Poppy Birthday Times Two

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

I have had this poppy background stamp and haven't used it nearly enough.

For this card, I stamped with Memento Ink and colored with Copics.

I love these bright colors!

but then....

I like the no-line watercolor look too and these colors are the favorites

of a good friend who has a birthday soon.

Challenges:

Double D Challenge - Things that Fly (Butterfly)

The Flower Challenge #79  - Focus on Background Stamping (Must have flowers)

Seize the Birthday #259 - with topping of Alcohol (colored with alcohol markers)

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Poppy Background (MFT), Fluttering Friends (MFT - sentiment)

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:  Neenah  Solar White, Black

Other:  Copic Sketch Markers (Y13, Y18, Y35, R22, R24, R29, G24, YG17), Black Ultra Fine Sharpie, Black Acrylic Paint, White EP,  White Gel Pen

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Poppy Background (MFT), All Occasions (Jane's Doodles)

Ink:   Warm Glow (GKD), Encore Gold

Paper:   Watercolor (Arches cold press), Neenah Solar White, Shimmery White, Gold Foil

Other:  Gansai Tambi Watercolors (139 Purple, 38 Deep Violet, 67 Deep Blue, 58 Evergreen), Arteza Twimarker (Pear Green, Dreamy Butterfly, Yana's Scripted Sentiments Die (Spl), Gold EP, Gems

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Daisy Daisy

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

I've been playing with a NBUS daisy die.

 

For the first card, I die cut with a cover plate and kept all the little pieces intact.

Then I die cut the daisy and fern from cold press watercolor paper to 

smoosh and watercolor. using Zigs.

You may need your sunglasses for the next one!

This daisy was die cut from Neenah Solar White and the stem from cold press 

watercolor paper,  I colored with Zigs and a slightly damp brush on the Neenah.

  The embossed yellow background was in the UFO box and seemed perfect 

for a background for this daisy. The frame was a leftover too.

Now to tone it down a bit...

This time I cut the flower from Bristol paper and the stem from cold press watercolor paper.  

I used the Print Making technique loosely coloring it over a piece of mixed media paper 

letting the color run into background.  Actually the yellow is much lighter IRL.

Challenges:

Double D - Mood Board below

The Flower Challenge #78 - Die Cuts or Stencils

Seize the Birthday - no toppings this time

  

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:   Watercolor (Arches cold press), Neenah Solar White, Daffodil Delight

Other:  Etched Layered Daisy Stem Die (SSS), Zigs CCRBM, Detail Pincushion Cutting Plate (SSS), Sword Fern Die (SSS), Script Easter Die (Studio Katia)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Watercolor (Arches cold press), Daffodil Delight

Other:  Square Lattice EF (ret SU), Etched Layered Daisy Stem die (SSS), Zigs CCRBM, Script Easter Die (SK), Stitched Rectangle Die (SSS), 

Card Recipe (card 3)

Stamps:  Many Everyday Messages (HA)

Ink:   VersaMark

Paper:   Bristol ( Strathmore), Mixed Media (Strathmore) Watercolor (Arches CP), Neenah Desert Storm, Gold Foil

Other:  Etched Layered Daisy Stem Die (SSS), Zig CCRBM, Sword Fern Die (SSS), Happy Die (SSS), Gold EP, Subtle EF (ret SU)

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Wildflowers with Butterflies

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

A just for fun card playing with my Wplus9 sets.

I started out inking the Scripted Background stamp, spritzing and stamping on the 

background.  I used the same technique with the flowers and leaves.

These butterflies were stamped with Versafine Onyx black onto vellum and 

heat embossed with clear powder.  I colored on the backside with Copic Markers.

These stamps work beautifully with this dreamy vintage style.

I think I'll go have some more fun with this set...

And there's a new challenge around by the D&D gals.

It's called Triple B and they want to see Birds, Blooms or Butterflies.

