, Bev! I chose THIS card to case, keeping the Christmas theme & layout, but I used different images, water colored my image & used a die cut greeting. For my card, I used this beautiful Poinsettia. I just love poinsettias & I can’t wait for the stores to get them in for Christmas. This image just said “water color” to me but instead of using my usual pan w/c, I used Brushos water color crystals. I sprinkled a few reds & greens on a blank palette then added water & painted w/ them as if they were pan w/c. Since this is a large image, I was pretty sure I was going to have to use my out of the box technique w/ the chosen die. I’ve shown this technique before, but a dear friend of mine, Kittie Caracciolo, who works w/ dies like you wouldn’t believe, mentioned that she just doesn’t “get” the out of the box. So here it is again 🙂 Once you understand the principal, it’s pretty easy. And it’s probably my most used & favorite technique. You can click the green link above for the original tutorial & you can also click any of these pictures to enlarge them.

The reason I didn’t fully cut out the little branches before die cutting is because they are so fragile & it’s easy to break them off. After die cutting, I’ll fully trim them out.

The most important thing to remember is that anything that falls out of the box, must be lifted above the die or else it will be cut off.

Here’s a look at the inside.

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

Julie Warner (you are here!)

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – Poinsettia Lg

Paper: Staples #110 white, water color, red pepper, dp (Paper Studio- Holly on Black, HOTP- Green Plaid, both retired)

Ink: Versafine onyx

Accessories: Serendipity Celebrate & Season’s Greetings dies, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B dies, Brushos water color crystals, MFT diagonal stitched rectangle dies

Poinsettia Lg 673K	Celebrate die 037ED	Season’s Greetings die 068FD	VersaFine Small Inkpads
MISTI	Brushos Water Color Crystals	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Water Color Paper
The Paper Cut Layering Swatches	MFT Diagonal Stitched Rectangle dies	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132

North Coast Creations Oct Blog Hop!

Posted on October 12, 2016 7:58 AM by Julie 11 Comments

Welcome to the North Coast Creations October Blog Hop! We have some super cute new images & some terrific dies to go this month! You are really going to love these!

For my first card, I colored Peaches the Parrot to look like a green wing macaw because in my opinion, green wings are one of the most colorful of the macaws. After stamping, I used Copics to color him then over stamped to sharpen up the details again. A Pierced Oval die was used to cut him out & I had to do a little out of the box to keep from cutting off his tail. I used larger Ovals & Pierced Ovals to make a 2 layered frame around him. Portions of a Flourished Vine were added, cut out of the same green as the frame. The Happy Birthday was die cut once out of black & once out of white & stacked, a little offset.Here’s a look at the inside..the images & greeting are from the Little Birdies set. Below it are the Copics I used.

Supplies:

Stamps: North Coast Creations – Peaches the Parrot (inside- Little Birdies)

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

Ink: Memento tuxedo black

Accessories: NCC Happy Birthday, Flourished Vine die, ODBD Pierced Rectangles, Ovals, Pierced Ovals dies, Copic markers, Misti

So how cute are these little Dinosaurs? Totally adorbs, I’d say! To me, the little guy in the middle looked like a baby w/ those big ol’ eyes of his, so I thought why not add a cracked Egg & complete the picture? The other two are either the proud parents or siblings. I used a die cut tree branch from the Who Loves You set & some fussy cut firs from the Happy Camper set to add a little scenery behind them. The blue clouds are from the Something Marvelous set.

The top white layer was die cut using the Double Stitched Rectangles & it was matted onto a piece of orange polka dot paper.

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

Surprise! No orange Copics on baby. I just used a base of the Y18 & colored/shaded w/ the R21, R22 & R05 on top.

Supplies:

Stamps: North Coast Creations – You are Dino-Mite, Something Marvelous (retired) , Happy Camper, Who Loves You

Paper: X-Press It white, Staples 110# white, grass green, dp (ODBD -Birthday Brights paper)

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Distress inks tumbled glass

Accessories: NCC Dinosaur, Owl Family dies, ODBD Double Stitched Rectangles, Rectangles, Easter Egg dies, Copic markers, Misti, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A

My last card, features the brand new Bunny die to go w/ the super cute Hippity Hoppity set. The challenge for me with this one was to try & make a card using a bunny & not have it be an Easter card. So I stamped, colored & die cut 2 bunnies then made a bow tie for the boy (the bow from the Peaceful Poinsettias dies was the perfect size!) & a hair bow for the girl (from the Circle Ornaments dies).

