More Nordic Birds

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No Challenges today.  Just cards done for fun (and the Christmas stash).

This time I used the smaller bird from the set.

I've framed him up with some Nordic frames.

Next up is using the larger bird  reversing the red and white.

For a bit of change, on a blue background...

This time I've used my Rosemaling embossing folder and swiped over the

raised parts with white ink.  I perched the bird on a couple of snowy branches.

I have had so much fun with these birds!  They aren't just for Christmas either.

I think you'll be seeing them in other seasons too.

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  PP Fancy Sentiments (SB)

Ink:   BP Black

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Gold Foil, Mixed Media, Greenleaf (SSS)

Other:  Nordic Birds die (Grtry), Rosemary & Berry die (Grtry), Nordic Frames dies (Grtry), Re-inkers (Bundled Sage, Rustic Wilderness), Red Sharpie,

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps: Christmas Wishes (Kaisercraft) 

Ink:   Cherry Cobbler

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Gold Foil, Diamond Glimmer

Other:  Nordic Birds (Grtry), Rosemary Berry dies (Grtry), Holiday Floral Swag EF (SB), Copics (E0000, E000, G43, G46)

Card Recipe (card 3)

Stamps:  Christmas Sentiments (PB)

Ink:   Encore Gold, Whisper White

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Marina Mist, Shimmery White, Gold Foil, White Glimmer

Other:  Nordic Birds die (Grtry), Norwegian Rosemaling EF (SB), Fir Sprig (SSS), Glitter

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Nordic Bird for Color Hues

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It's time for a new challenge at Color Hues.

This month Nanc' picked our colors.  She chose....

I immediately thought of my Nordic Bird die paired with a new embossing folder.

I die cut the bird from teal cardstock adding a silver wing.  The branch he's sitting on

was die cut from Neenah Solar White and lightly brushed with light teal ink that was left

on a blending brush.  I added a bit of glitter to the branches too.  A little sparkle adds to the fun.

Now let's go and see what my talented friends and our

fantastic Guest Designers Loll and Joanne have done to inspire you.

I hope you'll create a card using Teal and Silver and add it to the gallery at

Color Hues.

Challenge ends at 9:00 AM on November 29th.

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   Pool Party, Whisper White

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Tranquil Teal (GKD), Silver Foil

Other:  Nordic Birds (Grtry), Norwegian Rosemaling EF (SB), Greetings Die (PB), Botanicuts Pine Bough die (Grtry)

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More Autumn Herbarium

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

I don't know when I've had more fun playing with new products!

There isn't much color in our trees so I'm getting my "Fall fix" on cards.

You know how much I love embossing folders and I've colored the embossing on

more than one card.  Having a stamp and stencil to go with the embossing is

a brilliant idea IMHO.

The stamp is just the veins and stems of each leaf.  On this card, I stamped with

Memento Toffee Crunch ink so it wouldn't be too dark.

I still have trouble getting the stencils to always line up perfectly and found

that embossing before I colored helped.

I used blending brushes and Distress ink to add the color through the stencils, and

pretty much used the colors that the Greetery samples used.  (There are 3 stencils.)

I was glad that I got the coordinating Oblong Octagon Labels stamps and dies

and heat embossed one of the stamped frames and sentiment on vellum.

Some dimensional strips behind the frame has it popped up for a bit more dimension.

Another sample of inspiration that they had showed the stamping heat embossed

and I thought it made a very elegant card.  So I did this one...

Unfortunately I needed a sympathy card for a guy.  This one fit the bill nicely.

I did this is several colors so my stock of sympathy and thinking of you cards is

looking good for guys.  Hopefully they will stay in my stash for a long time!

Challenges:

Double D - Use Halloween Colors

Cardz 4 Guyz #378 - Autumn Fall

Just Us Girls #797 - Mood Board - inspired by the Fall leaves

 

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Autumn Herbarium (Grtry), Oblong Octagon Labels (Grtry)

Ink:   Memento Toffee Crunch, Wild Honey, Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Rusty Hinge, Crackling Campfire, Pine Needles, Vintage Photo (DI)

Paper:   Neenah Natural, Vellum

Other:  Autumn Herbarium EF & Stencils (Grtry), Oblong Octagon Labels die (Grtry), Gold EP, Foam Strips

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Autumn Herbarium (Grtry), Oblong Octagon Labels (Grtry)

Ink:   Encore Gold

Paper:   Shaded Spruce, Neenah Natural

Other:  Autumn Herbarium EF (Grtry), Oblong Octagon Labels die (Grtry), Gold EP

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Purple and Orange for Color Hues

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

It's time for another challenge at Color Hues.

