{"id":20830,"date":"2015-10-07T00:00:43","date_gmt":"2015-10-07T04:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/?p=20830"},"modified":"2015-10-18T23:35:32","modified_gmt":"2015-10-19T03:35:32","slug":"serendipity-sscb48-whats-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/?p=20830","title":{"rendered":"Serendipity SSCB#48 &#8211; What&#8217;s New?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Owl-Window-cu-07501.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-20834\" src=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Owl-Window-cu-07501.jpg\" alt=\"Owl Window cu 07501\" width=\"522\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Owl-Window-cu-07501.jpg 828w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Owl-Window-cu-07501-175x133.jpg 175w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Owl-Window-cu-07501-400x303.jpg 400w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Owl-Window-cu-07501-600x455.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"Challenge #201 - Inspired by Color Challenge!\" target=\"_blank\"><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\/09\/Autumn-Leaves-cu-07414.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=\"243\" height=\"140\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/product\/129G.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/mm5\/pics\/stamps\/129wheelinsnow.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"162\" height=\"162\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/SS-Button_design-team_res.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Welcome to the October\u00a0Challenge for<\/span><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Serendipity Stamps<\/a><\/strong><\/span>!\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">This month the challenge is What&#8217;s New (use your newest products)!\u00a0You can get all the details over on the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/SS-Button_design-team_res.jpg\">\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/serendipitystampschallengeblog.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #9fc5e8; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Serendipity Challenge Blog<\/strong><\/span>.<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Owl-Window-cu-07501.jpg\">\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">We have\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">something new&#8230;a\u00a0\u201cStamp of the Month\u201d. Each month a different image will be 50% off. This month- it\u2019s the<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #9fc5e8;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #f9cb9c;\">\u00a0<a style=\"color: #f9cb9c;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/product\/129G.html\" target=\"_blank\">Wheel in Snow<\/a><\/span><\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span>Be sure to check out the great deals on the<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #eaafaf;\"><a style=\"color: #eaafaf;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/category\/clearance-sale.html\" target=\"_blank\">Clearance Stamps<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\">&amp;<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #eaafaf;\"><a style=\"color: #eaafaf;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/category\/specials-dollar25-um-stamp-sale.html\" target=\"_blank\">sale stamps<\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">!<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">And 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\/10\/Owl-Window07505.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-20831\" src=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Owl-Window07505.jpg\" alt=\"Owl Window07505\" width=\"522\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Owl-Window07505.jpg 796w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Owl-Window07505-151x175.jpg 151w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Owl-Window07505-344x400.jpg 344w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Owl-Window07505-516x600.jpg 516w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>For my Halloween window card, I die cut the Cheery Lynn window out of black card stock, then used my Misti to stamp the<span style=\"color: #d4e1f7;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #d4e1f7;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/new-stamps\/1373QCL.html\" target=\"_blank\"> owl<\/a><\/strong><\/span> &amp; <span style=\"color: #d4e1f7;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #d4e1f7;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/product\/1323QCL.html\" target=\"_blank\">branch<\/a><\/strong><\/span> w\/ Memento, color with Copics, then over stamp w\/ Versafine. The branch was die cut w\/ the matching die &amp; the owl was fussy cut. I had an orange &amp; purple background I made on thin water color paper using Distress Inks &amp; the <span style=\"color: #fcb05f;\"><span style=\"color: #b6d7a8;\"><a style=\"color: #b6d7a8;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.splitcoaststampers.com\/resources\/tutorials\/stampedblockbackground\/\" target=\"_blank\">acrylic block technique<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>&amp; after it dried, I put it in the Misti, stamped the moon w\/ Memento, then used a white Prismacolor pencil to add white to the <span style=\"color: #d4e1f7;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #d4e1f7;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/new-stamps\/1373QCL.html\" target=\"_blank\">moon &amp; stars<\/a><\/strong>.<\/span> The moon didn&#8217;t look as white as I wanted, so I ended up stamping it on a piece of white c\/s that I had brushed on some Wink of Stella &amp; fussy cut it to add on top. I added the <span style=\"color: #d4e1f7;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #d4e1f7;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/product\/659B.html\" target=\"_blank\">greeting<\/a><\/strong><\/span> flag and a bat &amp; pumpkins die cut from the <span style=\"color: #d4e1f7;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #d4e1f7;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/new-stamps\/067MD.html\" target=\"_blank\">Creepy Wreath<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>set.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Here&#8217;s a look at the inside &amp; below it are the Copics I used. (I used the fluorescent yellow Sharpie for the eyes &amp; feet)<br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Owl-Window-inside-07507.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-20833\" src=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Owl-Window-inside-07507.jpg\" alt=\"Owl Window inside 07507\" width=\"400\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Owl-Window-inside-07507.jpg 628w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Owl-Window-inside-07507-143x175.jpg 143w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Owl-Window-inside-07507-327x400.jpg 327w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Owl-Window-inside-07507-490x600.jpg 490w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Owl-Window-copics-07499.