Softly Bleached

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

Another piece from my UFO box finds a home.

This started with a Brusho background.  I'm not sure what color or colors I used.

Then I'd stamped these sweet flowers and used bleach on a paintbrush to remove the

color from the flowers and leaves.

That's as far as I got before this went into the UFO box.

When I was cleaning out recently, I colored the flowers with Zigs

and put it on a card.  Don't know why that took so long!

Challenges:

Penny Black Saturday - ATG/Option of Spots and/or Stripes (spots from Brushos)

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Softly (PB)

Ink:   Archival Jet Black

Paper:   Neenah, Mixed Media (Strathmore), Daffodil Delight

Other:  Brusho, Bleach, Zig CCRBM, Sentimental Die (Avery Elle)

Enjoy!

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Brushos with Nature's Paintbrush

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

Take a deep breath. Relax.

The background of this card was made by smooshing a piece of
coated cardstock onto some wet Brusho crystals on my craft mat.

You know how you always have that leftover run off?
I hate to let it go to waste sometimes.

It made a very light background so I sprinkled a
bit of Olive Brusho crystals on top of the wet piece.

I loved all the colors that popped out!

Once dry, simple stamping was all this needed.

Challenges:

Penny Black Saturday - ATG/Optional Nature

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps: Nature's Paintbrush (PB), Psalm 121 (Verve)  

Ink:   Tree Branch Archival (Ranger)

Paper:   Coated cardstock, Brushed Gold (SU)

Other:  Brusho (yellow, orange, olive green)

Berries for Twofer

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

Today I'm joining in at the Twofer Challenge.

 

I hope these designs are different enough. 

Firstly are the blackberries.

They are mounted on a piece of Bruso smoosh and the card base is a

deep Purple that's been subtly embossed.

I've inked the stamp with Distress Markers and

 stamped on Mixed Media paper.  Using my waterbrush, I moved

the colors around.  Looks like I moved the color in the sentiment

a bit too much! 

My Twofer....

This time they are raspberries, one of my favorite fruits.

I've stamped with Archival ink onto Neenah cardstock and used Distress Ink 

smooshed on my palette to pick up the color.

This started out as a full card front but somehow, it picked up some

turquoise paint that was on my work space.

By the time I figured out where it was coming from and cleaned it up,

I'd "infected" a card base and several places on the design.

Fortunately I could salvage the strip with the berries.

I've used that Subtle Embossing Folder to add texture to the design piece

but the camera refuses to see it.

Thanks to the gals at the Twofer challenge that chose my 

cards as co-winners last month.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Blackberries (Serendipity/IO), Bouquet of Thanks (SSS)

Ink:   Concord Crush (SU), Chipped Sapphire, Black Soot, Bundled Sage, Peeled Paint, Brushed Corduroy, Mustard Seed (DM)

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore 400 series), Concord Crush (SU)

Other:  Brusho (Orange), Double Pierced Rectangle Die (SSS), Subtle EF (SU)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Blackberries (Serendipity/IO), Tiny Sayings (AE)

Ink:  Jet Black Archival, Whisper White (SU), Picked Raspberry, Wilted Violet, Peeled Paint (DI)

Paper:  Neeenah, Rich Razzleberry

Other:  Subtle EF (SU), White EP, Waterbrush 

Brusho Butterfly Sympathy

Hello friends.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

The background behind the butterfly was done by sprinkling Brusho crystals

on and embossing folder, cranking through the Big Shot, 

then spritzing with water.

If you look close you can see the embossed feathers.

This die belongs to a friend and I'm so lucky that she let me borrow it!

It die cuts the window and butterfly and embosses the chevron design

at the bottom, leaving the space for a sentiment.

It's perfect for quick and easy cards!

I'm going to share this at

Krafty Chicks Challenge

Where it's Anything Goes for the 5th Thursday of the month.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Oh, Happy Day (Avery Elle)

Ink:   Island Indigo (SU)

Paper:   Neenah (110 lb. Solar White)

Other:  Butterfly Die (Little B), Brushos

Big Blue Butterfly

Hello crafty friends.  I'm so glad you stopped by.

Our talented Marcia is hosting the CAS Watercolour Challenge this month. 

I've stamped this big butterfly with white pigment ink on mixed media paper

and used white embossing powder to heat emboss.

Then I carefully sprinkled Brusho powders on the piece and spritzed with water

using a brush to help move the ink where I wanted it.

It doesn't show in the photo, but the top layer beneath the butterfly is dry embossed

with a Subtle Embossing folder and the sentiment is heat embossed.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Butterfly Trio (PB), Thoughtful Messages (SSS)

Ink:   Whisper White, WOW Embossing pad

Paper:   Neenah, Mixed Media

Other:  White EP (SU), Midnight Teal EP (Lindy's), Subtle EF (SU), Brushos (Cobalt, Turquoise)

Doing Splits

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

I'm doing splits today.

Not that kind of splits.  That would hurt!  These were relatively painless and
so much fun doing them at the retreat.