I die cut the layers of white, blue & blue polka dot papers using Rectangle & Pierced Rectangle dies, then used a Circle die to cut out the opening on the side for the little girl bunny to peek around. The greeting circles were cut & I added some Mini Double Stitched Hearts below the greeting. It just looked a little blank in the right corner, so I added a white Gilded Gate across the bottom.

Here’s the inside, using some leftovers…originally, the greeting circles were bigger & I cut them down a size & these are the leftover rings. Below this are the Copics I used.

Supplies:

Stamps: North Coast Creations – Hippity Hoppity, (inside-You are Dino-Mite)

Paper: X-Press It white, Staples 110# white, (ODBD- Old Glory paper)

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, (inside -Distress inks faded jeans)

Accessories: NCC Bunny die, ODBD Rectangles, Piereced Rectangles, Circles, Pierced Circles, Gilded Gate, Peaceful Poinsettias, Circle Ornaments, Mini Stitched Hearts dies, Copic markers, Misti

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

Julie * Lori * Sandee * Dawn * Robin * Lisa

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Peaches the Parrot NCC95	You Are Dino-Mite NCS4-193	Hippity Hoppity NCC218	Happy Camper NCC62	Who Loves You NCC109
Little Birdies NCS1-173	Foliage & Leaves dies	Rectangles dies CBD122	Pierced Rectangles dies CBD147	Circles dies CBD142
Pierced Circles dies CBD162	Peaceful Poinsettia dies CBD112	Blessed Easter	Mini Stitched Hearts dies CBD170	Circle Ornament dies CSBD45
Ovals dies CBD112	Pierced Ovals dies CBD172	Double Stitched Rectangles dies CBD123	Gilded Gate dies	Birthday Brights paper ODP25
Old Glory paper	Copic Sketch Markers	Memento Inks	Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock
Distress Inks	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131	MISTI

Serendipity September Blog Hop!

Posted on September 21, 2016 12:00 AM by Julie 25 Comments

Welcome to the September Blog Hop for Serendipity Stamps! If you arrived here from Mary’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 September 25 to leave comments on the blogs for a chance to win. Mary will announce a winner on September 26. The sale this time is buy 3 get a 4th item free! No coupon required…the lowest item will be free & if you order 8, you get 2 free, etc. Good thru 9/25/16. Each month a different image is 50% off. This month- it’s the Postoid Set! 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.

Since the challenge for this month is “no coloring” & I really love color, I thought a good way to add color would be by using different ink colors. I started by die cutting the stitched rectangle out of one of the faint printed pieces of the designer paper then stamping the 4 different stamp images w/ four different ink colors. I did have to do a little masking. Three extra stamp images were also stamped & the red & green ones were fussy cut inside the post edge, the navy one was trimmed outside the postage edge. These were all attached to larger navy layers that I used the postage edge scissors to trim (remember all those scissors we all bought way back when?)

The greeting was stamped on a white piece the same width as the postoid panel & I used a lg. corner rounder to trim the ends. The text print paper was die cut w/ a rectangle then I used a dotted edge curved die to cut away the bottom & add the faint white dots w/ a white Prismacolor pencil.

Here’s a look at the inside.

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.

Mary’s Blog

Julie Warner (you are here!)

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – Postoid Set, Miss You, (inside- Sending Smiles)

Paper: Staples #110 white, navy, dp (Teresa Collins- Everyday Moments)

Ink: Adirondack denim, butterscotch, cranberry, Archival library green,

Accessories: Spellbinders A2 matting basics A dies, Fiskars postage edge scissors, MFT Diagonal Stitched Rectangles dies, AE Dotted Borders dies, white Prismacolor pencil. Lg. corner rounder, Lil’ Inker stitched rectangle dies

Postoid Set 273K	Miss You! 373D	Sending Smiles 1361E	Adirondack dye inks	Archival Inks
Fiskars Postage Stamp Scissors	MFT Diagonal Stitched Rectangle dies	Avery Elle Dotted Borders D-03-19	Teresa Collins Everyday Moments	Recollections Cardstock
Prismacolor Pencils	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131	Lg Corner Rounder	Stitched Rectangles Die Set