Tina's Floral Spray Duo

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The cards I'm sharing with you today are a couple I created a LONG time ago.  They were both inspired by one of Tina Cox's first lives...

Card: Unbranded white, Clarity designer paper and clear parchment

Groovi Plates: Nested Scallop Squares, Netting, Nested Arch Tags (all both cards), Tina's Floral Spray (top) and Tina's Daffodil Spray (bottom)

Tools and embellishments: Groovi and Pergamano embossing, perforating and cutting tools, Perga color pens, Perga liner pencils and rhinestones from my stash

Challenges (all top card)... 

Wk6 AG at Digi Choosday

AG at A Perfect Time To Craft

#715 AG at Allsorts

I'll be back soon with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then,

Hibiscus Frame

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As the seasons change, I'm clinging to the heat with this week's pick from the To-Blog pile... a hibiscus frame I created a couple years ago!

Card: Unbranded white, Clarity's light purple parchment and designer paper

Groovi Plates: Linda's Roses & Lace (ribbon), Hibiscus NDC, and Diagonal Basic grid

Tools and embellishments: Groovi and Pergamano embossing, perforating and cutting tools, Perga liner pencils and rhinestones from my stash

Challenges...

AG at Crafty Calendar Challenge

AG at Path of Positivity

#277 Wet or Dry Embossing at Dream Valley (all the white lines are dry embossed)

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Butterfly Trio

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Today's archival dive brings us to this delightful trio of butterflies...

Card: Unbranded white, Clarity's clear parchment and Designer Paper

Groovi Plates: Scallop Nested Squares (outer frame), Woven Trellis and Framed Butterflies NDC

Tools and embellishments: Groovi and Pergamano embossing, perforating and cutting tools, Perga liner pencils and rhinestones from my stash

Challenges... 

AG at 613 Avenue Create 

#052022 AG at A Place To Start

AG at TTCRD

I'll be back soon with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then,

More Delicate Roses

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Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know! 

The card I'm sharing with you today... another from my almost ancient To-Blog pile... features more of Linda Williams' beautiful roses...

Card: Unbranded white, Clarity's clear parchment and designer paper

Groovi Plates: Linda's A New Arrival (cushion frame) and Linda's Roses & Lace

Tools and embellishments: Groovi and Pergamano embossing, perforating and cutting tools, Perga liner pencils and rhinestones from my stash

Challenges... 

AG at TTCRD

#267 AG at Dream Valley 

#167 April at IYGACAC

I'll be back soon with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then,

Framed Bird on a Branch

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The card I'm sharing with you today combines a couple of my favorite NDC club plates... birds on branches and framed butterfly... with one of my favorite bigger frames.  And yep, if you're thinking it's another from my still large To-Blog pile, you'd be right!

Card: Unbranded white, Clarity's clear parchment and designer paper

Groovi Plates: NDC plate x 2 (bird and inner decorative frame) and Tina's Symmetrical Floral Round 

Tools and embellishments: Groovi and Pergamano embossing, perforating and cutting tools, Perga liner pencils and rhinestones from my stash

Challenges... 

AG at TTCRD

AG at Ike'sworld

AG at ABMTTC

I'll be back soon with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then,

Pretty Primrose

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Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know! 

Today's card features one of my favorite plates from Tina Cox, combined with Linda's cushion...

Card: Unbranded white, Clarity's clear parchment and Designer Paper

Groovi Plates: Tina's Primrose & Alliums and Linda's A New Arrival (cushion frame)

Tools and embellishments: Groovi and Pergamano embossing, perforating and cutting tools, Perga color pens, Perga liner pencils and Pergamano brads

Challenges... 

AG at 613 Avenue Create

AG at TTCRD

AG at ABMTTC

I'll be back soon with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then,

Bountiful Balloons

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Today's card was created during one of my ad hoc midweek lives in my Facebook group and it showcases all 3 of Pergamano's coloring mediums... Dorso crayons (sky), Perga color pens (balloon and frame detail) and Perga liner pencils (balloon backgrounds)...

Card: Unbranded white and Clarity's clear parchment

Groovi Plates: Nested Scallop Squares and Ballooning

Tools and embellishments: Groovi and Pergamano embossing, perforating and cutting tools, Dorso crayons, Perga color pens, Perga liner pencils, and brads from my stash

Challenges... 

AG at TTCRD

AG at 613 Avenue Create

AG at Crafts Galore Encore

I'll be back soon with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then,

Christmas Bell Quad

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The cards I'm sharing with you today were all created with the same feature plate... Linda Williams' Folded Bells from her It's a Wrap range...

Card: Unbranded white, Clarity's clear and Designer Parchment, and Designer Card (under parchment on 1st)

Groovi Plates: Linda's Folded Bells (all), Linda's Butterflies (Circular frame 2nd), Nested Scallop Squares (3rd) and Picot Rectangles (4th)

Tools and embellishments: Groovi and Pergamano embossing, perforating and cutting tools, Picot Circles dies (1st), Picot Rectangles dies (4th), Perga liner pencils (1st), Perga color pens (2nd, 3rd and 4th) and rhinestones from my stash

Challenges (all 1st card)... 