Another fun challenge from these gals!

Challenges:

NBUS #48 - Never Before Used Schtuff

Triple B March Challenge - ATG with Birds, Blooms and/or Butterfly

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Scripted Backgrounds, Wild Flowers, Flora & Fauna 3 (all W9)

Ink:   Antiique Linen, Brushed Corduroy, Wilted Violet, Bundled Sage (DM), Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Vellum

Other:  Clear EP, Copic Markers (B26, B29)

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Debossed Inky Resist

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

Today our Group of Seven Cardmakers is sharing a fun technique

that involved double embossing.

First we added VersaMark ink to the "high" side of an embossing folder before

dry embossing.   I used 3D embossing folders but some in the group discovered that

regular embossing folders worked just as well.

Once the piece of mixed media paper was dry embossed, we sprinkled white embossing

powder over top and heat embossed the debossed side to make a resist.

(I think this would show better if the debossed parts weren't so small.)

Then we smooshed Distress inks on a craft sheet, spritzed with water and smooshed the

embossed piece into the ink.  When we were happy with the colors, we dried

the piece and smooshed again with the same colors of Oxide ink.

I made the mistake of die cutting my piece with a stitched rectangle die and

it kind of flattened the piece.  So I carefully placed it back in the embossing folder

and embossed/debossed again.  Fortunately it worked to give a deep embossing and 

made the debossing stand out more.

I used a NBUS fern die cut from Neenah Solar White and inked with Distress ink and

added a sentiment cut from gold foil.

It's hard to stop at one....

This time I used a NBUS embossing folder and followed the same procedure.

I paired it with a die by Penny Black.  It was cut from watercolor paper and 

watercolored with Distress Markers and a waterbrush.  I've stacked it 3 times for depth.

You can find a link to a video on this technique at the

Group of Seven Cardmakers .

The rest of the GO7 gals have some fabulous samples of this technique

at the site too! Do go visit all of them and see what worked for each and what didn't.

Thanks to Julia for leading the fun technique this month.

By the way, we've added a linky at the website so you can add any projects you do

using this technique. What a great resource for techniques!

Challenges:

Can You Handle the Pressure - Dry embossing Things with Wings

NBUS #47 - Never Before Used Schtuff (Tile Reflection EF)

  

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  

Ink:   VersaMark, Bundled Sage, Rustic Wilderness, Brushed Corduroy, Worn Lipstick (DI & DOX)

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore), Gold Foil

Other:  Fern 3D EF (SU), White EP, Sword Fern Die (SSS), Sentimental Dies (Avery Elle)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  

Ink:   VersaMark, Speckled Egg, Faded Jeans, Brushed Corduroy, Picked Raspberry (DI & DOX), Faded Jeans, Chipped Sapphire, Brushed Corduroy, Rustic Wilderness, Hickory Smoke (DM)

Paper:   Mixed Media, Bashful Blue

Other:  Tile Reflection 3D EF (Spl), White EP, Happy News Die (PB)

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Bluebird for a Friend

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

I'm still enjoying these Wplus9 stamps.

Challenges:

Double D  - Birds

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Just Breathe (W9)

Ink:   Archival Shadow Gray, Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:  Watercolor (Strathmore) , Neenah Solar White 

Other:  Altenew Watercolor Pans (Persian Blue, Forest Glades, Coral Berry, Citrus Burst), Caran d'ache Supracolor Pencils, Elegant Rectangle STAX dies (MFT)

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Flora and Fauna for the Birds

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

A couple of weeks ago I shared a couple of cards using the Wplus9

Flora and Fauna 3 stamps.  You can see them here and here.

Today I'm sharing the results with the bird from this set.

This was not my first try, but perseverance won out to something usable.

I stamped with Antique Linen Distress ink and started coloring with Zigs.

I was struggling with the colors so I switched to my Altenew watercolors.  I still am

not satisfied with the large flower, but it's as good as it's going to get.

