Seagull Birthday

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I rarely use any of the stash of stencils that I have.  This isn't the first time I used this

two stencil set and I've yet to get it right.  Or maybe the pollen is making my eyes play tricks.

I also rarely do a sketch challenge, but this sketch is one of my favorites and I thought

it would work well for a money holder for one of my grandsons.

Along with the stencil, I embossed two strips and used some Copics to add a

bit of shading to Mr. Gull.  There's a pocket on the inside to hold the money.

That's their favorite part!

Challenges:

CAS Colours and Sketches #556 - See sketch below

Darnell's I.D.E.A.S. - Fifth Monday is stencils

Krafty Chicks #761- Masculine

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Banner Sentiments (PB)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black, Broken China (DI)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White

Other:  Inquisitive Gulls (WF), Layered Waves Stencil (Honey Bee), Copics (C00, C0, C1, C2, Y15, Y18, YR14), Scattered Shells EF (SB)

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Embossing Paste Play

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This month the Group of Seven Cardmakers made cards using embossing paste.

I chose this stencil that has two branches on it and white embossing paste.

I put a drop of Mint Macaroon re-inker on my craft mat and mixed some embossing

paste into it until the color was smooth and even.

Using a palette knife, I added the paste through the stencil and when it was covered

good, I scraped it smooth with the same knife.

I used the larger branch for this first card and made it into a Dogwood tree.

Our dogwoods are blooming now and so pretty!

The leaves weren't quite dark enough, so I replaced the stencil after the paste

was dry and sponged some darker green ink on the base of the leaves.

The second card was done using the smaller branch and I got some smudges of

embossing paste where they didn't belong.

The wings of this butterfly covered the smudges very well.  It was cut from

a piece of silver sparkle specialty paper that had alcohol ink dripped on top and 

moved around with a puffer.

Smaller flowers made this into a cherry tree or some kind of blooming tree.

I've learned to clean the stencil as soon as I finish with the paste.  I keep a dish of

water in the studio to drop the stencil in when I'm finished.  When I'm ready to take

it to the sink, the paste hasn't hardened on the stencil. And it's very easy to add color

to the paste with re-inkers.

The Group of Seven blogsite has some step by step instructions and a linky.

If you'd like to try this you can add your card and let us know how it worked

for you.

Group of Seven Cardmakers

Challenges:

Just Us Girls #768 - ATG using a stencil

Stencil Fun - ATG using a stencil (Option of splatters. I have stamped splatters on card 1)

The Neglected Stuff - Dogwood die hasn't been used in at least a year

  

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Just Sentiments - Easter (PTI), Splatters (?)

Ink:   Picked Rasperry, Aged Mahogany, Rustic Wilderness (DI)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Shimmer

Other:  Mint Macaroon re-inker, Embossing Paste (Wendy Vecchi), Slimline Gentle Leaves Stencil (TCW), Ribbit Prills, Dogwood Die (Elizabeth Crafts)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Easter Blossoms (ret SU)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black, Primrose Petals

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Pink Pirouette (SU), Silver Sparkle (TH) 

Other:  Slimline Gentle Leaves, Embossing Paste (WV), Potpourri Flower Set (PS), Dreamy Butterfly (MB), Alcohol Ink

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Butterfly Birthday

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I got another card done over the weekend.  I'm hoping to get it into

a challenge before it closes.

I found an alcohol inked piece of vellum in my stash and used it with my

Stitched Butterfly.  I also cut a plain piece of vellum to put underneath to five

this butterfly a little more body.

The square piece that the butterfly is perched on was a leftover from watercoloring

a leaf branch.

It's all added to a card base made of Tim Holtz watercolor paper.

The stitches didn't show up well so I used a white gel pen over them to make

them stand out.

Challenges:

Just Us Girls #767 - Mood Board below. I was inspired by the green butterfly

Krafty Chicks #760 - CAS

Seize the Birthday #301 - Anything That Flies

  

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Fun Birthday Sentiments (HLS-OOB)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Watercolor (TH), Neenah Solar White, Vellum

Other:  Alcohol Inks (Ranger), Stitched Squares die (SSS), Stitched Butterfly Trio (ret PS), White Gel Pen

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Circles and Magnolias

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The Flower Challenge is celebrating their 100th Challenge .  

