Love Is

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

This card is made up of UFOs (UnFinished Objects)

I've done some white embossing with ink blending over it and matched the bottom layer of the 

die cut flowers and some of the top layer to match.

I shouldn't have placed the flower of the NEVER.  Oops.

"Love never ends"

My UFO box has become boxes and they are overflowing.  I'm hoping to get most (or even

some) on cards in the next month.  Wish me luck!

Challenges:

Freshly Made Sketches - I hope this is close enough.

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - ATG Penny Black

Word Power #1 - Use the Sentiment as the Focus of the design

  

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Love Chapter (PB)

Ink:   Whisper White (SU), Picked Raspberry, Seedless Preserves (DOX)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White

Other:  Gorgeous Gardenia Outline & Back (ret MB), Mini Slimline Double Stitched Die (Kat Scrap), White EP

Enjoy!

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Embossed Embossing

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

This card is the roundabout result of our February Group of Seven Cardmakers technique,

Debossed Inky Resist.

I had some trouble deciphering between the debossing and embossing!

This background piece resulted from tapping VersaMark on the embossed

or raised side after embossing, then heat embossing and smooshing.

(Are you as confused as I am?)

It wasn't what I was supposed to do, but I liked the results.

I added a piece embossed with Neenah Solar White and popped some

watercolored flowers on top.  The little medallion was punched from a leftover

piece of the embossed smooshing.

Challenges:

NBUS #47 - (Never Before Used Schtuff Sealed Wildflower Dies)

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   Speckled Egg, Faded Jeans, Brushed Corduroy, Rustic Wilderness (DI & DOX)

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore), Neenah Solar White, Baked Brown Sugar

Other:  Tile Reflection 3D EF (Spl), White EP, Sealed Wildflowers Dies (Spl), Linen Thread

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Merry and Aqua

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

Just a reminder that there's still time to join in at CAS Mix Up.

Here's a little inspiration for you.

This background was in my UFO box.  I vaguely remember stamping with one of

my friend Nance's background stamp and heat embossing.

It looked like linked Christmas ornaments to me so I took it in that direction

and lightly sponged some Peacock Feathers ink over an area in the middle,

fading out to the edges.

I found a snippet of watercolor smoosh in my background box and die cut an

ornament from it.  The ornament was then covered with Nuvo Crystal Glaze

My mixed media are stamping, heat embossing, sponging (emboss resist), and die cutting.

The challenge this month at CAS Mix Up is for mixed media using

emboss resist.  Our very talented host is Nancy and she and the rest of the team

have some fabulous inspiration cards to share with you on the challenge site.

I used the rest of the watercolor smoosh snippet to cut another ornament for a twofer.

This background was also in my UFO box.   I think this was from Nance too.

This time I added a gold die cut topper and a different die cut Merry.

Challenges:

CAS Mix Up - Emboss resist plus stamping and one other mixed media

Peace on Earth #21 - ATG Christmas (inspired by the mood board below)

Can You Handle the Pressure - ATG with Embossing

  

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Background (?)

Ink:   VersaMark, Peacock Feathers (DI)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Watercolor, Gold Glimmer, Gold Foil, Linen

Other:  Clear EP, Ornaments 2 Die (Elizabeth Craft Designs), Stitched Rectangle Die (SSS), Holiday Words Script Die (TH), Nuvo Crystal Glaze, Gold Twine

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Gold Foil, Watercolor

Other:  Ornaments 2 (Elizabeth Craft Designs), Snowflake Background die (?), Merry Frame die (SSS), Gold Twine

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Blue and Purple

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

I have a couple of cards to share today using some Deep Red stamps.

 

First up is a dragonfly stamped onto patterned paper and cut out.

The paper gave him wings of blue and purple but I added a bit of colored pencils

to his wings to intensify the colors.  I colored the flowers with the same pencils.

To add thickness and shine, I smacked him into a VersaMark pad and used

clear embossing to give him some shine.

Color hues is honoring the memory of a Design Team member who

recently passed away from cancer.  These were her favorite colors and she loved

gardening, flowers and CAS cards.

a twofer.....

This card was stamped with the Butterfly Flourish stamp in black and

clear embossed.  I used blending brushes to add color randomly around the piece.

Such a simple technique that we're using at CAS Mix Up this month.

Another simple technique to add contrast to the edges of the design piece is

to lay the piece on scrap paper and run a Black Sharpie along the edges.

