Beautiful Tuberose Washi

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My friend Michele really started something when she posted these Washi tape cards.

One of the things I like the best about these Washi tape designs is that 

there is so much of it that you really need to share!

Well Pinkfresh Studio came out with some new designs and I just had to

jump in and get this pattern...

Aren't these flowers gorgeous?

I sent some to Michele and she gave me just the push I needed to get some of

these flowers on a card.

I used the sketch at CAS Colours & Sketches for this CAS card.

I believe Michele used a different sketch.

Let's go check it out...

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Gold Foil

Other:  Tuberose Washi Tape & Die (PFS), Yana's Wonderful Script Sentiments (Spl)

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Alcohol Inks on Gelli Plate

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This month our Group of Seven Cardmakers used alcohol ink on a Gelli Plate.

It's messy but so much fun!

I shared two cards using this technique yesterday and I'll be sharing more in the coming days.

Today I'm sharing my favorites.

To do this technique, we squirted some alcohol ink on a Gel Plate (mine was 3" x 5"). 

A needle nose bottle works great to squirt some alcohol or blending solution onto the plate.  

Then I used a puffer to move the ink around.  

When happy with the mix of colors, regular cardstock is pressed onto

the inky plate.  When pulled off it leaves a lovely pattern and I love that the cardstock is

so much easier to stamp on than the glossy cardstock.

I did the technique a little differently on this piece.

I did one color at a time, trying to add it just to 1/3 of the plate.  I used Lettuce and

Sunshine on the bottom and Sailboat at the top.  I have the Tim Holtz puffer

and it works great for moving the ink and alcohol.

I've been wishing for this dragonfly die from The Greetery for ages and finally 

gave in and ordered it.  It was on a card within an hour after it was in my hands.

That's the fastest use of NBUS ever for me!

I pressed the die cut in VersaMark and heat embossed in gold before assembling him

and popping him on a torn piece of vellum.

Then....

This time I used a NBUS silhouette stamp and kept it simple.

This background was my second pull.  The first was quite rich in color so I added 

some more alcohol on the plate and pulled again.

Here are the two pulls side by side.

I hope you'll go to the Group of Seven Cardmakers blog and take a look at what the

rest of the girls have done and maybe try the technique yourself.  There are instructions at

the web site.

Challenges:

NBUS #49 - Never Before Used Schtuff (Dragonfly & Daisy Stap

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Happy Snippets (PB)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black, Alcohol Ink (Lettuce, Sunshine, Sailboat), VersaMark

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Black

Other:  Gelli Plate, Ink Blower, (TH), 91% Alcohol, Jumbo Curiosity Dragonfly Die (Greetery), Gold EP

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Daisies (Nellie Snellen), Sketched Flowers (SSS)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black, Ranger Alcohol Ink (Lettuce, Sunshine, Sailboat)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Black

Other:  Gelli Plate, 91% Alcohol, Ink Blower (TH), Linen/Canvas Impression Plate (PTI)

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Leftovers for Christmas

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I have two Christmas cards today that use leftovers and NBUS.

I used a piece from my stash made with Gelli plates.  I embossed it with a NBUS

embossing folder and swiped a white inkpad over the raised design. 

The piece was quite large so I cut it in half to use on two cards.

I embossed the snowflakes on a background piece too.

This card uses left over snowflakes that were cut previously and not used.

I just layered up two of them and added a pearl in the center.

Then I used the leftover Gelli Plate background for another card.

This time I die cut the cardinal from red cardstock and used a sponge dauber to

add some black around the edges.  I just used the dauber with the ink left from

the last playtime. No need to re-ink.

 

The greenery has some Puff Embossing Powder to make it look snowy.

Challenges:

Jingle Belles - Holiday Leftovers

NBUS #49 - Never Before Used Schtuff (EF)

Card Recipe (c. 1)

Stamps:  Bitty Holiday Wishes (MFT)

Ink:   Versafine Smokey Gray, Whisper White

Paper: Neenah Solar White, Neenah 65 lb (for gel print), Silver Foil  

Other:  Flurry of Snowflakes 3D EF (Spl), Gelli Plate, Snowflake Dies (?)

Card Recipe (c. 2)

Stamps:  Bitty Holiday Wishes (MFT)

Ink:   Versafine Smokey Gray, Whisper White

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Neenah 65 lb (for gel print), Real Red

Other:  Flurry of Snowflakes 3D EF (Spl), Gelli Plate, Feathered Cardinal Die (TH), Holiday Greens Die (TH), White Puff EP (HA), Sponge Dauber

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Poppy Frame

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Today I have a couple of QACAS (Quick And Clean And Simple) cards.

Both use some of the beautiful Craft Consortium Ink Drop papers

and a NBUS die.

Both of these were no goes for the last class. 

 I found an easier way to do this design.

Such an easy way to send a little note.

Challenges:

NBUS #49 - Never Before Used Schtuff

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:   Neenah Solar Whtie, Inkdrops Candy (Craft Consortium)

Other:  Poppy Frame die (SSS), Stitched Rectangles Dies (SSS)

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Flowers in Bloom

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Seize the Birthday has a prompt of alcohol.

I thought about raising a glass, but decided to pull out a piece of background

done in alcohol ink instead.

Actually I pulled out two pieces.  I used pink to stamp and die cut the flowers and 

a piece of green for the stems.

Another for those May birthdays.

Challenges:

Krafty Chicks - CAS

MFT Color Challenge - Pink & Green

Seize the Birthday - Alcohol

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Flowers in Bloom (MFT), Bitty Birthday Wishes (MFT)

Ink:   Archival Jet Black, Alcohol Inks

Paper:   HP Photo Paper, Neenay Solar White

Other:  Flowers in Bloom die (MFT), Subtle EF (ret SU), Black Ultrafine Sharpie

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Poppy Birthday Times Two

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I have had this poppy background stamp and haven't used it nearly enough.

