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Tropical Paradise

Posted on September 1, 2023 9:59 PM by Julie Comment

A colorful, tropical card easy to make w/ these fun dies, some ink & a few colored pencils. Sure to brighten someone’s birthday, vacation or retirement.

It’s my turn to host the Inspiration Challenge (IC926) and we’re visiting The Classy Home & their Pinterest Board where I found THIS picture to inspire me.

To make my tropical card, I die cut the palm tree frame out of grass green & stacked it a few times to give it a little depth. I used green, brown & blue-green inks to sponge on top of it, then added some details w/ Prismacolor pencils. I also used the pencils to color in the water on the white layer behind it. The grass, sand & little hilly island were also die cut & shaded w/ inks & pencils. I added the other elements to the white bg before attaching the palm tree frame on top.

The small flowers were die cut, shaped & added at the bottom of the frame. The coconuts were made using a small hole punch then colored in.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Rubbernecker Stamps: none

Paper: Staples 110# white, grass green, scraps of yellow, pink, red

Ink: Rubbernecker Stamps: Color Fuse inks: set #2, set #3, set #9, set #10

Accessories: Rubbernecker Stamps: Palm Tree Frame, Rainbow & Clouds, Tabbed Mountains, Slimline Hills, Classic Grass, Seagulls, Sm Flowers #5 dies, Prismacolor Pencils, white gel pen

Staples 110# White Card Stock

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Birthday Patio

Posted on August 25, 2023 9:55 PM by Julie Comment

A fun birthday card w/ a cute patio set, that looks harder than it is. The new paver bg die is great to use over a variety of background papers & makes them look great.

We are visiting Image Kind & their Pinterest Board. I was inspired by THIS patio set picture & I thought this new patio die set would be perfect for it.

For my teal patio card, I die cut the center rectangle out of mint, along w/ the little pillows & table top. I used a teal for the chair cushions & 1 vase. The background was die cut out of a darker teal using a paver cover die. I stacked it a couple of times for dimension, then attached it to a Distress oxide ink bg I had hanging around. I filled in the smaller diamonds w/ white to break it up a bit. It was pretty easy to put it all together & to finish I added the stamped/die cut Happy Birthday.

Just a tiny bit of stickles was added to the flower centers.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Rubbernecker Stamps: Lg/Sm Happy Birthday

Paper: Staples 110# white, teal, dk teal, mint

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Distress Oxide inks: cracked pistachio, mermaid lagoon, salvage patina

Accessories: Rubbernecker Stamps: Stitched Rectangles, Background Paver, Patio set, Happy Birthday Lg/Sm, Diamond Pierced Cover dies, Crossover II, MISTI, stickles

Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock	Memento Inks	MISTI	Stickles
Distress Oxide Inks

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Hey Vacay

Posted on May 26, 2023 10:52 PM by Julie Comment

A fun summer beach vacay card w/ some really cute little critters. Easy to make & so colorful.

For the Inspiration Challenge (IC912), we’re visiting Primitives by Kathy and their Pinterest site where I found THIS picture.

For my vacay card, I colored & die cut the little animals & fussy cut the palm trees. I used a split circle die to cut out the top of my white panel, leaving the center wide enough to stamp my greeting. I added some die cut clouds & grass on the top section & some waves in two colors on the lower section.

I added 2 more die cut layers of white under the top panel to add a lift from the background.

And these are the Copics I used:

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Rubbernecker Stamps: Summertime Animals set

Paper: Staples 110# white, royal blue, turquoise, green

Ink: VersaClair nocturne, Rubbernecker Stamps: Color Fuse ink set #7

Accessories: Rubbernecker Stamps: Rectangle Stitch, Slimline Clouds, Slimline Grass, Offset Circle w/ Stitch, Waves dies, MISTI, Copic markers