CAS Christmas Birds

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

I am so happy to see that my dear friend Loll has brought back the

CAS Christmas Challenge!

I was so excited that I made two cards with this new to me Alex Siberia set.

First up, I also used a NBUS Molded Frame embossing folder.

I die cut the bird and greenery from mixed media paper and used Distress Re-inkers

to color the bird and Twi-markers and my waterbrush for the greenery.  

The berries were punched from a scrap of red cardstock.

This time I die cut the bird from Real Red cardstock and sponged a darker

red on the edges.  The leaves were colored with a sponge dauber and Distress Ink.

I die cut a label and used a pierced cover plate die with a frame to

mount this one.  Kind of the same but different and a good addition

to my Christmas stash.

Challenges:

ABC Christmas - J is for Just Enough (CAS)

CAS Christmas - Bird

CAS on Friday - Bird

NBUS #87 - Never Before Used Schtuff - Bird die

 

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Sparkle & Shine (GKD)

Ink:   Real Red, 

Paper:   Neensh Solar White, Real Red

Other:  Garden Tweets, Winter Foliage (AS),  Molded Frame EF (SB), Distress Re-inkers (Candied Apple, Barn Door, Fired Brick), Arteza Twi-markers (Sage Green, Olive Green, Pine Green, Moss Green)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Sparkle & Shine (GKD)

Ink:   Garden Green, Cherry Cobbler (SU), Bundled Sage, Rustic Wilderness (DI)

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Real Red 

Other:  Garden Tweets, Molded Frame EF (SB), Elegant Rectangle STAX dies (MFT), Spring Leaves Cover Plate (HB)

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Graduation

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It's graduation time around here and our Luke is among the high school graduates.

Here's the card I did for him.

The graduation cap embellishment was included in a gift from a former

card maker who is no longer able to craft.  Knowing this graduation was

coming up, I set it aside.  His school colors are purple and gold so that

made the color choice easy.

I used a star die and a my sunburst card front die for a base and some

alphabet and number dies to complete the design.

Our next door neighbor is graduating too.  A friend had brought her graduation

cap embossing folder when she visited a while back and I used the cap sticker

from Luke's card to make a pattern so I could add one to this card too.

It seems like yesterday that these kids were babies!

The time has sure flown!

I hope you have a great weekend!

Enjoy!

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Butterfly Trio

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I hope you're having a nice week and you're able to get some crafty time in.

Just Us Girls is have a die week and the theme is butterflies.  Ha! That's not a

problem for me.  The biggest problem is which of my sweet butterfly dies do I use!

I did a smooshed background, die cut some windows and die cut the butterflies

to go in the windows.  They are already in flight to someone who needs a lift.

Challenges:

Just Us Girls #826 - Use a butterfly die

I.D.E.A.S. - Die Cut week

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Words of Encouragement (Stamp Simply)

Ink:   Nocturne (VC)

Paper:   Watercolor (Strathmore), Mixed Media (Strathmore)

Other:  Stitching Butterflies die (SSS), Square Window Trio (HB)

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Daisy Chain

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I love daisies and remember that there was a meadow full of them behind

our house when I was a child.  We would pick the daisies and try to make

a chain from them...or a crown.

When I saw Karren's sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, those circles spoke daisies to me.

The daisy dies are unmarked in my collection so I don't know who to credit

them with.  I only used the two largest dies for this card.  They were cut from

Neenah Solar white and colored with Copic Sketch Markers.

I tried several colors for the background and settled on MFT's Natural.

(I am going to hate it when I run out of this cardstock!)

Looks like we have a ladybug infestation!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Handwritten Borders (SSS)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Natural (MFT)

Other:  Daisies (?), Copics (Y15, Y17, Y18, C00), Burlap EF (HB)

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Bee Sweet

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

My flowers are blooming and I'm still waiting for the bees.

But the  bees are plentiful in the studio.

I had die cut the honeycomb for an earlier bee card and decided not to use it.

I stamped over top with an old wood mount stamp and placed a piece of

yellow smoosh from my backgrounds.

