Butterflies for Fun

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

In my quest for the dusty blue and brown that I was looking for at Color Hues, I

made several cards using a Penny Black Butterfly.  I was really hung up on

that butterfly and not satisfied that it was what I wanted.

Here they are...

First I tried a piece of alcohol ink.  It has some blue, brown and gold.

I stamped with Versafine Clair Nocturne and clear embossed before fussy cutting.

It's okay.

Next I embossed with copper and colored with Ohuhu markers.  Too dark so I tried 

some splatters.  Actually the splatters went well, but the blue was too dark for dusty blue.

So I stamped in brown and colored with Ohuhu markers using a flicking motion instead

of filling in with color and blending.  Once it was dry, I patted it with VersaMark 

and heat embossed with clear powder.

Then I gave up and made this card.

If you've stayed with me this long, I have another sort of butterfly to share from my garden.

It's a hummingbird moth.  He was constantly moving so hard to get a photo.

I'd never seen one before, just pictures.

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Butterfly Trio (PB), Blessings (PB), Praying for You (PTI)

Ink:   Nocturne (VC), VersaMark, Warm Cocoa (GKD)

Paper:   Warm Cocoa (GKD), Neenah Solar White, Powder (C9), Black

Other:  Clear EP, Lindy's Midnight Copper EP, Ohuhu Markers, Cracked Large EF (TH), Stitched Circles (SSS)

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Out to Sea

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My friend Bobby is hosting the current Just Us Girls Challenge and

as usual, I'm almost too late to join in.  But I think I can make it.

Here's Bobby's challenge...

Bobby's card gave me inspiration for this card.  I die cut and left the die in the

cut paper and used the die as a stencil to color it.

I wonder if it's cool at the beach?

I used blending brushes to add color to the pieces and carefully added glue to

get it mounted to another piece of cardstock.

I chose to make a sunrise scene.  Or it could be sunset.

Check out Bobby's card and the rest of the Design Team.

There's still a few hours to join in at

Just Us Girls

Also sharing with Penny Black Saturday Challenge

and sharing with  The Four Seasons August

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   Sea Glass, Turquoise Sea (GKD), Sunbeam (SSS), (pink on brush over the yellow for orange), Spring Rain (PTI)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Pacific Point (SU)

Other:  Out to Sea die (PB), Ohuhu Alcohol Markers (B111, B114, BGY13), Linked EF (PB), Sentiment is computer generated

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Soft Petals for Color Hues

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It's time for a new challenge at Color Hues...

This month my dear sweet friend Marcia picked our colors.  She chose....

Aren't these wonderful colors for late summer?

I used a fairly new Penny Black stamp with Memento Toffee Crunch ink

for a no-line watercolor look and colored with Zigs and my waterbrush. The

background has a pale yellow wash.

Now let's go and see what my talented friends and our

fantastic Guest Designer Priscilla have done to inspire you.

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

Color Hues.

Challenge ends at 9:00 AM on August 29th.

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!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Soft Petals (PB), Elegant Expressions Original (Ton)

Ink:   Encore Gold

Paper:   Neenah Natural, Mixed Media (Strathmore

Other:  Zigs, Elegant Rectangles dies (MFT), Texture EF (PB), Elegant Expressions Original die (Ton), Bright Butterflies die (SSS)

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Wonderful Fun Friday

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Just for fun....

While I had this set out for yesterday's card, I made another.

I hope you have a fun Friday and it continues over the weekend!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Wonderful (PB), Banner Sentiments (PTI)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black, Whisper White

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Daffodil Delight, Purple Glitter (MB)

Other:  Floral Field EF (SSS), Mini Blooms & Sprigs die (SB), 1/8" Punch), Colored Pencils

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Wonderful Play

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

It's my second week of Guest Designing at Just Us Girls.  I was a bit perplexed

when I saw the prompt, but I think I've found a good fit.

Here's the prompt....

You can use this word however it inspires you.  I think this hedgie is playing

in the flowers.  He does look like he's having fun!

I've stamped with Copic friendly ink and colored with Copic Markers.  I just dabbed

a marker for the grass and lightly stenciled a cloudy sky.  He brings back memories of

playing in the wildflowers in the meadow behind our house when I was a child.

Do check out the wonderful inspiration that the Design Team has done for you at

Just Us Girls

Then make a card that shows your interpretation of PLAY. 

 I can't wait to see what you do!

Also adding to Penny Black Saturday Challenge with option "On the Move".

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Wonderful (PB)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black, Tumbled Glass (DI)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Light Blue (?), Black

Other:  Stitched Circles die (PB), Texture EF (PB), Copics (R000, R00, E30, E33, RV00, Y15, Y17, G43, YG07), Cloud Stencil (MFT), Pressplate sentiment (SB), White Foil

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Falalalala

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

This little elfette has been singing away in the box on the shelf.

She finally caught my undivided attention so she could perform for all of you.

This is probably my favorite Penny Black Christmas stamp.  Maybe because I love

Christmas carols and most of my friends do too.

When we make Christmas cards together in the fall, we sing along to my favorite

Time Life Christmas CDs.  It makes for even more fun to be together.

She was colored with Distress Inks or Distress re-inkers.  I don't remember

which, and cut with the companion die.

The background is a piece of re-inker & frost white paint smoosh 

from my stash of backgrounds.

Challenges:

Penny Black Saturday - ATG with option to Use your favorite Penny Black Stamp

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Sing Joy, Holiday Snippets (PB)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black, Morning Mist (VC)

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Mixed Media (Strathmore)

Other:  Tumbled Glass, Broken China, Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick, Tattered Rose, Tea Dye (Distress Re-inkers), Frost White for background, Double Frame die (PB), Sing Joy Die (PB)

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Lime Green and Violet for Color Hues

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

It's time for a new challenge at Color Hues.

