Three Leaves

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I pulled out an old and much loved die set for this card.

I used Jen B's sketch from Freshly Made Sketches for this card.  Here's the sketch...

It seemed like it begged for long, skinny leaves.

These leaves were cut from watercolor paper and colored with Distress re-inkers.

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:   Kraft, Mixed Media, Matte Gold

Other:  Layering Leaves die (C9), Words of Gratitude die (PB), Subtle EF (ret SU), Distress re-inkers (Candied Apple, Barn Door, Fired Brick, Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Peeled Paint)

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Blessing

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I noticed a bit of red in the maple tree a couple of days ago.

I love fall and all the warm colors that come with it.

The feeling went with me to the studio.

I love the colors at Color Throwdown but wasn't quite sure what to do with it.

The maple leaves gave me an idea.

I pulled out my leaf dies and found some colored and some plain leaves already

cut and ready to go.  Some re-inkers and water took care of the plain ones.

(There was an aqua leaf already colored.)

I had this NBUS stamp and die waiting to be used and it seemed a perfect place

to plant some leaves.

Challenges:

Color Throwdown #839 - Aqua, Red & White

Time Out Challenges #296 - Friendship, Encouragement, Support

NBUS #77 - Never Before Used Schtuff (stamp and label die)

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Reflections Numbers 6 (PTI)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Pool Party, Neenah Solar White

Other:  Reflections Numbers 6 die (PTI), Leaves dies (MFT & Cross Cut)

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Couple of Cups

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Among my many beautiful handmade birthday cards, was a gorgeous cup with

watercolor flowers on a red background.  I'll share the card with you later in this post.

Included with the card though was the cup die set and floral stamp set that she used.

And I had so much fun playing with them.

I CASED her card using different colors and butterflies instead of hearts.

This one is for Double D's Butterfly Challenge

Since I'm so in the mood for Autumn and I was having so much fun with it, I did another

using some Fall colors.

This time I CASEd her card using a different part of the floral stamp and different colors.

Here's her card. (She doesn't blog so I can't link to it.) But she told me it was a 

CASE of this card she'd seen on the Internet. (I'd seen it too and loved it.)

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Mandala Blooms (SSS)

Ink:   Memento Toffee Crunch, VersaMark

Paper:   Watercolor (Strathmore), Neenah Solar White, Bermuda Bay

Other:  Coffee Mugs die (SSS), Baker's Twine, Bright Butterflies dies (SSS)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Mandala Blooms (SSS)

Ink:   Memento Toffee Crunch, Whisper White

Paper:  Watercolor (Strathmore), More Mustard

Other:  Kitchen Weave EF (CB), Burlap Texture die (ALT), Coffee Mugs die (SSS), Distress Re-inkers (Mustard Seed, Fossilized Amber, Spiced Marmalade, Vintage Photo, Picked Raspberry, Abandoned Coral, Peeled Paint, Brushed Corduroy), White EP

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Joy Wreath

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I'm trying to build my Christmas stash.  I got off to a slow start this year.

For this card, I pulled out an old wreath die that I've had for years and haven't 

used enough.  I don't know why because it's fun to color.

After die cutting from Neenah Solar White, I colored with Copics.

It was placed on an embossed background, topped with a red die cut bow, and 

finished with a die cut Joy from the same set.

This particular die has been discontinued, but there are lots of other 

wreath dies on the market.

Challenges:

Christmas Kickstart #101 -  Let's Wreath it Up

Inkspirational #348 - Clean and Simple

Neglected Stuff - Not used in a long time

  

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Kraft, Real Red

Other:  Joy Wreath dies (CP), Copics (G43, G12, G29, G46, G99, YG67, E13, R29), Pinewood Planks EF (SU), Whimsy Blooms Bouquet bow (AS)

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Vintage Christmas

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I was inspired by Susan's card and how she stamped on patterned paper.

I stamped the sentiment but die cut the sleigh.

I added a bit of inking on the edges of this patterned paper to match the top

of the sheet.  I also inked the edges of the card base.

All in all it was a quick and easy card.

The Christmas card stash is growing.

Challenges:

Jingle Belles - Christmas past-vintage

Peace on Earth - See Image below

I.D.E.A.S. - Anything goes week

  

Card Recipe

Stamps:  In the Meadow (PTI)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black, Frayed Burlap (DI)

Paper:   Neenah Natural, Patterned Paper (?), Black

Other:  In the Meadow Die (PTI)

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Falalalala

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I recently got the Snow Notes dies and I've been having a lot of fun putting these

guys and gals together.  Christmas carols are probably my favorite part of the holidays.

