Sunflower

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

Cooler weather has finally arrived and it looks like we'll be enjoying it for

more than two days.  Yay!

This is a shameful CASE of Bobby's inspiration card for CAS Mix Up.  I changed the colors and

sentiment.  I also added an embossed background.  Thanks for the awesome inspiration!

I used the same stamp that Bobby used which has been retired.  Papertrey ink has

another stamp set that is similar called Framed in Flowers. 

I've stamped and heat embossed in gold and used Tombow markers and my

waterbrush to color the sunflower and stem.  The background was done wet on wet

with Distress Re-inker.

To add a gold frame, I tapped the edges in VersaMark and heat

embossed with gold powder.  It's subtle but adds so much.

The design piece is popped up with foam.

I did another for Craft Group using a colored background like Bobby did only

I used yellow.  The camera turned that yellow much darker than IRL.

Everyone had fun adding ladybugs, bees or butterflies to their cards.

Challenges:

CAS Mix Up - Watercolor Sunflower

Darnell's I.D.E.A.S. - Embossing

The Neglected Stuff - Sunflower stamp not used in years

Triple B - Birds, Blooms or Butterflies

  

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Botanical Blocks (PTI)

Ink:   Encore Gold, Chocolate Chip

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore), Neenah Solar White, Crushed Curry

Other:  Gold EP, A2 Rectangle die (WF), Tombow (062, 025, 947, 879, 126, 158), Burlap EF (HB), Molded Frame EF (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!

Floral Vine Wreath for a Friend

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

It's been a crazy week and I'm really glad for Friday!

Here's a card I did for a special friend.  No challenges.  Just for fun!

This was stamped with Memento Toffee Crunch on Betterpress paper. (I love

this paper for watercoloring!)  I used Zigs to color it and die cut with the

matching die.  Some tearing and scoring as well as a bit of patterned

paper added some extra interest.

I hope you had some crafty fun this weekend.

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Floral Vines (PB)

Ink:   Memento Toffee Crunch

Paper:   Betterpress Porcelain, Neenah Solar White, Doodlebug PP (Gingham & Linen)

Other:  Zigs (Violet, Yellow, Bright Yellow, Yellow, Green, Olive Green), Floral Vines die (PB), Friend die (SSS), Whimsy Bloom Bow die (AS)

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!

Happy Fall

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

I'm so excited that Fall is here!  I love the colors and the smells of fallen leaves.

Not much color here but leaves are falling.  They're mostly yellow and brown. Hopefully

some cooler weather will encourage brighter colors.

I recently had a gathering of stamping with friends and this was one of the cards

we did.  I added a butterfly to this one since it will go to my aunt.  She loves butterflies!

I used a new to me pumpkin die from Penny Black and die cut from  yellow cardstock 

and cut the flowers from the same piece.  We brushed color around the edges leaving

it lighter in the center.  It was all placed on a new to me embossing folder.

I'm so glad to lighten the load in the NBUS box!

Challenges:

Can You Handle the Pressure - Use an embossing folder

Four Seasons - Fall

Darnell's I.D.E.A.S. - Embossing Week

NBUS #90 - Never Before Used Schtuff

Penny Black Saturday - Use Penny Black items/option of die cuts

 

 

Card Recipe

Stamps: Mum's the Word (PTI) 

Ink:   Warm Cocoa, Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry, Granny Apple Green

Paper:   Natural (MFT), Neenah Natural, Lemon Tart (PTI), Granny Apple Green (SU)

Other:  Pumpkin Blooms (PB), Stitching Butterflies (SSS), Tomei Branch die (PS), Oak Forest EF (SB), Tiny Tendril die (MB)

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!

Agapanthus

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

I hope you had a nice weekend.  It's going to be a busy week here, but it

looks like the weather is going to turn more fallish. That will be a relief!

I used a past calendar page for Judy's sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Agapanthus (TT- OOVB), Banner Sentiments (PB)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black, Whisper White

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Midnight Muse

Other:  White EP, Copics (B21, B23, B24, YG07, YG17, G46), Caran d'ache Supracolor Pencils for details, Delicate Designs EF (ret SU), Border Builder Die (LI), Stitched Butterfly Trio die (PS)

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!

Feathers for Fun

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

Last week I designed some cards for friends and had some leftover feathers.

So I put them on some cards for my Friday fun this week.

This is very similar to the cards the group did.  I had some cork paper that had

been given to me.  It has flecks of copper in it.  There was also some pretty but

lightweight copper paper.  When the light hits this, the copper glows.

My sister and brother-in-law have an anniversary coming up soon and I thought

the feathers would make a nice anniversary card.  So I added some copper thread

from my stash and punched some tiny hearts from scraps of the copper paper, 

gluing them onto the thread.

And another....

I put the feathers going in the opposite direction.  It started out with just three

feathers, but it kinda looked like I was giving the finger so I tucked an extra gold

feather in the middle. LOL

I hope you have a lovely weekend and get to have some crafty fun.

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!