Every now and then I die cut and assemble bees and butterflies to have at

the ready for embellishments. I die cut the bees from Daffodil Delight cardstock 

and color the stripes with a black Sharpie.  I love that the wings are 

separate and add extra dimension.

Hope you have a sweet weekend!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Sanded (ret SU)

Ink:   So Saffron, Whisper White, Mustard See (for sentiment(

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Daffodil Delight

Other:  Hexagon Element die (SSS), Buzzing Bumblebees (MB), Black Sharpie, Sweet die (SSS)

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Fun Friday Bees

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It's time for fun on Friday.  No challenges, just fun.

I am on a committee to support staff at a local elementary school.

I thought it would be fun to send them a card with a bookmark, hoping they

will have a chance to read for fun during the summer.

The image was stamped on a piece of cardstock with a punched top.

I heat embossed the stamping to get an nice shine.

A yellow Sharpie was handy so I colored the bee with that and blended

a bit of blue around him.  My ink blending is always splotchy so I stamped 

some splatters to kind of cover that up.

Without the bookmark.

A little band holds the bookmark to the front of the card which had been

embossed with a new to me (on clearance) embossing folder.  I used my favorite 

trick of patting with a white inkpad to highlight the raised design.

The message inside.

Our team supports four of the support staff that counsels, teaching remedial reading,

STEM & Speech therapy.  Each card is a bit different.

I patted the natural embossing with a pale yellow inkpad and it was too dark

and splotchy.  So I patted with the white inkpad over top and that toned it 

down perfectly.

I hope you have some crafty fun today!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Peeking Bee (Unity)

Ink:   Nocturne (VC), Whisper White, Soft Sky

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Daffodil Delight

Other:  Clear EP, Yellow Sharpie, Bee-cause 3D EF (SB), Ornate Tag Topper Punch (ret SU)

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Fuchsia Note

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

What a glorious spring day as I write this!

This is not a flower that I'm very familiar with, but when I saw this 

embossing folder, stencil combination, I was intrigued.

Then it was on sale and it caught me.

This was not my first try.  

My first try almost convinced me to say no to

any more stencils!  I seem to have an issue lining them up whether I emboss

first of after coloring.

So I stood up to line the stencil on the embossed image.  It's still hard for me to 

see, but it did line up better.

Will I be buying more embossing folder, stencil sets?  Maybe.

Will I be comfortable using stencils eventually?  Hopefully.

I used blending brushes and Distress inks for all the coloring.

I used the finer point of an Arteza Twi-marker for the stamens.

Challenges:

Just Us Girls #825 - ATG using a stencil

NBUS #87 - Never Before Used Schtuff

Stencil Fun - ATG using a stencil

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Wildflowers (W+9)

Ink:   Spun Sugar, Wilted Violet, Seedless Preserves, Shabby Shutters, Rustic Wilderness (DI), Soft Sky,  Blackberry Bliss

Paper:   BP Porcelain (SB), Neenah Solar White, Pink Pirouette

Other:  Layered Magical Fuchsia EF & Stencil (Alex Syberia/SB), Graceful Butterfly Die & EF (SSS), Ruffles & Dashes dies (CP), Arteza Twi-marker

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Pink & Turquoise for Color Hues

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

It's time for another Color Hues challenge.

This month it was my turn to choose our colors.  I chose....

I was thinking flamingos when I chose these colors.

I die cut this flamingo from watercolor paper and colored with Distress Re-inkers.

For the background, I embossed a piece of Turquoise cardstock and patted

with a white pigment ink to bring out the raised feathers.

It was really fine with that, but I added die cut palm leaves for even more

dimension.  There's more layers than I usually have, but I'm happy with it.

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

fantastic Guest Designer Kim Miller have done to inspire you.

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

Color Hues.

