Falalalala

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This little elfette has been singing away in the box on the shelf.

She finally caught my undivided attention so she could perform for all of you.

This is probably my favorite Penny Black Christmas stamp.  Maybe because I love

Christmas carols and most of my friends do too.

When we make Christmas cards together in the fall, we sing along to my favorite

Time Life Christmas CDs.  It makes for even more fun to be together.

She was colored with Distress Inks or Distress re-inkers.  I don't remember

which, and cut with the companion die.

The background is a piece of re-inker & frost white paint smoosh 

from my stash of backgrounds.

Challenges:

Penny Black Saturday - ATG with option to Use your favorite Penny Black Stamp

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Sing Joy, Holiday Snippets (PB)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black, Morning Mist (VC)

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Mixed Media (Strathmore)

Other:  Tumbled Glass, Broken China, Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick, Tattered Rose, Tea Dye (Distress Re-inkers), Frost White for background, Double Frame die (PB), Sing Joy Die (PB)

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Flutters

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Another just for fun Friday with some new butterflies.

I seem to be obsessed with the die and embossing folder sets.  This one is one of my

all time favorites!

For the first card, I embossed a piece of Cantaloupe cardstock and patted over the

raised parts with a white ink pad.  (I use a large inkpad to do this.)

Then I cut some butterflies and embossed them to get the wonderful detail.

A little ink in the center of the butterflies tie them into the background and

I had a perfect sentiment stamp and die set in my NBUS box to add to the card.

This time I used an aqua cardstock and ink and a favorite saying.

I thought it needed something extra and added a daisy for the wildflower.

Since this is their first outing, I'll add them to Darnell's NBUS challenge #86.

Card Recipe

Stamps: Nature's Dance (SB) 

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black, Whisper White, Crisp Cantaloupe

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Crisp Cantaloupe, Gold Foil

Other:  Butterfly Escapades EF & Die (SSS), Nature's Dance dies (SB)

Card Recipe

Stamps: Butterfly Mornings (Crafty Individuals)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black, Coastal Cabana

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Coastal Cabana, Gold Foil

Other:  Butterfly Escapades EF & Die (SSS), Label Die (Emily Moore Designs), Daisy Silhouette Die (MB), Copics (C00, YG82, YG15)

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Bird in the Hemlock

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I've been lax in doing Christmas cards and will be sorry when it's time to send

them if I don't start working on them.

I didn't use this die set nearly enough last year.

The chickadee and pine boughs were cut from mixed media paper and watercolored 

with a combination of inks.  I added some sparkly snow to the branches.

The embossing on the label was done with the nesting dies after it was cut.

Challenges:

Christmas Kickstart -  Season's Tweetings (Use a bird)

Krafty Chicks #821 - CAS

Simply Clean & Simple - Optional Theme: Things that Fly

   

Card Recipe

Stamps:  BP Fancy Sentiments (SB)

Ink:  Rustic Wilderness, Pine Needles, Vintage Photo, Smoky Gray, Basic Gray, Crisp Cantaloupe, Peach Parfait (SU), Black Marker (SU), Whisper White, BP Black (Spl)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Mixed Media (Strathmore), Kraft

Other:  Hemlock Cones & Chickadee dies, Scrolled Punch & Pierce Plate, Mirrored Arch Labels (all SB), Fancy Sentiments Die (SB), Sparkle Texture Effects (MS) 

 

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Memorial Day 2026

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In remembrance of those who died in service to our country.

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Painted Poppy, Thinking of You (both Alt)

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Whisper White 

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Black

Other:  Stately EF (ret Craft Concepts), White EP, Copics 

The image was a past calendar page.

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Wildflowers

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We finally got some rain and after 5 days in a row in the 90s, it was

a welcome relief.

Jen B's sketch at Freshly Made Sketches #737 is an easy one.

I pulled out an old calendar page for my main image, cutting it using 

an oval die.  Since I didn't think you'd care to see the actual calendar, I cut

the bottom off the oval.

After matting it with a nice blue piece of cardstock, I put it on a piece cut

from Nance's cover plate.  She brought it for me to play with our last visit and

it was waiting patiently for just the right card to go with.

I may need to use this sketch again, and again.

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Wild Flowers (W+9), Cheers to You Press Plate (SB)

Ink:   Mowed Lawn, Peeled Paint, Blueprint Sketch, Festive Berries, Candied Apple (DM), 

Betterpress Black

Paper:  Neenah Solar White , Blueberry Bushel  

Other:  Charming Flora Cover Plate (Alex Siberia), Essential Modern Labels dies (SB), Into the Blooms: Wildwood (bee die)

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