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It’s my pleasure to host the Splitcoast Inspiration Challenge (IC835) this week  & we’re visiting Touch of Class & their Pinterest Board. THIS is the picture that inspired my card.

My southwest Christmas card is pretty easy to make. I die cut the sun out of pale yellow, the sandy hills out of tan, the mountains out of brown & the cactus out of a couple of shades of green. I sponged the edges to give them some depth then added the tiny Christmas lights to a couple of the cactus & used a gold gel pen to connect them. All of the scenery is attached to a pale grey bg.

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Supplies:

Staples 110# White Card Stock

AC color card stock

MISTI

Versafine Clair ink

Metallic Gelly Roll pens

For the Splitcoast Inspiration Challenge (IC833), we’re going to a wonderful Lighthouse Pinterest Board where I found THIS lovely picture.

For my southwest card, I started w/ a background I made quite a while ago. I thought the purples & oranges were good colors for a desert sunset scene. The bg was done by smooshing the Marvy metallic markers onto a rubber brayer, spritzing w/ water & rolling it over a piece of white card. If I remember correctly, I did it once w/ the yellow, orange & silver colors & again w/ the purples & silver. The hills & cactus plants were die cut out of a few shades of purple & I used part of the leftover orange areas for the cowgirl, cowboy & roadrunner. They were also popped up on foam to give them a little depth.

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Supplies:

Staples 110# White Card Stock

AC color card stock

Speedball Pop-In Brayer Kit .

Marvy Metallics markers

It’s my turn to host the Splitcoast Inspiration Challenge (IC661) & I chose Brit+Co. I love their colorful displays & I chose the picture below for my inspiration.

To make my card, I stamped the different cactus plants, colored them & the large one had a matching die but the 2 smaller were fussy cut. I used an stitch arch die to cut the window opening & to make the frame around the opening. Then I put a piece of watercolor background behind it. The greeting was stamped on a stitched tag die cut & I used my die resizing technique to shorten the tag.

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


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ArtC/Momenta Cactus & dies 28837R8	Stampabilites Trendsetter 1421627	NCC Stuck on You	Friends set 1424CSS	Wedded Bliss 1428CSS
Water Color Paper	Staples 110# White Card Stock	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	RN Nested Tag Stitch dies 5149D	Versafine Clair ink
Copic Sketch Markers	MISTI	Brushos Water Color Crystals	Memento Inks	MFT Stitched Arch dies
Sequins	Baker’s Twine