Birthday Poppies

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I'm still trying to get through my NBUS box.  It seems that I take 2 steps forward

and 3 steps back.

For this card I used a stamp and die set that a treasured friend sent me for my birthday.

She knows how much I like poppies!

I stamped the layered stamps on watercolor paper and blended the colors with

a waterbrush and Distress re-inkers used as watercolors.  I love the intense color

I was able to get.

I embossed a piece of Naturals White cardstock with my linen embossing folder.

Die cut the watercolored poppies and popped them on the embossed panel.

A foiled sentiment finishes it off.

Challenges:

Krafty Chicks #786 - CAS

NBUS #78 - Never Before Used Sctuff

Seize the Birthday #313 - Use Embossing

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Poppy Fields (EH &ALT), PP It's Your Day

Ink:   Toffee Crunch

Paper:  Watercolor (Arches HP), Black, Naturals cardstock

Other:  Poppy Fields dies (EH & ALT), Morning Blossom die (SSS for stems), Burlap EF (HB), Distress re-inkers (Peeled Paint, Mustard Seed, Candied Apple, Barn Door), White Foil

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Poinsettia for Color Hues

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

This month our colors were chosen by the very talented Jules.  

I love these colors together and they were perfect for this NBUS background

poinsettia stamp.

I bought the background stamp a couple of years ago when Wplus9 closed up shop.

I don't know why it's taken me so long to pull it out of the NBUS box.

I had so much fun making this card that I made another using a different shade of blue

that is more aqua.  It doesn't look that different in the photo though.

For both of these cards I did an emboss resist on mixed media paper.

After wetting the paper, I dropped re-inker onto the card and used a

waterbrush to "guide" the color.  It takes awhile for it to dry, but it's well

worth the wait!

Now let's go over to Color Hues and see what the my talented friends and our

fantastic Guest Designer Birgit have done to inspire you. 

I hope you'll create a card using Smokey Blue and Sage Green and add it to the 

gallery at Color Hues.

Please only use hues of these two colors. Neutrals are welcome.

Challenge ends at 9:00 AM on September 29th.

The winners will be posted an hour before our next challenge and the overall

 winner will have the opportunity to be a future Guest Designer.

Most importantly, just have fun!

Challenges:

Color Hues - Smokey Blue & Sage Green

Peace on Earth #95 ATG Christmas or be inspired my mood board below

NBUS #78 - Never Before Used Schtuff (background stamp)

 

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Joyful Poinsettia (W+9 OOB), Tin of Tags (ret SU)

Ink:   Whisper White, Sage Shadow (DOX)

Paper:  Mixed Media (Strathmore), Neenah Solar White, Soft Seafoam

Other:  White EP, SU Re-inkers (Bordering Blue, Sage Shadow), Layered Poinsettia Die (WF), Botanicuts Pine Bough dies (Grty), Stitched Circle Die (SSS)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Joyful Poinsettia (W+9 OOB)

Ink:   Whisper White

Paper:  Mixed Media (Strathmore), Dapper Denim, Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer (SU)

Other:  White EP, DI Re-inker (Speckled Egg), Layered Poinsettia (WF), Eucalyptus Sprig (?), Mini Spring Cover Die (Ton)

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Open if You Dare

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

It's class week so it's pretty busy around here, but I squeezed some time to

put this Betterpress image on a card.

It was pressed with Betterpress ink on their paper and cut with an arch die.

I backed it with the next larger arch cut in black.

It's colored, rather sloppily (but it's for Halloween and doesn't need to be 

pretty) with Zigs.

I added a bat and spider for a little extra fun.

I'm thinking I'll add a skull on the inside to pop up when opened.

