Open if You Dare

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

It's class week so it's pretty busy around here, but I squeezed some time to

put this Betterpress image on a card.

It was pressed with Betterpress ink on their paper and cut with an arch die.

I backed it with the next larger arch cut in black.

It's colored, rather sloppily (but it's for Halloween and doesn't need to be 

pretty) with Zigs.

I added a bat and spider for a little extra fun.

I'm thinking I'll add a skull on the inside to pop up when opened.

Challenges:

Freshly Made Sketches #703 - Sketch by Karren below

Just Us Girls #792 - Word Week - Container (trunk)

Two Old Bats Halloween - ATG Halloween

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  PP Open if You Dare (SB)

Ink:   Betterpress Black, Whisper White

Paper:   Betterpress Porcelain, Going Gray, Black

Other:  Essential Arches dies (SB), Airy Greetings Die (SSS), Zigs, Spooky Boo dies (SB)

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I Gotta Crow

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

Actually my friend has a crow and she let me borrow it to use for 

Halloween cards for the grandsons.

Here's the first one...

I die cut the crows from black glimmer paper and assembled them.  The branches

were cut from plain black cardstock.

All the backgrounds were in the smooshed and splashed background stash and

embossed with my spiderweb embossing folder.  (Always a favorite at Halloween.)

Here are the other two....

I used a background done with Lindy's Magicals. It has a nice shimmer.

The spiderweb was swiped with my white ink pad to make it stand out more.

and the final one.....

This background was pretty light so I swiped the web with a black inkpad.  The 

sentiment was embossed with some Lindy's sparkly orange embossing powder.

All the eyes are punched from a snippet of gold foil.

Challenges:

Just Us Girls #791 - ATG with Dies

Two Old Bats - ATG Halloween

I.D.E.A.S. - D is for Dies

  

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Sentiment: Spooky Fun (PB)

Ink:   White, Black, VersaMark, Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore), Black Glimmer (old SU), Black, Pumpkin Pie

Other: Lovely Layer Crow (Honey Bee), Spider Web EF (SZ), Grove Branch die (MB), Pewter EP, Clear EP,  Lindy's Cleopatra's Copper EP, Stitched Rectangles die (SSS)

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Sunflower Note

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

I'm starting to feel more comfortable with the layered stencils and I fell in love

with this sunflower stencil from Papertrey Ink.

I used brushes to add ink through the stencils then added highlights with my

Caran d'ache Supracolor Pencils.  The background was looking too white,

so brushed over it with the ink left on the yellow brush.

The die cut sentiment was cut from colored cardstock and the backing die

cut from vellum.

Challenges:

Just Us Girls #790 - ATG Stencil Week

Stencil Fun - ATG using a stencil-Optional Nature

Darnell's I.D.E.A.S. - Week 1 Add Ink

  

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   Crushed Curry, Cajun Craze, Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Cajun Craze, Vellum

Other:  Sunflower Garden Stencil (PTI), Pierced Blanket Cover Die (PF),  Just a Note die (SSS), Subtle EF (ret SU), Linen Thread (SU), Dandelion Yellow Nuvo Crystal Drops

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Best Fishes

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

I had some fishy fun lately.

The collage die used in the background was a gift from a sweet friend and had been

sitting in my NBUS box too long.

I die cut some fish from an piece of watercolor background and added a

piece of embossed waves that I found in my UFO box to go with it.

I didn't have any fishy sentiments so I did some on the computer and die

cut with a banner die.

For this card, I used another collage die and did some sponging and stamping

on the background.  After stamping some bubbles, I embossed the top panel

and added a goldfish.

Thanks to this sweet friend, I have two more birthday cards for the stash.

Challenges:

Just Us Girls #788 - Word Week - Birthday

Seize the Birthday #311 - No Flowers

  

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Marina Mist

Other:  School of Fish, Coral Collage, Under the Sea Collage dies (MB), Waves EF (MB), Seaside EF (SU), Computer Generated Sentiment

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Enjoy

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

I've had some more fun with the Garden Trio set from Penny Black.

I've stamped the flowers on mixed media cardstock with Memento Toffee Crunch ink

for a no-line watercolor look and colored with Distress re-inkers.

After the watercolor was dry, I touched up the color with a watercolor pencil 

and Cuused the matching dies to cut the flowers out.

I also cut a piece of Neenah solar white with the Curved Stitch die and embossed

it with a Stampin' Up embossing folder (ret.).

For a little something extra, I added some stenciling in the background.

The enjoy die cut sentiment was watercolored using the same re-inker.

I finished this card off with a few purple rhinestones.

