Twofer Geometry

Hello.  I'm so glad you could stop by today!

I'm playing with the Twofer Challenge today.

Here's the challenge....

Geometry wasn't my best subject!  But I do remember my shapes.

I chose to use a square.  Mainly because I had this piece embossed and die cut
and it needed some finishing touches.

To touch it up, I die cut butterflies from a scrap of embossed tissue paper.

(I'd used the paper on this card and this card.)

I also went around the squares with a Versamarker and heat embossed them 

and the stamped sentiment with gold.

There's lots of golden shine on the butterflies and sentiments!

Here's a look at the inside of the card.

My twofer is a Christmas card.

These fun little Penny Black birds were stamped and watercolored with Zigs,

then fussy cut and perched on the edge of the squares.

Their hats are sort of triangles and circles, but that doesn't count

because the shapes aren't repeated on the butterfly card.

Just thought I'd show off that I recognize some shapes.

There's lots of fun inspiration over there.

Do check it out.

Challenges:

Twofer #8: Geometric

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Sprinkles and Smiles (PB)

Ink:   WOW Embossing Pad

Paper:   Neenah, Gold Foil (SU)

Other:  Versamarker, Tissue Paper, Gold EP, Take Three Die (PTI), Flutters Die (PB), Sentiments (Peachy Cheap)

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Christmas Memories (PB), Yuletide (Kaisercraft)

Ink:   Onyx Black (Archival), Real Red (SU)

Paper:   Crumb Cake, Naturals White (SU), Mixed Media (Strathmore 400 series)

Other:  Zig CCRBM (#29 Geranium Red, #72 Beige, #28 Pale Pink), Take Three Die (PTI), Chunky Frantage EP (Stampendous), Polar White Flower Soft

Leaping Reindeer

Hello dear friends.

I have another Christmas card to share today.

I used Loll's Tissue Paper technique.

I didn't add any color to the white tissue paper, just scrunched it up and glued it onto white cardstock.

After lightly adding some VersaMark on the wrinkles, I heat embossed it with gold.

The picture doesn't show the shine of the embossing.

CAS Mix Up is easy this month.

I've done some die cutting and dry embossing along with the tissue and heat embossing.

Challenge closes on the 24th.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Mixed Christmas Sentiments (HLS)

Ink:   Encore Gold

Paper:   Neena Solar White, Gold Foil (SU), Tissue Paper

Other:  Gold EP (SU), Infinity Circles (HA), Jumping Reindeer (Gina Marie), Kars Snowfall EF (ret. Cuttlebug)

Fall Leaves for CAS Watercolour Again

Hello Friends.

Did you ever have one of those days when you wish you'd left well enough alone?

Today is one of those days for me.

Some of you saw a similar post earlier.

When I got on the computer this morning, I saw comments for my

CAS Watercolour Post.

I had scheduled it for AM instead of PM!

Rats!

So I tried to fix it.

I should have just left it because I lost it and now I'm rewriting the post.

If you're confused, just know that I am more so!

It's a special month at CAS Watercolour

Wow this year has gone fast!

And we have Prizes

$25 Gift Certificate to Simon Says Stamp for Challenge Winner

&

$25 Gift Certificate to Simon Says Stamp for one random draw of all entries

 (must follow rules to be eligible for prizes)

Our Challenge is

Here's my card.

I used Loll's Tissue Paper Tutorial to watercolor, scrunch, glue and 

heat emboss with gold powder.

Here's a photo that shows more of the shine.

Now it's your turn.

I hope you'll watercolour some Fall Leaves and join us at

CAS Watercolour.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Lighthearted Leaves (retired SU)

Ink:   VersaMark, Distress Ink (Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Seedless Preserves)

Paper:   Vanilla Thick (SU), White, Tissue

Other:  Leaflets Framelits (SU), Gold EP (SU), Leaves EF (Darice)

Happy News

Hello.

I have another card to share.

I'll show you all the shine first.

Here's another view so you can read the sentiment better.

I just got this die in the mail.  I'd been wanting it for a long time and
when we went to the mountains, I stopped at The Enchanted Cottage
for a quick trip through.  They didn't have the die in, but ordered it for me
and mailed it for minimal shipping.

I love that store and wish they weren't so far from us!

I used a technique that Loll showed us in this fantastic video and
it's the subject of the Try a New Technique Challenge at Splitcoaststampers
for last week.  Fortunately there is no deadline on these challenges.

Our fantastic friend, Darnell, is having another NBUS Challenge

and since this was my happy bird's first outing, I'll take him over there.

I hope your heart sings today.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Eloquence (PB)

Ink:   Mustard Seed, Salty Ocean, Shabby Shutters (DI), VersaMark

Paper:   Neena, Tissue, Gold Foil (stash)

Other:  Happy News (PB), Gold EP (SU)

Peony Bud

Hi there.

I hope you are having a good day.

Just Us Girls is having a photo week.

I chose to use some pink, green and gold.

and

Poppystamps Challenge #35

There is a pin dot border on the tag, a gold border around the flower and a border 

on the edge of the sentiment piece.

To make this card:

I crumpled up a piece of plain white tissue paper, partially flattened it out and
glued it on some white cardstock.

After it dried, I die cut it with my favorite tag die.

One sweet flower was die cut from gold foil and then
I cut one from some smooshed pink ink
and another from a snippet of Brusho colored cardstock.

I inlaid the pieces, stamped and heat embossed a sentiment on
another piece of the pink and popped them on the
tissue paper tag.

A few rhinestones add a little bling.


Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Happy Snippets (PB)

Ink:   Encore Gold

Paper:   Neena, Tissue, Gold Foil (SU)

Other:  Pinpoint Main Street Tags (PS), Peony Bud Die (PS), Gold EP (SU), Basic Rhinestones (SU)

Penny Black Watercolor Butterfly

Hi Ya'll.

It's reminder time for CAS Watercolour

To make this butterfly, I smooshed some tissue in ink that had been

laid down with distress inks and smooshed.

I really liked how it looked after it dried so I glued it to a piece of cardstock.

This Penny Black die was perfect to cut it out.

I wanted a little glitz so I die cut the body from a snippet of gold foil

and the sentiment from another.

The background was made by masking the card front and

stamping the music score.

There's still time to join in at CAS Watercolour

with your watercolor butterflies

and there's still time to join in at

CAS Mix Up

with your tissue paper creations.

My mixed media are tissue paper, stamping, watercoloring, masking and die cuts

Both Challenges are open until the 24th.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Cling Music Score (Stampendous)

Ink:   Sahara Sand (SU), Wilted Violet, Faded Jeans (Distress)

Paper:   Neena 110 lb., Tissue paper ($ store), Gold Foil (SU)

Other:  Flights of Fancy Die, Heartfelt Die (PB)

More Tissue Paper Techniques for CAS Mix Up

Hello friends.

It's the middle of the month and there's still time to
play with tissue paper for
CAS Mix Up

Here's a little something to hopefully inspire you.

I have to confess that I didn't do this tissue paper piece.

My friend and teammate, Nancy, sent me some of her pieces using
tissue paper and acetate.

I think this is what she considers the back side but I
loved the crinkles from the tissue and the way the green shows through
so I decided to use it back side forward.

I used a palette knife to rub some Inka Gold on the raised crinkles.

While that was drying, I die cut the two smallest stitched butterflies
and watercolored them with Distress Oxide ink smooshed on a
palette and picked up with an Aqua Painter.

I thought this butterfly needed some flowers so I
used a flower from my NBUS Mini Bouquet set.
Inked it up with Distress markers and stamped.

I used the rest of the tissue paper-acetate piece to make this card....

Loll had sent me this die cut of the trees that was perfect against this sparkly background!

A big thanks to both of my friends!

I lifted the whole design on fun foam for added dimension.

I had stamped the flower on a little piece to test it.
I couldn't let that little piece go to waste so
I have a threefer.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Mini Bouquet (TH)

Ink:   Wilted Violet, Faded Jeans (DOX), Distress Markers (Wilted Violet, Shabby Shutters)

Paper:   Neena 110 lb., Linen Texture (Desktop Pub.), Mixed Media (Strathmore), Tissue Paper

Other:  Stitched Butterfly Trio (PS), Stitched Rectangles (SSS), Inka Gold, Acetate

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Holiday Snippets (PB)

Ink:  Emerald Envy (SU)

Paper: Neena, Tissue

Other: Acetate, Stitched Rectangle Die (SSS), Fir Tree Border die (IO), Foam

Card Recipe (card 3)

Stamps:  Mini Bouquet (TH)

Ink:  Smokey Slate (SU), Distress Markers (Wilted Violet, Shabby Shutters)

Paper:  Neena 110 lb., Whisper White, Wisteria Wonder (SU)

Other:  Crackle EF (Darice)

Memory Box Dragonfly Corner

Hello, my friends.

I'm trying to use some of my NBUS dies and had some fun with this one.

I die cut the Dragonfly Corner from an Alcohol Inked piece, die cut a frame to fit it into

and backed it with a piece of tissue paper scrunched and glued to cardstock.

The whole design piece is backed with foam to add dimension.

There's so many wonderful tissue paper cards in the

CAS Mix Up gallery.

Using tissue paper, stamping, alcohol ink, and die cuts

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Fun Birthday Sentiments (HLS)

Ink:   Bermuda Bay (SU), Alcohol Inks (R)

Paper:   Neena Solar White, Tissue, Yupo

Other:  Dragonfly Stems Left Corner (MB), Stitched Rectangles (SSS), Foam

Tissue Paper for CAS Mix Up

 Happy July 1st, my friends.

The year is officially half over!

Zip, zip!

I'm excited to be hosting CAS Mix Up this month.

I chose something I'd been wanting to try on cards for a long time.

My mixed media are stamping, tissue paper, sponging, and die cuts

I've had so much fun playing with tissue paper!

I've landed a lot in the trash can too, but I learned what not to do.

For instance, watercoloring images on tissue paper can make holes.

Be very careful if you try that!

For this piece I used a piece of deli paper that my friend and teammate Nancy sent me.
She also sent me this awesome wildflower die.
Thanks, Nancy!

I balled a piece up really tight then stretched it back out,
but not too smooth.

Then I added some ink to the piece by pouncing with a sponge.

I love the texture!

There are videos at the CAS Mix Up website with lots of fun ideas for using tissue paper.

Our amazing Loll has made a tissue paper video
with several wonderful techniques for using tissue paper.

And the Design Team, including a very talented Guest Designer, Sue, have some
wonderful inspiration pieces to share today and through the month.
Be sure to check them out.

Then find some tissue paper (no matter if it's crumpled) and
add it to a card to share with us.

Can't wait to see all the fun techniques.

Be sure to keep it CAS (Clean And Simple).

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Thinking of You (Alt)

Ink:   Midnight Muse (SU)

Paper:   Neena 110 lb., Deli Paper

Other:  Stitched Rectangles Die (SSS), Wildflowers Die (TH)