{"id":18835,"date":"2015-03-04T00:00:32","date_gmt":"2015-03-04T05:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/?p=18835"},"modified":"2015-03-17T20:59:23","modified_gmt":"2015-03-18T00:59:23","slug":"serendipity-sscb41-spring-fever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/?p=18835","title":{"rendered":"Serendipity SSCB#41 &#8211; Spring Fever!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/St-Paddys-Owl-cu-05804.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18836\" src=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/St-Paddys-Owl-cu-05804.jpg\" alt=\"St Paddys Owl cu 05804\" width=\"500\" height=\"662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/St-Paddys-Owl-cu-05804.jpg 988w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/St-Paddys-Owl-cu-05804-132x175.jpg 132w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/St-Paddys-Owl-cu-05804-302x400.jpg 302w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/St-Paddys-Owl-cu-05804-453x600.jpg 453w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.splitcoaststampers.com\/forums\/general-stamping-talk-f17\/favorites-week-ending-march-8-2015-a-t597323.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9523 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Weekly-Favorite.gif\" alt=\"Weekly-Favorite\" width=\"200\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Blue-Winter-Town-cu05465.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/SS-Button_design-team_res.jpg\"><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=\"224\" height=\"129\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Welcome to the\u00a0March Challenge 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 Spring Fever!\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 For the Design Team, we have the added challenge of making a St. Patrick&#8217;s Day card. \u00a0And as always, we have a\u00a0\u00a0have a gift certificate up for grabs to a random player.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/St-Paddys-Owl-05803.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18837\" src=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/St-Paddys-Owl-05803.jpg\" alt=\"St Paddys Owl 05803\" width=\"522\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/St-Paddys-Owl-05803.jpg 1051w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/St-Paddys-Owl-05803-141x175.jpg 141w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/St-Paddys-Owl-05803-321x400.jpg 321w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/St-Paddys-Owl-05803-482x600.jpg 482w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>My card today is a little simpler than normal and the finished project has very little in common with my original idea. Everything except the little green owl with hat was pretty much reworked. Sometimes you gotta go where you gotta go. After I colored &amp; fussy cut the little owl, I made a hat for him using a couple of punches. For the hat, I used a long neck vase punch, then cut off the vase part. Another cut was made below the curve &amp; I turned the strip around to make a hat brim and added a yellow strip for the band. A clover punch was used for the 4 leaf clover addition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">I added a big yellow sun\/moon behind the owl, the greeting in the lower right and a couple of die cut corners to balance things out. These are the Copics I used.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/St-Paddys-Owl-copics-05802.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18838\" src=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/St-Paddys-Owl-copics-05802.jpg\" alt=\"St Paddys Owl copics 05802\" width=\"475\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/St-Paddys-Owl-copics-05802.jpg 828w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/St-Paddys-Owl-copics-05802-175x121.jpg 175w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/St-Paddys-Owl-copics-05802-400x277.jpg 400w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/St-Paddys-Owl-copics-05802-600x416.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">And here&#8217;s a look at the inside with a leftover frame and a second owl I fussy cut. He was a test drive for the colors on the other owl and I didn&#8217;t want him to be left out<\/span> \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/St-Paddys-Owl-inside05810.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18839\" src=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/St-Paddys-Owl-inside05810.jpg\" alt=\"St Paddys Owl inside05810\" width=\"475\" height=\"641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/St-Paddys-Owl-inside05810.jpg 828w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/St-Paddys-Owl-inside05810-130x175.jpg 130w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/St-Paddys-Owl-inside05810-296x400.jpg 296w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/St-Paddys-Owl-inside05810-444x600.jpg 444w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>\u00a0Please be sure to stop by and comment on all the DT blogs to increase your chances to win! And we have a special Guest Designer this month&#8230;my friend,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/snippets-karen.blogspot.ca\/search\/label\/Serendipity%20Stamps\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><span style=\"color: #f497f3; font-size: 14pt;\">Karen Dunbrook!<\/span><\/strong><\/a> <span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">You&#8217;re going to love her card!<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #f497f3;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #f497f3;\" href=\"http:\/\/marybethstimeforpaper.