Word Week for Just Us Girls

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

I'm back as Guest Designer at Just Us Girls and it's Word Week.

What's the word?

I love putting frames on my cards!

This frame layout is a CASE of Jean's card (Studio JD).

I loved her off set frame!

The bird die was a birthday present from a special friend.

I die cut the cardinal from Mixed Media paper and watercolored using re-innkers.

I could have made it into a Christmas card but decided to go for a summer card

for my sister-in-law who loves anything cardinal.

Challenges:

Just us Girls #739 - Frame

Four Seasons - ATG Summer

Time Out Challenges #269 - "It's always Summer somewhere"

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:  Speckled Egg, Real Red, Cherry Cobbler, Pumpkin Pie Re-inkers (SU), Peeled Paint Re-inker (DI), Brushed Corduroy Marker (DI)  

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore), Arches Cold Press

Other:  Tweet Cardinal (SB), Sealed Birds (SB), Stitched REctangles (SSS), Gold Foil Pearls (SK)

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Seize the Birthday Tic Tac Toe

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I'm excited to be Guest Designing today with the fabulous team from

Seize the Birthday.

The challenge this time is a Tic Tac Toe board.

I chose a diagonal column: Stripes, Clean & Simple, Sentiment without the word birthday

I had die cut this arched piece from a smooshed piece for a different card and didn't use it

so it was laying on the table.  Same thing for the fern. They kind of fell together and

looked good so that was a good starting point.

I wanted to keep this CAS and needed stripes, so I found a stiped embossing folder

and had textured stripes for the background.

The fern looked a bit lonely so I die cut some flowers and colored them

to take the stage with the fern.

The sentiment was easy since this plate presses and the die cuts a group of

birthday sentiments at the same time.  I have a box full of various 

foiled and pressed birthday sentiments.

Thank you for the invitation.  It's always a pleasure to join you.

Let's go see what the talented designers did at

Seize the Birthday

Card Recipe

Stamps:  BP Cheers to You (foiled)

Ink:   Pumice Stone (smooshing), Peeled Paint, Rustic Wilderness, Wilted Violet, Villianous Potion (DI)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White

Other:  Essential Arches (SB) Sword Fern Die (SSS), Wildflower Stems #2 (TH), Stripes EF (ret SU)

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Cosmos Bouquet

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This Cosmos die has been hanging out in my NBUS box for far too long!

When I saw Vicky's Tic Tac Toe board, I knew it was time to get it out.

I die cut three cosmos and used three colors of ink for the flowers; yellow, darker yellow, 

pink, and a combination of them for the third flower.

I thought they needed some greenery for contrast and die cut my favorite SSS

leaf die to go with the flowers.  I ink blended three shades of green on them.

The little bee was sitting on my desk, leftover from a previous card and he

buzzed over to check out these flowers.

Burlap embossing and a bit of twine finished this card.

Challenges:

Tic Tac Toe #250 - (left hand column Friendship, Die Cuts, Ink Blend)

NBUS - (Never Before Used Schtuff)

Darnell's I.D.E.A.S. - Week one Ink (Did ink blending on the die cuts)

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Friendship Messages (SSS)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black, Sunbeam, Citrus, Guava, Pearfection, Field Pine)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Daffodil Delight

Other:  Cosmos Stem, Privet Branch (SSS), Burlap EF (Honeybee)

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Two Blossoms on a Doily

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

I let Darnell's I.D.E.A.S. challenge slip by yesterday.

Mondays come around way too fast!

Anyway, the third Monday is Embossing Folders which I have a lot of and

love an excuse to play with them.

I die cut two of these Morning Blossom flowers from white cardstock and used

blending brushes and Simon Says Pawsitively Saturated inks to color them.

This doily embossing folder makes such a deep impression!

Thanks for giving me an excuse to pull out an old favorite embossing folder, Darnell.

Challenges:

Can You Handle the Pressure - Embossing (no twist of bling)

Darnell's I.D.E.A.S. - Embossing 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Amaryllis (TT)

Ink:   Lemonade, Sunbeam, Citrine, Guava, Cheecky, Cappuccino, Flower Colors left on brushes

Paper:   Neenah Solar White

Other:  Doily 3D EF (TH), Morning Blossom Die (SSS), Fit to be Tied Die (Grty)  

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Pair of Ferns

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

I love the detail on this die from Simon Says Stamp.

