Heart Smiles

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Valentine's Day is fast approaching.

How time flies!

I like to send valentines to the grandchildren.  They aren't little anymore and it gets

harder and harder to figure out what to do for them.

This Anita Jeram set had been sitting in my NBUS box for way too long and

worked perfectly for a valentine for my crafty grandson.

I stamped it with Copic friendly ink and colored with Copics.

I could see that these guys were gung ho on the painting so I took an 

itty bitty splatter stamp and added some paint splatter.

To add to the valentine theme, I punched a few hearts from a Brusho Background

 and glued them to the branches.  I have some of these tiny resin hearts in my stash

that worked perfectly to add a little something extra to the hearts and the mice.

Challenges:

Double D Challenge - Hearts

Inkspirational #282 - Mood Board below. I was inspired by the colors.

NBUS #47 - Never Before Used Schtuff - Stamps

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Love Art (Colorado Craft/Anita Jeram), Love Always (Stampendous)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Smoky Slate

Other:  Copics, Heart Punches

Enjoy!

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Floral Archway

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I'm not much for clubs as I tend to be pretty specific with my wants, but

the 3D Embossing Club at Spellbinders drew me in.

This was the January folder.

I love that these embossing folders are large enough for a A7 or a slimline card.

This is for my sister-in-law and it was so quick and easy.

I embossed on blue cardstock by rubbing a damp baby wipe on the inside of the

folder before embossing.  I got such a wonderful deep impression.

A little white pigment ink on the raised images added some depth and

some Distress Foundry Wax in the centers was all the coloring needed.

It seemed a perfect spot for this Dreamy Butterfly to land.

I hope she likes her card and I can't wait to play with the 

February embossing folder.

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   Whisper White

Paper:   Blue Breeze (MFT), Neenah Solar White

Other:  Floral Archway 3D EF (Spl), Gilded Distress Foundry Wax (TH), Dreamy Butterfly (MB)

Enjoy!

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Flora and Fauna for the Birds

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A couple of weeks ago I shared a couple of cards using the Wplus9

Flora and Fauna 3 stamps.  You can see them here and here.

Today I'm sharing the results with the bird from this set.

This was not my first try, but perseverance won out to something usable.

I stamped with Antique Linen Distress ink and started coloring with Zigs.

I was struggling with the colors so I switched to my Altenew watercolors.  I still am

not satisfied with the large flower, but it's as good as it's going to get.

The next card is a CASE of a card by my friend Michele.

You can see it here.  She used Dawn's technique that you can see here.

I've tried this technique before with no success.  Michele suggested the Tim Holtz 

mini mister and that did help a lot.

I inked the stamp with Distress Markers and spritzed before pressing onto 

watercolor paper.  I used the MISTI so I could get multiple stampings.

Finally,

I tried the spritz technique with this bird and it didn't work.  So I re-inked the stamp with

Distress Markers and smooshed more ink on a palette to pick up and watercolor the image.

Thankfully, I was able to put this back in the MISTI for a re-do!

The flowers with this bird were barely passable and I had the brilliant idea to

add splatters.  Then I realized that snow would not be falling on  blooming cosmos.

So I fussy cut this bird out from the offending flowers and added some snowflakes

leftover from a past project.

That's five cards from this stamp set.

I had so much fun playing with it.

Thanks to Dawn of Wplus9 for restocking this stamp set.

She may need to restock again.

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Flora and Fauna 3 (W9), Just Breathe (W9)

Ink:   Antique Linen (DI), Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Watercolor (Fabriano Artistico Extra White), Black, Neenah Solar White

Other:  Zig CCRBM (Carmine Red, Oatmeal, Bright Yellow, Mustard), Altenew watercolors (Paper Bag, Mocha, Forest Glade, Lavender Fields), Copic Multiliner .03 (Sepia), Elegant Frames Dies (MFT), Subtle EF (ret SU), Black Acrylic Paint (for splatters), Tumbled Glass re-inkers (DI)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Flora and Fauna 3 (W9), Just Breathe (W9)

Ink:    Faded Jeans, Peeled Paint, Picked Raspberry (DM), Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Watercolor (Fabriano Artistico Extra White), Neenah Solar White, Soft Sky

Other:  Zigs (Bright Yellow, Pale Orange, Mini Mister (TH), Infinity Circles Die (HA), Thin Frames Circles Die (SSS), Tumbled Glass re-inkers (DI)

Card Recipe (card 3)

Stamps:  Flora and Fauna 3 (W9), Easy Expressions Original (Ton)

Ink:    Versafine Onyx Black, Faded Jeans, Wilted Violet

Paper:   Watercolor (Fabriano Artistico Extra White), Neenah Solar White, Black

Other:  Brick EF (TH), Snowflakes  Dies (IO), Shimmer Spray (Technique Junkies), White Acrylic Paint, Easy Expressions Original Die (Ton)

Enjoy!

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Cardinal on a Snowflake

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When I saw the Jingle Belles challenge to add a sticker, I thought that

would keep me from entering.  Then I remembered these cardinal stickers that I

bought last year and never used any.

I had embossed this snowflake for another project and it had a wrinkle on the

bottom.  But it was below the snowflake so I added a frame to hide the wrinkle and

added the bird sticker perched on a die cut Merry.

Quick and simple. Just the way I like it.

Challenges:

ABC Christmas - A for Anything Goes Christmas

Can You Handle the Pressure - Anything using an embossing folder/Twist of a border.

Jingle Belles -  Stuck on You

Peace on Earth Christmas - Inspired by the cardinal

  

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:   Crumb Cake, Neenah Solar White

Other:  Winter Wonder EF (ret SU), Merry Frame Die (SSS), Stitched Rectangle Die (SSS), Bird Sticker (Recollections)

Enjoy!

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Turning the Page February 2023

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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 each month to share them.

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

Here's our February page using the Gentle Whisper stamp from Penny Black.

By the way, the calendars are 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.

Enjoy!

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