Challenges:

Freshly Made Sketches #703 - Sketch by Karren below

Just Us Girls #792 - Word Week - Container (trunk)

Two Old Bats Halloween - ATG Halloween

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  PP Open if You Dare (SB)

Ink:   Betterpress Black, Whisper White

Paper:   Betterpress Porcelain, Going Gray, Black

Other:  Essential Arches dies (SB), Airy Greetings Die (SSS), Zigs, Spooky Boo dies (SB)

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Best Witches

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

Not long ago, a sweeet friend sent me an adorable mini stamp set.  I had fun

inking and coloring this fun witchy kitty.

I stamped, colored with Copics, die cut and embossed to make another

Halloween card.  I added a few rhinestones too.  She looked like she wanted

some sparkle.

Thank you for the stamps, sweet friend.

Challenges:

Two Old Bats - ATG Halloween

Penny Black Saturday - ATG using Penny Black (did not use the spots/stripes option)

NBUS #78 - Never Before Used Schtuff

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Sugared (PB)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Blackberry Bliss

Other:  Texture EF (PB), Deckles & Stitching Nesting die (Unity), Copics (V05, V06, C2, C3, C4)

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Fa La La La La

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I've had a ball with these singing snowmen!  They'll be making quite a

few appearances in the next few months.

Only 12 weeks until time to send out Christmas cards. GASP!

These guys are helping to build that Christmas stash and remind me of

how much I love Christmas carols!

Their stage is the last bit of a sheet of patterned paper with musical scales.

It has a bit of sparkle too. 

The musical notes are die cuts from the Elfettes. 

I need to book them for an appearance soon. 

Challenges:

Double D  - Musical

Love Those Pretty Papers - Music Background

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:

Ink:   

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Patterned Paper (?), Scraps of colored cardstock

Other:  The Snow Notes dies (SB), Copic (COO), Border Builders dies (LI OOB))  

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I Gotta Crow

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Actually my friend has a crow and she let me borrow it to use for 

Halloween cards for the grandsons.

Here's the first one...

I die cut the crows from black glimmer paper and assembled them.  The branches

were cut from plain black cardstock.

All the backgrounds were in the smooshed and splashed background stash and

embossed with my spiderweb embossing folder.  (Always a favorite at Halloween.)

Here are the other two....

I used a background done with Lindy's Magicals. It has a nice shimmer.

The spiderweb was swiped with my white ink pad to make it stand out more.

and the final one.....

This background was pretty light so I swiped the web with a black inkpad.  The 

sentiment was embossed with some Lindy's sparkly orange embossing powder.

All the eyes are punched from a snippet of gold foil.

Challenges:

Just Us Girls #791 - ATG with Dies

Two Old Bats - ATG Halloween

I.D.E.A.S. - D is for Dies

  

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Sentiment: Spooky Fun (PB)

Ink:   White, Black, VersaMark, Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore), Black Glimmer (old SU), Black, Pumpkin Pie

Other: Lovely Layer Crow (Honey Bee), Spider Web EF (SZ), Grove Branch die (MB), Pewter EP, Clear EP,  Lindy's Cleopatra's Copper EP, Stitched Rectangles die (SSS)

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Black and White Birthday

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I kept thinking this needed a spot of color, but in the end, the black

sentiment strip did the trick.

I used a set that was a gift from a sweet blogging friend

These vintage flowers have wonderful shading and although I think they'd

be beautiful colored, they stand out in black and white.

I stamped the butterfly again on a piece of scrap and fussy cut it out to pop

over the stamped one.  Some tiny gems gave some extra interest and a foiled 

sentiment finishes it off.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend.  Summer has come back for a few days

but we'll be back to that lovely fall weather next week.

Challenges:

Krafty Chicks #784 - Birthday

Seize the Birthday #312 - Black and White

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Vintage Garden (SSS), PP Fancy Sentiment Strips (SB)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Black 

Other:  Opaque White Foil, Fancy Sentiment Strips die (SB), Subtle EF (ret SU0

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Tagged for Christmas

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I know that some of you don't like to see Christmas cards this early.

