Lemons

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The last week we had lots of much needed rain and very little sunshine.

So I have another sunshiny card.

I used some lemon dies from Papertrey Ink and a sweet piece of gingham 

patterned paper that was a gift from a friend.

I used different flowers than were in the die set.  I thought these were better

for the scale of this card.

Challenges:

Double D - Fruit

Four Seasons - Summer (See Mood Board below)

Love Those Pretty Papers - Use patterned paper

 

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   Sunbeam (SSS), Gumball Green (ret SU)

Paper:   Neenah, Yellow Gingham (?), Lemon Drop (GKD), Cinnamon Cider (SU), Watercolor Note Card (ret SU)

Other:  Lemon Blossom dies (PTI), Seaside Wishes small starfish die (SU), Ruffles & Dashes dies (CP), Blossom Punch, 1/8” Circle Punch, 1/4 scallop circle punch, Wild Wood dies (PTI)

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Cheerful and Brighter Days

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Recently two friends had surgery.

I had been playing with some new Alex Syberia die sets and pulled

out another set that's just a little bit older, and they seemed to be just

the ticket for feel better cards.

For this first card, I paired the new to me Winter Foliage dies with that sweet bird from 

the Cheerful Meadow set.

The foliage was cut from white cardstock and the ink was brushed on with

blender brushes.  The bird was cut from mixed media paper and watercolored 

with Distress Ink.

For the second card, I used the same bird die and a sweet rainbow.  All were

cut from mixed media paper and watercolored with Distress Re-inkers.

I wish you cheerful, brighter days too.

Challenges:

Double D - Potpourri (see mood board below.  I was inspired by the rainbow & arches.

NBUS #88 - Never Before Used Schtuff (This is a special month at NBUS! Be sure to check it out)

Triple B - ATG Birds, Butterflies & Blooms (didn't use the phot inspiration)

 

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  From my Heart (Stampendous)

Ink:   Dried Marigold, Abandoned Coral, Rustic Wilderness (DI), Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore), Neenah Solar White

Other:  Cheerful Meadow dies, Winter Foliage (AS), Regency Swirls EF (Gemini), Stitched Hexagons dies (MB)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Weather Together (ret SU)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore), Neenah Solar White

Other:  Quirky Rainbow dies, Cheerful Meadow dies (AS), Distress Re-inkers

 Enjoy!

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Little Guy

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

I hope you've had a nice week and have a good weekend on tap.

This card was done with an image that a sweet friend stamped and sent to me a

couple years ago.  I pulled out some Zigs and colored it.  The background is kind of

free handed.  Nothing special but a fun image to color.

Challenges:

Double D - Watercolor

Cardz for Guys #385 - CAS

  

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Little Guy (PB)

Ink:   VersaMark

Paper:   Watercolor (Canson), Neenah Solar White, Black

Other: Zigs, White EP, Triangle Pattern EF (PB)

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Easter Bunnies

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Easter's on it's way!

I think these Alex Siberia bunnies are so cute!

There are other critter dies in this set.  I'm anxious to use them too.

We have brown bunnies in our yard.  Hubby feeds them Cheerios and

they will hop up to him to get them.  These bunnies were cut from white

cardstock and colored with Distress Ink and a finger dauber.

I used a cover plate die for the background.  The label is from a retired Stampin'

Up set and the sentiment is by Papertrey Ink (PTI).

Here's another card that I did with friends last week.

I think this one was everyone's favorite!

Challenges:

A Cut Above - ATG using die cuts

Double D  - Easter/Church/Cross

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Just Sentiments: Easter (PTI)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black, Brushed Corduroy (DI), Fresh Freesia (SU)

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Soft Seafoam

Other:  Cheerful Meadow Die (AS), Bright Butterflies die (SSS), Flower Garden Fancy die (HA)

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Love Bookmark

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I usually read on my Kindle and don't need bookmarks, but I do use actual books

for my Bible and study books.  I love having a pretty bookmark to save my place.

