{"id":26211,"date":"2017-08-02T00:00:54","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T04:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/?p=26211"},"modified":"2017-08-10T20:32:13","modified_gmt":"2017-08-11T00:32:13","slug":"serendipity-aug-blog-hop-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/?p=26211","title":{"rendered":"Serendipity Aug Blog Hop #1!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Summer-Lighthouse-cu-00890.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-26219\" src=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Summer-Lighthouse-cu-00890.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"522\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Summer-Lighthouse-cu-00890.jpg 828w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Summer-Lighthouse-cu-00890-175x133.jpg 175w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Summer-Lighthouse-cu-00890-400x303.jpg 400w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Summer-Lighthouse-cu-00890-768x582.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Summer-Lighthouse-cu-00890-600x455.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.splitcoaststampers.com\/forums\/general-stamping-talk-f17\/favorites-week-ending-8-6-17-a-t619484.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><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=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><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><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone \" src=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/mm5\/pics\/stamps\/1261Airplane_274x274.gif\" width=\"152\" height=\"152\" \/>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Welcome to the Aug #1 Blog 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\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Serendipity Stamps<\/a><\/strong>!<\/span><br \/>\n <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\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><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 Aug 6 to leave comments on the blogs for a chance to win. Mary will announce a winner on Aug 7<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\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">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\/1261J.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b style=\"color: #eaafaf;\"><span style=\"color: #eaafaf;\">Airplane<\/span><\/b><\/a>!<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #9fc5e8; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">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\/07\/Summer-Lighthouse-00892.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-26218\" src=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Summer-Lighthouse-00892.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"522\" height=\"703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Summer-Lighthouse-00892.jpg 781w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Summer-Lighthouse-00892-130x175.jpg 130w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Summer-Lighthouse-00892-297x400.jpg 297w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Summer-Lighthouse-00892-768x1034.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Summer-Lighthouse-00892-445x600.jpg 445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n <span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">To make my summer lighthouse card, I used a small piece of a Brushos watercolor background I had in my stash. After die cutting the white rectangle, I also die cut a large oval &amp; placed the watercolor bg behind it. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/product\/031ED.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #d4e1f7;\"><strong>Lighthouse<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0was die cut once out of white &amp; once out of royal blue &amp; pieced together. The little windows were colored w\/ a couple of yellow Copics. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/new-stamps\/083ND.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #add8e6;\"><strong>Summer<\/strong><\/span><\/a> &amp; lower part of the hello tag were also die cut twice each &amp; stacked. I used the clouds from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/serendipity-dies\/064MD.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\">Hot Air<\/span><span style=\"color: #a4c2f4;\"> Balloon Reverse die<\/span><\/strong><\/a> &amp; also a larger cloud on top of the Hello. I had the die cut frame leftover from something else, so I sponged on similar colors &amp; added it behind the white layer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Here&#8217;s a look at the inside. I left it blank for now, until I decide who it&#8217;s going to.<\/span><br \/>\n <strong><span style=\"color: #9fc5e8; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Summer-Lighthouse-inside00895.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-26220 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Summer-Lighthouse-inside00895-327x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"327\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Summer-Lighthouse-inside00895-327x400.jpg 327w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Summer-Lighthouse-inside00895-143x175.jpg 143w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Summer-Lighthouse-inside00895-491x600.jpg 491w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Summer-Lighthouse-inside00895.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 327px) 100vw, 327px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Next stop is<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><a style=\"color: #e6b8af;\" href=\"http:\/\/vickiezimmer.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/Serendipity%20stamps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vickie<\/a><span style=\"color: #e6b8af;\">&#8216;s\u00a0Blog<\/span><\/span>! \u00a0<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: #e6b8af;\"><a style=\"color: #e6b8af;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mary&#8217;s Blog<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pugnaciouspapercrafts.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/Serendipity%20Stamps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #e6b8af;\">Beth Chui<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #e6b8af;\"><a style=\"color: #e6b8af;\" href=\"http:\/\/stationerystyles.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/Serendipity%20Stamps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Patti Kehl<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #e6b8af;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><a style=\"color: #e6b8af;\" href=\"http:\/\/justmeclm.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/Serendipity%20Stamps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carol Mayne<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #e6b8af;\"><a style=\"color: #e6b8af;\" href=\"http:\/\/miriamsdelirium.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/Serendipity%20Stamps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><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: #e6b8af;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><a style=\"color: #e6b8af;\" href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/?cat=514\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Julie Warner<\/a><\/span>\u00a0(you are here!)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #e6b8af;\"><a style=\"color: #e6b8af;\" href=\"http:\/\/vickiezimmer.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/Serendipity%20stamps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vickie Zimmer<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #e6b8af;\"><a style=\"color: #e6b8af;\" href=\"http:\/\/marybethstimeforpaper.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/Serendipity%20Stamps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">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: <span style=\"color: #add8e6;\">none<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><b>Paper:<\/b>\u00a0 Staples #110 white, water color, royal blue<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><b>Ink:\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0none<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><b>Accessories:<\/b><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\">Serendipity <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/product\/031ED.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #add8e6;\">Lighthouse<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\">, <\/span><a title=\" \" href=\" http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/new-stamps\/083ND.