This guy wanted to play at Freshly Made Sketches 700th challenge.  

700 is a LOT of sketches!

They pulled out sketch 14 to play with this time.

I don't usually do square cards but sometimes I like to make a square out of a 

rectangle.  Kind of like this....

I've just started playing at Freshly Made Sketches but I see that I had played there

years ago.  I don't know why I stopped.  Probably had other things going on.

Since the team and several of my friends have shared the first card they had done 

for this challenge, here's mine from March 4, 2012 .....

  

Challenges:

Freshly Made Sketches #700 - Sketch above and below

Love Those Pretty Papers - Used Patterned Paper

NBUS #77 - Never Before Used Schtuff - Snowman Die

  

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Mixed Christmas Sentiments (HLS OOB)

Ink:   Real Red

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, PP (ret SU)

Other:  The Snow Notes dies (SB), Snowflake EF (MS), Stitched Circle die (SSS), Sing Joy (PB)

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Have a Beautiful Birthday

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

I have another Garden Trio card with the Curved Stitch Edge.

I have stamped with Toffee Crunch ink onto mixed media paper and colored

with Distress re-inkers used as watercolor.

When dry, I die cut with the matching die and placed it on a panel that had been 

cut with the Curved Stitch die and then embossed with the Texture embossing folder.

I added some stenciling on the solid background and die cut and colored

some little bees to add on.

Challenges:

Four Seasons - Summer

Penny Black Saturday - Use Penny Black used option of dry embossing

    

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Garden Trio (PB), Super Day (PB)

Ink:   Memento Toffee Crunch, Antique Linen (DOX)

Paper:  Mixed Media, Neenah Solar White

Other: Garden Trio Die (PB), Distress Re-inkers (Barn Door, Peeled Paint, Forest Moss), Curved Stitch Die (PB), Texture EF (PB), Buzzing Bumblebees Dies (MB)

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Best Fishes

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

I had some fishy fun lately.

The collage die used in the background was a gift from a sweet friend and had been

sitting in my NBUS box too long.

I die cut some fish from an piece of watercolor background and added a

piece of embossed waves that I found in my UFO box to go with it.

I didn't have any fishy sentiments so I did some on the computer and die

cut with a banner die.

For this card, I used another collage die and did some sponging and stamping

on the background.  After stamping some bubbles, I embossed the top panel

and added a goldfish.

Thanks to this sweet friend, I have two more birthday cards for the stash.

Challenges:

Just Us Girls #788 - Word Week - Birthday

Seize the Birthday #311 - No Flowers

  

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Marina Mist

Other:  School of Fish, Coral Collage, Under the Sea Collage dies (MB), Waves EF (MB), Seaside EF (SU), Computer Generated Sentiment

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Creepy Tweet

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When I saw these puffy birds all decked out for Halloween,

I just had to order the stamps!

These guys make me smile!

I used the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches #699 for this round guy.

His belly made me thing of Verena's sketch.

I tried to use the sketch for the whole card and needed to put the sentiment a

bit lower.  I hope that's okay.  My eyes keep going to his belly anyway.

Challenges:

Freshly Made Sketches #699 - See sketch above

Darnell's I.D.E.A.S. - Third Week E for embossing

Two Old Bats Halloween - ATG Halloween (did not use the mood board)

NBUS #77 - Never Before Used Schtuff (stamps)

  

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Creep it Tweet (Unity)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:   Neenah Solar White

Other:  Spider Web EF (SZ), Infinity Circles die (HA), Stitched Circles (SSS), Copics (C3, C2, YR00)

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Red and Blue Birthday Balloons for Color Hues

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

It's time for another Color Hues Challenge.

This time Julie B. has chosen these colors for us to use....

I thought these festive colors would be perfect for a fun birthday card.

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

creations and we are joined this month by the equally talented Leslie.

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

The challenge ends August 29th at 9:00 AM EDT.

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Bubbly (PB), Hey Birthday Chick (ret SU)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black, Marina Mist

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Marina Mist

Other:  Copic (?), Stitched Circles Die (PB), Hemstitch Circles (SB)

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