Challenges:

Color Hues #46 - Blue & Purple

CAS Mix Up - Emboss Resist

NBUS #41 - Never Before Used Schtuff (Dragonfly stamp first outing)

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Dragonfly Quatrefoil (Deep Red), Sentiment Strips (Alt.)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black, VersaMark

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Patterned Paper (Ink Drops Vivid-Craft Consortium)

Other:  Rectangle Dies (Waffle Flower), Tasteful Texture EF (SU), Caran d'ache Supracolor Pencils ( 155 Blue Jeans, 111 Mauve, 110 Lilac), Clear EP

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Butterfly Flourish (Deep Red), Happy Snippets (PB)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black, Wilted Violet, Speckled Egg (DI)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White

Other:  Clear EP, White Gelly Roll pen, Blending Brushes, Black Sharpie, Foam Sheet, Tasteful Textile EF (SU)

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Faux Batik Butterflies for CAS Mix Up

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

It's time for a new challenge at CAS Mix Up.

Using Emboss Resist Technique, Stamping, Heat Embossing, Brushos, Sponging and Dry Embossing.

My sweet friend Nancy is hosting this month and she's asking for...

She's added some tutorials on the challenge site if you're not sure

of the technique.

I pulled this piece from my UFO box that had some butterflies embossed

on a Brusho background.  I wasn't happy with the results but didn't hate it enough

to throw it away.  

After watching this video of the Faux Batik technique, I saw a way to save

this piece.

I folded it in several places, scoring as I went along.  Then I flattened it out

and smoothed the folds before adding lots of ink with a blending brush.

When I wiped the excess ink off the butterflies, I was pleasantly surprised!

Another UFO found a home.

Our fabulously talented Design Team has lots of inspiration to share

with you at the CAS Mix Up challenge site.  We are joined this month by

my dear friend Brenda (Inkspired to Stamp) as our Guest Designer.

I hope to see you in the gallery at CAS Mix Up.

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Social Butterfly (PB), Thinking of You (Alt.)

Ink:   Whisper White, Wild Honey, Picked Raspberry, Villainous Potion (DI)

Paper:  Mixed Media (Strathmore), Neenah, Black 

Other:  White EP, Brushos, Mini Slimline Double Stitched Dies (Kat Scrap), Subtle EF (SU)

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Big Blue Butterfly

Hello crafty friends.  I'm so glad you stopped by.

Our talented Marcia is hosting the CAS Watercolour Challenge this month. 

I've stamped this big butterfly with white pigment ink on mixed media paper

and used white embossing powder to heat emboss.

Then I carefully sprinkled Brusho powders on the piece and spritzed with water

using a brush to help move the ink where I wanted it.

It doesn't show in the photo, but the top layer beneath the butterfly is dry embossed

with a Subtle Embossing folder and the sentiment is heat embossed.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Butterfly Trio (PB), Thoughtful Messages (SSS)

Ink:   Whisper White, WOW Embossing pad

Paper:   Neenah, Mixed Media

Other:  White EP (SU), Midnight Teal EP (Lindy's), Subtle EF (SU), Brushos (Cobalt, Turquoise)

Pink Cosmo

Hello crafty friends.  I'm glad you stopped by today!

I had this stamp set out to use the sentiment.  I've used it lots for the sentiment, but

I don't think I'd ever inked the flowers.

They were so much fun to color.  I don't know why it took so long to play with them!

I put the stamp in my MISTI and used a combination of Distress Ink and 

Distress Markers to ink the outline stamp. 

I pulled color into the petals with my waterbrush and added color where 

I needed extra by picking up ink swiped on my palette.

When I was finished coloring, I pulled some of the pink from the edges

of the flowers to create a soft wash.

I used the stamp again by stamping with embossing ink

and heat embossing with white powder.

Then I blended Distress Oxide ink with my brushes (thanks, Trina).

I colored it dark at the top and faded it out toward the bottom to create an

ombre look.

Then I used a damp waterbrush to lift color from the petals.

I loved the soft contrast!

The centers were done with a Copic marker.

At CAS Mix Up the challenge is

The challenge is open until the 24th.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Cosmo (TT)

Ink:   Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick, Picked Raspberry, Aged Mahogany, Crushed Olive, Fossilized Amber, Gathered Twigs (DI and DM), Early Espresso (SU)

Paper:   Mixed Media, Basic Black (SU), Neenah

Other:  

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Cosmo (TT), Banner Sentiments (PB)

Ink:   WOW Embossing Pad, Picked Raspberry (DOX)

Paper:   Neenah

Other:  Damp Waterbrush to remove color, Yellow Copic Marker, Pearl Thread, Dew Drops

Rainbow for CAS Watercolour

Hello and welcome.

It's time for a new challenge at
CAS Watercolour

This month, Loll is hosting the challenge.

How fun is that?

I've had this Ironwork Background stamp for a long time.

It wasn't in my NBUS box, but I don't remember ever using it.

I could be wrong though.

I stamped and heat embossed the image onto Mixed Media paper.

To watercolor, I smooshed some Distress Ink onto a small piece of acetate, 

spritzed with water and pressed it onto the embossed piece.

You can see a tutorial for this on Karen's Snippets Blog.

