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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

This is for the Splitcoast Inspiration Challenge (IC654) & Stacy chose the Vera Bradley site. Lovely colors & patterns there! I was inspired by THIS tote. I just love the colors & Southwest pattern.
 
To make my SW background, I applied Distress oxide inks to the inside of the embossing folder (Embossing Folder Stamping) then placed my die cut piece of white card stock inside. I actually used what would normally be the back side because I wanted just the lines & not the inside of the pattern. Leaving the c/s just where it was, I added a little more ink here & there where needed. When satisfied, I went ahead & ran it thru the Big Shot to emboss it because I also wanted the texture. The big Happy was die cut then stamped & double stacked on another white piece to give it some depth. The coral pieces were leftovers that seemed to fit in.

Here’s a look at the inside.

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Altenew Halftone Happy	Altenew Happy die	Birthday Wishes 778F	TE Ikat folder TEEF28
Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132	AC color card stock	Staples 110# White Card Stock	MS Embossed Diamond Punch M230371
Memento Inks	Distress Oxide Inks	VersaFine Small Inkpads

It’s my turn to host the Splitcoaststampers Featured Stamper Challenge (FS560)! A big congrats to Jennie, the newest Featured Stamper! She has a big, beautiful gallery & after much browsing, I settled on THIS to case. I kept the pumpkin & Thanksgiving theme but used different images, a little different layout & only a strip of dry embossing instead of a full bg.
For my gold pumpkin card today, I gold embossed this lovely Filigree Pumpkin onto ivory c/s then die cut it & added a gold pierced circle layer behind it. The square panel behind them is a small bg I made w/ Distress oxide inks & stamped over it w/ gold ink using the Splatter Bg.  The larger ivory layer has the greeting gold embossed & I also added a little gold embossing all around the edges. The long rust color strip was a leftover that I dry embossed w/ an embossing folder.

Here’s a look at the inside.

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Filigree Pumpkin 334G	Script Happy Thanksgiving 339F	Thanksgiving Thinking of You 177E	Splatter Bg 855H
Staples 110# White Card Stock	Recollections Cardstock	Distress Oxide Inks	Detail Gold Embossing Powder
Ultimate Metallic Ink	Spellbinders Squares Lg S4-126	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131	Spellbinders Lg Circles S4-114
ODBD Pierced Circles dies	Cuttlebug Ornamental Iron set 37-1921

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