Thursday, April 4, 2019

Happy Spring, fms#382



Out for a walk in their Easter finery.   What a fun set to play with.  And a great card to send to friends who don't celebrate Easter.

My inspiration for this one was the FMS 382 challenge, check it out here.




I used a big fat round brush, for the grass and sky. I just brush it a couple times on the pad, then hit it on my paper so I don't have too much on, then lightly brush back and forth. It can take awhile to get just the right look, you don't want to try and apply too much at one time.   Then I used the little grass stamp to make the grass better.

I left my ducks white and just colored in their easter outfits. For that I used ink pads and a blender pen.
The sentiment was die cut with one of the dies in Lake Side Framelits, then cut on one side.
The twine came in a 4 pack in the annual catalog.


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Tuesday, April 2, 2019

Easter Blessings, #PP435



My second Easter card going out to family and close friends.  My first hoop full of lace crosses is now done, so I've included one of them with this card.  I'm using the Paper Players challenge for my inspiration on this one. 
As you can see, so many choices here. I choose the diagonal, Patterned paper, embossing and easter.

The Designer series paper here is part of a suite for this years Butterfly stamps, dies and punches. The set encompases 2 different butterfly sets, one has dies and one has a punch.  It's in the Occasions catalog which is still in effect, but has sold out and hopefully will be coming back.    The ability to just die cut whatever color butterfly fro the DSP is really awesome. DSP does not usually carry over, but I sure hope this one does. 

The sentiment and the little cross are both retired.  The little cross comes from Hold on to Hope from last year. 

I'm sending these with lace butterfly crosses that I made on my embroidery machine, just a little extra something. 

I hope you enjoy and have a wonderful Easter.

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Wednesday, March 27, 2019

Easter Blessings, fms#381



I decided that this year I would send Easter cards to my girls and a couple of friends, they will get an embroidered lace cross bookmark inside.
This is the first card, I got my start with the Freshly Made Sketches challenge for this week.
Check it out here and see all the lovely projects.



I did use retired product on this card, the  set of stamps and dies with the cross is from Hold On To Hope set from last year.  I think it's the best set of it's kind SU ever put out, so I hung on to it. Everything else is current although the foil here is not available as it was SAB and is gone, but we have plenty of foils in the annual catalog.
I started by choosing my DSP, this one is from All My Love DSP, that gave me my colors. I then went to the cross and got it done and stamped and went down the layers.  The sentiment is from a new product in our annual catalog, Itty Bitty Greetings.

My colors are: Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Flirty Flamingo, and Lovely Lipstick.
The die for the sentiment is from Lakeside framelits in the annual catalog.


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Tuesday, March 26, 2019

If Flowers were Hugs, Just Add Ink #449



This weeks challenge is so bright and springy, having said that, it can be a bit harder to use 3 very vibrant colors together.  The trick is to use small amounts of one or two of the 3.
Here is the challenge:




Check out the challenge and all the other projects here.

The Gorgeous Grape is actually a dark enough color that I was able to use a bunch of it, and while I used the Bermuda Bay as the base card, I only used it very lightly for the sky.
Then just touches of Lovely Lipstick, I love doing the small amount on the sides with just a bit on the design to bring it all together.    I added the Whisper White twine just for a bit more texture and softness.
To get that very light look for the sky, I used a very large round brush, lightly brush it twice over the top of the ink pad, do a quick brush on paper to avoid dark blotches and then lightly start brushing across the area to be colored.  It take several times to get the look you want, but is very worth while taking your time with that part.

I hope you enjoy, thanks for stopping. If you have questions, please ask in comments, I'll answer there as well as soon as I get the comment.


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Wednesday, March 13, 2019

You are the best, Festive-Friday#0029



Now that I have finished my grandson's wedding invitations, I can get back to making cards.  So, today I did one up for the Festive Friday challenge.  It's spring over there.

Even here in AZ it has been a colder then normal winter, it warmed up for a few days but now it's cold again.  Rumor has it that starting on friday, we will be starting to warm again.  Not that I'm anxious, I really would like to hold off summer.  That 5 months of 100+ temps. 

The set is in the 2019 Occasions catalog, it's just gorgeous.   It's called Wonderful Romance, this DSP piece is vellum printed. I've backed it with white though so it can be seen better. I also stamped a couple more extra leaves from vellum and added for extra effect.    

Sure looks like spring to me! If you are so inclined, the hosts over at Festive Friday give out points for prizes, come on over and play with us.


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Friday, March 1, 2019

Birthday Wishes, fms#377




I've had this pretty set for awhile and just hadn't used it. I've admired it from time to time, but it just didn't seem to fit what I wanted to do.  It's gorgeous, and this slice of cake was not difficult to fussy cut at all.

Today I am playing along with Freshly Made Sketches, you can find the challenge here.

I used Coastal Cabana, Flirty Flamingo and Early Espresso for my colors along with Whisper white.
I cut the large doily from the Doily Builder dies, out of plain printer paper, (masking paper can be used), I used a large round brush to brush color from the ink pad, over the die cut paper to transfer the design.
I then stamped my cake image using the Espresso ink and coloring in with colored pencils. I fussy cut it out and added it using dimentionals.   I then stamped some of the smaller flowers and colored and added some tiny pearls.  
The stamp positioner made it easy to stamp my birthday banner, and then I glued my pieces down.
My card base is 4 1/4 x 5 1/2, cut long wise so it folds at the top.
Coastal Cabana piece is 4 1/8 x 5 3/8, then my top white layer is   4x 5 1/4.

