The Flowers and the Bees

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Some of my sweet, sweet friends shared their Betterpress images with me.

I love coloring them and it's a good day when I can pull one out.

This time it's an Altenew image colored with Tombow Markers.

After I colored it and die cut it, I realized that the design had way too much on 

the top and not enough on the bottom.

I tried my hummingbird dies but they were either too big or facing the wrong direction.

Then I thought of bees.

After searching my stash, I landed on these bees from the Greetery.

Life IS beautiful with friends like you.

Challenges:

Just Us Girls #823 - Word Week

Inkspirational #367 - Visual Prompt (Flowers)

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Dainty Flower Garden Pressplate (Alt)

Ink:   Betterpress Black

Paper:   Betterpress Porcelain, Neenah Solar White

Other:  Tombow Markers (055, 985, 126, 245, 723, 817), Curved Cap Pinpoint Layers Dies (MB), Curio Summer Findings (Greetery)

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Easter Egg

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Easter is almost here.

I used my largest egg die to cut this Easter ornament and embossed it.

I have a stencil for the embossed flower.  I need more practice inking through

a stencil and lining the sets up.

A little sponging around the edges and an inked bow finish it off.

Challenges:

AAA #311 - CAS with something that begins with E

Can You Handle the Pressure - Use embossing folder

Inkspirational #364 - CAS with option of something that begins with E

Just Us Girls #817 - Die week - Easter or Spring

Simply Clean & Simple - CAS card

 

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   Lemonade, Sunbeam, Citrus, Pearfection, Field (SSS)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White

Other:  Vintage Lace EF & Stencil (Alt), Subtle EF (ret SU), Half a Dozen Eggs die (MB), Easter die (StudioKatia)

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Berried Cottoneaster

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This past week I've taken a dive into my stencils.  It was mainly because I was 

invited to Seize the Birthday as a Surprise Party Guest and the challenge is A CAS card

using a stencil.  This was my first try and it would have worked fine except that I was

careless when I went back to emboss again after coloring and got a crease on the

front of the card.

Hence the sentiment layers.  They work to cover up the boo boo, but took 

some of the clean and simple out of the card front.

The photo doesn't show the texture from the embossing.  That's my favorite part of this card.

Lucky me that Lisa at Just Us Girls is asking for Anything Goes with a stencil.

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Special Sentiments (PB)

Ink:   Early Espresso (SU), Spiced Marmalade, Barn Door, Aged Mahogany, Mowed Lawn, Forest Moss, Vintage Photo (DI)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Early Espresso

Other:  Berried Cottoneaster EF & Stencil (Alt)

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Birthday Poppies

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I'm still trying to get through my NBUS box.  It seems that I take 2 steps forward

and 3 steps back.

For this card I used a stamp and die set that a treasured friend sent me for my birthday.

She knows how much I like poppies!

I stamped the layered stamps on watercolor paper and blended the colors with

a waterbrush and Distress re-inkers used as watercolors.  I love the intense color

I was able to get.

I embossed a piece of Naturals White cardstock with my linen embossing folder.

Die cut the watercolored poppies and popped them on the embossed panel.

A foiled sentiment finishes it off.

Challenges:

Krafty Chicks #786 - CAS

NBUS #78 - Never Before Used Sctuff

Seize the Birthday #313 - Use Embossing

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Poppy Fields (EH &ALT), PP It's Your Day

Ink:   Toffee Crunch

Paper:  Watercolor (Arches HP), Black, Naturals cardstock

Other:  Poppy Fields dies (EH & ALT), Morning Blossom die (SSS for stems), Burlap EF (HB), Distress re-inkers (Peeled Paint, Mustard Seed, Candied Apple, Barn Door), White Foil

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Take Care

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

I have ignored my Betterpress for too long.

But before I press more, or buy more plates, I need to color all those

pieces I've already pressed and some that friends have shared with me too.

This was at the top of the pile.  The hummingbird was pressed on a leftover

piece of Betterpress paper.  After I colored him, I fussy cut him out and popped

him up for added dimension.

I love coloring on this Betterpress paper!  It takes the water so well and

works as well with Copics.

Challenges:

Triple B - I have birds and blooms.

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Hummingbird Nectar PP (Alt), Sentiment (Alt)

Ink:   BP Black, Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   BP Porcelain, Black, Neenah Solar White

Other:  Arteza Twimarkers (Ruby Red, Moss Green, Lemon Yellow, Apple Green, Fern Green, Raspberry Red), Essential Arches Dies (SB)

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Sweet Friendship

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

I did some more strawberry cards while I had that die set out.

The strawberries were cut from mixed media paper and colored with Stampin' Up inkpads.

I smoosh the ink into the inside of the cover and pick up with my waterbrush.

I used a white gel pen to lighten the seeds and then topped them off with a

Neon Yellow Sharpie.

And one more....

This time I cut them from a light green cardstock and used blending brushes to

add color.  A touch with a barely damp waterbrush blends the color. 

I've had this burlap die in my NBUS box for who knows how long!

It has finally made it's debut.

This sentiment stamp was inked with markers, huffed and thankfully

stamped well first try.

Challenges:

Just Us Girls #774 - Word Week - Fruit

NBUS #74 - Never Before Used Schtuff 

Word Power - Make the sentiment the focus

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

 

 

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Faith (PB)

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

Paper: Mixed Media (Strathmore), Neenah Solar White

Other:  Strawberries (Elizabeth Craft), Reflections - Numbers 6 Die (PTI), White Gel Pen, Neon Yellow Sharpie

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Banner Sentiments (PTI)

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

Paper:   Soft Seafoam, Crumb Cake, Naturals Ivory

Other:  Strawberries (EC), Burlap Die (Alt), White Gel Pen, Neon Yellow Sharpie, SU Markers (Baked Brown Sugar, Real Red)

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Floating Frames

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This month the Group of Seven Cardmakers tried a Floating Frames Technique.

