CAS Christmas Birds

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

I am so happy to see that my dear friend Loll has brought back the

CAS Christmas Challenge!

I was so excited that I made two cards with this new to me Alex Siberia set.

First up, I also used a NBUS Molded Frame embossing folder.

I die cut the bird and greenery from mixed media paper and used Distress Re-inkers

to color the bird and Twi-markers and my waterbrush for the greenery.  

The berries were punched from a scrap of red cardstock.

This time I die cut the bird from Real Red cardstock and sponged a darker

red on the edges.  The leaves were colored with a sponge dauber and Distress Ink.

I die cut a label and used a pierced cover plate die with a frame to

mount this one.  Kind of the same but different and a good addition

to my Christmas stash.

Challenges:

ABC Christmas - J is for Just Enough (CAS)

CAS Christmas - Bird

CAS on Friday - Bird

NBUS #87 - Never Before Used Schtuff - Bird die

 

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Sparkle & Shine (GKD)

Ink:   Real Red, 

Paper:   Neensh Solar White, Real Red

Other:  Garden Tweets, Winter Foliage (AS),  Molded Frame EF (SB), Distress Re-inkers (Candied Apple, Barn Door, Fired Brick), Arteza Twi-markers (Sage Green, Olive Green, Pine Green, Moss Green)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Sparkle & Shine (GKD)

Ink:   Garden Green, Cherry Cobbler (SU), Bundled Sage, Rustic Wilderness (DI)

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Real Red 

Other:  Garden Tweets, Molded Frame EF (SB), Elegant Rectangle STAX dies (MFT), Spring Leaves Cover Plate (HB)

Enjoy!

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Graduation

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It's graduation time around here and our Luke is among the high school graduates.

Here's the card I did for him.

The graduation cap embellishment was included in a gift from a former

card maker who is no longer able to craft.  Knowing this graduation was

coming up, I set it aside.  His school colors are purple and gold so that

made the color choice easy.

I used a star die and a my sunburst card front die for a base and some

alphabet and number dies to complete the design.

Our next door neighbor is graduating too.  A friend had brought her graduation

cap embossing folder when she visited a while back and I used the cap sticker

from Luke's card to make a pattern so I could add one to this card too.

It seems like yesterday that these kids were babies!

The time has sure flown!

I hope you have a great weekend!

Enjoy!

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Butterfly Trio

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I hope you're having a nice week and you're able to get some crafty time in.

Just Us Girls is have a die week and the theme is butterflies.  Ha! That's not a

problem for me.  The biggest problem is which of my sweet butterfly dies do I use!

I did a smooshed background, die cut some windows and die cut the butterflies

to go in the windows.  They are already in flight to someone who needs a lift.

Challenges:

Just Us Girls #826 - Use a butterfly die

I.D.E.A.S. - Die Cut week

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Words of Encouragement (Stamp Simply)

Ink:   Nocturne (VC)

Paper:   Watercolor (Strathmore), Mixed Media (Strathmore)

Other:  Stitching Butterflies die (SSS), Square Window Trio (HB)

Enjoy!

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Daisy Chain

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I love daisies and remember that there was a meadow full of them behind

our house when I was a child.  We would pick the daisies and try to make

a chain from them...or a crown.

When I saw Karren's sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, those circles spoke daisies to me.

The daisy dies are unmarked in my collection so I don't know who to credit

them with.  I only used the two largest dies for this card.  They were cut from

Neenah Solar white and colored with Copic Sketch Markers.

I tried several colors for the background and settled on MFT's Natural.

(I am going to hate it when I run out of this cardstock!)

Looks like we have a ladybug infestation!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Handwritten Borders (SSS)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Natural (MFT)

Other:  Daisies (?), Copics (Y15, Y17, Y18, C00), Burlap EF (HB)

Enjoy!

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Bee Sweet

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My flowers are blooming and I'm still waiting for the bees.

But the  bees are plentiful in the studio.

I had die cut the honeycomb for an earlier bee card and decided not to use it.

I stamped over top with an old wood mount stamp and placed a piece of

yellow smoosh from my backgrounds.

Every now and then I die cut and assemble bees and butterflies to have at

the ready for embellishments. I die cut the bees from Daffodil Delight cardstock 

and color the stripes with a black Sharpie.  I love that the wings are 

separate and add extra dimension.

Hope you have a sweet weekend!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Sanded (ret SU)

Ink:   So Saffron, Whisper White, Mustard See (for sentiment(

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Daffodil Delight

Other:  Hexagon Element die (SSS), Buzzing Bumblebees (MB), Black Sharpie, Sweet die (SSS)

Enjoy!

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