I hope you enjoy, thanks for stopping.



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Saturday, February 23, 2019

Romance is in the air. Just Add Ink #445



I know I've said it before, but I am in love with this set.  I wasn't sure when I first saw it, but was convinced after seeing what could be done with it.  You can make it as simple or full as you would like.  The extra pieces in both the stamp set and dies allows for it to be anything you want.   I used the main image, the large floral, plus one each of 2 different leaves that I added.

I'm doing this one for the Just Add Ink challenge for this week, you can find it here.




You only have to use one kind of embossing, but I love embossing, both kinds so I did both.
I used Sahara Sand to stamp my floral out on. Using the White Craft ink I embossed with white powder then used my Highland Heather blends to color in.  It made for a pretty dusty color that I ended up liking even tho it's a bit hard to see that it's purple.

The dry embossing was done with a brand new folder that will be available March 1st, in the 2nd round of SAB. It's free with a $50 order and it's a must have.   You can see it used in a totally different way on another post I did here: 

My leaves are Mossy Meadow Blends with Highland Heather and a bit of Gorgeous Grape for the flowers. I added tiny pearls in the center of those flowers, some speckles from a little stamp and a few tiny pearls scattered around. The tiny butterfly cut out of the Botanical Butterfly DSP, that is also free with a $50 order.

My ribbon I'm sorry to say is unavailable at this time. It is suppose to be coming back in March, but there will be a scramble to order when it does.  It was very popular and sold out quickly, it was also an SAB item.   Meanwhile, focus on the new items and if you like them, order asap, remember the SAB ends at the end of March.

Thanks for stopping.



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Thursday, February 14, 2019

Just for You Doily card, Paper Players #428



I am a huge fan of doilies.   So, this set, the Dear Doily bundle in the 2019 Occasions catalog was right up my alley.

A fairly simple card made for the Paper Players challenge here.
The simplicity allows the doilies to shine.  I love that the color challenge allows the Melon Mambo to pop beautifully.
I've used the new Rectangle stitched dies to add  to the effect.   The ribbon is long retired. It reminds me I really need to order more ribbon.

I added the smaller doily to a round die cut and popped it up with dimensionals.
I love the fonts and sentiments in this stamp set also. Such pretty fonts.  I added one to another round die cut.


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Saturday, February 9, 2019

You are Loved, Just Add Ink #443



I have a brand new product to show off today.  This embossing folder is part of a 2nd group of new SAB items you can buy starting March 1st.  I LOVE this one, pretty much still drooling over it.  Some of the new embossing folders we are getting really don't need anything except to be embossed on white, but oh it is so much fun to play with them.

This card is for the Just Add Ink Challenge. See it HERE.
I choose coloring and sequins.

To start with I sponged on Lovely Lipstick, then sponged Soft Sea Foam onto the leaves.  I added a few sequins and that was it.  The frame is an SAB set of foils, it has both Lovely Lipstick and Grapefruit Grove.   I cut my frame to size for my base, then cut the center out using the Rectangle Stitched dies.   Now besides making a nice frame, I still have that center piece to use.

I cut a piece of vellum just over an inch wide and used my stamp positioner to stamp the sentiment  in black.  Be sure to set aside until dry, it can take some time. Or you can use your heat gun, but be careful that can warp the paper. To attach the vellum I put a glue dot under each sequin.
That is about it. A fairly simple card.   I hope you enjoy.



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Tuesday, February 5, 2019

Climbing Roses, Birthday day, Global Design Project # 175







Birthday card for Daughter #2.   I have 2 daughters with the same birthday in Feb.  4 Years apart.
This is my first attempt using Climbing Roses, I kept looking at the set but didn't have any ideas that I really liked for it, until this one.     So, first I did it for the GDP#175 challenge, I love having a place to start and that was it for me today.  Check all the projects out here.

I used Granny Apple Green, Gorgeous Grape and Highland Heather.
To make the background was really easy.   I used the Marbled background stamp. I laid it face up and sponged some Highland Heather on it randomly.  Then I took my piece of Watercolor paper and lightly spritzed it with water and put it down on the stamp and ran my bone folder down it to get it all covered.     You may end up doing that more then once to get just the look you want.

I white embossed the larger flower image, then did a color wash.   It's easy and it's hard to go wrong.  I just use my ink pads and Aqua painter.  Brush the aqua painter across the top of the ink pad,  then squeezing a bit of water out at the same time, swirl it into the lid.
If you need it darker, just run the brush across the pad again, you can keep doing that to get just the amount of color you want. 

I did the leaves first. On this stamp most of them are around the edges so it was pretty easy.  Then anything else that wasn't a leaf got Gorgeous grape.  I did add a bit of darker color in spots.

I then cut out the small rose die that is in the die set, and used the aqua painter again to color it.  The ribbon is part of the pack of 5 from the 2019 SAB brochure, but is currently unavailable. Check with your demonstrator to have her let you know when it's available again, it is looking like it will be March.

I used the Petite Treats bundle for my sentiment. I added a few pearls just because and attached my top to my bottom.

If you have questions, please post in comments and that is how I will have to answer as well.


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