Feathers for Twofer

Hello my friends.

Blogland is all atwitter with a new challenge!

You can tell it's going to be a fun challenge by this delightful badge.

And it's brought to us by none other than your good friend and mine, Darnell.

Congratulations on this super challenge, Dolly
and that fantastic Design Team!

Here's my Twofer....

The prompt for this month is

And I just so happened to be playing with a feather die.

This card was one of my class cards this month.

The feather was die cut from some Rustic White cardstock, dipped in VersaMark,

and heat embossed with some gold.  The Happy Birthday sentiment was heat embossed too.

And this feather was just for fun!

This one was cut from a piece of Inka Gold Smoosh and placed on a

piece of Mulberry Paper.  I found the card front with the 

Thinking of You sentiment already stamped on it.

One more thing out of that UFO box!

I hope that it's OK that they're pretty much the same layout.

This is a wonderful idea for a challenge! It will encourage us to use a 

stamp or die at least twice before it's tucked away.

I have another feather waiting in the wings, but that will wait for another day.

See you over at the Twofer Challenge.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Elegant Script Background (Darkroom Door), Fun Birthday Sentiments (HLS)

Ink:   Sahara Sand, VersaMark

Paper:   Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Soft Suede (SU), Rustic White (PTI)

Other:  Feather Die (wish), Gold EP (SU), Gold Twine (May Arts), Stately EF (CC)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps: Thinking of You (ALT)

Ink: Coastal Cabana (ret. SU)

Paper:  Neena, Mixed Media (ST), Brushed Gold (ret. SU), Mulberry (stash)

Other:  Feather Die (wish), Stately EF (CC), Inka Gold, Gold Twine (May Arts)

Snowflake Ribbon with Cling

Hello dear friends.

I've been having fun getting inky with cling wrap.

The background of this card was done using coated paper with 

Brusho crystals spritzed with water

and left to dry with wrinkled up cling wrap on top.

I die cut the Poppystamp Snowflake Ribbon and a frame from Glimmer Paper

and popped it on top.

I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment.

You can see the shine better here.

Another Christmas card for the stash.

Poppystamps #40 Challenge  SNOW DAY

and another for

CAS Mix Up

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Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  A Better World (PB)

Ink:   Encore Silver

Paper:   Coated, Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer (SU), Neena

Other:  Brusho Crystals (Ost. blue), Cling Wrap, Snowflake Ribbon Die (PS), Stitched Squares Dies (SSS), Silver EP

Think Spring

Hello my friends.

This image brings to mind my daughters and grandchildren

picking a flower and giving it to me.

It's especially effective when I'm prickly as a hedgehog!

I've colored it with Copic Markers, die cut the image then inlaid it.
I added some scoring along the bottom section too.

With all this cold weather, it's nice to remember that Spring isn't far away.

Today I'm playing with....

Inspired by All the Little Things: Photo Inspiration

Just Us Girls: Word Week (Anything Goes)

Penny Black Saturday Challenge: Anything Goes

  

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Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  So Kind, Happy Snippets (PB)

Ink:   Tuxedo Black, Memento

Paper:   Solar White (Neena)

Other:  Copic Markers, Double Stitched Circle die (LI)

Embossed Berry Branch for Merry Monday

Hello, friends.

I hope you are warm, safe and snug with this frigid weather we're having!

I thought I was keeping up with Christmas cards pretty well last year, but...

I was short and had to make more at the last minute.

So I'm hoping to do better this year and do 2 at a time.

My good friend Linda is hosting the challenge at Merry Monday this week and

she picked a favorite of mine.

I cut some of the berry branch with my NBUS Penny Black die from 

mixed media paper and also used the die to emboss on a card front.

I watercolored the die cut pieces using a combination of Distress markers and

my Real Red SU marker.

When everything was dry, I popped one watercolor piece over the embossing,

stamped a sentiment and mounted to a card base.

I added some Glossy Accents to the berries for a shine and added dimension.

Now for my twofer.

I used a previously embossed snowflake piece from my UFO box for this card.

I die cut and watercolored several of these branches so you'll no doubt 

be seeing more of them in the future.

Merry Monday Christmas Challenge: Embossing

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Something New (Berry Branch die)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Something New (Berry Branch die)

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Enjoy!

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Season's Wishes (PB)

Ink:  Onyx Black (VersaFine), Pine Needles, Crushed Corduroy Markers (Dist.), Real Red Marker (SU)

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strath.), Garden Green (SU), Neena 110 lb.

Other:  Berry Branch die (PB), Waterbrush, Twine, Glossy Accents (Ranger)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Season's Gifts (PB)

Ink: Chocolate Chip (SU), Pine Needles, Crushed Corduroy Markers (Dist.), Real Red Marker (SU)

Paper:  Mixed Media (Strath.), Crumb Cake (SU), Neena 110 lb.

Other: Berry Branch die (PB), Waterbrush, Snowflake EF (Dar.), Glossy Accents (Ranger)

Sunbursts

Hello dear friends.

Today I'm sharing a card I made using a page from last  year's calendar.

I thought it needed something else.

So.......

I added some grunge dots.

It's amazing what a few dots or splatters can add.

Time Out Challenge: Thankful.  This is their 100th challenge. Congratulations, Time Out!

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Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Sunbursts (PB), Budding Poppies (TT), Gorgeous Grunge (SU)

Ink:   Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Peeled Paint, Gathered Twigs (DI & D Markers), Delightful Dijon, Early Espresso (SU)

Paper:   Neena, Early Espresso, More Mustard (SU)

Other:  White Gel pen