{"id":25302,"date":"2017-03-01T00:00:37","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T05:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/?p=25302"},"modified":"2017-02-28T19:14:18","modified_gmt":"2017-03-01T00:14:18","slug":"serendipity-march-blog-hop-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/?p=25302","title":{"rendered":"Serendipity March Blog Hop #1!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Spring-Ducks-cu-00410.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-25305\" src=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Spring-Ducks-cu-00410.jpg\" width=\"522\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Spring-Ducks-cu-00410.jpg 985w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Spring-Ducks-cu-00410-175x141.jpg 175w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Spring-Ducks-cu-00410-400x323.jpg 400w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Spring-Ducks-cu-00410-768x621.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Spring-Ducks-cu-00410-600x485.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/SS-Button_sq-logo_sz2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13443\" src=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/SS-Button_sq-logo_sz2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"154\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/product\/753L.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/mm5\/pics\/stamps\/753marblefeathers_274x274.gif\" width=\"149\" height=\"149\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Welcome to the March#1\u00a0Blog Hop<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0for<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Serendipity Stamps<\/a><\/strong>!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9fc5e8; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">If you arrived here from\u00a0<span style=\"color: #f4abab;\"><a style=\"color: #f4abab;\" href=\"http:\/\/miriamsdelirium.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/Serendipity%20Stamps\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Miriam&#8217;s<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0blog, you&#8217;re in the right place..if not, you may want to head over there first.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\">T<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\">he Prize &#8211; One $20 gift code will go to one random commenter from the blogs. So be sure\u00a0\u00a0to visit all the blogs because you don&#8217;t know which one the winner will be drawn from. You have\u00a0through Sunday March\u00a05\u00a0to leave comments on the blogs for a chance to win. Mary will announce a winner on March\u00a06<span style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;\">\u00a0on her<span style=\"color: #eaafaf;\">\u00a0<a style=\"color: #eaafaf;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">Blog<\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span>Each month a different image is\u00a0<strong>50% off.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\">\u00a0This month- it\u2019s\u00a0the<\/span><\/span><\/span><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/product\/753L.html\" target=\"_blank\"><b style=\"color: #eaafaf;\"><span style=\"color: #eaafaf;\">Marble Feathers Bg<\/span><\/b><\/a>!<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #9fc5e8; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">On the first &amp; third Wednesdays of every month., we&#8217;ll be celebrating with a Blog Hop!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Spring-Ducks-00406.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-25303\" src=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Spring-Ducks-00406.jpg\" width=\"522\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Spring-Ducks-00406.jpg 883w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Spring-Ducks-00406-175x158.jpg 175w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Spring-Ducks-00406-400x361.jpg 400w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Spring-Ducks-00406-768x692.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Spring-Ducks-00406-600x541.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/span><\/strong>To make my Easter card, I started by white embossing the <span style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/product\/753L.html\" target=\"_blank\">Marble Feathers Bg<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>onto white card stock,\u00a0then I used the Distress inks to sponge the color over it for a pretty pastel bg. The <span style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/easter\/981F.html\" target=\"_blank\">Three Ducks<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>were stamped onto the X-Press it c\/s and colored w\/ Copics. I used my<span style=\"color: #a5ea8f;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #a5ea8f;\" href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/?p=14811\" target=\"_blank\"> into the window<\/a><\/strong><\/span> die cutting technique to cut the frame, leaving the ducks attached to it at the bottom.\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Spring-Ducks-xcu-00414.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-25307\" src=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Spring-Ducks-xcu-00414.jpg\" width=\"522\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Spring-Ducks-xcu-00414.jpg 1052w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Spring-Ducks-xcu-00414-175x132.jpg 175w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Spring-Ducks-xcu-00414-400x303.jpg 400w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Spring-Ducks-xcu-00414-768x581.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Spring-Ducks-xcu-00414-600x454.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">I\u00a0wanted the frame w\/ the ducks to be elevated from the bg, so I used those leftover pieces &amp; strips of c\/s we all have &amp; usually throw away, and glued them to the back side to add stability &amp; depth. The<span style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/new-stamps\/083ND.html\" target=\"_blank\"> Spring<\/a><\/strong><\/span> die was cut 3 times &amp; stacked to match the depth of the frame.<br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Spring-Ducks-inside-00411.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Here&#8217;s a look at the inside &amp; below it are the Copics I used.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Spring-Ducks-inside-00411.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Spring-Ducks-inside-00411.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-25306 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Spring-Ducks-inside-00411-400x331.