Congratulations ladies! Keep up the good work!

It's taken me a while to get to this and the challenge is about to end.

Time goes by faster and evidently I go slower!

The Tulip Trees or Jane Magnolias are blooming in our area and they inspired

this card.  They are so pretty!  My flowers don't come close to the real thing.

A sweet friend gave me the Bubblin' die for Christmas and it was the perfect

way to add circles with my flowers.  I cut them from white cardstock. I

cut the flowers from watercolor paper and watercolored using Distress re-inkers.. 

The circles didn't show up as well as I wanted on the white card so I did a bit

of acetate smooshing on another piece of watercolor paper using the same colors

of re-inkers and lots of water.

Challenges:

The Flower Challenge #100 - Add Circles

Four Seasons - Spring

Memory Box Outside the Box #117 - Petal Power

Darnell's I.D.E.A.S. - 4th Monday Anything Goes

 

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:   Watercolor (Arches Hot & Cold Press), Natural (ret MFT), Neenah Solar White

Other:  Magnolia Blossom Trio, Magnolia Leaf Branch dies (MB), Distress Re-inkers (Picked Raspberry, Fired Brick, Rustic Wilderness, Mustard Seed, Brushed Corduroy), Bubblin' Die (CP), Acetate, Wonderful Script Die (SB)

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What Fun

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I'm not sure how this is happening, but the clock and calendar seem to be

turning faster and faster!

This fun guy has been sitting off stage waiting for his time to take the spotlight.

I've stamped and colored with alcohol markers.  Then the image was die cut and

placed on an embossed piece.

Challenges:

Color Throwdown #829 - Lime Green, Green, Blue

Double D - Birds

Triple B - Birds, Blooms and/or Butterflies (I think this is a bird?)

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Flock Talk (Unity), Crazy Talk (TH)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black, Night of Navy

Paper:   Night of Navy, Betterpress (SB)

Other:  Ohuhu Markers (G1, G3, G44, G45), Checkered Scallops EF (SB), Scallop Borders Die (PPP)

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Critter Fun

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Classes are over and I'm using up leftover pieces.

This one is already on the way to a friend and her pooch.

I stamped this pup and the friendly butterflies with Memento ink and

colored with Copics.

He makes me smile.  I hope he makes my friend smile too.

Challenges:

Color Throwdown #828- Light Brown, Dark Brown, Blue

Penny Black Saturday - Use PB with option of On the Farm 

Darnell's I.D.E.A.S. - Week 3 Embossing Folders

Oh, and Happy St. Patrick's Day too!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Critter Party (PB), Banner Sentiments (PTI)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Marina Mist

Other:  Copics (E11, E25, B21, B23), Macrame EF (SU), Nestled Wacky Stitched Square (Cottage Cutz)

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Tulip Blooms for Color Hues

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

It's time for another challenge from Color Hues and Julie has

chosen perfect colors to remind us that spring is around the corner.

The colors she chose are....

I've had a lot of fun playing with my Waffle Flower tulips lately and since I love

yellow tulips, it was an easy choice of what stamp to use.  Luckily I got the dies too.

I stamped on mixed media paper with Versafine Onyx Black ink and after waiting for

it to dry, I laid the die cut flowers on another piece of mixed media paper and messily 

watercolored with Distress Re-inkers 

My messy watercoloring adds some of the color to the background for the 

tulips to rest against.

The very talented Design Team and our Guest Designer, my dear friend Michele, have some 

beautiful cards to inspire you.  I can't wait to see what you can do with these colors!

Please join us at Color Hues

This challenge is open until March 29th at 9:00 AM EDT.

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Tulips (WF), Encouragement Phrases (Rubbernecker)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black, Twisted Citron

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore), Neenah Natural

Other:  Distress Re-inker (Mustard Seed), Tulip Matching Die (WF)

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Ginkgo Happiness

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Did you know that the Ginkgo tree is believed to be a living fossil and a symbol

of peace, hope and vitality?  According to Google that's the case.

