Wild Wood Thank You

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

It looks like it's going to be a hot week.  I'll be spending a lot of time in

the craft room trying to stay cool.

When I saw Amy's sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, I immediately though of the

wood slices from Papertrey Ink's Wild Wood set.  It was a perfect way to use

up some of those little scraps of cardstock left over from past projects.

It didn't take long to do a bit on inking on the flowers, leaves and wood slice.

Those little bees take more time, but they are so worth it.

Speaking of bees.  We still aren't seeing any bees on the lantana.  We've had a few

butterflies but no bees.  We're worried about what's happened to the bees!

Challenges:

Freshly Made Sketches #742 - see below

Inkspirational #329 - Use Leftovers

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Bouquet of Thanks (MFT)

Ink:   Baked Brown Sugar

Paper: Neenah Natural, Scraps from scrap bag

Other:  Into the Blooms: Wild Wood, Burlap EF

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Pretty Picado

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

I'm celebrating Fun Friday with some birthday cards.

Jack will be 15 soon.  Where did that time go?

He likes hot pink and purple so I used my new Pretty Picado stencils and embossing 

folder that I got recently.

While I was at it, I made a birthday card for one of our daughters that has

a birthday soon.

I hope you have fun this Friday!

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps: 

Ink:   Strawberry Slush, Gumball Green, Crushed Curry

Paper:   Polished Pink, Neenah Solar White

Other:  Pretty Picado Stencil & EF, Capsule Basics, Capsule Filagree, Twisted Crepe dies (Grtry), Sentimental Die Set (Avery Elle), Large Numbers Framelits (ret SU)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Special Sentiments (PB)

Ink:   Strawberry Slush, Gumball Green, Crushed Curry

Paper:  Neenah Solar White

Other:  Pretty Picado Stencil & EF, Capsule Basics, Capsule (Grtry)

Enjoy!

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Petals

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

I've had these Petal Perfection stencils and dies for a year now.  I used them once

for this card and always intended to play with them some more.

I really like how the stenciling goes to the edge of the dies!

I'm trying to work on my stenciling techniques.  I fear I still have a way to go, but

Michele's tip on using the Misti is a big help.  Now to get control of the coloring!

I used mixed media paper for these flowers and stenciled a set in yellow and one 

in pink.  I used mixed media paper just in case the coloring didn't turn out so well.

Sometimes a damp brush works good to smooth the color.

I put a few of the flowers in a vase and mounted the bouquet on a piece of

embossed vellum that had been in the drawer waiting for just the right card.

Challenges:

Just Us Girls #828 - Mood Board Below (Flowers)

Pinkfresh Studio June Challenge - Flutters & Florals (have PFS florals)

Seize the Birthday #328 - Use Acetate or Vellum (Vellum)

  

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Four Petal Sweet Day Flowers (SB)

Ink:   Garden Green, Mustard Seed, Fossilized Amber, Picked Raspberry, Mowed Lawn, Rustic Wilderness (DI)

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore), Vellum, Neenah Solar White

Other:  Petal Perfection stencils & die (PFS), Vase Collection 1 (PTI), Texture Fades Botanical EF (TH)

Enjoy!

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Christmas Postage

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

I didn't get into the postage stamp craze.  I would have liked to but

I had just bought the Greetery Curio dies and couldn't justify it.

But my friend Nance got the postage stamp dies and stencils and was

nice enough to bring them to a couple of our playdates.

She had an extra gift set of these little poinsettias and shared them with me.

That was a year ago or two?

They got set aside and I found them last week.  They were a perfect fit for

Narelle's sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.

It's pretty self explanatory.  I used Encore gold for the centers and dots and

heat embossed with gold powder so they have some shine.  The sentiment 

is gold embossed too.

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Easy Holiday Expressions (Ton)

Ink:   Encore Gold, Real Red, Garden Green

Paper:   Neenah Solar White

Other:  Postage Stamp & Poinsettia Stencil & die (Waffleflower), Easy Holiday Expressions die (Ton), Gold EP, Subtle EF (ret SU)

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Father's Day

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

This stamp was a gift.  It's old and stained but stamped beautifully.  All that was needed

after stamping was a tiny bit of coloring.

Challenges:

Can You Handle the Pressure - Use embossing folder option Boys to Men

I.D.E.A.S. - Embossing Week

Krafty Chicks - CAS

The Male Room - Outdoors

  

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Loon (Northwoods 1999)

Ink:   Nocturne (VC), Bordering Blue (ret SU)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White

Other:  Molded Frame EF (SB), TH Watercolor Pencils (Lost Shadow, Hickory Smoke), Caran d'ache Supracolor Pencils (Olive, Dk Green, Brown)

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