The next card is a CASE of a card by my friend Michele.

You can see it here.  She used Dawn's technique that you can see here.

I've tried this technique before with no success.  Michele suggested the Tim Holtz 

mini mister and that did help a lot.

I inked the stamp with Distress Markers and spritzed before pressing onto 

watercolor paper.  I used the MISTI so I could get multiple stampings.

Finally,

I tried the spritz technique with this bird and it didn't work.  So I re-inked the stamp with

Distress Markers and smooshed more ink on a palette to pick up and watercolor the image.

Thankfully, I was able to put this back in the MISTI for a re-do!

The flowers with this bird were barely passable and I had the brilliant idea to

add splatters.  Then I realized that snow would not be falling on  blooming cosmos.

So I fussy cut this bird out from the offending flowers and added some snowflakes

leftover from a past project.

That's five cards from this stamp set.

I had so much fun playing with it.

Thanks to Dawn of Wplus9 for restocking this stamp set.

She may need to restock again.

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Flora and Fauna 3 (W9), Just Breathe (W9)

Ink:   Antique Linen (DI), Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Watercolor (Fabriano Artistico Extra White), Black, Neenah Solar White

Other:  Zig CCRBM (Carmine Red, Oatmeal, Bright Yellow, Mustard), Altenew watercolors (Paper Bag, Mocha, Forest Glade, Lavender Fields), Copic Multiliner .03 (Sepia), Elegant Frames Dies (MFT), Subtle EF (ret SU), Black Acrylic Paint (for splatters), Tumbled Glass re-inkers (DI)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Flora and Fauna 3 (W9), Just Breathe (W9)

Ink:    Faded Jeans, Peeled Paint, Picked Raspberry (DM), Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Watercolor (Fabriano Artistico Extra White), Neenah Solar White, Soft Sky

Other:  Zigs (Bright Yellow, Pale Orange, Mini Mister (TH), Infinity Circles Die (HA), Thin Frames Circles Die (SSS), Tumbled Glass re-inkers (DI)

Card Recipe (card 3)

Stamps:  Flora and Fauna 3 (W9), Easy Expressions Original (Ton)

Ink:    Versafine Onyx Black, Faded Jeans, Wilted Violet

Paper:   Watercolor (Fabriano Artistico Extra White), Neenah Solar White, Black

Other:  Brick EF (TH), Snowflakes  Dies (IO), Shimmer Spray (Technique Junkies), White Acrylic Paint, Easy Expressions Original Die (Ton)

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Vintage Ephemera Bird

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

I promised to be back soon with the bird from the Wplus9 Vintage Ephemera.

Here he is...

I've paired him with the Scripted Background stamp from the same company.

It's been inked with Bundled Sage DOX ink and spritzed before stamping.

The bird was inked with Distress Markers and the color moved around with a damp brush,

then fussy cut when dry.

I used the Eclipse Technique to cut a heart from the background and cut another

from a bit of foam.  Glued together and put back in, it gives added dimension.

Finally I added my favorite die cut pine boughs and a sentiment from another

Wplus9 set.

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Scripted Background (W9), Vintage Ephemera (W9), Flora & Fauna 3 (W9)

Ink:   Bundled Sage, Vintage Photo (DOX), Stormy Sky, Faded Jeans, Chipped Sapphire (DM), Rustic Wilderness, Pine Needles (DI), Night of Navy

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore), Night of Navy

Other:   Botanicuts Pine Bough (Greetery), Heart Die (ret SU)

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Flowers from Wplus9

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

I'm still playing with new to me sets from Wplus9.

I have really enjoyed using them.

First up using the colors from Color Hues.

I stamped and embossed with gold onto mixed media paper and used

Distress Markers and my waterbrush to color.

The shine is amazing when the light hits it.

So hard to photograph!

Then I inked and embossed it with white embossing powder.

It's so hard to see where to color, but I enjoy the results.

