Embossed Daisies

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A few weeks ago I received an unexpected gift from a sweet, sweet friend.

She had cleaned out her craft room and I was lucky enough to receive the

benefit of her industriousness!  This embossing folder was in the box

along with several others.  I do love embossing folders!

I embossed a piece of my new favorite yellow cardstock and patted my

white inkpad over the raised parts.  I kept turning the piece and patting until

I was happy with the coverage.  Then I took a tiny blending brush and after inking

it, I tapped it on the centers.  Some twine, a sentiment tucked among the flowers

and a die cut bee finished it off nicely.

Challenges:

Can You Handle the Pressure - Use an embossing folder/twist of bees

Double D - Used the colors of the lemons

Triple B - Birds, Butterflies & Blooms 

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Just Sentiments: Summer Mini (PTI)

Ink:   White, Pumpkin Pie (SU), Nocturne (VC)

Paper:   C9 Buttercup, Neenah Solar White

Other:  Fresh Daisies EF (SSS), Buzzing Bumblebees die (MB), Sharpies (to color bee)

Enjoy!

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Last of the Geraniums

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Fun Friday uses the last of the geranium die cuts. I think this is my favorite

of all the geranium cards.

I used some more of the Ohuhu colored blooms and a new to me flower pot die.

The pot was cut from a scrap of beige cardstock, colored with an Ohuhu marker

and touched up with Distress ink.

I'm loving the teeny sentiments that fit on a little tag.  Sometimes there's

not a good place for a sentiment and a little tag does the trick.

I hope you have a great weekend without any severe storms or heat.

Craft and have fun!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Market Basket Sentiments (Grtry)

Ink:   Nocturne (VC), Rusty Hinge (DI)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Pink Pirouette (ret SU), Beige (?)

Other:  Into the Blooms: Geraniums dies (PTI, Pretty Pot die (Grtry), Ohuhu Markers (R22, R23, R28, G310, G410, E46), Mini Label Tag die (SB), Linen Thread, Love to Layer: Sweet Scallop dies (PTI)

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Out to Sea

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My friend Bobby is hosting the current Just Us Girls Challenge and

as usual, I'm almost too late to join in.  But I think I can make it.

Here's Bobby's challenge...

Bobby's card gave me inspiration for this card.  I die cut and left the die in the

cut paper and used the die as a stencil to color it.

I wonder if it's cool at the beach?

I used blending brushes to add color to the pieces and carefully added glue to

get it mounted to another piece of cardstock.

I chose to make a sunrise scene.  Or it could be sunset.

Check out Bobby's card and the rest of the Design Team.

There's still a few hours to join in at

Just Us Girls

Also sharing with Penny Black Saturday Challenge

and sharing with  The Four Seasons August

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   Sea Glass, Turquoise Sea (GKD), Sunbeam (SSS), (pink on brush over the yellow for orange), Spring Rain (PTI)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Pacific Point (SU)

Other:  Out to Sea die (PB), Ohuhu Alcohol Markers (B111, B114, BGY13), Linked EF (PB), Sentiment is computer generated

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Vintage Ornaments

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Are you ready to start another week?

They seem to fly by!

Freshly Made Sketches always stretches my creativity and this week was

no exception.  But I've go to say that I'm always glad I played along and 

have a card design that I would have never come up with on my own.

This week, Jen B's sketch with the angled strip was unexpected.

the Design Team has wonderful inspiration to help.  I loved Donna's 

pumpkins (as you'll see below), but wanted to be a little more original.  So I

started looking through my Christmas dies for something that would be

a good size and found these sweet little ornaments.

Inspired by the colors of Donna's pumpkins, I found some scrap pieces of cardstock

and cut the pieces.  Each ornament has coordination strips etc. to add texture

and dimension.  I added a bit of ink around the edges and touches of gold

I've done a lot of cards with the strip going horizontally or even vertically.  The 

diagonal strip is a little different and I like it!

Then...

since I'm so ready for fall, I had to try to do one with pumpkins.

I stuck to yellow and orange since they are Marcia's Color Hues colors. 

I wish I could say hello to fall, but we've still got some hot summer to get through.

I'll just have to spend more time crafting in the studio.

Do check out the Freshly Made Sketches challenge

and the Color Hues challenge too.

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Merry Christmas (IO)

Ink:   Tidepool (GKD), Grapefruit (C9), Dk Orchid (GKD)

Paper:   Sea Glass (SSS), Nectar (C9), Fresh Freesia (SU), Neenah Solar White, Gold Foil bits

Other:  Curio Attic Ornaments (Grtry), Wintry EF (SU), Gold EP

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  

Ink:   Pumpkin Pie (SU), Warm Cocoa, Butterscotch (GKD)

Paper:   Neenah Natural, PP (?), So Saffron, Warm Cocoa (GKD)

Other:  Stitched Pumpkins dies (LF), Seasonal Decor die (SB), Cozy Fall Trio die (CP), Fall Leaves EF (HB)

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Soft Petals for Color Hues

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

This month my dear sweet friend Marcia picked our colors.  She chose....

Aren't these wonderful colors for late summer?

I used a fairly new Penny Black stamp with Memento Toffee Crunch ink

for a no-line watercolor look and colored with Zigs and my waterbrush. The

background has a pale yellow wash.

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

fantastic Guest Designer Priscilla have done to inspire you.

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

Color Hues.

Challenge ends at 9:00 AM on August 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!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Soft Petals (PB), Elegant Expressions Original (Ton)

Ink:   Encore Gold

Paper:   Neenah Natural, Mixed Media (Strathmore

Other:  Zigs, Elegant Rectangles dies (MFT), Texture EF (PB), Elegant Expressions Original die (Ton), Bright Butterflies die (SSS)

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Thanksgiving Feathers

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I am so ready for fall.  Unfortunately it doesn't seem like fall is

ready to show up.  But, in the studio it can be any season I want.

I had a set of feather dies in my NBUS box and added an older feather die to

make a trio of feathers.  They were cut from some mixed media paper and

smooshed in puddles of watered ink.  I'm not sure what kind of bird they would 

have come from,  Maybe a turkey?  I was in the mood for fall colors and I didn't

even think about a bird until they were done.

I dipped the edges of the colored feathers in VersaMark and added gold embossing

powder and heated. The photo doesn't show the golden edges very well.

They were added on an embossed background and I added some tiny gold punched 

circles into the embossing.

Challenges:

Double D - Feathers

I.D.E.A.S. - Die Week

NBUS #89 - Never Before Used Schtuff

  

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Thankful for Fall (PTI)

Ink:   Warm Cocoa (GKD), VersaMark

Paper:   Fine Linen (PTI), Neenah Natural, Mixed Media (Strathmore)

Other:  Distress re-inkers (Carved Pumpkin, Tea Dye, Spiced Marmalade, Vintage Photo), Jumbo Curiosity Feather die (Grtry), Feather die (HA), Feathers on the side EF (Darice), Gold EP, Linen Thread

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Fun with Sunflowers

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I do love sunflowers!  And they don't have to be yellow.

This is a CASE of this card I did a week or so ago.  This time I used a lighter 

color for the sunflower, inspired by Tina Smith.  You can see her card here.

and with some left over pieces on the table...

I hope you have fun today and over the weekend.

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   Buttercup, Baked Brown Sugar, Sage, Eucalyptus

Paper:   Alabaster, Lemon Tart, Daffodil Delight, Neenah Solar White

Other:  Sunflower Serenade die (SB), Spotlight on Nature die (SU), Infinity Circles die (HA), Bee-cause EF (SB), Argyle EF (SB), Ladybugs made with circle punch

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Santa's Sleigh

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My Christmas stash needs to grow faster! 

The CAS Christmas challenge is helping to take care of that.  This month, Julia has asked

for Christmas cards with Santa's sleigh.

I remembered this Tim Holtz die that hasn't seen a lot of use and got that out.

The CAS Mix Up Challenge is asking for stenciling on patterned paper.  I found

this piece of patterned paper and cut the Santa and sleigh off to add this one.

First I used stencil paste to add some stars to the paper and sprinkled the wet paste

with fine glitter.

I've added some silver glitter paper for a little extra magic.

Challenges:

ABC Christmas - R is for Rectangles

CAS Christmas - Santa's Sleigh

CAS Mix Up - Stenciling over Patterned Paper

  

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Silver Glimmer, Christmas Watercolor (Scrapbook Customs), Black

Other:  Mini Slayering Stencil Set #31 (TH), Embossing Paste (Wendy Vecchi), Dash Away All die (TH), Special Merry Christmas die (MB), Glitter

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Fit for a Sketch

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Remember on Friday when I said I still had some die cut geraniums

and a big set of Ohuhu markers to try?  They went together like peas and carrots

as Forrest Gump would say!

First I arranged them in one cluster but when it came to putting them on a card,

I was stumped.  So I carefully disassembled them.  When I saw Verena's sketch

at Freshly Made Sketches, I had an AHA moment and this is what I came up with.

Here's here sketch...

My "circles" are arranged a bit differently, but hopefully you can see that sketch.

I found that using a flicking motion worked best with the markers on the Neenah.

I love the details that the dies leave on the petals and leaves.

What happened to the other blooms?  I'll share that one at a later date.

I wouldn't want you to get sick of seeing geraniums over here.

Do check with Freshly Made Sketches and enjoy the

wonderful inspiration from the Design Team and in the Gallery.

If you hurry, you can still get a card in this challenge.

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Sending You (Creek Bank Creations)

Ink:   Morning Mist (VC)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Pink Pirouette 

Other:  Into the Blooms: Geraniums (PTI), Charming Flora Cover Die (AS), Nesting Slim Labels (FMS), Ohuhu alcohol markers (R22, R23, R28, G310, G410, E46), Caran d'ache Supracolor pencil (Dk. Carmine)

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Rosemal Christmas

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Challenges:

Jingle Belles - Tic, Tac. Toe board (diagonal Die Cut, Red, Dry Embossing)

Just Us Girls #835 - Use any die (Nordic Bird)

Peace on Earth - ATG Christmas (red bird)

Sparkles #187 Christmas Challenge - Clean & Simple

   

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Rosemal Reflections (Grty)

Ink:   Encore Gold

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Gold Foil, Red Foil

Other:  Rosemal Reflections EF, Capsule Filigree Borders, Nordic Bird die, Tag (all Grtry), Gold EP 

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Geraniums for Fun

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

It's Friday again.  The weeks fly by!

This week I've been playing with the geranium dies from Papertrey Ink.

I posted this card earlier this week, but I wasn't through with it.

I had a few die cut blooms left from the previous card.  They needed a home, and

I needed a Thinking of You card.

This time I cut the blooms from colored cardstock, added a bit of sponging for

dimension and added to a pretty die cut that the same friend who gave the

geranium die also gave me.  I have the best friends!

For this card, I cut the blooms from a background made by smooshing

Brushos and water.  It's almost too concentrated so I added splatters. (I

also added splatters to my glasses too! LOL)

I still have some die cut petals and a big set of Ohuhu markers to try.

So many fun toys, so little time!

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Thinking of You (PB)

Ink:   Nocturne (VC)

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

Other:  Into the Blooms: Geraniums, Border Bling die (PTI), Distress re-inkers (barn door, rustic wilderness), White Nuvo Drops

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Just Sentiments: Birthday (PTI)

Ink:   Rainforest, Parsley, Grapefruit, Buttercup, Pimento (C9)

Paper:   Nectar, Eucalyptus (C9), Neenah Solar White

Other:  Into the Blooms: Geraniums, Love to Layer: Soft Ridges (both PTI), Lattice die (no name)

Card Recipe (card 3)

Stamps:  Faith (PB)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black, Butterscotch (GKD)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Mixed Media with Brusho

Other:  Into the Blooms: Geraniums, Love to Layer: Soft Ridges (both PTI), Graceful Butterfly die & EF set (SSS)

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