Sunday, August 16, 2026

Soft Petals for Color Hues

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

It's time for a new challenge at Color Hues...


This month my dear sweet friend Marcia picked our colors.  She chose....


Aren't these wonderful colors for late summer?

I used a fairly new Penny Black stamp with Memento Toffee Crunch ink
for a no-line watercolor look and colored with Zigs and my waterbrush. The
background has a pale yellow wash.

Now let's go and see what my talented friends and our
fantastic Guest Designer Priscilla have done to inspire you.


I hope you'll create a card using Yellow & Orange and add it to the gallery at


Challenge ends at 9:00 AM on August 29th.

The winners will be posted an hour before our next challenge and the overall
 winner will have the opportunity to be a future Guest Designer.

Most importantly, just have fun!



Card Recipe
Stamps:  Soft Petals (PB), Elegant Expressions Original (Ton)
Ink:   Encore Gold
Paper:   Neenah Natural, Mixed Media (Strathmore
Other:  Zigs, Elegant Rectangles dies (MFT), Texture EF (PB), Elegant Expressions Original die (Ton), Bright Butterflies die (SSS)


Enjoy!


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Saturday, August 15, 2026

Thanksgiving Feathers

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

I am so ready for fall.  Unfortunately it doesn't seem like fall is
ready to show up.  But, in the studio it can be any season I want.


I had a set of feather dies in my NBUS box and added an older feather die to
make a trio of feathers.  They were cut from some mixed media paper and
smooshed in puddles of watered ink.  I'm not sure what kind of bird they would 
have come from,  Maybe a turkey?  I was in the mood for fall colors and I didn't
even think about a bird until they were done.

I dipped the edges of the colored feathers in VersaMark and added gold embossing
powder and heated. The photo doesn't show the golden edges very well.

They were added on an embossed background and I added some tiny gold punched 
circles into the embossing.

Challenges:
Double D - Feathers
I.D.E.A.S. - Die Week
NBUS #89 - Never Before Used Schtuff

  




Card Recipe
Stamps:  Thankful for Fall (PTI)
Ink:   Warm Cocoa (GKD), VersaMark
Paper:   Fine Linen (PTI), Neenah Natural, Mixed Media (Strathmore)
Other:  Distress re-inkers (Carved Pumpkin, Tea Dye, Spiced Marmalade, Vintage Photo), Jumbo Curiosity Feather die (Grtry), Feather die (HA), Feathers on the side EF (Darice), Gold EP, Linen Thread


Enjoy!


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Friday, August 14, 2026

Fun with Sunflowers

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I do love sunflowers!  And they don't have to be yellow.


This is a CASE of this card I did a week or so ago.  This time I used a lighter 
color for the sunflower, inspired by Tina Smith.  You can see her card here.


and with some left over pieces on the table...


I hope you have fun today and over the weekend.

Card Recipe
Stamps:  
Ink:   Buttercup, Baked Brown Sugar, Sage, Eucalyptus
Paper:   Alabaster, Lemon Tart, Daffodil Delight, Neenah Solar White
Other:  Sunflower Serenade die (SB), Spotlight on Nature die (SU), Infinity Circles die (HA), Bee-cause EF (SB), Argyle EF (SB), Ladybugs made with circle punch


Enjoy!


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Thursday, August 13, 2026

Santa's Sleigh

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My Christmas stash needs to grow faster! 


The CAS Christmas challenge is helping to take care of that.  This month, Julia has asked
for Christmas cards with Santa's sleigh.

I remembered this Tim Holtz die that hasn't seen a lot of use and got that out.

The CAS Mix Up Challenge is asking for stenciling on patterned paper.  I found
this piece of patterned paper and cut the Santa and sleigh off to add this one.
First I used stencil paste to add some stars to the paper and sprinkled the wet paste
with fine glitter.

I've added some silver glitter paper for a little extra magic.

Challenges:
ABC Christmas - R is for Rectangles
CAS Christmas - Santa's Sleigh
CAS Mix Up - Stenciling over Patterned Paper



  


Card Recipe
Stamps:  
Ink:   
Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Silver Glimmer, Christmas Watercolor (Scrapbook Customs), Black
Other:  Mini Slayering Stencil Set #31 (TH), Embossing Paste (Wendy Vecchi), Dash Away All die (TH), Special Merry Christmas die (MB), Glitter


Enjoy!


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Monday, August 10, 2026

Fit for a Sketch

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

Remember on Friday when I said I still had some die cut geraniums
and a big set of Ohuhu markers to try?  They went together like peas and carrots
as Forrest Gump would say!


First I arranged them in one cluster but when it came to putting them on a card,
I was stumped.  So I carefully disassembled them.  When I saw Verena's sketch
at Freshly Made Sketches, I had an AHA moment and this is what I came up with.

Here's here sketch...

My "circles" are arranged a bit differently, but hopefully you can see that sketch.

I found that using a flicking motion worked best with the markers on the Neenah.
I love the details that the dies leave on the petals and leaves.

What happened to the other blooms?  I'll share that one at a later date.
I wouldn't want you to get sick of seeing geraniums over here.

Do check with Freshly Made Sketches and enjoy the
wonderful inspiration from the Design Team and in the Gallery.
If you hurry, you can still get a card in this challenge.




Card Recipe
Stamps:  Sending You (Creek Bank Creations)
Ink:   Morning Mist (VC)
Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Pink Pirouette 
Other:  Into the Blooms: Geraniums (PTI), Charming Flora Cover Die (AS), Nesting Slim Labels (FMS), Ohuhu alcohol markers (R22, R23, R28, G310, G410, E46), Caran d'ache Supracolor pencil (Dk. Carmine)


Enjoy!


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