Tweetings of Love

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This was my fourth try with this stamp!  Then I messed up the bird. %*&#

So the bird has been stamped again, fussy cut and perched on the branch.

I've heat embossed the branch, leaves and berries with clear powder so they

look quite icy when the light hits them just right.

He's winging his way to my Aunt for her 90th birthday.

Challenges:

Four Seasons - Winter

Inspired by #200 : I was Inspired by Ashwini's beautiful card-winner of IB#159-January 2021

I was inspired by the bird and the foliage.

Penny Black Saturday - ATG/Something New (this wasn't new but never before used)

NBUS - Never Before Used Schtuff

    
 

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Season's Tweetings, Special Sentiments (PB)

Ink:   Bundled Sage, Forest Moss, Festive Berries, Aged Mahogany (DI & DM foliage), Vintage Photo, Tea Dye, Rusty Hinge (DI & DM-bird), Iced Spruce, Speckled Egg (DOX-background), More Mustard, Rusty Hinge (sentiment)

Paper:  Mixed Media (Strathmore), Neenah Natural, Brown (?) 

Other:  Clear EP, Tasteful Textures EF (SU), Twine (FSJ)

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Captivating Loosly

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Happy New Year 2022!

It's time for a new challenge at CAS Mix Up.

My talented friend Jenny is hosting this month's watercolor challenge.

I've used a NBUS stamp from Penny Black and my new

Silver Black Velvet brushes with some Daniel Smith watercolor dots (an awesome 

Christmas present!) to color the image after stamping with Warm Glow ink.

My "painting" was mostly dabbing with lots of water to get the loose look.

It's a fairly large image and honestly wasn't that great, but I was able to

die cut a couple of squares out of it.

Here's the other card...

Here's the shine from the gold foil and embossing.

I lost some of the details with the watercoloring and since the stamp

was still in the MISTI, I inked with Distress Markers and stamped again.

Then I used Caran d'ache Supracolor Pencils to add highlights to the

watercolored images.

Jenny has added a variety of great tutorials on the challenge site and the

fabulous Design Team as well as our Guest Designer, Karen (Random Reflections)

have some awesome inspiration for you.

Hope you'll join us at CAS Mix Up

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Captivating (PB), Snippets (PB), Handwritten Notes (PTI)

Ink:   Warm Glow (GKD), Worn Lipstick, Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint (DM)

Paper:   Arches Cold Press, Neenah Natural, Rose Red, Gold Foil

Other:  Daniel Smith Extra Fine Dots, Double Pierced Square Die (AE), Tasteful Texture EF (SU), Simple Leaf Flourish Die (MFT)

Enjoy!

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Turning the Page January 2022

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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 last day of each month to share them.

 

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

 

Here's our January page using Berry Delight by Penny Black

 By the way, the calendars are 4 ½ inches by 7 inches.

They can be clipped together 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 (bonklass(at)gmail(dot)com.

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

If your email address is not in your profile, I have no way to send this to you.

 

Email link is in my profile on the sidebar.

 

  

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Pine and Holly

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I have two more Christmas cards to share.

First up is a dimensional pine tree from a die that Dee's Distinctively recently

sent to me.  The die has lots of layers and I used just a few of them for this tree.

After cutting it, I sponged some ink on the edges, then used an embossing pen

along the edges of the branches and heat embossed with puff embossing powder.

The layers are put together with dimensionals and I cut the shank off a button

to decorate the top.

This is a CASE of a card by my dear friend Loll (Stamping with Loll) for

a challenge at Inspired By.  She was the winner of that challenge and I am

CASEing her card for the current Inspired By challenge.  It's their 200th

challenge this time.  Woot! Congratulations!

I was inspired by the green and white and wonderful texture and dimension.

My button star is a tip of the hat to her plaid.

Thank you for the inspiration, my dear friend.

Loll's card.

I'm sharing this at Double D Challenge too since there's lots of white.

and another card this time using a page from a past calendar.

 

Challenges:

Double D - Lots of White

Inspired By - Past Winner, Loll from IB#189, October 2021

Peace on Earth #6 - ATG but I was inspired by the greenery and berries

NBUS - Never Before Used Schtuff - Jumbo Tree Stacker 

 

 

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  

Ink:   Rustic Wilderness

Paper:   Gumball Green, Neenah Solar White

Other:  Jumbo Tree Stacker die (Dee's Distinctively), WOW Embossing Marker, White Puff EP (HA), Stitched Rectangle Die (SSS), Kars Snow EF (ret. Cuttlebug)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps: Holly Sprig (PB)

Ink:  Old Olive, Handsome Hunter, Real Red (SU)

Paper:  Neenah, Solar White, Pistachio Pudding, Red Glimmer (SU)

Other:  Wonderful Words Holiday Die (PTI), Subtle EF (SU), Nuvo Crystal Glaze 

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Playing with Snowflakes

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I've been trying to clean up some of the stack left on my table.

Both of these were made from some gel plate pieces that had been stenciled

with Wendy Vecchi stenciling paste.

First up has some Penny Black snowflakes cut from Glimmer Paper on

a piece of stenciled snowflakes.

I'll take this over to the Penny Black Saturday Challenge.

Next up uses another piece cut from this background with some stitched 

snowflakes from Poppystamps.  I'll enter this one into the Poppystamps Challenge.

And I'll take my new Stitched Snowflake dies over to Darnell's NBUS challenge.

I have celebrated the holidays with bright lights, lots of tasty goodies, making, 

sending and receiving Christmas cards (and now thank you cards), and most importantly,

spending time with family and friends.

Challenges:

Penny Black Saturday Challenge:  ATG-Optional Christmas

Poppystamps Challenge: Happy Holly Days

NBUS - Never Before Used Schtuff

  

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Special Wishes (PB)

Ink:   Pacific Point

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Sparkle Glimmer (SU)

Other:  Gel Plate, Snowflake Duo Dies (PB), Snowdance Stencil (PB), Embossing Paste (Wendy Vecchi)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Itty Bitty Basics (MFT)

Ink:   Pacific Point    

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Sparkle Glimmer (SU)

Other: Stitched Alpine Snowflakes Dies (PS), Gel Plate, Snowdance Stencil (PB), Embossing Paste (Wendy Vecchi), Subtle EF (SU)

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