Songbirds for a Friend

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Today I want to wish a special friend a very happy birthday.

I've foiled with Pewter foil and Pinkfresh Studio Hot Foil Plate on mixed media paper.

Then colored with Zigs and die cut with the matching die.

I die cut again from white cardstock and layered the die cuts.

Want to see the shine?

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore), Orchid Opulence (ret SU), Neenah Solar White

Other:  Songbirds on Branches Foil Plate & Die (PFS), Pewter Foil (Splbnd), Zigs (Olive Green, Haze Blue, Dull Blue, Purple, Shadow Mauve), Vine Canopy EF (SSS), Sentiment Foil Plate (Splbndr)

Enjoy!

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Happy Halloween

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'Tis the season for pumpkins, spider webs and Jack-o-lanterns.

I started with a piece of Inkdrop paper from Craft Consortium and stamped some

spider webs.  The pumpkin and Pumpkin/Jack-o-lantern dies are new this season.

Challenges:

Color Hues - Orange & Purple

NBUS #43 - Never Before Used Schtuff

Two Old Bats Halloween - ATG Halloween

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Ghostly & Halloween Labels (ret Hampton Arts)

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black 

Paper:   Purple Rain (MFT), Ink Drops (Craft Consortium), Pumpkin Pie, Black, Naturals White (SU)

Other:  Jack-o-lantern Fancy Dies (HA), Happy Die (Paper Roses), Arteza Colored Pencils (Rust Orange, Cinnamon, Dk Chocolate Brown, Concrete Gray)

Enjoy!

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Gilded Maple Leaf

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Hurricane Ian has spun it's way through North Carolina.

Hopefully it won't do any more damage.

We were blessed and didn't lose power and only have a few small branches

and leaves to clean up.  Others were not as lucky.  So much devastation!

 

I cut strips of watercolor paper and used re-inkers and water to color the strips.

Then I cut maple leaves from the strips and we made a similar card in my last class.

I used some a leftover leaf for this card and added some of the new to me

Tim Holtz Foundry Wax to add some glitz.

You can see that fabulous shine better here...

Challenges:

Can You Handle the Pressure - ATG Embossing with the twist of LEAVES

Double D - Things that Fall

Four Seasons - Fall

Tic Tac Toe - Left Column Down  (Leaves, Metallic, Embossing)

Simon Says Monday - Emboss It

Simon Says Wednesday - ATG

 

 

  

  

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Everyday Sayings (HA), Splatter Stamp (?)

Ink:    Dusty Durango, Crushed Curry

Paper:   Neenah Natural, Dusty Durango, Watercolor (Arches Cold Press)

Other:  Leaf Bundle 3D EF (SSS), Large Maple Leaf Die (SSS), Mini Slimline Double Stitched Die (Kat Scrap), Gilded Foundry Wax (TH)

Enjoy!

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Turning the Page October 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 October page using Sweetest Sound 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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Dainty Leaves

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We've been keeping an eye on Hurricane Ian and  Our hearts and prayers go out 

to all those affected by the storm. 

I've been wanting to do some leaves for the Altenew Inspiration Challenge

and finally got to it.  I think the challenge closes tomorrow.

This pretty leaf die had been sitting in my NBUS box for a few months.

It was past time to try it out.

There are two branches in the set and I cut them both twice from

watercolor paper.  To color them, I used three colors (shown below) from

my Altenew 36 pan set of watercolors.

While the leaves were drying I hunted down a background that I'd cut

when Bobby came to visit.  I'd managed to keep it pretty much intact with

some tape on the back. I love how it made such a pretty background for my

leaf bouquet!  It's now on my ever growing wishlist.

I've used some rolled glue dots behind some of the leaves and left other

leaves to stand out for lots of dimension.

Challenges:

Altenew Inspiration Challenge:  See below

Double D - Things That Fall

NBUS #42 - Never Before Used Schtuff

  

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Dotted Blooms (ALT)

Ink:   Chocolate Chip

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Watercolor (Strathmore)

Other:  Dainty Leaves Die (ALT), Diamond Frames Cover Die (ALT), Altenew Watercolor 36 pan set (Bamboo, Pink Diamond, Coral Berry)

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