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For the Splitcoast Inspiration Challenge (IC729), we’re headed to a wonderful Christmas site called Bronner’s Christmas Wonderland. After much window shopping, I chose THIS item as my inspiration. I just rec’d this cute little Owl image & I knew it would be perfect.

After stamping & coloring this cute owl & his sleigh, I die cut them w/ their matching dies & attached them to one I cut out of white cardboard..it gives the image a little lift & sturdiness. For the bg panel, I die cut the frame w/ curves die & snipped out the topmost curve. I put the lower sections back into the frame because I thought they resembled hills of snow. The blue bg has a snowflake frame embossed on it & I sponged it & splattered it w/ water. A partial line of trees was tucked into one side & a lamppost added to the other side.

Here are the Copics I used to color everything.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

 

RN Owl w/ Bird on Sled 1220	RN Owl w/ Bird on Sled die 1220D	RN Snowflake Frame 656	RN Tis the Season 981-05	RN Frame w/ Curves dies 5148-05D
RN Cardinals dies 5217-02D	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	RN Pine Tree Forest 5164D	RN Winter Lamp Post die 5217-05D	RN Lamp Post die 5163D
Staples 110# White Card Stock	X-Press It Blending Card	Distress Inks	Memento Inks	Colorbox Pigment Ink
Ranger Embossing Powder	Decoart Acrylic paint

For the Inspiration Challenge (IC728), we’re headed to a fashion clothing site. I did a lot of browsing & my inspiration came mostly from THIS dress. I liked the khaki & deep green combo but I couldn’t resist adding a little red.

I really love the look of Prismacolor pencils on kraft colored card. I used a combo of the black & rhubarb inks to ink the pinecone then used the Prismas to color it. The image was masked & I stamped the pine bough w/ the northern pine ink. The snow was added w/ a white Posca paint pen & I used a paintbrush & some thinned white paint to add the snow splatters. I sponged around all of the edges w/ a Brilliance moonlight white ink pad to add a little more of the snowy look. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Pine Cone w Bow 1001G	Pine Bough 467K	Joy to You 640G	Prismacolor Pencils	Cuttlebug Herringbone embossing folder 37-1915
Staples 110# white card stock	MISTI	Memento Inks	AC color card stock	Decoart Acrylic paint
Posca Paint Pen	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	RN Rounded Corner Rectangle Stitch dies 5017D	Double Stitched Circles dies CBD136	Brilliance Inks

Congrats to Karen, the newest Featured Stamper on Splitcoast! She has a lovely little gallery & I chose THIS card to case. I liked the wreath on the brick wall, so I kept that. But I used different stamps, dies & colors & used a stencil for my brick instead of an embossing folder.

On my bg, I sponged Brilliance gold & lightning black inks thru the brick wall stencil. While the stencil was still in place, I stamped the splatter bg using the same inks to give the bricks a little texture. IRL, it’s very gold & shimmery! The wreath was stamped, colored & I used my out of the box die cutting technique & a circle die to cut it. Large script greeting fit perfectly inside the wreath & I stamped it in black first, then again in the lightning black so it has a nice shimmer, too. A gold circle layer was added & done!

Here are the Copics I used for the wreath:

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

 

RN Merry Christmas Script 1256-01	RN Wreath w/ Berries 1252	RN Splatter Bg 1231	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	RN Circle Stitch dies 5006D
RN Brick Wall Stencil 4008	Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock	Copic Sketch Markers	Memento Inks
Brilliance Inks