Lacy Valentine

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I cleaned out my Valentine UFO box!  Yay!

Since I couldn't send Christmas cards to my Canadian friends due to the postal strike,

I decided to send them valentines this year and save their Christmas cards for later.

So you'll probably be seeing a lot of valentines this year.

I found some of these hearts in the box.  Either someone sent them to me or I die cut

them when with a friend.  They had been in the box for quite a while.

The red background is embossed but didn't show up in this photo.  Maybe you can see

it better here.

The flowers were die cut from Neenah Solar White and colored with a 

finger dauber and I die cuta little branch and cut it apart to add a little more texture.

Challenges:

AAA Colourful #12 - See Below

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Valentine (Inkadinkado)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:   Real Red, Neenah Solar White

Other:  Cross My Heart EF (CB), Potpourri Flowers Dies (PS), Lacy Heart Die (?)

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Group of Seven Cardmakers January 2025

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This month the Group of Seven Cardmakers technique

is Dry Embossed Highlights over Ink Blending.

For my first card (a little larger than A2  size), I inked a piece of Neenah Solar White 

with three shades of Distress Oxide ink and left it to dry.  I find that overnight is best.

While the ink was drying I used a homemade heart mask and pink Oxide Inks

to add color to the center of a piece of Neenah Solar White,

The next step is to emboss the pieces.  It's important that the ink is dry so

you don't get mixed colors the next time you emboss.

(How do I know that?)

Dragging and patting a white inkpad over top of the inked embossing really

accentuates the embossing!

3D embossing folders work best, but regular embossing folders work well too.

This is such a fun technique!  My teammates have outdone themselves

with examples of this technique.  You can see them at

Group of Seven Cardmakers.

There's a linky there if you want to try this technique and share it with us.

Challenges:

Just Us Girls #759 - Stencil Week (card 2 uses a stencil)

NBUS #70  - Never Before Used Schtuff (Nordic Bird Die)

Darnell's I.D.E.A.S. - Anything goes week

Can You Handle the Pressure - ATG with embossing

   

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps: Thoughtful Wishes (SSS)

Ink: Encore Gold, Speckled Egg, Faded Jeans, Chipped Sapphire, Bundled Sage (DOX), Whisper White

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Gold Foil, Vellum

Other:  Vine Canopy EF (SSS), Pine Wisp Die (Grtry), Nordic Birds Die (Grtry), Gold EP

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Keep it Simple Valentine (PTI)

Ink:   Encore Gold, Worn Lipstick, Picked Raspberry (DOX), Whisper White

Paper: Neenah Solar White, Gold foil, Regal Rose

Other:  Heart Die (for stencil), Two Hearts as One EF (SB), Gold EP, Precious Hearts Die (MB)

 

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Maka

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One of our grandsons is a student at NC State, home of the Wolfpack.

Lavinia's Maka stamp seemed to be perfect for Gavin's birthday card.

I found a backgrounds in my stash and stamped the wolf onto it then embossed with

clear powder.  The moon spot was punched with a circle punch and another

piece of background inlaid.

The leaves have been in my NBUS box for years. It was way past time to

ink them up!

Challenges:

Darnell's I.D.E.A.S. - 4th Monday Anything Goes

NBUS #70 - Never Before Used Schtuff 

Krafty Chicks #752 - Masculine

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Maka (Lavinia), Delicate Leaf Branch (Magenta), BP Cheers to You (SB)

Ink:   Nocturne (VFC), Going Gray (SU)

Paper:   Neenah Natural , Green, Black

Other:  Clear EP, Opaque White Foil, Grassland Border (PS)

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Snowflake Joy

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We finally had enough snow to cover the ground.  Well almost.

Challenges:

Four Seasons - Winter

Inkspirational #333 - Word Prompt - Snow

Peace on Earth #80 - Inspired by snowflake on Christmas tree

 

It didn't start snowing until after dark last night, but we have a spotlight on the corner of the

house that illuminated the falling snow through a bay window.  I love watching snow

falling.  This morning we could see how much had accumulated.  It's less than 2 inches,

but more than we've had in several years.

Unfortunately it resulted in postponing our Craft Group meeting.  But we can  reschedule that.

We don't get many snow days!

 

Stay warm and cozy.

Card Recipe

Stamps:  A Better World (PB)

Ink:   Encore Gold

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Soft Sky, Vellum, White & Gold Glimmer

Other:  Gold EP, Subtle EF (ret SU), Winter Snowflakes EF (SZ), Stitched Alpine Snowflakes Die (PS), Star of Wonder Die (MB), Confetti Stars Punch (SU)

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Moody Valentine

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

I've been busy trying to clean out the valentine UFO box.

It's amazing how things collect in there!

I had three stamped, heat embossed and cut out hearts done in gray that

I was wondering what to do with.  Just Us Girls #758 helped with that.

Here's the mood board that I was inspired by...

 

I zeroed in on the gray mittens and white cup of coffee as well as the red berries.

I stacked the hearts to add some depth, embossed a knitted looking background to

place the heart on and added a die cut berry branch.

It was pretty easy and only took me several years to complete!

Challenges:

Just Us Girls #758 - Mood Board (see above)

Krafty Chicks #751 - CAS

Simply Clean & Simple - CAS 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Filigree (ret SU), Holiday Wishes (ret SU)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black, VersaMark

Paper:   Smoky Slate, Neenah Solar White

Other:  White EP, Sweet & Sassy Framelits (SU), Winterberry Spring (MB), Simply Succulents Label (SU), Embossing Folder (?), Gold & Red Sharpies

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. 

Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that" 

                                                                       Martin Luther King, Jr.

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