Turning the Page May 2022

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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 on the last day of each month to share them.

 

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

 

Here's our May page using Hero Florals Poppy by Hero Arts.

 

 By the way, the calendars are 4 ½ inches by 7 inches.

They can be 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.

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Plaid Tree

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I'm on a roll for Christmas cards.  I apologize to those who are still seeing snow.

I spread some embossing paste through a stencil then sprinkled with glitter for 

the background.  A little glue and glitter brought sparkle to the snowbank.

Dee's Distinctively Jumbo tree cut from plaid paper made the tree and

a couple red cardinals decorate the tree.  I've used dimensionals

between the tree's layers so there's lots of dimension to go with the sparkle.

Happy 2nd Birthday to Christmas Craft Creations!

Challenges:

Christmas Craft Creations April - Tartan Plaid (not sure if this is Tartan but it's plaid)

Rudolph Days -ATG Christmas

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Prancers (PB)

Ink:   Bundled Sage (DOX)

Paper:   Neenah, Holiday Cheer Paper Pack (Honey Bee Stamps)

Other:  Jumbo Tree Stacker (Dee's Distinctively), Embossing Paste (Wendy Vechi), Glitter (Sweet Poppy), Sparkling Snow Stencil (Echo Park)

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Silver and Gold Snowflakes

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

The Peace on Earth Mood Board inspired me to get out my Glimmer plate and

a NBUS snowflake plate I bought last year and never used. 

This wasn't from my first attempt!  I really need to use this more often so

I'm familiar with the process.  I do find that tape is very helpful!

I cut small pieces of foil for each snowflake as they're all in a line and

taped each one.  When heated, I ran them through the Big Shot and was

finally rewarded with this panel.

I've mounted it on an envelope from my stash.  I believe a Hallmark card

came in it and it was too pretty to throw away.

The sentiment was stamped and heat embossed.

Challenges:

Krafty Chicks #608 - CAS week

Peace on Earth Challenge #14 - ATG Christmas

NBUS #37 - Never Before Used Schtuff (I hope Glimmer Plates are included?)

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Christmas Wishes (Kaisercraft)

Ink:   Encore Gold

Paper:   Hammermill, Recycled Envelope

Other:  Glimmer Foil System, Sparkle Border Hot Foil Plate (Spl), Speckled Prism & Starburst Foils (Spl), Gold EP

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Wobbly Gnome for Christmas

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I am behind on my stash of Christmas cards so I'm hoping to get lots

done in the next week.

My gnome friend has been colored with Copics and added to the card front

with a Mini Action Wobble so he waves his sign.

The embossed background was in my Christmas box.  I don't know who made this

embossing folder.  It was borrowed from a friend a long time ago.

Challenges:

Christmas Kickstart #61 - From Our Gnome to Yours

Card Recipe

Stamps:  It's Snome Time (Helz Cuppledish/Craft Consortium), Baubles Set (Magazine Freebie)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black, Real Red

Paper:   Field Day (MFT), Neenah, Baked Brown Sugar

Other:  Copics (G24, YG17, YG67, G43, G20, R29, N5, RV000, Rv10, C00, C0, C2), Min Action Wobble (Art Imp)

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More Tulips

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

I have really enjoyed these tulips! They are a joy to watercolor!

Thank you sweet friend for sharing them.

This time I colored them pink.  I added a light wash of blue and some splatters.

I held my breath and die cut the panel. Woosh.  So glad I didn't ruin it!

