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A big congrats to Cathy, the newest Featured Stamper (FS699) on Splitcoast! She has such a big, beautiful gallery it was hard to pick just one. For my card, I cased THIS card of Cathy’s. I liked the little rectangle image w/ the greeting underneath, so I kept those. I used different dies,  a polka dot dp & totally changed the theme as well as flipping the layout. Yeah..I’m not sure how the cactus turned into a cafe set, but there it is.

For my little cafe scene, I die cut the patio set 3 times..in white, gray & hot pink, then stacked them. I shaped the umbrella a bit & added little pink birds & a flower vase. I came across the gray & pink polka dot paper & IRL, the gray frame accents it really well. But I’ve found most grays really freak out my camera. Anyway, lots of layered frames were stacked because it helped them show up better & I noticed Cathy likes a lot of layers. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

 

RN Patio set die 5209-03D	RN Small Birds die 5147-06D	RN Smile die 5205-04D	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	RN Vases & Shelves die 5309-05D
RN Mixed Flower Stack die 5309-10D	Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock	American Crafts -Everyday

 
It’s my turn to host the Splitcoast Inspiration Challenge & I chose Caron’s Beach House as the site. It has sooo many wonderful beach decor items! And since it’s pretty close to summer, I thought it would be perfect. THIS was the item that inspired my card.
To make my beach clock, I die cut the circles & on the smaller one, stamped & colored the chair & umbrella. The sandals, seagull & sailboat were drawn in w/ a multiliner pen & the bg was colored in. I inked the woodgrain bg w/ London fog & stamped off once before stamping across the scene, then I used a gray Copic to accentuate the board lines. The die cut numbers & clock hands were added on top. For the greeting, I stamped part of it & die cut the beach part. I had to die cut a few different words from the set then cut & paste them together. 

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

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

 

Adirondack Chair 450C	Umbrella 817G	New Beginning 602E	Woodgrain Bg 626P	Beach Sunrise 768L
Cool Summertime Greeting 824H	Copic Sketch Markers	Copic Multiliner pens	Memento Inks	White Gelly Roll Pen
Staples 110# White Card Stock	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131	Spellbinders Lg Circles S4-114	Lil’ Inker Stitched Rectangles Die Set	Cheery Lynn Clock dies B357
ODBD Numbers dies	Sizzix Celebration Words 660223

Today’s Technique Challenge (TLC632), black magic tech, & the Clean & Simple (CAS423), April showers, were a great pair to combine. 

After stamping the umbrella onto black (a Misti definitely helps w/ this..had to stamp it a number of times, before & after coloring), I used the Prismas to color it. Then I stamped the raindrops &  part of the greeting. Had to stamp that a bunch of times to get it bright enough. Added the stitched flags & sequins & pretty much done.

Here’s a look at the inside.

Thanks so much for looking.

Supplies:

Umbrella 817G	Raindrop Bg –1012H	Under the Weather -047G	Staples 110# white card stock
Brilliance Inks	Kaliedacolor ink pads	Recollections Cardstock	Lil’ Inker Stitched Rectangles Die Set
MFT Stitched Fishtail Flags	Prismacolor Pencils	MISTI	Sequins