Wild Wood with Wood Slice

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

After making this card, I wanted to do at least one more before I put the

set on the shelf.  This time I wanted to use at least one of the wood slices

included with the set.

Here's what I came up with....

Everything but the bees was cut from Neenah Solar White.  I used Distress ink and

blending brushes to color the wood slice and started to color the flowers with 

sponge daubers and ink.  I wasn't crazy about the flowers so I went over them with

Copic markers.

The little bees are very fussy.  The dies cut the body, stripes and wings separately. They

don't take much paper but they do take a steady hand to get them together.  I think you'll

be seeing them often in the future if I can keep my hands steady.

Thanks to Donna for choosing my previous card as a favorite at Freshly Made Sketches.

She inspired me with this card that she'd made.  It was what I needed to get this

set out of my NBUS box and give it a whirl, not once but twice.

Challenges:

Allsorts #843 - Embossing or ATG - Embossed background

Can You Handle the Pressure - ATG with embossing used option of die cuts

A Cut Above - ATG with at least 1 die cut

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   Antique Linen, Vintage Photo, Gathered Twigs (for wood slice)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Neenah Natural

Other:  Wild Wood dies (PTI), Copice (R29, R39, YG03, YG17, G24, G46, Y15, Y17), Cracked Large EF (TH)

Enjoy!

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Peach and Teal for Color Hues

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It's time for a new challenge at Color Hues.

This month my friend Jules P. chose the colors.  What pretty colors they are too.

She chose....

I used a much loved Penny Black stamp and die for this card. It was stamped on

mixed media paper and colored with Zig Brush Markers.

I die cut twice with the matching die and glued together for stability.

The sentiment from the same set was stamped on a strip layered on a teal strip.

I always love using embossed backgrounds and this time I chose a Penny Black 

texture embossing folder and added two Hexagon frames also from Penny Black.

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

fantastic Guest Designer Gundi have done to inspire you.

I hope you'll create a card using Peach and Teal and add it to the gallery at

Color Hues

Challenge ends at 9:00 AM on February 28.

I'm also adding this to the Penny Black Saturday Challenge.

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Peaceful Time (PB)

Ink:   Versafine Smokey Gray, Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore), Neenah Solar White, Tranquil Teal (GKD)

Other:  Zig Brush Markers (Persian Green, Med. Brown, Pale Orange), Peaceful Time die (PB), Texture EF (PB), Hexagon Frames (PB)

Enjoy!

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Wild Wood Birthday Wishes

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

We've had some lovely springlike weather  lately and it made me want

to get out some NBUS flowers.  Who am I kidding?  It's always a good 

time to pull out flowers!

I've die cut these from some Altenew watercolor paper and used Distress Re-inkers

as my watercolor medium.

I wanted to use Verena's sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, so I tried to arrange

the flowers according to the sketch.

I had to add that extra bee to cover a smudge in the upper corner and the 

sentiment is computer generated.

Challenges:

Freshly Made Sketches #723 - See sketch below

NBUS #83 - Never Before Used Schtuff  (die set)

Seize the Birthday #320 - Used topping of CAS + die cuts

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Watercolor (Altenew)

Other:  Into the Blooms: Wild Wood (PTI), Spring Leaves Cover Die (PF), Pierced Blanket Cover Die (HBS), Distress re-inkers (Mowed Lawn, Forest Moss, Bundled Sage, Rustic Wilderness, Worn Lipstick, Festive Berries, Mustard Seed), Tombow Marker 451

Enjoy!

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Happy Valentine's Day

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

I wish all of you a sweet day and that you feel loved.

I had some more velvet and gold hearts and decided to use them all up at once.

Since they were small, it wasn't hard to do.  The embossed background was in the

UFO pile that had been accumulating since fall.

And another made from a past calendar page....

Leaving you with happy wishes and thanks for the love you share with me

in your comments.

Challenges:

CAS on Fridays #327 - ATG CAS

Just Us Girls #810 - Word Week - Valentine

Simply Clean & Simple - ATG CAS

  

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Sending Love Mail (HA)

Ink:   Versafine Vintage Sepia

Paper:   Neenah Natural, Velvet Paper (AZ), Gold Foil (SSS)

Other:  Pine Cones & Berries EF (SB), Nested Hearts, Scalloped Hearts (S.C)

Stamps:  My Forever Person (SB)

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black

Other:   Copics (YG03,YG63, YG67, R85, R29, R39), Graceful Butterfly die & EF (SSS)

Embossed top with Heart Border EF (ret SU), Scallop Border die (PPP), Subtle EF (ret SU)

Enjoy!

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Heart Cookies

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

We're coming up to the big V day!  I have a couple more heart cards to share.

A week or so ago, Simon Says Stamp offered a free gift of a 3D embossing 

folder and matching die with an order.  I was ready to order and was excited

to get the gift!  I opened it right up and put it to work.

I die cut some of the hearts and put them in the embossing folder to get

the sweet impressions on them.  Gently patting over the top of the embossing

with a pink ink pad brought out the designs.

I placed the hearts on a strip of vellum that was sitting on the table and added 

that to a piece of Neenah that I'd die cut with a retired scalloped border die.

All that was added to a piece of pink that had been embossed with polka dots.

And another to show the whole embossing folder....

This picture doesn't pick up the depth of the embossing.

I die cut from another NBUS die-String of Hearts and a layered heart

from some leftover bits.

Challenges:

NBUS #83 - Never Before Used Schtuff (Embossing folder with heart dies, String of Hearts die)

Time Out Challenge #306 - Pick two from the badge below. (I picked pink, hearts, twine)

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:  Pretty in Pink (SU) 

Paper:  Cotton Candy (SSS), Neenah Solar White, Vellum, Real Red

Other:  Heart Cookies EF & Die (SSS), Perfect Polka Dots (ret SU), Heart String die (PB), Stitched Up Heart dies (Unity), Confetti Hearts Punch (ret SU)

Enjoy!

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