Hummingbird Just for Fun

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

I am really enjoying my Betterpress.

I wanted to see how it would look with a second pull from the inked plate

and tried it on a piece of Pebble Betterpress paper that came with my starter set.

I didn't think I'd care for the pebble paper, but I've decided that I need to

use it more often.

I am still experimenting with different coloring mediums and this time I went with

Caran d'ache Supracolor Pencils.

After coloring the different areas, I blended with a damp waterbrush.

The layout wasn't originally intended.  I was experimenting with an 

Elegant Writer and trying to fill in between the leaves and flowers at the bottom

of the design.  It didn't work like I wanted and I cut off the offending portion.

I'm glad I didn't experiment in the middle!

It turned out to be a happy accident and a challenge to figure out how to use the 

image and not have to throw it all away.

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Hummingbird Nectar Betterpress plate (Alt), Magnolia Ballerina (Alt)

Ink:   Betterpress Black (2nd pull)

Paper:   Betterpress Pebble, Black, Neenah Solar White

Other:  Caran d'ache Supracolor Pencils (White, Lt. Lemon, Yellow, Yellow Orange, Khaki Green, Dark Green, Empire Green, Raspberry Red, Dark Carmine), Subtle EF (ret SU)

Enjoy!

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Santa and Friends

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

I'll try harder not to post two Christmas cards in a row.

The end of the month is almost here and challenges will be closing.

I searched through my UFOs for an image of Santa and friends but

couldn't find any...

so I made more.  One made it on a card, and my UFO stash is growing again.

It was easy enough to stamp all the images in this set at once and it was fun

coloring them with Copics.  These images always make me smile!

Challenges:

Christmas Kickstart #85 - Santa and His Sidekicks

Rudolph Days - ATG Christmas

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Christmas sELFies (MFT), Snow Globe Greetings (MFT)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Clover (ret SU)

Other:  Copics (R24, R29, R37, C00, C0, E000, E21, G14, G46, B000), Square Die (AE), Snowflake EF (MS), Holly Punch (MS), Chunky White EP (Stampendous)

Enjoy!

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Christmas Holly

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

I have two Christmas cards today from my December 2023 calendar.

I'm always happy to recycle those calendars and they are making my Christmas stash grow.

The holly is die cut from watercolor paper and colored.

Challenges:

Peace on Earth Christmas #62 - Inspired by jars with holly

Jingle Belles - Recycle

 

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Splatter

Ink:   Baked Brown Sugar, Shaded Spruce, Pine Needles (DM), Real Red (SUM)

Paper:   Watercolor, Neenah Solar White, Real Red, DP

Other:  Holly Berry Die (PB)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Christmas Joy (Verve OOB)

Ink:   Shaded Spruce

Paper:   Watercolor, Neenah Solar White, Shaded Spruce

Other:  Circle Die, Circle Thin Frame (SSS), Subtle EF (ret SU), Nuvo Crystal Drops (Simply White)

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Fragrant Floral in Peach

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

I'm joining Darnell with a stenciled card today.  It's the S in I.D.E.A.S. *

Thanks for the push to use a NBUS stencil, Darnell.

I haven't used a lot of layered stencils.  (Confession: they cornfuse me and I usually

am off on the alignment. ) But I had this kit sitting in my NBUS box since last summer

and this was just the excuse to use it and make one of my daughter's a birthday card.

I couldn't decide on what colors to use until I saw the mood board at

Just Us Girls.  The peach colored sunflower inspired me to use shades of peach.

I embossed a piece of mixed media paper and used blending brushes and ink with the

stencil to color.  I was light handed with the colors and used a damp waterbrush to blend.

When I was finished coloring and it was all dry, I used the die in the set to cut out

the design.  I lined it up in the embossing folder again and ran it through to freshen

up the embossing that got lost with the die cutting.

A few splatters with left over ink and water and a gold die cut sentiment 

with tiny punched gold dots sprinkled around, finished it off.

Challenges:

I.D.E.A.S. - Stencil Week  (Oops! This week is ANYTHING GOES. I'm cornfused after all.)

Just Us Girls - Mood Board (inspired by peach flower)

NBUS #61 - Never Before Used Schtuff (embossing folder and die)

Stencil Fun - Use a Stencil

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   Melon, Cantelope, Peachy, Sherbet, Field (SSS)

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore), Neenah Solar White, Gold Foil

Other:  Fragrant Florals EF, Stencil and Die (Alt), Let's Have a Word Love (Grtry), Copic Multiliners (.03, .05), Caran d'ache Supracolor Pencils (Brown, Dark Green, Moss Green)

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Pink and Yellow

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I recently found a box of flowers stickers deep in the cupboard.

In it were several different styles and sizes of daisies.

Pairing one (or two) up with a salted background in my stash, came

together for a card for the Color Hues challenge.

This is an A6 size and a bit larger than I usually make.  

I'm trying to use up some envelopes.

The salted background was made by wetting a piece of cold press 

watercolor paper and sprinkling Color Burst Powders over it.

When it was completely blended and still wet, I sprinkled some coarse salt

over top and let it dry.  When dry, I brushed the salt off and it left this fun design.

I stacked a smaller daisy over the top of a larger one for a little more depth.

I'm not sure if I'm crazy about it, but it's not coming apart.

Challenges:

Color Hues #85 (Yellow and Pink)

Krafty Chicks #712 - CAS week

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Handwritten Notes (ret PTI)

Ink:   Versafine Smokey Gray

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Watercolor (Arches cold press)

Other:  Colorburst Powders (Razzle Berry, Lemon Drop), Coarse salt, Hemstitch Rectangle Die (Spl), Daisy Stickers (?)

Enjoy!

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