Pink & Turquoise for Color Hues

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

It's time for another Color Hues challenge.

This month it was my turn to choose our colors.  I chose....

I was thinking flamingos when I chose these colors.

I die cut this flamingo from watercolor paper and colored with Distress Re-inkers.

For the background, I embossed a piece of Turquoise cardstock and patted

with a white pigment ink to bring out the raised feathers.

It was really fine with that, but I added die cut palm leaves for even more

dimension.  There's more layers than I usually have, but I'm happy with it.

Now let's go and see what my talented friends and our

fantastic Guest Designer Kim Miller have done to inspire you.

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

Color Hues.

Challenge ends at 9:00 AM on June 14th.

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:  

Ink:  Whisper White, BP Black 

Paper:  Tempting Turquoise, Neenah Solar White, Watercolor (Canson)

Other: Distress Re-inkers (Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick), Feather Spiral EF (SSS), Feathered Friends 12 (PTI), Curved Cap Pinpoint Layers (MB), Palm Fancy die (HA), A little Message PP & die (SB)

Enjoy!

If you would like to subscribe by email,

please fill out the contact form in the upper right sidebar.

It is also important to add stampingwithklass1@gmail.com to your contact list

so Google recognizes the address and delivers the updates.

To unsubscribe please use the same form on the sidebar adding

unsubscribe to the message.

Thanks to all who have subscribed to my blog by email.

Your sweet and thoughtful comments warm my heart!

Turning the Page June 2026

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

Time to turn the page on our calendars to a new month.

 

I make calendars each year for my desk and my family.

 

I thought I'd set up a regular post on the first day of each month to share them.

 

I hope you enjoy my “Turning the Page” posts.

 

Here's our June page.

 

By the way, the calendars 4 ½ x 7 inches and and can be displayed on an easel

or hung on a push pin or magnetic hook.  We all have a different way to display them.

 

If you would like a word document with the calendar, email me

and I will be glad to send it to you so you can design your own.

Email link is on the sidebar.

 Recipe

Stamps:  Floral Vines (PB)

Ink:   Memento Toffee Crunch

Other:  Copics (B21, BV20, G21, G24, Y18), Caran d’ache (Sky Blue, Bluish Gray, Spruce Green) Arteza (Hazlenut Brown)

Touch Up:  Prize Ribbon, Rustic Wilderness (THWCP), Smallest Stitched Butterfly cut from Blue Brusho

 

Enjoy!

If you would like to subscribe by email,

please fill out the contact form in the upper right sidebar.

It is also important to add stampingwithklass1@gmail.com to your contact list

so Google recognizes the address and delivers the updates.

To unsubscribe please use the same form on the sidebar adding

unsubscribe to the message.

Thanks to all who have subscribed to my blog by email.

Your sweet and thoughtful comments warm my heart!

Falalalala

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

This little elfette has been singing away in the box on the shelf.

She finally caught my undivided attention so she could perform for all of you.

This is probably my favorite Penny Black Christmas stamp.  Maybe because I love

Christmas carols and most of my friends do too.

When we make Christmas cards together in the fall, we sing along to my favorite

Time Life Christmas CDs.  It makes for even more fun to be together.

She was colored with Distress Inks or Distress re-inkers.  I don't remember

which, and cut with the companion die.

The background is a piece of re-inker & frost white paint smoosh 

from my stash of backgrounds.

Challenges:

Penny Black Saturday - ATG with option to Use your favorite Penny Black Stamp

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Sing Joy, Holiday Snippets (PB)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black, Morning Mist (VC)

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Mixed Media (Strathmore)

Other:  Tumbled Glass, Broken China, Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick, Tattered Rose, Tea Dye (Distress Re-inkers), Frost White for background, Double Frame die (PB), Sing Joy Die (PB)

Enjoy!

If you would like to subscribe by email,

please fill out the contact form in the upper right sidebar.

It is also important to add stampingwithklass1@gmail.com to your contact list

so Google recognizes the address and delivers the updates.

To unsubscribe please use the same form on the sidebar adding

unsubscribe to the message.

Thanks to all who have subscribed to my blog by email.

Your sweet and thoughtful comments warm my heart!

Flutters

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

Another just for fun Friday with some new butterflies.

I seem to be obsessed with the die and embossing folder sets.  This one is one of my

all time favorites!

For the first card, I embossed a piece of Cantaloupe cardstock and patted over the

raised parts with a white ink pad.  (I use a large inkpad to do this.)

Then I cut some butterflies and embossed them to get the wonderful detail.

A little ink in the center of the butterflies tie them into the background and

I had a perfect sentiment stamp and die set in my NBUS box to add to the card.

This time I used an aqua cardstock and ink and a favorite saying.

I thought it needed something extra and added a daisy for the wildflower.

Since this is their first outing, I'll add them to Darnell's NBUS challenge #86.

Card Recipe

Stamps: Nature's Dance (SB) 

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black, Whisper White, Crisp Cantaloupe

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Crisp Cantaloupe, Gold Foil

Other:  Butterfly Escapades EF & Die (SSS), Nature's Dance dies (SB)

Card Recipe

Stamps: Butterfly Mornings (Crafty Individuals)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black, Coastal Cabana

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Coastal Cabana, Gold Foil

Other:  Butterfly Escapades EF & Die (SSS), Label Die (Emily Moore Designs), Daisy Silhouette Die (MB), Copics (C00, YG82, YG15)

Enjoy!

If you would like to subscribe by email,

please fill out the contact form in the upper right sidebar.

It is also important to add stampingwithklass1@gmail.com to your contact list

so Google recognizes the address and delivers the updates.

To unsubscribe please use the same form on the sidebar adding

unsubscribe to the message.

Thanks to all who have subscribed to my blog by email.

Your sweet and thoughtful comments warm my heart!

Bird in the Hemlock

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

I've been lax in doing Christmas cards and will be sorry when it's time to send

them if I don't start working on them.

I didn't use this die set nearly enough last year.

The chickadee and pine boughs were cut from mixed media paper and watercolored 

with a combination of inks.  I added some sparkly snow to the branches.

The embossing on the label was done with the nesting dies after it was cut.

Challenges:

Christmas Kickstart -  Season's Tweetings (Use a bird)

Krafty Chicks #821 - CAS

Simply Clean & Simple - Optional Theme: Things that Fly

   

Card Recipe

Stamps:  BP Fancy Sentiments (SB)

Ink:  Rustic Wilderness, Pine Needles, Vintage Photo, Smoky Gray, Basic Gray, Crisp Cantaloupe, Peach Parfait (SU), Black Marker (SU), Whisper White, BP Black (Spl)

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

Other:  Hemlock Cones & Chickadee dies, Scrolled Punch & Pierce Plate, Mirrored Arch Labels (all SB), Fancy Sentiments Die (SB), Sparkle Texture Effects (MS) 

 

Enjoy!

If you would like to subscribe by email,

please fill out the contact form in the upper right sidebar.

It is also important to add stampingwithklass1@gmail.com to your contact list

so Google recognizes the address and delivers the updates.

To unsubscribe please use the same form on the sidebar adding

unsubscribe to the message.

Thanks to all who have subscribed to my blog by email.

Your sweet and thoughtful comments warm my heart!