I repeated this process using different colors and blending them together

a bit with the brush, sometimes drying in between colors.

When it was all dry, I die cut the piece and added the 

Memory Box butterfly and sentiment.

(The black outline butterfly has a solid die cut of vellum  underneath.)

Our Design Team has a beautiful variety of rainbow watercolor cards

to inspire you.  We are joined this month by our talented

Guest Designer, Hannelie (Desert Diva).

Hope we'll see your watercolor rainbows at CAS Watercolour this month.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Ironwork Background (HA), Fun Birthday Sentiments (HLS)

Ink:   Whisper White (SU), Festive Berries, Mustard Seed, Mermaid Lagoon, Picked Raspberry (DI)

Paper:   Mixed Media, Neena, Basic Black, Vellum (SU)

Other:  White EP (SU), Acetate, Water Spritzer, Moonlight & Kaleidoscope Butterfly Dies (MB)

More Rubber Band Technique for CAS Mix Up

Hello! It's the middle of April already!

I hope you are enjoying warm weather and pretty flowers...

and maybe a butterfly or two!

Using Rubber Band Stamping, Heat Embossing, Sponging (Emboss Resist), Stamping and Die Cuts

This card makes me smile!

CAS Mix Up this month is hosted by Julia.

We have some great video tutorial links at the challenge site as well as

wonderful inspiration from our Design Team!

We are joined this month by the very talented Hideko.

For this card, I masked off a section and used VersaMark to ink

my rubber band covered wooden block and heat embossed

with white embossing powder.

I used Distress Ink to sponge some color over the embossing then removed 

any ink from the embossed lines with a piece of paper towel.

To add emphasis to the design, I scored the length of each edge.

A black die cut butterfly with a vellum backing and sentiment finishes this off.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Botanical Silhouettes (PTI)

Ink:   VersaMark, Scattered Straw, Mustard Seed, Worn Lipstick (DI), Onyz Black (Versafine)

Paper:   Neena, Basic Black, Vellum

Other:  Rubber Bands on a wood block, Sponge Daubers, Moonlight & Kaleidoscope Dies (MB), Simply Scored

Promise Me Pink Tulips

Hello, my friends and welcome.

The tulips are pretty much gone by here
but they still flourish in the studio.

I've had this stamp for a while and love it.  When I saw there was a die

to match, I bought it.  Then it sat in the NBUS box for a year or so.

I'm glad I finally got it out.  It works so well with the stamp!

First I die cut the tulips from a piece of mixed media paper cut

quite a bit larger than the die.

Once I had the cutout, I placed the out cut in my MISTI, laid the

stamp into the out cut, and closed the MISTI to set the stamp.

Then I placed the die cut into the out cut piece and it

stamped perfectly.

Sorry if my explanation isn't very clear.  Here's a tutorial on

Splitcoaststampers that may help.

I stamped on my die cut and used a water brush to move the

ink around.  Then stamped again to get the details back.

I have to admit that the stamped and die cut piece got shuffled around

on my work space for a week or two.

When I found this heat embossed script piece, I found a home 

for the die cut.

A little sponging with a damp baby wipe over the embossing

made a nice soft background for the pastel tulips.

A couple of stacked layers of the die cut sentiment and sequins to

balance the design and my table was a little neater!

Penny Black Saturday Challenge: Anything Goes or Spring Flowers 

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Promise Me (PB), French Script (Darkroom Door)

Ink:   Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick, Peeled Paint, Scattered Straw (DI), Whisper White (SU)

Paper:   Neena, Mixed Media

Other:  Promise Me II Die (PB), Hooray Die (PB), White EP (SU)

Snowflake Flourish for CAS Mix Up Reminder

Hello.

We're halfway through the month and nearly to Christmas day.

Using stamping, embossed resist, watercolour, die cut

There's still time to join in at CAS Mix Up where the challenge is

Using stamping, heat embossing, emboss resist technique, watercolor and die cut.

I stamped the Impression Obsession Snow Flourish on a piece of mixed media paper

and heat embossed with white powder.

After letting it cool, I wet the paper, picked up some ink from the lid of a stamp pad
with an Aqua Painter and dropped color on the wet paper.

I love the way the water moves the color around!

I added more color to some spots, mainly in the center of the design
and let it dry.

A die cut frame and sentiment made quick work of finishing the card.

The Design Team and our Guest Designer, Ina (Little Bits of Craft)
have some wonderful inspiration pieces to share with you.

I hope we'll see your creations in the gallery...

Since I have watercolor, I can also add this to the inspiring gallery at
CAS Watercolour

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Snow Flourish (IO), Merry Christmas Messages (HLS)

Ink:   Whisper White, Dapper Denim, Midnight Muse (SU)

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore), Neena Solar White

Other:  White EP (SU), Stitched Squares Die (SSS), Stickers (Stampendous)