Sweet Friendship

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

I did some more strawberry cards while I had that die set out.

The strawberries were cut from mixed media paper and colored with Stampin' Up inkpads.

I smoosh the ink into the inside of the cover and pick up with my waterbrush.

I used a white gel pen to lighten the seeds and then topped them off with a

Neon Yellow Sharpie.

And one more....

This time I cut them from a light green cardstock and used blending brushes to

add color.  A touch with a barely damp waterbrush blends the color. 

I've had this burlap die in my NBUS box for who knows how long!

It has finally made it's debut.

This sentiment stamp was inked with markers, huffed and thankfully

stamped well first try.

Challenges:

Just Us Girls #774 - Word Week - Fruit

NBUS #74 - Never Before Used Schtuff 

Word Power - Make the sentiment the focus

Darnell's I.D.E.A.S. - Week 2 - Dies

 

 

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Faith (PB)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black, Real Red, Cherry Cobbler, Gumball Green Garden Green, Daffodil Delight (SU)

Paper: Mixed Media (Strathmore), Neenah Solar White

Other:  Strawberries (Elizabeth Craft), Reflections - Numbers 6 Die (PTI), White Gel Pen, Neon Yellow Sharpie

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Banner Sentiments (PTI)

Ink:  Real Red, Cherry Cobbler, Gumball Green Garden Green, Daffodil Delight (SU) 

Paper:   Soft Seafoam, Crumb Cake, Naturals Ivory

Other:  Strawberries (EC), Burlap Die (Alt), White Gel Pen, Neon Yellow Sharpie, SU Markers (Baked Brown Sugar, Real Red)

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Winsomely Fresh

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

Back to my NBUS box for a Penny Black stamp and die.

I inked the single flower with Warm Glow ink for a no-line watercolor look and colored

with Arteza Twimarkers.  I was glad that I'd bought the die too and used it

to cut out the flowers since I'd inked up several.

I used the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches to plant them on two 

different embossed pieces.

Challenges:

Freshly Made Sketches #685 - Sketch by Linda

NBUS #74 - Never Before Used Schtuff

Simply Clean & Simple - CAS with option of flowers

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Winsomely (PB), Thinking of You (Alt)

Ink:   Warm Glow (GKD), Baked Brown Sugar (SU)

Paper:   Watercolor (Fabriano), Neenah Solar White

Other:  Arteza Twimarkers (Ruby Red, Moss Green, Jungle Green, Hazlenut Brown), Winsomely Die (PB), Tile Reflection EF (SB), Subtle EF (SU)

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Birthday Blooms

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My friend Bobby chose flowers for the Just Us Girls Die week challenge.

I couldn't not play along.

I had another play with this Whimsy Blooms Bouquet die.  The pieces were cut

from watercolor paper and colored with re-inkers and my waterbrush.

I am still loving this bow!

Challenges:

AAA Birthday #73 - Happy 6th Birthday

Just us Girls #773 - Flower dies

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Carefree Wishes (PB)

Ink:   Versafine Smokey Gray

Paper:   Watercolor (Fabriano), Neenah Solar White

Other:  Whimsy Blooms Bouquet (AS), Distress re-inkers (Picked Raspberry, Seedless Preserves, Bundled Sage, Peeled Paint, Forest Moss), Sparkly Diamonds Coverplate (PFS)

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Strawberries

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

It's strawberry season around here.  Fresh strawberries are always

welcome in our house and we've been eating a lot of them lately.

It reminded me of a die set that had been in my NBUS box for a couple of years.

My talented friend Leslie enabled me to buy this set when I saw 

her strawberry card back in 2023.

I die cut from mixed media paper and watercolored using Stampin' Up ink pads.

I squished the color in the lid and picked it up with my waterbrush to color.

After it was dry, I used a white gel pen for the seeds and let that dry, then

touched it with a Neon Yellow Sharpie.

A little sponging with darker ink around the edges gave them some depth.

I had an embossed piece left from this card and used the same sketch.

This time I used a hexagon die cut instead of a circle and the vines instead of

that scallop strip.  I hope it's okay to take some liberties with the sketch.

Challenges:

Allsorts #822 - Inspired by a song (Strawberry Fields Forever by the Beatles)

Freshly Made Sketches #684 - Sketch below

I.D.E.A.S. - Week 1 ink (used as watercolor)

Inkspirational #340 - Seasonal (spring here)

NBUS #74 - Never Before Used Schtuff

  

  

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Happy Snippets (PB)

Ink:   Real Red, Cherry Cobbler, Gumball Green, Garden Green, Daffodil Delight (SU), Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:  Mixed Media (Strathmore), Neenah Solar White

Other:  Strawberries dies (Elizabeth Crafts), Texture EF (PB), Stitched Hexagon Die (MB)

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Blue Garden

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It's been a while since I've used a brush stroke stamp.

I was pretty rusty....

But I managed a passable loose watercolor look.

Challenges:

CAS Colours & Sketches #559 - Colours (light blue, dark blue & green)

Freshly Made Sketches #684 - Sketch by Jen M below

Penny Black Saturday - Anything Goes

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Snippets, Garden Variety (both PB)

Ink:   Blueberry Bushel

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Blueberry Bushel, Mixed Media (Strathmore)

Other:  Tom Bow Markers (526, 565, 126, 177), Infinity Circles die (HA), Double Stitch Circles (LI), Texture EF (PB)

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Blue and Yellow Irises for Color Hues

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

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

This time sweet Marcia chose these colors for us to use.

I think I got carried away from my usual CAS style.

Sometimes it's fun to try something different.

First I stamped the irises with Antique Linen Distress ink so I could see where I

wanted to color.  Then I used my Arteza markers to ink the blooms and stems and used

a damp waterbrush to pull the color into the flowers.  I used a combination of markers

direct to paper and swiped on a palette to add shading.

When the coloring was finished and dry, I die cut the piece and added it to a thin

border of yellow and placed on a piece of decorative paper with a light linen print.

You can see a bit of the pattern in the top left corner.

The thin frame was cut twice and I offset them for added interest.

Finally I added some watercolor to a scrap of mixed media and cut the butterflies.

My super talented teammates are sure to inspire you with their fantastic creations

and we are joined this month by my dear friend and equally talented, Nance.

I hope you'll check us out and join in at Color Hues.

The challenge ends May 14th at 9:00 AM EDT.

Card Recipe

Stamps:  PAF - Iris (Alt), Sentiment (?)

Ink:   Antique Linen, Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper: Mixed Media (Strathmore), Neenah Solar White, DSP, Daffodil Delight  

Other:  Arteza Twi-markers (Periwinkle Blue, Sapphire Blue, Sapphire Yellow, Lemon Yellow, Latte Brown), Stitched Rectangle Die (SSS), Hexagon Frame (?), Butterflies dies (PB)

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Turning the Page May 2025

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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 first day of each month to share them.

 

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

 

Here's our May page.

 By the way, the calendars 4 ½ x 7 inches and 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

and I will be glad to send it to you so you can design your own.

Email link is on the sidebar.

May Recipe

Stamps: Painted Poppy (Alt)

Ink:  Warm Glow (GKD)

Other: Copics (R24, R29, R39, G46, C10), White Gel Pen, Touch up copies with Arteza pencils (Crimson Red, Ash Black, Moss Green), Caran d’ache (Dk Carmine

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Gilding Flakes with Group of Seven Cardmakers

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This month the Group of Seven Cardmakers are focusing on gilding flakes on acetate.

Gilding flakes are not my favorite.  But this time I got better results than I usually do.  I think

it may be because I used my fingers to rub off the excess flakes instead of the scrubby thing.

It does have a nice shine to it.

I inked the stamp with some Flitter Glue and stamped it on a piece of acetate.

It's important to wash the glue off immediately.  I hope I got it all off.  I used a

toothbrush to get into the crannies.

The glue stays tacky so there isn't a big rush to get the gilding flakes on it.

My pot has some quite large flakes in it so I was able to cover the glue quickly.

When it was covered with flakes, I used my fingers to rub off the excess and a 

Swifter to get the excess off the acetate.

Both sides look nice and in the video, it shows putting it over an aperture.

Instead I framed it and used foam tape to elevate it over a background piece

from my stash that was a Brusho mop up.  I should have done the aperture 

because the foam tape has made it too thick to mail.

A word of warning when using gilding flakes.  Don't have a fan going in the room!

And have a vacuum handy!  Oh, and Brenda says not to cough.  I imagine sneezing

could cause all kinds of flakey fall out too.

There's a video on the Group of Seven post and my teamies have some 

much better examples to inspire you.  There's a linky there too, if you want

to try gilding flakes on acetate and show us what you do.

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Soft Wings (PB)

Ink:   

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Acetate, Mixed Media

Other:  FlitterGlu (IndigoBlu), Gold Gilding Flakes ($ store), Stitched Rectangle & A2 Thin Frames dies (SSS), Burlap EF (HB)

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Stencil Happy

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Seeing a couple of stencil challenges, I thought it was high time to put

some of that stash of stencils to use.

I wanted to go bright and happy.  I think I succeeded.

I used the sketch at CAS Colours & Sketches.  I hope this is CAS enough.  

Using a stencil and sketch took me out of my comfort zone.

It was fun!

Challenges:

CAS Colours & Sketches #558 - (see sketch below)

Darnell's I.D.E.A.S. - Anything Goes Week

Just Us Girls #772 - Stencil Week

Seize the Birthday #304 - Stenciling

  

 

Card Recipe

Stamps: BP Cheers to You Sentiments (SB) 

Ink:   BP Black (SB), Scattered Straw, Mustard Seed, Vintage Photo, Shabby Shutters, Mowed Lawn, Abandoned Coral (DI)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White Pattern Paper (DB)

Other:  Fading Florals Stencil (SSS), Caran d'ache Supracolor Pencils (Naples Yellow, Dk Carmine, Sepia)

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Anchor Birthday

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

It's been a really busy week but I found a few minutes to make a card.

I used the sketch that Jen T. offered up at Freshly Made Sketches.

It's perfect for using some of that hoard of papers in my stash.

I'm afraid that nearly everything used on this card is no longer available.

But it's a great sketch to use up some of that paper.  I think I might make some more.

Challenges:

Freshly Made Sketches #683 - See below

Krafty Chicks #765 - Masculine

Love Those Pretty Papers - Use patterned paper (did not use the option of Springtime)

The Male Room #197 - Geometric (I have squares and diamonds)

  

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  All Occasions (Jane's Doodles)

Ink:   VersaMark

Paper:   Cinnamon Cider, Gold Foil, World of Good Specialty Paper (ret SU)

Other:  Gold EP, Sailing Home Die (ret SU), Twine (?)

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Dreamy Wisteria

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Sadly I needed another sympathy card.  It seems like I'm needing more

of these lately.  I have some in my stash, but this is for a very special person

and it warranted a special card made just for her.

I found the stenciled wisteria in my UFO box.  It was a past calendar page and

the coloring was a little too bright so I added a piece of vellum over top

and framed it.  It was impossible to get a good photo with the vellum.

The butterfly was in with the die and had been cut from a shimmery paper.

I wanted to leave the front uncluttered so I added the sentiment inside the card.

Challenges:

Memory Box #118 - Butterflies

Stencil Fun - ATG using stencils

Time Out #286 - Use at least 2 of the words in the prompt below (I used stencil and floral)

 

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   Wilted Violet, Shabby Shutters (DI)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Vellum

Other:  Wisteria Stencil (TCW), Notched Corner Frames (PFS), Subtle Texture EF (ret SU), Dreamy Butterfly (MB)

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