Heart Song

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I have a favorite oldie today.  In fact, two favorite oldies.

This Penny Black die hadn't been used in quite a while.

I die cut it from mixed media paper and colored with Distress Inks.

The background was inspired by looking out my window at a blooming

cherry tree.  And the sentiment is another favorite oldie.

Challenges:

Darnell's I.D.E.A.S. - 1st Monday of the month is Ink

The Neglected Stuff - Die & sentiment

Penny Black Saturday - Penny Black die, stamp & sentiment

Triple B - Bird & Blooms

 

 

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Tendrils, Eloquence (PB)

Ink:   Faded Jeans, Prize Ribbon, Crushed Olive, Bundled Sage, Peeled Paint, Saltwater Taffy, Ripe Persimmon, Vintage Photo, Scorched Timber, Tattered Rose (DI)

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore), Neenah Solar White

Other:  Happy News, Classy Frames, Caran d'ache pencils (Ivory, Black, Brown  

Enjoy!

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Easter Eggs

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This month the Group of Seven Cardmakers made cards using embossing paste. 

This is a continuation of this post.  I colored enough paste to get two more

cards out of it.

First up is more stenciled leaves but this time on an Easter egg die cut.

It's hard to see the stenciling with all the flowers and butterflies.

I colored some embossing paste with re-inker, spread some over a stencil and smoothed

it out, then removed the stencil and cleaned it and the palette knife.

After the paste was dry, I sponged a bit of ink around the edges of the egg

to add some depth.  Flowers, grass, a bow and butterflies finished it.

I had some paste leftover and hated for it to go to waste, so I spread it over another

die cut Easter Egg.

I love the texture that was left behind!

The flowers were die cut from scraps of white cardstock.  I added a bit of color to the

centers of the flowers with a finger dauber and some WOS on the bow to make it sparkle.

Challenges:

Double D - Easter

Group of Seven Cardmakers - Use Embossing Paste

 

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Just Sentiments - Easter (PTI), Splatters (?)

Ink:   Gumball Green, Mint Macaroon, Primrose Petals (SU)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Pink Pirouette, Daffodil Delight

Other:  Slimline Gentle leaves Stencil (TCW), Embossing Paste (Wendy Vechi), Mint Macaroon re-inker (SU), Half a Dozen Eggs die (MB), Grassland Border die (MB), Spring Leaves Cover Plate (HB), Mini Blooms & Sprigs (SB), Fit to be Tied die (Grtry)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Just Sentiments - Easter (PTI)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black, Primrose Petals, Gumball Green, Pear Pizzazz

Paper:   Watercolor (Strathmore), Pinkn Pirouette, Daffodil Delight, Neenah Solar White

Other:  Embossing Paste, Mint Macaroon re-inker, Mini Blooms & Sprigs dies (SB), Leaves dies (?), Half a Dozen Eggs die (MB), Fit to be Tied die (Grtry), WOS, 1/8" & 1/16" circle punches

Enjoy!

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Happy New Home

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While I had the stencil out to use with embossing paste for these cards, I did

a piece just using ink.

The hard part was deciding how to use it.

I recently needed a new home card and didn't have any in my stash, so I thought

that a birdhouse hanging on the branch would be a good stash addition.

And since the Birdhouse and Whittle Bird were in the respective die envelopes

just waiting for their turn, the decision was made.

I used a die for the happy and a stamp for the sub-sentiment do I can take

this to Inkspirational.  The die cuts without flowers work for Just Us Girls.

Challenges:

Inkspirational #338 - Sentiments - use two or more

Just Us Girls #769 - Use die cuts no flowers 

Darnell's I.D.E.A.S. - Stencil Week  (thanks for the reminder, Dolly)

  

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Itty Bitty Backgrounds (ret SU)

Ink:   So Saffron, Baked Brown Sugar (SU), Shabby Shutters, Mowed Lawn (DI)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Cherry Cobbler, Natural Ivory, Watercolor

Other:  Slimline Gentle Leaves Stencil (TCW), Whittle Birds die  (PS), Bitty Birdhouse die (SSS), Happy Die (SSS), Caran d'ache Supracolor Pencil (Brown)

Enjoy!

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Orange and Teal for Color Hues

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Time for a new challenge at Color Hues.

Out talented Jules has given us this fun color combo.

I think feathers work well for masculine cards and I liked these colors for feathers.

I've cut them from watercolor paper and colored with re-inkers and water for 

saturated colors.   When the teal feather was dry, I stamped it with a filagree

stamp with teal ink to add a bit of texture.  (It's actually almost invisible

to the naked eye, but I know I did that.)

To get a bit of color on the tag, I used a damp waterbrush and swiped the 

colored feathers to get light color.

An embossed background and twine bow finished off the CAS card.

The very talented Design Team and our Guest Designer Renate, have some 

beautiful cards to inspire you.  I can't wait to see what you can do with these colors!

Please join us at Color Hues

This challenge is open until April 14th at 9:00 AM EDT.

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Filigree (ret SU), Happy Snippets (PB)

Ink:   Taken with Teal (ret SU), Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:  Watercolor (Arches Cold Press), Neenah Solar White

Other:   Feather Dies (?), SU re-inkers (Taken with Teal, Pumpkin Pie), Pinewood Planks EF (SU), Pinpoint Main Street Tags Die (PS), SU 

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Turning the Page April 2025

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Time to turn the page on our calendars to a new month.

 

I make calendars each year for my desk and my family.

 

I thought I'd set up a regular post on the first day of each month to share them.

 

I hope you enjoy my “Turning the Page” posts.

 

Here's our April page. 

By the way, the calendars 4 ½ x 7 inches and and can be displayed on an easel

or hung on a push pin or magnetic hook.  We all have a different way to display them.

 

If you would like a word document with the calendar, email me

and I will be glad to send it to you so you can design your own.

Email link is on the sidebar.

Recipe

Stamps: PAF Iris (Alt), Spaltter (?)

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, So Saffron

Other: Copics (V04, V05, V06, V15, Y13, Y17, G82,  YG03, G94)  Touch up copies with Arteza ( Burgundy, Moss Green, Sunflower Yellow), stamp dots with Saffron ink:  

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