Santa and Rudolph

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I found this image already colored in the package when I was looking 

for something else.

It made me think about the challenge at Peace on Earth.

So they went on a card after some cutting and trying this and that.

The sentiment was cut from the Memory Box Twiggy Alphabet.

I thought I had a Ho ho, ho die, but can't put my hands on it.

Challenges:

Peace on Earth #107 - Inspired by the reindeer

Jingle Belles - Red (I hope there's enough red on this)

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Christmas Selfies (MFT)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Real Red

Other:  Copics, Circle Dies, Pinewood Planks EF (SU), Twiggy Alphabet dies (MB)

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Snowy Baubles

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Challenges:

Inkspirational #359 - Shades of Blue

Jingle Belles - Something old (sentiment) & Something new (ornaments were bought recently)

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Sentiment (OOB)

Ink:   Encore Silver

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Ice Blue Foil, White Shimmer

Other:  Silver EP, Millbrook Ornament die (MB), Holiday Floral Sway EF (SB)

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Tis the Season

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Just a quick post today.

I had this idea for Karren's sketch at Freshly Made Sketches and had to 

stop decorating for Christmas to make another Christmas card.

Here's the sketch...

There's lots of pretty cards from the Design Team and the entries.

Check them out at

Freshly Made Sketches #715

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Pine Bough (Inkadinkadoo)), Easy Holiday Expressions (Ton)

Ink:   Mint Macaroon, Crumb Cake

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Soft Seafoam, Red Foil, Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer

Other:  Millbrook Ornament (MB), Botanicuts Pine Bough (Greetery), Kars Snow (ret Cuttlebug), Easy Holiday Expressions die (Ton), Gold EP

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Best Fishes

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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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Dreamy Wisteria

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Sadly I needed another sympathy card.  It seems like I'm needing more

of these lately.  I have some in my stash, but this is for a very special person

and it warranted a special card made just for her.

I found the stenciled wisteria in my UFO box.  It was a past calendar page and

the coloring was a little too bright so I added a piece of vellum over top

and framed it.  It was impossible to get a good photo with the vellum.

The butterfly was in with the die and had been cut from a shimmery paper.

I wanted to leave the front uncluttered so I added the sentiment inside the card.

Challenges:

Memory Box #118 - Butterflies

Stencil Fun - ATG using stencils

Time Out #286 - Use at least 2 of the words in the prompt below (I used stencil and floral)

 

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   Wilted Violet, Shabby Shutters (DI)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Vellum

Other:  Wisteria Stencil (TCW), Notched Corner Frames (PFS), Subtle Texture EF (ret SU), Dreamy Butterfly (MB)

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Circles and Magnolias

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The Flower Challenge is celebrating their 100th Challenge .  

Congratulations ladies! Keep up the good work!

It's taken me a while to get to this and the challenge is about to end.

Time goes by faster and evidently I go slower!

The Tulip Trees or Jane Magnolias are blooming in our area and they inspired

this card.  They are so pretty!  My flowers don't come close to the real thing.

A sweet friend gave me the Bubblin' die for Christmas and it was the perfect

way to add circles with my flowers.  I cut them from white cardstock. I

cut the flowers from watercolor paper and watercolored using Distress re-inkers.. 

The circles didn't show up as well as I wanted on the white card so I did a bit

of acetate smooshing on another piece of watercolor paper using the same colors

of re-inkers and lots of water.

Challenges:

The Flower Challenge #100 - Add Circles

Four Seasons - Spring

Memory Box Outside the Box #117 - Petal Power

Darnell's I.D.E.A.S. - 4th Monday Anything Goes

 

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:   Watercolor (Arches Hot & Cold Press), Natural (ret MFT), Neenah Solar White

Other:  Magnolia Blossom Trio, Magnolia Leaf Branch dies (MB), Distress Re-inkers (Picked Raspberry, Fired Brick, Rustic Wilderness, Mustard Seed, Brushed Corduroy), Bubblin' Die (CP), Acetate, Wonderful Script Die (SB)

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Dainty Floral Heart

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Challenges:

Simply CAS - Clean & Simple with option of love/hearts

Time Out #281 - Stitch, Heart, Layer

The Flower Challenge #99 - Feature the Colour Pink

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Holiday Wishes (ret SU)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Mixed Media smooshed with Melon Mambo & Frost White paint

Other:  Heart Bouquet EF (MB), Double Stitch Loving Heart Cutout Die (MB), Potpourri Flowers Die (PS), Forever Fern Dies (SU), Simply Succulents Die (SU) 

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Halloween Fun

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When Michele came, she brought a her Betterpress plates and I pressed and pressed.

I pulled one out and brushed ink in the colors of the Just Us Girls challenge for this week 

(chartreuse, light blue, gray). Actually adding the ink turned the black writing gray. 

 But for good measure I added gray ink around the edges.

I thought the witches hat and spiders would make this even more fun, especially

with the sparkle and being popped up on dimensionals.

Challenges:

Just Us Girls #747 - Color Week (Citron, Light Blue, Gray)

Memory Box #112 - Happy Haunting (Spiders and Witches Hat are Memory Box dies)

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  BP Pumpkins and Ghosts (SB)

Ink:   BP Black, Twisted Citron, Tumbled Glass (DOX), Morning Mist (VFC)

Paper:   BP Porcelain, Black, Black Glimmer

Other:  Dangling Spider die (MB), Large Layered Witches Hat (MB)

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Carolina Wren

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We love to watch the birds and we have a lot of them that come to visit.

One of my favorites it the Carolina Wren with his perky tail.

They are very vocal little guys that chatter, sing and scold.

We always know when they're around.

The wrens are such a pretty rust color that I knew immediately what I was going to do 

for the Color Hues challenge.  I was delighted to see that he fits perfectly in this frame.

The frame came with a stencil that was a big help in keeping the frame white 

when ink blending the leaves.  The bird was ink blended too.

Challenges:

Color Hues #94 - Rust & Green

Memory Box #111 - Foliage-Trees/Leaves

Four Seasons - Fall (this is how our leaves are looking these days.)

  

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Technique Tuesday (oob)

Ink:   Cajun Craze, Wild Wasabi, Garden Green (SU)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White

Other:  Fun Floral Sidekick Frame & Stencil (PS), Backyard Wren (MB)

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Big Hugs

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I made this card for a very special friend.

I've die cut the magnolias and watercolored all the pieces using blending brushes

then going over them with a damp waterbrush.

When the pieces were all dry, I assembled the flowers.

I embossed a panel of magnolias with a NBUS 3D embossing folder and

assembled the leaves and flowers on top.

Challenges:

Inkspirational #323 - CAS (did not use the option of animals)

NBUS #66 - Never Before Used Schtuff

Try it on Tuesday - Make it Feminine

Darnell's I.D.E.A.S. - First week of the month is Inky

 

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Easy Expressions (Ton)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black, Saltwater Taffy, Picked Raspberry, Peeled Paint, Rustic Wilderness, Brushed Corduroy.

Paper:   Mixed Media, Neenah Solar White

Other:  Magnolia Branches EF (SSS), Magnolia Blossom Trio (MB), Magnolia Leaf Branch (MB)

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Witching You

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Bat stamped on snippet of gray, colored with Copics and fussy cut.

Challenges:

Krafty Chicks #730 - All Occasions

Two Old Bats - Halloween

  

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Life of the Party (TH), August Limited Edition (Unity), Best Witches (GKD)

Ink:   Smokey Gray

Paper:   Black, Neenah, Black Glimmer

Other:  Copics (C10, N7), Large Layered Witches Hat (MB)

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