Orange and Green for Color Hues

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Time for another challenge at Color Hues.

This time the challenge is brought to us by my talented friend Karen.

She chose.....

I finally got those NBUS poppies cut and colored!

I die cut them from mixed media paper and used Distress Re-inkers as watercolor

and used some of the diluted Marmalade re-inker in the background.

Now let's go over to Color Hues and see what the my talented friends and our

fantastic Guest Designe Lisa K. have done to inspire you. 

I hope you'll create a card using Yellow & Green and add it to the gallery at

Color Hues.

Please only use hues of these two colors. Neutrals are welcome.

Challenge ends at 9:00 AM on September 14th.

The winners will be posted an hour before our next challenge and the overall

 winner will have the opportunity to be a future Guest Designer.

Most importantly, just have fun!

Challenges:

Color Hues #117 - Orange & Green

NBUS #78 - Never Before Used Schtuff

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Mini Everyday Sentiments PP (SB)

Ink:   

Paper:   Mixed Media, Neenah Solar White

Other:  Into the Blooms-Poppies die (PTI), Distress Re-inkers (Spiced Marmalade, Rustic Wilderness, Forest Moss), White Foil (SB), Pierced Blanket Cover Die (PF)

Enjoy!

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Turning the Page October 2023

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Time to turn the page on our calendars to a new month.

I make calendars each year for my desk and my family.

I thought I'd set up a regular post each month to share them.

I hope you enjoy my “Turning the Page” posts.

Here's our October page using (retired) Mum's the Word stamp from PTI.

By the way, the calendars are clipped together and can be displayed on an easel

or hung on a push pin or magnetic hook.  We all have a different way to display them.

If you would like a word document with the calendar, email me (bonklass(at)gmail(dot)com.

and I will be glad to send it to you so you can design your own.

If your email address is not in your profile, I have no way to send this to you.

Email link is in my profile on the sidebar.

Enjoy!

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Snowy Scene and Peace

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Another Christmas card for the stash.

This background was done with inky paper towel pressed onto cardstock.

The trees were die cut from smooshed sheets in my background box.

The snowman was die cut from a snippet of white cardstock and glittered up

with a very old bottle of Dazzling Diamonds.  In fact I glittered up the whole scene

with that glitter glue and it was the devil to get a decent photo!

How about a twofer...

No stamping on tis one, just dry embossing, die cutting and some more of that

ancient glitter glue, this time in gold.

The peace is cut from gold foil cardstock as well as the mat.

Challenges:

Christmas Kickstart - See colors below

Jingle Belles - No Stamping

Peace on Earth Chrismtas - ATG - inspired by Snowman

Krafty Chicks - CAS week (card 2)

  

  

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Season's Greetings (OOB-There She Goes)

Ink:   Rich Razzleberry

Paper:   Neenah Solar White

Other:  Fir Trees with Frames Dies (AR), In the Meadow Die (PTI), Dazzling Diamonds Glitter Glue, Chunky White Frantage

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:

Ink:

Paper: Neenah Natural, Gold Foil

Other: Perfect Poinsettias EF (Alt), Fancy Peace Die (Alt), Gold Glitter Glue

Enjoy!

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Snowstorm

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

I got started with snowflakes and couldn't stop!

Then I couldn't decide which to share.  So I share them all.

The first two use some of the last bits of Tonic blue foil.

The one above uses some glitter paper found at the Dollar Tree.

The last one has some white ink lightly sponged over the embossed image.

This is a great technique for the 3D Embossing.

Challenges:

Can You Handle the Pressure - ATG (Didn't use the Pumpkins option)

Winter Wonderland - Let it Snow

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Blue Foil, Glitter Paper ($ Tree), Marina Mist, Silver Foil, Silver Glimmer

Other:  Stitched Alpine Snowflakes Dies (PS), Winter Snowflakes 3D EF (SZX), Snowflake EF (MS), Wonderful Words Die (ret PTI), Special Merry Christmas Die (MB), Fancy Peace Die (Alt.)

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Hello Mums

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Darlene & Diane have another challenge that started this month....

Crazy is our fame - Stencils are our game.

Good luck in your latest endeavor, ladies!

My sweet friend Bobby inspired this card.

Now stencils aren't my favorite technique, but my stencil box would seem to

belie that fact.  LOL, I keep accumulating them, but then setting them aside and

forgetting about them.  Diane & Darlene are going to try to change that.

This will be an Anything Goes Challenge with an optional theme.

This month's option is Halloween Colors.

Another favorite challenge Color Hues is asking for Orange & Green this time around.

I used a NBUS stencil that a friend enabled me to buy, and sponged parts of it with 

Spiced Marmalade DOX ink.  When I was happy with the placement of the flowers, 

I added some Rusty Hinge ink to the centers.  Then I used another stencil for the leaves, 

moving it where I  thought I needed to fill in.  I went back in on the leaves with a bit 

of the orange ink that was left over on my mini blending brush.

I added a stamped, embossed and die cut sentiment from my stash and a 

sub-sentiment on contrasting cardstock that matches the outlining of the design piece.

Here's that shine.

Challenges:

Color Hues - Orange & Green

Crazy is our fame - Stencils are our game - ATG/Halloween Colors

NBUS #43 - Never Before Used Schtuff

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Perfect Pairs Essentials (PTI)

Ink:   Spiced Marmalade, Peeled Paint (DOX), Rusty Hinge (DI), Encore Gold

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Cajun Craze

Other:  Mums Stencil (Scrapbook.com), Leaves Stencil (SSS), Perfect Pairs Dies (PTI), Gold EP

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Sending Thanks

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

I'm past due on getting thank you cards out for Christmas gifts.

Here's a few.

Using some embossed and lightly sanded foil with a Glimmered and Stenciled Butterfly.

Two from last year's January Calendar.

I stamped more flowers on the first one.  So glad I wrote down what I used!

I won two packages of Washi Taper from The Peace on Earth Challenge in November.

One package had this beautiful glittery Washi.  I used a NBUS sentiment set to

stamp, emboss and die cut the thanks.  A very sparkly & shiny card!

On a happy note, my friend Bobby Hagen and her hubby stopped by for lunch yesterday.

We had such a nice visit and chatted so much that we forgot to get a photo.

Hopefully we can get together again while they're in NC.

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Metallic Confections (TH), Silver Foil, Black (SU)

Other:  Layered Leaves EF (SU), Sending Die (SSS), Small Butterflies Foil Plate, Dies & Stencils (Pinkfresh Studios), Glimmer Hot Foil System (Splbndr), Grand Greenery Die (MFT)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Full Bloom, 

Ink:   Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Cherry Cobbler

Other:  Stitched Square Die (SSS), Sentimental Elle-ments Die (AE) , Subtle EF (SU)

Card Recipe (card 3)

Stamps:  Full Bloom

Ink:   Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Cherry Cobbler

Other:  Stitched Rectangle Die (SSS), Yana's Special Sentiments Glimmer Plate & Die (Splbndr),Glimmer Hot Foil System Subtle EF (SU)

Card Recipe (card 4)

Stamps:  Perfect Pairs Essentials (PTI)

Ink:   VersaMark

Paper:   Neenah, Solar White

Other:  Washi Tape, Gold EP, Perfect Pairs Essentials Die (PTI)

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Pine and Holly

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I have two more Christmas cards to share.

First up is a dimensional pine tree from a die that Dee's Distinctively recently

sent to me.  The die has lots of layers and I used just a few of them for this tree.

After cutting it, I sponged some ink on the edges, then used an embossing pen

along the edges of the branches and heat embossed with puff embossing powder.

The layers are put together with dimensionals and I cut the shank off a button

to decorate the top.

This is a CASE of a card by my dear friend Loll (Stamping with Loll) for

a challenge at Inspired By.  She was the winner of that challenge and I am

CASEing her card for the current Inspired By challenge.  It's their 200th

challenge this time.  Woot! Congratulations!

I was inspired by the green and white and wonderful texture and dimension.

My button star is a tip of the hat to her plaid.

Thank you for the inspiration, my dear friend.

Loll's card.

I'm sharing this at Double D Challenge too since there's lots of white.

and another card this time using a page from a past calendar.

 

Challenges:

Double D - Lots of White

Inspired By - Past Winner, Loll from IB#189, October 2021

Peace on Earth #6 - ATG but I was inspired by the greenery and berries

NBUS - Never Before Used Schtuff - Jumbo Tree Stacker 

 

 

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  

Ink:   Rustic Wilderness

Paper:   Gumball Green, Neenah Solar White

Other:  Jumbo Tree Stacker die (Dee's Distinctively), WOW Embossing Marker, White Puff EP (HA), Stitched Rectangle Die (SSS), Kars Snow EF (ret. Cuttlebug)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps: Holly Sprig (PB)

Ink:  Old Olive, Handsome Hunter, Real Red (SU)

Paper:  Neenah, Solar White, Pistachio Pudding, Red Glimmer (SU)

Other:  Wonderful Words Holiday Die (PTI), Subtle EF (SU), Nuvo Crystal Glaze 

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Dashing Through the Snow

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This sleigh has been cut and in my Christmas NBUS UFO box for ages and I thought

it was time to find a home for it.

I found a background done with Lindy's Magicals (Afternoon Delight smooshed with

Platinum Inka Gold smooshed) and die cut it for the background.

The tree was in my NBUS box too! 

Challenges:

24 Christmas - Anything Goes

Christmas Craft Creations - Winter Blues

Merry Little Christmas - Anything Goes

The Male Room - Animals

     

 

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  In the Meadow (Papertrey Ink)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Neenah, Black, Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer (SU), Mixed Media (Strathmore 400 Series),

Other:  In the Meadow Die (PTI), Woodlands, Die (TH), Double Pierced Rectangle Die (AE), 

Holly

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

Quickly.....

I've stamped this holly from PTI and colored with Copic Markers.

Not my best coloring, but it will have to do!

I hope you are enjoying Christmas preparations!

Challenges:

Inspired By#154:  The holly

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Botanical Blocks IV (PTI), Scripty Holiday (Gina K)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:   Neenah, Basic Black

Other:  Copic Markers, Heirloom Frames (SU), Subtle EF (SU)

Poinsettias for Rudolph Days

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

I hope you are well and taking advantage of extra craft time.

I've used a NBUS stamp from PTI that has been waiting far too long

for some attention.

The image was stamped with Shadow Gray Archival ink

and colored with Arteza Watercolor Pencils blended with a waterbrush.

I used an Arteza Twimarker for the berries.  There's a wonderful tiny felt tip end

on them that works beautifully for those little places.

Challenges:

Rudolph Days Challenge with Scrappymo

Krafty Chicks Challenge #500: All Occasions

I wish you good health and sunny days.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Botanical Blocks IV (PTI)

Ink:   Archival Shadow Gray

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore), Crumb Cake (SU)

Other:  Arteza Watercolor Pencils (Magenta, Basil Green, Chocolate Brown, Yellow), Arteza Twimarker (Ruby Red), White Gouache for splatter