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Big Hello

Posted on February 14, 2025 10:00 PM by Julie Comment

This is a card featuring a pretty die cut floral along with a really big Hello die cut. It’s all done in lovely shades of pinks along with some lt blue to give it a lavender look. It would be perfect to send to a friend for a birthday, anniversary or just to say Hello. Maybe even a Galentine for your BFF. It’s all die cuts plus a little ink so it’s not hard to make but it will make the recipient feel very special.

For the Inspiration Challenge, IC1002, we are visiting A Maker’s Studio & their Pinterest Board. I was inspired by the flowers & colors of THIS picture.

To make my card, I die cut the floral bouquet & Hello w/ Shadow twice each out of heavy white. I left the insets inside one of the bouquets & used the detail brushes to ink the petals with the rose & a little of the blush toward the inside edges. Then I brushed on a bit of the sky blue just on the insides. Then the inked insets were placed inside the all white outline. The single flower was popped up on top of the bouquet. I inked the top Hello the same way, then attached it to the plain version then onto the shadow which is also double stacked. I added a white outside scallop frame around the purple designer paper then attached my bouquet & greeting.

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, Recollections heavy white, Brass & Bliss: Marbled Perfection paper pad

Ink: Brass & Bliss: Color Fuse inks set #5, set #7

Accessories: Brass & Bliss: Floral Bouquet, Hello w/ Shadow, Stitched Rectangles, Outside Scallop Frame dies, Detail Blending Brushes, Misti

Flower Bouquet die 5800D	Hello w/ Shadow die 5800-01D	Rectangle Small Stitch dies 5013D	Outside Scallop Frame Rectangle die 5500-02D	Detail Blending Brushes
Color Fuse Ink set #5	Color Fuse Ink set #7	Recollections Hvy Wt white c/s	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Scotch ATG

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Love You a Lot

Posted on February 16, 2024 10:01 PM by Julie Comment

Cute little gnome girl on a background of dry embossed hearts. Perfect for a Valentine, Anniversary, Birthday or Mother’s Day. Extra pictures to show how the hearts were pushed out and the double heart border was used to create a lacy strip.

For the Inspiration Challenge (IC950) we are visiting All Paint by Numbers and their Pinterest Board. THIS was my inspiration picture.

My card started with the cute little gnome girl. After coloring & die cutting her w/ the coordinating die, I hunted around in my stash of backgrounds & found this baby wipe technique background (tutorial HERE) w/ similar colors. This is what the bg looked like, along w/ a die cut heart bg & inside scallop frame (from the OPC Combo #4). The pocket flap looking piece was die cut using part of the Twist & Pop die.

Instead of using the heart background die to cut the baby wipe bg, I placed it on the rubber embossing mat & embossed the hearts instead. I wanted them to look puffed up so I put the die back onto the embossed bg, lightly rubbed a piece of wax paper over it, then used an embossing stylus to push the hearts out. Here’s what it looks like from the back side.

This is what the front of the background looked like after embossing.

I attached the white die cut hearts bg & the inside scallop frame over it, leaving the sides mostly unattached, where I planned to put the greeting strip. To make the lacy heart strip, I die cut the heart border on one side of a strip of lavender. Then turned the die upside down, matching the points to the indentations on the cut row & cut it again.

The lacy heart stip was added above the greeting, on the pocket flap piece. The gnome was popped up just a bit to even her out, since half of her hat was on the layer below.

Here are the Copics I used:

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Brass & Bliss: I Love You Gnome set

Paper: Staples 110# white, glossy white, lavender

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Rubbernecker Stamps/Brass & Bliss reinker sets: #5, #6, #8 & #10

Accessories: Rubbernecker Stamps/Brass & Bliss: I Love You Gnome, Heart Background, OPC Rectangle Combo #4, Twist & Pop, Rose Border dies, baby wipes, embossing stylus

Staples 110# White Card Stock

Scotch ATG

Memento Inks

Kromekote white gloss card stock

AC color card stock

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Sending Love

Posted on February 10, 2024 10:17 PM by Julie Comment

A fun, easy Valentine, Wedding, Anniversary or Birthday card with minimal coloring and a stencil background using translucent grit paste. Easy to customize using the colors of your choice. The hardest part is waiting for it to dry.

A big congrats to Deb, the newest Featured Stamper (FS888) on Splitcoast! She has a wonderful gallery & I chose THIS card to case. I kept the layout (mostly) & the hearts, but I used different images, dies & colors. I also changed the background to a stenciled one.

For my card, I started by placing the stencil on scratch paper & rubbing 2 colors of pinkish/red ink over the top. I didn’t try to blend it, just dabbed it in areas first the lighter color then used the darker color on the rest. I placed the stencil on top of white card stock, ink side UP, then used a palette knife & spread the grit paste in a thin layer. The paste picked up the ink from the top of the stencil as I spread the paste & it gave me a lovely varied color. There is a subtle glitter in this paste that’s more apparent in person. I carefully lifted the stencil & washed it right away so it wouldn’t adhere to the stencil. Then I let the background piece dry (about 20 minutes or so).

While it was drying, I stamped the greeting & die cut w/ the longest tag. The heart balloons were also stamped, colored & die cut. When dry, I attached a pink inside scallop frame around the heart bg, tucking the greeting tag under the edges, & layered a red outside scallop frame underneath it. The balloons were popped up just a bit.
Here are the Copics I used for the balloons:

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Brass & Bliss: Love is in the Air set

Paper: Staples 110# white, pink, red

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Rubbernecker Stamps: Color Fuse inks set #4

Accessories: Brass & Bliss/Rubbernecker Stamps: Love is in the Air, Inside Scallop Frame, Outside Scallop Frame, Offset Tags dies, Stacked Hearts Stencil, Crossover II, Ranger Distress Translucent Grit Paste, Misti, Copic Markers

Love is in the Air set 36021	Love is in the Air dies 36021D	Stacked Hearts stencil 4302	Color Fuse Ink set #4	Inside Scallop Frame Rectangle die 5500-01D
Offset Tag dies 5505-03D	Outside Scallop Frame Rectangle die 5500-02D	Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock	Memento Inks
Copic Sketch Markers	MISTI	Ranger Grit Paste

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