Chilly and Freezy

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

Chilly and Freezy came to live with me last Christmas and got set aside

into my NBUS box where they waited patiently to come out to play.

I had these backgrounds left over from my Christmas card class and decided that these

fun characters would fit perfectly.

I've die cut and colored all the pieces with Copic markers then popped them on top

of the backgrounds that had been die cut.  We used a circle and brushed with ink for the sky.

On the second card, I stamped the "snow" with a Gorgeous Grunge stamp 

and embossing ink, then embossed with white powder for a snowy look.

One more to use up the backgrounds.  This time I added a sleigh die that's been in my

collection for years.  I cut one layer from darker red and the top layer from bright red.

Challenges:

Christmas Craft Creations - Add a Hat

Christmas Kickstart - Christmassy

Jingle Belles - ATG Christmas

NBUS #57 - Never Before Used Schtuff

Peace on Earth - Inspired by top left

  

Here's a peek at the card we did in the class.

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Christmas Sentiments (PB)

Ink:   Prize Ribbon, Villainous Potion (DI), Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Silver Glimmer

Other: Chilly & Freezy Dies (TH), Copic Markers (C00, C2, , V04, V15, E23, YR14, YR07, B21, B23, C10), Stitched Circle Trees (MB), Infinity Circles (HA), White EP, Star of Wonder Die (MB)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  

Ink:   Prize Ribbon, Villainous Potion (DI), VersaMark

Paper:   Neenah Solar White

Other: Chilly & Freezy Dies (TH), Copic Markers (C00, C2, R29, R29, YG07, YG17, E23, YR14, YR07, C10) , Stitched Circle Trees (MB), Infinity Circles (HA), White EP, Perfect Sentiments Holiday Foil Plate & Die (PFS)

Card Recipe (card 3)

Stamps:  

Ink:   Prize Ribbon, Villainous Potion (DI), VersaMark

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Real Red, Cherry Cobbler, Silver Glimmer

Other: Sleigh Die (Gina Marie), Star of Wonder Die (MB), Stitched Circle Trees (MB), Infinity Circles (HA), Holiday Sentiments 2 Foil Plate (Spl)

  

Enjoy!

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Father's Day

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The background for this card was done with our GO7 Alcohol Ink on Gel Plate technique

from a couple of month's ago.

Since my hubby likes waterfowl, I went with this Lake Loon die and used the gel plate

background for the sky.  The loon was die cut again from a snippet of watercolor paper, 

fussy cut and colored with some watercolor pencils.  Adding another layer to the loon 

added extra depth.

I used a grass embossing folder to add some extra depth to the area around the die cut.

Challenges:

Krafty Chicks - CAS

Simon Says Monday - Masculine

Try it on Tuesday - Birds or Feathers

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Watercolor (Arches), Smoky Slate

Other:  Alcohol Ink (Shell Pink, Sunshine Yellow, Sailboat), 91% Alcohol, Gel Plate, Lake Loon Die (GM), Grass Silhouette EF (Darice), Caran d'ache Supracolor Pencils (Charcoal, Black)

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A Flip Flop Kind of Day

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It's always a flip flop kind of day when you're retired.

Actually I don't usually even bother with the flip flops!

I pulled out a background done with my gel plate and used a piece with a circle 

cut out that was laying on my table and waiting for a home.

The flip flops were die cut from some snippets of decorative paper.

Challenges:

Inspired By - Slip into Something Comfy

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  Flip Flops (IO)

Ink:   Lost Lagoon (ret. SU)

Paper:   Neenah, DP, Gel plate background, Lost Lagoon

Other:  Nested Flip Flops (Gina Marie) Infinity Circles (HA),  Circle Thin Frames (SSS), Subtle EF (ret. SU)

Stencil, Coloring & Die Cuts

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

I've finished my cards from the piece I was coloring in this post.

For this card, I found a piece of alcohol inked background that picked up the violet color

and cut a layered butterfly from it.

The sentiment is gold embossed and mounted with a very narrow edge of gold on

a snippet of the alcohol inked piece.

The second piece made me think of this seahorse.  I did cut him from copper foil

and used a piece of matte copper for the sea grass.

You can see how it shines in the next photo.

I've been trying to color a bit every day but the days seem too short to get photos

and write a blog post too!

Challenges:

10 Day Coloring Challenge - Color everyday

Krafty Chicks #556 - All Occasions (birthday)

 

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Enjoy!