Challenges:

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - ATG/Option of Easter

Four Seasons - Spring

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Splendiferous (PB), Snippets (PB)

Ink:   Worn Lipstick, Peeled Paint, Squeezed Lemonade (DI)

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore), Natural (MFT)

Other:  Curved Stitch Die (PB), re-inker (Tumbled Glass, Wilted Violet - DI), White Gouache (for splatters)

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Easter

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1. Christ the Lord is ris’n today, Alleluia!
   Sons of men and angels say, Alleluia!
   Raise your joys and triumphs high, Alleluia!
   Sing, ye heav’ns, and earth, reply, Alleluia!
2. Lives again our glorious King, Alleluia!
   Where, O death, is now thy sting? Alleluia!
   Once He died our souls to save, Alleluia!
   Where thy victory, O grave? Alleluia!
3. Love’s redeeming work is done, Alleluia!
   Fought the fight, the battle won, Alleluia!
   Death in vain forbids His rise, Alleluia!
   Christ hath opened paradise, Alleluia!
4.                                  Charles Wesley
5. 
   

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Simply Succulents (SU)

Ink:   Whisper White

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Gorgeous Grape

Other:  Double Pierced Rectangle Die (AE), Large Cross Die (MFT), Small Cross Die (SU), White EP

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Stenciled Ornaments

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A quick post with a quick card made from last year's December calendar page.

I used a Sweet Poppy stencil for the baubles and a piece of cardstock that was left over

from die cutting pine branches for the greenery.

Challenges:

Jingle Belles - Recycle or upcycle (used page from last year's calendar)

Peace on Earth Christmas - ATG Christmas

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   Real Red, Gumball Green (SU), Rustic Wilderness (DI for stenciling)

Paper:   Neenah, Gumball Green

Other:  Damask Baubles & Bows (Sweet Poppy), Pretty Pines Thinlits (ret SU), Gold Dazzling Details, Holiday Sentiments Glimmer Plate, Gold Foil, WOS  

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Duck Tape Meets Alcohol Ink

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A couple of months ago our Craft Group added alcohol ink to

embossed Duck Tape.

Our demo leader had mounted Duck Tape on cardstock and dry embossed it

for us to work on.

We added alcohol ink over the top and were then to trim off the cardstock

edges.  I liked the look so I didn't trim.

It took a while to figure out what I wanted to do with the  piece.

It kept whispering to me "globe".

Then the whispers got louder and finally I listened.

I've had this stamp and die set in my NBUS box for quite a while.  It 

was way past time to use it.

I die cut the globe and stand from a snippet of brushed silver cardstock

and added it over a circle cut from a piece in the background box.

(I have boxes and boxes of stuff I need to use!)

The sentiment was stamped with VersaMark and heat embossed

with Pewter Embossing Powder.

I thought it was a good match for the embossed design and I have

another masculine card for my stash.

Hooray for another way to use Duck Tape!

Challenges:

Cardz 4 Guys - Add Texture to Your Card

The Male Room - Dry Embossing

Snippets - Where Sarn is hosting this time. (I used a snippet for the die cut globe)

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  All Occasions (Jane's Doodles)

Ink:   VersaMark, Alchol Ink

Paper:   Brushed Silver, Not Quite Navy

Other:  Duck Tape, EF (?), Beautiful World Dies (SU), Pewter EP

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Embossed Thanks

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

I was recently the lucky winner of the random draw at

Can You Handle the Pressure.

The Thank You embossing folder is one of the three that I received as the prize.

With the Tulip Magnolias blooming around here, I was inspired to bring out

my Alexandra Renke Two Magnolia dies that a sweet friend gifted me a couple of years ago.

I used them to make these cards and this one too.

This time I watercolored the die cuts and added to a double embossed and 

scored card front.

I think this embossing folder will get a lot of use. 

Thank you ladies for the prize and a special thanks for the challenge.

Challenges:

Can You Handle the Pressure - ATG with dry embossing (didn't use the twist this time)

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Mixed Media (Strathmore)

Other:  Two Magnolias Die (AR), Dainty Diamonds EF (SU), Border EF Sentiments (Park Lane), Score Board, Zig CCRBMs

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Purple Love

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

I've been practicing on watercoloring and what better to practice on than 

the Altenew Watercolor Coloring Book.  I used a gray print for a no-line look

and colored with the Altenew 36 pan set of watercolors.

