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New Year’s Stars

Posted on December 20, 2019 10:37 PM by Julie 1 Comment

For the Splitcoast Inspiration Challenge (IC733), we’re headed to Birch Lane. After much browsing, I chose THIS picture for my inspiration. I loved the shiny silver starfish & thought stars would be great for a New Year’s card.

Only 5 more days until Christmas! Are you ready? I will be as soon as the last few gifts I ordered arrive. Seems like there are always a few stragglers. When you order, it says ‘will ship tomorrow!’. Then a few days later, it’s still sitting there. The tracking number they email shows “carrier awaiting receipt” or something. I don’t call that ‘on it’s way’. That sounds kind of like Pre-K. Not kindergarten yet, but not nursery school. So I’m gathering it’s not really shipped yet. Bummer!

So while my packages are in Pre-K, I have a New Year’s card to share. I don’t make a lot of cards just for New Year’s..since I feel the wishes are already included in the Christmas card. But like the tags I made last week, I’m making one this year. The big greeting was silver embossed on a circle die cut. Then I made a couple of star cut outs on the white panel. Die cut smaller stars out of white & silver to have sit inside. The front & stars are elevated a bit w/ some fun foam & I added some silver cord to hang the stars.

I saw a question on a FB group last week where someone asked if anyone still had a paper crimper & if they still use it. I said I did, so I guess I had to prove it by using it on the metallic silver band & circle. I think you can see a little of the shine of the silver on the pic below. The last little outline star was left over after cutting the stars, so I silver embossed it & added it.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a very Merry Christmas!

Supplies:

Stamps: DRS Designs – Happy New Year

Paper: Staples 110# white, metallic silver

Ink:Encore Ultimate Metallic silver

Accessories:Rubbernecker Rectangle Stitch, Circle Stitch, Star Outline dies,Double Stitched Stars dies, Stitched Mats Long & Skinnydies, silver embossing powder, paper crimper. silver cord

Happy New Year 654G	MISTI	Staples 110# White Card Stock	The Paper Cut Layering Swatches	Ultimate Metallic Ink
RN Silver Dollar embossing powder	Paper Crimper	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	RN Circle Stitch dies 5006D	RN Sm Star Outline die 5100-06D
Double Stitched Stars dies CBD128	Stitched Mats Long & Skinny	Metallic Silver Cord

Dare to Get Dirty & other challenges

Posted on August 12, 2018 5:16 PM by Julie Comment

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.

Supplies:

Stamps: DRS Designs – Palm Tree Line , Seaside Dock , Sending Sunshine (inside: Sun Shine On You )

Paper: Staples 110# white

Ink: Distress oxide inks peacock feathers, squeezed lemonade, worn lipstick, cracked pistachio, Memento tuxedo black

Accessories: Misti, Lil’ Inker stitched rectangle dies, Gelli plate, white gel pen

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.

Supplies:

Stamps: DRS Designs – Cowboy Cactus (new!), Broken Flower Fence , Western Word Square (inside: Saddle Up Greeting )

Paper: Staples 110# white

Ink: Memento tuxedo black

Accessories: Misti, Copic markers, Gina Marie wonky stitched rectangles & circles dies, Serendipity sunflower die, Spellbinders cloud dies

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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

Awesome Chucks

Posted on July 21, 2018 8:59 PM by Julie 1 Comment

A big congrats to Jill, the newest Featured Stamper (FS598) on Splitcoast! She has such a wonderful gallery & I chose THIS to case. I kept the sneakers theme but used different images, different colors & a different layout.

For my card, I put the row of chucks image into my Misti, stamped, colored then over stamped. I die cut it then put together 2 words from 2 different greetings to make my greeting. I stamped just the stars of the moon border onto opposite corners of the white bg & colored them in. Then I split the panel & added a black graph pattern paper behind it.

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

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps –Tennis Shoes, Playing Card Sentiments, (inside:You Made My Day )

Paper: Staples 110# white, X-Press It white, black graph (Elegant Chic)

Ink: Memento tuxedo black

Accessories: Misti, Copic markers, Lil’ Inker stitched rectangles

Tennis Shoes 221G	Playing Card Sentiments 1401CSS	Straight Star Border 227E	You Made My Day 1395E
X-Press It Blending Card	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Elegant Chic black & white paper	Lil’ Inker Stitched Rectangles Die Set
MISTI	Copic Sketch Markers	Memento Inks