Joyful Embossed

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'Tis the season for quick and easy Christmas cards.

I had some leftover kits from my last class and thought I'd give them

a little twist.  It's a great way to add to my Christmas card stash.

I've used the Joyful die from Simon Says Stamp and shamefully CASEd Kristina Werner.

This is so easy to mass produce and yet make each unique by changing the embossing

folder or color and adding a bird or two.

I die cut a bunch of the Joyful die from gold and got them glued together and it was

smooth sailing from there.

This was even more QACAS.  Just embossing without needing to ink over and it makes

for an elegant card.

Here's the card we did in class.

Challenges:

Can You Handle the Pressure - Embossing with option of Christmas

Krafty Chicks - Anything Goes

 

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  

Ink:   White Pigment

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Emerald Envy (SU), Gold Foil, Red Glimmer

Other:  Joyful Frame die (SSS), Vine Canopy EF (SSS), Singing Birds Die (MB)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Gold Foil

Other:  Joyful Frame die (SSS), Scenic Poinsettias EF (Spl)

Enjoy!

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Turning the Page December 2023

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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 month to share them.

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

Here's our December page using the Holly Berries Die from Penny Black.

By the way, the calendars are clipped together 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 (bonklass(at)gmail(dot)com.

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

If your email address is not in your profile, I have no way to send this to you.

Email link is in my profile on the sidebar.

Enjoy!

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Group of Seven Using Plastic Wrap

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This month the Group of Seven Cardmakers did an older technique:

Smooshing with Cling Wrap.

You can find tutorials for this technique here.

I did a few backgrounds using re-inkers for my color and store brand cling wrap.

Here are the four cards that I made from them.

First up, I used a full panel using Stampin' Up! re-inkers, Marina Mist, Fresh Fuschia,

and Gorgeous Grape.  All it needed was a sentiment and a few pieces of confetti.

Next up is from a panel using Shaded Spruce Emerald Envy, Ballet Blue and 

Brilliant Blue re-inkers.  I added a die cut flower colored with blending brushes

and Simon Says ink. 

This was made using the same colors as the card above.

I left off a sentiment with this.  I think it will be used for a Christmas thank you card.

Using the same re-inkers as the previous two cards with a bit more blue,

I think this is my favorite.  It made sweet ornaments.

I used Mixed Media cardstock with a vellum finish and found that it worked

very well for this technique. I wet the paper before I added the re-inkers with a wet

waterbrush, then spritzed to make sure it was really wet for the colors to pool

in the wrinkles of the cling wrap.  It did take a long time to dry.

I hope you check out what the other Group of Cardmakers did. Then go to their blogs

and learn the tips and tricks that they discovered. 

If you try this technique, we'd love to see and hear what you think of this

fun technique.

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Delightful Day (PB)

Ink:   VersaMark

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore 400 series), Neenah Solar White, Gold Foil Cardstock

Other:  SU Re-inkers (Marina Mist, Fresh Freesia, Gorgeous Grape), Plastic Wrap, Gold EP, Joyful Frame Die (SSS), Foil Confetti (Studio Katia)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Eloquence (PB)

Ink: Shade Spruce (SU), Heather Violet, Iris, Aspen, Sage (SSS PSI)

Paper:  Mixed Media (Strathmore 400 Series), Neenah Solar White

Other:  Re-inkers (Ballet Blue, Brilliant Blue, Emerald Envy, Shaded Spruce), Alstroemeria Stem Die (SSS)

Card Recipe (card 3)

Stamps:

Ink:

Paper:  Mixed Media (Strathmore 400 series), Neenah Solar White, Red Glitter

Other:  SU Re-inkers (Ballet Blue, Emerald Envy, Shaded Spruce, Brilliant Blue), Delicate Pine Frame Die (MB), Quickie Glue Pen, Glitter (Sweet Poppy)

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Gift Tag Greetings (Studio Katia)

Ink:  VersaMark

Paper:  Mixed Media (Strathmore 400 series), Neenah Solar White, Silver Foil Cardstock

Other:  Holiday Messages Ornament die (SSS), Flurry of Snowflakes EF (Spl), White EP, Snowflake die (?)

Enjoy!

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Winter Bird

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I fell in love with this bird.  She and I have had lots of fun together

in the past week.

I used her for my Craft Group swaps coming up and couldn't resist using her

for my niece's birthday card.

In my quest for a design for my swaps, I tried different color embossed backgrounds.

This was a background that wasn't quite what I was looking for, for that design.

But I liked it for this.

I daubed white ink over the raised embossing. (Sometimes I got the background too.)

After watercoloring the bird, I cut the design with a hem stitch circle and cut a circle

of blue to peek through the holes.

It doesn't show in the photo, but there is glitter on the trim of her hat and in the

center of the embossed snowflakes.

Challenges:

Just Us Girls #707 - CAS in a circle (I hope this is CAS enough)

NBUS #56 - Never Before Used Schtuff (stamp)

Seize the Birthday #274 - ATG Birthday (I did not use the fall option)

Triple B -Birds, Blooms & Butterflies November (Didn't use the mood board)

  

  

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Winter Birdie Swag (Unity), Banner Sentiments (PB)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black, Whisper White, Distress Markers

Paper:   Watercolor (TH), Blue (?)

Other:  Flurry of Snowflakes EF (SPL), Hemstitch Circle Die (Spl), Red, Black & Brown Ultrafine Sharpies, Quickie Glue Pen, Fine Glitter (Sweet Poppy)

Enjoy!

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Shiny Tree

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Thank you for all the Thanksgiving wishes.

It was truly a day to be thankful

And now the Christmas rush begins...

 

I love Gina K Designs' for quick and elegant Christmas cards.

The hardest part of doing these cards is making sure ALL the embossing

powder is melted.

Sometimes I ink around the edges, but this time, I left it and just added

a strip of gold foil at top and bottom.  I was glad I saved those leftover strips.

Challenges:

Peace on Earth Christmas #52 - The top right picture of the mood board.

Krafty Chicks #691 - All Occasion (Christmas)

Simply Clean and Simple - ATG (did not use the option)

  

Card Recipe 

Stamps:  Sparkle & Shine (GKD)

Ink:   Encore Gold

Paper:   Dapper Denim, Gold Foil

Other:Gold EP, Gold stickers:  

Enjoy!

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