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For the Splitcoast Inspiration Challenge (IC791) we’re headed to Shindigz (a party supply place) where I found THIS picture for my inspiration. I loved the color on the birches.

For my card, after die cutting the lt blue panel, I stamped it w/ the white ink using the dot bg. The birches were die cut & I used B66 & B32 Copics to shade the edges. The leaves on the bg were stamped using a couple of the blue ink & the ones on top were die cut & shaded w/ the same Copics.

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Supplies:

RN Wintery Friends 3337″	RN Organic set #2 3202	Not So Many Dots 1338	RN Birch Trees die 5167-02D	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D
RN Sm Leaf Group die 5110D	RN Color Fuse Ink set #7	Versafine Clair ink	Distress Inks	Staples 110# White Card Stock
AC color card stock	Copic Sketch Markers

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:

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:

RN Leaf set 1221	RN Christmas Phrases Lg/Sm 3328	RN Splatter Bg 1231	RN Winter Bouquet 3321	RN Slimline Ticket Stitch dies 5329-02D
RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	RN Slimline Clouds die 5328-01D	RN Deer Family dies 5162-10D	RN Winter Tree die 5170D	RN Stitched Hills dies 5173-01D
RN Circle dies 5002D	RN Color Fuse Ink set #1	RN Color Fuse Ink set #2	RN Color Fuse Ink set #4	RN Color Fuse Ink set #7
RN Color Fuse Ink set #10	Versafine Clair ink	RN Mirror Gold embossing powder	Ultimate Metallic Ink	Staples 110# White Card Stock
AC color card stock	RN Crossover II	Stickles	MISTI	Decoart Acrylic paint
Krylon Metallic Leafing pens	Rhinestones

A big congrats to Jacqueline, the newest Featured Stamper (FS713) on Splitcoast! She has a fab gallery & after much browsing, I chose THIS card to case. I kept the circle & trees but used some stamps instead of all dies, different dies & made mine a Christmas card.

For my Christmas card, I colored & die cut the cute little critters then die cut a large white panel. I used a stitched hill die to cut it in half, then sponged the upper half & splattered w/ water. I also stamped a random dot image w/ Picket Fence ink & used a white Posca pen to add some bright white snow dots, then I put the panel back together. The circle w/ the trees was die cut once out of pine green & once out of white, again stamping the dots w/ white onto the green version & stacked them a little off. I added a  white stitched frame on top of the green one then attached it to my panel & added the animals.  I saw I had enough room for a greeting & thankfully was able to add it this late in the process by using my Misti.

Here are the Copics I used:

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

RN Woodland Animals #2 3325	RN Woodland Animals #2 dies 3325D	RN Woodland Animals #3 3326	RN Woodland Animals #3 dies 3326D	Not So Many Dots 1338
RN Christmas Phrases Lg/Sm 3328	RN Color Fuse Ink set #6	RN Color Fuse Ink set #7	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	RN Circle Stitch Frames dies 5120D
RN Winter Trees in Circle die 5336-03D	Versafine Clair ink	Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock	RN Crossover II
Memento Inks	Copic Sketch Markers	X-Press It Blending Card	Distress Inks	Posca Paint Pen