These backgrounds were done by blowing colored bubbles in a cup and dipping the

cardstock into the bubbles.  You can read more about this technique on this post.

I made one for each of my small group study partners.  They were very well received.

Challenges:

Double D - Bookmarks or stamps

Penny Black Saturday - ATG using Penny Black

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Delicate Florals (PB), Faith (PB)

Ink:   Versafine Clair Nocturne, Distress Inks

Paper:   Neenah Solar White

Other:  Ornate Tag Topper Punch (ret SU), Corner Rounder Punch (Fiskars), Ranger Fineliners, Bubbles

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Vintage Valentines

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I seldom do vintage or shabby chic cards.  I don't know why because I think they're 

so pretty and feminine.  When I saw the mood board for the Double D Challenge,

I knew I wanted to give it a try.

I pulled some light pink cardstock from the misc. drawer and embossed

it with a script embossing folder.  The heart was cut from a retired SU die set from

Speckled Eggshell cardstock that I thought had a vintage feel.

Some more French script was stamped lightly on the heart and the edges were

brushed with light pink ink.

I stamped this sweet rosebud on mixed media paper and colored with Distress re-inkers.  

When it was dry, I used the die to cut it out. It's a reminder to me of how much I enjoy watercolor.

I thought about brushing the edges of the pink background but I was happy

with it and decided to leave that off.  I hope it's still vintage looking or shabby chic.

While the stamps with the script were out, I spotted this bird stamp and decided

to make another card in this style.

I used a different embossing folder and more stamping on the heart.  I colored

the stamped flowers with pencils and added a few branches. The bird was stamped

with Memento ink. Then I used my waterbrush to add some inks to color him up.

He was fussy cut and added to the front.

Since I have three daughters, I thought it would be a good idea to do another

card in this style...

This time I pulled out a 3D flower that I did years ago. I thought the colors were

just right.

Challenges:

Double D - Vintage or Shabby Chic

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Winsomely (PB), Vintage Ephemera (W9)

Ink:   Sahara Sand, Spun Sugar

Paper:  Blush Blossom (ret SU), Mixed Media (Strathmore), Speckled Eggshell (LF) 

Other: Winsomely die (PB), Sweet & Sassy Framelits (ret SU), Heartfelt die (PB), Distress re-inkers (Spun Sugar, Picked Raspberry, Peeled Paint, Forest Moss), Large Words EF (Kwan Crafts), Doily

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Vintage Ephemera (W9), Vintage Garden (SSS), Butterfly Basics (SU)

Ink:   Memento Gray Flannel, Going Gray, Sahara Sand, Soft Seafoam (SU), Spun Sugar (DI)

Paper:  Blush Blossom, Mixed Media, Speckled Egg 

Other:  Sweet & Sassy Framelits, Dainty Leaves die (Alt), Doily

Card Recipe (card 3)

Stamps:  Rosemal Reflections (Grtry)

Ink:   Spun Sugar (DI), Sahara Sand, Soft Suede (SU)

Paper:   Blush Blossom, Speckled Egg

Other:  Rosemal Reflections EF (Grtry), Double Stitched Heart die (Unity), Flower Punches (?)

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Happy Birthday Double D

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

I've been having lots of fun playing with some Christmas presents.

The Rosemal collection really caught my eye and I asked Santa for it for my

Christmas gift.  I'm so glad he complied!

The embossing is amazing and you know how much I love my embossing folders.

 The flowers were cut from mixed media paper and colored with re-inkers.

I love all the details and dimension that the die cut pieces add!

Happy Birthday Double D!

It doesn't seem like it could be TEN YEARS that we've been enjoying 

Darlene and Diane's Double D Challenge!

Thank you for ten years of fun, ladies.  I hope there will be many more years

of challenges from you!