Here's what I came up with...

I used this video tutorial for my cards by stamping, coloring and die cutting these

NBUS flowers.  I arranged them around the framed sentiment and added them

with dimensional dots.  I probably shouldn't have popped up the sentiment, but

it's not coming off!

Then I used a large stamp, stencil and die set for a second card.

I started coloring through a stencil with a pink blending brush then added a little 

extra color.  I'm not sure what the first color was, but the main color of ink is 

listed below.  Once it was colored and die cut, I cut a piece out of the center

so I could use it as a frame which I added it to the card front with a piece of 

foam behind the flowers.

The piece that was cut out of the center didn't go to waste. I embossed it then

layered it up and added to a die cut that I've had for years and not shown any love f

or almost as many years. 

There's another video at the Group of Seven site and lots of awesome

inspiration from my friends.  I hope you'll check it out and if you want to 

make a card using this technique, we'd love for you to add it to the gallery.

Challenges:

Group of Seven Cardmakers - Floating Frames

NBUS #71 - Never Before Used Schtuff - Love Blooms

Just Us Girls #764 - Anything goes stencil

 

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Love Blooms (PB), Special Sentiments (PB)

Ink:   Shadow Gray Archival, Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore), Neenah Solar White

Other:  Zigs (025 Pink, 026 Lt Pink, 045 Pale Green, 041, Lt Green, Caran d'ache Supracolor pencil (Dk Carmine), Classy Frames (PB), Dimensionals

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Fragrant Florals (Alt)

Ink:   Archival Shadow Gray, Versafine Onyx Black, Bubblegum, Carnation, Pearfection, Field (SSS)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Black

Other:  Fragrant Florals Die & Stencil (Alt), Infinity Circles (HA), Circle Thin Frames (SSS), Dimensionals

Card Recipe (card 3)

Stamps:  Fragrant Florals (Alt), 

Ink:   Archival Shadow Gray, Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Black

Other:  Fragrant Florals Stencil, Die & EF (Alt), Amira Flourish Die (ret MB), Sending Die (SSS), Double Stitched Circles (LI), Infinity Circles (HA), Waffled Diamonds EF (Alt)

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In the Pink

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I have some more pink flowers for The Flower Challenge.

I stamped, stenciled and die cut these flowers and popped the panel up

for some interest.  There was just enough room to add this simple sentiment.

The butterfly landed on the flowers and spread some gold punched "sprinkles".

Challenges:

The Flower Challenge #99 - Feature the Colour Pink

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:   

Other:  

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Yellow Roses

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On this card, I've used the stamp set that my friend lent to me.

I'm going to be singing The Yellow Rose of Texas all day now.

I stamped the flowers on Mixed Media paper with Warm Glow ink and colored

with Zigs and my trusty waterbrush.

For the background, I used a new to me embossing folder that a sweet friend

recently sent to me.  Thank you, my friend.

The narrow panel was embossed with the Subtle embossing folder.  It's a shame

that it's retired now!  I've added a slightly larger piece of linen patterned paper to

peek out from each side.

The yellow "splatters" are stamped and the black done with a Micron pen.

Darnell's I.D.E.A.S. inspiration this week is Embossing Folders for week three of the month.

Challenges:

The Flower Challenge #92 - Use the sketch below

Time Out Challenge #265 - Quote below

 

  

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Garden Rose (Alt), Snippets (PB), Splatters (?)

Ink:   Warm Glow (GKD), Crushed Curry, Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:  Mixed Media (Strathmore), Neenah Solar White, Linen PP (Doodlebug)

Other:  Garden Rose Die (Alt), Checkered Scallops EF (Spl), Zigs (yellow, mustard, May Green, Deep Green)

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Take a Page

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As a former librarian, it's hard for me to tear a page out of a book.

But I bought this little book from a thrift shop for just such an occasion.

The gals from Double D have weddings in mind and ask for three from the old poem, Something old, Something new, Something borrowed, Something blue.

I had just borrowed the Rose Garden Craft Your Life set from a friend and used the

embossing folder for my background.  Something old is the page from a book,

and I die cut a butterfly from a piece of blue toned alcohol inked Yupo.

I had the idea for using the book page from the Try it on Tuesday challenge.

Challenges:

Double D - Pick Three from Old, New, Borrowed, Blue (I chose Old, Borrowed and Blue)

Triple B - ATG Birds, Butterflies and Blooms (Butterfly)

Try it on Tuesday - Book Pages

 



 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:   Naturals Ivory, Neenah Solar White, Yupo

Other:  Garden Rose Craft Your Life EF (Alt), Dreamy Butterfly (MB), Alcohol Ink (Laguna, Glacier), Nesting Slim Labels (Alt), Gift Book

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Smile

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Challenges:

Krafty Chicks - Use Stamps

Time Out #265 - Quote "There are always flowers for those who want to see them." Henri Matisse

Try it on Tuesday - Emboss (both heat and dry)

  

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Sweet Spray (Alt/Scrapbook.com), Happy Snippets (PB)

Ink:   Whisper White, Crushed Curry, Pistachio Pudding

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Daffodil Delight

Other: White EP, Detail Blending Tools (Ranger), Dainty Leaves Die (Alt), Pinpoint Main St Tags (PS), Corner Rounder Punch (Fiscars)

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