Boughs of Holly

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

I've been having fun using different pastes and gels with my stencils.

This time I'm adding to my Christmas card stash.

I've used Distress inks through a stencil to get the ivy image.

After the stencil was clean and dried, I placed it back over the design and

spread clear Glass Bead Gel through the stencil with a palette knife.

I carefully removed the stencil and immediately put it in a dish of water

so the gel wouldn't dry on it.

Then came the hard part...no touching until the gel was completely dry.

Since I wanted the card CAS and two is better than one for the 

Christmas stash, I cut the design piece apart with some scissors

and place the pieces behind some die cut frames.

(If you use a frame, you don't need to cut straight!)

Here's my twofer....

Challenges:

CAS Mix Up - Stencil Challenge using pastes/gels

Christmas Craft Creations - Use two colors (red & green)

Peace on Earth #!7 - ATG Christmas

   

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Scribbly Christmas (TH)

Ink:   Rustic Wilderness, Barn Door, Brushed Corduroy (DI), Shaded Spruce

Paper:   Neenah Solar White

Other:  Holly Bough Stencil (TH), Glass Bead Gel (Golden), Rectangle Peek-a-boo Window Die (MFT)

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Scribbly Christmas (TH)

Ink:   Rustic Wilderness, Barn Door, Brushed Corduroy (DI), Shaded Spruce

Paper:   Neenah Solar White

Other:  Holly Bough Stencil (TH), Glass Bead Gel (Golden), Round Foliage Window Layering Die (Ton), Infinity Circles (HA), Holiday Greens Mini Die (TH), Subtle EF (SU)

Enjoy!

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Irresistible Peony

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

I was excited to see that the Power Poppy blog has resumed it's card challenge!

It's called The Blossom Challenge and the very talented Christine is hosting

and she's asking for May Flowers.

Peonies bloom in May around here.  I have a few peonies in my yard, but since

the yard has become so shady, they don't do well.  However, one plant that's in front of my 

bedroom window had five blooms this year. 

I wish the pink ones bloomed like these!

Don't forget that Marcy is offering several spring flower digital stamps at 25% off.

Challenges:

Power Poppy The Blossom Challenge - April Showers bring May flowers

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Irresistible Peony no-line version (PP Digital), Banner Sentiments (PB)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Neenah Solar Whtie, Sweet Sugarplum

Other:  Copics (R81, R83, R85, Y13, Y15, YG03, YG93, YG67, B0000), Elegant Rectangle STAX die (MFT), Subtle EF (SU)

Enjoy!

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Sailing

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

I'm excited to be Guest Designing for Penny Black Saturday!

It's one of my favorite challenges.

This challenge is always Anything Goes with an optional theme.

This month's option is TRANSPORT.

I used my Out to Sea die and cut it apart to get the largest sailboat

and some of the gulls.

I Zoomed with some friends a couple of weeks ago and we die a technique

called Faux Tearing.  We basically tore some scrap paper and used it as a mask

to ink around.  It leaves the look of torn paper without the bulk.

I cut a circle from my piece and really didn't intend to use the rest of the

piece on this card,  But it fell on it and gave me an Eureka moment!

The boat has been cut three times and stacked.  The sails are cut from a piece

of textured cardstock.

I hope you'll join in at Penny Black Saturday.

I'd love to see your card in the gallery.

  

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Banner Sentiments (PB)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black, Salty Ocean, Wilted Violet, Tumbled Glass (DI - Faux Tearing), Candied Apple, Aged Mahogany, Prize Ribbon (DI - Boat)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Textured White

Other:  Out to Sea die (PB), Stitched Circles die (PB), Infinity Circles (HA)

Enjoy!

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Crackle Branch for CAS Mix Up

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

We're back at CAS Mix Up!

We've missed you!

Loll is our host this month and this is what she chose...

Our Design Team is rested and ready to inspire you.

And our Guest Designers, 

Jules (Crafted by Jules) and Darnell (djkardkreations) 

have added some wonderful inspiration too!

To make this card, I smooshed some Distress Oxide ink on my craft mat and 

mixed in some Crackle paste. Once the color was mixed in well, 

I spread it over a stencil and set it aside to dry.

There was a messy section which led me to do some partial die cutting to

get that out of the way.

I mounted it on foam over a piece of dry embossing.

My mixed media are stencil, crackle paste, dry embossing and stamping.

Now it's your turn.  I hope you'll get out your pastes or gels and your favorite

stencil and have a play.  Then join us at CAS Mix Up.

Card Recipe

Stamps: Happy Snippets (PB)  

Ink:   Shaded Spruce (SU), Mowed Lawn (DOX)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White

Other:  Leaves Stencil (SSS), Crackle Paste, Stripes 3D EF (SU)

Enjoy!

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Yellow and Black Guest Designing for Color Hues

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

I am so excited to be Guest Designing for Color Hues today!

When I got the colors for this challenge, I was so excited.

So many things came to mind...bees, butterflies, birds...just for starters.

The hardest part was deciding which to go with!

You can see that my favorite butterfly won out.

I stamped on watercolor paper and heat embossed.  It's always fun to watercolor

the heat embossed images as the water pools beautifully in the different sections.

I popped him over some NBUS 3D embossing from Simon Says Stamp.

Thank you Color Hues for your challenge and for inviting me to 

Guest Design with you.

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Butterfly Trio, Banner Sentiments (PB)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black

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

Other:  Black EP, Zigs (51 Lemon Yellow, 50 Yellow, 52 Bright Yellow), Vine Canopy 3D EF (SSS)

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