{"id":18199,"date":"2014-12-03T00:00:31","date_gmt":"2014-12-03T05:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/?p=18199"},"modified":"2014-12-06T22:01:53","modified_gmt":"2014-12-07T03:01:53","slug":"serendipity-sscb38-sparkle-shine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/?p=18199","title":{"rendered":"Serendipity SSCB#38 &#8211; Sparkle &#038; Shine!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Rusty-Christmas-Truck-cu-05194.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18202\" src=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Rusty-Christmas-Truck-cu-05194.jpg\" alt=\"Rusty Christmas Truck cu 05194\" width=\"520\" height=\"393\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Welcome to the December\u00a0Challenge for<\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Cornucopia-cu-04987.jpg\">\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\"><a style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Serendipity Stamps<\/a><\/span><\/strong>!<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">This month the challenge is Sparkle &amp; Shine!\u00a0You can get all the details over on the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/serendipitystampschallengeblog.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #9fc5e8; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Serendipity Challenge Blog<\/strong><\/span>.<\/a>\u00a0 The DT has the added challenge of snow..\u00a0And as always, we have a\u00a0\u00a0have a gift certificate up for grabs to a random player.\u00a0This weeks\u2019 sale is a 40% off coupon. Enter \u201c40fromhigh1214\u201d to get 40% off the highest priced item in your cart.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13441\" src=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/SS-Button_design-team_res.jpg\" alt=\"SS Button_design team_res\" width=\"241\" height=\"139\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Rusty-CHristmas-truck-05189.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Rusty-CHristmas-truck-05189.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18201\" src=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Rusty-CHristmas-truck-05189.jpg\" alt=\"Rusty CHristmas truck 05189\" width=\"500\" height=\"419\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">F<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">or my Christmas card today, I went with more of a masculine theme. I love this old truck image and I thought it would look good in a rusty blue color. After coloring it with Copics, I stamped and fussy cut an extra wreath to add on top. The greeting was stamped underneath and I added some dimensional sparkly snow on the ground and stickles on the wreath.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The two patterns of designer paper are actually one double sided piece I die cut using a curved border then flipped one side over. The cobalt blue layer was embossed using a snowflake frame and I used a white chalk marker to go over the raised areas. The snowflake was stamped with the blue ink and fussy cut. The finished card is 5.50 x 4.25 and these are the Copics I used.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Rusty-Christmas-Truck-copics-05184.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18200\" src=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Rusty-Christmas-Truck-copics-05184.jpg\" alt=\"Rusty Christmas Truck copics 05184\" width=\"520\" height=\"352\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Our\u00a0Guest Designer: <span style=\"color: #f6b26b; font-size: 18pt;\"><a style=\"color: #f6b26b;\" href=\"http:\/\/artful-notions.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nancy Penir<\/a><strong><a style=\"color: #f6b26b;\" href=\"http:\/\/artful-notions.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #f6b26b;\"><a style=\"color: #f6b26b;\" href=\"http:\/\/paperliliesandink.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/Serendipity%20Stamps\" target=\"_blank\">Karen Amidon<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #f6b26b;\"><a style=\"color: #f6b26b;\" href=\"http:\/\/marybethstimeforpaper.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/Serendipity%20Stamps\" target=\"_blank\">Marybeth Lopez<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #f6b26b;\"><a style=\"color: #f6b26b;\" href=\"http:\/\/miriamsdelirium.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/Serendipity%20Stamps\" target=\"_blank\">Miriam Napier<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #f6b26b;\"><a style=\"color: #f6b26b;\" href=\"http:\/\/vickiezimmer.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/Serendipity%20stamps\" target=\"_blank\">Vickie Zimmer<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #f6b26b;\"><a style=\"color: #f6b26b;\" href=\"http:\/\/akeptlife.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/Serendipity%20Stamps\" target=\"_blank\">Jeanne Jachna<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #f6b26b;\"><a style=\"color: #f6b26b;\" href=\"http:\/\/onekraftykat.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/Serendipity%20Stamps\" target=\"_blank\">Jenny Gropp<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #f6b26b;\"><a style=\"color: #f6b26b;\" href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/?cat=514\">Julie Warner<\/a>\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">(you are here!)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Supplies:<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"90%\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"6\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody id=\"collapseobj_photoinfo\">\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><b>Stamps:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Serendipity Stamps<\/a>\u00a0\u2013<a href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/product\/1238H.html\" target=\"_blank\">Christmas Truck 1238H<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/product\/1136D.html\" target=\"_blank\">Season&#8217;s Greetings 1136D<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/product\/1335G.html\" target=\"_blank\"> Snowflake Cling set 1335G<\/a><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\">Paper:X-Press It white, cobalt blue, dp (Authentique &#8211; Something for All Seasons)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\">Ink: \u00a0Memento tuxedo black, blue danube<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\">Accessories:\u00a0Spellbinders A2 matting basics A &amp; B, curved borders dies,\u00a0white chalk marker, Copic markers, sparkling snow dimensional writer, snowflake frame embossing folder (Darice), stickles<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Thanks so much for stopping by!<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Julie2-sig.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12715\" src=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Julie2-sig.png\" alt=\"Julie2 sig\" width=\"134\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the December\u00a0Challenge for\u00a0Serendipity Stamps!\u00a0This month the challenge is Sparkle &amp; Shine!\u00a0You can get all the details over on the\u00a0Serendipity Challenge Blog.\u00a0 The DT has the added challenge of snow..\u00a0And as always, we have a\u00a0\u00a0have a gift certificate up for grabs to a random player.\u00a0This weeks\u2019 sale is a 40% off coupon. Enter \u201c40fromhigh1214\u201d to get 40% off the highest priced item in your cart. For my Christmas card today, I went with more of a masculine theme. I love this old truck image and I thought it would look good in a rusty blue color. After coloring it with Copics, I stamped and fussy cut an extra wreath to add on top. The greeting was stamped underneath and I added some dimensional sparkly snow on the ground and stickles on the wreath.\u00a0 The two patterns of designer paper are actually one double sided piece I die cut using a curved border then flipped one side over. The cobalt blue layer was embossed using a snowflake frame and I used a white chalk marker to go over the raised areas. The snowflake was stamped with the blue ink [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,58,514,34,14],"tags":[541,468,585,141,517,114,115],"class_list":["post-18199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christmasholiday","category-glitter","category-serendipity-stamps","category-nestabilities","category-scs-challenges","tag-cars","tag-copic","tag-glitter","tag-masculine","tag-serendipity-stamps","tag-spellbinders","tag-scs"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18199\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}