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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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Christmas Bells

Posted on August 12, 2023 11:18 PM by Julie Comment

Almost entirely die cut Christmas card (one word of greeting was stamped), w/ a lovely pierced herringbone pattern background & brushed gold Christmas bells. I used a couple of techniques when die cutting the designer paper that are worth checking out (links provided).

A big congrats to Mimi, the newest Featured Stamper (FS862)! She has such a gorgeous gallery & while I adore watercolor, since her gallery is all beautiful watercolors, I went w/ an entirely die cut card. THIS is Mimi’s card I chose to case. I kept the Christmas theme & colors, but used die cuts & a pierced background instead of watercolor. The layout was kept similar, w/ most of the detail down the left side, but I used designer paper for my left side strip instead of pine boughs.

After I die cut the bells, bow & Merry part of the greeting, I used a circle die to cut the pearl shimmer paper behind the bells then put them together. The Christmas word was stamped onto a flag w/ the Merry attached above it. The white background was die cut w/ a stitched rectangle, then I used a background cover piercing die that reminds me of herringbone. For the side strip I used just a section of designer paper w/ a mini slimline die & used my out of the box method to cut the part w/ just the bells. I also resized this die to make it narrower. I used the same die to cut the pine green layer behind it.

Since the bells were die cut out of brushed gold, I used that & a light gold for some of the holly leaves. A darker gold & 2 shades of pine green were used for the topmost holly leaves.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Rubbernecker Stamps: Magic of Chrismtas

Paper: Staples 110# white, 2 shades of pine green, 2 shades of red, 2 shades of brushed gold, Rubbernecker Stamps: Snowflake Fun paper pad

Ink: Memento tuxedo black

Accessories: Rubbernecker Stamps: Rectangle Stitch, Narrow A2 Rectanges, Holly #2, Off Set Tags, Bells & Bow, Background Cover #1 (retiring, but still some left), Small Classic Alphabet dies, MISTI

Bells & Bows die 5617-02D	Rectangle Small Stitch dies 5013D	Narrow A2 Rectangle dies 5728D	Magic of Christmas set 36003	Background Cover #1 die 5620D
Small Classic Alphabet die 5618D	Offset Tag dies 5505-03D	Holly #2 die 5416-06D	Snowflake Fun paper 2015	Staples 110# White Card Stock
AC color card stock	Memento Inks	MISTI	Stardream Paper

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Thankful Tags

Posted on October 14, 2022 8:59 PM by Julie Comment

For the Splitcoast Inspiration Challenge (IC880) we’re visiting Urban Owl and their Pinterest Board where I found THIS picture.

For my tag trio card, I die cut the largest out of a maroon card stock and white for the medium tag. I used the fall twig bg image, gold ink and embossed it w/ gold powder. The book and cup image was stamped and colored and I used a little out of the box on the right side when I cut it using the smallest tag die. A gold Krylon pen was used to edge all of the tags and I tied a little bow w/ gold thread thru the smallest one.

The autumn patterned paper was die cut w/ a curved die and I used some leftover pieces of the double sided paper to cut the 3 leaves.

Here are the Copics I used:

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Rubbernecker Stamps: Fall Happiness set, Fall Twig Bg

Paper: Staples 110# white, maroon, dp (Rubbernecker Stamps:Autumn Leaves paper pad)

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Ultimate Metallic gold

Accessories: Rubbernecker Stamps: Rectangle Stitch, Fall Happiness set, Curved Borders, Holiday Tags, Leaves Trio dies, Crossover II, Misti, Copic Markers, gold embossing powder

Fall Happiness set 35030	Fall Happiness dies 35030D	Rectangle Small Stitch dies 5013D	Holiday Tag dies 5514-02D	Fall Twig Background 35031
Autumn Leaves Paper pad 2001	Memento Inks	Copic Sketch Markers	Staples 110# White Card Stock	MISTI
AC color card stock	Ultimate Metallic Ink	Ranger Embossing Powder