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National Bathtub Day

Fran

December 4, 2014

Amazing Birthday, Cards, Challenges, Framelit Dies, My Digital Studio

Just in case you’re celebrating National Bathtub Day tomorrow, I thought I’d share a card! The challenge is to make a card for “another” holiday in December – and I chose this one. Using the Bokeh technique, I created a bubbly background with Island Indigo, Marina Mist and Pool Party inks. The sentiment is from Amazing Birthday. To make the bubbles on the tag, I used my Stampin Mist and Dazzling Details bottles as stamps. Then, since it was out, I added Dazzling Details to some of the bubbles.

The inside sentiment was created in My Digital Studio. To play along with the Creative Crew, upload your own “holiday” card using the keyword CCREW1214HF CreativeCrew SUO. To see all the projects for this month, head over to the Splicoast Creative Crew Gallery. Hugs, Fran

Supplies

Amazing Birthday Wood-Mount Stamp Set
$28.95

Banners Framelits Die
$26.95

Watercolor Paper
$4.95

Marina Mist Classic Stampin’ Ink Refill
$2.95

Pool Party Classic Stampin’ Ink Refill
$4.79

Island Indigo 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock
$6.95

Whisper White Craft Stampin’ Pad
$7.50

Aqua Painters
$16.95

White as Snow

Fran

November 11, 2014

Beauty of the Season, Cards, Challenges, Christmas, Embossing Folder, Evergreen Tree Pivot Card, Holiday Mini

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The Designer Challenge for Karen Burniston continues with “white” – white as snow. I chose to use the Evergreen Pivot die and do a Triple Pivot Card Technique. The front of this card uses several different embossing folders, Karen’s Agatha Edges die and Stampin UP’s snowflakes found in the Frosted Sequins.

It’s so hard to see white on white in a photo!

The sentiment is from Beauty of the Season.

Supplies

Stamp Set – Beauty of the Season

Cardstock – Whisper White

Ink – Versamark

Etc – Karen Burniston Evergreen Pivot, Agatha Edges, Outdoor Edges dies, embossing folders Distressed Dots and Stylish Stripes, Frosted Sequins, Oval Framelits, All is Calm washi tape

Red – white – what’s next? Hugs, Fran

Wondrous Wreath Box

Fran

November 4, 2014

box, Challenges, Christmas, Framelit Dies, Holiday Mini, Many Merry Stars, Wondrous Wreath

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The fourth challenge this month for the Creative Crew at Splitcoast is packaging. I chose the Decorative Window Gift Box with a wreath over the opening. The “ribbon” is a strip of card stock wrapped all the way around. I didn’t want the box to collapse so I lined the bottom with Real Red and make a punched doughnut to cover the opening on the inside.

Supplies

Stamp Sets – Wondrous Wreath, Merry Stars

Card stock – Real Red, Whisper White

Ink – Old Olive, Garden Green, Real Red

Etc – Decorative Windows Gift Box, Wondrous Wreath Framelits, 2 1/2 and 1 3/4 circle punches

Can’t wait to fill this box! Hugs, Fran

Wonderous Wreath Photopolymer Bundle
$43.25

Many Merry Stars Photopolymer Stamp Set
$15.95

Decorative Window Gift Box
$4.95

Tee Hee Hee

Fran

September 15, 2014

Cards, Challenges, Circle Accordion Album, Halloween, Holiday Mini, Tee Hee Hee

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It suddenly turned Fall around here this weekend! A perfect time for Karen Burniston’s Halloween challenge – and a great time to start creating those spooky creations. I used the Accordion Circle die with the solid edge and the new Tee Hee Hee set from the Stampin Up Holiday Mini. On the front, the cauldron, bubbling away. (Those bubbles are some old floral/vase fillers)

Do you think the witch was doing her laundry before the big day? Or just conjuring up her spooky attire?

Supplies

Stamp Set – Tee Hee Hee

Card stock – Basic Black, Whisper White, Back to Black DSP

Ink – Memento Tux Black, Tangerine Tango, Pear Pizzazz

Etc – Karen Burniston Accordion Circle die, Pear Pizzazz ribbon

There will be lots of spooky inspiration on Karen’s Facebook page. Grab your broom and head over to see what the other designers have created! Hugs, Fran

Flower Vintage

Fran

September 5, 2014

Big Shot Flower Frenzy, Cards, Challenges, Embossing Folder, Flower Shop, Four You, I Love Lace

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This card is for the Splitcoast September Creative Crew challenge to focus on the Typeset Designer Series paper. I embossed the Very Vanilla with the Beautifully Baroque embossing folder and sponged the edges with Crumb Cake, On the Typeset panel I sponged and added my sentiment (heat embossed) and flowers from Flower Shop. Then I splattered Espresso ink on the card by tapping an aqua painter against my bone folder.

Supplies

Stamp Sets – Flower Shoppe, Four You, I Love Lace

Card stock -Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Typeset Designer Series paper
Ink – Memento Tux Black, Versamark, Crumb Cake

Etc – Black embossing powder, Beautifully Baroque embossing folder,Pansy Punch, Oval Framelits, Vanilla Seam Binding, Flower Frenzy Bigz L die

I hope you’ll take some time to play along with the September challenges! Hugs, Fran

Dimensional Snapshot

Fran

September 3, 2014

Cards, Challenges, Snapshot, Star Framelit

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One of the Splitcoast Creative Crew Challenges this month is to use Dimensionals! That’s an easy one because I use them on everything 🙂 I used the single stamp, Snapshot, and stamped the camera 3 times. Then I cut each layer apart and stacked them back together again using Dimensionals between each layer.