Challenges:

Just Us Girls #787 - Use a Floral Die Cut

Darnell's I.D.E.A.S. - 2nd week Die Cuts

Triple B - Birds, Butterflies & Blooms (blooms here)

  

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Garden Trio (PB)

Ink:   Memento Toffee Crunch, Wilted Violet DOX

Paper:  Mixed Media (Strathmore), Neenah Solar White

Other:  Distress Re-inkers (Wilted Violet, Mowed Lawn, Rustic Wilderness), Caran d'ache Supracolor Pencils (Indigo Blue), Garden Trio Die (PB), Hooray Die Set (PB), Curved Stitch Die (PB), Dainty Diamonds EF (ret SU), Texture Mesh Stencil (ret MB)

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Especially for You

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

Here's the last of my playtime with Bibi's Butterflies.

Yesterday I shared several shaped cards.

Today the butterfly landed on an A2 card base.

I again embossed the butterfly and adorned it with die cut flowers.

Challenges:

Just Us Girls #786 - CASE a designer (I CASEd Lisa's Butterfly card)

Triple B - Butterfly (Didn't use the colors on the mood board

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Fancy Sentiments PP (SB)

Ink:   Encore Gold

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Black, Scraps of Colored cardstock and patterned paper, Gold Foil

Other:  So Many Butterflies dies (SB), Vine Canopy EF (SSS), Mini Blooms & Sprigs dies (SB), Leaf Punch (MS), Mini Circle Punches, Gold Thread

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Purple Petals

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

I had a birthday recently and a sweet and generous friend gifted me

with some craft cash.  It didn't take long to find something to spend it on!

My friend Marcia recently posted a card using this stencil and die set and it immediately

went on my wish list.  I was delighted that I didn't have to wait long to order it and I wasn't

disappointed!  It's so easy to use and the die works beautifully with the design goinging

all the way to the edge of the die cut!  Thanks for the enabling my friends!

Challenges:

Just us Girls #785 - ATG using a stencil

Stencil Fun - ATG using stencil didn't use option

Triple B - Blooms

NBUS #76 - Never Before Used Schtuff

 

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   Wilted Violet, Villianous Potion, Peeled Paint (DI)

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Lilac (SSS)

Other:  Petal Perfection Stencil & Die (PFS), Sparkling Diamonds Cover Plate (PFS), Friends Frame die (PB), Decorative Sentiment Dies (EMD), Nuvo Crystal Drops (Simply White)

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Hello Gullfriend

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

This card is a spinoff from a card we did in class over the weekend.

The patterned paper made great water (see the waves?). Embossed sea shells make a frame and

a bright hello along with a computer generated GULLFRIEND finish it off.

This seagull is so much fun and he brought lots of smiles to the studio.

Here's the card we did in class.

Challenges:

Just Us Girls #783 - Word Week

Can You Handle the Pressure - Use Embossing with Option of anything you can find in the sky

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Bitty Birthday Wishes (MFT)

Ink:   Tranquil Teal (GKD)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Orange (?), Inkdrop Candy (CC)

Other:  Stitched Squares (SSS), Inquisitive Gulls dies (WF), Hello dies (SSS), Scattered Shells EF (SB), Decorative Sentiment Dies (EMD)

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Summertime

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

We are firmly entrenched in the hot summertime.  Here's where I'd

like to be.

Maybe not as I write this.  There's a tropical storm headed out way so those

ocean breezes might be a little too stiff.

I made a bunch of these cards for last month's swap with my Craft Group.

There are a LOT of pieces to die cut and put together!

I cut all those pieces from cardstock and patterned paper scraps.

The background was brushed on and the sun is a punched circle with ink added

around the edges.  The sand is torn paper with acrylic paint along the edges

 for foam along the shore and breaking waves.

Challenges:

Darnell's I.D.E.A.S. - Week 1 is Ink (in the background)

Just Us Girls #782 - Use Summer Things Dies

The Four Seasons - Summer

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   Speckled Egg, Faded Jeans, Scattered Straw, Mustard Seed (DI), Crumb Cake (SU)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Kraft, Blush, Textured, Foil, PP (scraps)

Other:  Day at the Beach dies (SB), Circle Punch, Hydrangea Punch, White Acrylic Paint 

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More Winged Things

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

I don't usually post twice in one day, but these challenges are closing

and I wanted to get the cards in.

There are quite a few stenciling challenges out there right now, so I got out my

Magenta Dragonfly stencil and paired it with a background from my stash.

I used Versafine Nocturne to ink these dragonflies through the stencil and

the background had a notation on the back that it was done with Brushos, a bubble

stencil and some stamping.

The design piece is crooked on the black mat to give it more of a homemade look, LOL!

It wasn't moving!  We'll just say that the dragonflies taking off caused the shift!

Challenges:

Darnell's I.D.E.A.S. - 5th Week Stencils

Just Us Girls #781 - ATG Stencil

Seize the Birthday #308 - Add a silhouette

Card Recipe

Stamps:  BP Cheers to You (SB), Script (?), By the Tide (ret SU)

Ink:   Marina Mist, Nocturne (VC)

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore), Black, Neenah Solar White

Other:  Dragonfly Stencil (Magenta), Brushos (Turquoise, Sea Green), Bubbly Stencil (Kaisercraft), Opaque White Foil (SB), Glimmer Machine

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