Nancy shared this technique that she's seen Jennifer McGuire do.  

She'd asked us to bring some completed card fronts

so I pulled some from my UFO box.

This was a technique that I tried last fall when stamping with a friend.

Hers turned out much better than mine.  I didn't like it but wouldn't toss it.

When I saw that we were going to be cutting the piece, I decided

this was my least favorite of all I'd brought so I figured I didn't 

have anything to lose.

I held my breath and cut.

Okay.

Now I had to cut again to leave a space for the stamping.

That's scary!

Everything went back together beautifully and I actually think I

like this card now.

Then.....

Susan got us to play with bleach.

I had this really dark piece of Brusho gone wild and thought

it a likely candidate for the bleach technique.

The technique worked beautifully but the card was too dark for my liking.

I chickened out and didn't get fancy with the cutting this time.

But I have to say, I like the card much better with it split.

Maybe I'll get brave and do some fancier cuts one day.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Insightful Meadows (Unity)

Ink:   VersaMark, Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:   Neenah

Other:  White Embossing Powder, Chalk Pastels (SU)

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Dogwood (Technique Junkies)

Ink:  Archival Jet Black 

Paper:   Watercolor (Arches 140 lb. cold press), Neenah, Black

Other:  Brusho Powders, Bleach

Indroducing Emmy

Hi there.

I want to introduce you to an upcoming talent in the cardmaking world.

My lovely granddaughter, Emmy has been spending lots of time with me.

A couple of weeks ago I introduced her to Brushos and Lindy's Magicals.

She was a goner!

She did LOTS of backgrounds.

She picked one that would be perfect with the mermaid stamp on my shelf.

Here's a closer look at the card.

Her Aunt Kelli is going to love this!

She did a beautiful job on the inside with some flowers and a
message that will bring tears to her aunt's eyes.

We'll be sharing more in the coming days and months.

What a joy to share this wonderful obsession hobby with her!

And a special thanks to Ms. Loll for making her a watermark.


Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Mermaid (Stampendous)

Ink:   Archival Onyx Black

Paper:   Mixed Media, Neenah

Other:  Brushos, Lindy's Magicals, Stitched Rectangle Die (SSS)

Bird of Roses Times Two

Hello friends.  I'm so glad you could stop by today!

I love it when I can use a die two ways.

I really love it when I can use it in the same way (sort of)
and get two different cards.

I die cut this bird from a piece of Brusho and popped him on
another piece of Brusho that had been spritzed with more water.

Then I popped a die cut white bird in the shape left from the first cut.

I attempted to call one an out cut, but I'm never sure which is the cut out

and which is the out cut.

When I Googled it to see which was which, cut out means the piece

cut out and the left over piece.

Now I'm really confused!

Honestly, I haven't been in the wine or the Wodka!

At any rate, I was able to get two cards from that one piece of Brusho background.

CAS Watercolour

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Snippets (PB)

Ink:   Pacific Point (SU)

Paper:   Pacific Point, Soft Suede (SU), Mixed Media (St.), Linen Textured

Other:  Brusho (Ost. Blue), Bird of Roses Die (SSS), Pierced Rectangle Die (AE), Woodland Branch Die (MB)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Special Wishes (PB)

Ink:   Tempting Turquoise (SU)

Paper:   Neenah, Mixed Media

Other:  Brusho (Turquoise, Purple), Bird of Roses Die (SSS), Double Pierced Rectangle Die (AE)

Bashful Brushos for Krafty Chicks

Hello friends.  I'm excited that I've been asked to be Guest Designer at
the Krafty Chicks Challenge.

Tangii has chosen this Photo Inspiration for the 1st challenge of the month.

Isn't this a gorgeous photo?

I found a strip of Brusho in my background box that resembled the background

of the photo (at least to me).

I used the left over from the die cut to ghost another flower in the background.

I rubbed through the handmade stencil with a baby wipe to get the ghosting.

I used my Zigs and a waterbrush to color the stems, leaves and centers of

the daisy die cut and shaped the petals.

Little pieces of dimensionals  hold some of the petals off the paper

to keep the dimension.

A narrow border of dark green adds some contrast and I also 

added some scoring.

I hope to see you over at the Krafty Chicks.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Agapanthus (TT)

Ink:   Christmas Pine (GKD)

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore 400 series), Neenah (110 lb. Solar White), Christmas Pine (GKD)

Other:  Bashful Die (PB), Brusho, Baby Wipe, Zigs, Simply Scored (SU)

Stencil and Brusho

Hi.  It's taken me almost all month to get a card ready for
CAS Stencil.

I finally had some success using the Brushos with a stencil.
I've lost count of how many times I've tried this technique and failed.
One thing I learned is to just smoosh the failed pieces in more diluted Brushos
for use in die cuts or backgrounds.  Waste not want not as the saying goes.

I've used Cobalt Blue Brusho Crystals sprinkled lightly over this
beautiful Sanna Lippert stencil from Stamplorations.