Challenge ends at 9:00 AM on June 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!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:  Whisper White, BP Black 

Paper:  Tempting Turquoise, Neenah Solar White, Watercolor (Canson)

Other: Distress Re-inkers (Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick), Feather Spiral EF (SSS), Feathered Friends 12 (PTI), Curved Cap Pinpoint Layers (MB), Palm Fancy die (HA), A little Message PP & die (SB)

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Turning the Page June 2026

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

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 June 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:  Floral Vines (PB)

Ink:   Memento Toffee Crunch

Other:  Copics (B21, BV20, G21, G24, Y18), Caran d’ache (Sky Blue, Bluish Gray, Spruce Green) Arteza (Hazlenut Brown)

Touch Up:  Prize Ribbon, Rustic Wilderness (THWCP), Smallest Stitched Butterfly cut from Blue Brusho

 

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Falalalala

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

This little elfette has been singing away in the box on the shelf.

She finally caught my undivided attention so she could perform for all of you.

This is probably my favorite Penny Black Christmas stamp.  Maybe because I love

Christmas carols and most of my friends do too.

When we make Christmas cards together in the fall, we sing along to my favorite

Time Life Christmas CDs.  It makes for even more fun to be together.

She was colored with Distress Inks or Distress re-inkers.  I don't remember

which, and cut with the companion die.

The background is a piece of re-inker & frost white paint smoosh 

from my stash of backgrounds.

Challenges:

Penny Black Saturday - ATG with option to Use your favorite Penny Black Stamp

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Sing Joy, Holiday Snippets (PB)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black, Morning Mist (VC)

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Mixed Media (Strathmore)

Other:  Tumbled Glass, Broken China, Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick, Tattered Rose, Tea Dye (Distress Re-inkers), Frost White for background, Double Frame die (PB), Sing Joy Die (PB)

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Flutters

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

Another just for fun Friday with some new butterflies.

I seem to be obsessed with the die and embossing folder sets.  This one is one of my

all time favorites!

For the first card, I embossed a piece of Cantaloupe cardstock and patted over the

raised parts with a white ink pad.  (I use a large inkpad to do this.)

Then I cut some butterflies and embossed them to get the wonderful detail.

A little ink in the center of the butterflies tie them into the background and

I had a perfect sentiment stamp and die set in my NBUS box to add to the card.

This time I used an aqua cardstock and ink and a favorite saying.

I thought it needed something extra and added a daisy for the wildflower.

Since this is their first outing, I'll add them to Darnell's NBUS challenge #86.

Card Recipe

Stamps: Nature's Dance (SB) 

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black, Whisper White, Crisp Cantaloupe

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Crisp Cantaloupe, Gold Foil

Other:  Butterfly Escapades EF & Die (SSS), Nature's Dance dies (SB)

Card Recipe

Stamps: Butterfly Mornings (Crafty Individuals)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black, Coastal Cabana

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Coastal Cabana, Gold Foil

Other:  Butterfly Escapades EF & Die (SSS), Label Die (Emily Moore Designs), Daisy Silhouette Die (MB), Copics (C00, YG82, YG15)

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Bird in the Hemlock

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I've been lax in doing Christmas cards and will be sorry when it's time to send

them if I don't start working on them.

I didn't use this die set nearly enough last year.

The chickadee and pine boughs were cut from mixed media paper and watercolored 

with a combination of inks.  I added some sparkly snow to the branches.

The embossing on the label was done with the nesting dies after it was cut.

Challenges:

Christmas Kickstart -  Season's Tweetings (Use a bird)

Krafty Chicks #821 - CAS

Simply Clean & Simple - Optional Theme: Things that Fly

   

Card Recipe

Stamps:  BP Fancy Sentiments (SB)

Ink:  Rustic Wilderness, Pine Needles, Vintage Photo, Smoky Gray, Basic Gray, Crisp Cantaloupe, Peach Parfait (SU), Black Marker (SU), Whisper White, BP Black (Spl)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Mixed Media (Strathmore), Kraft

Other:  Hemlock Cones & Chickadee dies, Scrolled Punch & Pierce Plate, Mirrored Arch Labels (all SB), Fancy Sentiments Die (SB), Sparkle Texture Effects (MS) 

 

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