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Inkadinkado Blog Candy

Apr 302011

This month blog candy are stamps and ink pads from Inkadinkado. I received all these products for a product review and would like to pass it on to one of my readers.

If you would like to be entered into the drawing for this blog candy, just add an url to your blog or SCS gallery (http://splitcoaststampers.com/go/yourusername) to the Mr. Linky underneath. I will pick a winner on Tuesday with the help of random.org

Thank you so much for always stopping by and checking out my blog. I really appreciate it!

Have a wonderful weekend!
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Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge #45

Grand Nestabilities, Nestabilities, Tuesday Trigger, Waltzingmouse, Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge 22 Responses »

Apr 302011

Today’s sketch included something new for me. A tassel or as Claire told us, a dangly bit. As inspiration I used the image for this weeks Trigger Target, the Polka Dotted Hullabaloo.

I love the Gray/Yellow/Red/White combo of the fabric and used that as my color combo. The circular shape I tried to incorporate with my pearl accents.

My card base was cut out of Basic Gray cardstock with one of the Grand Nestabilities Label Eleven dies. A piece of Pink Paisley Hometown Summer paper that was cut with the next size smaller die. A piece of Solar White cardstock was hand cut to a slightly bigger layer. The layers were stitched together after a piece of lace was adhered to the left hand side.

A few pearls and glass beads from Stampin’ Up!’s Pretties Kit were tied to a piece of white Organdy Ribbon. That ribbon was stitched to the top of the lace.

One of the stamps from the Vintage Label Four set was stamped in Fired Brick Distress ink on Solar White cardstock and cut and embossed with a Label 4 Nestabilities dies. The swirl is from the same set and was stamped into the label with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink. The sentiment is from Fancy Phrases and was also stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento ink.

A Recollection Pearl swirl was adhered to the upper right hand side of the card. The label was adhered to the lower half with dimensionals. Two black Kaisercraft Pearls on the label finish off the card.

I hope you have time to play with the sketch this week. Have a great weekend!
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Video tutorial - Faux Linen

Crafty Secrets, Nestabilities, Video Tutorial 25 Responses »

Apr 292011

I created this card for the video tutorial for Faux Linen. I had just received the Crafty Secrets Birds at Home set and was itching to try it out.

I started out with a piece of Glossy Cardstock and stamped the notes from Artsy Banners in Jet Black Archival ink. After the ink dried, the cardstock was sanded and sponged with Vintage Photo Distress ink. The swirl from Birds at Home was stamped in Vintage Photo ink. After everything dried, the cardstock was sanded again.

The bird cage, bird and hanging rod were stamped in Jet Black Archival ink and embossed with clear embossing powder.

A frame was cut out of Canyon Brown cardstock with Fleur De Lis Squares and Classic Square Nestabilities dies and adhered over my Faux Linen piece.

A piece of Natural White Neenah cardstock was cut with a Fleur De Lis Accent die as well as with the smallest of the Petite Oval Nestabilities dies. The dies were left on and both pieces were lightly sponged with Vintage Photo distress ink. The oval was also stamped with the swirl from the bird set in second generation Vintage Photo distress ink as well as the sentiment in Jet Black Archival ink. The oval was adhered to the frame to the upper left hand side of the frame.

A 2 1/4″ x 4 3/4″ piece of Graphic 45 Once Upon a Springtime paper was adhered to a 4 3/4″ square of the same paper pack. Beige lace from Melissa Frances Beige Ribbon Collection was adhered under the horizontal strip before the layers were stitched to a 3/16″ bigger piece of Natural White cardstock.

Ivory Silk Ribbon was dyed with Vintage Photo Re-Inker and tied around the horizontal layer. The layers were adhered to the card base, a 5 1/4″ x 10 1/2″ piece of Canyon Brown cardstock folded in half. Latte Kaisercraft pearls finish off the card.

Here is a video for the visual learner:

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!
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Tutorial on SCS - Side Step Card

3-D items, Copics, Die-namics, Flourishes, LLC, Special Fold Card, Tutorials, Video Tutorial 39 Responses »

Apr 272011

Today’s tutorial on Splitcoast is for the Side Step card. It’s a variation of the Stair Step fold card.

My card base was created out of Canyon Brown Neenah cardstock. The grass was cut with the Grass Die-namic die out of Pebbles patterned paper. The rain pattern paper is from Echo Park’s Springtime patterned paper.