It seemed to me that it was perfect paired with this Irish blessing.

I found this blessing as a digi image at Etsy, since I didn't have a stamp with it.

The ginkgo was die cut from watercolor paper and I used Distress re-inkers and

a waterbrush to color it.  There are two pieces to each leaf so I used a darker color

on the base and lighter color on the top piece.

Since the sentiment was already printed on the cardstock, I let it sit for a day to

make sure the ink was good and dry, then embossed the whole piece.

Challenges:

Can You Handle the Pressure - Use an embossing folder - twist of Lucky or St. Patrick's Day

Just Us Girls #766 - Word Week - Green

Word Power - Make the sentiment the focus of the card

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Irish Blessing Digi (Crafty AKel)

Ink:   Rustic Wilderness, Twisted Citron

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Mixed Media (Strathmore)

Other:  Sealed Ginkgo (SB), Burlap EF (HB)

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Joyful Echoes

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This NBUS stamp is such fun.  I chose to have her belting out the

Happy Birthday song.  She could just as easily be excited about something

....or screaming in frustration.

I chose for her to sing today.

I've colored her with Ohuhu markers and used the die that I bought with her

and placed her on a background from my stash.  I'm not sure how I did that

background because there were no notes on it.

I looked and looked for a musical notes stamp or die in my stash, but couldn't 

find one. I feel sure there is one there somewhere but the embossed music

will have to do this time.

I did another while she was out.

This time I colored with Zigs and used one of the sentiments that came with the set.  

I'll set it aside for a friend's birthday.  I have a particular friend in mind that I think 

this is perfect for.

Challenges:

Just Us Girls #765 - Die Week - Birthday

Krafty Chicks #758 - Birthday

NBUS #72 - Never Before Used Schtuff 

Seize the Birthday #300 - ATG Birthday (did not use the option of no stamping.

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

 

 

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Joyful Echoes (Unity), Bitty Birthday Basics (MFT)

Ink:   Memento Toffee Crunch, Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore), Neenah Solar White, Tickled Pink

Other:  Joyful Echoes Die (Unity), Ohuhu Marker (Geranium), Crystal Glaze (Nuvo), Merry Melody EF (SU)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Joyful Echoes (Unity) 

Ink:   Archival Shadow Gray

Paper:   Mixed Media, Neenah Solar White

Other:  Zigs (34 Dull Blue, 37 Cornflower Blue, 69 Blush, 26 Lt Pink, %1 Lemon Yellow, 67 Mustard, 95 Dk Gray), White Gel Pen, Crystal Glaze, Joyful Echoes Die, Double Frame die (PB), Subtle Texture EF (ret SU)

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Ginkgo Blessings

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It's been quiet on my blog.  Between life and preparing for a class,

there hasn't been much time to create for a challenge or just for fun.

After coloring this ginkgo as a possibility for the class and deciding to go in 

another direction, I put it on a card instead of in the UFO pile.

It's very simple but will be good to send to a friend in the skilled nursing home

for this month. Maybe it will help her to enjoy St. Patrick's Day a little more.

I die cut the ginkgo from Neenah Solar White and colored with a finger dauber

and green ink.  I went over the stem with a Gold Sharpie.

The Modern Ovals dies are new to me and I do love the shape.  This embossing folder

is fairly new to me and the sentiment is ages old.

My dear friend Darnell has some I.D.E.A.S. to help us out of a slump and

she's added a linky at her blog so we can join her.

Challenges:

I.D.E.A.S. - Week one I is for ink

Double D - Going Green

Simply Clean & Simple - ATG CAS - Option: Shades of Green

AAA Cards #285 - ATG CAS

NBUS #72 - Never Before Used Schtuff (Modern Ovals Dies)

   

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Take Care (ret SU)

Ink:   Garden Green

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Garden Green

Other:  Essential Modern Ovals dies (SB), Texture EF (PB), Ginkgo Dies (SB)

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