Challenges:

Double D - Tenth Birthday (woot woot)

NBUS #82 - Never Before Used Schtuff

 

The balloons in the top left were my inspiration.  The sweet pink flowers on the white balloon and white and gold balloons in the bouquet really spoke to me. 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Rosemal Reflections (Grtry)

Ink:   Encore Gold

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Mixed Media (Fabriano), Matte Gold (SSS), Tickled Pink (MFT)

Other:  Capsule Basics die, Rosemal Reflections EF, Rosemal Reflections Details die, Regency Bows 1 die (all Greetery), Distress re-inkers

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The Snow Notes Tour

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The Snow Notes are at it again.  They're on tour and singing their 

hearts out to wish everyone a Merry Christmas.

 

I spent so much time with these guys that I feel like I should name them. LOL.

Each one uses a piece of decorative paper in the background.

    

  

and look at what my friend Jan did for a Christmas present for another friend.

It's in a shadow box so there's lots of texture and dimension.

See that little guy with the snowballs?  She finished it off with a snowball splatted on the tree

and a stack of snowballs ready to be thrown.  Didn't she do a great job?

Challenges:

Christmas Kickstart #105 - Something Christmasy

Double D - Santa or Snowman

Jingle Belles - Anything Christmas

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Simple Strips Christmas (TE)

Ink:   Encore Gold

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Scrapbook Customs Christmas Watercolor

Other:  The Snow Notes dies (SB), Copic (COO), Gold EP, Border Builders dies (LI OOB))

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Thankful Fantasy Bouquet

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

I was able to combine a couple of NBUS from my stash and get them

on a card.

I want to play more with these flower dies.

I hope I can squeeze out some time.

Challenges:

Double D - Fall Colors

The Flower Challenge #108 - Thanks

NBUS #80 - Never Before Used Schtuff

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   Tangerine Tango, Real Red, Old Olive, Mossy Meadow

Paper:   Very Vanilla, Neenah Solar White, Gold Matte Foil (SSS)

Other:  Fantasy Bouquet dies (SSS), Luxe Backdrop & Border EF (SB), Mini Slimline Double Stitched dies (Kat Scrapiness), Words of Gratitude die (PB)

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More Autumn Herbarium

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

I don't know when I've had more fun playing with new products!

There isn't much color in our trees so I'm getting my "Fall fix" on cards.

You know how much I love embossing folders and I've colored the embossing on

more than one card.  Having a stamp and stencil to go with the embossing is

a brilliant idea IMHO.

The stamp is just the veins and stems of each leaf.  On this card, I stamped with

Memento Toffee Crunch ink so it wouldn't be too dark.

I still have trouble getting the stencils to always line up perfectly and found

that embossing before I colored helped.

I used blending brushes and Distress ink to add the color through the stencils, and

pretty much used the colors that the Greetery samples used.  (There are 3 stencils.)

I was glad that I got the coordinating Oblong Octagon Labels stamps and dies

and heat embossed one of the stamped frames and sentiment on vellum.

Some dimensional strips behind the frame has it popped up for a bit more dimension.

Another sample of inspiration that they had showed the stamping heat embossed

and I thought it made a very elegant card.  So I did this one...

Unfortunately I needed a sympathy card for a guy.  This one fit the bill nicely.

I did this is several colors so my stock of sympathy and thinking of you cards is

looking good for guys.  Hopefully they will stay in my stash for a long time!

Challenges:

Double D - Use Halloween Colors

Cardz 4 Guyz #378 - Autumn Fall

Just Us Girls #797 - Mood Board - inspired by the Fall leaves

 

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Autumn Herbarium (Grtry), Oblong Octagon Labels (Grtry)

Ink:   Memento Toffee Crunch, Wild Honey, Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Rusty Hinge, Crackling Campfire, Pine Needles, Vintage Photo (DI)

Paper:   Neenah Natural, Vellum

Other:  Autumn Herbarium EF & Stencils (Grtry), Oblong Octagon Labels die (Grtry), Gold EP, Foam Strips

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Autumn Herbarium (Grtry), Oblong Octagon Labels (Grtry)

Ink:   Encore Gold

Paper:   Shaded Spruce, Neenah Natural

Other:  Autumn Herbarium EF (Grtry), Oblong Octagon Labels die (Grtry), Gold EP

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