Dragonfly Hello

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

Today I've turned a sunflower into a daisy...a blue daisy.

And a pretty dragonfly stopped by to visit.  He was cut from Neenah Solar White

and his wings were ink blended.  I'm loving these colors so I kept the background

in the same.

Challenges:

Just Us Girls #842 - ATG with a Stencil

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Banner Sentiments (PTI)

Ink:   Sea Glass, Turquoise Sea, Tranquil Teal (GKD)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Sea Glass, Turquoise Sea (GKD)

Other:  Jumbo Curiosity Dragonfly die (Grtry), Spotlight on Nature die (SU), Infinity Circle die (HA), Sunflower Garden Stencil (PTI), Kitchen Weave EF (Cuttlebug)

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Happy Fall

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

I've recently become enamored with Papertrey Ink dies and when I saw 

that they had a challenge, I was disappointed that I didn't have the ink or paper

in the colors that they were asking for.  Then, I saw that they are offering a paper

pack with paper and cardstock of their challenge colors.

What a great idea and it gives me an opportunity to try their colors (of course I

had to add some ink to the order).  Thank you Papertrey Ink.

While I was at it, I made another card...

This time I put the flowers in a vase and added pumpkins.

Isn't this polka-dot paper fun?

As usual I'm up to the last minute to enter.  I had to get the paper pack after all.

The Design Team has done some wonderful Fall and Halloween cards.

Papertrey Ink September Inspiration Challenge

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Just Sentiments: Happy Fall (PTI)

Ink:   Harvest Gold, Orange Zest, Honey Nut

Paper:   September Challenge Pack (PTI), Rustic White 

Other: Into the Blooms: Fall Boot and Freshly Picked dies (PTI)

 

 Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Wreath for All Seasons (ret PTI)

Ink:   Honey Nut, Sweet Blush, Harvest Gold, Orange Zest (PTI), Twisted Citron (DI)

Paper:   September Challenge Pack, Rustic White (PTI), Neenah Solar White

Other:  Love to Layer: Sweet Scallops, Vase Collection 1, Into the Blooms: Fall Boot Die Collection (PTI)

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Copper Tree

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

When I saw Donna's sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, I immediately

thought of this pennant die set and Christmas trees.

What to do beyond that took a bit longer!

Here's Donna's sketch...

I still had some scraps of copper paper on my table from some recent cards

and it made me think of copper trees.  Originally I was going to go with

stars on the tree, but then decided on snowflakes. So sparkly snowflakes came to play.

An embossed background didn't seem right and I remembered this pack of gold

 embossed vellum that's been in my stash for years.  I think it worked

perfectly for a background.

I used a larger snowflake for Donna's circle and added the foiled sentiment

at the base of the 'tree'.

Only a few hours to enter.  Do check out the wonderful inspiration of the

Design Team and the lovely gallery at

Freshly Made Sketches #755

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Gold Foil, Copper Paper (?), Glimmer, Embossed Vellum (ret SU)

Other:  Stacking Pennant dies (Honey Bee), Snowflake dies & punches, Border die (ret SU)

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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)

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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)

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