Magnolia Ballerina and Dahlia

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It looks like spring has arrived here in Central North Carolina.

I've been seeing tulip trees (Jane Magnolias) blooming all over along with

the Bradford Pears and cherry trees.  Now the pine pollen has started.  It looks and feels

like late March or April!  I'm not complaining.  So many of you are having record snows.

I got this kit last spring and I'm hoping to give it a good workout now that spring

has come again.

This time used the 3D embossing folder with Neenah Solar White.  I colored using

small daubers.  All that was left was to stamp a sentiment and mount it.

I have a twofer using a different image...

This image was on a card in a recent Altenew order.  Jack wanted me to color with him

so I colored this with Copics.  After I colored it, I splattered with a white Posca pen and

a black Stampin' Up marker.

Challenges:

Four Seasons - Spring (card 1)

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Magnolia Ballerina (Alt)

Ink:   Pink Pirouette, Strawberry Slush, Versafine Smokey Gray

Paper: Neenah Solar White, Pink Pirouette

Other:  Magnolia Ballerina 3D EF (Alt)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Dotted Blooms (Alt)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:  Neenah, Black

Other:  Dahlia Bright Eyes print (Alt), Copics, White Posca Pen, Black SU Marker, A2 Thin Frames Die (SSS), Subtle EF (ret SU), White Gel Pen

Enjoy!

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Embossed Embossing

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This card is the roundabout result of our February Group of Seven Cardmakers technique,

Debossed Inky Resist.

I had some trouble deciphering between the debossing and embossing!

This background piece resulted from tapping VersaMark on the embossed

or raised side after embossing, then heat embossing and smooshing.

(Are you as confused as I am?)

It wasn't what I was supposed to do, but I liked the results.

I added a piece embossed with Neenah Solar White and popped some

watercolored flowers on top.  The little medallion was punched from a leftover

piece of the embossed smooshing.

Challenges:

NBUS #47 - (Never Before Used Schtuff Sealed Wildflower Dies)

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   Speckled Egg, Faded Jeans, Brushed Corduroy, Rustic Wilderness (DI & DOX)

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore), Neenah Solar White, Baked Brown Sugar

Other:  Tile Reflection 3D EF (Spl), White EP, Sealed Wildflowers Dies (Spl), Linen Thread

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Turning the Page March 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 month to share them.

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

Here's our March page using the Eucalyptus Wreath stamp from SugarPea Deisgns.

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.

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Debossed Inky Resist

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Today our Group of Seven Cardmakers is sharing a fun technique

that involved double embossing.

First we added VersaMark ink to the "high" side of an embossing folder before

dry embossing.   I used 3D embossing folders but some in the group discovered that

regular embossing folders worked just as well.

Once the piece of mixed media paper was dry embossed, we sprinkled white embossing

powder over top and heat embossed the debossed side to make a resist.

(I think this would show better if the debossed parts weren't so small.)

Then we smooshed Distress inks on a craft sheet, spritzed with water and smooshed the

embossed piece into the ink.  When we were happy with the colors, we dried

the piece and smooshed again with the same colors of Oxide ink.

I made the mistake of die cutting my piece with a stitched rectangle die and

it kind of flattened the piece.  So I carefully placed it back in the embossing folder

and embossed/debossed again.  Fortunately it worked to give a deep embossing and 

made the debossing stand out more.

I used a NBUS fern die cut from Neenah Solar White and inked with Distress ink and

added a sentiment cut from gold foil.

It's hard to stop at one....

This time I used a NBUS embossing folder and followed the same procedure.

I paired it with a die by Penny Black.  It was cut from watercolor paper and 

watercolored with Distress Markers and a waterbrush.  I've stacked it 3 times for depth.

You can find a link to a video on this technique at the

Group of Seven Cardmakers .

The rest of the GO7 gals have some fabulous samples of this technique

at the site too! Do go visit all of them and see what worked for each and what didn't.

Thanks to Julia for leading the fun technique this month.

By the way, we've added a linky at the website so you can add any projects you do

using this technique. What a great resource for techniques!

Challenges:

Can You Handle the Pressure - Dry embossing Things with Wings

NBUS #47 - Never Before Used Schtuff (Tile Reflection EF)

  

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  

Ink:   VersaMark, Bundled Sage, Rustic Wilderness, Brushed Corduroy, Worn Lipstick (DI & DOX)

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore), Gold Foil

Other:  Fern 3D EF (SU), White EP, Sword Fern Die (SSS), Sentimental Dies (Avery Elle)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  

Ink:   VersaMark, Speckled Egg, Faded Jeans, Brushed Corduroy, Picked Raspberry (DI & DOX), Faded Jeans, Chipped Sapphire, Brushed Corduroy, Rustic Wilderness, Hickory Smoke (DM)

Paper:   Mixed Media, Bashful Blue

Other:  Tile Reflection 3D EF (Spl), White EP, Happy News Die (PB)

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Merry Ornament

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Another Christmas card for the stash.

A sweet friend sent me this die a year or two ago.  I had cut it out from some 

Neenah Solar White and wasn't sure where to go from there.  So I put it back in the

NBUS box.  I found it the other day and was determined to get it on a card.

I tried it with various alcohol inked backgrounds and decided on this one.

Fortunately, I thought to cut the piece behind the ornament from the middle so I 

could use the rest as a narrow frame.  I had a little piece of leftover embossing sitting

on the table that fit behind the outcut.  

I used some tiny snippets of gold foil to die cut the merry and a bow from

another set and stamped and heat embossed the wishes.

I found these little pine sprigs already cut and tucked them behind the bow.

Glad to have given this die a spin and have another Christmas card too.

Challenges:

Christmas Kickstart - Baubles

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Endless Wishes (ret SU)

Ink:   Encore Gold

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Yupo, Gold Foil, Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer

Other: Ranger Alcohol Ink (Sailboat, Indigo, Amethyst), Wplus9 Merry Ornament Shaker, Mini Sprig Cover Die (Ton), Gold EP, Whirl Wreath (PB)

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