Tangled Tulips

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Are tulips blooming where you are?  They've gone by here, but

they bloom on in the Craft Room.

I've paired them with my Rosemal Reflections embossing folder for a special

birthday card.  It's very similar to the one that I did for my granddaughter's birthday.

Her aunts oohed and aahed over that, so this one will go to one of her aunts.

I cut all the flower pieces from Neenah Solar White and colored with Copics.

Sorry, but I didn't note the colors.  Sometimes I keep trying a color and then pull

out another and before long, they are all over the table.

Challenges:

NBUS #86 - Never Before Used Schtuff - Tangled Tulips Details die

Seize the Birthday #325 - Primarily Pink

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Rosemal Reflections (Grtry)

Ink:  Morning Mist (VC) 

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Cotton Candy (SSS)

Other:  Rosemal Reflections EF, Tangled Tulips Details dies, Capsul Basics die (all Grtry)

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Poppy Trio

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I'm excited to be Guest Designing with the Inspiration Team at

Penny Black Saturday Challenge.

The theme is always Anything Goes using Penny Black products as your main focus.

The option this month is to use your favorite Penny Black stamp.  That's a bit

like asking which is your favorite child!  But my mind went directly to this stamp

that has been in my collection for a long time.  I don't think I'd used it in over 

ten years.  It was time to dust it off!

I stamped it on mixed media paper with Memento Toffee Crunch ink for a 

no-line watercolor look and colored with Zigs.  I used a Copic Multiliner for 

the centers.

I tried to plant the poppies in dirt and it didn't go well.  Hence the "cover up"

piece at the bottom.  It made a good place for the sentiment though.

I'm going over to the Penny Black Saturday Challenge and see what that

fabulous Design Team has done to inspire us.  I hope you'll check it out too.

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Poppy Trio, Carefree Wishes (PB) 

Ink:   Memento Toffee Crunch & Tuxedo Black

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore)

Other:  Black Copic Miltiliner, Zigs (Pale Pink, Tea Rose, Lt. Carmine, Scarlet Red, Pale Green, Mid Green, Deep Green), Curved Stitch die (PB), Bright Butterfly die (SSS)

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Yellow and Blue for Color Hues

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

This month our super talented Stef picked our colors.  She chose....

I've used another fun image from  Unity.  I hope he makes you smile as

easily as he makes me!

I stamped with Versafine ink and heat embossed with clear powder to

give him a shiny coat.  Copic markers were used for the coloring.  The yellow

paper may have come from Unity.  They often enclose some card size pieces

with their orders. The sentiment is from Rubbernecker.

Now let's go and see what my talented friends and our

fantastic Guest Designer Greta. have done to inspire you.

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

Color Hues

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

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Peek-a-Bee (Unity), Uplifting Phrases (Rubbernecker)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black, Blueberry Bushel

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Blueberry Bushel, DP (Unity?)

Other:  Clear EP, Deckle & Stitches die (Unity), Bright Butterflies die (SSS), Copics (Y13, Y15, Y18, B000, C3, E13, E97, E23)

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Turning the Page May 2026

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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 May 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:  Garden Trio (PB)

Ink:  Memento Toffee Crunch

Other:  Copics (R22, R24, R35, R39, YG03, G94, C10), Caran d’ache (Dk Carmine, Olive, Dk Green), White Gel Pen, Micron Black 005

Touch Up:  Damp waterbrush over petals

 

Enjoy!

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Holly Jolly Snowman

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I've been lax about making Christmas cards and I don't want to

be caught short in November.

This Holly, Jolly guy is a cousin to Snowy by Penny Black.  He's smaller

but just as cute.

He's been stamped on watercolor paper and colored with inks smooshed

unto my palette and picked up with a waterbrush.

He fit beautifully in this Cut & Stitch circle.

Challenges:

ABC Christmas - H is for Hat

Christmas Kickstart #109 - Hats

Darnell's I.D.E.A.S. - Anything goes week

Penny Black Saturday - Use Penny Black products/option of pastel colors

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Jolly Friends, Believe (PB)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black, Eucalyptus (PFS), Worn Lipstick, Festive Berries (DI)

Paper:   Watercolor (TH), Mint Macaroon, Neenah Solar White

Other:  Cut & Stitch, Circle (PB), Circle Thin Frames (SSS), Leaf Punch (EK)

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Dreamy

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I used some patterned paper!

Those of you that visit often know that I rarely use patterned paper.

Oh, I buy it.  But it's so hard for me to cut into it.  This was a strip left over

from a previous project. The only cutting required was a bit off the bottom.

No heart palpitations or breath holding required!

I used Jen T.'s sketch at Freshly Made Sketches #733

This is a great sketch to use those leftover strips of paper!

Thanks Jen, for challenging me out of my comfort zone.

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Advent Calendar 2023

Ink:   Royal (SSS)

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Botanical Blooms (Paper Rose) 

Other:  Dreamy Butterfly die (MB), Large Words EF (Kwan Crafts)

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Bluebird Hello

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

My friend Nance  came to play last week.  It's always fun to catch up and

play with each other's toys!  Nance had a treasure trove of things for me to try.

I actually have a completed card from our playdate!

This bird die came from Waffle Flower (I think) and has a stencil with it.  I'm terrible at

stenciling but wanted to give it a try.  It went pretty well this time.  I perched him on

a leaf that was die cut from an Alex Syberia die and used one of Nance's new

embossing folders to frame it all.

Thanks for a fun day, my friend.  Let's do it again soon!

Challenges:

Just Us Girls #820 - ATG using a stencil (bird)

Stencil Fun - ATG using a stencil

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Soft Seedlings (SU)

Ink:   Faded Jeans, Dried Marigold, Rustic Wilderness (DI), Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Soft Seafoam

Other:  Birdie Duo die (WF), Whimsy Blooms Bouquet die (AS), EF (?)

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More Strawberries

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

We're still enjoying strawberries here and I'm enjoying them in the

craft room too!  Here's two more just for fun cards.

First up is a monarch size slimline card (3 3/4" x 7 1/4").  I colored the berries

with Copics like in the earlier strawberry card.

And then I went more CAS.

I hope you have a sweet day!

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Real Red

Other:  Strawberries dies (Elizabeth Craft), Copics (R24, R29, R39, YG03, YG17, Y))), Y13, Y15), Dimensional Diamonds EF (SB), White Gel Pen, Neon Yellow Sharpie

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Sprinkles & Smiles (PB)

Ink:   Handsome Hunter

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Real Red

Other:  Strawberries dies (Elizabeth Craft), Copics (R24, R29, R39, YG03, YG17, Y))), Y13, Y15), Dimensional Diamonds EF (SB), White Gel Pen, Neon Yellow Sharpie

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Strawberries

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We're getting fresh strawberries right now.  It seems like it's much earlier

than we used to get them.  That doesn't keep us from enjoying them

It's no wonder when I saw Michelle L.'s sketch at 

Freshly Made Sketches #732, 

that strawberries popped into my mind.  Here's the sketch....

I've used the leaves to represent the largest circle, the strawberries for the lowest circle,

and the flowers for the top circle.  Looking at the sketch again, I think one flower would

have been enough.  Too late now.

I hope I haven't veered too far off the sketch!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Berry Blessings (ret SU)

Ink:   Handsome Hunter

Paper:   Neenah Solar White

Other:  Strawberries die (Elizabeth Crafts), Copics (R34, R29, R39, YG03, YG17, Y13, Y15, Y000), Checkered Scallops EF (SB), White Gel Pen, Neon Yellow Sharpie

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More Cherry Blossoms

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After I made this card, I kept on playing with the embossing folder and die set.

No challenges, just the result of some relaxing fun.

Using Donna's sketch again.  I cut the rectangles from pink paper and inked

the raised flowers with a darker shade of pink ink.

This background was  done the same way of the previous card with the addition

of a few die cut and embossed blossoms along with a sweet butterfly.

This time I patted a white pigment ink pad over the raised embossing on medium blue.

The buttercups in the lawn inspired this one.

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Take Care (ret SU)

Ink:   Elegant Eggplant, Wilted Violet (what was left on the brush), Carnation (SSS)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Petal Pink (SU)

Other:  Cherry Blossoms EF & Die (SSS), Bright Dragonfly die (SSS), Stitched Rectangles die (SSS)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Inspiration Collection (OOB)

Ink:   Morning Mist (VC), Carnation (SSS)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Petal Pink (SU)

Other:  Cherry Blossoms EF & die (SSS), Stitching Butterfly die (SSS)

Card Recipe (card 3)

Stamps:  Reflections: Romans 15:13

Ink:   Morning Mist (VC), Whisper White

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Marina Mist (SU), Seashell (SSS)

Other:  Cherry Blossoms EF & die (SSS), Love to Layer: Soft Ridges (PTI)

Card Recipe (card 4)

Stamps:  

Ink:   BP Black, Mustard Seed (DI)

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Daffodil Delight (SU)

Other:  Cherry Blossoms EF & die (SSS), Caran d'ache pencil (Fast Orange), Meadow Clover die (MB), Large Words EF (Kwan), Stitched Arch Stax (MFT), Betterpress Fancy Sentiment plate & die (SB)

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Coral and Green for Color Hues

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

This month Sheri picked our colors.  She chose....

I recently got a new fancy die.  It's a background die with additional dies for the flowers.

I die cut the background and enough of the flowers to add to the top and colored

all with Distress re-inkers used as watercolor.

When it was all painted and dried, I put the flowers together (isn't the dimension fantastic?)

and added the flowers over top.  Then I added it to a

card base with dimensionals for a 'floating frame'.

Now let's go and see what my talented friends and our

fantastic Guest Designer Kelly have done to inspire you.

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

Color Hues.

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

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Special Sentiments (PB)

Ink:   

Paper:  Mixed Media (Strathmore), Neenah Solar White

Other:  Bold Backgrounds: Vintage Roses (HB), Distress Re-inkers (Abandoned Coral, Peeled Paint, Twisted Citron)

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Cherry Blossoms

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I hope you had a nice weekend and found some time to get creative.

This card was made with a new Simon Says Stamp embossing folder and die set.

I love being able to get the embossed details in the die cuts and when they

offered a discount on their embossing folders, I gave in to the temptation.

I thought that Donna's sketch at Freshly Made Sketches would be a good

fit for these little blooms.

Here's her sketch....

I used the smallest stitched rectangle die and cut six from Solar White Cardstock. 

Then on to the embossing folder.  The die cuts three so I cut once from mixed

media paper and colored with Distress Re-inkers used as watercolor.  The leaves

were from another die.

After the flowers had dried, I used a white gel pen to highlight details and a

tiny gem for the center to tie the flowers to the sentiment strip.

Challenges:

Freshly Made Sketches #731 - sketch by Donna

NBUS #85 - Never Before Used Schtuff - Embossing folder and die

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Sentiment Strips (Alt)

Ink:   Whisper White

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Mixed Media (Strathmore)

Other:  Cherry Blossoms EF & Die (SSS), Distress re-inkers (Picked Raspberry, Twisted Citron), Subtle EF, Stitched Rectangles die (SSS), Fantasy Bouquet die (SSS)

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