Embossing Paste Play

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This month the Group of Seven Cardmakers made cards using embossing paste.

I chose this stencil that has two branches on it and white embossing paste.

I put a drop of Mint Macaroon re-inker on my craft mat and mixed some embossing

paste into it until the color was smooth and even.

Using a palette knife, I added the paste through the stencil and when it was covered

good, I scraped it smooth with the same knife.

I used the larger branch for this first card and made it into a Dogwood tree.

Our dogwoods are blooming now and so pretty!

The leaves weren't quite dark enough, so I replaced the stencil after the paste

was dry and sponged some darker green ink on the base of the leaves.

The second card was done using the smaller branch and I got some smudges of

embossing paste where they didn't belong.

The wings of this butterfly covered the smudges very well.  It was cut from

a piece of silver sparkle specialty paper that had alcohol ink dripped on top and 

moved around with a puffer.

Smaller flowers made this into a cherry tree or some kind of blooming tree.

I've learned to clean the stencil as soon as I finish with the paste.  I keep a dish of

water in the studio to drop the stencil in when I'm finished.  When I'm ready to take

it to the sink, the paste hasn't hardened on the stencil. And it's very easy to add color

to the paste with re-inkers.

The Group of Seven blogsite has some step by step instructions and a linky.

If you'd like to try this you can add your card and let us know how it worked

for you.

Group of Seven Cardmakers

Challenges:

Just Us Girls #768 - ATG using a stencil

Stencil Fun - ATG using a stencil (Option of splatters. I have stamped splatters on card 1)

The Neglected Stuff - Dogwood die hasn't been used in at least a year

  

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Just Sentiments - Easter (PTI), Splatters (?)

Ink:   Picked Rasperry, Aged Mahogany, Rustic Wilderness (DI)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Shimmer

Other:  Mint Macaroon re-inker, Embossing Paste (Wendy Vecchi), Slimline Gentle Leaves Stencil (TCW), Ribbit Prills, Dogwood Die (Elizabeth Crafts)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Easter Blossoms (ret SU)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black, Primrose Petals

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Pink Pirouette (SU), Silver Sparkle (TH) 

Other:  Slimline Gentle Leaves, Embossing Paste (WV), Potpourri Flower Set (PS), Dreamy Butterfly (MB), Alcohol Ink

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Chocolate Bunny

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Hippity, hoppity, Easter's on it's way.

Challenges:

Four Seasons - Spring

Memory Box #105 - Spring

Tic Tac Toe #243 - Silke's Board (used left hand column (Easter Eggs, Pastel Colors, Grass)

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Springtime Fun (PS)

Ink:   Baked Brown Sugar

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, PP (MS), So Saffron, Crumb Cake, Granny Apple Green (SU), Milk Chocolate (MFT), Granny 

Other:  Wishful Bunny (MB), Woven Basket (MB), Grassland Border, (PS), Stitched Egg Medley (PS), Stitched Rectangle Die (SSS), Bunnies & Bows (ret LI)

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He is Risen

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Wishing you a joyful Easter.

1. Christ the Lord is ris’n today, Alleluia!
   Sons of men and angels say, Alleluia!
   Raise your joys and triumphs high, Alleluia!
   Sing, ye heav’ns, and earth, reply, Alleluia!
2. Lives again our glorious King, Alleluia!
   Where, O death, is now thy sting? Alleluia!
   Once He died our souls to save, Alleluia!
   Where thy victory, O grave? Alleluia!
3. Love’s redeeming work is done, Alleluia!
   Fought the fight, the battle won, Alleluia!
   Death in vain forbids His rise, Alleluia!
   Christ hath opened paradise, Alleluia!
4.                                  Charles Wesley

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Easter Bunnies

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I belong to a Craft Group where five of us gather monthly to do a craft.

This month we played with bunnies.  Here are the three cards that came from 

this playtime.

First up....

With pretty paper behind the cutouts and some sponged sky all framed up

in a mini slimline frame.

and....

A single plaid bunny eyeing the sentiment from my stash.

Finally....

