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Thought You Knew

Posted on December 28, 2024 10:00 PM by Julie Comment

Ready for a change from Christmas cards? I love making them all year long, but occasionally I do need some birthday cards. Here’s a snarky, yet cute card that is sure to make the recipient smile. I love this bird set , the looks on their faces are priceless. And this card works great for masculine as well as feminine cards.

A big congrats to Ida, the newest Featured Stamper FS934! She has a lovely gallery and I chose THIS card to case. I liked the layout, so I kept that, but I used different images, dies & paper. Instead of an embossing folder, I used a quilted look die for the background.

After stamping, coloring & die cutting the bird & balloon, I found a strip of designer paper to go with it. I used a narrow stitched rectangle to cut it, but I used my resizing trick to make it longer. I added narrow cobalt blue strips to the sides & a large one for the background panel. The white panel was die cut first with a stitched rectangle & then with a quilted die before attaching to the blue one with the designer paper strip off to the left side. The bird & balloon were popped up for dimension.

Here are the Copics I used:

Thanks so much for stopping by!

( You can go directly to the items by clicking the name under the pictures below.)

Supplies:

Stamps: Brass & Bliss: I Thought You Knew set, Bird set, Birthday Owls set (balloon, hat)

Paper: Staples 110# white, cobalt blue, Brass & Bliss: It’s Party Time paper pad

Ink: Memento tuxedo black

Accessories: Brass & Bliss/Rubbernecker Stamps: Quilted Stitch Pierced Cover, Stitched Rectangles, Circles, I Thought You Knew, Bird set, Birthday Owls set dies, Crossover II, Misti, Copic markers

Quilted Stitch Pierced Cover die 5512-05D	I Thought You Knew set 36062	I Thought You Knew dies 36062D	Bird set 3421	Bird set dies 3421D
Birthday Owls set 35047	Birthday Owls dies 35047D	Circle dies 5002D	Rectangle Small Stitch dies 5013D	It’s Party Time paper 2012
Staples 110# White Card Stock	Memento Inks	Copic Sketch Markers	MISTI	AC color card stock

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Seaside Town

Posted on December 27, 2024 9:39 PM by Julie Comment

Today, I have an all die cut seascape, complete with boats, houses, seagulls and a lighthouse on the hill overlooking water. This was a lot of fun to put together. I’m not usually a pastel person, but I like the sun drenched, sandy beach town vibes it gives.I’m not gonna lie, there are a lot of little pieces to put together, but it’s not hard & I love that you can customize all the parts using whatever colors you want.

For the Inspiration Challenge IC995, we are visiting Ruby Clay Co. & their Pinterest Board where I found THIS picture to use for my inspiration. As a rule, I don’t make a lot of all pastel colored cards, but this site is all about pastels, so I chose the palest pink, sand, blue & turquoise I could find. I die cut the houses out of the pale turquoise, sand & white. The lighthouse out of pale pink & white & I cut the top only out of turquoise & another out of pink & cut them to fit the corresponding areas on my white base. For the top of the lighthouse & the piece behind the window, I used a gold gel pen to add that gilded touch. The background is a wave stained glass cover die & I pieced it w/ the lt blue & sand colors to represent the shore & water. The sandy hill for the lighthouse was cut out of a textured sand color. I wanted it to be a little different from the shore.

I added a little gray to the white seagulls before attaching them near the sailboats.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies: (click the names below the pictures to take you to the products)

Stamps: none

Paper: Staples 110# white, sand, pale pink, lt blue, pale turquoise, textured sand

Ink: none

Accessories: Brass & Bliss/Rubbernecker Stamps: Waves Stained Glass, Lighthouse & Sailboat, Town Scape, Seagulls dies, gold gel pen

Waves-Stained Glass die 5747-01D	Lighthouse & Sailboats die 5739D	Town Scape die 5722-01D	Seagulls die 5410-03D	AC color card stock
Staples 110# White Card Stock	Metallic Gelly Roll pens

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Happy Haunting

Posted on October 19, 2024 9:27 PM by Julie 1 Comment

I have spooky fun Halloween card today and it’s fun and simple to make. A few dies, some green ink, a stencil and a cute little Jack O’Lanterns set are all you need. The bonus is the black tree was flipped over and used a stencil on the right side, before attaching it on the left,

It’s my turn to host the Featured Stamper Challenge (FS924) so a big congrats to Claire! She has a really wonderful gallery & after much browsing I chose THIS card to case. I kept the Halloween theme, the green stenciled background & black tree with Jack O’Lanterns, but I used different dies, different stencil & colored my Jack O’Lanterns.

After die cutting the white front & the black tree, I flipped the tree over & held it on the right side while I sponged the green inks around it. Then I placed a Jack O’Lantern face stencil & sponged thru it w/ a little bit darker green. For the hanging pumpkins, I stamped, colored & die cut the Jack O’Lantern banner, then cut them off of the string & attached the to the tree along with the little owl that comes with the tree die. I added the greeting & a few black bats to finish it.

The tree was attached to card board to give it a little lift. Here are the Copics I used for the little Jack O’Lanterns:

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Brass & Bliss/Rubbernecker Stamps: Jack O’Lanterns set, Ghostly Greetings

Paper: Staples 110# white, black, tiny scrap of gray & tiny scrap of bright goldenrod

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Brass & Bliss/Rubbernecker Stamps: Color Fuse inks: set #10

Accessories: Brass & Bliss/Rubbernecker Stamps: Owl & Halloween Tree, Bats/Spiderwebs, Jack O’Lanterns dies, Jack O’Lantern stencil, Large Blending Brushes, Copic Markers

Owl & Halloween Tree die 5334-07D	Bats & Spiderwebs die 5216-01D	Ghostly Greetings 36012	Jack O Lanterns set 36055	Jack O Lanterns dies 36055D
Jack O’Lantern Stencil 4202	Large Blending Brushes	Color Fuse Ink set #10	Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock
Copic Sketch Markers

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