Falalalala

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

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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Hello Bees

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

I've been having fun with bee dies lately.  You'll be seeing bees lighting

on various cards for a bit.

These two are from the Greetery.  The honeycomb is from the Greetery too.

I did some ink blending on the background and the bees were cut from

Neenah Solar White and colored with Copic markers.

Challenges:

Double D - Bee Happy

NBUS #77 - Never Before Used Schtuff ( Honeycomb Die)

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Soft Seedlings (SU)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black, Mustard Seed, Field, Wild Honey, Rusty Hinge (DI), Field (SSS)

Paper:   So Saffron, Certainly Celery, Neenah Solar White

Other:  Honeycomb Corners dies (Greetery), Curio Summer & Spring Findings (Greetery), Potpourri Flowers (PS), Copic Marker (Y15), Black Sharpie

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Sweetly Scented Times Two

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I inked the stamp with Distress Ink Cubes, lightly spritzed and stamped

using my MISTI.  A damp brush works well to smooth out the color.

Ala Jill Foster and my friend Leslie, I added a bit of ink left over on a brush to the

bottom corner and some light stamping of grass.

The splatters were done with the corner of a stamp and I stamped off on scrap

before stamping on the card.

I added a butterfly embellishment and some gem embellishments to

finish it off.

Challenges:

The Flower Challenge #105 - Focus on flowers add embellishment

When I opened the stamp case, I found a stamped image.  It was a practice for this

month's calendar page.  I put it on a card too.

It was cut at an odd angle but the hexagon frame took care of that.

I'll add a sentiment when I need to sent it.

Challenges:

Can You Handle the Pressure - Use dry embossing with a twist of Summer Fun

Simply Clean & Simple - Didn't use the option of cute animals

 

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Sweetly Scented, Delicate Silhouettes, Blessings (all PB)

Ink:   Picked Raspberry, Peeled Paint,Wild Honey (DI), Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:   Mixed Media, Kraft

Other:  Bright Butterflies die (SSS), Caran d'ache Supracolor Pencil (Dk Carmine), Lucy's Little Things (rainbow jewels)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Sweetly Scented (PB)

Ink:   Mustard Seed, Wild Honey, Peeled Paint, Gathered Twigs (DI)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White

Other:  Texture EF (PB), Hexagon Frame die (PB), Pierced Blanket Cover (Picket Fence)

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Enjoy

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

I've had some more fun with the Garden Trio set from Penny Black.

I've stamped the flowers on mixed media cardstock with Memento Toffee Crunch ink

for a no-line watercolor look and colored with Distress re-inkers.

After the watercolor was dry, I touched up the color with a watercolor pencil 

and Cuused the matching dies to cut the flowers out.

I also cut a piece of Neenah solar white with the Curved Stitch die and embossed

it with a Stampin' Up embossing folder (ret.).

For a little something extra, I added some stenciling in the background.

The enjoy die cut sentiment was watercolored using the same re-inker.

I finished this card off with a few purple rhinestones.

Challenges:

Just Us Girls #787 - Use a Floral Die Cut

Darnell's I.D.E.A.S. - 2nd week Die Cuts

Triple B - Birds, Butterflies & Blooms (blooms here)

  

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Garden Trio (PB)

Ink:   Memento Toffee Crunch, Wilted Violet DOX

Paper:  Mixed Media (Strathmore), Neenah Solar White

Other:  Distress Re-inkers (Wilted Violet, Mowed Lawn, Rustic Wilderness), Caran d'ache Supracolor Pencils (Indigo Blue), Garden Trio Die (PB), Hooray Die Set (PB), Curved Stitch Die (PB), Dainty Diamonds EF (ret SU), Texture Mesh Stencil (ret MB)

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A Sketchy Christmas

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

When I saw the sketch at Jingle Belles, I thought of this set of

Ephemera and patterned paper that I bought several years ago.

I am so bad about using my patterned paper but this time, I made myself cut into it!

The bauble was from a matching ephemera set.  It has a beautiful sheen to it.

I would love a bauble like this to put on my tree.

Challenges:

Jingle Belles - Sketch

Peace on Earth - See the deer on the mood board?

Love Those Pretty Papers - ATG using decorative paper. Did not use the Summer option

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Simple Strips Christmas (TE)

Ink:   Real Red

Paper:   Neenah Natural, Winter Valley DP (Stamperia), Real Re

Other:  Winter Valley Ephemera (Samperia), Simple Strips Die (TE), Whimsy Bloom Bouquet (AS), Stitched Deckle Die (Unity)

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Especially for You

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Here's the last of my playtime with Bibi's Butterflies.

Yesterday I shared several shaped cards.

Today the butterfly landed on an A2 card base.

I again embossed the butterfly and adorned it with die cut flowers.

Challenges:

Just Us Girls #786 - CASE a designer (I CASEd Lisa's Butterfly card)

Triple B - Butterfly (Didn't use the colors on the mood board

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Fancy Sentiments PP (SB)

Ink:   Encore Gold

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Black, Scraps of Colored cardstock and patterned paper, Gold Foil

Other:  So Many Butterflies dies (SB), Vine Canopy EF (SSS), Mini Blooms & Sprigs dies (SB), Leaf Punch (MS), Mini Circle Punches, Gold Thread

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