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Radiant

Posted on December 15, 2023 10:27 PM by Julie Comment

A colorful card made with papers leftover from inking & sponging. The background is acrylic paint smoosh from a gel plate press & the leaves are all die cut from the scrap paper I used underneath my inking & spongings & sprayings.

For the Inspiration Challenge (IC941) we are visiting the Daydreamerie & their Pinterest Board where I found THIS lovely picture.

For my card, I used a background I made w/ acrylic paint & a gel plate. By itself, it wasn’t that impressive but it worked out well for my background. The leaves were die cut out of scrap sheets I place under my work when I’m sponging, inking or spraying. Some of them turn out so pretty that I save them. I glued a couple of these to card stock then die cut them. I like the bright, random colors against the dark background. The greeting was stamped w/ white ink & heat embossed w/ white powder. Then I used a clear, sparkly shine spray over the whole front. It has a very nice shimmer in real life.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Rubbernecker Stamps– You Are An Inspiration set

Paper: Staples 110# white

Ink: Hero Arts Unicorn

Accessories: Rubbernecker Rectangle Stitch, Open Flower #1, Open Greenery #1 dies, Gelli Printing Plate, Ranger Brayer, acrylic paint, white embossing powder

Hero Arts Unicorn Pigment Ink	Gelli Printing Plate	Speedball Pop-In Brayer Kit	Ranger Embossing Powder	Acrylic Paint
Heidi Swapp shine spray

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Greetings from Texas

Posted on January 6, 2023 11:02 PM by Julie Comment

It’s my pleasure to host the Splitcoast Inspiration Challenge (IC892) this week and I chose Vintagraph.com & their Pinterest Board. THIS was my inspiration. I love vintage postcards and as a Texas native, this one really appealed to me.

My mini slimline card was made by first die cutting then sponging the ink colors onto the white panel. The words Greetings & from (2 different sets) were stamped in the upper left corner. The stitched letters, longhorn’s horns, the cowboy on horseback & hat were die cut from a thick calendar page. After I arranged the TEXAS where I wanted it, I placed semi-tacky piece of tape over them & lifted them up. Two more of each letter was die cut out of white & arranged to shadow the letters. Then I put glue on the back side, attached it to a piece of cobalt blue & hand trimmed around the the letter group. I used the same blue to cut the ground then attached the longhorn, hat & horse w/ cowboy.

All of the individual items were popped up a bit.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Rubbernecker Stamps: Christmas Cheer set (Greetings), Fall Gnome set (from)

Paper: Staples 110# white, cobalt blue, recycled calendar page

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Rubbernecker Stamps: Color Fuse inks: sets #1, #2 & #4

Accessories: Rubbernecker Stamps: Cowgirl & Cowboys, Cowboy Boots & Hat, Saddle & Wagon Wheel, Upper Case Alpha w/ Stitch, Tabbed Mountains, Mini Slimline Stitch dies, Crossover II, Misti

Memento Inks

Staples 110# White Card Stock

Scotch ATG

MISTI

AC color card stock

This entry was posted in Animals/Pets CAS Rubbernecker Stamps Scenes/Landscapes Southwest Splitcoast Challenges Sponging and tagged horses mini slimline recycle Rubbernecker Slimline Southwest Splitcoast Sponging

Autumn Wreath

Posted on August 9, 2019 9:38 PM by Julie Comment

I made this for the Splitcoast Inspiration Challenge (IC714) & also for Joanne’s Dare to Get Dirty Challenge.You can find all the details for the challenges HERE. You’ll need to be a Fan Club Member, so click the blue link & find out how. For the IC, my inspiration was THIS.

This wreath took me quite a while to make. If I had used paper for the leaves, it would have been easier but if you always take the easy route, you probably miss all the good scenery. Anyway, that’s my story & I’m sticking to it. So what did I use for the leaves?

Some aluminum soda type cans! These were sparkling water cans & I’m here to tell you, they don’t make these cans like they used to. They are much thinner & very easy to cut & also to die cut. I turned over the can pieces & used the aluminum colored side. After die cutting, I was going to coat them w/ paint first, but I forgot. So I used alcohol inks to colors them. They’re really bright & shiny (but also sharp!). I used a woodgrain image on the backgrounds & added a sheer copper bow to finish it.

Here’s the inside.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Stamps: Rubbernecker Stamps: Splatter Leaves (retired), Wood Grain Fence Bg, Autumn Gnomes (greeting)

Paper: Staples 110# white, Kraft

Ink: Distress ink vintage photo & antique linen, Versaclair acorn (greeting)

Accessories: Rubbernecker Stamps: Rectangle Stitch, Splatter Leaves set (retired), 3 Maple Leaves (retired), please try the Leaf Trio set, Greenery #1 , Leaf Group (retired) dies, Ranger Alcohol Inks

RN Wood Grain Fence 3487-02	Rectangle Small Stitch dies 5013D	Circle Stitch Sm. dies 5012D	Greenery #1 die 5162-09D	Leaf Trio die 5510-06D
Autumn Gnomes 35026	Autumn Gnomes dies 35026D	Versafine Clair ink	Distress Inks	Staples 110# White Card Stock
AC color card stock	Ranger Alcohol Inks