Going Green

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

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

I used these pretty leaves from Penny Black.

Sponged color on green cardstock branch.  Sentiments gold embossed.

And then....

a few less leaves and an added bird.

Die cut bird watercolored with Distress Markers and waterbrush.  Sentiment gold embossed.

Then....

Sentiment gold heat embossed

Challenges:

Allsorts Challenge - A stamped image

Inspired by Challenge -  Lucky Rainbow (I was inspired by the green)

Seize the Birthday - 3 Shades of Green (Two shades with generational stamping, green cardstock with ink sponged on edges.)

 

 

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Floral Silhouette, Special Sentiments (PB)

Ink:   Garden Green, Encore Gold

Paper:   Neenah, Pine (GKD)

Other:  Gold EP, Airy Die (PB)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Floral Silhouette, Special Sentiments (PB)

Ink:   Garden Green, Encore Gold

Paper:   Garden Green (SU), Neenah

Other:  Woodland Branch Die (MB), Birds Looking Up (Serendipity/IO)

Card Recipe (card 3)

Stamps:  Floral Silhouette (PB), Amaryllis (TT)

Ink:   Garden Green, Encore Gold

Paper:   Neenah Natural, Pine (GKD)

Other:  Die (?)

More Print Making for CAS Mix Up

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

Have you joined in our celebration at CAS Mix Up yet?

There's still time.

I'm hosting this month and I'm loving all the beautiful cards in the gallery.

Do check out the gallery and the wonderful inspiration cards by our

talented Design Team and Guest Designer, Ros.

I hope you'll join us and hopefully win one of the prizes.

 The challenge closes on the 24th.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Friendship Messages (SSS)

Ink:   Versafine Smokey Gray, Bundled Sage, Evergreen Bough, Mermaid Lagoon, Worn Lipstick, Picked Raspberry (DI for watercoloring)

Paper:   Watercolor (Arches cold press), Mixed Media (Strathmore for background, Neenah

Other:  Eucalyptus Die (?), Fresh Daisy Die (SSS), Elegant Rectangle STAX dies (MFT), Caran d'ache Supracolor pencils, Subtle EF (SU)

Purple Spring

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

Spring is almost here.

At least we hope so!

The Flower Challenge is asking for...

I used this NBUS stencil that a dear friend gifted me and  inked the

wisteria up in purple ink.

I cut the piece in half and die two mini slimline cards.

I added some ink blending around the stenciled design.

Here's the second.

I used a technique by Eileen Godwin for this one.

It's a bookmark tied on a card base.

The card bases are a mini slimline 6 1/4" x 3 1/4"

Maybe a good Easter card....

It's the first outing for the stencil and the rabbit so I'll share this with

NBUS (Never Before Used Schtuff)

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Springtime Fun (PS), Backyard Basics (ret. SU)

Ink:   Wilted Violet, Shabby Shutters (DI), Encore Gold, Whisper White

Paper:   Neenah, Gorgeous Grape (SU), Grapesicle (MFT), Vellum

Other:  Wisteria Stencil (TCW), Blending Brushes, Backyard Basics Die (ret. SU), White EP, Gold EP

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Lola (Lavinia)

Ink:   Wilted Violet, Shabby Shutters (DI), Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Neenah, Gorgeous Grape

Other: Wisteria Stencil (TCW), Circle Mask, Crystaline Rainbow Superfine Glitter, Quickie Glue Pen, Blending Brushes, Needlepoint Border EF (ret. SU) 

Prancing Reindeer

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

I have another Christmas card to share today.

I'm so glad my Christmas stash is growing!

I found this guy hanging out in my Christmas UFO box.

He was cut from corrugated cardboard but I chose the smooth side to show.

The corrugation pops him up a bit.

The background was stamped with a Christmas background stamp, 

splattered with red ink and die cut with a Deckled Edge die.

I sponged around the edges of the die cut and a bit on the deer too.

I love the kraft, red and white color combination and

my dear friend Loll chose this as the challenge at

CAS Christmas

I love this color combo so much that I did another.

How's your Christmas stash coming along?

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Christmas Background (Stampendous)

Ink:   Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler (SU)

Paper:   Naturals White, Cherry Cobbler (SU)

Other:  Prancing Deer (TH Bigz), Corrugated Cardboard, Snowfall EF (ret. Cuttlebug), Deckle Edge Die (Splbndr)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Winter Cottage (Alt), Season's Wishes (PB)

Ink:   Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler Marker (SU)

Paper:   Naturals White, Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler (SU)

Other: Pine Bough EF (SU)

Your Choice for Twofer

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

It's time for another Twofer Challenge!

This month's challenge is a little different.

 

My choice is WREATH.

First up is a New Home card.

I inked the leaves on this NUBS wreath with different colors of Distress Markers and

used a damp waterbrush to pull the color into the leaves.  I followed up with some

watercolor pencils and splatter.  Of course I stamped the sentiment crooked.  So I tried again

and die cut it to pop over the boo boo.  The Whittle birds was watercolored with some of

the same markers and my waterbrush.

I recently bought some more patterned paper to hoard. Wonder of wonders, I actually

let myself cut into a piece of it!  And I die cut the design piece to show off a bit of the paper.

For my twofer...

I stamped the wreath off the edge of Mixed Media paper and heat embossed with gold powder

before watercoloring the leaves with Arteza Twimarkers.

What?  Where's the shine?

Oh, here it is...

What will you choose?

Be sure to tell us what your choice is and make two different designs for two different

occasions using the same stamp, die or stencil.

Check out what our fantastic design team and Guest Designer, my dear friend Nancy,

have done to inspire you.

I hope to see you in the Twofer Gallery.

Challenges:

NBUS - Never Before Used Schtuff (wreath stamp)

Twofer #36 - Wreath

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Greenery Invites (Art Impressions), Take Care (ret. SU)

Ink:   Shabby Shutters, Crushed Olive, Peeled Paint, Mowed Lawn, Evergreen Bough, Pine Needles (DM), Shaded Spruce (SU)

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore 400 Series), Gingham-linen rainbow petite prints paper pad (Doodlebug), Neenah

Other:  Scallop Borders Die (Pretty Pink Posh), Whittle Birds (PS), Double Pierced Rectangle Die (AE), Caran d'ache Supracolor II pencils

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Greenery Invites (AI), Sentiment (?)

Ink:   Encore Gold, Real Red Marker (SU), Arteza Twimarkers (Forest Green, Olive Green, Moss Green) 

Paper:   Mixed Media, Christmas Pine (GKD), Gold Foil (SU), Neenah Natural 110 lb. 

Other:  Gold EP, Corner Rounder Punch (?), Chunky White Frantage (Stampendous), Gold Twine (ret. SU)