Winter Birthday

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

So far our storm has produced sleet and not a lot of freezing rain.

We are warm and still have power.  As I write this the precipitation has

started again.  They are predicting freezing rain again.  Hopefully it won't

cause problems for us.  However, this storm has caused a lot of problems

all across the country.  Prayers go out to those without power in these

freezing conditions.

So today was a crafting day...

I am still enjoying those Greetery dies and embossing folders that I got

for Christmas.

The die cut oval was embossed with the center of the Shortbread Shapes Snowflake.

I patted over the embossing with a white inkpad to highlight the snowflakes and

added a tiny snowflake sequin to the center.

Challenges:

AAA Birthday Game #81 - Winter Birthday

Krafty Chicks #804 - Masculine Card

Time Out Chllenges #305 - Your favorite technique (embossing)

 

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Super Day (PB)

Ink:   Tranquil Teal (GKD), Whisper White

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Tranquil Teal

Other:  Shortbread Shapes Snowflake EF, Capsule Basics die (Grtry)

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Birthday Blooms

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My friend Bobby chose flowers for the Just Us Girls Die week challenge.

I couldn't not play along.

I had another play with this Whimsy Blooms Bouquet die.  The pieces were cut

from watercolor paper and colored with re-inkers and my waterbrush.

I am still loving this bow!

Challenges:

AAA Birthday #73 - Happy 6th Birthday

Just us Girls #773 - Flower dies

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Carefree Wishes (PB)

Ink:   Versafine Smokey Gray

Paper:   Watercolor (Fabriano), Neenah Solar White

Other:  Whimsy Blooms Bouquet (AS), Distress re-inkers (Picked Raspberry, Seedless Preserves, Bundled Sage, Peeled Paint, Forest Moss), Sparkly Diamonds Coverplate (PFS)

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Messenger

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One reason it takes me so long to get through the NBUS is because I like

to use each stamp, die, embossing folder, stencil, etc. multiple times.

Sometimes when my NBUS gets put away, it stays neglected for too long.

Then I feel guilty for spending so much.

So, this year, I hope you'll see more of each NBUS.  We'll see.

I bought this stamp because it works for a blue jay as in the January calendar,

or as a cardinal.

Hubby had a birthday and he loves feeding and watching the birds, so I turned

it into a cardinal for him.  It's our state bird after all.

It's colored with Copics on Neenah cardstock and the paper got a bit

roughed up around the bird, but I thought it added to the rustic, masculine feel.

And after coloring all that, I wasn't about to throw it away.

Challenges:

AAA Birthday #69 - Winter Birthday

Four Seasons - Winter

Penny Black Saturday - ATG using Penny Black

Triple B (Birds, Butterflies & Blooms) - I've got the bird covered

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Messenger (PB), Birthday (?)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Black, Kraft

Other:  Copics (R24, R35, R39, YR07, YR12, N5, C10, E23, E25, E99, YG03, YG63, YG67), Happy Die (Paper Roses)

Large Brad (?)

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Chick Fun

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I recently had a play with my Copic markers and needed a chuckle so

I pulled out this Golden Girl.

The colors at Color Hues worked perfectly to color this chick, and the sentiment

from another set seemed to fit the bill for AAA Birthday and Seize the Birthday.

(I hope this is cut enough.)

Here's another chick from this set.  This was a card for a class earlier this year.

Challenges:

AAA Birthday #64 - Critters

Color Hues #93 - Orange and Yellow

Seize the  Birthday #289 - Cute Critters Birthday

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Coolest Chick Ever, Shoreline Friendship (Unity)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Black

Other:  Chicken Wire EF (TE), Circle Thin Frames (SSS), Potpourri Flower Set (PS), Copics (Y000, Y00, Y11, Y15, Y17, Y21, Y38, YR07, YR09)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Coolest Chick Ever (Unity), Egg-stra Special Sentiments (Amy R)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, PP, Daffodil Delight

Other:  Sharpies (Yellow, Lt. Orange, Lt. Green, Aqua, Teal, Red, Black), Black Ultrafine Sharpie, Arteza Pencil (Charcoal)

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Poppy Birthday

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I love poppies and I love dies that add texture and dimension. So when I saw

this die in a Simon Says Stamp release recently, I snapped it up.

I am not disappointed.

There are pieces for two poppies on this die and I cut them out of 

mixed media paper.

I laid the pieces on another piece of mixed media paper and watercolored

by picking up ink from the inside of some Stampin' Up inkpads.  My messy

watercoloring added some color to what would become the background of my poppies.

I die cut the "over wash" piece, assembled the poppies and added them, stamped

and die cut a sentiment and it was done.

Challenges:

AAA Birthday #63 - Fabulous Flowers

Flower Challenge #93 - Birthday

Just Us Girls #734 - Color Week (Coral and Yellow)

NBUS #64 - Never Before Used Schtuff

Darnell's I.D.E.A.S. - Week 2 of the month - Dies

 

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:   

Other:  

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Hopping By

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After trying many coloring mediums to find the perfect one for a class, I had

a lot of frog samples left over.  This is one that I stamped on a scrap oval die cut.

