Love is

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

It seems impossible to get a good photo of all this shine.

I used my favorite 3D embossing folder for the leaves.  For the 7 1/4" Monarch

sized card, I used the embossing folder twice.  Where they meet was a good place

to put the sentiment strip.  The sentiment is from a very old Hero Arts set and

probably not available any more.

After embossing, I lightly sanded the raised portions with a sanding block.

I love how this technique highlights the raised veining in the leaves.

The sentiment is heat embossed with gold.  It's a super shiny card!

Challenges:

Can You Handle the Pressure - Embossing folder with a twist of green

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #154 - I used the center column, Green, Free, Slimline

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Treasure the Moments (HA)

Ink:   VersaMark 

Paper:   Neenah, Solar White, Metallic Confections Foil (TH), Gold Foil

Other:  Fallen Leaves EF (SZX), Dreamy Butterfly Die (MB), Sanding Block

Enjoy!

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Bluebirds Love

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

Another card showing flight with watercoloring.

I've punched the birds with an old and well loved punch and added color to them

with ink swiped on a palette and picked up with a waterbrush.

To make the birds seem to be flying, I punched extra wings and placed them in a

fluttering angle.

A bit of watercolor made a soft sky and a frame made with

two stitched rectangle dies finishes it off.

Challenges:

CAS Mix Up - Watercolor Flight

Krafty Chicks - CAS week

 

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You sweet and thoughtful comments warm my heart!

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Snippets (PB)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black, Not Quite Navy, Flirty Flamingo (SU Markers swiped on palette)

Paper:   Neenah, Mixed Media (Strathmore 400 series)

Other:  Bird Punch (ret. SU), Heart Punch (ret. SU), Caran d'ache (Ivory Black), Subtle EF (SU)

Embossed Hearts

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

I've been working on valentines and anniversary cards.

I fell in love with the Memory Box Heart Bouquet Embossing Folder.

First up is a valentine.

Then a card for a 60th anniversary using some satiny cardstock.

And another anniversary card.

I embossed some Neenah cardstock with the folder and used dies to cut the center hearts.

The embossing folder does most of the work.

Challenge:

Memory Box #68 - Hearts

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Various Sentiments

Ink:   Black, Coastal Cabana

Paper:   Neenah, Crisp Cantaloupe, Brushed Gold, Satin Finish (?), Coastal Cabana

Other:  Heart Bouquet EF (MB)

La Rue Heart in Aqua

Hi there.  I'm so glad you popped in!

This is my favorite heart die!  I've used it to die cut from Neenah Solar White cardstock.

The background piece was smooshed into Lindy's Magical powders and

spritzed with water.  When I die cut this piece, I left the little pieces intact

and taped them in place on the back.

I've popped it on top of a piece that's been embossed with paste

through a retired Memory Box stencil.

(I think this is my all time favorite stencil!)

A little heart die cut from a Poppy Stamps die has been dry embossed

with a little silver bow added on top.

There was just enough room under the stenciled embossing to

stamp the sentiment that's been heat embossed.

An anniversary card for my stash.

Challenges:

Memory Box Out of the Box Challenge #5 - Hearts

Craft Stamper Take It Make It Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Amaryllis (TT)

Ink:   WOW emb. pad

Paper:   Neenah

Other:  La Rue Heart Die (MB), Lindy's Magicals, Stitched Hearts Die (PS), Texuter Scraped Paint Stencil (ret. MB), Embossing Paste (WV), Silver EP, Subtle EF (SU), Silver Cord (ret. SU)

Happy 25th Anniversary

Hello and welcome.

Today I have a card using one of my favorite heart dies.

When I saw the Memory Box Outside the Box Challenge,

I immediately thought of this heart.  Since I will be needing a 25th anniversary card

in the near future, silver seemed the best way to go.

I die cut the LaRue heart from silver foil and fussy cut a piece

of velum to put behind it.

The background has a cut out from another Memory Box die

and the number 25 is heat embossed with silver.

All of this is on a piece of Brushed Silver card stock.

Here's a picture that shows some of the shimmer better.

I added a bit of card jewelry with that large rhinestone.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Memorable Moments (ret. SU)

Ink:   Encore Silver

Paper:   Neenah (110 lb. Solar White), Silver Foil (SU),Brushed Silver (ret. SU)

Other:  La Rue Heart Die Die, Distressed Windham Collage Die (both MB), Rhinestone (SU)

Hearts for CAS Watercolour

Hello dear friends.

