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\"Tulip
\n<\/a>\"Weekly-Favorite\"<\/a>
\n<\/a>\"4-10-15
\n<\/a>Welcome to the<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Serendipity<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>April Blog Hop<\/span><\/strong>!\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.
\nThe 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. You have through April 12\u00a0\u00a0to leave comments. The winner will be announced on Mary’s blog on April 13. And we have a sale..\u00a0Buy 3, Get a 4th Free.\u00a0\u00a0 Good Fri through\u00a0Sunday\u00a0 4\/10<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u2013 4\/12. And don’t forget about our half off stamp of the month Mason Jar<\/a>.
\n<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\"Tulip<\/a>
\n<\/a>For my cards today, I made several water color wash backgrounds. I picked one of the brighter ones for this card. The frame was die cut first, edged w\/ a black marker, \u00a0then the tulips & leaves were cut out of the leftover pieces. \u00a0A white background was cut to fit inside the frame using a pierced rectangle die then the flowers were arranged on top. The Bloom die was cut out of black 3 times and stacked together. I added just the flower centers cut out of a little pink area from the watercolor background. The finished card is 4.25 x 5.50 and here’s a look at the inside.
\n\"Tulip
\n<\/a><\/em><\/strong>Supplies:
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Stamps:\u00a0Serendipity Stamps \u2013Spring Flower Pops,<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Happy Birthday<\/a> (inside)<\/span><\/b>
\n<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Paper:\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0Neenah white,\u00a0black, water color<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ink:\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0Versafine Onyx<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Accessories:<\/b>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0Serendipity\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0Flower Pops<\/a>, Bloom<\/a> dies<\/strong><\/span>,\u00a0Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B, pierced rectangle dies, black Permapaque marker, water colors & brushes, black Permapaque\u00a0marker<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\"Framed
\n<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span>My\u00a0second card uses one of the paler water color backgrounds. This time, I die cut a narrow black square frame to place all the flowers & leaves inside. Before I attached them, I used a black Tombow maker to ink just a few of the dots from the ink splatter image and stamped them in a diagonal from top left to bottom right.
\n\"Framed
\n<\/a>After attaching all the flowers, the Create word was die cut 3 times like before and stacked. I added some black crystals to the flower centers for a little sparkle. The finished card is 4.25 x 5.50 and here’s a look at the inside.
\n\"Framed
\n<\/a><\/strong><\/em>Supplies:
\n<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Stamps:\u00a0Serendipity Stamps \u2013Spring Flower Pops,<\/a>\u00a0Ink Spots<\/a>,\u00a0I Just Wanted to Say<\/a>\u00a0(insid<\/span>e)<\/b>
\n<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Paper:\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0Neenah white,\u00a0black, water color<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ink:\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0Versafine Onyx<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Accessories:<\/b>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0Serendipity\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0Flower Pops<\/a>,\u00a0Create<\/a>\u00a0dies<\/strong><\/span>,\u00a0Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B, pierced rectangle, petite oval dies, black Tombow\u00a0marker, water colors & brushes, black crystals<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Now, you\u2019ll need to hop on over to\u00a0Karen\u2019s Blog<\/strong><\/a><\/span>.<\/strong><\/em> I know she\u2019ll have something wonderful to show you! Here\u2019s the hop list, in case you get lost:<\/span><\/p>\n

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