On Your Special Day

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

I've been busy doing yard work and spring cleaning. (I hate to think how

many springs have gone by since I did that!)  I did find a bit of time in

the craft room though.

I recently got the Shortbread Shapes Rectangle: Spring embossing folder and die.  So

when I saw Kim's sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, this set popped into my mind.

Here's the sketch...

except my squares were bigger.  So I adjusted and I hope that's okay with Kim.

I embossed and die cut some Crisp Cantaloupe cardstock and swiped over the raised parts with

a white inkpad.  The squares are on top of a Subtle embossed piece of Blushing Bride.

This flower die found it's way into that order and was cut from a snippet of 

Neenah Solar White and colored with Ohuhu markers.  I pulled out a Betterpressed sentiment

to put on top.  Oh, and I added a bit of glitter to the flower.

Let's go over to Freshly Made Sketches and see what the 

Design Team and participants have done.

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   Whisper White

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Blushing Bride, Crisp Cantaloupe, Watercolor (Canson)

Other:  Shortbread Shapes: Rectangle, Shortbread Shapes: Rectangle Spring EF, Bigger Botanicals: Genista (all Grtry), A Little Message BP plate (SB), Subtle EF (ret SU), Ohuhu Markers

Enjoy!

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Little Guy

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

I hope you've had a nice week and have a good weekend on tap.

This card was done with an image that a sweet friend stamped and sent to me a

couple years ago.  I pulled out some Zigs and colored it.  The background is kind of

free handed.  Nothing special but a fun image to color.

Challenges:

Double D - Watercolor

Cardz for Guys #385 - CAS

  

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Little Guy (PB)

Ink:   VersaMark

Paper:   Watercolor (Canson), Neenah Solar White, Black

Other: Zigs, White EP, Triangle Pattern EF (PB)

Enjoy!

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Poppy Bouquet

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

My friend Bobby and I have this in common.  We LOVE to make cards with flowers.

Just Us Girls challenge #821 is to CASE a designer.  

I CASED Bobby's beautiful card.

Bobby's card

I used the same layout, embossed background and trio of flowers.

My changes are the type and color of the flowers and an added vellum oval

behind the flowers.

The flowers were all cut from watercolor paper and colored with 

Distress re-inkers used as watercolors.

All the Designers have beautiful cards to CASE.  It's always hard to 

choose just one!

Challenges:

AAA Birthday #85 - ATG Birthday (Happy 7th Birthday to AAA Birthday!)

Just Us Girls #821 - CASE a Designer

Triple B - Birds, Butterflies & Blooms

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Nature's Dance (SB)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black

Paper: Neenah Solar White, Watercolor (Canson), Vellum

Other:  Iceland Poppies die (SSS), Essential Modern Ovals die (SB), Timeworn Type EF (SU), Distress re-inkers (Spun Sugar, Abandoned Coral, Mustard Seed, Fossilized Amber, Peeled Paint)

Enjoy!

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Tangled Tulips

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

Are tulips blooming where you are?  They've gone by here, but

they bloom on in the Craft Room.

I've paired them with my Rosemal Reflections embossing folder for a special

birthday card.  It's very similar to the one that I did for my granddaughter's birthday.

Her aunts oohed and aahed over that, so this one will go to one of her aunts.

I cut all the flower pieces from Neenah Solar White and colored with Copics.

Sorry, but I didn't note the colors.  Sometimes I keep trying a color and then pull

out another and before long, they are all over the table.

Challenges:

NBUS #86 - Never Before Used Schtuff - Tangled Tulips Details die

Seize the Birthday #325 - Primarily Pink

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Rosemal Reflections (Grtry)

Ink:  Morning Mist (VC) 

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Cotton Candy (SSS)

Other:  Rosemal Reflections EF, Tangled Tulips Details dies, Capsul Basics die (all Grtry)

Enjoy!

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Poppy Trio

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

I'm excited to be Guest Designing with the Inspiration Team at

Penny Black Saturday Challenge.

The theme is always Anything Goes using Penny Black products as your main focus.

The option this month is to use your favorite Penny Black stamp.  That's a bit

like asking which is your favorite child!  But my mind went directly to this stamp

that has been in my collection for a long time.  I don't think I'd used it in over 

ten years.  It was time to dust it off!

I stamped it on mixed media paper with Memento Toffee Crunch ink for a 

no-line watercolor look and colored with Zigs.  I used a Copic Multiliner for 

the centers.

I tried to plant the poppies in dirt and it didn't go well.  Hence the "cover up"

piece at the bottom.  It made a good place for the sentiment though.

I'm going over to the Penny Black Saturday Challenge and see what that

fabulous Design Team has done to inspire us.  I hope you'll check it out too.

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Poppy Trio, Carefree Wishes (PB) 

Ink:   Memento Toffee Crunch & Tuxedo Black

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore)

Other:  Black Copic Miltiliner, Zigs (Pale Pink, Tea Rose, Lt. Carmine, Scarlet Red, Pale Green, Mid Green, Deep Green), Curved Stitch die (PB), Bright Butterfly die (SSS)

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