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Iris for a Friend

Posted on March 29, 2025 9:45 PM by Julie 2 Comments

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My card today is a pretty floral inside an oval with a stenciled background. The stencil makes it easy to match your colors to any image you want to use. This would be great as a spring or Easter card for a dear friend, It’s not at all hard to make and the colors can be customized to your own liking.

For the Featured Stamper Challenge FS947, we are having a special remembrance of a dear member of Splitcoast who recently passed on. Polly was FS431 back in 2015 so today we are honoring her by selecting once again, from her gallery. I chose THIS card to case. I kept the floral theme & stenciled background, but I used different images, dies, colors & stencil.

After coloring & die cutting the lovely Iris image & greeting, I die cut a large white oval, then used a smaller to cut out the inside to make a frame. I made a similar frame out of lavender & attached the white frame on top of it. Then both were attached to the inside portion of the oval. I popped up the iris just a bit in order to make it level w/ the part that hangs over the frame. I did the same for the greeting, For the background, I used a 2 part stencil w/ lg & sm circles & 3 colors of ink. I also cut a rectangular frame & popped it up before adding it on top of the background.

These are the Copics I used on the iris: (here’s a coloring tip for you. I used the G21 & G99 for the leaves & since they’re on the cooler side of green & I already had the Y02 out, I used it in areas of the lighter G21 on the leaves to bring them forward & add a little warmth to them. It’s also handy if you don’t have a lot of lighter YG colors.)

If you’d like to watch me color this image the video is here: https://youtu.be/2AdZMdd4VxA

(the video is X4 speed so use the settings to slow it down if you prefer)

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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

Stamps: Brass & Bliss: Iris Floral set

Paper: Staples 110# white, lavender

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Brass & Bliss: Color Fuse inks set #5, set #6, set #7

Accessories: Brass & Bliss/Rubbernecker Stamps: Iris Floral, Rectangles, Sm. Stitch Ovals dies, Lg Blending Brushes, Sm & Lg Circles stencil, Misti

Iris Floral set 37015	Iris Floral dies 37015D	Rectangle dies 5003D	Oval Sm. Stitch dies 5014D	Sm & Lg Circles Stencil 4309
Large Blending Brushes	Color Fuse Ink set #5	Color Fuse Ink set #7	Color Fuse Ink set #6	Staples 110# White Card Stock
AC color card stock	Copic Sketch Markers	MISTI	Memento Inks	Scotch ATG

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Wedgewood Flowers

Posted on March 28, 2025 9:42 PM by Julie Comment

My card today used a floral set from this week’s new release. It’s heat embossed in white on a blue that reminds me of Wedgewood Vases. A die cut background & embossed greeting complete the card. This would make a great card for Easter, too.

For the Inspiration Challenge IC1008, we are visiting Antique Farmhouse & their Pinterest Board. THIS fabric tablecloth was my inspiration.

After I heat embossed the pretty floral with white ink & powder, they were both die cut w/ their coordinating dies. I also die cut the petal cover die in white as well as a smaller white panel. This panel I used a large corner rounder on the top corners. They’re attached to a large blue panel. The oval & the greeting are both popped up just a bit.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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

Stamps: Brass & Bliss: Spring Greetings set

Paper: Staples 110# white, cornflower blue

Ink: Hero Arts Unicorn white pigment ink

Accessories: Brass & Bliss: Spring Greetings, Rectangles, Round Petal Cover dies, MISTI, white embossing powder

Spring Greetings set 37009	Spring Greetings dies 37009D	Rectangle dies 5003D	Round Petal Cover die 5713D	Scotch ATG
MISTI	Hero Arts Unicorn Pigment Ink	Ranger Embossing Powder	AC color card stock	Lg Corner Rounder

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Spring Arrives

Posted on February 15, 2025 9:42 PM by Julie Comment

Are you ready for spring? Even thought it’s been cold, I can see tulips & hyacinths starting to push up through the dirt in the flowerbeds. Won’t be too much longer. In honor of the coming spring I have a very flowery card today colored in using mostly complementary colors. A little unusual but I’m liking how the colors look together. Keep reading for a mini art theory tutorial using these colors.

It’s my turn to host the Featured Stamper Challenge, FS941. So a big congrats to Patti! She has a wonderful gallery & I chose THIS card to case. I kept the floral theme & layout, but I used different images, dies, colors & made mine a spring card.
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To make my card, I colored & die cut all the flowers with their coordinating dies. The one flower hanging over the greeting oval is actually part of a larger image (you can see it on the set in the product list at the bottom). I just couldn’t make it work as is, so I trimmed off everything except what you see now. The greeting is from another set, but I liked how fit w/ the card & also fit onto the oval. The scratch sheet below gives you a bit of an idea how I arrived at the colors I used. Before coloring, I almost always stamp onto printer paper & try out my color combos. Even though I have a chart showing all the Copic colors, it helps me tremendously to test them out. Since it’s thin paper, I don’t really blend much, just test enough to see how they work w/ each other. (The colors I used are in the last picture.) I will mention, when using complementary colors (opposites on the color wheel, like purple & yellow), it’s a good rule to not color them over each other, you will end up with mud. You can get away with a little bit, but not much & they won’t blend well unless you want a dirty, muddy color. One thing complementary colors do well is brighten each other & the contrast catches your eye.

After I had all my flowers, I cut the white panel & a purple one to go behind it. I did the same w/ the greeting then went about putting them all together. I really like how the dot dash rectangle & oval let the color behind show through. The flowers on the side are popped up one more layer.

Here are the Copics I used:

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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

Stamps: Brass & Bliss: Welcome Flower set, Sketch Flower set (greeting)

Paper: Staples 110# white, lt purple

Ink: Versaclair nocturne, Memento tuxedo black

Accessories: Brass & Bliss: Dot Dash Rectangles, Dot Dash Ovals, Rectangles, Ovals. Welcome Flower set, Sketch Flower set, Floral Edge Cuts dies, Misti

Welcome Flower set 37007	Welcome Flower dies 37007D	Sketch Flower set 37004	Sketch Flower dies 37004D	Dot Dash Ovals die 5802-04D
Dot Dash Rectangles die 5802-03D	Oval dies 5004D	Rectangle dies 5003D	Floral Edge Cut dies 5807-02D	Copic Sketch Markers
Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock	MISTI	Versafine Clair ink	Memento Inks
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