I love this happy die.  The bunnies are frolicking in the tall grass.

I'm not sure what some of these supplies are.  

Challenges:

Inkspirational #286 - Mood Board (Inspired by colors, eggs)

Krafty Chicks - ATG

Tic Tac Toe - Right Column (Die Cuts, Pastel, Easter)

  

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Daisy Daisy

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I've been playing with a NBUS daisy die.

 

For the first card, I die cut with a cover plate and kept all the little pieces intact.

Then I die cut the daisy and fern from cold press watercolor paper to 

smoosh and watercolor. using Zigs.

You may need your sunglasses for the next one!

This daisy was die cut from Neenah Solar White and the stem from cold press 

watercolor paper,  I colored with Zigs and a slightly damp brush on the Neenah.

  The embossed yellow background was in the UFO box and seemed perfect 

for a background for this daisy. The frame was a leftover too.

Now to tone it down a bit...

This time I cut the flower from Bristol paper and the stem from cold press watercolor paper.  

I used the Print Making technique loosely coloring it over a piece of mixed media paper 

letting the color run into background.  Actually the yellow is much lighter IRL.

Challenges:

Double D - Mood Board below

The Flower Challenge #78 - Die Cuts or Stencils

Seize the Birthday - no toppings this time

  

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:   Watercolor (Arches cold press), Neenah Solar White, Daffodil Delight

Other:  Etched Layered Daisy Stem Die (SSS), Zigs CCRBM, Detail Pincushion Cutting Plate (SSS), Sword Fern Die (SSS), Script Easter Die (Studio Katia)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Watercolor (Arches cold press), Daffodil Delight

Other:  Square Lattice EF (ret SU), Etched Layered Daisy Stem die (SSS), Zigs CCRBM, Script Easter Die (SK), Stitched Rectangle Die (SSS), 

Card Recipe (card 3)

Stamps:  Many Everyday Messages (HA)

Ink:   VersaMark

Paper:   Bristol ( Strathmore), Mixed Media (Strathmore) Watercolor (Arches CP), Neenah Desert Storm, Gold Foil

Other:  Etched Layered Daisy Stem Die (SSS), Zig CCRBM, Sword Fern Die (SSS), Happy Die (SSS), Gold EP, Subtle EF (ret SU)

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Easter

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

1. Christ the Lord is ris’n today, Alleluia!
   Sons of men and angels say, Alleluia!
   Raise your joys and triumphs high, Alleluia!
   Sing, ye heav’ns, and earth, reply, Alleluia!
2. Lives again our glorious King, Alleluia!
   Where, O death, is now thy sting? Alleluia!
   Once He died our souls to save, Alleluia!
   Where thy victory, O grave? Alleluia!
3. Love’s redeeming work is done, Alleluia!
   Fought the fight, the battle won, Alleluia!
   Death in vain forbids His rise, Alleluia!
   Christ hath opened paradise, Alleluia!
4.                                  Charles Wesley
5. 
   

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Simply Succulents (SU)

Ink:   Whisper White

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Gorgeous Grape

Other:  Double Pierced Rectangle Die (AE), Large Cross Die (MFT), Small Cross Die (SU), White EP

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Floral Bunny

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This background may look familiar.  It was the background for one of the cards in my last class.

I had some leftovers and added different bunnies and butterflies for fun.

This time I used a Serendipity/IO bunny die.  I've die cut twice from extra heavy cardstock

and watercolor paper so the flowers wouldn't cut completely out.  I watercolored the flowers

then added a bunny with the flowers cut out on top.

Challenges:

Tic Tac Toe - Diagonal (Die Cut, Rabbit, Flowers)

Dies R Us - Flowers/Spring (Bunny die in stock here)

Four Seasons - ANYTHING GOES SPRING

  

Card Recipe

Stamps: Forever Fern, Perpetual Calendar (SU)  

Ink:   Soft Sky, Gumball Green, Crumb Cake (SU)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Natural (MFT), Snippets of colored cardstock

Other:  Timeless Type EF (SU), Bunny Die (Serendipity-IO),  Small Butterfly Punch (SU), Caran d'ache Supracolor pencils  

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Easter Basket

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

Hippity, Hoppity, Easter's on it's way!