So I'll try to remember to put Christmas in the title so you'll know not to

take a look.

Last year I got some Greetery items for Christmas.  By then I was tired of making

Christmas cards so the NBUS box was fed. (I have a separate box for Christmas NBUS).

I told myself that I couldn't buy any more Christmas stuff until I used all

that I already had.  Of course I didn't listen.  But I am using these Christmas NBUS and

some Christmas things that were left over from last Christmas season.  The box 

is getting lighter. 

This ribbon die has a stencil (sold separately) to add shading.  You can't see the 

shading well in the photo, but it adds a richness that makes me glad I got the 

stencil with it.

I cut it from red cardstock, stenciled in the shading and popped it on top of

an embossed piece.  The Rosemary and Berries die set was also in the NBUS

box and I cut some from scraps of white and used Copics to color them.

When I saw that Carol's Inkspirational Challenge was to add a tag, I was able to add

the tag strip, coverups and toppers that came in the same gift.  

I did a ribbon in green too...

and another red one. But I'll share that later.

Challenges:

Inkspirational #349 - Add a Tag

NBUS #78 - Never Before Used Schtuff 

 

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  sentiment (Prancers (PB)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black, Real Red

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Real Red, Greenleaf (SSS)

Other: Ribbon Frame die, Ribbon Frame stencil, Rosemary & Berries dies (Grtry), Copics (G43, G46), Tear Strip Tags, Tear Strip Tag Cover-ups, Tear Strip Tag Toppers

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  

Ink:   Rustic Wilderness

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Matte Gold (SSS), Greenleaf (SSS), Real Red (for berries)

Other:  Ribbon Frame, Rosemary and Berries dies (Grtry), Copics (G43, G46), Fancy Peace die (Alt), Subtle EF (ret SU)

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Sunflower Note

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I'm starting to feel more comfortable with the layered stencils and I fell in love

with this sunflower stencil from Papertrey Ink.

I used brushes to add ink through the stencils then added highlights with my

Caran d'ache Supracolor Pencils.  The background was looking too white,

so brushed over it with the ink left on the yellow brush.

The die cut sentiment was cut from colored cardstock and the backing die

cut from vellum.

Challenges:

Just Us Girls #790 - ATG Stencil Week

Stencil Fun - ATG using a stencil-Optional Nature

Darnell's I.D.E.A.S. - Week 1 Add Ink

  

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   Crushed Curry, Cajun Craze, Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Cajun Craze, Vellum

Other:  Sunflower Garden Stencil (PTI), Pierced Blanket Cover Die (PF),  Just a Note die (SSS), Subtle EF (ret SU), Linen Thread (SU), Dandelion Yellow Nuvo Crystal Drops

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Orange and Green for Color Hues

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

Time for another challenge at Color Hues.

This time the challenge is brought to us by my talented friend Karen.

She chose.....

I finally got those NBUS poppies cut and colored!

I die cut them from mixed media paper and used Distress Re-inkers as watercolor

and used some of the diluted Marmalade re-inker in the background.

Now let's go over to Color Hues and see what the my talented friends and our

fantastic Guest Designe Lisa K. have done to inspire you. 

I hope you'll create a card using Yellow & Green and add it to the gallery at

Color Hues.

Please only use hues of these two colors. Neutrals are welcome.

Challenge ends at 9:00 AM on September 14th.

The winners will be posted an hour before our next challenge and the overall

 winner will have the opportunity to be a future Guest Designer.

Most importantly, just have fun!

Challenges:

Color Hues #117 - Orange & Green

NBUS #78 - Never Before Used Schtuff

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Mini Everyday Sentiments PP (SB)

Ink:   

Paper:   Mixed Media, Neenah Solar White

Other:  Into the Blooms-Poppies die (PTI), Distress Re-inkers (Spiced Marmalade, Rustic Wilderness, Forest Moss), White Foil (SB), Pierced Blanket Cover Die (PF)

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