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Welcome to the July Blog Hop for Serendipity Stamps! If you arrived here from Jenny’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 July 24 to leave comments on the blogs for a chance to win. Mary will  announce a winner on July 25. The sale this time is Free Shipping on orders $25 and up – USA only.  Sale good July 20-24. Each month a different image is 50% off. This month- it’s the Sprinkler! 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.

For my Create card, I started w/ a splat embossing folder, inked it w/ the different colors of distress inks, spritzed it w/ a little water, then placed my piece of white card stock inside & pressed. It wasn’t embossed..it’s still flat. (There’s a tutorial for this showing how to do it w/ daubers, but ink pads work great, too.) I wanted just a bit more of the raspberry color, so I used the Ink Spots image to add some here & there. I placed a couple of frames on top of it & added my stacked Create die cut on top. The Mug of Art was stamped, colored w/ Copics & fussy cut along w/ the paintbrush. A few sequins were added for a little sparkle.

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


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Here’s a card I created that also fits the July Challenge – Just Add Water! Please click on the picture & it will take you to all the details on it.

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Mug of Art 447F	Paintbrush 290E	Ink Spots 321D	Let Your Dreams Soar 1367C	Create die 050CD
Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132	Spellbinders Curved Matting Basics A dies S5-171	Spellbinders Curved Matting Basics B dies S5-172	VersaFine Small Inkpads
Distress Inks	Copic Sketch Markers	Staples 110# White Card Stock	X-Press It Blending Card	Recollections Cardstock
MISTI	Sequins	Sizzix Splats/Wood Embossing Folders 658726

The Sketch Challenge on Splitcoast (SC544), is pretty straightforward except for the diagonal element across the top third. Instead of just putting something there, I chose to divide my panel there using 3 patterns of paper.

The sailboat image was stamped w/ denim ink onto ivory card stock and again on white. I paper pieced the white boat & bigger clouds onto the ivory version. Originally I die cut the paper at the top using the Sunburst die, but because of the pattern, it’s very hard to see. The greeting and an anchor were added on die cut pennants and I sprinkled some die cut stars around. Here’s a look at the inside. Sorry the pic is a little blurry. 🙂

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Welcome to the North Coast Creations May Release! You’re going to love these 2 new sets! Perfect for Father’s Day, birthdays & summer vacations.

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For my seafaring card, after stamping & coloring the sailboat, I used the two sizes of ODBD circle dies to cut it and my out of the box technique to keep from cutting off the mast. After edging the sailboat circle w/ a black marker, I cut a white circle to put behind it and a larger circle out of the same dp I used for the largest pennant. The background panels came about because I had less than a full sheet of the two large strips so I added a narrow piece of the starry dp between the two and attached them to a large white panel I die cut using the largest die of the Flourished Star Pattern set. A smaller pennant, some die cut stars & the compass rose were added to finish.

Here’s a look at the inside using some leftover pieces.
The finished card is 4.25 x 5.50 and these are the Copics I used.

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My second card takes us to the mountains & forest. For this card, I got out my trusty little brayer and a rainbow ink pad and brayered over a large white panel. 

I had the top white panel left after I die cut the white circle to back the sailboat card above, so I die cut it using the same Flourished Star Pattern die & used a slightly larger circle to make it a bit bigger and after determining the opening on the brayered panel, I stamped the mountain scene, did a little masking and stamped parts of it again to fill in. On the top white panel, I used a torn diagonal mask & brayered the same colors across it. I did even it up a tad using sponging. A reverse circle mask was used to sponge in the sun then I stamped the sun/eagle on top and the deer & tree at the bottom. The ground image was also stamped using the dark blue of the rainbow pad. I like how it just adds the hint of solid ground. The greeting was also stamped just under the circle opening.

The finished card is 5.50 x 4.25 and here’s a look at the inside using a leftover frame I had sitting around. I brayered it, stamped the tree, deer and the eagle.

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