The background is from one of the cards in my recent class.  I remembered this basket

die that I've had for ages, cut it from a snippet of brown cardstock and filled it

with some die cut eggs also left over from class.  I die cut some of these sweet

bunnies last year when a friend lent me her die.

It's been a busy couple of weeks with a class and hosting our Craft Group!

Here's the project I had the gals do in Craft Group.

This was my demo.

Sorry I didn't get pictures of everyone's finished project.

They were awesome and each had it's own personality!

Challenges:

Double D - Something with a Handle

Krafty Chicks #604 - Occasions

Snippets Playground #424 - Use snippets (eggs, basket, butterflies and bunny cut from snippets)

  

Card Recipe

Stamps: Forever Fern, Perpetual Calendar (SU)  

Ink:   Soft Sky, Gumball Green, Crumb Cake (SU)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Natural (MFT), Snippets of colored cardstock

Other:  Timeless Type EF (SU), Bunny and Bow Die (TH), Woven Basket Die (MB), Stitched Egg Medley Dies (PS), Small Butterfly Punch (SU) 

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Easter Blessings

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Wishing you a joyous Easter!

He Lives

I serve a risen Savior,
He's in the world today;
I know that He is living,
Whatever men may say;
I see His hand of mercy,
I hear His voice of cheer,
And just the time I need Him
He's always near.

He lives, He lives, Christ Jesus lives 
today!
He walks with me and He talks with me
Along life's narrow way.
He lives, He live, salvation to impart!
You ask me how I know He lives:
He lives within my heart.

In all the world around me
I see His loving care,
And tho my heart grows weary
I never will despair;
I know that He is leading
Thro' all the stormy blast,
The day of His appearing
Will come at last.

He lives, He lives, Christ Jesus lives 
today!
He walks with me and He talks with me
Along life's narrow way.
He lives, He live, salvation to impart!
You ask me how I know He lives:
He lives within my heart.

                                                                           Alfred Henry Ackley

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Memory Box Small Antilles Flowers

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

I've used this pretty Memory Box Die again.

This time I popped it on a piece of embossing and framed it.

It's a softer lilac color but the camera says differently.

and...

I colored it again with DOX inks and slipped it into an egg shaped aperture in

honor of Easter.

The background for the egg is a mop up piece from Gansai Watercolor.  The

script was done by dipping the stamp in the wet color and stamping on

the mop up.

Challenges:

Memory Box Outside the Box - Beautiful Backgrounds 

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  

Ink:   Wilted Violet, Bundled Sage, Peeled Paint (DM)

Paper:   Neenah, Mixed Media (Strathmore 400 series), Lavender Lace (ret. SU)

Other:  Small Antilles Floral Left Corner Die (MB), Gracious Leaves EF (MB), Frame from Delicate Pine Frame Die (MB), Subtle EF (SU)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  French Script (ret. SU)

Ink:   Picked Raspberry, Seedless Preserves, Wilted Violet (DOX), Bundled Sage, Rustic Wilderness (DI)

Paper:   Neenah, Mixed Media (Strathmore 400 series)

Other:  Small Antilles Floral Left Corner Die (MB), Half a Dozen Eggs Die (MB), Square Lattice EF (ret. SU)

Bunnies

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

I had some happy mail a couple of days ago.

I had admired an embossing folder a friend had used and she sent

me a few background pieces.

The cane/basket weave design seemed perfect for these sweet bunnies.

The bunnies are Washi Tape by Alexandra Renke.

I've stuck it on some cardstock and die cut a little rectangle with two of the bunnies.

I'll take these little lovelies over to Inspired By Challenge #166

Flossie got rolled out of bed, but she's getting ready to jump back!

Or maybe she'll chase that butterfly instead.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:  Neenah, Pink Pirouette (SU), Kraft     

Other:  Cane EF (gift), Washi Tape (Alexandra Renke OOS), Frame Die (?), Leaves Dies (?)