AG at Crafty Sentiments

#160 AG at Lemon Shortbread

Any Holiday at 613 Avenue Create

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Delicate Sweet Peas

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Before I share today's card with you, I must apologize for my absence, excepting scheduled DT posts.  Life has been crazy for some time, which is also why I'm posting this immediately it's written on Tuesday instead of scheduling it for tomorrow!

With that said, today's card features a new Groovi innovation from Linda Williams and Clarity... Contour plates, on which the embossed line art varies in width, giving a calligraphy look.  As always, artist extraordinaire Linda's work is STUNNING... 

In keeping with the delicate blooms, I colored the images lightly at the edges with a pink pencil, blending the color into the rest of the petals.  I also love how the differing colors on the background paper change the colors of them... so I hope you'll agree that this post was worth waiting for?

Card: Unbranded white, Clarity's clear parchment and designer paper

Groovi Plates: Linda's Sweet Pea Contour

Tools and embellishments: Groovi and Pergamano embossing, perforating and cutting tools, Perga liner pencils, blending oil and nibs, and rhinestones from my stash

Challenges... 

#30 at NBUS (the Groovi plate is NBUS)

AG at 613 Avenue Create

#145 AG at ABMTTC

I promise I'll be back soon with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then,

#31 Charmingly Cherry at Rainbow Card Challenge

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It's the first of the month, so it means it's time for a new challenge at Rainbow Card Challenge.  Our theme this month is Charmingly Cherry, and please, if you must, use only a hint of a preferably neutral color.  After all, we are a monochromatic challenge!

And here's my card...

Card: Unbranded white, Clarity's clear parchment and Designer Paper
Groovi plates: Linda's All You Need is Tea
Tools and embellishments: Groovi and Pergamano embossing, perforating and cutting tools, Perga color pens, Perga liner pencils, and gold Posca paint pen

Challenges...

AG at TTCRD

WK 497-498 at Word Art Wednesday
#6 AG at WWODTC

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By The Seaside

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Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know! 

The card I'm sharing with you today is the one I demoed in my Facebook group last Saturday, featuring the latest Groovi club plate from Claritystamp...

Card: Unbranded white and Clarity's clear parchment and Designer Paper

Groovi Plates: Deep as the Ocean (frame) and NDC/ CGC

Tools and embellishments: Groovi and Pergamano embossing, perforating and cutting tools, Perga liner pencils, Perga color pens, gold and white Posca pens, and Pergamano brads

Challenges... 

#27 at NBUS (the club plate is NBUS)

AG at TTCRD 

AG at 613 Avenue Create

I'll be back soon with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then,

2nd Spring Virtual Retreat ~ Part 2

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Before showing you the cards created during Sessions 3 and 4 of the recent Virtual Retreat I hosted in my Facebook group, I need to mention that thanks to Lena of Lena's Creations, I've found a new Email Subscription provider... Follow.It.  So, if you've not yet followed me by email, or indeed unsubscribed after the news that Feedburner were discontinuing their service, enter your email address in the box on the side bar of my blog.

Now, back to the cards.  First, a masculine offering...

Card: Unbranded white, Clarity clear parchment and Designer Paper

Groovi Plates: Border 2 border (straight ropes), Rope & Points border (round), Maritime, and Diagonal Basic grid (the dot embossing on the ship's sails)

Tools and embellishments: Groovi and Pergamano embossing, perforating, and cutting tools, Perga color pens, Perga liner pencils, and Pergamano brads

For the finale, I offered coffee and tea, though after 4 live demos in about 21 hours, I needed something stronger!

Card: Unbranded white, Clarity's clear parchment and Designer Paper

Groovi Plates: Linda's Jasmine & Lace (table cloth), Linda's Coffee & Friends, and Linda's All You Need is Tea

Tools and embellishments: Groovi and Pergamano embossing, perforating, and cutting tools, Perga color pens, Perga liner pencils, and a white fine nib Posca pen

Challenges (all top card)... 

AG at TTCRD

AG at 613 Avenue Create

AG at ABMTTC

I'll be back soon with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then,

My First Parchment Gem

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The card I'm sharing with you today is my first attempt at coloring a gem on parchment.  Inspired by the incredible Tina Cox... click HERE for a pictorial on how to color them (they can be done on paper too!)... it's surrounded by a couple of her Groovi plates...

Although I'm happy with the gem, I'd likely have been better starting with colors closer on the spectrum than yellow, pink, and blue, as well as the white highlights.  But I'll instead do so on future versions!  Grin 

Card: Unbranded white, Clarity clear parchment and Antarctica Designer Paper

Groovi Plates: Scallop Nested Squares (outer frame), Tina's Daisy Flowers parchlet (all other embossing including gem frame), and Tina's Straight Border Pattern #1

Tools and embellishments: Groovi and Pergamano embossing, perforating, and cutting tools, Perga color pens, blending oil and pen, and rhinestones from my stash 

Challenges... 

#218 Easter/ Spring at Crafty Gals Corner

April In the garden at 613 Avenue Create 

AG at TTCRD

I'll be back soon with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then,

Art Deco Roses

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The cards I'm sharing with you today is the one I demoed in my Facebook group last Saturday.  They are a simplified one layer version of a card designed by a friend a while back...

Card: Unbranded white, Clarity's clear parchment and Designer Paper

Groovi Plates: Picot rectangles, Art Deco Rose spacer and Nested Arch Tags

Tools and embellishments: Groovi and Pergamano embossing tools, Rectangle picot dies, Perga color pens, Perga liner pencils, and Pergamano brads

Challenges... 

April In the Garden at 613 Avenue Create

AG at TTCRD

#218 Easter/ Spring at Crafty Gals Corner

I'll be back soon with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then,

Love Patchwork

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Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know! 

The card I'm sharing with you today is the one I demoed live in my Facebook group last Saturday, featuring the latest club plate, Love Patchwork

Card: Unbranded white and Clarity's clear parchment and Designer Paper

Groovi Plates: Linda's A New Arrival (cushion frame) and January NDC/ CGC plate

Tools and embellishments: Groovi and Pergamano embossing, perforating, and cutting tools, Perga color pens, Perga liner pencils, and rhinestones from my stash

Challenges... 

#23 at NBUS (the NDC/ CGC plate is NBUS

#216 Add a heart at Crafty Gals Corner

AG at TTCRD

I'll be back soon with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then,

Barb's Chinese Lanterns

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The card I'm sharing with you today is another from my extensive to-blog pile and features Barbara Gray's beautiful Chinese Lanterns...

Card: Unbranded white and Clarity's clear parchment and Designer paper

Groovi Plates: Barb's Chinese Lantern Floral Spray, Scallop Nested Squares (without the scallops), and Straight Pattern #1 border 

Tools and embellishments: Groovi and Pergamano embossing, perforating, and cutting tools, Perga liner pencils, and Clarity brads

Challenges... 

#23 at NBUS (at the time of creation, the Chinese lanterns were NBUS)

AG at TTCRD

#133 AG at ABMTTC

I'll be back soon with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then,

Framed Butterfly

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Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know! 

The card I'm sharing with you today is another from my extensive To-Blog pile...

Card: Unbranded white and Clarity's ivory parchment

Groovi Plates: Linda's Butterflies (circular frame) and an NDC plate from 2019 (everything else)

Tools and embellishments: Groovi and Pergamano embossing tools, perforating, and cutting tools, Perga liner pencils, and rhinestones from my stash

Challenges... 

Jan 18th to 31st AG at Incy Wincy Designs

AG at TTCRD

AG at ABMTTC 

I'll be back soon with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then,

Mid Challenge Reminder for TRCC - #25 Nothin' but Neutrals

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It's the middle of the month, so I'm back with a reminder of my card for The Rainbow Card Challenge.  This month our theme is Nothin' but Neutrals, and here's the inspiration image...

And here's a reminder of my card, the details of which can be found on my original post...

I'll be back soon with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

Framed Roses

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The card I'm sharing with you today is one which was on my UFO pile for months, until late last year, since when it's been patiently waiting in the to-blog pile...

Although the colors used aren't usually among my favorites, I think their softness, and indeed that of the roses, is perfect as we venture into the unknowns 2021 with a grateful heart while also holding holding on to precious memories.

Card: Unbranded white and Clarity's ivory parchment

Groovi Plates: Tina's Symmetrical Floral Round (all the framing) and Linda's Roses and Lace

Tools and embellishments: Groovi and Pergamano embossing, perforating, and cutting tools, Perga liner pencils, and rhinestones from my stash

Challenges... 

#52 Embossing Heat/ Dry at The Flower Challenge

#381 Memories at CASology
AG at 613 Avenue Create 

I'll be back soon with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then,

#25 Nothin' but Neutrals at Rainbow Card Challenge

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

Happy New Year!  It's obviously the first of the month, so it means it's time for a new challenge at Rainbow Card Challenge.  Our theme this month is Nothin' but Neutrals, so go ahead and use more than one for this month, but please keep them neutral!

And here's my card...

The featured white work snowdrops are very delicate, so you might have to enlarge the image to see them, sorry!

Card: Unbranded white, Clarity's clear parchment and DP
Groovi plates: Linda's Butterflies (circle frame) and the December NDC 
Tools and embellishments: Groovi and Pergamano embossing, perforating, and cutting tools, Perga liner pencils, and mini pearls from my stash

Challenges...

#136 AG at Lemon Shortbread Challenge 

#139 AG at Ike's World

AG at Polkadoodles

I'll be back soon with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then.