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Hot Hello

Posted on April 19, 2025 10:02 PM by Julie Comment

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Today, I have a fairly easy floral hello card in hot, hot colors. Like full on summer heat wave! The combo of pink, yellow & orange really sets this on fire. The same colors used on the background were also used for the flowers, but switch up the hot colors for cool colors & you’ll have a very serene look.

It’s my turn to host the Featured Stamper Challenge FS950, so a big congrats to Carol! She has a wonderful gallery & I chose THIS card to case. I kept the hot colors & floral theme, but I used different dies, left off a panel & used a die instead of the embossing folder for the background.

To make my card, I picked out some hot summer colors of ink & a few dies. I started by using big blending brushes & the yellow, pinks & reds over a 4.25 x 5.50 piece of white card. When dry (it had a lot of ink on it), I die cut it w/ the Quilted Stitch cover die to give it a little more interest. I wanted a little more white around the edges, so I trimmed it down a bit using the largest plain rectangle die. For the flowers, I used the same ink on another panel, but blended them on in strips & also added an area of green for the leaves & stems. Then the flowers were die cut out of this panel. The flowers were shaped a bit before attaching to the stems & finally the front panel. Hello was die cut using the Vintage Alphabet die & the Friend was part of a larger greeting. After die cutting it, I trimmed off the upper part to just leave “Friend”.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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

Stamps: Brass & Bliss: Gardenia Floral set (greeting)

Paper: Staples 110# white

Ink: Versaclair nocturne, Brass & Bliss: Color Fuse Inks set #1, set #4, set #5, set #11

Accessories: Brass & Bliss: Gardenia Floral set, Lattice Cover, Vintage Alphabet, Build a Bloom Hollyhocks dies, Lg Blending Brushes, MISTI

Gardenia Floral set 37013	Gardenia Floral dies 37013D	Lattice Cover die 5735D	Build a Bloom Hollyhocks die 5808-03D	Vintage Alphabet die 5742D
Color Fuse Ink set #1	Color Fuse Ink set #4	Color Fuse Ink set #5	Color Fuse Ink set #11	Scotch ATG
Large Blending Brushes	Versafine Clair ink	MISTI	Staples 110# White Card Stock

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Seaside Town

Posted on December 27, 2024 9:39 PM by Julie Comment

Today, I have an all die cut seascape, complete with boats, houses, seagulls and a lighthouse on the hill overlooking water. This was a lot of fun to put together. I’m not usually a pastel person, but I like the sun drenched, sandy beach town vibes it gives.I’m not gonna lie, there are a lot of little pieces to put together, but it’s not hard & I love that you can customize all the parts using whatever colors you want.

For the Inspiration Challenge IC995, we are visiting Ruby Clay Co. & their Pinterest Board where I found THIS picture to use for my inspiration. As a rule, I don’t make a lot of all pastel colored cards, but this site is all about pastels, so I chose the palest pink, sand, blue & turquoise I could find. I die cut the houses out of the pale turquoise, sand & white. The lighthouse out of pale pink & white & I cut the top only out of turquoise & another out of pink & cut them to fit the corresponding areas on my white base. For the top of the lighthouse & the piece behind the window, I used a gold gel pen to add that gilded touch. The background is a wave stained glass cover die & I pieced it w/ the lt blue & sand colors to represent the shore & water. The sandy hill for the lighthouse was cut out of a textured sand color. I wanted it to be a little different from the shore.

I added a little gray to the white seagulls before attaching them near the sailboats.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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

Stamps: none

Paper: Staples 110# white, sand, pale pink, lt blue, pale turquoise, textured sand

Ink: none

Accessories: Brass & Bliss/Rubbernecker Stamps: Waves Stained Glass, Lighthouse & Sailboat, Town Scape, Seagulls dies, gold gel pen

Waves-Stained Glass die 5747-01D	Lighthouse & Sailboats die 5739D	Town Scape die 5722-01D	Seagulls die 5410-03D	AC color card stock
Staples 110# White Card Stock	Metallic Gelly Roll pens

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Beach Walk

Posted on July 12, 2024 10:03 PM by Julie Comment

A summer card featuring two lovely ladies on the beach. Great to send to a friend for a birthday, a summer vacation, or just thinking of you. One set of stamps w/ dies & some beautiful beach themed paper are all you need. Change up the colors to customize for your own.

For the Inspiration Challenge, we are visiting Free People & their Pinterest Board where I was inspired by THIS picture. It reminded me of this stamp set of girls sitting on the beach. Originally, there was only going to be one girl, but when I added the greeting, I thought she needed a friend.

This card was pretty easy. After coloring & die cutting the 3 images, I cut the 2 different papers. I used a smaller mini slimline for the narrow paper & dk blue layer. Then I used a smaller plain rectangle to cut out the center of the dk blue to make a frame to sit on top of the beach paper. The greeting was added directly onto the beach scene paper & the girls added below.

Here are the Copics I used: (the V01 was used to underpaint for shadows on the skin, hats & swimsuits)

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Brass & Bliss/Rubbernecker Stamps: Beach Girls set

Paper: Staples 110# white, dk blue, Brass & Bliss: Tropical Dreams paper pad

Ink: Memento tuxedo black

Accessories: Brass & Bliss/Rubbernecker Stamps: Rectangles, Beach Girls dies, Stitched Rectangles, Mini Slimline w/ Stitch, MISTI, Copic markers

Beach Girls 35057	Beach Girls dies 35057D	Rectangle dies 5003D	Rectangle Stitch Small dies 5013D	Slimline Nested Stitch dies 5326D
Tropical Dreams paper 2207	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Scotch ATG	MISTI	AC color card stock
Copic Sketch Markers	Memento Inks