More Cardinals

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

I found some colored cardinals in my UFO box and thought it was about time

to get them on some cards.

This is a stamp from Impression Obsession which sadly has gone out of business.

I stamped with black ink and colored with Copics and added a very light wash of 

Tumbled Glass re-inker in background.

I added some chunky Frantage heated from below the paper for some

falling snow.

This time I cut the image with a tag die and embossed it with a textured

embossing folder.  A quick card that can be used for Christmas or beyond.

Challenges:

Just Us Girls #801 - Word Week - Winter

Krafty Chicks #794 - Christmas

 

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Season's Gifts (PB), Snowy Branch Cardinal (IO OOB)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Black

Other:  Copics (R24, R29, R39, YR38, YR14, E23), Red & Brown Sharpies, Chunky White Frantage 

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Snowy Branch Cardinal (IO OOB), Festive Snippets (PB)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Kraft

Other:  Copics (R24, R29, R39, YR38, YR14, E23), Red & Brown Sharpies, Tasteful Texture EF (SU), Nesting Slim Labels die (Alt)

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Season's Greetings

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

Tis the season for snow.

I hope we see some here in central NC.

This may be the only way I see snow this season.

I've die cut a rectangle and embossed a piece of blue cardstock.

To get a snowy look, I lightly dragged a white inkpad over the embossed trees.

Some chunky white embossing powder sprinkled on and heated from the back

created some snow.

The birches were added to the inside of the frame and the frame has been

popped up a bit on foam so I could add a piece of acetate and some snowy sequins.

The foam doesn't have a lot of depth so the shakers are kind of stuck, but that's okay.

It won't require extra postage to mail.

Challenges:

Can You Handle the Pressure - ATG Using Embossing Folder with option of Winter

Card Recipe

Stamps:  BP Merry & Bright Plate (SB)

Ink:   Whisper White    

Paper:   Baja Breeze, Neenah Solar White, Real Red

Other:  Double Pierced Rectangle (AE), Birches Die (IO), Tall Pines EF (SSS), Chunky White Frantage

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Two Turtle Doves

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

I have a couple more Christmas cards to share today.  The company that the dove dies

came from sadly closed this week.

The background was made by smooshing Distress Ink and water on

mixed media paper.  The colors I used are below in the card recipe.

I've stamped and heat embossed some leaves and colored them in with 

Rustic Wilderness Distress Ink.

The doves were cut from textured cardstock that has a slight sheen to it

and I used some die cut sentiments from my stash.

And a twofer....

Challenges:

ABC Christmas - Y is for Your favorite colors (Teal)

Triple B - Birds (Did not go by the beautiful mood board)

 

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Stronger Together (SSS), Easy Holiday Expressions (Ton)

Ink:   Whisper White, Mermaid Lagoon, Uncharted Mariner, Twisted Citron, Rustic Wilderness (DI)

Paper:  Mixed Media, Neenah Solar White, Textured White, Glimmer 

Other: Mat Stacks 3, Layering Mat Stacks 3 (PTI), Doves (IO), Stitched Cover Plate (PTI), White EP

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Stronger Together (SSS)

Ink:   Whisper White, Mermaid Lagoon, Uncharted Mariner, Twisted Citron, Rustic Wilderness (DI)

Paper:  Mixed Media, Neenah Solar White, Textured White, Glimmer 

Other: Mat Stacks 3, Layering Mat Stacks 3 (PTI), Doves (IO), Geo Screen 3D EF (SB), White EP, Perfect Sentiments Holiday Foil Plate (PFS), Gold Foil

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Shake Rattle and Roll

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

I have another Halloween card to share with you today.

We used these stamps in the last class and it was fun hearing the giggles.

The skeletons were stamped and heat embossed with clear powder. 

Blending brushes and ink did the background and a white gel pen took care of their eyes.

The sentiment was centered on their cards but this one got off center for some

reason, so I added a musical note that was included in the set.

The bats were stamped but not embossed.  I got a smudge on the background

so I stamped two more bats to cover that up.

I didn't take a picture of the inside, but it says "Do the Halloween BOO-gie.

I love the sentiments in this set as much as the dancing skeletons!

Here's the card we did in class...

It has a spider web embossed in the background.

