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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Potpourri Flowers

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

We took a short trip to visit family and I'm slow getting back into the studio.

I actually started this card before we left and I've finally finished it.

I love the colors at The Flower Challenge this month and the die with all these flowers

has been languishing in the NBUS box for way too long.  Using all these colors made coloring 

all the flowers fun.

The flowers were cut from mixed media paper and some from Neenah Solar White.

I think I used a combination of ink blending and water to color them.

The frame is new and came just before we left.  I've cut it twice and stacked, then

mounted it with dimensional strips.

Challenges:

The Flower Challenge #94 - Be Inspired by the Colors (below)

NBUS #65 - Never Before Used Schtuff (Flowers, Leaves & Frame)

 

I'll leave you with a photo of all the gang we got to spend the day with and

the beautiful scenery.

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Special Sentiments (PB)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black, Calypso Coral, Crisp Cantaloupe, Daffodil Delight (SU), Sage, Eucalyptus (PFS)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Mixed Media (Strathmore), Pink Pirouette

Other:  Potpourri Flower Set (PS), Leaf Flourish (SSS), Notched Corner Frames (PFS), Sparkling Diamonds Cover Plate (PFS)

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Jan's Birthday

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

Here's another foiled design that I did when my friend Nance came to play.

It went to another friend who's birthday was last week.

Since it was foiled on Neenah Solar White, I again colored with Copics.

I tucked it in and out of a die cut oval piece that was embossed with

the Subtle Embossing Folder.

Edited to add:  I wasn't thinking about Monday and Darnell's I.D.E.A.S.

This flower was also die cut and her D stands for Dies.

Challenges:

Pinkfresh Studio - Theme Flower Power

Seize the Birthday #283 - ATG Birthday

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  All Occasions (JD)

Ink:    Emb Ink

Paper:   Neenah Solar White

Other:  Thankful for Friends Hot Foil Plate (PFS), Gold Foil (Spl), Glimmer Machine, Copics (V06, V09, V15, Greens ?), Subtle EF (ret SU)

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Peony Garden

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

Quite a while back my friend Nance came for a play day and brought

some of her glimmer plates for me to try.

This Peony Print was one of them.  I foiled them in pewter and in gold.

They sat in my UFO box for some time and I decided it was time 

to finish them up for cards.

This is with the pewter foiling.

I colored it with Copic markers.  I'm sorry that I didn't make a notation of which

markers I used.  Usually I do that before I put the markers away.

All that was needed was a foiled sentiment on a piece of vellum to finish this up.

This one done with the gold foil worked perfectly for my brother and sister-in-law's

50th anniversary.

I found a snippet of a textured gold cardstock to put the sentiment on.

Challenges:

Four Seasons  - Spring

Inkspirational #315 - Seasonal (Spring, my peonies just finished blooming)

Just Us Girls #726 - Word Week (Garden)

 

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:   Neenah Solar White Black, Vellum

Other:   Peony Print Hot Foil Plate (PFS), Perfect Sentiments Foil Plate (PFS), Pewter Foil, Copic

 Markers:  

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Many Everyday Messages (HA)

Ink:   Encore Gold

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Gold Foil, Vellum, Gold Texture (?)

Other: Peony Print Hot Foil Plate (PFS), Gold Foil, Yana's Layered Script Sentiments Die (Spl), Number of Years Dies (ret SU)

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Blue Daisies

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

I am still having fun playing my my Betterpress system.  I love the crisp images!

This is such a large image and perfect for a slimline card.  In this case it's a

Monarch 3 1/2" by 8 1/2" card.

I used the colors for the Color Hues Challenge where my friend Marcia

chose light blue and navy.

Jack and family gave me a new set of alcohol markers for Christmas.  They come from 

Amazon and the brand in Ohuhu.  So far I am really liking them.  Jack brought his 

pastel color markersto share and I used both his set and mine to get the two shades of blue.

 

I used some gray colors for the stems and leaves and added a bit of blue to them.

I did some splatters to finish it off.  I found that a drop of reinker on an old acrylic

block and flicked off with a wet brush worked great.

I didn't add a sentiment because my friend saw this card and told me multiple times

that she would frame it and it would be perfect between her mirrors.  Needless to say,

she will be getting this card.

Challenges:

Color Hues #78 - Light Blue and Navy

NBUS #58 - Never Before Used Schtuff

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   Betterpress Black

Paper:   Betterpress Porcelain, Night of Navy, Neenah Solar White

Other:  Wild Daisies Press plate (Alt), Ohuhu Alcohol Markers (Pale Blue, Lt Blue, Royal Blue, Warm Gray 3 & 4, Caran D'ache Supracolor Pencil Night Blue, Slim Diagonal Stitch Die (PFS), White Gouache Paint, Night of Navy Re-inker

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Sunrise Stem

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

I love the colors that Hannelie chose for Color Hues #74.

Yellow and Kraft are perfect for this NBUS Sunrise Stem die.

I die cut all the pieces of the flower from Neenah Solar White 110 lb. cardstock

and colored with Pawsitively Saturated Ink and blending brushes.  The colors are

bright but not as glaring as they seem in this photo.  After brushing the brown inks

on the stem and leaves, I added a bit of yellow to give hem more of a fallish look.

