Through the Woods

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Time Out is asking for our favorite song.

Mine is How Great Thou Art.  This card illustrates the second verse.

I've printed the first two verses and chorus below.

I used the sketch that Jen T. created for Freshly Made Sketches #695.

 

The watercolor background was done with Distress inks on Mixed Media paper.

The die cut was from linen paper and shaded with watercolor pencil.

Birds were cut from some Brusho backgrounds and

the sentiment was computer generated.

Challenges:

Freshly Made Sketches #695

Time Out Challenge #293

How Great Thou Art

O Lord my God

When I in awesome wonder

Consider all the works

Thy hands have made,

I see the stars,

I hear the rolling thunder,

Thy pow’r throughout

The universe displayed!

Chorus

Then sings my soul,

My Savior God, to Thee;

How great Thou art,

How great Thou art!

Then sings my soul,

My Savior God, to Thee;

How great Thou art,

How great Thou art!

When thru the woods

And forest glades I wander

And hear the birds

Sing sweetly in the trees,

When I look down

From lofty mountain grandeur

And hear the brook

And feel the gentle breeze,

Chorus

Then sings my soul,

My Savior God, to Thee;

How great Thou art,

How great Thou art!

Then sings my soul,

My Savior God, to Thee;

How great Thou art,

How great Thou art!

                                  

                                Carl Boberg, 1886

If you get a chance, listen to Carrie Underwood singing this on YouTube.

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Waterfront (SU), Foliage Set (AI)

Ink:   Old Olive, Distress Inks

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore), Linen Texture, Sahara Sand (SU)

Other:  Birch Tree Window die (ret SSS), Leafy Sprig die (PS), Chirping Birds die (PS)

Enjoy!

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Wild Blossom for Color Hues

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It's time for another Color Hues challenge and this time I chose the colors...

Here's what I chose...

I had sunflowers in mind.  Then I thought poppies, but I ended up with a NBUS

Wild Blossom.  Maybe I'll get a chance to use the sunflower and poppy in the next 

two weeks.  Maybe not.  So many toys, so little time!

This is an embossing folder with a die.  I love these sets because I can get

wonderful texture and dimension on the die cuts.

I cut the flower twice from Betterpress 100% Cotton Paper and embossed

another piece of this paper.  I used colored pencils to color the embossed leaves and 

Zigs to color the die cut flowers which were added to the embossing. 

My splatters are controlled by using an old woodblock stamp. A tiny punched 

butterfly and foiled sentiment finished it off.

Now let's go over to Color Hues and see what the my talented friends and our

fantastic Guest Designer Von Marie have done to inspire you. 

I hope you'll create a card using Yellow & Green and add it to the gallery at

Color Hues.

Please only use hues of these two colors. Neutrals are welcome.

Challenge ends at 9:00 AM on July 29th.

The winners will be posted an hour before our next challenge and the overall

 winner will have the opportunity to be a future Guest Designer.

Most importantly, just have fun!

Also joining in at NBUS #76 Never Before Used Schtuff)

Card Recipe

Stamps:  BP Fancy Sentiments (SB), Splatters (?)

Ink:   Daffodil Delight

Paper:  Betterpress Porcelain (SB), Neenah Solar White

Other:  Wild Blossom EF & Die Set (SSS), Zigs (Lemon Yellow, Yellow, Mustard), Caran D'ache Supracolor Pencils (Lemon Yellow, Light Green, Moss Green, Kark Carmine, Butterfly Punch (ret SU), Gold Foil (SB)

Enjoy!

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Hello Gullfriend

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This card is a spinoff from a card we did in class over the weekend.

The patterned paper made great water (see the waves?). Embossed sea shells make a frame and

a bright hello along with a computer generated GULLFRIEND finish it off.

This seagull is so much fun and he brought lots of smiles to the studio.

Here's the card we did in class.

Challenges:

Just Us Girls #783 - Word Week

Can You Handle the Pressure - Use Embossing with Option of anything you can find in the sky

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Bitty Birthday Wishes (MFT)

Ink:   Tranquil Teal (GKD)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Orange (?), Inkdrop Candy (CC)

Other:  Stitched Squares (SSS), Inquisitive Gulls dies (WF), Hello dies (SSS), Scattered Shells EF (SB), Decorative Sentiment Dies (EMD)

Enjoy!

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Daisy Daisy

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It was a busy weekend but I found time to put something together

for Freshly Made Sketches.

Here's Judy's sketch

I had a couple of die cut daisies on my table and used watercolor pencils to

add the color to the centers and bit of gray on the petals.

The butterfly was in the butterfly box.  I think it was cut from some dirty pour

on canvas paper.  The circle was cut from cardstock and topped with a vellum circle.

I used a smaller panel.  I hope that's allowed.

I'll take it over to Freshly Made Sketches and see if they approve.

I'll also link up with Darnell's I.D.E.A.S. where week 2 is Die Cuts.

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Snippets (PB)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Vellum

Other:  Wildflower Stems #1 (TH), Envelope Accessories Die (HA), Circle Dies, Subtle EF (ret SU), Arteza Watercolor Pencils.

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Three Pink Flowers

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A quick card with leftovers from my last class.

The flowers were cut from Neenah Solar White and ink brushed to add color.

Leaves were cut from patterned paper.  I used a different embossing folder

and sentiment.

Challenges:

Inkspirational #345 - Three of the Same

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Faith, Hope, Love (PB)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black, Pretty in Pink (SU)

Paper:   Pink Pirouette, Neenah Solar White, Patterned Paper (?), Black

Other: Flower Family die (PB), Linked EF (PB), Dignified die (PB)

Enjoy!

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