Flower Garden Fancy

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I had a few minutes to try out a new coverplate die that I got for Christmas.

It cut really well and it makes for a quick card.

Narelle's sketch was still fresh in my mind from the last Freshly Made Sketches

and it worked beautifully to let this die cut show through.

I found this butterfly already cut out and ready to find a place to perch.

It was cut from a piece of smooshed background.

A couple of label die cuts, a quick stamping and some glue and

it was done.

Challenges:

Just Us Girls #804 - Die Week-Use a coverplate die

NBUS #82 - Never Before Used Schtuff

Triple B - Birds, Butterflies & Blooms - Butterfly (I didn't go by the photo, but isn't it pretty?)

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Bouquet of Thanks (MFT)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:  Soft Seafoam, Neenah Solar White, Watercolor

Other:  Flower Garden Fancy Coverplate Die (HA), Stitched Butterfly Trio (PS), Decorative Sentiment Dies (EMD-Emily Moore Designs)

Enjoy!

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Gray and Red for Color Hues

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Happy New Year!

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

This month I picked our colors.  I chose....

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

fantastic Guest Designers Lisa E. & Barb F. have done to inspire you.

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

Color Hues.

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

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Fly High (PB), Fragile Beauty (PB)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black, Lost Shadow, Pumice Stone, Hickory Smoke, Barn Door, Fired Brick (DI)

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore), Going Gray, Black

Other:  Hexagon Frames die (PB), Pinewood Planks EF (SU), Chunky White Frantage

Enjoy!

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Turning the Page January 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 January 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.

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  Fly High, Fragile Beauty (PB), Pine Branch (Inkadinkadoo)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black, Soft Suede, Pear Pizzazz

Paper:   Neenah Solar White (110 lb)

Other:  Copics, Chunky Frantage

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Cardinal Love

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It's almost the New Year!  It seems that the years fly by!

Speaking of time passing quickly, my Aunt Marian has a 94th

birthday coming up.

She loves birds and this time of year the cardinals brighten up those

dreary, snowy days.  So the cardinal was the best choice for her card.

She tells me that she very carefully takes the birds and butterflies off

my cards and puts them on her wall where she can see them all the time.

It makes me happy to know that they can brighten up her room.

I die cut the cardinal from real red cardstock and sponged some 

Cherry Cobbler ink along the edges of the pieces.  His beak was cut from

a scrap of orange and darkened with a Copic marker.

I pulled out a piece of patterned paper and stamped and embossed some

extra snowflakes before mounting the cardinal on a branch and adding

a sentiment. 

I was inspired by Donna's card at Freshly Made Sketches.

Challenges:

Freshly Made Sketches #717 - Narelle's Sketch

Love Those Pretty Papers - Use Patterned Paper

Triple B - Birds, Butterflies & Blooms - ATG with a bird (Did not use the Inspiration Photos

 

And now this cardinal is winging it's way to Aunt Marian.

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Field Flowers (ret SU), Snowflakes (Lavinia)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Stamperia, Real Red

Other:  White and Clear EP, Left Facing Cardinal die (Dee's Distinctively), Woodland Branch die (MB), Deckle & Stitches Nesting die (Unity), Nested Mini Label die (SB)

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The Work of Christmas

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Reposting...

The Work of Christmas

When the song of the Angel  is stilled,

When the Star in the sky is gone,

When the Kings and princes are home,

When the Shepherds are back with their flock,

 

The work of Christmas begins:

 

To Find  the lost - To Heal  the broken - To Feed  the hungry -

To Release the prisoner - To Rebuild the nations -

To Bring Peace among brothers and sisters -

To make music in the Heart.

 

                                                                                             By Howard Thurman

I pray that we will work together to bring peace to our brothers and sisters 

and hear the music in our hearts in order to celebrate the gift of Christ Jesus.

Enjoy!

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