Wild Wood with Wood Slice

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After making this card, I wanted to do at least one more before I put the

set on the shelf.  This time I wanted to use at least one of the wood slices

included with the set.

Here's what I came up with....

Everything but the bees was cut from Neenah Solar White.  I used Distress ink and

blending brushes to color the wood slice and started to color the flowers with 

sponge daubers and ink.  I wasn't crazy about the flowers so I went over them with

Copic markers.

The little bees are very fussy.  The dies cut the body, stripes and wings separately. They

don't take much paper but they do take a steady hand to get them together.  I think you'll

be seeing them often in the future if I can keep my hands steady.

Thanks to Donna for choosing my previous card as a favorite at Freshly Made Sketches.

She inspired me with this card that she'd made.  It was what I needed to get this

set out of my NBUS box and give it a whirl, not once but twice.

Challenges:

Allsorts #843 - Embossing or ATG - Embossed background

Can You Handle the Pressure - ATG with embossing used option of die cuts

A Cut Above - ATG with at least 1 die cut

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   Antique Linen, Vintage Photo, Gathered Twigs (for wood slice)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Neenah Natural

Other:  Wild Wood dies (PTI), Copice (R29, R39, YG03, YG17, G24, G46, Y15, Y17), Cracked Large EF (TH)

Enjoy!

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Strawberries

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It's strawberry season around here.  Fresh strawberries are always

welcome in our house and we've been eating a lot of them lately.

It reminded me of a die set that had been in my NBUS box for a couple of years.

My talented friend Leslie enabled me to buy this set when I saw 

her strawberry card back in 2023.

I die cut from mixed media paper and watercolored using Stampin' Up ink pads.

I squished the color in the lid and picked it up with my waterbrush to color.

After it was dry, I used a white gel pen for the seeds and let that dry, then

touched it with a Neon Yellow Sharpie.

A little sponging with darker ink around the edges gave them some depth.

I had an embossed piece left from this card and used the same sketch.

This time I used a hexagon die cut instead of a circle and the vines instead of

that scallop strip.  I hope it's okay to take some liberties with the sketch.

Challenges:

Allsorts #822 - Inspired by a song (Strawberry Fields Forever by the Beatles)

Freshly Made Sketches #684 - Sketch below

I.D.E.A.S. - Week 1 ink (used as watercolor)

Inkspirational #340 - Seasonal (spring here)

NBUS #74 - Never Before Used Schtuff

  

  

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Happy Snippets (PB)

Ink:   Real Red, Cherry Cobbler, Gumball Green, Garden Green, Daffodil Delight (SU), Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:  Mixed Media (Strathmore), Neenah Solar White

Other:  Strawberries dies (Elizabeth Crafts), Texture EF (PB), Stitched Hexagon Die (MB)

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Red Delight Noel

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This one came from my UFO box.

The piece was done back in 2020 using this technique.

Basically the stamp was inked with VersaMark ink and brushed with powdered ink.

I used Lindy's Magicals.  After adding the powders, I spritzed and stamped on 

mixed media paper.  I actually got 7 pulls with this inking and this was one of them.

It was cut with a diamond shaped die 

Challenges:

Allsorts week 811 - Lots of white or ATG

Beautiful Blossoms #24 - ATG flowers 

Penny Black Saturday - ATG Penny Black

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Red Delight, Merry Up (both PB)

Ink:   VersaMark

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore 400 series), gold Foil, Neenah, Cover of Mixed Media pad

Other:  Lindy's Magicals (Autumn Maple Crimson, Ponderosa Pine Olive), Diamond Dies (SB), Perfect Sentiments Holiday Glimmer Plate & Die (PFS), Gold Foil (SB)

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Summer's Treasures

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The Just Us Girls Challenge had me stumped.  I was in the process of looking for my

candle dies that I thought might work, when I came by this set from The Greetery and I

had an Aha moment.

 

I die cut all these little images from Neenah Solar White and colored them

with blender brushes and Simon Says inks.

After getting all the parts together, I had fun laying them out in the "curio cabinet".

I had an oops and mixed up the wings so I cut some more to get the right color

on the right wings and ended up with another set.

And after cutting the frame, I had all those little cut outs laying there.

So I made another card.

I sponged the pieces with what was left on the blue blending brush, then 

embossed them and arranged them on a piece of black cardstock.

Challenges:

Just Us Girls #732 - see mood board below, inspired by the colors

Allsorts Challenge #786 - Blooms, Bees & Butterflies (I have the butterflies and bees)

  

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Curio Labels (Grtry)

Ink:   Whisper White, Guava, Peachy, Sunbeam, Royal (SSS), Emerald Envy (SU)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Black

Other:  Curio Summer Findings, Curio Divider & Details, Curio Cover Die (Grtry), Black Sharpie, White Gel Pen, Pearls

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Curio Labels (Grtry)

Ink:   Whisper White, Guava, Peachy, Sunbeam, Royal (SSS), Emerald Envy (SU)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Black

Other:  Curio Summer Findings, Curio Divider & Details (Grtry), Regency Swirls EF (Gemini), Black Sharpie, White Gel Pen

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