02-09-2022

 Hello -

I figured I needed to get Hub's Valentine made.  I found these cute gnomes from Stamping Bella and had a good giggle.

That sentiment can be used for any number of occasions, I'm choosing Valentine's Day this time.

The card is visiting CASology, where the theme is Affection.

 

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Just Because

 Hello -

I am making an effort to get to my crafty space more instead of napping.  I hope that will reboot my internal clock.

This card is for Just Us Girls, Addicted to CAS, and Casology.  I am playing with Dragonfly Friends from Pretty Pink Posh. She has such cute illustrations. I used the colors from Just us Girls, and I'd call em bugs and they definitely belong outside.  The wings of each have some wink of stella so if they catch the light they'll glisten a bit.

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Snow-family

 Hi there-

This  is likely my last post for the year, except for Christmas Day.  I am going to make soups, bake, watch movies, and nap. We are usually travelling to see family this time of year and are busy.  Since this is what we are handed this year, I am going to enjoy the slower pace.

I bought this snow-family stamp last year and I just love it.  Hard not to love a snowman stamp. They remind me of fun times as a child playing in snow before we moved to Southern California. Snow is still magical to me.

I stamped on mix media paper and used Arteza real brush pens along with a water brush.  The color did not move well, until I added water first to the paper then dabbed on the color from the marker. I thought the mixed media paper might react like Bristol, but no. Still it worked out.  I'm not sure what occasion I'll be using this for, so for the moment it has no sentiment.

Hello Fall

Hi there!

Happy September.  Oh I love this time of year.  It's the first day in quite a while that I have opened the window in my crafty space.  I have enjoyed it tremendously.  The sweet gum tree outside my window had two leaf triplets that have already turned yellow, the rest of the tree is still all green.

Today I made some cards for fall.  This one is using a technique I read about at Tracey McNeely's blog called swinking.  I checked out a couple of videos on youtube and had a bit of fun.

This one is visiting the gallery at Casology.

I very randomly picked out 6 mini ink cubes and dragged then across a card front.  I added the leafy die cut (penny black I think) atop the colors.  I think it's a good "fall starter" card.  Not quite the vibrant colors of fall but definitely going in that direction. The sentiment comes from an old Simon Says set.

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I love you

Hello -

I got a very late start on my Valentine cards, and as a result only made 20. More thank half were the same card, quick and simple.  This card is for Hubs.  The main image was white embossed on the card base, then the love birds were white embossed on vellum.  I fussy cut the love birds and mounted them with foam dots onto the embossed sentiment heart. Both stamps are from Penny Black.

It will visit the galleries at Penny Black Saturday Challenge,  Allsorts Challenge andTime Out Challenge Shopping our stash, Casology, and Double D Challenge.

                 



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Hello

Greetings,

Another card.  I was having a hard time with my homework from Online Card Classes - The Coloring Road Trip.  Great tips, though my brain doesn't want to cooporate and put them to use.  This card is closer to something I learned, and I am quite happy with it.

I'll be posting it to  Addicted to Stamps and More, (copic markers)  Casology, (Leaf cluster is stamped 3 times)  and Time Out the colors were of a dress I once owned a beautiful teal with a navy belt.


    

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Snow One Like You

Hi there-

It's laundry day again...when I complain about it, hub's response is enough to make this old gal blush and giggle while she loads that machine. He makes me laugh every day, simply one of the many reasons I love him.

Okay on to the challenges. Three came together nicely, though one might take a minute to think through.  The challenges are CAS Colours and Sketches for the colors, Christmas Kickstart for the Snow, and Casology for appreciation.

I used Stampin Up stampin blends in Poppy Parade, Mango Melody, and Highland Heather.  My neutral was a bit of gray copic for shadows in the snow. I used distress ink in milled lavender for the ink blended background.  A white gel pen provided the snow flakes.  The sentiment is part of the MFT set Frosty Friends along with the snowman.

   


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Hello in Yellow

Hi there -

This morning I really enjoyed playing with Altenew's Book Club stamp and die.

I stamped it once fully, then just stamped portions of the two flower parts.  All stamped images were gold embossed for some shimmer and to contain the watercolor from Arteza real brush pens.   Once dry, I die cut the pieces.  It was really easy to line up the partial cuts as well.

Once all my pieces were dry, I heat embossed a hello and die cut it to fit into the center portion.  Next, I laid out all the pieces, and put a piece of press n seal over them to keep them in place --the odds of me recreating that perfect bunch is close to infinity.  Lastly, I put strips of be creative double sided tape across the back making sure all pieces were covered; then pulled the protective paper off and adhered the piece to a card front.  I am so please with the way this turned out.

These blooms are going to visit these challenges:

Inspired By
Casology
Addicted to Stamps

 

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Coloring

Hello -

I sat down tonight to do some coloring, its been a few days since I did anything crafty.

This lil Lawn Fawn fox with her (see those lashes?) mug of hot chocolate is sending along warm winter and holiday wishes.  This one is going to Just add Ink - Season, and Christmas Kickstart - Hot Beverage.

 This one is going to Casology - Citrus, I have no citrus fruits but how about citrus colors?

This card is going to Double D - Tropical and Stamping Sensations - July The Earth Laughs in Flowers.


       
 

Enjoy your weekend!

Happy Summer

Hello and Happy Memorial Day to my USA visitors. 

I am rushing to get this in to a few challenges.

Freshly Made Sketches, Addicted to Stamps and More, and Casology.

    

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Happy Mothers Day

Hello-

I finally got out the Japanese Mum from Altenew for some play time.  It is so striking.
Several challenges inspired this card along with the pink loving recipient!  The challenges are Shopping our Stash,(May Flowers), Simon Says Stamp  (For a special lady), Die Cut Diva's(flowers) and Casology (Mother)


I used the Cherry Blossom set of inks for the mums, and the original greens from Altenew for the leaves.  The lower bloom was attached flat to the card base, the upper was popped up with foam tape.

A little ink blending at the bottom of the card front was my starting point, then I added two blooms and the leaves. Last touches - the Sentiment from CTMH and a few clear gems.

   
  

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Go Wild

Hello-

After working on the laundry and making meals, I finally got around to setting my crafty space to order. (It was like a cyclone hit after packing and then unpacking on our return home.  One of these days I will leave the house on a trip with a clean crafty space and a made bed. A clean kitchen has priority though!!!)

I looked through a few challenges and decided to play along with Casology - Africa,  The Male Room- Anything Goes, and Seize the Birthday - Texture.

For texture I added nuvo crystal glaze to the binoculars, the giraffe's eyes and the headlights of the jeep.  I also added some dot stippling to the ground for visual texture.

    


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Ghosting

Hello-

Back with another challenge entry.  CAS Stencil's prompt is Ghosting.

I used two shades of distress oxide inks, peacock feathers and salty ocean along with SSS's Best Fishes stamp set and waves stencil.  I had some difficulties, because I couldn't let go of my idea.  I picked a bad stencil for this idea. Too much open space and too small lines.  My open areas kept bleeding beneath the lines of the stencil.  So finally, I just wet the stencil and laid it on my ink, blotted with a paper towel, then lifted the stencil and blotted again. It gave me the lines I wanted.

I finished it up by stamping my images in versafine onyx black ink.  I love those blues and greens and they kinda washed out on a white card, so I mounted the panel on black. Its much more cohesive and the colors look bolder.  I am happy with the end result.


Edited to Add, I am also adding this to Casology - Ocean.  I clicked publish too fast!

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