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Valentine Ride

Posted on January 23, 2016 11:20 AM by Julie 3 Comments

Today’s Inspiration Challenge (IC529) is a site full of fun items. I saw THIS and thought the bicycle theme would make a cute Valentine.

The bicycle was die cut and added to a sponged background. I had already stamped the heart tree & masking it would have been a nightmare so I just carefully sponged around it & used a marker to fill in any blank spots. I did have to do a little out of the box on the left side of three before I added it to a polka dot stamped layer. The big solid hearts were stamped & fussy cut then I added red stickles to them & some Wink of Stella to the hearts on the tree.

Here’s a look at the inside w/ just some simple stamping.

Thanks so much for stopping by! If you haven’t, please head on over and check out the DRS Thursday Challenge..this week it’s a color challenge. DRS images are not required & there’s a nice prize up for grabs!

Supplies:

Stamps: DRS Designs- Valentine Tree, Triple Silhouette Hearts, Small Silhouette Heart, Happy Valentine’s Day, Polka Dot Bg, (inside -Be My Valentine Question Mark )

Paper: Neenah white, scraps of black & red (for bicycle)

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx, Distress inks spun sugar, worn lipstick, tumbled glass

Accessories: Spellbinders A2 matting basics B dies, Lil’ Inkers stitched rectangles dies, Copic markers (for heart tree), Wink of Stella, red stickles, Bicycle die (Quickutz, Denmark collection), small bow (Memory Box Precious Stars die)

Let it Snowflakes

Posted on January 21, 2016 10:49 AM by Julie 2 Comments

Today’s Ways to Use It Challenge (WT567) is about how cold it is! It’s definitely been on the chilly side here…we had sleet most of the the afternoon & we’re supposed to have snow tomorrow afternoon & on into Sat. morning. Maybe it’s just me, but when it’s already that cold, just go ahead and snow. It’s much preferable to the frozen rain, sleet & ice. Those are just accidents waiting to happen! And besides…I would much rather see lacy, pretty snowflakes like these than frozen pellets of ice.

To make my wintry blue card, I first die cut the largest layer, then die cut the smaller inset w/ a stitched rectangle. Then I heat embossed the large & smaller snowflakes w/ white powder onto the smaller inset then sponged on the blue inks from the Kaleidacolor ink pad. I also sponged the larger frame but reversed the colors w/ the dark on top & light at the bottom.

The greeting took a bit of finagling. I used a stamp positioner & masking to rearrange the vertical SNOW into a horizontal direction & colored it w/ a few blue & blue-violet Copics. I added a couple of die cut shapes that reminded me of snowflakes, a few punched snowflakes & some stickles for a little sparkle.

Here’s a look at the inside..just some simple stamping.

Thanks so much for stopping by! If you haven’t, please head on over and check out the DRS Thursday Challenge..this week it’s a color challenge. DRS images are not required & there’s a nice prize up for grabs!

Supplies:

Stamps: DRS Designs – Med. Filigree Snowflake, Lg. Filigree Snowflake,Vertical Let it Snow, (Warm Thoughts-inside)

Paper: Neenah white

Ink: Kaleidacolor blue breeze, Colorbox frost white pigment

Accessories: Spellbinders pierced A2 matting basics A , Persian Accents dies, Lil’ Inkers Stitched Rectangles, stickles, Copic markers, snowflake punches

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Serendipity January Blog Hop!

Posted on January 20, 2016 12:00 AM by Julie 30 Comments

Welcome to the Serendipity January Blog Hop! We are showing off a fabulous new Balloon die & featuring some fun birthday images along with it! If you arrived here from Jenny’s Blog , you are in the right place..if not, you may want to head over there first. This is also for the Featured Stamper (FS468). Congrats to Michele! I chose THIS to case. I kept the bright colors & birthday & balloons theme, but I used a large reverse die and sponged on my background.

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 January 24 to leave comments on the blogs for a chance to win. Mary will announce a winner on Monday January 25. Each month a different image is 50% off. This month- it’s the Party Background. The special for the hop is free shipping on all US orders of $15 or more good January 20 -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.

To make my very sparkly birthday card, I first die cut two layers out of white using two of the matting basics. Then the Party Balloons Reverse die was die cut in the smaller layer. On the larger layer, I used Distress inks to sponge on the different colors then attached the balloon layer on top. I also sponged one big balloon cut out and the Happy die and attached them. The Party Bg was stamped across a narrow strip using the Kaleidacolor ink & the Birthday was stamped on top. I added stickles to the Happy & the one balloon on top and used a clear Wink of Stella on the other balloons. Since we’re combining the hop w/ the monthly Challenge of Stripes, my colors were put on in stripes (or wide bands) and the Party Bg on the strip is a stripe format.

Supplies:

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps –Party Background, Happy Birthday

Paper: Neenah white

Ink: Distress Inks in squeezed lemonade, ripe persimmon, worn lipstick, candied apple, peacock feathers. twisted citron, cracked pistachio; Kaliedacolor Caribbean sea, Versafine onyx

Accessories: Serendipity Happy & Party Balloon Reverse dies, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B dies, stickles, Wink of Stella

Now I’ll send you on to Karen’s blog..I’m sure she’ll have something fabulous to show you! Please be sure to visit all of the DT Blogs to increase your chance of winning! Here’s the order in case you get lost.

Mary’s Blog

Jenny Gropp

Julie Warner (you are here!)

Thanks so much for stopping by!