{"id":21277,"date":"2015-11-11T00:00:32","date_gmt":"2015-11-11T05:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/?p=21277"},"modified":"2015-12-13T22:02:56","modified_gmt":"2015-12-14T03:02:56","slug":"serendipity-sscb49-christmas-or-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/?p=21277","title":{"rendered":"Serendipity SSCB#49- Christmas or Holiday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Tree-Farm-cu-07787.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-21279\" src=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Tree-Farm-cu-07787.jpg\" alt=\"Tree Farm cu 07787\" width=\"522\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Tree-Farm-cu-07787.jpg 1052w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Tree-Farm-cu-07787-175x132.jpg 175w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Tree-Farm-cu-07787-400x303.jpg 400w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Tree-Farm-cu-07787-600x454.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.splitcoaststampers.com\/forums\/general-stamping-talk-f17\/favourites-week-ending-december-6-2015-a-t605887.html\" 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\" \/>\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.splitcoaststampers.com\/forums\/general-stamping-talk-f17\/favorites-week-ending-december-13-2015-a-t606046.html\" 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=\"http:\/\/www.splitcoaststampers.com\/forums\/general-stamping-talk-f17\/favourites-week-ending-december-6-2015-a-t605887.html\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/product\/816G.html\" 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=\"243\" height=\"140\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/mm5\/pics\/stamps\/816snowmaniceskate_274x274.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"152\" height=\"152\" \/><\/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 November\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 to make a Christmas or Holiday card!\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\/816G.html\" target=\"_blank\">Skating Snowman<\/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 gift certificate up for grabs to a random player.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC07783Tree-Farm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-21278\" src=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC07783Tree-Farm.jpg\" alt=\"DSC07783Tree Farm\" width=\"522\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC07783Tree-Farm.jpg 919w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC07783Tree-Farm-175x152.jpg 175w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC07783Tree-Farm-400x346.jpg 400w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC07783Tree-Farm-600x520.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>Isn&#8217;t this <span style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/new-stamps\/1375H.html\" target=\"_blank\">Christmas Tree Farm<\/a><\/strong><\/span> image wonderful? After putting it in my Misti and stamping it w\/ Memento, I colored it w\/ Copics then over stamped using Versafine. It was die cut &amp; I added a kraft colored mat &amp; some stickles. I also stamped, colored, over stamped &amp; fussy cut 3 trees from the <span style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/product\/487H.html\" target=\"_blank\">Winter Farm<\/a><\/strong><\/span> image &amp; added them in the lower right corner. After adding a couple more layers, the <strong><span style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\"><a style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/product\/1035D.html\" target=\"_blank\">Merry Christmas<\/a><\/span><\/strong> was stamped underneath the image. I had a leftover strip of green houndstooth dp that I thought fit right in, so it was attached down the left side. The large <span style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\"><a style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/cheery-lynn-dies\/CL-B422.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Pretty Bow<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u00a0(available at Serendipity Stamps!) was die cut &amp; embossed w\/ a dot folder before attaching &amp; I added a holly brad in the bow center.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Here&#8217;s a look at the inside (using the small bow) &amp; below it are the Copics I used.<br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Tree-Farm-inside-07789.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-21280\" src=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Tree-Farm-inside-07789.jpg\" alt=\"Tree Farm inside 07789\" width=\"400\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Tree-Farm-inside-07789.jpg 668w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Tree-Farm-inside-07789-175x133.jpg 175w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Tree-Farm-inside-07789-400x303.jpg 400w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Tree-Farm-inside-07789-600x454.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Tree-Farm-copics-07782.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-21281\" src=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Tree-Farm-copics-07782.jpg\" alt=\"Tree Farm copics 07782\" width=\"400\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Tree-Farm-copics-07782.jpg 668w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Tree-Farm-copics-07782-175x103.jpg 175w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Tree-Farm-copics-07782-400x236.jpg 400w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Tree-Farm-copics-07782-600x354.