Challenges:

Color Hues #96 - Purple and Orange

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Skeleton Boogie (IO), Ghostly, Halloween Labels (HamptonArts)

Ink:   Nocturne (VC), Tangerine, Gorgeous Grape (SU)

Paper:   Linen, Neenah Solar White, Black

Other:  Clear EP, White Gel Pen

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Smile

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

I've had fun with these little birds and you'll be seeing them again very soon.

They've been stamped with Copic Friendly ink and colored with Copic Markers.

The patterned paper was in a package a sweet friend sent.  I love that yellow plaid!

Challenges:

Just Us Girls #718 - Collaboration with Time Out #259 - Birds

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Three Little Birds (IO), Simple Strips Background (TE)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Yellow Plaid PP (gift)

Other:  Perfect Polka Dots EF (ret SU), Copics

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Follow Your Heart

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

I will apologize in advance.  This is from a retired stamp.

My friend Julia sent me a beautiful birthday card last year that had this quote on it.

What wonderful words to live by!

I've been hunting for the stamp since then and finally found it on Ebay.

I am excited to say that it is the real thing and didn't look like it had ever been used.

The magnolias were in my UFO box and almost made it into the trash.  But they worked

great as a background for the lovely quote. 

The magnolias were stamped with Memento Toffee Crunch ink and colored with Zigs.

The quote was stamped with Versafine Onyx Black and heat embossed with clear powder.

This seems so appropriate right now as the magnolias (tulip trees) are in full bloom.

Something new and beautiful opens up each day in the spring.

Challenges:

Krafty Chicks #706 - Stamps

Word Power #3 - Making the sentiment the focus of the card

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Follow Your Heart (ret IO), Magnolia Blossoms (MFT)

Ink:   Memento Toffee Crunch, Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Mixed Media, Neenah Solar White, Black

Other:  Zigs (28 Pale Pink, 81 Lt. Violet, 64 Oatmeal, 51 Lemon Yellow), Clear EP

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Boo

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

Halloween is just around the corner!

This little card has a little bit of everything.

I stamped the image and colored with Copics, Die cut a frame and a liner for the frame

along with a spider web and Boo.  The frame has been embossed with a very old

spider web embossing folder.

I think this cat is scared of that spider!

Challenges:

Can You Handle the Pressure - ATG using Embossing Folder/Twist of Spooky

NBUS - Never Before Used Schtuff (Stamp set)

Tic Tac Toe #230 - Middle Row (Autumn Colors, Die Cut, Frame)

Two Old Bats Halloween - ATG Halloween

 

  

Card Recipe

Stamps:  August Limited Edition (Impression Obsession)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Black

Other:  Copics (V15, E23, C0, N3, N5, Y15, YR14, YR15, YR18, YR07), Spider Web EF (Sizzix), Stitched Circle Die (OOB), Spooky Boo (Spl)

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Praise

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

No card today.  Just a song of praise.

The background was done long ago with watercolor crayons and needed something

to complete it.

This silhouette stamp needed some love and I had the perfect sentiment to go with her.

Recipe

Stamps:  Praise Silhouette (ret IO), Songbird (Inky antics)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Watercolor (Arches cold press)

Other:  Watercolor Crayons (ret SU), Black Marker (for filling in silhouette that didn't stamp well on watercolor paper)

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Winter Barn Merry Christmas

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

Hopefully I'm not going to miss the deadline for the Peace on Earth Challenge.

Time sure flies!

I stamped this retired stamp with Archival ink and used Distress Markers and my 

waterbrush to color.  I started light and kept building up color until I had the depth 

of color I wanted.

For the moon, I punched a 3/4" circle and colored around it. I added a light wash of

Scattered Straw to add some glow.

I used a very sharp watercolor pencil in black to add some definition to the tree and 

windmill.  Some Chunky White Frantage added a little snow flurry.  

Finally, I fashioned a tiny wreath with a snowflake stamp and tiny paper punch and

a stamped sentiment finished it off.

