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Pink Mittens

Posted on January 1, 2017 12:00 AM by Julie 1 Comment

Happy New Year!!

A big congrats to Tara, the newest Featured Stamper (FS517) on Splitcoast! She has a wonderful gallery and I chose THIS to case. I kept the pink & white colors & vertical layered layout, but I used different images, stamped the background instead of embossing, moved the embossing to the mittens & made mine a winter card.

I stamped the Winter Words repeatedly across the white panel w/ pink chalk ink then added a die cut pink layer behind it. The Warm Wishes was stamped on a stitched arch then I added just the bow from a die cut star die & punched two mittens out of pink, embossed them w/ a knit folder & used a white Permapaque marker over the top of the embossing. A few pink die cut snowflakes finished it.

Here’s a look at the inside w/ a new greeting. It may be hard to see, but I stamped the Interlocking Snow Bg all over it w/ pink Distress ink.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a very Happy New Year!

Supplies:

Stamps: DRS Designs – Winter Wonder Words, Warm Wishes, (inside – Interlocking Snow Bg, Baby It’s Cold)

Paper: white, pink

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Versamagic pixie dust, Distress ink spun sugar

Accessories: Spellbinders A2 matting basics A, MFT stitched arch, diagonal stitched rectangle dies, Serendipity snowflake reverse die, Memory Box precious stars dies, Emaginations lg mitten punch, Sizzix holiday knits embossing folder set, white Permapaque marker

Winter Wonder Words 1099H	Baby It’s Cold 1137G	Interlocking Snow 015H	Warm Wishes – 611D
Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock	Memento Inks	Distress Inks
Versamagic chalk ink	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131	Snowflake Reverse die 080KD	Memory Box Precious Stars 98546 dies
MFT Diagonal Stitched Rectangle dies	MFT Stitched Arch dies	Emaginations Mitten punch 31034	Sizzix Holiday Knits #2 661366	Permapaque markers

Serendipity December Blog Hop!

Posted on December 21, 2016 12:00 AM by Julie 13 Comments

Welcome to the December 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 40% off the highest priced item in your cart use code “ 40fromhigh1216″ now through December 25. Each month a different image is 50% off. This month- it’s the Winter Doe! 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.

I also made this for the Featured Stamper Challenge (FS516). I chose to case THIS card. I kept the holiday theme and trio of penguins, but I used different images, different colors & a little different layout.

Don’t you just love these adorable little penguins? They look so happy! I couldn’t wait to color them…and I love giving them rosy little cheeks and bellies. I put together parts of two greeting (the little Thanks fit much better in the space than the cursive thanks that comes w/ the Much part) and layered a die cut Snow to go between the two words. The snowflake designer paper was split to let the other paper show through & I added some snowflakes from the Snowflake Reverse die. I had every intention of adding some stickles or sparkly gems to the snowflakes, but just totally forgot.

Here’s a look at the inside..I’ll add a greeting when I know who’ll be receiving it. Below it are the Copics I used.

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

Julie Warner (you are here!)

Marybeth Lopez

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – Penguins, Thanks sm, Everyday Words sm.

Paper: Staples #110 white, X-Press It white, dp (Crate Paper – Snow & Cocoa)

Ink: Memento tuxedo black

Accessories: Serendipity Snow, Snowflake Reverse dies, Copic markers, Misti, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A dies, MFT stitched waves dies, Misti

Penguins 1059G	Thanks sm. 613B	Everyday Words small horiz 469J	Snow die 039DD
Snowflake Reverse die 080KD	Staples 110# White Card Stock	X-Press It Blending Card	Crate Paper-Snow & Cocoa
Copic Sketch Markers	MISTI	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131	MFT Stitched Waves dies

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