Dragonfly Hello

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

Today I've turned a sunflower into a daisy...a blue daisy.

And a pretty dragonfly stopped by to visit.  He was cut from Neenah Solar White

and his wings were ink blended.  I'm loving these colors so I kept the background

in the same.

Challenges:

Just Us Girls #842 - ATG with a Stencil

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Banner Sentiments (PTI)

Ink:   Sea Glass, Turquoise Sea, Tranquil Teal (GKD)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Sea Glass, Turquoise Sea (GKD)

Other:  Jumbo Curiosity Dragonfly die (Grtry), Spotlight on Nature die (SU), Infinity Circle die (HA), Sunflower Garden Stencil (PTI), Kitchen Weave EF (Cuttlebug)

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Happy Fall

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

I've recently become enamored with Papertrey Ink dies and when I saw 

that they had a challenge, I was disappointed that I didn't have the ink or paper

in the colors that they were asking for.  Then, I saw that they are offering a paper

pack with paper and cardstock of their challenge colors.

What a great idea and it gives me an opportunity to try their colors (of course I

had to add some ink to the order).  Thank you Papertrey Ink.

While I was at it, I made another card...

This time I put the flowers in a vase and added pumpkins.

Isn't this polka-dot paper fun?

As usual I'm up to the last minute to enter.  I had to get the paper pack after all.

The Design Team has done some wonderful Fall and Halloween cards.

Papertrey Ink September Inspiration Challenge

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Just Sentiments: Happy Fall (PTI)

Ink:   Harvest Gold, Orange Zest, Honey Nut

Paper:   September Challenge Pack (PTI), Rustic White 

Other: Into the Blooms: Fall Boot and Freshly Picked dies (PTI)

 

 Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Wreath for All Seasons (ret PTI)

Ink:   Honey Nut, Sweet Blush, Harvest Gold, Orange Zest (PTI), Twisted Citron (DI)

Paper:   September Challenge Pack, Rustic White (PTI), Neenah Solar White

Other:  Love to Layer: Sweet Scallops, Vase Collection 1, Into the Blooms: Fall Boot Die Collection (PTI)

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Copper Tree

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

When I saw Donna's sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, I immediately

thought of this pennant die set and Christmas trees.

What to do beyond that took a bit longer!

Here's Donna's sketch...

I still had some scraps of copper paper on my table from some recent cards

and it made me think of copper trees.  Originally I was going to go with

stars on the tree, but then decided on snowflakes. So sparkly snowflakes came to play.

An embossed background didn't seem right and I remembered this pack of gold

 embossed vellum that's been in my stash for years.  I think it worked

perfectly for a background.

I used a larger snowflake for Donna's circle and added the foiled sentiment

at the base of the 'tree'.

Only a few hours to enter.  Do check out the wonderful inspiration of the

Design Team and the lovely gallery at

Freshly Made Sketches #755

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Gold Foil, Copper Paper (?), Glimmer, Embossed Vellum (ret SU)

Other:  Stacking Pennant dies (Honey Bee), Snowflake dies & punches, Border die (ret SU)

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Sunflower

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

Cooler weather has finally arrived and it looks like we'll be enjoying it for

more than two days.  Yay!

This is a shameful CASE of Bobby's inspiration card for CAS Mix Up.  I changed the colors and

sentiment.  I also added an embossed background.  Thanks for the awesome inspiration!

I used the same stamp that Bobby used which has been retired.  Papertrey ink has

another stamp set that is similar called Framed in Flowers. 

I've stamped and heat embossed in gold and used Tombow markers and my

waterbrush to color the sunflower and stem.  The background was done wet on wet

with Distress Re-inker.

To add a gold frame, I tapped the edges in VersaMark and heat

embossed with gold powder.  It's subtle but adds so much.

The design piece is popped up with foam.

I did another for Craft Group using a colored background like Bobby did only

I used yellow.  The camera turned that yellow much darker than IRL.