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-20832\" src=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Owl-Window-copics-07499.jpg\" alt=\"Owl Window copics 07499\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Owl-Window-copics-07499.jpg 668w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Owl-Window-copics-07499-175x117.jpg 175w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Owl-Window-copics-07499-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Owl-Window-copics-07499-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Supplies:<\/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<\/b><span style=\"color: #d4e1f7;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #d4e1f7;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Serendipity Stamps<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a style=\"color: #d4e1f7;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/new-stamps\/1373QCL.html\" target=\"_blank\">Halloween Pops set<\/a>,\u00a0<a style=\"color: #d4e1f7;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/product\/659B.html\" target=\"_blank\">Happy Halloween<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #d4e1f7;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/product\/1323QCL.html\" target=\"_blank\">Leaf Pops Detailed set<\/a><\/strong><\/span><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:<\/b>\u00a0X-Press It white,\u00a0black, dp (Making Memories &#8211; Spook Alley)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><b>Ink:\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx (to overstamp image after coloring), Distress inks in spiced marmalade, dried marigold, dusty concord, wilted violet<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><b>Accessories:<\/b><strong>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #d4e1f7;\">\u00a0<a style=\"color: #d4e1f7;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/new-stamps\/067MD.html\" target=\"_blank\">Serendipity Creepy Wreath die<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #d4e1f7;\">(pumpkins &amp; bats) <strong><a style=\"color: #d4e1f7;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/serendipity-dies\/040PD.html\" target=\"_blank\">Leaf Pops dies<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, Spellbinders A2\u00a0matting basics A &amp; B dies, MISTI, Copic markers, fishtail flag dies, window die (Cheery Lynn), Wink of Stella<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Please be sure to stop by &amp; comment on all the DT blogs..it will be much appreciated &amp; definitely increase your chance of winning!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b4a7d6; font-size: 18pt;\"><a style=\"color: #b4a7d6;\" href=\"http:\/\/pam-simcrafts.blogspot.com\" target=\"_blank\">Pam Simpson<\/a> <\/span><span style=\"color: #b4a7d6; font-size: 10pt;\">(guest designer)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b4a7d6;\"><a style=\"color: #b4a7d6;\" href=\"http:\/\/miriamsdelirium.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/Serendipity%20Stamps\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Miriam Na<\/span>pier<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #b4a7d6;\"><a style=\"color: #b4a7d6;\" href=\"http:\/\/vickiezimmer.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/Serendipity%20stamps\" target=\"_blank\">Vickie Zimmer<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b4a7d6;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><a style=\"color: #b4a7d6;\" href=\"http:\/\/akeptlife.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/Serendipity%20Stamps\" target=\"_blank\">Jeanne Jac<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a style=\"color: #b4a7d6;\" href=\"http:\/\/akeptlife.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/Serendipity%20Stamps\" target=\"_blank\">hna<\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #b4a7d6;\"><a style=\"color: #b4a7d6;\" href=\"http:\/\/onekraftykat.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/Serendipity%20Stamps\" target=\"_blank\">Jenny Gropp<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b4a7d6;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><a style=\"color: #b4a7d6;\" href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/?cat=514\" target=\"_blank\">Julie Warner<\/a><\/span>\u00a0(you are here!)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #b4a7d6;\"><a style=\"color: #b4a7d6;\" href=\"http:\/\/paperliliesandink.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/Serendipity%20Stamps\" target=\"_blank\">Karen Amidon<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #b4a7d6;\"><a style=\"color: #b4a7d6;\" href=\"http:\/\/marybethstimeforpaper.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/Serendipity%20Stamps\" target=\"_blank\">Marybeth Lopez<\/a><\/span><\/p>\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 October\u00a0Challenge for\u00a0Serendipity Stamps!\u00a0This month the challenge is What&#8217;s New (use your newest products)!\u00a0You can get all the details over on the\u00a0Serendipity Challenge Blog.\u00a0\u00a0We have\u00a0something new&#8230;a\u00a0\u201cStamp of the Month\u201d. Each month a different image will be 50% off. This month- it\u2019s the\u00a0Wheel in Snow.\u00a0Be sure to check out the great deals on the\u00a0Clearance Stamps\u00a0&amp;\u00a0sale stamps!And as always, we have a\u00a0\u00a0have a gift certificate up for grabs to a random player. For my Halloween window card, I die cut the Cheery Lynn window out of black card stock, then used my Misti to stamp the owl &amp; branch w\/ Memento, color with Copics, then over stamp w\/ Versafine. The branch was die cut w\/ the matching die &amp; the owl was fussy cut. I had an orange &amp; purple background I made on thin water color paper using Distress Inks &amp; the acrylic block technique\u00a0&amp; after it dried, I put it in the Misti, stamped the moon w\/ Memento, then used a white Prismacolor pencil to add white to the moon &amp; stars. The moon didn&#8217;t look as white as I wanted, so I ended up stamping it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[132,105,514,34,14,446],"tags":[600,468,205,517,114,115,448],"class_list":["post-20830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds","category-sceneslandscapes","category-serendipity-stamps","category-nestabilities","category-scs-challenges","category-scs-weekly-favorite","tag-birds","tag-copic","tag-halloween","tag-serendipity-stamps","tag-spellbinders","tag-scs","tag-splitcoast-weekly-favorite"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20830","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=20830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20830\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}