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Spring-Ducks-inside-00411-400x331.jpg 400w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Spring-Ducks-inside-00411-175x145.jpg 175w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Spring-Ducks-inside-00411-600x496.jpg 600w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Spring-Ducks-inside-00411.jpg 614w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Spring-Ducks-copics-00404.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-25304 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Spring-Ducks-copics-00404-400x198.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Spring-Ducks-copics-00404-400x198.jpg 400w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Spring-Ducks-copics-00404-175x87.jpg 175w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Spring-Ducks-copics-00404-600x297.jpg 600w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Spring-Ducks-copics-00404.jpg 668w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Please be sure to comment on all the DT Blogs..it will be so appreciated &amp; also increase your chances of winning!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #eaafaf;\"><a style=\"color: #eaafaf;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mary&#8217;s Blog<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #eaafaf;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><a style=\"color: #eaafaf;\" href=\"http:\/\/justmeclm.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/Serendipity%20Stamps\" target=\"_blank\">Carol Mayne<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #eaafaf;\"><a style=\"color: #eaafaf;\" href=\"http:\/\/paperliliesandink.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/Serendipity%20Stamps\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Karen Amidon<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #eaafaf;\"><a style=\"color: #eaafaf;\" 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=\"color: #eaafaf;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><a style=\"color: #eaafaf;\" href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/?cat=514\" target=\"_blank\">Julie Warner<\/a><\/span>\u00a0(you are here!)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #eaafaf;\"><a style=\"color: #eaafaf;\" href=\"http:\/\/vickiezimmer.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/Serendipity%20stamps\" target=\"_blank\">Vickie Zimmer<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #eaafaf;\"><a style=\"color: #eaafaf;\" 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<p><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><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\">\u00a0 <a style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/easter\/981F.html\" target=\"_blank\">Three Ducks<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/product\/753L.html\" target=\"_blank\">Marble Feathers Bg,<\/a> (inside &#8211;\u00a0<a style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/birthdays\/1060D.html\" target=\"_blank\">Happy Birthday simple<\/a>)<\/span><\/strong><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>\u00a0 Staples #110 white,\u00a0X-Press It white<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><b>Ink:\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Memento tuxedo black, Colorboz frost white pigment, Distress inks spun sugar, tumbled glass, twisted citron, squeezed lemonade<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><b>Accessories:<\/b><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\">S<\/span><span style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\">erendipity<a href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/serendipity-dies\/042ED.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0<\/a><a style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/serendipity-dies\/042ED.html\" target=\"_blank\">Easter<\/a><a style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/serendipity-dies\/042ED.html\" target=\"_blank\">,<\/a> <a style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/new-stamps\/083ND.html\" target=\"_blank\">Seasons<\/a> dies<\/span><\/strong>, Misti, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A dies, Copic markers, white embossing powder, Stitched rectangle dies<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- BEGIN thumbnail code by justwritedesigns.com--><\/p>\n<div>\n<div style=\"display: table-cell; text-align: center; float: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<div style=\"display: table-cell; text-align: center; float: left;\">\n<div style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: middle; width: 82px; height: 79px; border: none;\"><a title=\" Three Ducks 981F \" href=\" http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/mm5\/pics\/stamps\/981threeducks_274x274.gif\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\" http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/mm5\/pics\/stamps\/981threeducks_274x274.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"70px\" height=\"75px\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; width: 82px; line-height: 1.1; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;\"><span style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\"><a style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\" title=\" Three Ducks 981F \" href=\" http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/easter\/981F.html\" target=\"_blank\"> Three Ducks 981F<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<div style=\"display: table-cell; text-align: center; float: left;\">\n<div style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: middle; width: 82px; height: 79px; border: none;\"><a title=\" Marble Feathers Bg 753L \" href=\" http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/mm5\/pics\/stamps\/753marblefeathers_274x274.gif\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\" http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/mm5\/pics\/stamps\/753marblefeathers_274x274.