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Just Bees

Posted on August 7, 2020 11:26 PM by Julie Comment

For the Splitcoast Inspiration Challenge (IC766), we are headed to Allen Designs Studio & after much browsing, I chose THIS for my inspiration.

My card features these cute little bees & sunflowers on a Slimline card. I’m really loving these new dies! After I die cut the white front & all the flowers & bees, I put them together. For the background, I found a leftover piece of mixed media I made, who knows how long ago, using metallic acrylic paints. I liked the colors so I die cut circles bigger than the openings (to show thru the little dots surrounding the circles), then cut them again w/ smaller circles. I used a honeycomb die on the smaller circles, then put them back inside, leaving out a few of the hexagons.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Rubbernecker Stamps: Kittie Says Phrases #1

Paper: Staples 110# white, black, green, yellow, brown

Ink: Memento tuxedo black

Accessories: Rubbernecker Stamps: Slimline OPC Circle Dash, Circle, Bee w Hive, Bee w Honey Pot, Honeycomb dies, Acrylic paint

RN Kittie Says Phrases #1 3308	RN Slimline OPC Circle Dash die 5325-02D	RN Circle dies 5002D	RN Bee w Hive die 5324-01D	RN Bee w Honey Pot die 5324-02D
RN Honeycomb die 5304-03D	Memento Inks	Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock	Decoart Acrylic paint

Flowers in a Bottle

Posted on May 22, 2020 10:41 PM by Julie 1 Comment

For the Splitcoast Inspiration Challenge this week (IC755), we’re headed to A Cottage in the City (or their Pinterest Board). After much back & forth, I couldn’t decide which I liked more..THIS or THIS..so I combined the two. I used the wood plank wall from the first for my background & the flower in the bottle for my main image.

For the background, I stamped the wood grain fence in gray ink then sponged on the lt blue, antique linen & gray inks to resemble the different wood planks. It looked a little too bright & new, so I took some thinned down white acrylic paint & dry brushed it on top & also spritzed some to get the drops.

On the main image, after stamping the flowers, I masked just the one lower petal & stamped the bottle. I used a Copic multiliner to extend the stems. I also took a couple of quick pics to show the basics of my out of the box die cutting method. You can also see the original tutorial HERE.

Align your die where you want it to cut. Use a craft knife to cut around any areas that will go outside of the die cut boundaries & lift them over the die. You’ll have to go into area inside the die just a bit, but if you cut right on a thicker black outline, it will be almost invisible. Or in this case, I cut the top petals, then slid the die down under these areas. Now run this thru your die cut machine. Since these petals are on top of the die, they won’t be cut off.

All cut & it turned out perfectly! I wanted it over to the side like this to give me room for the greeting. I ended up putting it on a separate piece & I used the craft knife to cut a slit down the side of the bottle & tucked the left edge of the blue greeting flag into the slit.

Here are the Copics I used:

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Rubbernecker Stamps: Woodgrain Fence, Sending Love, Brushed Flower #4

Paper: Staples 110# white, lt blue

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Distress ink antique linen, Rubbernecker Color Fuse ink set #9, set #7

Accessories: Rubbernecker Stamps: Rectangle Stitch dies, Copic Sketch Markers, Sequins, white acrylic paint

RN Brushed Flower #4 1313-04	RN Woodgrain Fence 1334	RN Sending Love 1319-07	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	RN Watercolor Wine Bottle 974
RN Color Fuse Ink set #9	RN Color Fuse Ink set #7	Distress Inks	Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock
Memento Inks	Sequins	Copic Sketch Markers	Decoart Acrylic paint

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Moon Fairy

Posted on April 25, 2020 1:43 PM by Julie Comment

Such a wonderful photo site for the Splitcoast Inspiration Challenge (IC751)! I was inspired by THIS picture.

I started by stamping the fairy & masking her. A reverse circle mask was placed around her & I sponged in the colors for the blue planet. Then I placed the circle mask on top of it & used black acrylic paint over the entire area.

After it dried, I added some different blues above a circular line I drew to represent the planet she’s sitting on. White acrylic paint splatters were added for the starry sky. I stamped another fairy, colored & fussy cut her to add on top of the stamped one & I white embossed the greeting on the dark planet.

Here are the Copics I used:

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: DRS Designs –Fairy w/ Globe, Love You to the Moon

Paper: Staples 110# white

Ink:Memento tuxedo black, Colorbox frost white pigment, Distress ink tumbled glass

Accessories: Rubbernecker Stamps: Rectangle Stitch dies, white embossing powder, acrylic paint, Copic Sketch

Fairy w/ Globe 1009F	Love You to the Moon 580D	Memento Inks	Copic Sketch Markers	Colorbox Pigment Ink
Ranger Embossing Powder	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Decoart Acrylic paint	Distress Inks