Footnotes for a Friend

Hello crafty friends.

I'm so glad you stopped by.

I've been playing with some emboss resist for a recent class.

This was made from a leftover piece.

We stamped this pretty lacy border with White Craft Ink and heat embossed it.
We placed wide sticky notes above and below to act as a mask,
and sponged some ink over the embossed image.

Adding a die cut and ribbon finished it off just fine.

Four Crafty Chicks where my friend Nance is has Spring Fever with Sponging.
The Memory Box Challenge is looking for ribbons this month.
Penny Black and More says Anything Goes this month.
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge is For a Special Lady/Girl.

  

  

By the way, here's the card we did in class.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Footnotes (PB), Botanical Silhouettes (PTI)

Ink:   Whisper White, Certainly Celery (SU), Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:   Solar White (Neena 110 lb.), Certainly Celery, Whisper White, Basic Black (SU)

Other:  White EP (SU), Kaleidoscope Butterfly (MB), Ribbon (retired SU), Rhinestones

Flowers for a Friend

Hello Stampin' Friends.

Here we are almost at the end of hump day.
I hope your week is going well!

I've used this sweet little flower stamp and inked it with markers, stamped it on

Whisper White and colored it in by swiping markers on a palette and picking up

the color with a blender pen.

I die cut the image and softly sponged around the flower, stamped the sentiment

and added it to the card front with a die cut piece of foam.

I felt that it needed a little something else so I took a snippet of white,

and scored it 3 times.  It still needed something so I added a narrow

strip of cardstock to add some contrast.

A little twine balanced the colors.

I do love the Razzleberry and soft blue together!

Time Out Challenges are celebrating this month.
It's their 3rd Birthday!

Happy Birthday, Time Out!

Their challenge this month is
Love and/or Friendship with the optional twist of 'spotlight stamping' where you add colour only to one raised area of your image

Check out the awesome cards that the DT have done and in the gallery.

The Flower Challenge this month is

At Just Us Girls the word of the week is

An oval is a geometric shape, I think.

I'm going to take my snippets over to

Pixie's Snippet Playground

where it's always fun to play.

I've been absent for way too long.

Life is too short to be too busy to have fun!

The playmates have been so generous with their comments

even though I've been absent.

You guys are the best!

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Avant Garden (SU), Friendship Messages (SSS)

Ink:   Soft Sky, Rich Razzleberry, Markers (Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive), (SU)

Paper:   Solar White (Neena 110 lb.), Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry (SU)

Other:  Stitched Shapes Framelits, Simply Scored (SU), Twine (Michaels Clearance)

Going Green

Hello, Stampin' Friends,

I had a few minutes of free play and decided to do some smooshing.

March always makes me think green, so I pulled out some green inks and
 my craft mat and had a good time.

I wanted a light background so I used celery ink and blotted the piece
with a paper towel after smooshing.

I dried it with a heat tool and smooshed again, repeating the process until
I was happy with it.

The clover was cut from a piece of Yupo paper I had dropped
alcohol ink on.  I used Loll's 2nd technique here.

So I used smooshing, stamping, alcohol ink, dry embossing and die cuts
forthis month's  CAS Mix Up 

and it's a special birthday challenge!

Two of my friends, Nance (Soul Stampin') and Lori (Caffeinated Creativity)
are on the Design Team of a new to me challenge that I've been wanting to play....

4 Crafty Chicks

#340 GREEN

Curtain Call

Betty Suggests that I enter at The Card Concept

My card is CAS and it does have that one little bit of aqua.

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Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Thinking of You (Altenew)

Ink:   Old Olive, Certainly Celery (SU), Alcohol Inks (Adirondack)

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore), Solar White (Neena), Yupo

Other:  Meadow Clover Die (PS), Dew Drops (PTI), Stately EF (Craft Concepts)

Think Spring for CAS Watercolour

It's time for a new challenge at CAS Watercolour Card Challenge.

This month I'm the hostess and I chose...

I used a retired Stampin' Up! set called Indescribable Gift.

It's stamped with Whisper White ink and heat embossed on watercolor paper.

My watercolor medium was re-inkers.

The Design Team with our Guest Designer, Heather (bit & pieces)
have some wonderful inspiration pieces to show you.

Come celebrate spring and join us at
CAS Watercolour.


Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Indescribable Gift (retired SU), Picture Perfect (SU)

Ink:   Whisper White (SU), Re-inkers

Paper:   Solar White (Neena 110 lb.), Watercolor (Arches 140 lb.), Pink Pirouette, Basic Black (SU)

Other:  White EP (SU), Aqua Painter, Stately EF (Crafts Concepts)

Hello Friend for CAS Mix Up March Challenge

It's time for another challenge at CAS Mix Up and it's a very

SPECIAL MONTH!

We are celebrating our 1st Birthday!

More about that later.

This month our challenge is

I smooshed with Inka Gold spritzed with water on cardstock for the birds and 

on watercolor paper for the sky.

The branch was cut from a piece of smooshed alcohol ink.

I also have die cuts and heat embossed stamping.

Now for the part you've been waiting for (or maybe you skipped ahead).

WE HAVE PRIZES!!!!

Be sure to go over to CAS Mix Up and check it out!

While you're there be sure to check out the Design Team's awesome cards.

Our Guest Designer this month is Marcia (Marcia's Stampin' Pad).

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Script Sentiments #1 (Inky Antics)

Ink:   VersaMark, Alcohol Ink (Adirondack Caramel, Gold)

Paper:   Solar White (Neena 110 lb.), Glossy cardstock, Watercolor (Strathmore 140 lb. cold press)

Other:  Liquid Platinum EP (Ranger), By Your Side Die (C&9), Rectangle Peek-a-boo Window (MFT)