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/Serendipity%20Stamps\" target=\"_blank\">Marybeth Lopez<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #f497f3;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #f497f3;\" href=\"http:\/\/miriamsdelirium.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/Serendipity%20Stamps\" target=\"_blank\">Miriam Napier<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #f497f3;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #f497f3;\" href=\"http:\/\/vickiezimmer.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/Serendipity%20stamps\" target=\"_blank\">Vickie Zimmer<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #f497f3;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #f497f3;\" href=\"http:\/\/akeptlife.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/Serendipity%20Stamps\" target=\"_blank\">Jeanne Jachna<br \/>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #f497f3;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #f497f3;\" href=\"http:\/\/onekraftykat.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/Serendipity%20Stamps\" target=\"_blank\">Jenny Gropp<br \/>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #f497f3;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #f497f3;\" href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/?cat=514\">Julie Warner<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>(you are here)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #f497f3;\"><a style=\"color: #f497f3;\" href=\"http:\/\/paperliliesandink.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/Serendipity%20Stamps\" target=\"_blank\">Karen\u00a0Amidon<br \/>\n<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Thanks so much for stopping by!<br \/>\n<\/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><br \/>\nSupplies:<\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"90%\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"6\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody id=\"collapseobj_photoinfo\">\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><b>Stamps:\u00a0<span style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\"><a style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\" target=\"_blank\">Serendipity Stamps\u00a0<\/a>\u2013<a style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/product\/1159E.html\" target=\"_blank\"> Retro Owl<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/st-patricks-day\/175E.html\" target=\"_blank\">Happy St. Pat&#8217;s Greeting,<\/a>\u00a0<a style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/product\/971D.html\" target=\"_blank\">Sending Lots of Love<\/a> (inside)<\/span><\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/drsdesigns.com\/backgrounds\/1186-splatter-background.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><b>Paper:\u00a0<\/b>Neenah\u00a0white, dp (MME)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><b>Ink:\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0Memento tuxedo black, Distress Ink mown grass (inside)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><b style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Accessories:<\/b><strong style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"color: #cfe2f3;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<a style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/serendipity-dies\/022RD.html\" target=\"_blank\">Serendipity Floral Frame &amp; Embellishment\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/serendipity-dies\/022RD.html\" target=\"_blank\">die <\/a><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">(corners)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A &amp; B, circle dies, Copic markers, clover punch, vase punch (for hat)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the\u00a0March Challenge for\u00a0Serendipity Stamps!\u00a0This month the challenge is Spring Fever!\u00a0You can get all the details over on the\u00a0Serendipity Challenge Blog.\u00a0 For the Design Team, we have the added challenge of making a St. Patrick&#8217;s Day card. \u00a0And as always, we have a\u00a0\u00a0have a gift certificate up for grabs to a random player. My card today is a little simpler than normal and the finished project has very little in common with my original idea. Everything except the little green owl with hat was pretty much reworked. Sometimes you gotta go where you gotta go. After I colored &amp; fussy cut the little owl, I made a hat for him using a couple of punches. For the hat, I used a long neck vase punch, then cut off the vase part. Another cut was made below the curve &amp; I turned the strip around to make a hat brim and added a yellow strip for the band. A clover punch was used for the 4 leaf clover addition. I added a big yellow sun\/moon behind the owl, the greeting in the lower right and a couple of die [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[132,337,514,34,14,446,290],"tags":[600,614,468,517,114,115,448,610],"class_list":["post-18835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds","category-cas","category-serendipity-stamps","category-nestabilities","category-scs-challenges","category-scs-weekly-favorite","category-st-patricks-day","tag-birds","tag-cas","tag-copic","tag-serendipity-stamps","tag-spellbinders","tag-scs","tag-splitcoast-weekly-favorite","tag-st-patricks-day"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18835","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=18835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18835\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}