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For the Splitcoast Inspiration Challenge (IC797), we have a site of colorful rugs. I was inspired by THIS rug for the pretty blue poppies.

To make my card, I stamped the individual poppies, leaves & stems on the main panel then stamped a couple extra poppies. After coloring everything, I die cut the extra poppies w/ their matching dies & popped them up a bit. The main panel was die cut w/ a slimline rectangle & along w/ doing the out of the box on the outsides, I also moved the bottom of the die up & cut the panel shorter (aka resizing). I used regular stitched rectangle dies for the lime & cobalt panels, then cut them narrower to place behind the poppy panel. The greeting was die cut w/ a tag die & for this, I cut one end, turned the die around & cut the other end so both ends would be the same.

Here are the Copics I used for the poppies.

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Supplies:

RN Precious Poppies 3406	RN Precious Poppies dies 3406D	RN Thanks set 3335	RN Darling Dahlias 3408	RN Slimline Nested Stitch dies 5326D
RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	Staples 110# White Card Stock	RN Tag Stitch dies 5149D	X-Press It Blending Card	AC color card stock
Copic Sketch Markers	Rhinestones

For the Splitcoast Inspiration Challenge (IC782), we’re headed to Traditions.I was inspired by THIS display picture. All the Christmas items & colors combined reminded me of this background stamp.

After coloring it all in, it was die cut & I used a scallop bubble edge die for the blue layer. Since it was basically the same size as my main panel, I used my resizing technique to make 1 scallop longer & 1 scallop wider so it would show up. The greeting was stamped on a small rectangle & layered w/ a blue half scallop panel & a slightly bigger white panel.

Here are the Copics I used. If you’re wondering about the V06, it was used to underpin the reds in the deepest shadow areas.

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Supplies:

RN Slimline Christmas 1340-04	RN Winter Bouquet 3321	RN Slimline Nested Stitch dies 5326D	RN Nested Scallop w/ Half Holes dies 5320D	RN Slimline Scallop w/ Holes die 5322-04D
RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	RN Christmas Mini die 5338-02D	Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock	Copic Sketch Markers
MISTI	Versafine Clair ink

Congrats to Jane, the newest Featured Stamper (FS718) on Splitcoast! Jane has a lovely gallery & I chose THIS card to case. I kept the most of the layout & the lattice element, but I used different stamps, dies & made mine a Christmas card.

For my card, I had this wreath colored quite a while ago, just waiting to be made into a card, so I die cut it, using my out of the box technique (yep.there were a lot of parts out of the box on this one!), & backed it w/ a dk green circle layer. On the lattice, I used a slimline sized die but I only cut it part way, to fill the space I had available on the stitched rectangle cut piece. I’ll let you in on a little secret…the bottom part actually went a little too far. So I glued a narrow strip behind the piece, put it back in the stitched rectangle die, & ran it thru again. The patch is invisible! So don’t despair if this happens to you. After putting it all together, I added some sequins to the lattice & backed it w/ the same dk green.

Here are the Copics I used on the wreath.

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Supplies:

RN Christmas Phrases Lg/Sm 3328	RN Wreath w/ Berries 1252	RN Slimline Inside Circle Lattice die 5332-01D	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	RN Circle Stitch dies 5006D
RN Circle dies 5002D	Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock	Copic Sketch Markers	Memento Inks
Sequins