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Feeling Mushy

Posted on November 11, 2023 10:05 PM by Julie Comment

A fun card with a mushroom & frog friend in front of a cute gnome cottage, Use for a birthday, just a note or feel better occasion. Easy to make & choose your own colors to switch it up.

A big congrats to Laura, the newest Featured Stamper (FS875)! She has a wonderful gallery & I chose THIS card to case. I liked the layout, so I kept that, but I used different images, different colors & different dies.

After coloring & cutting out my little mushroom & frog friends, I colored the gnome cottage & did a little out of the box on the elements on top of the gnome cottage, then inserted a rust colored oval frame on top. The greeting was stamped along w/ some extra toadstools along the bottom. The mushroom & frog were popped up a bit on top.

Here are the Copics I used for the Mushroom/Frog:

The cottage was colored separately & here are the Copics I used for it:

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Rubbernecker Stamps: Gnome Cottages, Feeling Mushy set

Paper: Staples 110# white, X-Press It, moss green, rust

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, cottage ivy (for row of toadstools at bottom)

Accessories: Rubbernecker Stamps: Rectangle Stitch, Stitched Ovals, Feeling Mushy set dies, Crossover II, Misti, Copic Markers

Memento Inks

Copic Sketch Markers

Staples 110# White Card Stock

MISTI

X-Press It Blending Card

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Floral Smile

Posted on July 1, 2023 9:14 PM by Julie 1 Comment

A flowery, all occasion card for a friend or relative featuring beautiful dies & paper w/ a short tutorial showing how I did the partial die cut edge.

A big congrats to Diane, the newest Featured Stamper (FS856)! She has a really lovely gallery & after much browsing, I chose THIS card to case. I loved the fancy lower edge & layout, so I kept those, but I used different dies, colors & papers.

For my card, I did something I don’t usually do..I picked the floral paper first & die cut it. I wanted to make sure it would stand out enough behind the top panel. Then I cut a smaller white panel & used an oval die to do a partial die cut edge.
Here’s how I did that:

I placed the large stitched oval where I wanted the edge to be (shown above).

Then I placed the top plate over just the area I wanted to cut. (I’m using the Big Shot here so you can see it, above). The machine will only cut what the top plate covers.

All cut & turned out perfectly! Now I have the curved edge I wanted.

I then die cut the fancy oval & the envelope of flowers out of white & trimmed off what I wasn’t going to use. I placed the section of the fancy oval under the curved edge & the flowers/leave of the flower envelope I trimmed to fit on top. I cut some pieces of 2 different dusty pinks to place behind the 2 big flowers & 2 small buds. The greeting was stamped in black & heat embossed. I didn’t have the right color of gems, so I used a Copic marker (RV34) to color the clear stones. The greeting circles were popped up just a bit.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Rubbernecker Stamps: Petunia Blooms set (greeting)

Paper: Staples 110# white, lt pink, dusty pink, Rubbernecker Stamps: Welcome Spring paper pad

Ink: Versaclair nocturne

Accessories: Rubbernecker Stamps : Nested Stitched Rectangles, Letter Full of Flowers, Petunia Blooms, Decorative Floral Circle, Stitched Circles, Stitched Ovals dies , Crossover II, embossing powder ,rhinestones

Staples 110# White Card Stock

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Beach Friends

Posted on June 23, 2023 10:24 PM by Julie Comment

A silhouette beach card for a best friend. Easy to make w/ this new palm tree die, a couple of stencils and some colorful ink.

For the Splitcoast Inspiration Challenge (IC916) we are visiting McGaw Graphics & their Pinterest Board. I used THIS picture for my inspiration.

My beachy card was made w/ some new die cuts, a couple of stencils and some ink. I die cut the beach scene w/ the boat, cloud, fence & chairs once out of black and twice out of white. I used a sunburst stencil for the sky part, by first sponging the yellows. Then I rotated the stencil to cover the yellow rays & sponged on the blue. When I removed the stencil, I added the yellows for the sun. I used a hill stencil to add the sand then reversed it, added a straight piece of paper to mask off the sky & sponged in the water. I added some puffy paint along the shore. The black die cuts were attached on top of the 2 white versions, w/ the white ones being offset on either side to add contrast.

Thanks so much for stopping by!