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Hello Friend

Posted on March 21, 2025 9:41 PM by Julie Comment

And hello Spring! Some flowers are blooming now and others are getting there as the first day of Spring officially arrives. This is a sneak peak of a fabulous Floral release scheduled for next Wednesday (3/2/25) and we will have a hop over on IG (instagram) you won’t want to miss! My bright floral card is not at all hard to make & the bright colors really pop against the black of the background.

For the Inspiration Challenge IC1007, we are visiting Dutch Bulbs & their Pinterest Board. THIS picture of bright flowers was my inspiration. I took the plastic sheet the stamps come on & used the printed image to put on top of various backgrounds to see what would look good against the black. I came across a little square w/ bright colors brayered onto it. It wasn’t big enough, so I got the rainbow pads I’m pretty sure I used, & made a larger background. Then I positioned the image around to see what I liked best, put the image & the background into my Misti & stamped it several times w/ the Versaclair nocturne to get good coverage.

Here is a picture of the brayered background I made. As you can see, it’s not perfect or arranged in any way. It’s just bright colors brayered on in a haphazard manner. No need to get too precise as only the colors will show through.

This is how it looked after I stamped it & die cut it w/ the coordinating die. Using the printed plastic sheet makes it easy to see where to stamp it. Since there was a lot of black ink on it, I used a heat tool to dry it before I die cut it.

The image was layered onto a piece of card board for a little elevation, before adding a peach & narrow black mat behind it. The greeting was stamped, die cut & I also used the greeting die to cut 2 out of black to use as a shadow above & below.

Thanks so much for looking. Hope to see you at the IG Release Hop. (You will be able to find it at @brassandblisscraftco or on my account @julie_justwritedesigns on Instagram, Wed morning 3/26/25.)

Supplies: (click the names below the pictures to take you to the products)

Stamps: Brass & Bliss: Hello There set

Paper: Staples 110# white, black, peach

Ink: Versaclair nocturne, Kaleidacolor Birthstone & Bouquet rainbow pads

Accessories: Brass & Bliss: Rectangles, Sm. Stitch Rectangles, Hello There set dies, Misti, brayer

Hello There set 37010	Hello There dies 37010D	Rectangle Small Stitch dies 5013D	Rectangle dies 5003D	Staples 110# White Card Stock
AC color card stock	MISTI	Versafine Clair ink	Kaliedacolor ink pads	Scotch ATG
Ranger Brayer

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Wonderful Day Oval

Posted on March 23, 2024 10:07 PM by Julie 2 Comments

A clean & simple card that’s easy to make and easy to customize by changing the colors or the greeting. Add a black border for some impact against the white.

A big congrats to Cristena, the newest Featured Stamper (FS894). She has a wonderful gallery & I chose THIS card to case. I kept the wildflower in the oval layout, but I used different images, dies & colors & a few less layers.

For my card, I placed the new Oval mask on a die cut piece of white card stock. The greens were sponged in from the bottom up & the purples were sponged from the top down. I left just a bit of white between the 2 colors, then added the blue to bridge the colors. When using 2 opposite colors like green & purple, it’s important not to try to blend them together or it will usually look like mud. I used the lt blue because it blends well w/ both the purples & the greens.

After removing the mask, the pretty Silhouette Wildflowers were stamped on top of the sponged area. The word day was stamped beneath the oval & I cut a thin strip w/ the wonderful word on it to fit the oval. The image was attached to a black, die cut panel before adding to a white card.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Brass & Bliss/Rubbernecker Stamps: Silhouette Wildflowers

Paper: Staples 110# white, black

Ink: VersaClair nocturne, Brass & Bliss/Rubbernecker Stamps: Color Fuse ink set #1 & set #4

Accessories: Brass & Bliss/Rubbernecker Stamps: Rectangles, Rectangles w/ Square Holes dies, Circle/Oval Mask/Stencil, MISTI

Silhouette Wildflowers 36028	Rect w Square Holes dies 5602D	Rectangle Stitch Small dies 5013D	Large Blending Brushes	Oval-Circle Mask 4211
Color Fuse Ink set #6	Color Fuse Ink set #7	Color Fuse Ink set #11	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Versafine Clair ink	Scotch ATG
MISTI	AC color card stock	Memento Inks

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Deer Sunrise & Leaf Poinsettia

Posted on October 31, 2020 9:28 PM by Julie Comment

Welcome to November! And it’s time for the Splitcoaststampers Fan Club Nov Christmas Challenge! We have a year of new Christmas Challenges! You’ll need to be Fan Club member but that’s easy…just click the blue link to find out how. Bet you’re wondering what the challenge theme is..I’d love to tell you but you’ll have to go see for yourself. AND..it’s also time for the Featured Stamper Challenge (FS717) so I’m combining both challenges for this card plus I have another card for just the FS.

