Monochrome Special Wish

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

Today I have a non-traditional valentine.

Challenges:

Dies R Us - ATG using any brand that DRU sells (I don't see this particular die in her store but there are some really cute Poppystamp heart dies.

Poppystamps - Monochrome

  

I hope life is going your way this week!

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Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Special Wishes (PB)

Ink:   Bermuda Bay    

Paper:   Neenah, Bermuda Bay

Other:  Stitched Heart Trio Die (PS), Stitched Heart Collage Die (SSS), Square Window Trio Die (Honey Bee)

Clipping Heart Die Cut Stencil

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

It's a rainy day here and I'm looking forward to a day in the studio.

I used the SSS Clipping Heart Die to cut a stencil from a piece of stamping

that was pulled from the trash can.  It's Neenah paper.

You can see that I sponged the pink through the stencil onto my card front 

and also stamped the script in the same color I sponged with.

I die cut again from a clean piece of Neenah, and placed it on the sponged area,

matching up the hearts.

Then I inked up my French Script stamp  with white ink

and stamped it on the overlay and sponged area and heat embossed.

(It's important to make sure the sponging is dry before you do this step.)

There's an outline that I'd die cut with the hearts.  You can see it on the picture above.

I used the white outline over the sponged hearts and the sponged outline

with some patterned paper.

I hope you an follow all this.  It's confusing me as I read it back! LOL!
It doesn't take much to confuse me these days!

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge is With Love

Double D Challenges: Hearts

Krafty Chicks Challenge: Must have Stamping

CAS Mix Up: Make Stencils from Dies

  

 

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Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  French Script (Darkroom Door)

Ink:   Whisper White, Worn Lipstick (DI and DOX)

Paper:   Neenah

Other:  Clipping Heart Die (SSS), White EP, Stitched Rectangle Die (SSS)

Bird of Roses Times Two

Hello friends.  I'm so glad you could stop by today!

I love it when I can use a die two ways.

I really love it when I can use it in the same way (sort of)
and get two different cards.

I die cut this bird from a piece of Brusho and popped him on
another piece of Brusho that had been spritzed with more water.

Then I popped a die cut white bird in the shape left from the first cut.

I attempted to call one an out cut, but I'm never sure which is the cut out

and which is the out cut.

When I Googled it to see which was which, cut out means the piece

cut out and the left over piece.

Now I'm really confused!

Honestly, I haven't been in the wine or the Wodka!

At any rate, I was able to get two cards from that one piece of Brusho background.

CAS Watercolour

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Enjoy!

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Snippets (PB)

Ink:   Pacific Point (SU)

Paper:   Pacific Point, Soft Suede (SU), Mixed Media (St.), Linen Textured

Other:  Brusho (Ost. Blue), Bird of Roses Die (SSS), Pierced Rectangle Die (AE), Woodland Branch Die (MB)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Special Wishes (PB)

Ink:   Tempting Turquoise (SU)

Paper:   Neenah, Mixed Media

Other:  Brusho (Turquoise, Purple), Bird of Roses Die (SSS), Double Pierced Rectangle Die (AE)

Stamping with Distress Crayons

Hello friends and welcome.

There's just over a week left to join in at CAS Mix Up.

Using Stamping, Distress Crayons Watercolor, Splash Watercolor, Die Cuts and Inlaid Die Cuts

I've enjoyed experimenting with Gelatos and Distress Crayons this month.

I'm hosting the challenge this month at

CAS Mix Up 

For this card I colored the stamp with Distress Crayons, spritzed and

stamped onto the die cut then moved the color around with a water brush.

(I used the MISTI to do this.  I explain how to stamp on die cuts on this post.)

I repeated the coloring and spritzing until I was happy with the colors

and removed it from the MISTI.

After it was dry, I added details with a Polychromos Pencil.

I die cut the corner of the out cut from the die and adhered it over

a piece of Splash Watercolor paper that was in my stash of backgrounds.

The flowers were inlaid back into the outcut and the whole thing was

mounted on foam then to the card base.

There are lots of techniques you can do with Gelatos or crayons.
We have links to video tutorials at the challenge site
as well as awesome inspiration pieces by our talented
Guest Designer, Jenny (My Paper Epiphany) and our
wonderful Design Team.


