The Flowers and the Bees

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Some of my sweet, sweet friends shared their Betterpress images with me.

I love coloring them and it's a good day when I can pull one out.

This time it's an Altenew image colored with Tombow Markers.

After I colored it and die cut it, I realized that the design had way too much on 

the top and not enough on the bottom.

I tried my hummingbird dies but they were either too big or facing the wrong direction.

Then I thought of bees.

After searching my stash, I landed on these bees from the Greetery.

Life IS beautiful with friends like you.

Challenges:

Just Us Girls #823 - Word Week

Inkspirational #367 - Visual Prompt (Flowers)

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Dainty Flower Garden Pressplate (Alt)

Ink:   Betterpress Black

Paper:   Betterpress Porcelain, Neenah Solar White

Other:  Tombow Markers (055, 985, 126, 245, 723, 817), Curved Cap Pinpoint Layers Dies (MB), Curio Summer Findings (Greetery)

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Butterfly Happy Birthday

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

We're back to summer heat so I'll be staying inside as much as possible for

a few days.  I'm glad to have an excuse to take a break on the yard work.

I've been playing with these butterflies a lot lately.  I'm not sure if any of them have

made it to my blog before, but I thought they would work well for the

Freshly Made Sketches #736 by Varina...

and I even used a piece of my hoard of patterned papers.

The butterflies are a die and embossing folder set from Simon Says.

It's my new favorite toy.

Challenges:

Freshly Made Sketches #736

Love those Pretty Papers - Use patterned paper

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Cheers to You Pressplate (SB)

Ink:   Marina Mist, Wilted Violet

Paper:  Dyeing Flowers PP (AZ), Neenah Solar White, Gold Foil  

Other:  Butterfly Escapade EF & Die (SSS), Large Words EF (Kwan), Gold Foil

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Lime Green and Violet for Color Hues

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

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

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

I've stamped the flower with Memento Toffee Crunch and colored with Arteza Twimarkers.

The watery background was done by scribbling the markers onto acetate, spritzing

and smooshing onto a piece of Betterpress paper.

Now let's go and see what my talented friends have done to inspire you.

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

Color Hues

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

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Garden Trio (PB), Banner Sentiments (PB), Scripted Background (W+9)

Ink:  Memento Toffee Crunch, Versafine Onyx Black, Whisper White 

Paper:  BP Porcelain, Neenah Solar White

Other:  Arteza Twimarkers (Violet, Lime Green, Apple Green), Essential Modern Labels die (SB), Garden Trio die (PB), Mistletoe Greetings die (SB), Micron Pen, White EP

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Garden Trio with Butterflies

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I'm excited to be Guest Designing for the Penny Black Saturday Challenge

this month.  Here's my mid-month inspiration.

Penny Black Saturday is always Anything Goes using Penny Black Products.

This month it's optional to use 'Your Favorite Penny Black Stamp'.

I'm not sure whether this was an easy choice or a hard one.  I have a lot of 

favorite Penny Black Stamps, and I really, really love the Garden Trio set.  All three

of the flowers are lovely and so fun to color!

I stamped the flower on mixed media paper with Memento Toffee Crunch ink

and colored with Distress re-inkers used as watercolor.  

It's always a pleasure to Guest Design with the Penny Black Saturday team.

Now lets go see what they've done to inspire us.  Then pull out your favorite

Penny Black stamp and join us at the

Penny Black Saturday Challenge.

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Garden Trio (PB)

Ink:   Memento Toffee Crunch, BP Black (SB)

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore), Neenah Solar White

Other:  Garden Trio Die (PB), Texture EF (PB), Hexagon Frames die (PB), Subtle EF (ret SU), Cheers to You BP (SB), Butterfly dies (PB)

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Shortbread Shapes Spring

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

It's a Fun Friday with play with the Greetery's Shortbread Shapes Rectangles: Spring series.

I really enjoyed playing with the dies and embossing folders so it's a long post.

After die cutting and embossing a piece of Pool Party cardstock with the

Shortbread Shapes: Rectangles Spring embossing folder, I patted over the top with a 

white pigment ink pad to let all that texture show.

The flowers were die cut from Neenah Solar White and colored with Copics.

The shaped card was made with the Shortbread Shapes: Rectangles die and embossed, 

then the pool party embossing.

Another shaped card.  This time I die cut and embossed some watercolor paper

with the inside die and watercolored all those itty, bitty flowers.

The colored squares were added on top of the matching die cut background.

Since I didn't use all the colored die cuts, I made another card using three of

the leftovers.

I placed them on a piece of textured cardstock that a friend had shared with me.

It's a divine shade of yellow and just right for a spring card.  (I used the same

cardstock for the bow on the card above.)

I had one more colored square and an embossed panel that combined to make

another note card.  Super simple.

I hope you've enjoyed all of these spring cards.

I really enjoyed creating them.

Thank you for hanging out with me today.  I hope you have some fun too!

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Fun Birthday Sentiments (HLS OOB)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black, Whisper White

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Pool Party

Other:  Shortbread Shapes: Rectangles die, Shortbread Shapes: Rectangles Spring EF, Bigger Botanicals: Genista, Wax Flowers (all Greetery), Copics (RV55, RV66, Y13, Y15, Y18, G20, G21, G24, G94), Label dies (ret SU)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Watercolor (Canson), Textured Yellow (?)

Other: Shortbread Shapes: Rectangles die, Shortbread Shapes: Rectangles Spring EF, Distress re-inkers

Card Recipe (card 3)

Stamps:  (?)

Ink:   Blueberry Bushel

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Yellow Texture (?), Watercolor (Canson)

Other:  Shortbread Shapes: Rectangles die, Shortbread Shapes: Rectangles Spring EF (Grtry), Distress re-inkers

Card Recipe (card 4)

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Bashful Blue (ret SU), Watercolor (Canson)

Other:  Shortbread Shapes: Rectangles die, Shortbread Shapes: Rectangles Spring EF (Grtry), Distress re-inkers, Subtle EF (ret SU)

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Bluebird Note

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We've had beautiful weather here lately.  We desperately need rain, but I am

enjoying the balmy temperatures and the mosquitoes haven't appeared yet.

Between the nice weather, yard work and good books, I haven't spent much

time in the craft room.  But I took a few minutes this afternoon to do this.

The Just Us Girls Challenge

that's about ready to close and I wanted to get a card in there since I had a 

word edger die that has not had nearly enough use!

The sweet bird die hadn't been off the shelf for a long time either.

Let's go see all the die cut sentiments at Just Us Girls.

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Note Builder (PB)

Ink:  Milk Chocolate (MFT)

Paper:  Neenah Natural, Warm Cocoa (GKD), Watercolor (Canson)

Other:  Note Edger die (PB), Subtle EF (ret SU), Cracked Large EF (TH), Nestled die (PB), Distress Re-inkers (Faded Jeans, Prize Ribbon, Tattered Rose, Spiced Marmalade

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On Your Special Day

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

I've been busy doing yard work and spring cleaning. (I hate to think how

many springs have gone by since I did that!)  I did find a bit of time in

the craft room though.

I recently got the Shortbread Shapes Rectangle: Spring embossing folder and die.  So

when I saw Kim's sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, this set popped into my mind.

Here's the sketch...

except my squares were bigger.  So I adjusted and I hope that's okay with Kim.

I embossed and die cut some Crisp Cantaloupe cardstock and swiped over the raised parts with

a white inkpad.  The squares are on top of a Subtle embossed piece of Blushing Bride.

This flower die found it's way into that order and was cut from a snippet of 

Neenah Solar White and colored with Ohuhu markers.  I pulled out a Betterpressed sentiment

to put on top.  Oh, and I added a bit of glitter to the flower.

Let's go over to Freshly Made Sketches and see what the 

Design Team and participants have done.

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   Whisper White

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Blushing Bride, Crisp Cantaloupe, Watercolor (Canson)

Other:  Shortbread Shapes: Rectangle, Shortbread Shapes: Rectangle Spring EF, Bigger Botanicals: Genista (all Grtry), A Little Message BP plate (SB), Subtle EF (ret SU), Ohuhu Markers

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Little Guy

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

I hope you've had a nice week and have a good weekend on tap.

This card was done with an image that a sweet friend stamped and sent to me a

couple years ago.  I pulled out some Zigs and colored it.  The background is kind of

free handed.  Nothing special but a fun image to color.

Challenges:

Double D - Watercolor

Cardz for Guys #385 - CAS

  

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Little Guy (PB)

Ink:   VersaMark

Paper:   Watercolor (Canson), Neenah Solar White, Black

Other: Zigs, White EP, Triangle Pattern EF (PB)

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Poppy Bouquet

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

My friend Bobby and I have this in common.  We LOVE to make cards with flowers.

Just Us Girls challenge #821 is to CASE a designer.  

I CASED Bobby's beautiful card.

Bobby's card

I used the same layout, embossed background and trio of flowers.

My changes are the type and color of the flowers and an added vellum oval

behind the flowers.

The flowers were all cut from watercolor paper and colored with 

Distress re-inkers used as watercolors.

All the Designers have beautiful cards to CASE.  It's always hard to 

choose just one!

Challenges:

AAA Birthday #85 - ATG Birthday (Happy 7th Birthday to AAA Birthday!)

Just Us Girls #821 - CASE a Designer

Triple B - Birds, Butterflies & Blooms

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Nature's Dance (SB)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black

Paper: Neenah Solar White, Watercolor (Canson), Vellum

Other:  Iceland Poppies die (SSS), Essential Modern Ovals die (SB), Timeworn Type EF (SU), Distress re-inkers (Spun Sugar, Abandoned Coral, Mustard Seed, Fossilized Amber, Peeled Paint)

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Tangled Tulips

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

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

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

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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