Soft Wings in Black and White

I recently won a random draw at

Pixies Snippet Playground.

I was so excited because I love butterflies and

this one is a beauty.

I'm fluttering over to the playground with this, since I got to 

use up a few snippets for this gate fold card.

This Week's Addicted to Stamps has a photo inspiration.

The shades of black, gray and white inspired my card.

And I'm excited to announce that my

Thanksgiving Card

was the winner over there on August 22nd.

Thank you ladies.

I'm honored.

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge

is everybody's favorite

ANYTHING GOES

I hope you've had a crafty week.

Thanks for stopping by.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps: Soft Wings (Penny Black)

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:  110# Solar White (Neena), Basic Black, Whisper White

Other:  Square Lattice EF

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Going Geometric

It's been so nice to get some stamping time.

When I saw the current challenge for Addicted to CAS

I nearly choked!

Math was never one of my strengths and I've spent 

the last 50 years several years forgetting 

just about everything I ever learned in Geometry!

The Design Team helped.

Geometry is shapes.

I hadn't forgotten that.

Then I saw this card by Elizabeth

who is the Queen this week at SCS,

and an idea was born.

I had this NBUS (Never Before Used Schtuff a la Darnell)

Six Sided Sampler set sitting in my need to use box.

I thought that hexagon would look great in a square.

And putting it on a rectangular card gave me 3 shapes.

And that's about all the Geometry I can handle!

This week Simon Says Wednesday Challenge

is ANYTHING GOES

so I'm heading over there.

I hope you've found some creative time today.

I'm glad you could stop by.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  Six Sided Sampler

Ink:  Pacific Point

Paper:  110# Solar White (Neena), Whsiper White, Daffodil Delight

Other:  Stitched Mat Squares (Lil' Inker), Hexagon Punch, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch (retired), Basic Pearl (Colored with Blendie), Beautiful Wings Embosslit

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Merry Monday Holly Wreath

Good Morning.

It's Merry Monday time.

I'm the hostess this week and this is what I chose.

I love wreaths and I'd love to have one just like this one.

Here's what I have today.

The holly vine is from Memory Box.

I sponged color on it very carefully with a makeup applicator

and ever so gently arranged it around the aperture.

The berries were punched from a snippet of Real Red with

the 1/16" Circle Punch.

Snippet use gets me into 

Pixies Snippet Playground

I hope you'll put a wreath on your Christmas card

and take it over to 

Merry Monday.

And be sure to go over and check out the wonderful

cards that the super talented Design Team has come up with.

WOW!

Thanks for the visit.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  More Merry Messages

Ink:  Garden Green, Soft Suede

Paper:  Whisper White, Real Red

Other:  Holly Vine (Memory Box), Kars Snowflake Spot EF (Cuttlebug-retired), Bakers Twine (Michaels $bin)

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Rose

A couple of weeks ago I was stamping with friends

and cut this rose with Peggy's dies.

Edited to add: It's a 2 step rose die and I have no idea who makes it 
called Long Stem Rose and made by Frantic Stamper.

There were a couple of challenges at Splitcoaststampers

that I wanted to play in so I pulled out the roses

and went to work with some Stampin' Sponges

and ink pads.

After I sponged color on the pieces, I spritzed with some water

to give it more texture.

I set the flower pieces aside to dry and stenciled

a little background on the card with some ink.

I tried to use embossing paste.

That was a disaster!  UGH!

 Two times and both looked terrible.

I've decided that for texture I prefer embossing folders!

This design was inspired by this beautiful card

by Diane. She's the Featured Stamper this week at SCS.

Simon Says Monday Challenge

is ANYTHING GOES.

Seize the Birthday

is ANYTHING GOES, NO TOPPING

Thanks for stopping by.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps: Be Happy (Amy R.)

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Daffodil Delight, Rose Red, Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive, Certainly Celery

Paper: 110# Solar White (Neena)

Other: Moroccan Lace Stencil (Kite), Stampin' Sponge, Rose Dies (?), Gessoed Twine, Sequins (SSS)

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Bloom with Hope for Queen Dini

I haven't played with the Queen for the Day challenge in quite a while.

It's nice this week to be able to stamp a bit.

This week's Queen is Dini, SCS Artist in Residence.

Wow, what a gallery!

I chose this gorgeous card to CASE (Copy And Share Everything).

I did a little bit of masking and a lot of coloring with the Blendabilities.

I even tried to mix color families.

I like the look.

Hope you do too.

I added a bit of softness to the background by lightly sponging 

Soft Sky around the flowers.

Addicted to Stamps

is having a CAS week.

I hope this is CAS enough.

And I'm entering again in the

Mixed Media Challenge

Besides stamps and ink I colored with 

alcohol markers and water marker,

sponged background and added ribbon for texture.

Thanks for stopping by.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  Bloom with Hope (Hostess set)

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Soft Sky

Paper:  Hello Honey, Whisper White

Other:  Blendabilities (Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, Old Olive sets), Stampin' Sponge, SU Marker (Chocolate Chip), Summer Starfruit Ribbon, Simply Scored

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted