Saturday, February 8, 2025

Dainty Floral Heart

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Challenges:
Simply CAS - Clean & Simple with option of love/hearts
Time Out #281 - Stitch, Heart, Layer







Card Recipe
Stamps:  Holiday Wishes (ret SU)
Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black
Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Mixed Media smooshed with Melon Mambo & Frost White paint
Other:  Heart Bouquet EF (MB), Double Stitch Loving Heart Cutout Die (MB), Potpourri Flowers Die (PS), Forever Fern Dies (SU), Simply Succulents Die (SU) 


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Friday, February 7, 2025

Christmas Hearts

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I have a NBUS stamp that got some use this week.


First I stamped on Black, heat embossed and filled some of the circles with gems.
A narrow gold mat finished was all it needed.  


Then I stamped it on vanilla cardstock.  Same technique but a different look.  I added
a die cut bow to this one.

The cards are a bit larger than usual, 4 1/2" x 6 1/4"

With Valentine's Day coming up and being my turn to host our Craft Group, I did
a bit of surgery on the stamp and we did art work for the holiday.


Now which one should I share with these challenges?


Challenges:
ABC Christmas - Anything Christmas
Peace on Earth -  Heart
NBUS #71 - Never Before Used Schtuff

 

  


Card Recipe
Stamps:  Big Bubble Heart (Woodware)
Ink:   Encore Gold
Paper:   Black (MFT), Vanilla (SU), Gold Foil, Red Foil
Other:  Gold EP, Gems (TH), Fit to Be Tied (Grtry)


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Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Krafty Heart

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I'm still working through my Valentine UFOs...


This week's Just Us Girls Challenge is to CASE a Designer and there were lots of
fantastic cards to choose from.  My UFO box yielded this krafty heart pair that I thought
would work to CASE my friend Bobby's card.  Here's what she did...


I have an embossed background and instead of a bear, I have a heart cut from 
corrugated kraft and the red heart the bear is holding shows up in the die cut berries and
itty, bitty heart.



Challenges:
Just Us Girls #760 - CASE a Designer - My friend Bobby
Krafty Chicks #753 - Anything Goes

  






Card Recipe
Stamps: XOXO (?)
Ink:   Baked Brown Sugar
Paper:   Kraft, Neenah Solar White, Sparkle, Real Red, Corrugated
Other:  Sweet & Sassy Framelits Dies (SU), Winterberry Sprigs Die (PS), Gold & Red Sharpies, Confetti Heart Border Punch, Plaid EF


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Saturday, February 1, 2025

Pink and Red for Color Hues

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It's time for another Color Hues Challenge brought to us by Tracey.

The colors she chose are...




These are perfect colors for upcoming Valentine's Day or
many other occasions.

You can find the Color Hues #103 Challenge here and the wonderful
 cards from our Guests Designer Trina of Phamtastic Designs
and my fantastic teammates will inspire you.

The challenge is open until February 14th at 9:00 AM.

But wait.  There's more...


We are also excited to share with you that we are partnering up this challenge with the Inksprational Challenge! Details are shared below from teammate and card maker extraordinaire Carol Mayne!

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Carol here, one of Color Hues' designers and a designer/behind-the-scenes organizer of Inkspirational Challenges.

The design team gals and I at Inkspirational are delighted to participate in this first-time collaboration with Color Hues. Creating with Red and Pink – a combination open to such a wide range of hues, as well as occasions/events – makes us even more happy! Hopefully, you’ll find our team’s contributions as inspiring as those created by the team here.

This collaboration serves two key goals: to increase exposure of both challenges to players who may/may not know about them and to offer YOU a chance to share your projects in two galleries. If you link up here, please be sure to hop over to Inkspirational to link with us there. We’re hoping for an outstanding number of entries over the course of the two week run of both challenges.



Challenges:
Color Hues #103 - Red & Pink
Inkspirational - Red & Pink
Group of Seven Cardmakers - I didn't ink blend the background first but sponged ink on embossed colored cardstock

Card Recipe
Stamps:  Hand Penned Holidays (ret SU)
Ink:   Whisper White
Paper:   Pink Pirouette, Shimmery (?), Red Foil
Other:  Blossom Swag (SSS), White EP, Nordic Bird Die (Grtry), Precious Hearts Die (MB), Confetti Hearts Punch (ret SU)


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Turning the Page February 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 February 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.


Recipe:
Stamps:  My Forever Person (SB)
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black
Other:   Copics (YG03,YG63, YG67, R85, R29, R39)
Embossed top with Heart Border EF (ret SU)


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Thursday, January 30, 2025

Lacy Valentine

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I cleaned out my Valentine UFO box!  Yay!

Since I couldn't send Christmas cards to my Canadian friends due to the postal strike,
I decided to send them valentines this year and save their Christmas cards for later.
So you'll probably be seeing a lot of valentines this year.


I found some of these hearts in the box.  Either someone sent them to me or I die cut
them when with a friend.  They had been in the box for quite a while.

The red background is embossed but didn't show up in this photo.  Maybe you can see
it better here.

The flowers were die cut from Neenah Solar White and colored with a 
finger dauber and I die cuta little branch and cut it apart to add a little more texture.


Challenges:
AAA Colourful #12 - See Below





Card Recipe
Stamps:  Valentine (Inkadinkado)
Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper:   Real Red, Neenah Solar White
Other:  Cross My Heart EF (CB), Potpourri Flowers Dies (PS), Lacy Heart Die (?)


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Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Group of Seven Cardmakers January 2025

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This month the Group of Seven Cardmakers technique
is Dry Embossed Highlights over Ink Blending.


For my first card (a little larger than A2  size), I inked a piece of Neenah Solar White 
with three shades of Distress Oxide ink and left it to dry.  I find that overnight is best.

While the ink was drying I used a homemade heart mask and pink Oxide Inks
to add color to the center of a piece of Neenah Solar White,


The next step is to emboss the pieces.  It's important that the ink is dry so
you don't get mixed colors the next time you emboss.
(How do I know that?)

Dragging and patting a white inkpad over top of the inked embossing really
accentuates the embossing!

3D embossing folders work best, but regular embossing folders work well too.

This is such a fun technique!  My teammates have outdone themselves
with examples of this technique.  You can see them at

There's a linky there if you want to try this technique and share it with us.

Challenges:
Just Us Girls #759 - Stencil Week (card 2 uses a stencil)
NBUS #70  - Never Before Used Schtuff (Nordic Bird Die)
Darnell's I.D.E.A.S. - Anything goes week
Can You Handle the Pressure - ATG with embossing




   





Card Recipe (card 1)
Stamps: Thoughtful Wishes (SSS)
Ink: Encore Gold, Speckled Egg, Faded Jeans, Chipped Sapphire, Bundled Sage (DOX), Whisper White
Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Gold Foil, Vellum
Other:  Vine Canopy EF (SSS), Pine Wisp Die (Grtry), Nordic Birds Die (Grtry), Gold EP

Card Recipe (card 2)
Stamps:  Keep it Simple Valentine (PTI)
Ink:   Encore Gold, Worn Lipstick, Picked Raspberry (DOX), Whisper White
Paper: Neenah Solar White, Gold foil, Regal Rose
Other:  Heart Die (for stencil), Two Hearts as One EF (SB), Gold EP, Precious Hearts Die (MB)
 


Enjoy!


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Monday, January 27, 2025

Maka

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One of our grandsons is a student at NC State, home of the Wolfpack.

Lavinia's Maka stamp seemed to be perfect for Gavin's birthday card.


I found a backgrounds in my stash and stamped the wolf onto it then embossed with
clear powder.  The moon spot was punched with a circle punch and another
piece of background inlaid.

The leaves have been in my NBUS box for years. It was way past time to
ink them up!

Challenges:
Darnell's I.D.E.A.S. - 4th Monday Anything Goes
NBUS #70 - Never Before Used Schtuff 
Krafty Chicks #752 - Masculine









Card Recipe
Stamps:  Maka (Lavinia), Delicate Leaf Branch (Magenta), BP Cheers to You (SB)
Ink:   Nocturne (VFC), Going Gray (SU)
Paper:   Neenah Natural , Green, Black
Other:  Clear EP, Opaque White Foil, Grassland Border (PS)


Enjoy!


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Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Snowflake Joy

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We finally had enough snow to cover the ground.  Well almost.


Challenges:
Four Seasons - Winter
Inkspirational #333 - Word Prompt - Snow
Peace on Earth #80 - Inspired by snowflake on Christmas tree


 


It didn't start snowing until after dark last night, but we have a spotlight on the corner of the
house that illuminated the falling snow through a bay window.  I love watching snow
falling.  This morning we could see how much had accumulated.  It's less than 2 inches,
but more than we've had in several years.

Unfortunately it resulted in postponing our Craft Group meeting.  But we can  reschedule that.
We don't get many snow days!

 

Stay warm and cozy.


Card Recipe
Stamps:  A Better World (PB)
Ink:   Encore Gold
Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Soft Sky, Vellum, White & Gold Glimmer
Other:  Gold EP, Subtle EF (ret SU), Winter Snowflakes EF (SZ), Stitched Alpine Snowflakes Die (PS), Star of Wonder Die (MB), Confetti Stars Punch (SU)


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Monday, January 20, 2025

Moody Valentine

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I've been busy trying to clean out the valentine UFO box.
It's amazing how things collect in there!

I had three stamped, heat embossed and cut out hearts done in gray that
I was wondering what to do with.  Just Us Girls #758 helped with that.


Here's the mood board that I was inspired by...

 


I zeroed in on the gray mittens and white cup of coffee as well as the red berries.

I stacked the hearts to add some depth, embossed a knitted looking background to
place the heart on and added a die cut berry branch.

It was pretty easy and only took me several years to complete!


Challenges:
Just Us Girls #758 - Mood Board (see above)








Card Recipe
Stamps:  Filigree (ret SU), Holiday Wishes (ret SU)
Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black, VersaMark
Paper:   Smoky Slate, Neenah Solar White
Other:  White EP, Sweet & Sassy Framelits (SU), Winterberry Spring (MB), Simply Succulents Label (SU), Embossing Folder (?), Gold & Red Sharpies


"Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. 
Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that" 
                                                                       Martin Luther King, Jr.


Enjoy!


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