Thank you Simon Says

for

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge

THANK YOU

I  experimented with some embossing frames

and was pleasantly surprised at the results.

I did a bit of masking to stamp the ferns

then found a stamped, colored and die cut butterfly in my UFO box.

Stamped a thank you (straight, yay!)

Popped it all on a card base and was done.

Hope you are having a great weekend.

We're trying to get caught up from a few days at the Outer Banks.

Would love to have stayed longer.

Thanks for stopping by.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  Backyard Basics (retired), Butterfly Basics, Gifts of Kindness

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Old Olive,  SU Markers

Paper:  Solar White (Neena), Whisper White

Other:  Perfect Polka Dot EF, Embossing Frames (Darice), Simply Scored, Backyard Basics Framelits (retired)

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

B is for Backyard Basic Butterfly

I enjoyed doing that "watercolor smoosh" technique so much 

that I did another card with it.

This time I smooshed the colors around the edges of where my paper would lay, 

spritzed it and laid the paper on the ink.

I used bright colors but I love the soft look it gave.

I stamped the butterfly with VersaMark ink and embossed with Black EP, 

colored it with Blendabilities, smacked it with VersaMark and clear embossed it.

Makes it look very silky IRL.

After fussy cutting, it was ready to pop in the center of the card front.

Simon Says Monday Challenge

B IS FOR........

I have blue butterfly.

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge

THINGS THAT FLY

A butterfly flies.

Looking forward to seeing butterflies again.

Thanks for the visit.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  Backyard Basics

Ink: Daffodil Delight, Tempting Turquoise, Old Olive

Paper: Tempting Turquoise, Solar White (Neena), Whisper White, Versa mark

Other: Water Spritzer, Coverplate Stitched Die (Papertrey Ink), Black EP, Clear EP, Blendabilities (Coastal Cabanna set)

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Bee Happy

A dear friend sent me some stencils.

I just had to have a play with one of them.

I sponged some Daffodil Delight over some of the stencil

to make the honeycomb.

(Maybe I should have used So Saffron.  It's pretty bright!)

The bee was stamped on vellum with Jet Black StazOn

and cut with the coordinating die.

(Did you notice that this set is being discontinued?) :-(

I colored the bee with markers.

Another entry for
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge
KEEP IT CLEAN AND SIMPLE

Edited to Add
Pixies Snippet Playground is open now.
So I'm taking my happy and bee snippets over.

I'm so glad you came to visit.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  Backyard Basics

Ink:  Jet Black StazOn, Daffodil Delight, SU Markers (Daffodil Delight, Basic Black)

Paper:  Neenah 110#, Basic Black, Paper Vellum

Other:  Honeycomb Stencil, Backyard Basics Framelits, Happy (Simon Says Stamp)

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted.

Backyard Basics for the Queen

I've been so busy preparing for classes that I've hadn't been able to 

participate in the Queen for the Day challenges at SCS.

I hope I can catch up on those that I missed.

Today I have a card for last week's Queen Lori.

She has a wonderful gallery!

I picked this card to CASE.

Here's mine

The flower stamp was inked with Pear Pizzazz and Elegant Eggplant 

and stamped on a snippet of Whisper White.  

After using the blender pen and a swipe of Wisteria Wonder on a plastic lid 

to color the flower, the design was die cut with the matching die.

I inked the stamp again and stamped several times without re-inking

on the background piece.

I'm looking forward to the irises blooming soon.

Thanks for the visit.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Backyard Basics, Teeny, Tiny Wishes

Ink:  SU Markers (Elegant Eggplant, Wisteria Wonder, Pear Pizzazz

Paper:  Wisteria Wonder, Whisper White

Other:  Square Lattice EF, Backyard Basics Framelits

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Backyard Basics Butterfly Stitched

I had some left over sets from my Papercrafting classes last week.

I combined 2 and came up with this.

We used the Modern Mosaic Embossing Folder leaving 1 1/2"  unembossed at the top.

Then we used the Mosaic Punch to create the decorative edge.

Some challenges for this card

Valerie Anne's Butterfly Challenge #3

is A STITCH IN TIME

She wants to see stitching (faux or real) and a butterfly on our projects.

There's real stitching on this ribbon.

It came that way.  I'm so glad!

Curtain Call

gave this as inspiration

Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #87

is MAKE YOUR MARK

I've used markers to color my butterfly.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  Backyard Basics

Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), SU Markers (Baja Breeze (retired), Marina Mist)

Paper:  Midnight Muse, Whisper White

Other:  Modern Mosaic EF, Mosaic Punch, Summer Starfruit Stitched Ribbon

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Backyard Basics in Watercolor

I love the look of watercolor.

I'd really like to be able to do it myself.

So I'm trying.

Sanketi of The Storyteller blog has been inspiring me to try.

She makes the most incredible cards!

There are a lot of other watercolor artists out there that also inspire.

So..........

I made a card from some watercolor paper and inked up this stamp from Backyard Basics

with markers.

Then I squished some ink from inpads and dipped the damp Aqua Painter in the ink 

to color the flower.

I added some accents on the petals with a marker.

Then I tried to splotch some green and yellow around the flower to add a sort of wash.

It looks kind of muddy.

I'll have to work some more on the technique.

But I was happy enough with this to share it.

I added some score lines to the top, rounded the bottom  corners, and added pearls.

Addicted to Stamps and More

is having an ANYTHING GOES challenge.

CAS on Sunday

says COLOR ME PRETTY

I inked the stamp with markers

and colored in the flower with my Aqua Painter

The One Layer Simplicity Challenge

this month is

JUST ADD WATER

Virginia's View

is a new challenge on the block.

Her first challenge is Watercoloring.

She has some wonderful inspiration photos 

and the gallery is full of beautiful watercolored cards.

Stampin' Celebration

has a lovely inspiration this month...

I'm so glad you stopped by!

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps: Backyard Basics, Blooming with Kindness

Ink:  Wisteria Wonder, Pear Pizzazz, Elegant Eggplant, SU Markers Wisteria Wonder, Elegant Eggplant, Pear Pizzazz)

Paper:  Watercolor (Strathmore)

Other:  Aqua Painter, Simply Scored, Basic Pearls

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted