{"id":18564,"date":"2015-02-13T00:00:23","date_gmt":"2015-02-13T05:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/?p=18564"},"modified":"2017-05-09T13:06:15","modified_gmt":"2017-05-09T18:06:15","slug":"serendipity-february-blog-hop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/?p=18564","title":{"rendered":"Serendipity February Blog Hop!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Easter
\n<\/a>\"Weekly-Favorite\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"02-03-15-Blog-Hop-Badge\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Welcome to the Serendipity February\u00a0Blog Hop!\u00a0We are showing off some beautiful new dies & images! If you arrived here from<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Jenny’s Blog<\/span>\u00a0<\/a>,\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>you are in the right place..if not, you may want to head over there first.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Prize – One $20 gift code will go to one random commenter from the blogs.\u00a0 So be sure\u00a0\u00a0to visit all the blogs because you don’t know which one the winner will be drawn from.<\/span><\/p>\n

For a second chance to win – like us on Facebook<\/a> and share the ad about the hop.\u00a0 One person who does both will be selected to win a second $20 gift certificate.\u00a0 If you already like us on FB all you have to do is share the ad with a friend.\u00a0 Click on the “share” link under the photo.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Visitors can leave comments through Feb 16 and the\u00a0winner will be announced on Mary’s blog on \u00a0Feb 17.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Easter
\n<\/a>My first card features the gorgeous new Daisy Garden die<\/a> & Daisy Border die<\/a>\u00a0along with the wonderful Easter die<\/a>. I paired them with the sweet little Three Ducks <\/a>image. Recently, Mary (Serendipity Stamps owner) and I had a little discussion about marbled paper. I have quite a stash of paper I hand marbled a long time ago and since every piece is one of a kind, I made color copies to use and I came across one of my favorite pieces so I used it for this card. Here’s a look at the copy before I cut it and used it. I thought the colors would be wonderful for an Easter card.
\n\"Easter
\n<\/a>In order to die cut the ducks, I had to do a little out of the box technique (tutorial HERE<\/a>). The top part was a little trickier…when I die cut the Daisy Garden die, I lined up the die to determine where to cut the pierced rectangle out of the remainder. I did it this way because I wanted the marbled paper to show through the Daisy Garden die and I didn’t want to have to hand cut it. I did the same with the turquoise layer. Worked perfectly! I paper pieced the little Easter eggs on the image out of some more of the marbled paper. \u00a0Here are the Copics I used.
\n\"Easter
\n<\/a>And on the inside, I used a little of the left over marbled paper and the leftover negative of the die cut Easter.
\n\"Easter
\n<\/a>Supplies:
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Stamps: Serendipity Stamps \u2013\u00a0Three Ducks<\/a>, Happy Christmas<\/a> (Happy on inside)<\/b>
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Paper: <\/b>X-Press It white, turquoise, copy of hand marbled paper<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ink:\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0Memento tuxedo black, Colorbox sea crystal chalk ink (inside)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Accessories:<\/b>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0Serendipity\u00a0Daisy Garden die<\/a>,\u00a0Daisy Border die<\/a>\u00a0&\u00a0Easter die<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Spellbinders pierced rectangle, radiant rectangle (pieced long oval), & mega oval dies, Copic markers<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

My second & third cards, I actually started for challenges on Splitcoast but didn’t finish right away so here they are! Promise, I wasn’t trying to be an overachiever!<\/span>
\n\"Sick
\n<\/a>\"Weekly-Favorite\"<\/a>\"Best<\/a>
\n<\/a>I love this cute little Sick Puppy<\/a> image. After stamping and coloring him, I had an idea to cut him out and have him perched in a window opening. I die cut the white panel w\/ a rectangle die then cut the pierced circle and placed the puppy on the edge and added the greeting<\/a> below him.<\/span>
\n\"Sick
\n<\/a>A\u00a0Daisy Garden die<\/a>\u00a0was added, half on, half under the top. The background is a mono print background I made a while back (tutorials HERE<\/a><\/strong> and HERE<\/a><\/strong>). These are the Copics I used.<\/span>
\n \"Sick
\n<\/a>Supplies:
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Stamps: Serendipity Stamps \u2013 Sick Puppy<\/a>, Heard You’re One Sick Puppy<\/a><\/b>
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Paper:\u00a0<\/b>X-Press It white, mono print background<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ink:\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx (greeting)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Accessories:<\/b>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0Serendipity\u00a0Daisy Garden die<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B, pieced circle\u00a0dies, Copic markers<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

For the last card, I had to stick it on the end because I made it for my hubby for Valentine’s Day. He has a feed that shows the beginning of my blog posts on his home page, so if it’s on top, he’ll see it before I want him to.<\/span>
\n\"So
\n<\/a>I had the hardest time with this one..I love the dies, but I couldn’t figure out what to put with them. Then on Monday, there was a challenge to use your embossing folders to “stamp” an image. I had this Queen of Hearts embossing folder so I inked it and “stamped” it onto white. No embossing, just used it to stamp.<\/span>
\n\"So
\n<\/a>I added the layered Poker Chips die<\/a> cuts, the Lucky die<\/a>, and I cut apart the S from the Sweet die<\/a> and a trimmed “a” from the Imagine<\/a> die to make my So word. Here’s a look at the inside.<\/span>
\n\"So<\/span>
\n<\/a>I used the IN also from the Imagine <\/a>die combined with the Love die<\/a>, more poker chips and Happy Valentine’s Day<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Supplies:
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Stamps: Serendipity Stamps \u2013 Happy Valentine’s Day II<\/a><\/b>
\n<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Paper:\u00a0<\/b>X-Press It white, red linen, black, dp (Glitz- Black & White)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ink:\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0Memento tuxedo black, Distress ink barn door, worn lipstick (to ink the embossing folder)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Accessories:<\/b>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0Serendipity Poker Chips die<\/a>,\u00a0\u00a0Lucky die<\/a>,\u00a0\u00a0Sweet die<\/a><\/strong>, Imagine<\/a>\u00a0die,\u00a0Love die<\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong>Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B, black grosgrain ribbon, Cuttlebug Queen of Hearts embossing folder (Love is in the Air set)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Thanks so much for stopping by! Now, you’ll need to hop on over to Karen’s Blog<\/span><\/strong><\/a>. Please be sure to visit and comment on all the team blogs to increase your chances to win! Here’s the order in case you get lost.
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