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"70px\" height=\"75px\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; width: 82px; line-height: 1.1; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;\"><span style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\"><a style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\" title=\" Marble Feathers Bg 753L \" href=\" http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/product\/753L.html\" target=\"_blank\"> Marble Feathers Bg 753L<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<div style=\"display: table-cell; text-align: center; float: left;\">\n<div style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: middle; width: 82px; height: 79px; border: none;\"><a title=\" Seasons dies 083ND \" href=\" http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/mm5\/graphics\/00000001\/083seasonsdies_274x274.gif\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\" http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/mm5\/graphics\/00000001\/083seasonsdies_274x274.gif \" alt=\"\" width=\"70px\" height=\"75px\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; width: 82px; line-height: 1.1; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;\"><span style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\"><a style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\" title=\" \" href=\" http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/new-stamps\/083ND.html\" target=\"_blank\"> Seasons dies 083ND <\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<div style=\"display: table-cell; text-align: center; float: left;\">\n<div style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: middle; width: 82px; height: 79px; border: none;\"><a title=\" Happy Birthday simple 1060D \" href=\" http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/mm5\/pics\/stamps\/1060happybirthdaysimple_274x274.gif\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\" http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/mm5\/pics\/stamps\/1060happybirthdaysimple_274x274.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"70px\" height=\"75px\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; width: 82px; line-height: 1.1; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;\"><span style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\"><a style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\" title=\" Happy Birthday simple 1060D \" href=\" http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/birthdays\/1060D.html\" target=\"_blank\"> Happy Birthday simple 1060D<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<div style=\"display: table-cell; text-align: center; float: left;\">\n<div style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: middle; width: 82px; height: 79px; border: none;\"><a title=\" Easter die 042ED \" href=\" http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/mm5\/pics\/stamps\/042easter_274x274.gif\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\" http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/mm5\/pics\/stamps\/042easter_274x274.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"70px\" height=\"75px\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; width: 82px; line-height: 1.1; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;\"><span style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\"><a style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\" title=\" Easter die 042ED \" href=\" http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/serendipity-dies\/042ED.html\" target=\"_blank\"> Easter die 042ED<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<div style=\"display: table-cell; text-align: center; float: left;\">\n<div style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: middle; width: 82px; height: 79px; border: none;\"><span style=\"color: #e6b8af;\"><a style=\"color: #e6b8af;\" title=\"Memento Inks\" href=\" http:\/\/cdn3.volusion.com\/x5t9c.6pgqc\/v\/vspfiles\/photos\/MD-012-100-1.jpg?1450283049\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn3.volusion.com\/x5t9c.6pgqc\/v\/vspfiles\/photos\/MD-012-100-1.jpg?1450283049\" alt=\"\" width=\"75px\" height=\"75px\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; width: 82px; line-height: 1.1; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;\"><span style=\"color: #e6b8af;\"><a style=\"color: #e6b8af;\" title=\"Memento Inks\" href=\"http:\/\/www.merriartist.com\/Memento_Dewdrop_Stamp_Pads_s\/1118.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Memento Inks<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<div style=\"display: table-cell; text-align: center; float: left;\">\n<div style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: middle; width: 82px; height: 79px; border: none;\"><span style=\"color: #e6b8af;\"><a style=\"color: #e6b8af;\" title=\" Colorbox Pigment Ink\" href=\" https:\/\/s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com\/564x\/b6\/71\/18\/b671184831d8bc99b479c61c7d31549d.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\" https:\/\/s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com\/564x\/b6\/71\/18\/b671184831d8bc99b479c61c7d31549d.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"70px\" height=\"75px\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; width: 82px; line-height: 1.1; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;\"><span style=\"color: #e6b8af;\"><a style=\"color: #e6b8af;\" title=\" Colorbox Pigment Ink \" href=\" http:\/\/www.michaels.com\/colorbox-pigment-stamp-ink-pad\/M10191525.html\" target=\"_blank\">Colorbox Pigment Ink<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<div style=\"display: table-cell; text-align: center; float: left;\">\n<div style=\"display: table-cell; 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If you arrived here from\u00a0Miriam&#8217;s\u00a0blog, you&#8217;re in the right place..if not, you may want to head over there first. The Prize &#8211; One $20 gift code will go to one random commenter from the blogs. So be sure\u00a0\u00a0to visit all the blogs because you don&#8217;t know which one the winner will be drawn from. You have\u00a0through Sunday March\u00a05\u00a0to leave comments on the blogs for a chance to win. Mary will announce a winner on March\u00a06\u00a0on her\u00a0Blog.\u00a0\u00a0Each month a different image is\u00a050% off.\u00a0This month- it\u2019s\u00a0the\u00a0Marble Feathers Bg!\u00a0On the first &amp; third Wednesdays of every month., we&#8217;ll be celebrating with a Blog Hop! To make my Easter card, I started by white embossing the Marble Feathers Bg onto white card stock,\u00a0then I used the Distress inks to sponge the color over it for a pretty pastel bg. The Three Ducks were stamped onto the X-Press it c\/s and colored w\/ Copics. I used my into the window die cutting technique to cut the frame, leaving the ducks attached to it at the bottom.\u00a0 I\u00a0wanted the frame w\/ the ducks to be elevated from the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[132,33,514,34,44,92],"tags":[600,125,468,179,199,576,450,539,517,114,312],"class_list":["post-25302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds","category-embossing","category-serendipity-stamps","category-nestabilities","category-sponging","category-springvalentineeaster","tag-birds","tag-blog-hop","tag-copic","tag-easter","tag-embossing-resist","tag-embossing","tag-into-the-window","tag-lil-inker","tag-serendipity-stamps","tag-spellbinders","tag-spring"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25302","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=25302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25302\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}