The images are all from Flourishes new set April Showers. The images were stamped on Solar White cardstock in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink and colored with Copic Markers (Sun: Y11, Y13, Y15 Cloud: N1, B0000, Bo00 Bucket: N0, N1, N3, N4, N5 Tulips: YR12, YR15, Y09, Y21, Y23, YR12, YG01, YG03, YG17 Umbrella: YG00, YG01, YG03, R08, R29, E23, E25, YR12, YR15, Y11, Y13, Y15, B000).

The boots were stamped on Echo Park Playground paper, colored with Copic Markers (YR00, YR12, YR15, Rim: YR09, R08, R29).

Here is a video for the visual learner:

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day.
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Butterfly Thanks

CAS, Copics, Crafty Secrets, Nestabilities, SCS - CAS challenge, SCS - Color Challenge 13 Responses »

Apr 262011

We are back home in Ohio. Ohio greeted us with a horrible rain storm and of course….gray skies. It was WONDERFUL to lay at the white beach at Destin, staring at turquoise water and blue skies. I miss living there a lot! Hopefully Oklahoma City will be nicer to us then the Ohio weather is. I miss seeing blue skies every day. Two more month…

I created a card this morning for yesterday’s Clean and Simple Rule of Third challenge as well as today’s Color challenge Certainly Bashful Breezes.

I started by stamping the thank you sentiment and double butterfly image from Crafty Secrets Sew Special in Rich Cocoa Memento ink on Neenah Solar White cardstock, that had been cut and embossed with a Classic Circle Nestabilities die. The image was colored with Copic Markers (Butterflies: YR21, 1/5th YR31, YG21, YG23, 2/3rd BG72, BG72, BG75 Background: B0000, B000). The layer was stitched on a piece of Canyon Brown cardstock, cut and embossed with one of the new Floral Motif Spellbinders dies.

The card base is a 4 1/4″ x 11″ piece of Solar White cardstock folded in half. The bottom corners were rounded with my Corner Chomper.

A 1 3/4″ x 4″ piece of Early Bird Cosmo Cricket Paper strip was stitched to a 4″ square of the same paper pack. The bottom corners were rounded and May Arts Organdy ribbon was tied around the strip before the layers were adhered to the card base.

The image layer was adhered to the card with dimensionals. Stardust Stickles over the the butterflies and a Recollections Pearl swirl finish off the card.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!
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Big Momma Discount

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Apr 262011

Just a note in case you need anything. Inspiration Imporium has a discount code in honor of the store owner’s Mom’s birthday until the end of the month.

Join in the celebration of one of the most Inspirational members of the Emporium family. From now until the end of the month, enter “bigmama” in the coupon code to receive 15% off of your ENTIRE purchase. Hurry don’t miss out, sale ends April 30.

Sweet Friends

Copics, Nestabilities, Penny Black, Penny Black Saturday Challenge 20 Responses »

Apr 252011

As soon as I bought my first Penny Black stamps I had to participate in the Penny Black Saturday challenge. I created this card for the sketch.

I started by stamping an image from Eat Cake in Tuxedo Black Memento ink on Neenah Solar White cardstock. It was cut with the largest of the small Classic Oval Nestabilities dies. The image was colored with Copic Markers (Pants: BG70, BG72, BG75, BG78 Shirt: Y17, YR15, YR18, R14, R27, R39 Fur: E0000, E41, E42, E43, E44 Blush: R000 Turtle Shell: E81, YG93, E87 Turtle: YG01, YG03, YG67 Grass: YG61, YG63, YG67 Sky: BG0000, BG10, BG11) and adhered to a piece of Canyon Brown cardstock, that had been cut and embossed with the largest Beaded Oval Nestabilities die.

A 4 7/8″ square of MME Stella & Rose Mabel paper was stitched to a 3/16″ bigger piece of Solar White cardstock. Melissa Frances white ribbon was adhered to the left hand side and May Arts White Organdy Ribbon was tied over that. Three Recollections flowers were added on top of the bow.

The layers were adhered to a 5 1/4″ x 10 1/2″ piece of Kraft cardstock folded in half and Snow Kaisercraft Pearls were added to the lower right of the card base.

A sentiment from Tiny Wishes was stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on a 1/2″ wide strip of Solar White cardstock. The right end was cut into a banner edge. A button was added to the left hand side with Honeydew Twine.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!
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Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge

Challenge, Copics, Crafty Secrets, Nestabilities 21 Responses »

Apr 242011

Yesterday’s Sweet Stop Sketch was an easy one. A few layers and an oval, I can do that! I still had the Love You Mother set out from creating the Stamping with Bleach sample I posted earlier this week. So I decided to use this gorgeous bird nest image in my oval.

