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Texas Stars

Posted on July 13, 2018 9:30 PM by Julie 1 Comment

For the Splitcoast Inspiration Challenge (IC658), we are to chose a souvenir from our state or country. So I chose my home state of Texas since I have stamps for that state. And as everyone knows, Texans are pretty proud of their state. Remember the old saying...”Don’t ask a man if he’s from Texas. If he is, he’ll tell you. If he’s not, you’ll just embarrass him.” I was inspired by THIS postcard depicting the town where I grew up..though I was a little disappointed they spelled it wrong 😕

To make my Corpus Christi (aka: Sparkling City by the Sea) skyline card, I made a bg w/ Brushos then die cut the silhouette skyline. I used another skyline die that had a bridge (because Corpus has the big Bay Bridge) & added a piece of it to the right side. I also die cut the moon & stars & the Stars word to insert it into the greeting. The inside of the card has the “Deep in the Heart of Texas” part. Now all you fellow Texans (& a few who want to be, lol) will be singing that song. You’re welcome!!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great weekend, y’all!

Supplies:

Stamps: Deadbeat Designs (greeting)

Paper: Staples 110# white, water color, small strips of teal

Ink: VersaFine onyx

Accessories: MFT Stars & Wishes/Count the Stars dies, Memory Box silhouette skyline die, Recollections constellations dies, Momenta skyline dies, black detail embossing powder

Deadbeat Designs Big & Bright G56	MFT Stars & Wishes dies	MFT Count the Stars dies	MB Cityscape & Silhouette dies 98398 / 98399	Momenta skyline dies
Recollections Constellations dies 542700	Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock	Water Color Paper	VersaFine Inkpads
Ranger Embossing Powder	Brushos Water Color Crystals

Texas Balloon

Posted on April 21, 2018 9:55 PM by Julie 2 Comments

A big congrats to Suzy, the newest Featured Stamper (FS585) on Splitcoast! She has a wonderful gallery & since she lives in Texas & I am from Texas, I couldn’t resist picking THIS card to case. She has a lot of Tx themed cards but I liked the Tx flag on the balloon so I kept that. I used different stamps & dies & put my Tx flag on a punch out of the state outline.

This card turned out to be a little trickier than I thought it would. Mostly because the big Hot Air Balloons bg die actually has a very large balloon in the lower left that I didn’t want to be there. So I had to die cut it pretty carefully using a smaller top plate to avoid cutting it out. A tiny bit of it did start to cut so I covered it up by die cutting a small cloud in that area (just to right of her face). I also die cut a lt blue layer & lined it up a little off to shadow the white. The right balloon has a colored Tx state punch under it. The little cowgirl was done separately & fussy cut around the top & sides to go on top.

Here’s a look at the inside & below it are the Copics I used.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – Cowgirl, (inside: Sending Smiles , US Map )

Paper: Staples #110 white, X-Press It, lt blue

Ink: Memento tuxedo black (summer sky also used on inside)

Accessories: Serendipity Reverse Hot Air Balloon die, Howdy die, Spellbinders A2 matting basics B dies, Lil’ Inker stitched rectangle die, Copic markers, Misti, Memory Box puffy clouds die, Punch Bunch Texas punch, small star punch

Cowgirl 1364H	Sending Smiles SS-1361E	US Map 1350H	Hot Air Balloons Reverse die SSDIE-064-M
Howdy die 061ED	Memento Inks	Staples 110# White Card Stock	X-Press It Blending Card
AC color card stock	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132	Lil’ Inker Stitched Rectangles Die Set	Copic Sketch Markers
MISTI	Memory Box Puffy Clouds dies	Punch Bunch State of Texas punch	Fiskar’s Star punch

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Texas Howdy

Posted on March 4, 2018 12:48 AM by Julie 1 Comment

A big congrats to Bronwyn, the newest Featured Stamper (FS578) on Splitcoast! She has a wonderful gallery and after much browsing, I chose THIS to case. I kept the colors & layout but her little boy became the state of Texas and I changed the triangular spinner to a word art thingie (per the Technique Challenge TLC679) & instead of white stitch lines I used a barbed wire border.

I did the lines & coloring for the word art for the die cut Howdy per the Technique Challenge then colored the die cut Texas shape & did my best to match up the lower end of the point convergence & added a star at that point. The lt blue was dry embossed then I made a border using a barbed wire die.

Here’s a look at the inside & below it are the Copics I used.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: inside: Serendipity Stamps – US Map, Jam’n Stamps – Texas Sized Birthday

Paper: Staples 110# white, Neenah white, lt blue, cobalt blue

Ink: Memento tuxedo black on inside

Accessories: Serendipity Howdy die, star punches, Copic markers, Gina Marie barbed wire die, Lil’ Inker stitched rectangles.

Howdy die 061ED	US Map 1350H	Ellison State of Texas 27112 thin cuts die	Punch Bunch State of Texas punch	Staples 110# White Card Stock
Neenah Classic Crest white	Recollections Cardstock	Copic Sketch Markers	Memento Inks	Darice Stars ef 1218-62
Gina Marie Barbed Wire & Howdy