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Tree-Farm-inside-07789.jpg\"><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: #9fc5e8;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Serendipity Stamps<\/a>\u00a0\u2013<\/strong><strong><a style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/new-stamps\/1375H.html\" target=\"_blank\">Christmas Tree Farm<\/a><\/strong><strong>, <\/strong><strong><a style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/product\/1035D.html\" target=\"_blank\">Merry Christmas<\/a><\/strong><strong>, <\/strong><\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/product\/487H.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\">Winter Farm<\/span>,<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\"><strong> (inside &#8211;<a style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/new-stamps\/1377E.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Have Yourself<\/a>)\u00a0<\/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, kraft, red,\u00a0dp (Pebbles &#8211; Welcome Christmas)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><b>Ink:\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0 Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx (to overstamp after coloring)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><b>Accessories:<\/b><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\"><a style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0<\/a><\/span>\u00a0Spellbinders A2\u00a0matting basics A &amp; B, bracket border dies, stitched rectangle dies, <span style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/cheery-lynn-dies\/CL-B422.html\" target=\"_blank\">Cheery Lynn Pretty Bows dies<\/a>, <\/strong><\/span>stickles, holly brad, Misti<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Please be sure to visit all of the DT Blogs! This is so much appreciated! This month our special Guest Designer is:<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #b6d7a8;\"><a style=\"color: #b6d7a8;\" href=\"https:\/\/hazelspaperdesigns.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hazel\u00a0 Hodgkins<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #b6d7a8;\"><a style=\"color: #b6d7a8;\" href=\"http:\/\/vickiezimmer.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/Serendipity%20stamps\" target=\"_blank\">Vickie Zimmer<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b6d7a8;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><a style=\"color: #b6d7a8;\" 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: #b6d7a8;\" href=\"http:\/\/akeptlife.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/Serendipity%20Stamps\" target=\"_blank\">hna<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #b6d7a8;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #b6d7a8;\"><a style=\"color: #b6d7a8;\" href=\"http:\/\/onekraftykat.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/Serendipity%20Stamps\" target=\"_blank\">Jenny Gropp<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b6d7a8;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><a style=\"color: #b6d7a8;\" 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;\"><a style=\"color: #b6d7a8;\" href=\"http:\/\/paperliliesandink.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/Serendipity%20Stamps\" target=\"_blank\">Karen Amidon<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><a style=\"color: #b6d7a8;\" href=\"http:\/\/marybethstimeforpaper.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/Serendipity%20Stamps\" target=\"_blank\">Marybeth Lopez<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #b6d7a8;\" 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><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Thanks so much for stopping by!<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><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Welcome to the November\u00a0Challenge for\u00a0Serendipity Stamps!\u00a0This month the challenge is to make a Christmas or Holiday card!\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\u00a0Skating Snowman.\u00a0Be sure to check out the great deals on the\u00a0Clearance Stamps\u00a0&amp;\u00a0sale stamps!And as always, we have a gift certificate up for grabs to a random player. Isn&#8217;t this Christmas Tree Farm image wonderful? After putting it in my Misti and stamping it w\/ Memento, I colored it w\/ Copics then over stamped using Versafine. It was die cut &amp; I added a kraft colored mat &amp; some stickles. I also stamped, colored, over stamped &amp; fussy cut 3 trees from the Winter Farm image &amp; added them in the lower right corner. After adding a couple more layers, the Merry Christmas was stamped underneath the image. I had a leftover strip of green houndstooth dp that I thought fit right in, so it was attached down the left side. The large Pretty Bow\u00a0(available at Serendipity Stamps!) was die cut &amp; embossed w\/ a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[406,35,36,105,514,34,14,446],"tags":[136,468,577,561,131,517,114,115,448,191],"class_list":["post-21277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cheery-lynn-dies-2","category-christmasholiday","category-cuttlebug","category-sceneslandscapes","category-serendipity-stamps","category-nestabilities","category-scs-challenges","category-scs-weekly-favorite","tag-christmas","tag-copic","tag-cuttlebug","tag-misti","tag-scenes","tag-serendipity-stamps","tag-spellbinders","tag-scs","tag-splitcoast-weekly-favorite","tag-winter"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21277","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=21277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21277\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}