I love plaid paper.  It's fun and seems to pair with this jaunty frog perfectly!

Teen cards are hard for me and I'm trying to get some together for the grandkids to

take with them to birthday parties.  This will go in that stash.

Challenges:

AAA Birthday #62 - Cute

Penny Black Saturday - ATG Penny Black option of Happy Birthday

Tic Tac Toe 249 -left hand column (layers, die cut, patterned paper

 

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Toadily (PB), Snippets (PB)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Christmas Plaid PP (MFT), Christmas Pine (GKD)

Other:  Double Stitched Oval STAX die (MFT), Fluted Oval die (Spl), Ohuhu Marker (Gy3), Pink, Black Ultrafine Sharpies, Sequins (?)

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Black-eyed Susans

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The Black-eyed Susan is one of my favorite flowers.

When I was a kid, the meadow behind our house was full of them in the Summer

and since they weren't in my Mom's garden, I could pick all I wanted.

These were all colored and in my UFO box. They are from a Digital Stamp by Power Poppy and I'd colored them when we were staying with our grandsons.  When I got home, 

I was on to something else and they were put up for later.

This one was printed in grayscale and colored with Copics.

I cut it with an elongated hexagon die and fussy cut a larger hexagon to

put behind the design.  The cover plate background was also in my UFO box

waiting for the right design to go with it.

And....

This one was printed light, (I'm not sure how I did that!) and colored with

Caran'dache Supracolor Pencils with a light wash of Tumbled Glass re-inker 

in the background.

I added them behind a frame cut with a circle die and added a thin circle frame

and thin strips of cardstock to bring out the yellow in the design.

This one doesn't say birthday but can be used for almost any occasion.

Challenges:

AAA Birthday - Geometric

Seize the Birthday #279 - No Toppings

  

 Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Black-eyed Susans Digi (PP), Handwritten Notes (PTI)

Ink:   Chocolate Chip

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Daffodil Delight

Other:  Copics (Y13, Y15, Y18, YG03, YG63, YG67), Elongated Dotted Hexagons Die (Studio Katia), Detail Pincushion Cover Plate Die (SSS)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Black-eyed Susans Digi (PP), Friendship Messages (SSS)

Ink:   Chocolate Chip

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Daffodil Delight

Other: Infinity Circle Die (HA), Circle Thin Frames (SSS), Caran d'ache Supracolor Pencils (Lemon Yellow, Yellow, Orange, Dark Carmine, Khaki Green, Spruce Green, Umber), Subtle EF (ret SU), White Gel Pen

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A Kaleidoscope of Butterflies

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These embossed butterflies are so much fun to work with!

I've used blending brushes and ink cubes to color each in a different shade.

I did the ink blending on a piece of cardstock.  The run off makes a matching background. 

Challenges:

AAA Birthday #54 - Favourite Colors (I have lots of favorites)

Seize the Birthday #270 - Repetitive Die Cuts 

Simon Says Monday - Add Some Texture

 

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Bitty Birthday Wishes (MFT)

Ink:   Simon Says Pawsitively Saturated Ink Cubes, VersaMark

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Black

Other:  Graceful Butterflies Die & EF (SSS), Blending Brushes, White EP

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Singing Happy Birthday

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

I had fun making this colorful birthday card.

Seize the Birthday has the option of music and I remembered this NBUS embossing

folder I'd gotten recently.

I paired it up with the fun font of this HAPPY BIRTHDAY die and decided to

add the little mouse from another NBUS set.

I'm glad to say that my general NBUS box is looking a bit emptier.

I'm trying to use these items quicker than I accumulate them.

I'm sure some of you know what I mean.  ;-)

It's pretty straightforward.  I die cut, colored with Copics (including some

scrap strips) and put them on an embossed piece.

Oh, and I added a little pom-pom to the top of his party hat.

Challenges:

AAA Birthday  - Animals (where my friend Trina is Guest Designer)

Can You Handle the Pressure - ATG with embossing (no twist of poppies)

NBUS #54 - Never Before Used Schtuff (EF & Mouse Stamp

Seize the Birthday #268 - Make it Musical

House Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge - Option of Birthday

  

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Friend Wishes (Stampendous)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:   Neenah Solar White

Other:  Merry Medley EF (SU), Happy Birthday Die (SSS), Copics (BF15, R22, Y15, YG07, Vp5, B23, E33, E23, R30, R81)

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Sweet Centerpiece

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

A sweet friend sent this stamp to me.  It was fun to color.

Thank you sweet friend.

I stamped first with Antique Linen Distress ink then inked the flowers

with Distress Markers and used a waterbrush to move the color a bit.

Challenges:

Penny Black Saturday - ATG

Double D - Signs of Summer

Seize the Birthday - No Topping

AAA Birthday - Flowers

NBUS - Never Before Used Schtuff

    

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Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Sweet Centerpiece, Special Sentiments (PB)

Ink:   Antique Linen (DI), Candied Apple, Peeled Paint, Forest Moss, Faded Jeans, Mustard Seed, Pumice Stone, Tumbled Glass (DM), Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore)

Other:  Caran d'ache Supracolor Pencils, Curved Stitch Die (PB)