I spritzed liberally with some water and let it sit for a few seconds.
(I think I wasn't letting it sit long enough before.)  Then I carefully
lifted the stencil and was excited to see a clean design! Yay!

I quickly pressed the inky stencil on another piece of cardstock for a monoprint.

I decided to go dramatic and use a piece of dry embossed blue as my "white space".

The dragonfly was die cut from a last little piece of heated copper that
my dear friend Loll had sent me.

A piece of copper foil cardstock made a perfect little mat around the design.

Here's a card I made with the monoprint piece.

Challenges:
CAS Stencil

Stamplorations CAS Challenge

Artsplorations Mixed Media Challenge

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore 400 series), Neenah (110 lb. solar white), Pacific Point (SU)

Other:  Senecial 1 Stencil (Artsplorations), Brusho (Cobalt), Flutters Die (PB), Linen Texture Plate (PTI), Heated Copper

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore 400 series), Neenah (110 lb. solar white), Pacific Point (SU)

Other:  Senecial 1 Stencil (Artsplorations), Brusho (Cobalt), Square Lattice EF (SU), Two Ferns Die (Cheery Lynn)

Brusho Butterfly

Hello.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

I have a bright card for you today.

I've die cut this butterfly from a piece of Brusho Background and just
popped it on top of some dry embossing.

I shaped the butterfly's wings with a bone folder and adhered him
under the body so his wings are dimensional.

Super quick and clean and simple.

I'll take this to
Color Throwdown #529

and CAS Mix Up

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Bleeding Heart (Technique Tuesday)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Daffodil Delight (SU), Back of cover from Mixed Media pad

Other:  Stitched Butterfly Trio Die (PS), Brusho (orange), Large Daisy Side EF (Darice)

Emboss Resist with Brushos

Hello friends.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

It's time for a new challenge at CAS Mix Up.

We'll be cutting all our CAS Challenges short this month.  More on that later.

I thought I'd take a break from Christmas cards today.

I stamped this dandelion with whisper white ink on 

mixed media paper and heat embossed it.

Then I sprinkled some Brushos on it and spritzed.

To get a good coverage and blending, I used a water brush.

When it was dry, I die cut it, and placed it on a card base

that had been embossed with a larger matching die.

This inspirational sentiment and butterfly in black

added a little drama.

CAS Mix Up

For my mixed media I used

stamping, heat embossing, Brusho, watercolor, dry embossing and die cuts.

This month's challenge will only run for two weeks.  The challenge closes on December 15th midnight (PST).

Our Friend Hideko has joined the CAS Mix Up Design team.

We're so happy to have her there!

Another friend, Bozena (ArtCardBox) is joining

our team this month as Guest Designer.

Hope you get to join us.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Dandelion (TT), Treasure the Moments IO)

Ink:   Whisper White (SU), Onyx Black (VF)

Paper:   Neenah, Mixed Media, Basic Black

Other:  White EP (SU), Brushos, Butterfly die (wish)

Bashful Copper

Hello friends.  Thanks for stopping by.

We're using metal on our cards at CAS Mix Up this month.

I've used another piece of a heated copper die cut that dear Loll sent me a long time ago.

I put the flower on a piece of Brusho background.

I explain how I did it on this post.

I added a drop of alcohol ink to the flower center.

Here's another view that shows the shine of the copper better.

My mixed media are heated copper, Brusho watercolor, stamping, heat embossing and die cuts.

CAS Mix Up

Challenge closes on the 24th.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Sending you Phrases (Creek Bank Creations)

Ink:   Cajun Craze

Paper:   Neenah Classic Natural, Acrylic Paper and Mixed Media (Strathmore), Cajun Craze

Other:  Brushos (Orange), Heated Copper, Bashful Die (PB), Stitched Rectangles (SSS)

Copper Leaf for CAS Mix Up

Hello friends.  Welcome to my blog!

We have a new challenge at CAS Mix Up

Using heated copper, Brushos, stamping and die cutting

This month's challenge is hosted by the fabulous Mac

We have lots of videos of different techniques to add metal to your cards.

You'll find them at the challenge site.

The Design Team has some fabulous inspiration pieces to share with you

and we are joined this month by our Guest Designer

Pat (Colourful Card Creations).

We are excited to have a new member of our Design Team!

I hope you'll give Susan (Cats Ink.Corporated) a warm welcome.

I was quite lazy and dug into some wonderful heated copper die cuts

that my dear friend Loll had sent me.  Thank you again, sweet friend.

Here's a close up of the copper leaf.

Isn't it pretty?

I pulled out a background piece done with Brushos

sprinkled into spray starch and popped it behind a die cut square.

You don't have to have copper to join in this challenge.

There are lots of ways to incorporate metal into our cards.

I can't wait to see how you use it.

CAS Mix Up is open until the 24th.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Tiny Sayings (AE)

Ink:   Bermuda Bay (SU)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Coated

Other:  Heated Copper, Little Leaves Die (Szzx),Double Pierced Squares (AE), Brushos, Spray Starch