Last but not least...

I inked and embossed the smaller flower stamp with the gold.

Love that little bee!

I'll be back with the bird from this set and the bird from another set too.

Challenges:

Color Hues #56 - Pink & Red

NBUS #46 - Never Before Used Schtuff

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Vintage Ephemera (W9), Easy Expressions Original (Ton)

Ink:  Encore Gold, Picked Raspberry, Candied Apple

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore), Real Red, Neenah Solar White

Other:  Gold EP, Thin Frames Rectangles Die (SSS)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Vintage Ephemera (W9), Snippets (PB)

Ink:   Whisper White, Early Espresso, Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick, Tea Dye, Squeezed Lemonade, Scattered Straw, Mustard Seed (DM)

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore), Early Espresso

Other:  White EP, Elongated Dotted Hexagon Die (Studio Katia)

Card Recipe (card 3)

Stamps: Vintage Ephemera (W9), Snippets (PB) 

Ink:  Encore Gold, Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick, Mustard Seed (DM)

Paper:  Mixed Media (Strathmore), Black, Neenah Solar White

Other:  Gold EP, Subtle EF (ret SU), X Stitch Frame (Gina Marie Designs), Ranger Fine Letterer

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Flowers for Color Hues

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

I didn't get to craft for a couple of weeks and the rust set in.

It's taken a while to feel at home in the studio again.

 

I treated myself to some Wplus9 stamps late last year and for Christmas

and I am determined to use them before they sit any longer.

I've been working with the bird from this set and I'm not able to get anywhere

near Dawn's wonderful looks.  So I thought I'd give the flowers a try.

I stamped them in gold and heat embossed then colored with a Distress Marker

and my waterbrush.

To add a little more gold, I used an embossing pen to color the leaves and

added some gold heat embossing to them.

The love die was another Christmas present and was cut from gold foil

and stacked on two layers of white scrap card.

Once I had the design die cut for a slimline card (Monarch size), I thought

the corners needed a little something.  So I did some partial embossing with a

3D embossing folder.

Here's a picture that shows the shine better.

Challenges:

Color Hues #55 - Light Pink & Gold (congratulations to the new team members)

NBUS #46 - Never Before Used Schtuff (stamp and die)

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Flora & Fauna 3 (Wplus9)

Ink:   Encore Gold, Spun Sugar (DM)

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

Other:  Gold EP, Let's Have a Word - Love (Greetery), Doily 3D EF (TH), Gold Beads (SK)

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Festive Poinsettia Joy

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

It's been pretty busy around here, but I squeezed in a few minutes

here and there to do some lessons from Heather Telford's Floral Faves Class.

Sometimes I struggle with no-line watercoloring.

I do fine with inking the stamp and drawing the ink into the design.

But for some reason, stamping and using regular watercolor brushes

usually ended up in a mess!

After watching Heather, I decided to attempt this technique again and

I'm quite happy with the results.

I first stamped this NBUS poinsettia with Antique Linen Distress ink.

I smooshed some Crackling Campfire and Rustic Wilderness ink on my palette

and painted away.

It was a little too orangey looking to me and the green was a bit dark

so I smooshed some Barn Door and Peeled Paint ink and added a bit of that.

I meant to use my watercolor pencils in the nooks and crannies but

I got too excited and said done.

I still may add some.

But then again....maybe not!

Here's a close up so you can see the shine from the embossed sentiment

and center.

By the way, this is a mini slimline card (6 1/4 x 3 1/4)

Challenges:

NBUS - Never Before Used Schtuff

Merry Little Christmas - Anything Goes

 

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Festive Poinsettia (Alt.)

Ink:   Antique Linen, Crackling Campfire, Rustic, Barn Door, Wilderness, Peeled Paint (DI), Wow Emb.

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore 400 series), Neenah

Other:  Gold EP, Delicate Designs EF (ret. SU)