Challenges:

Peace on Earth #46 - Inspired by mood board

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Winter Barn (ret Serendipity), Merry Christmas (ret IO)

Ink:   Archival Watering Can, Fired Brick, Hickory Smoke, Iced Spruce, Chipped Sapphire, Scattered Straw (DM), Versafine Onyx Black 

Paper:  Mixed Media (Strathmore 400 series), Night of Navy (SU), Neenah Solar White

Other:  Caran d'ache Supracolor Pencil (Ivory Black), Chunky White Frantage (Stampendous), White Gel Pen

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Three Little Birds

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

When I was designing for a class, I tried different color combinations

with this fun stamp.  I ended up using the colors from the second card and the

layout from the first.  So the no go's ended up here.

I love blue and yellow together and I'm not sure why this didn't make a go.

I think I didn't have enough of this color cardstock for a group.

I had a lot of this cardstock and I'm trying to get my stash down since I lost a drawer in my

file cabinet.

I've stamped and heat embossed the design to make it easy to watercolor by picking

up ink from the lids of the inkpads with a damp waterbrush.

I'll add sentiments when I'm ready to send these.  My snippet stamps will work 

well on them.

Challenges:

Can You Handle the Pressure - ATG using embossing folder (no twist)

Triple B July - Birds, Butterflies & Blooms

 

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Three Little Birds (IO)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black, Dapper Denim, Crushed Curry, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie (SU)

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore 400 series), Crushed Curry, Dapper Denim, Neenah Solar Whtie

Other:  Black EP, Subtle EF (ret SU)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Three Little Birds (IO)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black, Lost Lagoon, Calypso Coral, Gumball Green, Daffodil Delight (SU)

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore 400 series), Lost Lagoon, Calypso Coral (SU), Neenah Solar White

Other:  Black EF, Leafy EF (Spl), Black Ultra Fine Sharpie

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Graduation

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

We have a special graduate this year.

He graduated from high school Summa Cum Laude and we were bowled over when we saw

that he was giving the Farewell Address.  He makes us proud!

Now for the card info...

This is a monarch size slimline card (7.25" x 3.75")

I have cut it so 1 1/2" folds up from the bottom to hold some cash.

His High School Colors match up with his College colors so it was pretty easy

to decide what color to go with.

And for our neighbor who is also graduating from High School...

 

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Wonderful Words (ret SU)

Ink:   Encore Gold

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Real Red, Night of Navy, Snippet of Gold Foil

Other:  Slimline Confetti Background Hot Foil Plate (Spl), Gold Foil (Spl), Mortar Board & Scroll Dies (IO)

Card Recipe  (card 2)

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:   Call Me Clover (SU), Neenah Solar White, Black

Other:  Slimline Confetti Background Hot Foil Plate (Spl), Speckled Prism Foil (Spl), Timeless Type Alphabet Sizzlet (Siz), Mortarboard & Scroll Dies (IO)

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Fluffy Chick

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

Sharing some fun cards today...

This is actually the second card I made. I stamped this gal with Pool Party ink

and used a damp waterbrush to pull the ink into the feathers. When it was dry,

I restamped with gray Archival ink.

Then I gave her a pedicure and some "lipstick".

And the first card I made....

seemed impossible for me to get good photos with all that shine and sparkle!  

This fluffy gal is aqua and the photo wants to show her more blue.

I've inked this stamp with Distress Ink on watercolor paper, then pulled the color

from the outline with a damp brush.  After blending the color, I stamped again in Archival Ink

to define the feathers a little more.

I wasn't happy with how I colored her feet, so I made her some funky shoes. LOL!

I hope she'll bring a smile to a sweet friend.

Challenges:

Color Hues #65 - Red & Aqua

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Fluffy Chicken 1 (IO), Happy Snippets (PB)

Ink:   Pool Party (SU), Shadow Gray Archival

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Watercolor (Alt), Pool Party, Real Red  (SU)

Other:  Ultra Fine Red Sharpie, Sending Die (SSS), Wonky Stitched Rectangle Die (MFT)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Fluffy Chicken 1 (IO), Banner Sentiments (PB)

Ink:   Broken China (DI), Peacock Feathers (DOX), Shadow Gray Archival

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Watercolor (TH), Red Foil (?)

Other:  Sending Die (SSS), Caran d'ache Supracolor Pencils, Lt. Green, Turquoise Blue), Wonky Stitched Rectangle Die (MFT)

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