Bloom with Hope for a New Challenge

My friend Loll is hosting a new CAS challenge over at
Happy Little Stampers


The January CAS challenge is



I love watercolouring and just happened to have some pieces
in my UFO box that needed a home.

Here's one from the Bloom with Hope set.

My UFO boxes box is overflowing.

I'm hoping to put a dent in them it this month.

I hope you'll check out this challenge and join in.

There's already some beauties in the gallery and some awesome samples!

Thanks for the visit.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  Bloom with Hope, Blooming with Kindness

Ink:  Brushed Corduroy (Distress Ink), Chocolate Chip

Paper:  Watercolor (Strathmore)

Other: Watercolors (Koi), Aqua Painter

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Bloom with Hope for Fall

I'm busily preparing for a Christmas Stamp Stack

but I wanted to share this little flower.

The image was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black and colored

with the Rich Razzleberry and Old Olive Blendabilities.

The Spellbinder ovals were a birthday present.

Aren't they pretty?

I love how one fits so perfectly into the other.

The sassy bow was going to go at the bottom of the flower

but a smudge changed my mind.

LOL, I hope you don't mind asymmetrical placement!

It seems like I do a lot more smudges lately!

Addicted to Stamps

has a CAS challenge this week.

Simon Says Wednesday

says Anything Goes

Splitcoast Stampers CAS

is honoring Brenda (aka tessaduck)

This is the card I CASEd.

That's all for today.  I need to finish setting up.

Here's a peek at the Stamp Stack cards.

One of these cards is a CASE of this card by Sue Joyce.

I'm glad you could stop by.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  Bloom with Hope

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:  Whisper White, Blackberry Bliss

Other: Blendabilites (Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive), Vintage Wallpaper EF (retired), Opulent Ovals Dies (Spellbinders), Blackberry Bliss Ribbon

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Bloom with Hope for Queen Dini

I haven't played with the Queen for the Day challenge in quite a while.

It's nice this week to be able to stamp a bit.

This week's Queen is Dini, SCS Artist in Residence.

Wow, what a gallery!

I chose this gorgeous card to CASE (Copy And Share Everything).

I did a little bit of masking and a lot of coloring with the Blendabilities.

I even tried to mix color families.

I like the look.

Hope you do too.

I added a bit of softness to the background by lightly sponging 

Soft Sky around the flowers.

Addicted to Stamps

is having a CAS week.

I hope this is CAS enough.

And I'm entering again in the

Mixed Media Challenge

Besides stamps and ink I colored with 

alcohol markers and water marker,

sponged background and added ribbon for texture.

Thanks for stopping by.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  Bloom with Hope (Hostess set)

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Soft Sky

Paper:  Hello Honey, Whisper White

Other:  Blendabilities (Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, Old Olive sets), Stampin' Sponge, SU Marker (Chocolate Chip), Summer Starfruit Ribbon, Simply Scored

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Bloom with Hope for Loll

My good friend Loll (Stamping with Loll)

is celebrating her birthday.

Happy Birthday again, my friend.

One of the first cards that I saw of Loll's was lollipops.

This single daisy reminded me of a lollipop

so it had Loll's name on it right away.

I stamped the daisy (it's from a new Stampin' Up! hostess set)

with Smoky Slate and colored the center with a 

Daffodil Delight Stampin' Write Marker.

I cut out the flower and the stem

and placed it on my embossed piece with dimensionals.

Then I added some glue over the center and filled it with 

Faux Flower Soft.

The twine is some crochet cotton (the thickest I could find)

that has been dragged through some Gesso.

I let it dry on wax paper and wind on an empty ribbon spool.

I love how it molds easily with my fingers.

The partial embossing is something I saw recently on the Internet.

I usually save these things, but I can't find it now.

If you recognize this as your technique, please let me know

and I'll credit you with it.

I placed some painter's tape on my embossing folder, 

using 2 pieces to measure about 1 1/2"

Using tab 1, I put the edge of the cutting plates even

with the bottom of the tape

and ran it through my Big Shot.

Then I repeated the process for the top section.

I love how it leaves a clean spot for the sentiment.

Loll is the hostess for the

Addicted to CAS challenge 

I know it's a stretch, but this daisy has a sunny yellow center.

So I'm going to enter this over there.

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge

says

 ANYTHING GOES

The flower is from a snippet

so I can go to

Pixies Snippet Playground

and check out the ducks.

Addicted to Stamps

is doing

ANYTHING GOES 

They had a birthday last week.

a belated Happy Birthday ladies!

I'm so glad you could stop by.

And a very happy birthday, Loll.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  Bloom with Hope

Ink:  Smoky Slate, Pear Pizzazz, SU Marker (Daffodil Delight)

Paper:  110# Solar White (Neena), Whisper White

Other:  Square Lattice EF, Crochet Thread (stiffened with Gesso)

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted.

Bloom with Hope One Layer Watercolor

This is for a special Paper Players Challenge this week.

They're celebrating their 200th challenge!

Well, I guess it's not really a birthday.

The challenge this week is

create a new project based on any one of the challenges presented by our DT

I chose two for this card.

First is Ann Schach's challenge.

        

also Jaydee's challenge

There's some beautiful cards by the DT.

And the winner of this week's challenge gets all these gorgeous DT cards!

And at Splitcoaststampers, the CAS challenge this week is honoring 

Harriet Skelly.

I've been an admirer of Harriet's cards for a long time.

This is the card that was my inspiration.

I'm so glad you could stop by.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  Bloom with Hope (Hostess set), Blooming with Kindness

Ink: Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink (Tim Holtz), Early Espresso

Paper:  Strathmore 140# cold pressed

Other:  Sakura Koi Watercolors, Needlepoint Border EF (retired)

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted