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It’s my turn & my pleasure to host the Splitcoast Featured Stamper Challenge. A big congrats to Kerry! She has such a beautiful gallery & I chose THIS to case. I had the same cute little row of houses stamp, so I used that & kept most of the layout. But I used different colors, left off the bow & made mine a summer card instead of Christmas.

After die cutting the large circle, I hunted around for some paper to stamp the houses onto & came across a scrap of a hand marbled piece & I liked the color, so there you go. I fussy cut them & popped them up a bit. The trees were stamped, colored & cut w/ matching dies & the greeting is a rearranged version of the original greeting (Beautiful Day),  plus I penned in 2 of the letters to complete it. I added a little sand at the bottom w/ a splatter image then cut the pieces of beach themed paper for the bg.

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

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RN Dinosaur set 3101	RN Dinosaur dies 3101D	RN Splatter Bg 1231	RN Neighborhood 62-03kk	RN Beautiful Wishes 565-12
RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	RN Circle Stitch dies 5006D	Memento Inks	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Echo Park Beach Day paper
Copic Sketch Markers

A big congrats to Vicki, the newest Featured Stamper! She has such a fab gallery & always leaves the sweetest comments. After much browsing, I chose THIS to case. I kept the gold embossed tree & Christmas theme but used different images & different dies. Also as a nod to her living in Hawaii, I used a beach shells tropical themed tree.

I gold embossed the image on some confetti sand card stock then I added just a touch of color w/ some Prismacolor pencils. On the darker sand c/s, I gold embossed the Splatter Bg on the lower section then used a curved die to cut the lower part of the tree layer. The new greeting was also gold embossed & die cut w/ a circle die. I added some gold thread tied in a bow just under the top of it.

Here’s a look at the inside.

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Seashell Christmas Tree 808L	Seas and Greetings 811C	Deco Peace & Joy 355G	Splatter Bg 855H	4 in 1 Seashells 473F
RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	RN Circle Stitch dies 5006D	RN Mirror Gold embossing powder	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Prismacolor Pencils
Ultimate Metallic Ink	Brilliance Inks	AC color card stock	Spellbinders A2 Curved Borders 1 S5-180

I’ve fallen a little behind on my posting & here are 2 cards I made for Dare to Get Dirty Challenges & also the Inspiration & Featured Stamper Challenges. For all the details of the DTGD challenges, go HERE…but you’ll need to be a Fan Club member.  

This first one was for the Inspiration Challenge (IC662) &.THIS & THIS were my inspirations. I loved the palm trees in the first, and the colors in the second. And, I used a technique from TLC698, gel plate impressionism. Basically, you put a gel plate into your Misti, ink it up w/ Distress oxide inks, mist w/ alcohol (the rubbing kind, lol), stamp your image on top w/ dye ink, then place your card stock on top of the gel plate. So that’s what I did. The colors move around & mix a bit & the silhouette isn’t quite as sharp as it would be, but the overall look is pretty nice. After it dried, I added the seagulls & a little white highlighting on the palms. Here’s the inside.

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This card was for the Featured Stamper Challenge (FS601). I chose THIS to case. I kept the cactus in the desert theme, but I used different images, different colors & added a greeting. I also got a kick out of Beth’s description of her card.

To make my desert scene, I stamped the Cowboy Cactus, masked it, then stamped the Broken Flower Fence around it. Makes it kind of look like the cowboys are out fixing the fence & left a hat & rope on the cactus. After coloring everything, I die cut it w/ a wonky stitched rectangle then added some clouds & a sunflower for the sun rays. The greeting is part of the Western Word Square & I used a wonky circle die to cut it. Here’s the inside & next to it are the Copics I used.
 
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Palm Tree Line 228P	Seaside Dock 1111K	Sending Sunshine 094D	Sun Shine On You 417E
Cowboy Cactus 649K	Broken Flower Fence 1091K	Western Word Square 634H	Saddle Up Greeting 877F
Distress Oxide Inks	Memento Inks	MISTI	Lil’ Inker Stitched Rectangles Die Set
Gina Marie Wonky Stitched Circles	Gina Marie Wonky Stitched Rectangles	Gelli Printing Plate	Copic Sketch Markers
Staples 110# White Card Stock	White Gelly Roll Pen	Sunflower die 032GD	Spellbinders Day Dreams SCD-004