CASEing Loll With Poppy Trio

I've been wanting to do some more watercolor.

My friend Loll, (Stamping with Loll)

has the honor of her card here

being the subject of the

CASEPLORATIONS CHALLENGE

this month.

Stamplorations is offering a prize.

This challenge runs until the end of March.

I chose to use the red and gold colors and the layout as my inspiration.

It was fun watercoloring again.

So many fun techniques, so little time!

Thanks for taking the time to stop by.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  Poppy Trio (Penny Black), Great Birthday Greetings (CC Designs)

Ink: Black Archival (Ranger)

Paper: Watercolor (Arches), Strathmore (card base)

Other:  Watercolors (Koi), Re-inkers (So Saffron, Hello Honey, Cherry Cobbler), SU Marker (Black), Aqua Painter

All supplies are Stampin' Up! Unless otherwise noted

Another Smoosh Technique

When I posted my Merry Monday card with the smoosh technique,

my friend Marybeth told me that Make It Monday

at Papertrey Ink was doing "smoosh" this week.

I went over and watched Betsy's video

and gave it a try.

It was fun!

I used half of a broken stamp case instead of a piece of acetate

and "smooshed" ink spots in the center of it.

Then I spritzed with water and

"smooshed" the paper on the ink.

(I found that the Neena Solar White worked well.)

That's all there is to the background.

I stamped a flower and sentiment 

and the design was done.

Of course I'm going to enter this in the

Make it Monday #204 challenge

WATERCOLOR SMOOSHING

Also

CAS on Sunday

GIRL POWER

(Make a card for a girl)

I'm so glad you stopped by.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps: Year of Flowers Collection (Papertrey Ink)

Ink:  Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:  Solar White (Neena), Basic Black

Other: Water Spritzer

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Merry Monday Blues

It's Merry Monday time.

Our snowbound Debbie chose the challenge for this week.

I used a piece of Smoosh Background, 

stamped some snowflakes with Island Indigo ink,

die cut some snowflakes from Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper,

and added a die cut Merry.  The die cut is 4 layers.  I intended 3

but covered the top with Wink of Stella and didn't like it.

So I added another over top.

Since I used snippets on my card, I'm heading over to

Pixies Snippet Playground.

I hope this is CAS enough for 

Addicted to Stamps #134

CLEAN AND SIMPLE

I hope you'll pull out your blues and join us at

Merry Monday

Thanks for stopping by.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps: Endless Wishes

Ink: Island Indigo

Paper:  Island Indigo, Whisper White, Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer

Other:  Expressions Thinlits, Snowflakes (Impression Obsession), Snowflake EF (Darice) 

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Painted Petals Welcome Spring

According to the calendar, Spring is right around the corner.

Like the rest of you, I'm ready!

I love this Painted Petals set.

It makes a quick flower garden.

I used Kylie's sketch from the

Happy Little Stampers Sketch Challenge

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge

SPECIAL LADY/GIRLY 

Anything girly/feminine will do !

I'm so glad you stopped by.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  Painted Petals, Bloom with Hope

Ink:  Daffodil Delight, Certainly Celery, Wisteria Wonder, Elegant Eggplant, SU Marker (Chocolate Chip)

Paper:  Daffodil Delight, Whisper White

Other:  Square Lattice EF, Stitched Mats Rectangles (Lil' Inker), Beautiful Wings Embosslit

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Delicate Ferns

I bought this fern die quite a while ago and have finally got around to using it.

Laurie's card (stampin up north) inspired me to

buy this die and the alcohol inks.

Thanks for the enabling, Laurie.  I have certainly had fun with them!

The background was done with Alcohol Inks.

The sentiment with stamped VersaMark ink and heat embossed with black powder.

I die cut the fern from the background and again from green and white card stock.

Then I used the embedded die technique, fitting the white fern in to negative space.

Glued the green fern on top and added a little bow from some Perle Cotton that had been 

in my stash forever.

I'm entering this in some challenges.

Mixed Media Card Challenge

Stamping, Alcohol Inks, Die Cuts
I'm hoping that when the Spring weather comes,
my ferns will turn green instead of black.

Scrapy  Land Challenge #13

The theme for this challenge is

Anything Goes using any brand of die Scrapy Land sells.

I used a Memory Box Die (Delicate Fern)

Cuttlebug Mania

Please use monochromatic green

(shades of green with white or cream or black)

 I used my Big Shot to cut the ferns.

Simon Says Monday Challenge

Just a hint of clover…

use green on your card.

Would you like to see what I did with the alcohol inked cut out fern?

Thanks for dropping by.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe (Card 1)

Stamps:  Thoughts and Prayers

Ink:  VersaMark, Alcohol Inks

Paper:  Glossy White (Tim Holtz), Solar White (Neena), Basic Black, Mossy Meadow

Other:  Delicate Fern Die (Memory Box), Black EP, Perle Cotton (DMC)

Card Recipe (Card 2)

Stamps:  French Script (retired)

Ink:  Sahara Sand, Alcohol Inks

Paper:  Sahara Sand, Whisper White

Other:  Delicate Fern Die (Memory Box)

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted