Posy Pocket with Daisies

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

I had a pile of pieces on my table.  When I design for a class, I seem to always

have a large pile of "didn't works".  This didn't work because the color clashed

with the other cards.  It was a hurt your eyes, turn your stomach clash!

It turned into a lovely valentine for one of my daughters though.

The daisies were already die cut and in the envelope with the die.

I've cut two of each and stacked them for sturdiness.  The Pussy Willow

sprig is a single thickness.

I love this sweet little heart pocket die! It's perfect for holding a small

bouquet.  I've added a bow of organdy ribbon of the same color as the background.

As I look at this, I realize that I should have put the embossed piece the other

way up.  Oops! Hopefully I'll remember that next time.

Challenges:

The Flower Challenge - Occasions (Valentine's Day)

NBUS #35 - Never Before Used Schtuff (heart pocket die and sentiment)

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Friends (HA))

Ink:   Calypso Coral (SU), Mustard Seed, Bundled Sage, Shabby Shutters (DM)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Calypso Coral

Other:  Heart Leaf Posy Pocket (Greetery), Daisy Silhouette Dies (MB), Wildflowers Die (TH), Love Spun EF (American Crafts)

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Bear Hugs

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

I have a threefer to share with you today.

First up are a couple of valentines for grandsons.

All of these bears are colored with Copics.

I've stenciled a little in the background of this one, given him a heart and

framed him with this UFO frame.

 

This time he's cut with a Wonky Stitched Rectangle and his sign includes

a die cut and heat embossed hugs,  His heart is punched and heat embossed too.

For my threefer....

This time I masked off the sign when I stamped and replaced it with

a string and a balloon punched from an alcohol inked background.

The plaid paper was bearly big enough for a narrow mat, but I was able

to make it work and even salvaged some tiny pieces to add to the tag.

The background is inked with brushes and some tiny sprigs of grass

finish off the scene.

Unfortunately this stamp set has been languishing in my NBUS box for

far too long and has been discontinued.  Why do these companies retire their

stamps so quickly?

Challenges:

NBUS #35 - Never Before Used Schtuff

Snippets Playground #421 - Use your snippets (I used snippets for balloon, tag and mat)

 

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Bear Hugs (C9), 

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black, Iced Spruce (DOX)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Smokey Slate (SU)

Other:  Copic Sketch Markers (E21, E33, E13, E23, W1, W3), Wonky Stitched Rectangle Die (MFT), Crackle Stencil (Plaid)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Bear Hugs (C9), Happy Snippets (PB)

Ink:   Memento Rich Cocoa, Cherry Cobbler (SU)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Cherry Cobbler (SU)

Other:  Copic Sketch Markers (E21, E33, E13, E23, W1, W3), Wonky Stitched Rectangle Die (MFT), Sentimental Die (Avery Elle), Cross My Heart EF (Cuttlebug), Clear EP 

Card Recipe (card 3)

Stamps:  Bear Hugs (C9), Itty Bitty Basics (MFT), Grass (Art Impressions)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tumbled Glass (DOX), Olive (SU)  

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Plaid (?)

Other:  Copic Sketch Markers (E21, E33, E13, E23, W1, W3), Itty Bitty Strips Die (MFT), Balloon Punch (SU), Mini Slimline Double Stitched Die (Kat Scrappiness)

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Love and Hugs

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

It's the month for Valentines and  there is love scattered all around my studio.

This is what I did for the ladies in my Craft Group.

Since I needed to make four, I needed to come up with something fairly quick and easy.

(I'd waited until the last minute to do these.)

I used this die from my stash to cut the heart from Glimmer Paper.

(I'm sorry but I think it's retired.)

I used the background heart from the set to cut a piece of patterned paper to

tuck behind the open heart.  This paper is so pretty with the gold highlights and 

I think it is still available from Stampin' Up!

I stamped the Love from my NBUS stamp and die set and heat embossed it

with gold, cutting the background from vellum and added a little gold jewelry to the

die cut heart.  The with hugs part was stamped and embossed

on a snippet from the same paper.

Want to see how it shines?

Challenges:

Double D Challenge - Hearts

Four Seasons - Winter

Krafty Chicks - Stamp Act (Love is stamped and heat embossed)

NBUS #35 - Never Before Used Schtuff - Love stamp & Die

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - With Love

  

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  So Much Love (SSS)

Ink:   Encore Gold

Paper:   Neenah, Textured (Bazzill), Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer, Expressions in Ink DSP (SU), Snippet of Gold Foil

Other:  Heartstrings die (C&9), Gold EP, So Much Love Die (SSS), Heart Punch

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Bright Dainty Blossoms

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

I don't usually post more than once in a day, but I'm sliding on in to

the Pinkfresh Challenge with seconds to spare!

Their January Challenge is a 2021 Challenge Review.

I'm doing a review of the March challenge: Flowers and used the colors that

go along with it.

 

The orange happened when I added pink to the center of the wet yellow flower.

I had these dies out for my January class and managed to find just enough time

after classes were over to play a bit more with them.

So many ways to use these fun flower dies!

I hope February doesn't go by as fast as January.

Card Recipe

Stamps:  ...For You (PB)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore), Watercolor (Arches Cold Press), Natural (MFT)

Other:  Dainty Blossoms Dies (PFS), PFS Liquid Watercolors (Emerald, Sunshine, Bubble Gum, Lavender, Sky Blue), Tasteful Texture EF (SU), Small Tag Die (Nicole), Burlap Ribbon

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Faux Cloisonné for CAS Mix Up

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

It's time for a new challenge at CAS Mix Up

and this month we have a mixed media challenge.

Susan is our host this month and she chose....

Mixed Media: Faux Cloisonné, Stamping, Watercoloring, Embossing with a Die

I will admit that I scratched my head with this one!

So I checked out the videos she provided and went to work.

I found a stack of Vogue and Vanity Fair magazines where I volunteer.

Someone had finished with them and wanted to share.

They worked perfectly for this technique.

I found a pattern that I thought would work and stamped an image on it, 

then heat embossed it with gold embossing powder.

I didn't have a die for this set so I fussy cut it.  I stamped and fussy cut from

a piece of scrap card too and glued the two together.  The magazine page was

kind of flimsy.

You can see the shine of the embossing better here.,,

I will admit that this hummingbird was about my fourth or fifth try.  Some things I

discovered from my mess ups not so good tries.  

Pick a stamp with some detail but not too much.

I liked small patterns better (although Susan's example uses a larger design

for her butterfly.

Don't be afraid to try again.  Every bad try is a learning experience.

Our talented Design Team

have some awesome examples of this technique to inspire you.

I hope you'll check them out.

Then look through your magazines or catalogs, give this

technique a try and come on over and share it at

CAS Mix Up.

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Flora and Fauna 2 (Wplus9), Together (PB), Sketched Flowers sentiment (SSS)

Ink:   Encore Gold, Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick, Picked Raspberry, Peeled Paint, Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Neenah, Mixed Media (Strathmore 400 series)

Other:  Magazine Page, Gold EP, Stitched Rectangle Die

Enjoy!

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