Feathers for Fun

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Last week I designed some cards for friends and had some leftover feathers.

So I put them on some cards for my Friday fun this week.

This is very similar to the cards the group did.  I had some cork paper that had

been given to me.  It has flecks of copper in it.  There was also some pretty but

lightweight copper paper.  When the light hits this, the copper glows.

My sister and brother-in-law have an anniversary coming up soon and I thought

the feathers would make a nice anniversary card.  So I added some copper thread

from my stash and punched some tiny hearts from scraps of the copper paper, 

gluing them onto the thread.

And another....

I put the feathers going in the opposite direction.  It started out with just three

feathers, but it kinda looked like I was giving the finger so I tucked an extra gold

feather in the middle. LOL

I hope you have a lovely weekend and get to have some crafty fun.

Enjoy!

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Purple and Artichoke for Color Hues

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

This month Sheri picked our colors.  She chose....

I die cut and watercolored one of my favorite flower dies from Canson watercolor paper

and colored with re-inkers.  I really like these colors together, especially for flowers!

A two layered Elegant frame over a piece of embossing made a good 

place to mount this flower.

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

fantastic Guest Designer Amanda have done to inspire you.

I hope you'll create a card using Purple & Artichoke and add it to the gallery at

Color Hues.

Challenge ends at 9:00 AM on September 29th.

The winners will be posted an hour before our next challenge and the overall

 winner will have the opportunity to be a future Guest Designer.

Most importantly, just have fun!

Edited to add: Thanks Darlene

Sisterhood of Crafters - Frames

Can You Handle the Pressure - Embossing

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Nature's Dance (SB)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Watercolor (Canson)

Other:  Distress Re-inkers (Wilted Violet, Seedless Preserves, Peeled Paint), Morning Blossom die (SSS, Elegant Frames die (MFT), Petunia Cascade EF (SB), Burlap EF (HB), Nature's Dance die (SB)

Enjoy!

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Star of Wonder

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

I hope you had a nice weekend.  We had some much needed rain and the 

promise of a couple of cooler and less humid days.  I'm looking forward to that.

Karren's Freshly Made Sketch #753 has so many possibilities!

I've always loved this star.  It's one of those retired Stampin' Up sets that I haven't

been able to part with.  I hope I've captured some of the shine.

The star an sentiment are heat embossed with silver and I've added a shadow of

silver foil behind them.  I had another silver label and added it behind the

star to make it stand out a little better.  I do love a mostly white card!

I know the team has wonderful inspiration. Now I'm going to check out the gallery.

I'm sure it's just as inspiring!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Star of Light (ret SU)

Ink:   Encore Silver

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Silver Foil 

Other:  Star of Light die (ret SU), Snowflake EF (MS), Silver EP, Decorative Sentiment dies (EMD)

Enjoy!

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In Full Bloom for Fall

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Today is a the anniversary of a sad and frightening day in our country.

Remembering those who lost their lives and those who survived the horrors.

On a more cheerful note....

This stamp has been in my NBUS box for too long.  I finally ordered the die set to

go with it and gave it a go.

I inked the stamp with Concord & 9th inks on watercolor paper and after stamping, 

did a bit of blending with a waterbrush.  After it dried, I used a watercolor pencil to

add a little detail, die cut and layered a couple of the flowers.

It was a perfect fit with the embossed Molded Frame.

The sentiment is from the same set.

A twofer....

Last month our Craft Group picked some flowers from Kim's pots and pounded them

into watercolor paper.  I have done a similar technique using the Big Shot.  In some ways 

this worked better.  It didn't seem to be as messy.  This was the best of the three that

I tried to do.  Kim suggested touching it up with fine line pens, pencils or markers.  I

used pencils and a very fine Micron pen.  After masking the flowers, I used one of

the stems from the above stamp set and went over it with a damp watercolor brush

to diffuse the color a bit.  It's all mounted on a smooshed watercolor base.

I hope you get some weekend craftiness!

Card Recipe

Stamps: In Full Bloom (PTI) 

Ink:   Buttercup, Pimento, Parsley, Rainforest (C9)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Watercolor (Altenew)

Other:  In Full Bloom dies (PTI), Molded Frame EF (SB), Buzzing Bumblebees dies (MB)

Enjoy!

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Thankful

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

I'm really enjoying fall colors these days and the cooler temperatures

and less humidity.  These kind of days seem to be rare and appreciated.

Last month's calendar page paired well with this copper Thankful.  After I die

cut the calendar illustration, I embossed it with the Subtle EF.

One less thing in the UFO box.  That's always a good thing.

Challenges:

Just Us Girls #839 - Die Week Thanks

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Vibrant Thanks (Power Poppy)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Cajun Craze, Copper

Other:  Copics (Y11, Y15, YR12, YR15, R59, G21, G24, G46), Reflections: Numbers 6 die (PTI), Words of Gratitude die (PB), Kitchen Weave EF (Cuttlebug), Subtle EF (ret SU)

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