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #add8e6;\">Seasons <\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\">, <\/span><a title=\" Hot Air Balloons Reverse die 064MD \" href=\" http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/serendipity-dies\/064MD.html \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #add8e6;\">Hot Air Balloons Reverse<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\"> dies<\/span><\/strong>, \u00a0Spellbinders lg oval dies, Gina Marie UDIO rectangle die, Memory Box Puffy Clouds &amp; Hello tag dies, Brushos water color crystals<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!-- BEGIN thumbnail code by justwritedesigns.com--><\/p>\n<div>\n<div style=\"display: table-cell; text-align: center; float: left;\">\u00a0\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=\" Lighthouse die 031ED \" href=\" http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/mm5\/pics\/stamps\/031lighthouse_274x274.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\" http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/mm5\/pics\/stamps\/031lighthouse_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=\" Lighthouse die 031ED \" href=\" http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/product\/031ED.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lighthouse die 031ED <\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\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=\" Hot Air Balloons Reverse die 064MD \" href=\" http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/mm5\/pics\/stamps\/064hotairballoons_274x274.gif \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\" http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/mm5\/pics\/stamps\/064hotairballoons_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=\" Hot Air Balloons Reverse die 064MD \" href=\" http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/serendipity-dies\/064MD.html \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hot Air Balloons Reverse die 064MD <\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\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\" rel=\"noopener\"><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\" rel=\"noopener\">Seasons dies 083ND <\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\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=\" Water Color Paper\" href=\"https:\/\/s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com\/564x\/af\/7d\/02\/af7d02b97c79cfb25dcd939086e5993e.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\" https:\/\/s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com\/564x\/af\/7d\/02\/af7d02b97c79cfb25dcd939086e5993e.jpg\" 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;\"><a title=\" Water Color Paper\" href=\" http:\/\/www.michaels.com\/artists-loft-watercolor-pad\/10189610.html#start=31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #f4cccc;\">Water<\/span><\/a> <a title=\" Water Color Paper\" href=\" http:\/\/www.michaels.com\/artists-loft-watercolor-pad\/10189610.html#start=31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ffcccc;\">Color<\/span><\/a> <a title=\" Water Color Paper\" href=\" http:\/\/www.michaels.com\/artists-loft-watercolor-pad\/10189610.html#start=31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ffcccc;\">Paper<\/span><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\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;\"><a title=\" Memory Box Puffy Clouds dies\" href=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41ClARpEn6L._SL1000_.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\" http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41ClARpEn6L._SL1000_.jpg\" 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;\"><a title=\" Puffy Clouds dies \" href=\" http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Memory-Box-Puffy-Clouds-Die\/dp\/B007O1WMQI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #f4cccc;\">Memory<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f4cccc;\">Box<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f4cccc;\">Puffy<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f4cccc;\">Clouds<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f4cccc;\">dies <\/span><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\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=\"Greeting Tag 1164 dies \" href=\"  http:\/\/www.poppystamps.com\/assets\/images\/ProductThumbs\/1164.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\" http:\/\/www.poppystamps.com\/assets\/images\/ProductThumbs\/1164.jpg\" 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;\"><a title=\" Greeting Tag 1164 dies \" href=\" http:\/\/www.poppystamps.com\/1164-Greeting-Tags-craft-die_p_195.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #f4cccc;\">Poppystamps<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f4cccc;\">Greeting<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f4cccc;\">Tag<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f4cccc;\">1164<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f4cccc;\">dies <\/span><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\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=\"Distress Inks\" href=\" http:\/\/timholtz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/storagetins.jpg \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"http:\/\/timholtz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/storagetins.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"70px\" height=\"75px\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/a>\u00a0\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; width: 82px; line-height: 1.1; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;\"><a title=\"Distress Inks\" href=\"http:\/\/www.merriartist.com\/Tim_Holtz_Distress_Ink_Stamp_Pads_s\/1382.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #f4cccc;\">Distress<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f4cccc;\">Inks<\/span><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\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=\"Brushos Water Color Crystals\" href=\" http:\/\/cdn.dick-blick.com\/items\/017\/62\/01762-1024-2-2ww-m.jpg \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\" http:\/\/cdn.dick-blick.com\/items\/017\/62\/01762-1024-2-2ww-m.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"75px\" height=\"75px\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; width: 82px; line-height: 1.1; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;\"><a title=\" Brushos Water Color Crystals \" href=\" http:\/\/www.dickblick.com\/products\/brusho-crystal-colours\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ffcccc;\">Brushos Water<\/span><\/a><a title=\" Brushos Water Color Crystals \" href=\" http:\/\/www.dickblick.com\/products\/brusho-crystal-colours\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ffcccc;\"> Color <\/span><\/a><a title=\" Brushos Water Color Crystals \" href=\" http:\/\/www.dickblick.com\/products\/brusho-crystal-colours\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ffcccc;\">Crystals<\/span><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\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 Aug 6 to leave comments on the blogs for a chance to win. Mary will announce a winner on Aug 7\u00a0on her\u00a0Blog.\u00a0\u00a0Each month a different image is\u00a050% off.\u00a0This month- it\u2019s\u00a0the\u00a0Airplane!\u00a0On the first &amp; third Wednesdays of every month., we&#8217;ll be celebrating with a Blog Hop! To make my summer lighthouse card, I used a small piece of a Brushos watercolor background I had in my stash. After die cutting the white rectangle, I also die cut a large oval &amp; placed the watercolor bg behind it. The Lighthouse\u00a0was die cut once out of white &amp; once out of royal blue &amp; pieced together. The little windows were colored w\/ a couple of yellow Copics. The Summer &amp; lower part of the hello tag [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56,337,105,514,34,14,446,12],"tags":[562,657,434,539,438,517,114,115,448,400,142],"class_list":["post-26211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birthday","category-cas","category-sceneslandscapes","category-serendipity-stamps","category-nestabilities","category-scs-challenges","category-scs-weekly-favorite","category-watercolor","tag-brushos","tag-gina-marie-dies","tag-lighthouse","tag-lil-inker","tag-memory-box","tag-serendipity-stamps","tag-spellbinders","tag-scs","tag-splitcoast-weekly-favorite","tag-summer","tag-water-color"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26211","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=26211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26211\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}