After it was all colored, I die cut a heart and placed it on foam for dimension.

Stamped the word and added a few gems for sparkle.

It's a special card for a special friend who recently lost her sister.

Not my usual sympathy card, but I felt it was suitable for this situation.

Glad to say, she loved it.

Challenges:

Altenew- Inspired by Nature

The Flower Challenge - Add a Heart

  

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Weather Together (ret. SU)

Ink:   Gorgeous Grape

Paper:   Watercolor (Strathmore)

Other:  Watercolor Coloring Book (Alt), Watercolor 36 pan set (Alt) (Lavender Fields, Midnight Violet, Frayed Leaf, Forest Glades, Citrus Burst, Fresh Lemon, Paper Bag, Caribbean Blue), Sweet & Sassy Framelits die (SU)

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Yellow Tulips

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

I'm not sure how I've been missing this, but Darlene & Diane have another

challenge out there.  This one is a color challenge called 

COLORFUL OPTIONS CHALLENGE BLOG.

This month's color is Yellow.  A perfect color for Spring.

Everything is yellow around here right now.  Pine pollen is falling heavily.

When I saw tulips blooming, I knew I had to pull out this NBUS stamp

that a sweet friend shared with me.  I had a great time inking and coloring.

This was going good until I got too heavy handed with the pencil trying to add

some extra color to the nooks and crannies.  I thought it was ruined.  Then...

I cut it in half and disguised the oops.

The first side wasn't too bad.  I just added some splatters and found it fit

perfectly inside a frame I'd cut for something else and didn't use.

The second card contains the oops under the butterfly.

I did a little extra stamping to make this one into a garden scene and decided some

texture would look good.  Oops. It didn't look good.  Some days.......

So I put the design piece under the embossing folder and flattened it out.

There's still a little texture, but much better in my opinion.

I left the sentiment off as I often do.  I can send it as an Easter card or

for a birthday or thinking of you.  I like having options.

Challenges:

Colorful Options April - Yellow

Double D - Easter

NBUS - Never Before Used Schtuff 

Penny Black Saturday - ATG/Easter 

 

 

 

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Splendiferous, Snippets (PB), Papillon Potpourri (ret. SU)

Ink:   Mustard Seed, Peeled Paint (DI)

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore), Neenah Solar White

Other:  Zigs (50 yellow, 52 bright yellow), Slimline Double Stitched Dies (Kat Scrappiness), Subtle EF (SU), Small Butterfly Punch (ret. SU)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps: Spleniferous, Floral Silhouettes (PB), Papillon Potpourri (ret. SU)  

Ink:   Mustard Seed, Peeled Paint, Prize Ribbon (DI)

Paper:   Mixed Media, Neenah Natural

Other:  Zigs (50 yellow, 52 bright yellow), Tasteful Texture EF (SU), Small Butterfly Punch (ret. SU)

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Floral Bunny

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

This background may look familiar.  It was the background for one of the cards in my last class.

I had some leftovers and added different bunnies and butterflies for fun.

This time I used a Serendipity/IO bunny die.  I've die cut twice from extra heavy cardstock

and watercolor paper so the flowers wouldn't cut completely out.  I watercolored the flowers

then added a bunny with the flowers cut out on top.

Challenges:

Tic Tac Toe - Diagonal (Die Cut, Rabbit, Flowers)

Dies R Us - Flowers/Spring (Bunny die in stock here)

Four Seasons - ANYTHING GOES SPRING

  

Card Recipe

Stamps: Forever Fern, Perpetual Calendar (SU)  

Ink:   Soft Sky, Gumball Green, Crumb Cake (SU)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Natural (MFT), Snippets of colored cardstock

Other:  Timeless Type EF (SU), Bunny Die (Serendipity-IO),  Small Butterfly Punch (SU), Caran d'ache Supracolor pencils  

Enjoy!

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