The sentiment strip has been inked the same as the stem and leaves and stamped

with the darkest brown ink.

Challenges:

Color Hues #74 - Yellow & Kraft

NBUS #55 - Never Before Used Schtuff - Flower Die

Krafty Chicks #686 - CAS

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Friendship Messages (SSS)

Ink:   Lemonade, Sunbeam, Citrine, Cappuccino, Mocha (SSS PSI)

Paper:   Crumb Cake, Neenah Solar White

Other:  Sunrise Stem die (SSS), Sparkling Diamonds Cover Plate (PFS) White Gel Pen

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Squeeze the Day

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

Summer has arrived here. A perfect time for lemonade.

Another gift of Washi die cuts from a friend. When I saw the Double D Challenge mood

board, I knew just what to use.

I used a background left over from our last class.  It's one I've used before 

with Washi Tape die cuts.

Challenges:

Double D - Lemon-Ade the Color Yellow

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Zest Bouquet (CP)

Ink:   Crushed Curry

Paper:   Neenah Solar White

Other:  Lemons & Blueberries Washi Tape (PFS), Mini Slimline Windows Die (SSS), Leafy 3D EF (Spl), Jewels Rainbow Sparkle (Lucy's Little Things)

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More Tuberose Washi Cards

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

I am really enjoying this Pinkfresh Studio Washi Tape!

We used some of the Dahlias in my class last week and they were a big hit.

I had to get some more and I think this Tuberose is the prettiest they have designed so far.

First up has some die cut leaves tucked around a foiled circle.

I stamped and embossed a sentiment and added a few of the die cut flowers.

Then comes my favorite so far...

I used Pinkfresh's Sparkling Diamonds coverplate for the background and

die cut a slim stitched rectangle for the sentiment. It was so easy to add a few of

these gorgeous flowers tucked behind and on top.

and I added another bloom to the previous card using these cuts.

Several of you have sent me some Washi die cuts and now that the class is over,

I hope to get some on cards.  They are so much fun to play with.  I love to color, but

sometimes it's nice to have the coloring done for you.

Challenges:

Four Seasons - Spring

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Scripty Sayings (GKD)

Ink:   Encore Gold

Paper:   Neenah Solar White

Other:  Tuberose Washi Tape & Die (PFS), Essential Duo Lines Circles Foil Plate (Spl), Infinity Circles (HA), Subtle EF (ret SU), Leaves Die (?), Gold EP

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:   Neenah Solar White

Other:  Tuberose Washi & Die (PFS), Sparkling Diamonds Coverplate (PFS), Mini Slimline Double Stitched Die (Kat Scrappiness), Perfect Sentiments Foil Plate & Die (PFS), Gold Foil (Spl)

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Beautiful Tuberose Washi

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

My friend Michele really started something when she posted these Washi tape cards.

One of the things I like the best about these Washi tape designs is that 

there is so much of it that you really need to share!

Well Pinkfresh Studio came out with some new designs and I just had to

jump in and get this pattern...

Aren't these flowers gorgeous?

I sent some to Michele and she gave me just the push I needed to get some of

these flowers on a card.

I used the sketch at CAS Colours & Sketches for this CAS card.

I believe Michele used a different sketch.

Let's go check it out...

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Gold Foil

Other:  Tuberose Washi Tape & Die (PFS), Yana's Wonderful Script Sentiments (Spl)

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More Washi Tape Dahlias

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

I'm still working my way through this beautiful Washi Tape.

The rolls are so big!  There was enough for  friends, a class and still some left over.

First up....

Sometimes I get wrinkles when I mount the tape on cardstock so I die cut anyway

and can always salvage a few.  It worked out well so I could put two of this flower

on one card.  I hot foiled a diamond frame to bring out the gold highlights in the tape

and mounted it all on these pierced diamonds.

This card uses a background foiled with the Art Deco Hot Foiled Plate.

The piece was left over from another card that I intended to use the whole piece

for a background. I didn't mean to cut a smaller rectangle but it turned out to be

a happy accident as I got two cards from my foiling.

Here's the other Art Deco background...

The cardinal is a very old Stampin' Up stamp that recently got colored with Copics.

Challenges:

Pinkfresh Studios April Challenge - Flowers

Krafty Chicks - Christmas

 

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Thoughtful Messages (SSS)  

Ink:   Encore Gold 

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Gold Foil, Vellum

Other: Dahlia Washi Tape & Die (PFS), Sparkling Diamonds Plate (PFS), Diamond Floral Frame Hot Foil Plate & Die (Spl), Gold Foil (Spl), Yana's Scripted Sentiments Die (Spl)

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Soft Seafoam, Gold Foil

Other:  Dahlia Washi Tape & Die (PFS), Art Deco Hot Foil Plate (PFS), Gold Foil, Perfect Sentiments Hot Foil Plate & Die (PFS)

Card Recipe (card 3)

Stamps:  Beauty of the Season (ret SU), Botanical Blocks IV (PTI)

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Encore Gold

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Gold Foil

Other:  Copics, Art Deco Hot Foil Plate (PFS), Gold Foil (Spl), Gold EF

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