The image was stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on Solar White cardstock, cut with Classic Oval Nestabilities and colored with Copic Markers (Bird: BG70, 1/3rd BG72 – 2/3 Blending Solution, BG72, 1/5th YR31, YR31 Nest: E30, E31, E33 Branch: E23, E25, E27, E29 Eggs: R01, R11, R12 Leaves: YG11, YG13, YG17 Sky: B0000, B000). The image was sponged first with Antique Linen, then Vintage Photo Distress ink and then stitched to a piece of Canyon Brown cardstock, cut and embossed with a Beaded Oval Nestabilities die.

A 3 1/2″ x 4 3/4″ piece of Once Upon a Springtime Graphic 45 was stitched to a 3/16″ bigger piece of Canyon Brown cardstock. A 2 1/2 x 4 1/8″ green piece of paper from the same paper stack was adhered on the upper half of the layer after May Arts beige crochet ribbon was adhered to it.

The image was adhered over the layers with dimensionals. A recollection pearl swirl was cut apart and adhered to the lower right and upper left hand corner. Two Prima Flowers were adhered to the lower left edge of the oval and topped with a Kaisercraft Pearl.

A 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ piece of Once Upon a Springtime paper was stitched to the card base, a 4 7/16″ x 11 3/8″ piece of Canyon Brown cardstock, folded in half.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful Easter Sunday! Think of us…we are on the road home today. 12 hours in the car. But it was so worth it. Laying on the beach in Destin reading is one of my favorite things to do. That fine white sand, the gorgeous water and the blue, blue sky….I am having a hard time going back to Ohio.
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Retro Circles

CAS, Nestabilities, Waltzingmouse, Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge 25 Responses »

Apr 232011

Today’s Waltzingmouse sketch is another fun one. Some embossing, a sentiment panel and BAM, you are done. I am starting to get the hang of CAS cards. They are still not easy for me, but they are getting easier.

For this card I used the Teeny Trees stamp set. Ever since I got that set, I was itching to try out the circles as a background. I stamped several in Shabby Shutter, Wild Honey and Tumbled Glass Distress inks on the lower half of a regular size Solar White card base.

The lower corners of the card were rounded before 2/3rd of the card front were embossed with Tim’s Retro Circle Embossing Folder.

A 3/4″ x 4 1/4″ piece of MME Fine and Dandy patterned paper was adhered above the embossing and two brown brads were added.

The sentiment was stamped in Rich Cocoa Memento Ink on a piece of Solar White cardstock that had been cut and embossed with Classic Circle Nestabilities. The layer was adhered to a piece of Canyon Brown cardstock that had been cut and embossed with a Parisian Accent die.

I stamped another small circle image in Tumbled class, cut it out and adhered leaves stamped in Shabby Shutter under them. The flower was adhered to the upper left hand side of the sentiment panel to finish off the card.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful weekend!
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Fragments Faux Tiles

Copics, Flourishes, LLC, IE Monthly challenge, Nestabilities, Special Fold Card 16 Responses »

Apr 222011

Remember the new challenge by Inspiration Emporium? You still have time to make something with Fragments and enter it. Here is the other card I created for this challenge.

chose another image from Flourishes Spring is Sprung set. I just LOVE that set. I stamped the bird nest in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on Neenah Solar White cardstock and colored it with Copic Markers (Nest: E41, E42, E43, E44 Eggs: BG000, BG01, BG02 Leaves: YG01, YG03, YG17 Branch: E23, E25, E27, E29 Sky: B12, B000, B0000).

I cut the image to the size of my square and rectangle fragments and adhered the pieces to the fragments with Glossy Accents. One the adhesive dried, I adhered the fragment pieces to a piece of black cardstock, cut and embossed with a Lacey Square Nestabilities die.

The image layers were adhered to a Diamond Fold card base created out of a 4″ x 12″ piece of October Afternoon Weathervane paper. I created a tutorial for it, but that won’t be published until the end of May. It’s pretty easy though. Score your strip at 2″ and 10″. Mark the center of the strip on each side and fold the paper down and back up.

The 2″ x 4″ panels were stitched to a 2 1/8″ x 4 1/4″ piece of black cardstock, then adhered to a piece of Kraft cardstock, cut and embossed with a Curved Rectangle Nestabilities dies. A doily was cut and half and a half was adhered on each panel.

A sentiment from the Spring is Sprung was stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on Solar White cardstock that had been cut and embossed with the retired Five in one Tag die from Spellbinders. The center of the tag was colored with Copic Marker BG000. The tag attached to the card with the White May Arts Organdy Ribbon that was used to tie the card shut.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day.
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