It's time for a new challenge at CAS Watercolour.

This month's challenge is

I've been having a great time playing with watercolor hearts, making

Valentine's Day and anniversary cards.

This one will go for an anniversary.

The beautiful NBUS die was used to cut from Solar White Neena cardstock.

Then I cut the heart section again.

I used a snippet of Brusho watercolor to die cut just the heart portion twice.

(This is a really saturated red that Jack did. He loves to shake those Brushos!)

The partial die cut Neena needed to be trimmed down a bit

so I could tuck it behind the main heart.  After all, it takes two hearts

to make a marriage!

Some decorative paper that had pieces of glitter in it makes the background.

I'm not sure where it came from as it's been in the drawer so long, I'd forgotten about it!

I wish the camera had picked up the silky white threads that run through this paper.

The Love is stamped and heat embossed to pick up some of the gold sparkle 

in the background paper.

Finally, I placed a previously cut frame over the whole thing.

The Design Team along with our fabulous Guest Designer, Sue, 

have done some gorgeous watercolor heart cards to

astound and inspire you.

I hope to see your heart creations at

CAS Watercolour

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Inspiration Collection (Stamper's Studio OOB)

Ink:   Encore Gold

Paper:  Solar White (Neena), Cold Press Watercolor Paper (Arches)

Other:  Brusho, Heart Flourish Die (IO), Stitched Rectangles Die (SSS), Gold EP (SU)

Happy Anniversary Dear Loll & Gord

Today was a special day for my friend Loll and her husband Gord.

Hope today was really special for them.


I'll join in at Penny Black Saturday Challenge for February
Use Red and/or Hearts

and

Penny Black and More
Anything goes with a stamp and a die/s.
I've used a Penny Black stamp (Special Wishes) for the sentiment and
a Poppystamps die (Leafy Sprigs) for the foliage.

and

Poppystamps Challenge #17
Crazy in Love
Used Leafy Sprigs by Poppystamps.

and

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge
Anything goes


 
  


Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Special Wishes (PB)

Ink:  Whisper White (SU)

Paper:  Solar White (Neena), Whisper White, Rose Red (SU)

Other: White EP (SU), Cross My Heart EF (Cuttlebug), Stitched Rectangle Die (Lil' Inkers), Sweetheart Punch, Perfect Polka Dots EF (SU), Leafy Sprigs Die (Poppystamps) 

Happy Anniversary

When I saw this sketch at

Happy Little Stampers,

I kinda scratched my head.

Have a look...

But I kept thinking, and thinking,

and thinking....

And I did come up with something!

I used some of Jack's watercolor designs.

He does love to watercolor!

The sun element is a stitched circle embossed with Lil' Inker's Stitched Circle Die.

The hammock is the twig.

The trees are the birds.

And I threw a little heart in there for good measure.

I'll give this to DH for our anniversary.

He'll love that Jack's artwork is on it!

And we've been watching a family of bluebirds in our yard.

Here's my sidekick at work.

He really gets into it!

Thanks for stopping by.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  Something to Celebrate (retired)

Ink:  Soft Suede

Paper:  Watercolor (Strathmore)

Other:  Stitched Circle Die (Lil' Inker), Fashionable Hearts Embosslit (retired), Bird Die (IO), Woodland Branch Die (MB)

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Sponged, Punched Birds

A few weeks ago, I posted this white on white card.

I wondered how it would look with the birds colored.

What do you think?

These little birds flew off to wish a very special couple a Happy Anniversary.

Happy Little Stampers CAS Challenge

I sponged the color on these birds.

Virginia's View Challenge #13

I've got 2 kinds of dry embossing on this card.

Pixies Snippet Playground

I used some snippets for the hearts and the birds.

Glad you could stop by.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Ink:  Lost Lagoon, Calypso Coral

Paper:  Solar White (Neena), Whisper White, Shimmery White, Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer

Other: Treillage EF (Anna Griffin), Square Lattice EF, Scallop Heart of Heart Embosslit (retired), Hearts Collection Framelit Dies, Bird Builder Punch, Satin Ribbon, Triple Heart Punch (retired)

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Smooshy Heart

Would you believe I have a UFO box for holiday cards?

LOL, it seems I have one for everything.

And the contents keep growing no matter how many I use!

I even gave Jack some of the hearts and he got tired of gluing well before they were gone!

