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Enjoy the Beach

Posted on June 20, 2016 12:15 PM by Julie Comment

For today’s Clean & Simple (CAS382) Challenge on Splitcoast, the topic is Wing It..use birds, butterflies, bees, etc. So I have a few little seagulls on my beach scene, flying just outside of the spotlight scene.

This scene was pretty easy to create. I already had the die cut circle so I put it into my Misti, stamped it w/ Memento, then sponged on the sky, hills & water, colored the sand, sun & tree w/ Copics, then over stamped w/ Versafine. After die cutting the larger white panel, I lined up where I wanted the circle, removed it & stamped the scene again on the background then added the greeting & seagulls. I added a couple of narrow black frames & done!

Here’s a look at the inside.

Thanks so much for stopping by! If you haven’t, please check out the DRS Thursday Challenge..this week it’s a color challenge w/ nice beach colors. There’s a nice prize up for grabs & DRS images are not required to enter!

Supplies:

Stamps: DRS Designs –Beach Sunrise, seagulls (from Seaside Dock), Enjoy Today (inside- Sending Sunshine, Palm Tree)

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx, Kaleidacolor melon melody, desert heat, caribbean sea

Paper: Staples 110# white, black

Accessories: Copic markers, Spellbinders A2 matting basics B, ODBD double stitched circles dies, Lil’ Inkers stitched rectangles dies, Misti

Beach Sunrise 768L	Seaside Dock 1111K	Enjoy Today 1145C	Sending Sunshine 094D	Palm Tree 886G
Memento Inks	VersaFine Small Inkpads	Kaliedacolor ink pads	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132	Double Stitched Circles Dies
Stitched Rectangles Die Set	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Recollections Cardstock	Copic Sketch Markers	MISTI

Miles Apart

Posted on April 22, 2016 11:28 AM by Julie 1 Comment

The Free for All (F4A322) & Mixability (MIX169) Challenges today on Splitcoast both have Earth Day as the theme. So I thought a world map would fit in. For the MIX I have ink, Copic markers & UTEE.

I stamped the world map onto parchment colored c/s with the Paris Dusk ink, colored with Copics & fussy cut it. I just happened to have a world map embossing folder (what are the odds?) so I embossed it on the blue background. The greeting was split in two and die cut w/ an arrow die in opposite directions.

The glossy heart is a punch that I used on a separate stamped piece of the map & attached to card board to make it thicker. I was going to put some glossy accents on it but it turns out I’m terrible at watching stuff dry. Then I remembered I have mega amounts of UTEE (ultra thick embossing enamel) so I rubbed the top of the heart w/ Versamark & heat embossed it w/ the UTEE about 3 times. Once is good..3 times is better! The little red dot on the compass rose is a bonus…I had so much heated UTEE that a perfect round dot dripped off. When it cooled, I colored the back side w/ a red Copic and attached it on top w/ a drop of super glue.

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

Thanks so much for stopping by! If you haven’t, be sure to check out the DRS Thursday Challenge..this week it’s a color challenge. DRS images are not required & there’s a nice prize up for grabs!

Supplies:

Stamps: DRS Designs- Map, Miles Apart Greeting, (inside – Sitting Thinking greeting)

Paper: Staples white, parchment, lt blue

Ink: Memento Paris dusk, Versamark

Accessories: Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B dies, UTEE, heart punch (Marvy), arrow die (Momenta), world map embossing folder (Darice), globe die (Cuttlebug), Momenta arrow die

Miles Apart Greeting 066F	World Map 572P	Sitting Here 398F	Miles Apart Greeting 066F
Staples 110# white card stock	Memento Inks	Recollections Cardstock	Darice World Map emboss folder1219-138
Copic Sketch Markers	Cuttlebug Globe die 37-1530	UTEE	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B
VersaMark ink	Marvy LVEJCP-01 Heart Punch	Momenta Arrow dies

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Wise Owl Teacher Thank You

Posted on April 8, 2016 10:37 AM by Julie 1 Comment

Today’s Free For All Challenge (F4A329) is teal & red. My teal is slightly on the turq side (I’m down to scraps of true teal..need to get some!) & my red is slightly on the vermillion side because it went better w/ the shade of teal.

Since it’s getting close to the end of the school year & a lot of people like to make cards for those special teachers. This also continues the DRS Challenge from yesterday to use a die cut. My original intent was to use the Owl & the Open Bible & then I thought, what goes w/ books? Reading glasses! Around here, anyway, because I have terrible eyesight. Then I pulled out the Teacher Tools & saw that the stump the owl was sitting on, matched up just about perfectly w/ the pencil cup in other image. If I had done it before hand, I would have masked the apple, but since the owl was already done, I just masked him & did an extra apple to add on top. The book was stamped twice & I used a Micron pen to scribble the “writing” & popped up the extra image to give it some dimension.

The teal bg was embossed w/ an apple folder & the Thanks word was die cut once out of the vermillion & once out of white & double stacked a little offset. The glasses were die cut & I put some thin plastic behind them to simulate the lenses.
Here’s a look at the inside & below it are the Copic colors I used.

Thanks so much for stopping by! If you haven’t yet, please be sure to check out the DRS Designs Thursday Challenge..this week To Die For (use a die cut). DRS images are not required & there’s a nice prize up for grabs!

Supplies:

Stamps: DRS Designs – Owl, Teacher Tools, Book (inside – Teacher )

Paper: Staples white, X-Press It white, bright turq/teal, textured vermillion

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx

Accessories: Copic markers, Spellbinders A2 matting basics B die, Stitched Rectangle dies, eyeglasses die, apple embossing folder (Quickutz), Cuttlebug die/ef set, Misti

Oswald Owl 132H	Teacher Tools 792G	Open Bible 745C	Teacher Greeting 475G
Memento Inks	Copic Sketch Markers	Stitched Rectangles Die Set	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B
MISTI	VersaFine Small Inkpads	TE Eyeglasses die	DCWV Brights matstack
Staples 110# White Card Stock	X-Press It Blending Card	Quickutz Apple embossing folder	Cuttlebug With Gratitude 37-1163
Recollections Cardstock