On my first card, I cased THIS card of Mary’s. I kept the sunrise/sunset scene w/ the silhouette image, but I used die cuts instead of a stencil, made mine a slimline Christmas card & used slightly different colors.

After die cutting the deer & tree out of black, I die cut the white slimline ticket shaped panel & a few more bottom sections out of white. I used a stitched hill die to cut those extra bottoms into snowbanks. I used a large circle die to cut a reverse mask out of copy paper & used it to sponge in the sun. For the sky, I used the negative part of the slimline cloud die to add some cloud like shapes to the sky. The deer & tree were popped up slightly using cardboard die cut w/the same dies. White acrylic paint & a paintbrush was used to splatter the falling snow then I used some stickles in areas for a little sparkle.

Supplies for this card:

Stamps:Rubbernecker Stamps: Christmas Phrases Lg/Sm

Paper: Staples 110# white, black

Ink: Rubbernecker Color Fuse inks: set #1, set #2 & set #7, Versaclair nocturne

Accessories:Rubbernecker Stamps: Deer Family,Winter Tree, Slimline Ticket Stitch,Slimline Clouds,Stitched Hills, Circlesdies, Crossover II, Stickles,white acrylic paint, stickles, MISTI

My second card is a little different & I chose THIS card of Mary’s to case. I kept the Christmas theme & making a poinsettia out of a leaf image, but I also used a real leaf to “print” the larger petals & only made one large poinsettia instead of many smaller ones.

I started w/ my die cut white panel & some real leaves I picked off one our Crape Myrtle trees. The shape reminded me of poinsettia petal, but these are a lot sturdier & easy to print. Here’s a pic of the leaves as they looked when I picked them.

I inked a leaf by rubbing the crimson inked over the leaf, placing it ink side down on the panel, then gently rubbing over the backside w/ a paper towel. If you press or rub too hard, you lose the vein detail, so be gentle if you try this.

This is how it looked after I printed the leaf 5 times. I’m not worried about the ink smudges because I’d already planned on using a splatter stamp to add some interest. With the base layer of petals done, I inked part of another leaf w/ the moss ink, masked the red petal w/ the actual leaf, & printed the green leaves. Then I took a leaf rubber stamp, inked it w/ the crimson & stamped it for the smaller, top layer of petals.

The splatter was stamped once w/ scarlet & again w/ gold ink & heat embossed w/ gold powder. I used a gold leaf Krylon pen around the edges, added the greeting & some gold gems in the center of my poinsettia.

Supplies for this card:

Stamps: Rubbernecker Stamps: Leaf set, Winter Bouquet , Splatter Bg

Paper: Staples 110# white

Ink: Rubbernecker Color Fuse inks: set #4 & set #10, Versaclair nocturne, Encore Ultimate metallic gold

Accessories:Rubbernecker Stamps: Rectangle Stitch dies, Mirror Gold embossing powder, Crossover II, Crape Myrtle leaf, gold rhinestones, Krylon gold leaf pen, MISTI

RN Leaf set 1221	Christmas Phrases Lg/Sm 3328	Random Dots BG Strips 3487-01	RN Winter Bouquet 3321	RN Slimline Ticket Stitch dies 5329-02D
Rectangle Stitch Small dies 5013D	RN Slimline Clouds die 5328-01D	Deer Family dies 5162-10D	Winter Tree die 5170D	RN Stitched Hills dies 5173-01D
Circle dies 5002D	Color Fuse Ink set #1	Color Fuse Ink set #2	Color Fuse Ink set #4	Color Fuse Ink set #7
Color Fuse Ink set #10	Versafine Clair ink	Ranger Embossing Powder	Ultimate Metallic Ink	Staples 110# White Card Stock
AC color card stock	RN Crossover II	Stickles	MISTI	Acrylic Paint
Krylon Metallic Leafing pens	Rhinestones