These have a home anyway.

The intricate die cut heart is from Serendipity and cut with my Big Shot.

The under heart is from a piece done with the smoosh technique.

I can't say for sure what colors I used but I think it was

Pink Pirouette and Rich Razzleberry with some Frost White Shimmer paint.

Edited to add I'm entering this in the 

Happy Little Stampers CAS Challenge.

It's my 3rd entry there.

Cuttlebug Mania

I {heart} you

I used my manual Big Shot to die cut the heart and emboss the background.

Simon Says Monday Challenge

Red + Pink

We can use either or both.

Pixies Snippet Playground

All we need to do here is use a snippet or snippets on a creation.

These hearts and the ribbon were snippets.

Serendipity Stamps Challenge

All You Need is Love

using at least 1 Serendipity stamp or die.

Addicted to Stamps

ANYTHING GOES

So glad you could stop by today.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Paper:  Solar White (Neena), Whisper White

Other:  Heart Scroll Die (Serendipity Stamps), Heart Collection Framelit Dies, Square Lattice EF, Re-inkers, Frost White Shimmer Paint, Basic Pearls, Organdy Ribbon

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Love is in the Air

Valentine's Day is on the horizon.

Can you believe it's February already?

Lots of challenges this week about love.

This is a card we will be doing in the Papercrafting group later this week.

No stamping, except on the inside, and a lot of embossing.

The Happy Little Stampers CAS Challenge 

for February is 

EMBOSSING.

I've used 2 different embossing folders and an Embosslit for this card.

Pixies Snippet Playground

There's quite a few elements made from snippets on this card.

And our own Di, of Pixie fame, is a new member of the 

Design Team at Cuttlebug Mania.

Yay, Di!

Cuttlebug Mania

I {heart} you

is looking for hearts.

I used my Big Shot to emboss and cut the big hearts.

Simon Says Monday Challenge

H is for.....

Heart of course.

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge

ANYTHING GOES

Nearly 1000 entries there. WOW!

Hop on over and check out these challenges.

So glad you stopped by!

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Paper:  Solar White (Neena), Whisper White, Shimmery White, Dazzling Details Glimmer

Other: Treillage EF (Anna Griffin), Square Lattice EF, Scallop Heart of Heart Embosslit (retired), Hearts Collection Framelit Dies, Bird Builder Punch, Organza Ribbon, Triple Heart Punch (retired), Basic Rhinestones

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Featuring Lesley

I was so excited when I saw that the Featured Stamper this week is Lesley Croghan of Always Playing with Paper!   I've been following Lesley for several years and she's become a good friend as well as a constant source of inspiration and encouragement.

I got a little time in my craft room yesterday and CASEd a couple of Lesley's cards.  Here's the first one.  You can see the card that I used for my inspiration HERE.

Dynamic Duos, which is a challenge blog that Lesley created, is asking for Primrose Petals and another color of our choice.  I chose Chocolate Chip.  I think I was also inspired by that Raspberry Easter egg that was in my Easter basket.

Simon Says Anything Goes so we'll pop over there.

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Something to Celebrate (retired)

Ink:  Chocolate Chip

Paper:  Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Primrose Petals

Other:  Lacy Brocade EF, Primrose Petals Ribbon, Lace (from my stash), Floral Fusion Sizzlit, Large Basic Pearl

Thanks so much for the visit.

Enjoy!

Quite a Pair

I have a really simple card for you tonight.

I finally got to play with the Saturday challenges.

Dynamic Duos 

Less is More

UP IN THE AIR

CAS-ual Fridays

I masked an area and sponged using a scallop strip as a template for clouds, removed the mask and scored along the edges of the sponging.

All that was left was to stamp the geese.  There are actually 3 geese on this stamp but I only inked 2 since I thought I would use it as an anniversary card for my hubby this year.  I've told you how he thinks everything should have a duck on it.  Geese are close and they mate for life.  Like we did.  Our anniversary isn't for several months, but it will be ready when it rolls around.

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Pines (retired), Teeny, Tiny Wishes

Ink:  Tempting Turquoise, Tuxedo Black (Memento), SU Marker (Basic Black) 

Paper:  Whisper White, Basic Black

Other:  Stampin' Sponge, Simply Scored, Large Scallop Edgelit (for template)

I hope you've had a great day and found some time to stamp.

Thanks for the visit.

Enjoy!