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Banner Sentiments (PTI)

Ink:   WOW Embossing, Tumbled Glass

Paper:   Watercolor (Arches Cold Press), Glossy, Orchid Opulence, Gold Foil

Other:  Floral Stencil (Lavinia), Caran D'ache Supracolor Pencils (Mauve, Turquoise Blue), Alcohol ink, Kaleidoscope & Moonlight Butterfly Dies (MB), Circle Thin Framelits (SSS), Subtle EF (SU)

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   Tumbled Glass

Paper:   Watercolor (Arches Cold Press), Neenah, Copper Foil (SU), Matte Copper Foil (?)

Other: Flora Stencil (Lavinia), Seahorse Die (Gina Marie), Sea Grass Die (?)

Snowy Sleigh Tag

Hello Friends.

I'm back with another tag for
Loll's Twelve Tags of Christmas

My mixed media are stamping, heat embossing, chunky embossing powder, and die cutting.

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Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Christmas Sentiments (PB)

Ink:   WOW Embossing Pad, Whisper White

Paper:   Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler, Champagne Foil (all SU)

Other:  Main Street Pinpoint Tags Die (PS), Sleigh (Gina Marie), Precious Hearts Die (MB), Seam Binding (SU), White EP (SU), Chunky White EP (Frantage)

Reindeer Merry Christmas

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

Another Christmas card today.

This very shiny reindeer is for the Merry Monday challenge this week.

Deanne is hosting and she says "no stamping allowed".

This die had been waiting patiently in my NBUS box for !#??

I used some paper that I had been hoarding too.

The die cut and mat are from a beautiful Anna Griffin

metallic paper pad.  It's much shinier than it looks in the photo

but you can see some of the pattern.

The textured paper is from another paper pad.  It's very thin

but has lovely texture.

The reindeer has another cardstock layer behind for extra body.

A Quick and CAS (QACAS) card!

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Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  None

Ink:   None

Paper:   Neenah, Anna Griffin, Recollections

Other:  Reindeer Merry Christmas Die (GM)

Leaping Reindeer

Hello dear friends.

I have another Christmas card to share today.

I used Loll's Tissue Paper technique.

I didn't add any color to the white tissue paper, just scrunched it up and glued it onto white cardstock.

After lightly adding some VersaMark on the wrinkles, I heat embossed it with gold.

The picture doesn't show the shine of the embossing.

CAS Mix Up is easy this month.

I've done some die cutting and dry embossing along with the tissue and heat embossing.

Challenge closes on the 24th.

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Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Mixed Christmas Sentiments (HLS)

Ink:   Encore Gold

Paper:   Neena Solar White, Gold Foil (SU), Tissue Paper

Other:  Gold EP (SU), Infinity Circles (HA), Jumping Reindeer (Gina Marie), Kars Snowfall EF (ret. Cuttlebug)

Lake Loon Washed

Hello.  Thanks for joining me today.

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

This month I'm hosting the challenge and I chose

I've used stamping, watercolour wash, watercolor painting, salt and heat embossing

I die cut this beautiful loon die from mixed media paper.

I colored details for the cattails and loon with Distress Markers

and an Aqua Painter.

The rest of the piece was washed, wet on wet

I added more color when the piece was just damp and got some blooms.

I think it made it looks more like water.

The background piece was washed and salted.

There are some awesome inspiration pieces at the challenge blog.

Our Design Team have done beautiful work and so has our

Guest Designer, Cathy R.

We've also got lots of videos if you need some technique ideas.

Hope to see you at 

CAS Mix Up

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Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Fun Birthday Messages (HLS)

Ink:   Whisper White (SU)

Paper:   Neena, Mixed Media (S), Basic Black

Other:  Lake Loon Die (GM), White EP (SU), Gansai Tambi Watercolors

Lake Loon

Hello friends.

I hope the week is off to a good start for you.

It's Dare to Get Dirty Challenge time at Splitcoaststampers
and my good friend Nancy is hosting a challenge there.
This is a week long event each year where the past and present Dirty Dozen
members issue challenges to Fan Club members.

There are lots of prizes to be given out.

If you are a member of the SCS Fan Club you can join in
and find the challenge here.

Imagine my surprise when I saw this card by Marcia in the gallery.

I wondered when I had posted that card?  I looked closer and saw that it
wasn't my card at all but we had the same idea.

So I decided to wait and post it later.

The background is  tissue paper that I I spritzed with water and balled up.

I let it dry all balled up and when it was dry, I opened it and dabbed ink
on it with a sponge.

I did a piece with Calypso Coral and Crushed Curry and
another with blues.

Loll had sent me this awesome die cut a while back.
Thank you my friend.

Challenges:

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge  Anything Goes.

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Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Thinking of You (Altenew)

Ink:   Whisper White, Calypso Coral, Crushed Curry (SU), Faded Jeans (DI)

Paper:   Neena, Basic Black (SU), Tissue

Other:  Lake Loon Die (Gina Marie), White EP (SU)