Botanical Birthday

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My sweet and talented friend Loll is celebrating with the gals at

Seize the Birthday.  I had to join the fun!

I knew my botanical prints would work well with the option of neutrals.

I've pressed some Nandina leaves between sheets of watercolor paper with my Big Shot.

It leaves behind a soft imprint of the leaves.  

All it needed was a little framing and an embossed piece that was just waiting

for a card.

Challenges:

Krafty Chicks - CAS

Seize the Birthday - Birthday card with option of Neutrals Only

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Easy Expressions Original (Ton)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Watercolor (Strathmore), Kraft, Black, Neenah Natural

Other:  Nandina Leaves, Pinewood Planks EF (SU), Easy Expressions Original Die (Ton)

Enjoy!

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More Botanicals for CAS Mix Up

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Have you tried using nature on your cards yet?

There's a lovely gallery of examples at CAS Mix Up.

Here's two more.

For these cards, I plucked the end of a branch from my arborvitae,

put it between two pieces of watercolor paper and put it through my big shot.

That yielded two pressed pieces and I thought a pretty cardinal would work nice on one.

The cardinal has been cut from Real Red card stock and I've sponged Cherry Cobbler ink

along the edges of both pieces.  His "mask" and beak were colored with markers. 

I decided to add some watercolor to the other one.

And it became a lovely Christmas tree for this alcohol inked ornament that had some

foil rubbed on the sticky places.

Now you can see that foil.

My mixed media are Botanical Prints, Watercoloring, Stamping, Die Cutting and

 Alcohol Ink with Foiling

There's still time to find some of nature's bounty and use it on a card.

There are tutorial links at the challenge site and some awesome inspiration

from our Design Team.

The CAS Mix Up Challenge ends on the 24th.

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Season's Wishes (PB)

Ink:   Christmas Pine (GKD), Cherry Cobbler (SU)

Paper:  Watercolor (Arches cold press), Neenah Natural, Christmas Pine (GKD), Primitive Cream (MFT) 

Other:  Arborvitae, Small Cardinal Set Die (Dee's Distinctively), Holiday Greens Mini Die (TH), Subtle EF (SU)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Scribbly Christmas (TH)

Ink:   Rustic Wilderness (DI for watercolor, DOX for sentiment)

Paper:   Watercolor (Arches cold press), Primitive Cream (MFT), Yupo

Other: Arborvitae, Alcohol Ink, Deco Foil, Classic Ornament Die (MB)

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Fall Botanicals for CAS Mix Up

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Is it starting to look like Fall in your neck of the woods?

The leaves are just beginning to turn here.

I have some leaves from last Fall though.  Some are pressed and

one preserved with VersaMark and clear embossing powder.

We don't get the vibrant colors of the northern states.  We see more yellow, gold and rust

mixed with lots of burgundy.

I plucked some leaves from our maple tree and pressed some between two

pieces of heavy cardstock using my Big Shot.  The bottom leaf shows that well.

As I said before, I pressed the little leaf in VersaMark and then heat embossed with

clear embossing powder.

Challenges:

CAS Mix Up - Botanical Prints with stamping, die cutting and heat embossing

Cardz 4 Guys - Autumn Colors Birthday

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Bitty Birthday Wishes (MFT), Forever Fern (SU-dots)

Ink:   VersaMark, Hello Honey

Paper:   Neenah, Linen, Blackberry Bliss

Other:  Maple Leaves, Big Shot, Clear EP, White EP, Stitched Rectangles (SSS)

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Using Nature for CAS Mix Up

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I'm ready for Fall.  How about you?

I'm hosting at CAS Mix Up this month and I want us to use

things from nature on our cards. Go to your garden and pick leaves or flowers

and use them to make art.

I used Heather's gel print leaves technique with a maple leaf.

My mixed media are die cutting, dry embossing, heat embossing and

of course stamping.

I can't wait for you to see what our fabulous Design Team and Guest Designer, Izzy

have done. You'll get lots of inspiration there and more links to 

techniques using botanical prints.

Hope to see you in the gallery at CAS Mix Up!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Snippets (PB)

Ink:   Cajun Craze (SU)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Neenah 60 lb white, Brass Foil (SU)

Other:  Maple Leaf, Gel Plate, Liquitex Acrylic Paint (yellow, red), Frantage Chunky Gold EP (Stampendous), Grape Leaves Die (?), Stitched Square Die (SSS), Corner Rounder Punch, Subtle EF (SU)

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Gelli Print Leaves

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Last week the very talented Heather Telford shared a video technique

using a Gel Plate, Acrylic paint and Leaves from her garden.

I loved her results both on this post and here and decided to give it a try.

I was thrilled with the results.

I have very few colors of acrylic paint (but more are on the way).

With my limited colors and some leaves from my lantana plant,

I was able to get some good results.  A first for me with a gelli plate!

Thanks so much, Heather for sharing your awesome talent with us!

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Snippets (PB), Fun Birthday Sentiments (HLS)

Ink:   Garden Green (SU), Field Day (MFT)

Paper:   Neenah, Field Day (MFT)

Other:  Gel Press, Acrylic paint (Plaid, Apple Barrel, Leaves, Leaf Die (MFT)