This month Tracey picked our colors.  She chose....

I've stamped the flower with Memento Toffee Crunch and colored with Arteza Twimarkers.

The watery background was done by scribbling the markers onto acetate, spritzing

and smooshing onto a piece of Betterpress paper.

Now let's go and see what my talented friends have done to inspire you.

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

Color Hues

Challenge ends at 9:00 AM on May 29th.

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Garden Trio (PB), Banner Sentiments (PB), Scripted Background (W+9)

Ink:  Memento Toffee Crunch, Versafine Onyx Black, Whisper White 

Paper:  BP Porcelain, Neenah Solar White

Other:  Arteza Twimarkers (Violet, Lime Green, Apple Green), Essential Modern Labels die (SB), Garden Trio die (PB), Mistletoe Greetings die (SB), Micron Pen, White EP

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Garden Trio with Butterflies

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

I'm excited to be Guest Designing for the Penny Black Saturday Challenge

this month.  Here's my mid-month inspiration.

Penny Black Saturday is always Anything Goes using Penny Black Products.

This month it's optional to use 'Your Favorite Penny Black Stamp'.

I'm not sure whether this was an easy choice or a hard one.  I have a lot of 

favorite Penny Black Stamps, and I really, really love the Garden Trio set.  All three

of the flowers are lovely and so fun to color!

I stamped the flower on mixed media paper with Memento Toffee Crunch ink

and colored with Distress re-inkers used as watercolor.  

It's always a pleasure to Guest Design with the Penny Black Saturday team.

Now lets go see what they've done to inspire us.  Then pull out your favorite

Penny Black stamp and join us at the

Penny Black Saturday Challenge.

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Garden Trio (PB)

Ink:   Memento Toffee Crunch, BP Black (SB)

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore), Neenah Solar White

Other:  Garden Trio Die (PB), Texture EF (PB), Hexagon Frames die (PB), Subtle EF (ret SU), Cheers to You BP (SB), Butterfly dies (PB)

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Bluebird Note

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

We've had beautiful weather here lately.  We desperately need rain, but I am

enjoying the balmy temperatures and the mosquitoes haven't appeared yet.

Between the nice weather, yard work and good books, I haven't spent much

time in the craft room.  But I took a few minutes this afternoon to do this.

The Just Us Girls Challenge

that's about ready to close and I wanted to get a card in there since I had a 

word edger die that has not had nearly enough use!

The sweet bird die hadn't been off the shelf for a long time either.

Let's go see all the die cut sentiments at Just Us Girls.

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Note Builder (PB)

Ink:  Milk Chocolate (MFT)

Paper:  Neenah Natural, Warm Cocoa (GKD), Watercolor (Canson)

Other:  Note Edger die (PB), Subtle EF (ret SU), Cracked Large EF (TH), Nestled die (PB), Distress Re-inkers (Faded Jeans, Prize Ribbon, Tattered Rose, Spiced Marmalade

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Little Guy

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

I hope you've had a nice week and have a good weekend on tap.

This card was done with an image that a sweet friend stamped and sent to me a

couple years ago.  I pulled out some Zigs and colored it.  The background is kind of

free handed.  Nothing special but a fun image to color.

Challenges:

Double D - Watercolor

Cardz for Guys #385 - CAS

  

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Little Guy (PB)

Ink:   VersaMark

Paper:   Watercolor (Canson), Neenah Solar White, Black

Other: Zigs, White EP, Triangle Pattern EF (PB)

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Holly Jolly Snowman

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

I've been lax about making Christmas cards and I don't want to

be caught short in November.

This Holly, Jolly guy is a cousin to Snowy by Penny Black.  He's smaller

but just as cute.

He's been stamped on watercolor paper and colored with inks smooshed

unto my palette and picked up with a waterbrush.

He fit beautifully in this Cut & Stitch circle.

Challenges:

ABC Christmas - H is for Hat

Christmas Kickstart #109 - Hats

Darnell's I.D.E.A.S. - Anything goes week

Penny Black Saturday - Use Penny Black products/option of pastel colors

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Jolly Friends, Believe (PB)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black, Eucalyptus (PFS), Worn Lipstick, Festive Berries (DI)

Paper:   Watercolor (TH), Mint Macaroon, Neenah Solar White

Other:  Cut & Stitch, Circle (PB), Circle Thin Frames (SSS), Leaf Punch (EK)

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Slender Tulips

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

I've had fun playing with a new to me Penny Black Slender Tulips stamp set.

I arranged the stamps in my Misti and inked the stamps with Distress ink cubes

and markers.  After stamping on mixed media paper, I used a damp waterbrush

to smooth the color.  Then added some darker color along the edges, stamped

and blended again.

The first card has some light inking and stamping in the background and framed

with the medium frame from the Waves die set, also Penny Black.  The embossed

background was done with an old and much loved embossing folder.

This one used  the Border Bling Tin Stitched frame from Papertrey Ink

along with an A2 Thin Frame from Simon Says.

And one using Penny Black's Classy Frame.

Lastly using the smallest of the Wave frames with a single bloom and tiny tag.

All the sentiments are Papertrey Ink and the little butterflies are from

Simon Says Stamp.

And all are on their way to let some of the support staff in a nearby Elementary

School know how much we appreciate them.

Challenges:

Darnell's I.D.E.A.S. - Week 3 Emboss

Just Us Girls #814 - Word Week Emboss

Triple B - Birds - Butterflies & Blooms

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