Everyone had fun adding ladybugs, bees or butterflies to their cards.

Challenges:

CAS Mix Up - Watercolor Sunflower

Darnell's I.D.E.A.S. - Embossing

The Neglected Stuff - Sunflower stamp not used in years

Triple B - Birds, Blooms or Butterflies

  

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Botanical Blocks (PTI)

Ink:   Encore Gold, Chocolate Chip

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore), Neenah Solar White, Crushed Curry

Other:  Gold EP, A2 Rectangle die (WF), Tombow (062, 025, 947, 879, 126, 158), Burlap EF (HB), Molded Frame EF (SB)

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Floral Vine Wreath for a Friend

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

It's been a crazy week and I'm really glad for Friday!

Here's a card I did for a special friend.  No challenges.  Just for fun!

This was stamped with Memento Toffee Crunch on Betterpress paper. (I love

this paper for watercoloring!)  I used Zigs to color it and die cut with the

matching die.  Some tearing and scoring as well as a bit of patterned

paper added some extra interest.

I hope you had some crafty fun this weekend.

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Floral Vines (PB)

Ink:   Memento Toffee Crunch

Paper:   Betterpress Porcelain, Neenah Solar White, Doodlebug PP (Gingham & Linen)

Other:  Zigs (Violet, Yellow, Bright Yellow, Yellow, Green, Olive Green), Floral Vines die (PB), Friend die (SSS), Whimsy Bloom Bow die (AS)

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Happy Fall

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

I'm so excited that Fall is here!  I love the colors and the smells of fallen leaves.

Not much color here but leaves are falling.  They're mostly yellow and brown. Hopefully

some cooler weather will encourage brighter colors.

I recently had a gathering of stamping with friends and this was one of the cards

we did.  I added a butterfly to this one since it will go to my aunt.  She loves butterflies!

I used a new to me pumpkin die from Penny Black and die cut from  yellow cardstock 

and cut the flowers from the same piece.  We brushed color around the edges leaving

it lighter in the center.  It was all placed on a new to me embossing folder.

I'm so glad to lighten the load in the NBUS box!

Challenges:

Can You Handle the Pressure - Use an embossing folder

Four Seasons - Fall

Darnell's I.D.E.A.S. - Embossing Week

NBUS #90 - Never Before Used Schtuff

Penny Black Saturday - Use Penny Black items/option of die cuts

 

 

Card Recipe

Stamps: Mum's the Word (PTI) 

Ink:   Warm Cocoa, Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry, Granny Apple Green

Paper:   Natural (MFT), Neenah Natural, Lemon Tart (PTI), Granny Apple Green (SU)

Other:  Pumpkin Blooms (PB), Stitching Butterflies (SSS), Tomei Branch die (PS), Oak Forest EF (SB), Tiny Tendril die (MB)

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Agapanthus

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

I hope you had a nice weekend.  It's going to be a busy week here, but it

looks like the weather is going to turn more fallish. That will be a relief!

I used a past calendar page for Judy's sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Agapanthus (TT- OOVB), Banner Sentiments (PB)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black, Whisper White

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Midnight Muse

Other:  White EP, Copics (B21, B23, B24, YG07, YG17, G46), Caran d'ache Supracolor Pencils for details, Delicate Designs EF (ret SU), Border Builder Die (LI), Stitched Butterfly Trio die (PS)

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Feathers for Fun

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

Last week I designed some cards for friends and had some leftover feathers.

So I put them on some cards for my Friday fun this week.

This is very similar to the cards the group did.  I had some cork paper that had

been given to me.  It has flecks of copper in it.  There was also some pretty but

lightweight copper paper.  When the light hits this, the copper glows.

My sister and brother-in-law have an anniversary coming up soon and I thought

the feathers would make a nice anniversary card.  So I added some copper thread

from my stash and punched some tiny hearts from scraps of the copper paper, 

gluing them onto the thread.

And another....

I put the feathers going in the opposite direction.  It started out with just three

feathers, but it kinda looked like I was giving the finger so I tucked an extra gold

feather in the middle. LOL

I hope you have a lovely weekend and get to have some crafty fun.

Enjoy!

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Purple and Artichoke for Color Hues

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

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

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

I die cut and watercolored one of my favorite flower dies from Canson watercolor paper

and colored with re-inkers.  I really like these colors together, especially for flowers!

A two layered Elegant frame over a piece of embossing made a good 

place to mount this flower.

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

fantastic Guest Designer Amanda have done to inspire you.

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

Color Hues.

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!

Edited to add: Thanks Darlene

Sisterhood of Crafters - Frames

Can You Handle the Pressure - Embossing

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Nature's Dance (SB)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Watercolor (Canson)

Other:  Distress Re-inkers (Wilted Violet, Seedless Preserves, Peeled Paint), Morning Blossom die (SSS, Elegant Frames die (MFT), Petunia Cascade EF (SB), Burlap EF (HB), Nature's Dance die (SB)

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Star of Wonder

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

I hope you had a nice weekend.  We had some much needed rain and the 

promise of a couple of cooler and less humid days.  I'm looking forward to that.

Karren's Freshly Made Sketch #753 has so many possibilities!

I've always loved this star.  It's one of those retired Stampin' Up sets that I haven't

been able to part with.  I hope I've captured some of the shine.

The star an sentiment are heat embossed with silver and I've added a shadow of

silver foil behind them.  I had another silver label and added it behind the

star to make it stand out a little better.  I do love a mostly white card!

I know the team has wonderful inspiration. Now I'm going to check out the gallery.

I'm sure it's just as inspiring!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Star of Light (ret SU)

Ink:   Encore Silver

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Silver Foil 

Other:  Star of Light die (ret SU), Snowflake EF (MS), Silver EP, Decorative Sentiment dies (EMD)

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In Full Bloom for Fall

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

Today is a the anniversary of a sad and frightening day in our country.

Remembering those who lost their lives and those who survived the horrors.

On a more cheerful note....

This stamp has been in my NBUS box for too long.  I finally ordered the die set to

go with it and gave it a go.

I inked the stamp with Concord & 9th inks on watercolor paper and after stamping, 

did a bit of blending with a waterbrush.  After it dried, I used a watercolor pencil to

add a little detail, die cut and layered a couple of the flowers.

It was a perfect fit with the embossed Molded Frame.

The sentiment is from the same set.

A twofer....

Last month our Craft Group picked some flowers from Kim's pots and pounded them

into watercolor paper.  I have done a similar technique using the Big Shot.  In some ways 

this worked better.  It didn't seem to be as messy.  This was the best of the three that

I tried to do.  Kim suggested touching it up with fine line pens, pencils or markers.  I

used pencils and a very fine Micron pen.  After masking the flowers, I used one of

the stems from the above stamp set and went over it with a damp watercolor brush

to diffuse the color a bit.  It's all mounted on a smooshed watercolor base.

I hope you get some weekend craftiness!

Card Recipe

Stamps: In Full Bloom (PTI) 

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

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Watercolor (Altenew)

Other:  In Full Bloom dies (PTI), Molded Frame EF (SB), Buzzing Bumblebees dies (MB)

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Thankful

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

I'm really enjoying fall colors these days and the cooler temperatures

and less humidity.  These kind of days seem to be rare and appreciated.

Last month's calendar page paired well with this copper Thankful.  After I die

cut the calendar illustration, I embossed it with the Subtle EF.

One less thing in the UFO box.  That's always a good thing.

Challenges:

Just Us Girls #839 - Die Week Thanks

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Vibrant Thanks (Power Poppy)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Cajun Craze, Copper

Other:  Copics (Y11, Y15, YR12, YR15, R59, G21, G24, G46), Reflections: Numbers 6 die (PTI), Words of Gratitude die (PB), Kitchen Weave EF (Cuttlebug), Subtle EF (ret SU)

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