I cut one fern from Soft Seafoam cardstock and the other from vellum.

Using a finger sponge dauber, I added some Distress Oxide to darken the die cuts, 

leaving the vellum fern lighter.

The embossed background works so well with these die cuts.

And a die cut sentiment finishes off this card for an anniversary.

And it works equally well with a copper die cut sentiment.

Challenges:

Color Hues #79 - Copper & Green

Krafty Chicks #699 - CAS week

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   Rustic Wilderness (DOX)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Garden Green, Vellum, Gold Foil, Copper Foil

Other:  Sword Fern Die (SSS), Fern 3D EF (SU), Let's Have a Word Love (Greetery), Sentimental Die (AE)

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The Hummingbirds are Back

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

I've got a couple more hummingbird cards to share.

I used the same lattice card design as the previous hummer, this time adding some

different flowers.

First up are flowers from the Sealed Collection.

For this card I die cut 2 lily blooms shaped one and added on top with dimensional.

I added a leafy branch and another wildflower.

We've been watching a pair of hummingbirds coming to feast on our lantana.

They aren't this bright, but so tiny and sweet.

Challenges:

Simon Says Monday - Take Flight

Tic Tac Toe #225-  Diagonal row Ink Blending, Die Cuts, Leaves

 

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  

Ink:   SSS Pawsitively Saturated Ink Cubes (Greens), Primrose Petals, Real Red (SU)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White

Other: Delicate Florals Hummingbirds (Spl), Sealed Wildflowers (Spl), Dandelion Yellow Nuvo Drops, Vine Canopy 3D EF (SSS)

 Card Recipe ( card 2)

Stamps:  

Ink:  SSS Pawsitively Saturated Ink Cubes (Greens), Primrose Petals, Real Red (SU)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White

Other: Delicate Florals Hummingbirds (Spl),Privet Branch Die (SSS), Wildflower Stems #2 die (TH)

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Leafy Bird

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I don't think it's a surprise the I like birds!

Whether they are outside or in the studio, they are among my favorite blessings.

I had this embossed background laying on my table since the 3D Embossing Folder

arrived.  I wasn't sure what I'd do with it.  I think it would be beautiful colored.

But I decided to keep it plain and color some NBUS Spellbinder die cuts to go with it.

The bird was colored with Distress Markers and spread with a waterbrush.

The leaves were colored with a blending brush and ink.

I trimmed it down and used the same colors to brush ink on a leftover strip of

watercolor paper to add a bit of contrast to the background.

I am loving these Scripted Die cuts and need to do some more. 

It's very handy to have some cut and ready to go!

Challenges:

Spellbinders August Clubs Inspiration Roundup - 3D Embossing Folder

NBUS #53 - Never Before Used Schtuff - 3D Embossing Folder, Bird Die, Leafy Die

Seize the Birthday #268 - ATG Birthday (no musical topping)

Try it on Tuesday - Let's Go Outside

    

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   Rusty Hinge, Brushed Corduroy (DM), Sprout, Pearfection, Field, Sherbet (SSS)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Watercolor (Arches CP), Gold Foil, Vellum

Other:  3D Stylized Floral (Spl August Club), Leafy Sprig, Little Chickadee, Yana's Scripted Sentiments (Spl), Everyday Sentiments Glimmer Plate, Gold Foil (Spl)

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Hummingbird Watercolor

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

I'm still playing with Bibi's Hummingbirds and having lots of fun doing it.

This time I cut it out of Mixed Media paper and watercolored with Distress Ink

and a waterbrush.  I kept this one duller than my previous hummingbird for

a more natural look. 

I found the background in my background box and used a similar pink ink to stamp

some flowers on the splotch.  If you look closely, you can see some abstract flowers

the bird is dipping into.  I used a Quickie Glue pen to add some outlines and dots

then burnished Deco Foil over the glue.  You can see some of the gold below.

I held my breath when stamping the sentiment, even though I used my MISTI.

The font is small but stamped crisply.  Whew!

I hope you experience at least one moment that takes your breath away today.

Challenges:

Simply Clean & Simple - CAS cards option of Outdoors

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Passionate (PB), Out on a Limb Sentiments (PTI)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black, Peeled Paint, Twisted Citron, Picked Raspberry (DI)

Paper:   Mixed Media, Black

Other:  Delicate Floral Hummingbird Dies (Spl), Quickie Glue Pen, Deco Foil

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Yellow Magnolia

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

I have a new die...

and with the Color Hues challenge being yellow and green (two of my favorite colors),

I Googled to see if magnolias came in yellow.  They do. 

So I die cut the flowers and branch from mixed media paper and used Distress Markers

and my waterbrush to color all the pieces.

When coloring the leaves and flowers, I laid the pieces on another piece of mixed 

media paper and did a sloppy watercoloring going over the edges onto the

piece in the background.  It gives an interesting background and the colors are perfect.

Then I looked at all those pieces and was stumped as to where they all went.

Fortunately there are some illustrations online that act as a roadmap and I've

got to say that although these flowers are pretty without all the extra little pieces, they are

amazing with them. And I was quite proud of myself that I could find all the pieces!

Challenges:

Color Hues - Yellow & Green

Double D - Color (yellow)

Memory Box Outside the Box #96 - Die-namic cards

NBUS #51 - Never Before Used Schtuff

 

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Friendship Messages (SSS)

Ink:   Crumb Cake, Twisted Citron, Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed, Brushed Corduroy (DM)

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore), So Saffron (SU)

Other:  Magnolia Blossom Trio (MB), Magnolia Leaf Branch (MB)

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Purple Alstroemeria

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

It's a busy time around here but I have had time to play with my current favorite flower.

I had seen the Alstroemeria blooms in bouquets but didn't know what it was called

until Simon Says Stamp came out with two dies to "die" for.  I can't decide which I like the best!

This time the large die with the matching 3D embossing folder won out.

I used the embossing folder on purple cardstock and gently daubed white ink over the 

raised parts.  The die cut flower was embossed and gently colored with sponge daubers and

touched with a damp waterbrush.

I used a Supracolor pencil with a very sharp point to color the seed details.  When it was

all colored up, I put it back in the embossing folder for another pass through.

I topped it all off with a gold die cut sentiment that's another current favorite in the studio.

Challenges:

The Flower Challenge #81 - Use Your Favorite Flower

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Flowers

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #212 - Diagonal top left to bottom right (ink blending, free, floral)

Just Us Girls #683 - Word Week "Hello"

 

  

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   Whisper White, Wilted Violet, Peeled Paint

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Gorgeous Grape, Watercolor (Arches Cold Press), Gold Foil

Other:  Alstroemeria Bunch EF & Die (SSS), Yana's Wonderful Scripted Sentiments Dies (Spl), Sponge Daubers, Waterbrush, Gold Gel Pen, Caran d'ache Supracolor Pencil with very sharp point

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Alstoemeria Bunch Happy Birthday

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

I'm back again at Seize the Birthday as their Surprise Party Guest.

Who doesn't love a birthday party!

 

I have used this wonderful 3D Embossing Folder with Die from Simon Says.

I embossed on Neenah Solar White and cut the flower from Fabriano Watercolor paper.

To color, I used Distress Oxide inks and a sponge dauber, then went over the coloring

with a damp waterbrush. It's such an easy way to get that watercolor look!

I had to hunt, but I found a banner die in my stash.  After cutting it, I added a gold

embossed sentiment.

As usual, I overdid it with splatters.  It was an easy fix with the waterbrush and

a little blending over the flower.  I used a gold gel pen to add some gold highlights

to tie in with the banner.

Remember you don't have to use the topping on your birthday card to join the party.

Just be sure that it's a birthday card.  And if you're a topping kind of person, you can add

a birthday banner.  Hope to see you over at Seize the Birthday.

Now let's go see what that awesome Design Team and Guest Designers have done.

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Fun Birthday Sentiments (HLS-OOB)

Ink:   Picked Raspberry, Mowed Lawn, Rustic Wilderness (DOX), Versafine Onyx Black, Encore Gold

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Watercolor (Fabriano Extra White Cold Press)

Other:  Alstroemeria Bunch EF & Die (SSS), Sponge Daubers, Banner Die (?), Gold EP, Gold Gel Pen, Posca Pen for splatters

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