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

It's my final week Guest Designing at Just Us Girls.

Thank you for the opportunity and warm welcome from this fantastic Design Team.

It's been such a pleasure!

This week the challenge is...

This background was made using Leafy Green Paper Glaze through a stencil.

It has a wonderful shine to it! 

A couple of dragonflies cut from an alcohol inked piece and a snippet of vellum

and this design was done.

A BIG thankyou to Just Us Girls for the warm welcome!

Challenges:

Just Us Girls - Stencil Week

Stencil Fun - Use a stencil

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Bamboo Beauty (SU)

Ink:   Blueberry Bushel

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Vellum, Glossy, Gold Foil

Other:  Bamboo Stencil (Magenta), Picket Fence Paper Glaze,(Leafy Green), Etched Dragonfly Die (SSS), 

Enjoy!

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More Dragonflies

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

This stenciled dragonfly background was in my UFO box.

I'd used VersaMark through the stencil, removed the stencil,

 then sprinkled a sparkly embossing powder over the top and heat embossed.

The die cut dragonfly is from a Memory Box Corner die.  It was easy to snip

him away from the grasses.  I smacked him into the embossing pad (don't

worry, I did it quite gently) and heat embossed him with the same powder.

I gave him another coat for good measure.

The cattails die is unnamed.  It was a gift from a sweet friend.

I've done a lot to empty that UFO box.  Unfortunately the UFOs seem

to be multiplying!  Do you have that problem too?

Challenges:

Colorful Options August - Turquoise

Snippets Playground #434 - (Used a snippet of white cardstock for the die cut dragonfly)

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:   Bermuda Bay, Neenah Solar White

Other:  Dragonfly Stencil (Magenta), Dragonfly Stems Left Die (ret MB), Long Island Teal EP (WOW), Cattails Die (?), Mini Slimline Double Stitched Dies (Kat Scrappiness), Subtle EF (ret SU)

Enjoy!

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In the Pink

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

I'm trying to use up some of the backgrounds I've done through the years.

This background was from our retreat in 2019.

It's well past time to put it on a card, don'tcha think?

The base was swiped with a baby wipe that was saturated with ink.

I used a stencil and embossing paste through the stencil for the flowers.

When I pulled it out for this card, I stamped randomly with a script stamp

with white ink.

After I cut it down, all it needed was a little butterfly on top.

Challenges:

Colorful Options - Pretty Pink

Memory Box Outside the Box - May Flowers

Card Recipe

Stamps:  French Script Background (ret SU)

Ink:   Whisper White

Paper:   Mixed Media, Neenah Solar White, Vellum

Other:  Baby Wipe, Floral Garden Stencil (Magenta), Stencil Paste (?), Moonlight & Kaleidoscope Butterfly Dies (MB)

Enjoy!

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Embossed Dragonflies

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

There's still time to join in at CAS Mix Up.

Our challenge this month is

This time I smooshed some embossing paste through this sweet dragonfly stencil.

For some odd reason, I was thinking the paste needed to dry before I put the embossing powder

on it.  By the time I realized the mistake, it was dry.  So I broke out my Wow Embossing Pen

and covered the raised design with that, sprinkled on the powder and heat set.

I did two dragonflies at a time to ensure they would be wet enough.

I love the sparkle in this powder!

After it had cooled off, I lightly brushed some Speckled Egg Distress Ink

around the dragonflies.

I've scored lines around the design.  You can see the lines better here

My mixed media are Stencil Heat Embossing, Stamping, Ink Blending, and scoring.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Special Sentiments (PB)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black, Speckled Egg (DI)

Paper:   Neenah, Pool Party

Other:  Dragonfly Stencil (Magenta), Embossing Paste (Wendy Vecchi), Long Island Teal EP (Wow), Embossing Pen (Wow), Simply Scored (SU)

Foiled Dragonflies

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

I did some foiling through a stencil for CAS Stencil.

I don't have laminator so I watched the video at the challenge site

7 Ways to add Foil Without a Machine - Janie (26:18) - stencil part is at 15:35 of the video

Loll suggested using Pixie Spray.  

I had that.

So I laid the stencil on some black cardstock and sprayed.

Then I laid the foil down and used a bone folder to try to transfer the foil.

It wasn't working on those little dragonflies.  

So I used a stylus and rubbed some more.

I finally had enough foil to show the dragonflies.

And my stencil is now covered in foil.

I think I should have removed it after I sprayed.

Oh, well.  It's a really pretty stencil now!

Here's a different angle because it really hard to photograph that foil!

I love the shimmer of those dragonflies!

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:   Basic Black, Gold Foil (SU)

Other:  Dragonfly Stencil (Magenta), Foil (Ranger), Pixie Spray

Inchie Roses

Hi there.  There's still time to play at
CAS Mix Up.

Lovely Joanna is hosting this month and she chose....

My mixed media are Inchies, Stamping, Watercoloring, Embossing with a die

I inked this Magenta stamp with Distress Markers and used my
waterbrush to move the ink.  The MISTI makes it easy to ink multiple colors.

After all the stamping was done, I pulled some of the color
from the leaves to add a light wash.

Then came the scary part.

I was so afraid of messing up the whole thing by cutting.

Fortunately, it all worked out fine this time.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Our Design Team and Guest Designer Stephanie have some
awesome inspiration for you.
I hope you check them out and join us at
CAS Mix Up.

Challenge closes on the 24th.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Rose C0246K (Magenta), Banner Sentiments (PTI)

Ink:   Distress Markers (Worn Lipstick, Festive Berries, Mowed Lawn, Forest Moss), Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Mixed Media, Basic Black, Neenah

Other:  Stitched Rectangle Die (Lil Inkers), Nuvo Crystal Drops, Foam Sheet

Playing with Gesso

 Hello friends.

I'm finally trying to get some posts done with some of the
fun techniques we did at the Retreat in beautiful British Columbia.

This was one of my favorite techniques.  Or should I say, one of the techniques

when I ended up with something I really liked!

Christine showed us how to use Gesso in different ways.

For this card, we put gesso on a stamp and pressed it on some heavy white cardstock.

It acts as resist so when we sponged color over it (after it had dried),

the stamped image stayed white.

I added some color on top with the awesome brushes that Trina gifted us and 

Distress Oxide inks. Then I pounced a baby wipe on top of that to give

it a little texture.  Somehow the sponging and baby wipe went awry

in the top left corner.  I was happy that this arched tag die would 

cover that  oops up!

These sponged colors are a bit more vivid in the photo than IRL.

My camera is not being my friend today!

I went over some of the flowers by adding dots with a Pentex white marker 

that Loll had gifted me.  It's wonderful for touching up!

After I got home and got this all together, I randomly added 

some clear Dazzling Details  for a little glitz. 

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Garlic Flower (Magenta), Friendship Messages (SSS)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black, Distress Oxide (? colors)

Paper:   Neenah

Other:  Gesso, Baby Wipe, Anytime Tags Die (Lil Inker), Dazzling Details (SU)

Pearl Ex Poinsettias

Ho, ho, ho.

It's time for another Christmas card.

While at the retreat, Loll showed us ways to use those shimmery Pearl Ex powders.

One way to use them is with a stencil and that's what I did here.

I taped the stencil down to my mat and pressed a Versamark pad all over the stencil.

Then I removed the stencil and sprinkled heat and stick powder over it

and heated it up with the heat tool.  This left a sticky image.

Then I used a soft brush to pick up some Pearl Ex powder and brushed it over the image.

 It was tricky getting the different colors.

I cut the piece down and added three layers of the die cut sentiment that I stacked

for added dimension.

Some gold Dazzling Details in the center of the flowers and

Wink of Stella on the words added even more shimmer.

I'm taking this over to Rudolph Days where Scrappy Mo has an

Anything Goes Christmas challenge each month from the 25th to the end of the month.

We were thrilled to get to meet her at the retreat!  She is as lovely in person as she is on her blog!

She's the one in the middle, peeking out from behind Darnell and Trina.

Maureen and Dolly (Darnell)

I'm also going to enter at Jingle Belles where the challenge is TEXT ME.

I hope the die cut sentiment is enough to qualify.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Paper:   Neenah (Natural 110 lb. Classic Crest), Shaded Spruce (SU)

Other:  Floral Trio Stencil (Magenta), Pearl Ex, Heat and Stick Powder, Dazzling Details (SU), WOS, Holiday Words Script Dies (TH)