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Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Blooming Garden (PB)

Ink:   

Paper:   Neena, Watercolor (TH)

Other:  Distress Crayons, Mustard Seed, Festive Berries, Peeled Paint (TH), Water Brush, Polychromos Pencil, Field of Dreams Die (PB), Windham Collage Die (MB)

Elegance with Rubber Bands

Hello dear friends and welcome.

Today' I'm sharing another card using Rubber Band Stamping.

Using Rubber Band Technique, Inlaid Die Cuts, Watercolor and Stamping.

We're having a lot of fun using rubber bands for stamping thanks to 

Julia, who is hosting CAS Mix Up this month.

If you're unsure of this technique, check out the challenge site. 

There are videos that will show how to do it.

Let me warn you, it is addictive!

First I die cut this beautiful flower from a piece of Mixed Media Paper.

I used re-inkers in my pallette with a water brush to color the die cut flower.

While the flower was drying, I put thin rubber bands around a discard wood block,

inked it with Antique Linen Distress Ink and stamped around the outcut. 

When the watercolor was dry, I popped it back in the outcut and 

layered it onto a card.

I had a little glitter dot, a gift from The Foiled Fox with an order,

and I popped it over the center of the flower.

4 Crafty Chicks #397 -  Flowers

AAA Cards CAS Game #112 - Favourite Technique (Watercolor Die Cuts)

Take It Make It Challenge at Craft Stampers Magazine - Anything Goes

Time Out Challenge #106 - Inspired by all that yellow

  

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Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Enjoy (PB)

Ink:   Antique Linen (DI), Crushed Curry,Wild Wasabi (SU), Vintage Sepia (Versafine)

Paper:   Daffodil Delight (SU), Rustic Cream (PTI), Mixed Media (ST)

Other:  Elegance Die (PB), Rubber Bands on block, Glitter Spot (FF)

Inlaid Flower Dance

Hi.

How are you today?

This die is called "Shall We Dance"
It looks like these flowers are dancing in the wind doesn't it?

The die was cut from some mixed media paper
and watercolored with Distress markers and my Aqua Painter.

Wilted Violet seems to be my favorite color right now.

After watercoloring, I inlaid it back in the negative, stamped a
sentiment, adhered it to some foam and to the card front.

Oh, I added a few splatters, pearls and a butterfly too.

This was a birthday card for my special friend, Loll
and she finally received it.
It started out early and became belated.

Challenges

Penny Black Saturday Challenge FLOWERS      

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  Beautiful Butterflies (PTI)

Ink:   VersaFine Onyx Black, Distress Markers (Wilted Violet, Peeled Paint)

Paper:   Neena, Mixed Media (Strathmore)

Other:  Shall We Dance Die (PB), Leavenworth Butterfly Trio (MB)

Flowers for CAS Watercolour

It's time for another challenge at

CAS Watercolour

Here's the challenge for this month.

When I was a little girl, I remember picking wild violets from the yard
and proudly taking a bouquet to my Mom for Mother's Day.
This die reminds me of those little violets.

After die cutting the violets, I sponged ink on them and spritzed with water,
then moved the ink with a brush to get the shading I wanted.

While the violets were drying, I smooshed the piece I'd cut from
into some watered down Tumbled Glass and Salty Ocean.

When it was all dry, I fit the violets back into the out cut
and finished the card.

We have an awesome Guest Designer this month, Mac Mable (Sweetest of Peas).

She and the Design Team have some awesome inspiration for you.

On a sad note, we are saying a fond farewell to Harriet, who has
added so much to our Design Team.  We are sorry to say goodbye, Harriet,
and hope you'll come back to visit often.

It just so happens that the Poppystamps Challenge is
FLOWER POWER

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Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps: French Script (retired SU) 

Ink:   Lavender Lace (retired SU), Wilted Violet, Mowed Lawn, Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean (Distress)

Paper:   Neena (110 lb.), Lavender Lace (retired SU), Watercolor (Arches 140 lb. cold press)

Other:  Darling Viola (PS), Die-Namics Double Stitch Oval Die (MFT)

Inlaid Iris

Hello friends. Welcome to my blog.

Here's a reminder that there's still time to join the challenge
at CAS Mix Up and CAS Watercolour
Both challenges are open until the 24th.

My sweet friend and teammate, Joanna (Jo-Jo's Spot) sent me a card recently
 and I was so inspired by it that I had to CASE it!
I'll share a picture of Joanna's card in a bit.

This Penny Black Single Iris die continues to be my favorite to go to this time of year.

This time I die cut it from watercolor paper and colored with Zigs and lots of water.

After it was dry I tucked it into the piece it was cut from.
It fits like a puzzle and tucks in nice and tight!

I added some stencil paste through a stencil to add a bit of interest to the background.

When that was dry, I wound some gold thread around the base several times and
tied it off where it would be hidden by the design panel.

I added the design panel with a piece of fun foam on the back.

I masked the iris and splattered and splotched some Gold Color Shine.

Now here's Joanna's gorgeous card that inspired me.

AAA Cards #88 :  Stencil
CAS Mix Up: Inlaid Die Cuts + Watercolor + Stencil Paste + Splatter
CAS Watercolour: Green and Pink

Simon Says Monday Challenge: Splash it on - watercolor

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Showers and/or Flowers - flowers

   

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Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Snippets (PB)

Ink:   Old Olive (SU)

Paper:  Neena (110 lb.), Watercolor (TH) 

Other:  Zig CCRB (#28 Pale Pink, #25 Pink, #41 Lt. Green, #43 Olive Green, #44 Deep Gree), Gold Color Shine (Heidi Swapp), Embossing Paste (Wendy Vecchi), Textured Scraped Paint Stencil (retired MB)

More Inlaid Dies for CAS Mix Up

Hello.  Can you believe how quickly this month is flying by?

I have another Inlaid Die Technique to show you today.

I used my NBUS, Memory Box Sketch Daisy Die, cutting it

from heavy white cardstock and from alcohol ink smoosh snippets.

Then I inlaid all the little pieces together.  It was kind of like doing a jigsaw puzzle.

I had the piece that I'd stamped and embossed in my UFO pile.

Since there was a bit of copper in the leaves, they seemed to go together.

There's more inspiration from the Design Team at

CAS Mix Up

The challenge is open until the 24th.

And since I used this fun Memory Box Die, I'm going to enter it in

Memory Box Out of the Box Challenge

My Mom passed away many years ago.

So this is for all the moms/mums out there.

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Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  French Foliage (retired SU)

Ink:   VersaMark, Alcohol Ink (pinks, greens, copper mixative)

Paper:   Neena Solar White, Yupo

Other:  Sketch Daisy Die (MB), Copper EP, Raindrops (PTI)

Floating Inlaid Dies for CAS Mix Up

Good afternoon.
It's time for another
CAS Mix Up Challenge

Thank you for the wonderful response to our birthday party last month.

It was quite a party!

This month's challenge is

I've used stamping, floating inlaid die-cutting (using Catherine Pooler's technique), 

heat embossing, watercolor, and splattering.

Check out the wonderful inspiration cards by our talented Design Team.

We are joined this month by our Guest Designer, Maria, 

who was the winner of our February challenge.

To make this card, I partially die cut the butterfly (Concord and 9th) from a piece of textured cardstock.

After pressing him into the VersaMark pad, I heat embossed him in black 

(very carefully, I might add).  I repeated the process to get him totally covered in the black.

I watercolored on the smooth side of a piece of  Arches watercolor paper,

using Distress Inks, a spray bottle and an Aqua Painter.

I'll recommend you watch the video to see how to put it together as I ended 

up putting it together and taking it apart several times before I got it right!

That's why the beads have globs of glue.  To do it again, I would make sure

it was put together correctly BEFORE adding the beads.

Ahh, adventures in cardmaking!

I hope you'll inlay some die cuts in some way and join us at
CAS Mix Up

There are video links over there of different Inlaid Die techniques.

The challenge is open until the 24th.

Simon Says Monday Challenge is THINGS WITH WINGS
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge is ANYTHING GOES

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Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Dandelion (TT)

Ink:   VersaMark, Archival Black (Ranger)

Paper:   Watercolor (Arches), Ice Cream (Core'dinations) 

Other:  Floral and Flutter Die (C9), Black EP (SU), Acetate, Microbeads