Birthday Candles

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Just Us Girls has a fun mood board this week and one of the Design Team,

Bobby CASEd a card I'd made.  So I thought I'd CASE her back.

I die cut the candles from Neenah Solar White and colored with Copics.  The

background was embossed and popped up with foam.

You can't really see it in the photo, but I die cut a scrap strip of Neenah with a

curve die and embossed it with swirls to look like icing.  I placed the candles

on the "cake" with dimensional strips, and cut the Happy Birthday sentiment to

finish it off.

Challenges:

AAA Colourful #13 - See badge below

Can You Handle the Pressure - Used an embossing folder with twist of masculine

Just Us Girls #763 - Inspired by patterns, colors and candles

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Poppy Parade

Other:  Candles die (Frantic Stamper), Copics (Y15, Y18, YR15, YR07, R29, YG07, BG18), Happy Birthday EF (Cuttlebug), So Swirly EF (SU), Happy Birthday die (SSS), Happy Wafer Die (SSS)

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Birthday Candles

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Happy Birthday/Anniversary to Darlene and Diane of Double D fame.

Their challenge is celebrating 9 years.  I've given them a candle to grow on.

These candle dies have been sitting in my NBUS box for way too long.

I've die cut the candles from Neenah Solar White and brushed Simon Says Stamp

Pawsitively Saturated Ink in various colors.  There's a solid die in the set and the candle

flame so I cut those out of the Neenah too.

After coloring the candles, I used the leftover ink on the brushes to add a

stenciled background.

Challenges:

Double D - Birthday or Anniversary

NBUS #70 - Never Before Used Schtuff

Seize the Birthday #297 - Use something new

Stencil Fun - Did not us the Winter option

 

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Friendship Messages (SSS)

Ink:   Cadette, Fairway, Amethyst, Guava, Sherbet, Sunbeam, Citrus (SSS), Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Neenah Solar White

Other:  Patterned Birthday Candles Dies (Frantic Stamper), Square Dance Stencil (Artsploratons)

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Hummingbird for Color Hues

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I used a NBUS die from Dee's Distinctively and a print making technique

to make this card.

I cut the bird from Arches cold press watercolor paper and laid it on a piece

of Mixed Media while I did some messy watercoloring.  I love how it leaves some

matching colors for an Impressionist background.

I colored the bird with the colors from Color Hues and winked his wings to

give the feeling of movement.  To finish I added a die cut

hibiscus for the hummer to zoom in on.

The textured background is the inside of the cover from a mixed media pad.

Challenges:

Color Hues #41 - Aqua & Red

Krafty Chicks #612 - CAS week

NBUS - Never Before Used Schtuff (hummingbird & hibiscus die)

  

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Sketched Flowers (SSS)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Watercolor (Arches cold press), Mixed Media (Strathmore), Mixed Media Pad Cover

Other:  Hummingbird 2 die (Dee's Distinctively), Aloha Hibiscus die (Frantic Stamper), Re-inkers (Pool Party, Real Red), Black Sharpie, White Nuvo Crystal Drops

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Gingham Trees

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I have another twofer and just skidding in under the wire for 

one challenge.

When I saw the mood board at the Peace on Earth Christmas Challenge #3, I

knew I had to play along.

I had a couple of pieces of decorative paper in black and white checks and

a fun tree die that needed to see some action.

While looking for something to use for a background, I found this piece of

stencil monoprint in my background basket that worked great.

After I had die cut the stitched rectangle from it, I thought the leftover piece

would be perfect as a frame for another stencil monoprint that must have been

a first pull because it was darker.

So here's the twofer...

I think I like this one better.

Challenges:

CAS Mix Up - Stencil Monoprint

Peace on Earth Christmas - ATG Christmas (I used the mood board for inspiration)

Stamplorations Stencil Challenge - Must use a stencil

  

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Botanical Blocks IV (PTI)

Ink:   VersaMark, VersaFine Onyx Black

Paper:   Neenah, MM (Strathmore), Black, DSP (SU)

Other:  Christmas Trees 1 (Stamplorations/Sanns Lippert), Tall Pine Trees Die (Frantic Stamper), Cheery Cardinals Die (PS), Mini Slimline Double Stitched Die (Kat Scrappiness)

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Happy Haunting

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A little Halloween fun.

This is a really easy way to do a background.  I used colored cardstock and

stamped one of the grunge stamps with VersaMark.

I hope you get treats and not tricks!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Gorgeous Grunge (ret. SU), Sacred Tree (Lavinia)

Ink:   VersaMark, Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Black, Gorgeous Grape, Scraps of So Saffron & White

Other:  Haunted House, Ghost Trio Dies (Frantic Stamper)

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