For this card, I stamped with Memento Ink and colored with Copics.

I love these bright colors!

but then....

I like the no-line watercolor look too and these colors are the favorites

of a good friend who has a birthday soon.

Challenges:

Double D Challenge - Things that Fly (Butterfly)

The Flower Challenge #79  - Focus on Background Stamping (Must have flowers)

Seize the Birthday #259 - with topping of Alcohol (colored with alcohol markers)

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Poppy Background (MFT), Fluttering Friends (MFT - sentiment)

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:  Neenah  Solar White, Black

Other:  Copic Sketch Markers (Y13, Y18, Y35, R22, R24, R29, G24, YG17), Black Ultra Fine Sharpie, Black Acrylic Paint, White EP,  White Gel Pen

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Poppy Background (MFT), All Occasions (Jane's Doodles)

Ink:   Warm Glow (GKD), Encore Gold

Paper:   Watercolor (Arches cold press), Neenah Solar White, Shimmery White, Gold Foil

Other:  Gansai Tambi Watercolors (139 Purple, 38 Deep Violet, 67 Deep Blue, 58 Evergreen), Arteza Twimarker (Pear Green, Dreamy Butterfly, Yana's Scripted Sentiments Die (Spl), Gold EP, Gems

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Gnome for Christmas

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Challenges:

Christmas Kickstart #73 - Gnome For Christmas

Krafty Chicks - Christmas

Peace on Earth #38 - Christmas

  

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Snow HoHo (Polka Doodles), Snow Globe Sentiments (MFT)

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:  Neenah Solar White

Other: Copics (R37, R39, BG13, BG15, RV00, RV63, E00, E23, YG17, G46, C10, C0, B0000), Pine Landscape EF & Die (SSS), Snowflakes (MS), Quickie Glue Pen, Glitter:  

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Irises

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As I write this, my neighbors yard is full of blooming irises.

That inspired me to pull out my favorite iris die and make my own garden inside.

For this first card, I used the outcut to stencil some flowers on the background 

with Distress ink.  Then I touched them with a damp waterbrush to give it

a dreamy watercolor look.

I've watercolored the die cut with bolder colors to add on top.

Since I'd cut three irises and have two friends who love irises, I made another

birthday card with them.

This time I used the die to emboss the background and added some geometric sponging

in one corner.  I also did some very light sponging through the die cut to the 

embossing in the background.  A foiled sentiment finished it off.

Challenges:

Color Hues #62 - Purple & Green

Penny Black Saturday - ATG using Penny Black Product - no option

Seize the Birthday - Birthday-no toppings

Tic Tac Toe - Middle Vertical Row (Die Cut, Free, Embossing)

  

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  All Occasions (Jane's Doodles)

Ink:   Victorian Velvet, Wilted Violet, Aged Mahogany, Peeled Paint

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

Other:  Single Iris Die (PB), Elegant Stitching Frames (PB), Happy Birthday Poe Script Die (MB)

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More Washi Tape Dahlias

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I'm still working my way through this beautiful Washi Tape.

The rolls are so big!  There was enough for  friends, a class and still some left over.

First up....

Sometimes I get wrinkles when I mount the tape on cardstock so I die cut anyway

and can always salvage a few.  It worked out well so I could put two of this flower

on one card.  I hot foiled a diamond frame to bring out the gold highlights in the tape

and mounted it all on these pierced diamonds.

This card uses a background foiled with the Art Deco Hot Foiled Plate.

The piece was left over from another card that I intended to use the whole piece

for a background. I didn't mean to cut a smaller rectangle but it turned out to be

a happy accident as I got two cards from my foiling.

Here's the other Art Deco background...

The cardinal is a very old Stampin' Up stamp that recently got colored with Copics.

Challenges:

Pinkfresh Studios April Challenge - Flowers

Krafty Chicks - Christmas

 

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Thoughtful Messages (SSS)  

Ink:   Encore Gold 

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Gold Foil, Vellum

Other: Dahlia Washi Tape & Die (PFS), Sparkling Diamonds Plate (PFS), Diamond Floral Frame Hot Foil Plate & Die (Spl), Gold Foil (Spl), Yana's Scripted Sentiments Die (Spl)

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Soft Seafoam, Gold Foil

Other:  Dahlia Washi Tape & Die (PFS), Art Deco Hot Foil Plate (PFS), Gold Foil, Perfect Sentiments Hot Foil Plate & Die (PFS)

Card Recipe (card 3)

Stamps:  Beauty of the Season (ret SU), Botanical Blocks IV (PTI)

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Encore Gold

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Gold Foil

Other:  Copics, Art Deco Hot Foil Plate (PFS), Gold Foil (Spl), Gold EF

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Alstroemeria Stems Birthday Wishes

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A special card for a sweet friend.

I believe she likes purple and I'm loving these Alstroemeria dies.

I watercolored the flowers with Distress Markers and my waterbrush.

You can tell that I colored the flowers at different times. LOL.

Isn't it funny how that can make such a big difference?

But no two flowers are exactly alike so we'll go with these.

I hope she enjoys this card as much as I enjoyed making it for her.

Challenges:

4 Seasons - ATG Spring

Triple B - Birds, Butterflies & Blooms (Blooms)

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  All Occasions (Jane's Doodles)

Ink:   Wilted Violet, Peeled Paint, Mowed Lawn, Gorgeous Grape (for sentiment)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Mixed Media (Strathmore 400 series), Grapesicle (MFT)

Other:  Alstroemeria Stem Die (SSS), Dainty Diamonds EF (SU)

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