Happy Anniversary Leaves

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

This week Darnell's I.D.E.A.S is Embossing.

She's come up with this fun way to start off the week with a starting point

for a card.

I've embossed a piece of Black Mixed Media paper and added a bit of

watercolor with Metallic Watercolor Paint to the raised parts.

I thought it made a very dramatic background and added some die cut leaves

over top. I love how the die embosses the leaves as it cuts.

Challenges:

Can You Handle the Pressure - Use Embossing

Card Recipe

Stamps:  BP Fancy Sentiment Strips Plate (Spl)

Ink:   

Paper:   Black, Mixed Media, Betterpress Porcelain

Other: Vine Canopy EF (SSS), Metallic Watercolor Paint (Alt), BP Fancy Sentiment Strips Die (Spl), Privet Branch Die (SSS)

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Red Poinsettia

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Today's card came from my UFO box.  It was from this calendar page.

I'm not sure if it was from the actual calendar or if it was a test piece.

It's been in there for a long time.

I didn't like the colors and with nothing to lose, I decided to color over it with my

Ohuhu markers to see if I could improve it.  I was glad I did.

I added some gold foil mini dots to the center and some gold splatter and

a sentiment from the stash.

The background piece had been set aside because I got overzealous with splatters.

I decided it wasn't so bad if I covered most of it up.  

Another Christmas card added to my stash.

Challenges:

ABC Christmas - I is for Inky

Jingle Belles - Use something recycled (calendar page)

Krafty Chicks - Christmas week

Peace on Earth #61 - STG  optional mood board below

 

  

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Red Delight (PB), Easy Holiday Expressions (Ton)

Ink:   Versafine, Scattered Straw, Festive Berries, Peeled Paint)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Gold Foil, Real Red

Other:  Ohuhu Markers (R4, R7, R8, G1, G2, GY3), Gold Color Shine (Heidi Swapp)

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Kitty

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Challenges:

Color Throwdown #788 - Pink, Green, Yellow

Double D - Cute Little Animals

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Bubbly (PB)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Regal Rose

Other:  Copics (W0, W1, W2, W5, RV02, RV13, Y18, YG07, G14), Wonky Stitched Rectangle Die (MFT), Stitched Swirls Cover Plate (LI-OOB), Mini Everyday Sentiments Foil Plate (Spl) Black Foil (Spl)

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Bright Blossoms

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

I am loving the colors that Cindy chose for Color Hues #84, Peach and Green.

I was going through some of my dies a while back and found this die that I'd forgotten about.

So I put it in my "need to use" pile.  These colors worked perfectly for it.

I had the outline already cut from white cardstock in the envelope and cut another

from a scrap of mixed media paper, keeping the inside pieces intact.

I love coloring die cuts and one of my favorite ways to do it is sitting on a piece of

mixed media paper so my over-wash gives me a perfectly colored background.

I used the left over watered ink for splatters and let it all dry.

I snipped off the flowers from the white die cut and glued over the base piece.

The sentiment is from my favorite Betterpress sentiment set.

Challenges:

Color Hues #84 - Peach and Green

The Flower Challenge #90 - Add Layers (2 layers for the flowers, frame and sentiment)

Seize the Birthday #281 - Any Color and Green

  

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Fancy Sentiment Strips Pressplate (Spl)

Ink:   BP Black, Peach Parfait, Certainly Celery re-inkers (SU)

Paper:  Mixed Media (Strathmore 400 series), BP Porcelain, Neenah Solar White

Other:  Bright Blossoms Die, Essential Arches Dies, Betterpress System (Spl)

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Soft Stems

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It's color week at Just Us Girls and the colors make me think of Halloween,

but I went in a different direction.  The colors? Purple, Orange and Mustard!

I pressed some Wilted Violet on my craft mat and spritzed with water to smoosh the 

bottom portion of a mixed media panel, dried it and smooshed some more.  Then I 

pressed Villainous Potion on my mat and repeated for a little contrast.

I used the same technique on the the top portion with Mustard Seed and Spiced Marmalade.

Then to figure out what to put on the piece?

I've had this Soft Stems stamp set in my NBUS box for some time.  I picked a stem and

stamped on top of the dried smooshed piece with SSS Iris ink.  I had to stamp again to 

get good coverage and used a damp waterbrush on each flower head to blend the color.

The butterfly is from an experiment using a hot foil plate with ink, putting on

my Betterpress and just pressing the top plate with my hands.  It doesn't stamp as

crisply as pressing it with the machine, but that could be due to the fact that I

foiled the plate instead of the paper one time. Oops!

Challenges:

Just Us Girls #721 - Color Week (see below)

Krafty Chicks #710 - Stamp Week (use stamps)

NBUS #61 - Never Before Used Schtuff

Penny Black Saturday - ATG

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Soft Stems (PB)

Ink:   Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Wilted Violet, Villainous Potion, Rusty Hinge (DI), Iris (SSS), Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore 400 series), Small Butterflies Foil Plate (& Die PFS), Clear EP

Other:  

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