This month Steph picked our colors.

She chose....

Aren't these fantastic colors for Fall?

I chose to use these colors to fill my Curio Cabinet from The Greetery. It's filled

with treasures of Fall cut with their Autumn Findings and some stitched pumpkins dies

from my recent winnings at Time Out.

Everything was cut from Neenah Solar White and colored with blending brushes

and Distress ink.  I used ink that was left on the brushes to add color behind the images.

Now let's go and see what my talented friends and our

fantastic Guest Designer Bobby have done to inspire you.

I hope you'll create a card using Purple and Orange and add it to the gallery at

Color Hues.

Challenge ends at 9:00 AM on October 29th.

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Take Care (ret SU)

Ink:   Spiced Marmalade, Ripe Persimmon, Wilted Violet, Villianous Potion, Antique Linen (DI), Chocolate Chip (SU)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White

Other:  Curio Divider & Details Die, Curio Cover Die, Curio Autumn Findings Dies (Greetery), Stitched Pumpkins (Lawn Fawn)

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Hello Bees

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

I've been having fun with bee dies lately.  You'll be seeing bees lighting

on various cards for a bit.

These two are from the Greetery.  The honeycomb is from the Greetery too.

I did some ink blending on the background and the bees were cut from

Neenah Solar White and colored with Copic markers.

Challenges:

Double D - Bee Happy

NBUS #77 - Never Before Used Schtuff ( Honeycomb Die)

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Soft Seedlings (SU)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black, Mustard Seed, Field, Wild Honey, Rusty Hinge (DI), Field (SSS)

Paper:   So Saffron, Certainly Celery, Neenah Solar White

Other:  Honeycomb Corners dies (Greetery), Curio Summer & Spring Findings (Greetery), Potpourri Flowers (PS), Copic Marker (Y15), Black Sharpie

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Pink and Red for Color Hues

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It's time for another Color Hues Challenge brought to us by Tracey.

The colors she chose are...

These are perfect colors for upcoming Valentine's Day or

many other occasions.

You can find the Color Hues #103 Challenge here and the wonderful

 cards from our Guests Designer Trina of Phamtastic Designs

and my fantastic teammates will inspire you.

The challenge is open until February 14th at 9:00 AM.

But wait.  There's more...

We are also excited to share with you that we are partnering up this challenge with the Inksprational Challenge! Details are shared below from teammate and card maker extraordinaire Carol Mayne!

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Carol here, one of Color Hues' designers and a designer/behind-the-scenes organizer of Inkspirational Challenges.

The design team gals and I at Inkspirational are delighted to participate in this first-time collaboration with Color Hues. Creating with Red and Pink – a combination open to such a wide range of hues, as well as occasions/events – makes us even more happy! Hopefully, you’ll find our team’s contributions as inspiring as those created by the team here.

This collaboration serves two key goals: to increase exposure of both challenges to players who may/may not know about them and to offer YOU a chance to share your projects in two galleries. If you link up here, please be sure to hop over to Inkspirational to link with us there. We’re hoping for an outstanding number of entries over the course of the two week run of both challenges.

Challenges:

Color Hues #103 - Red & Pink

Inkspirational - Red & Pink

Group of Seven Cardmakers - I didn't ink blend the background first but sponged ink on embossed colored cardstock

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Hand Penned Holidays (ret SU)

Ink:   Whisper White

Paper:   Pink Pirouette, Shimmery (?), Red Foil

Other:  Blossom Swag (SSS), White EP, Nordic Bird Die (Grtry), Precious Hearts Die (MB), Confetti Hearts Punch (ret SU)

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Nature's Beauty

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Fall is in the air and the leaves are turning to their autumn colors.

Around here the scenery turns mostly gold. Although I love the bright oranges

and reds of the maples, walking through the golden woods is beautiful too.

Color Hues is asking us to use Olive and Mustard.

I had recently got a new divider set from The Greetery and the Autumn Findings dies.

Some die cutting and sponging resulted in this card.

Everything was cut from Neenah Solar White cardstock and colored with

sponge daubers and shades of Olive and Mustard with avbit of brown added in.

Challenges:

Color Hues #97 - Olive and Mustard

NBUS #67 - Never Before Used Schtuff

Inkspirational #327 - Seasonal (Fall)

  

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Curio Labels (Grtry)

Ink:   Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive, Crushed Curry, More Mustard, Baked Brown Sugar

Paper:   Naturals Ivory (ret SU), Neenah Solar White

Other:  Curio Divider & Details II, Curio Autumn Findings (Grtry), Timeworn Type EF (SU)

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Shimmery Wings

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I've mentioned my Craft Group several times.

We meet once a month for lunch and crafty time.  There are six of us in the group

and we take turns hosting the lunch and leading the craft.  It's a wonderful group of

ladies that have become treasured friends and each of us has a wealth of crafty ideas

to share.

Jan was our hostess last month and she had found a new product called

Fusible Angelina Fibers.  See that wonderful shimmer?

It reminded me of cotton candy the way we pulled it apart.  Then we formed it together in

a piece big enough to cut our image and folded it into a doubled piece of parchment

paper.  A warm iron and slight pressing fuses it together in a sheet that

can be die cut.

It worked best to lay it on a piece of cardstock and cut them together.

I gently peeled the fiber die cut from the cardstock and added the top piece

of the butterfly over top.

Jan had some embossed pieces ready for us to mount our die cuts on so

this card was finished except for the sentiment.

I had a good sized piece after fused fiber that was enough for a dragonfly too.

I brought it home and mounted it on an embossed piece in my stash.

I did need to add some glue to the areas where the cardstock had peeled from

the fibers.

I also fused a piece of purple to bring home with me and used my favorite

Dreamy Butterfly die to pop on a die cut and embossed background.

I had just a smidge left to put behind the sentiment.

I wish I'd popped up the design, but it's too late now.

On the plus side, it will be easy to mail.

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Fancy Greetings (Alt)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Neenah Solar White

Other:  Angelina Fibers, Drifting Side Butterfly (MB), Beautiful Butterflies 3D EF (SB), Black Sharpie

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps: Easy Expressions Original (Ton) 

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Marina Mist, Black

Other:  Angelina Fibers, Jumbo Curio Dragonfly (Grtry), Leaf Bundle 3D EF (SSS), Easy Expressions Die (Ton)

Card Recipe (card 3)

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:   Neenah Solar White

Other:  Angelina Fibers, Dreamy Butterfly Die (MB), Everyday Sentiments Foil Plate (SB), Gold Foil, Hexagon Frames (PB), Criss Cross Motif 3D EF (SB)

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Flood Relief and Sale

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

The Greetery is having a special sale today, July 5th.

You can read about how the money will be used to help neighbors in this community

by clicking here.

It's a good time to get some (or all) of those awesome Greetery products that you've

been wanting at a discount and lend a helping hand too.

To inspire you (maybe), here's a Christmas card I made using the Greetery's 

Winter Sketches stamp.

Today is the perfect time to get some more of their Curio Cabinets fun Findings.

You can see cards made using the Summer Findings here  and here.

I love the pine boughs I got from them too. The detail is fantastic!

You can see some samples here and here

And I can't forget the Jumbo Curio Dragonfly!

Challenges:

Jingle Belles - Use Embossing

Krafty Chicks #723 -  Stamps 

Simply Clean & Simple - CAS card with optional heart  HAPPY 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY!!!

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Winter Sketches (Grtry), Bitty Holiday Wishes (MFT)

Ink:   Memento Timber Brown, Cherry Cobbler

Paper:   Kraft, Cherry Cobbler

Other:  Layering Leaves Die (C9), Tasteful Texture EF (SU), Linen Thread (SU), Quickie Glue Pen,

 Glitter

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Summer's Treasures

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

The Just Us Girls Challenge had me stumped.  I was in the process of looking for my

candle dies that I thought might work, when I came by this set from The Greetery and I

had an Aha moment.

 

I die cut all these little images from Neenah Solar White and colored them

with blender brushes and Simon Says inks.

After getting all the parts together, I had fun laying them out in the "curio cabinet".

I had an oops and mixed up the wings so I cut some more to get the right color

on the right wings and ended up with another set.

And after cutting the frame, I had all those little cut outs laying there.

So I made another card.

I sponged the pieces with what was left on the blue blending brush, then 

embossed them and arranged them on a piece of black cardstock.

Challenges:

Just Us Girls #732 - see mood board below, inspired by the colors

Allsorts Challenge #786 - Blooms, Bees & Butterflies (I have the butterflies and bees)

  

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Curio Labels (Grtry)

Ink:   Whisper White, Guava, Peachy, Sunbeam, Royal (SSS), Emerald Envy (SU)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Black

Other:  Curio Summer Findings, Curio Divider & Details, Curio Cover Die (Grtry), Black Sharpie, White Gel Pen, Pearls

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Curio Labels (Grtry)

Ink:   Whisper White, Guava, Peachy, Sunbeam, Royal (SSS), Emerald Envy (SU)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Black

Other:  Curio Summer Findings, Curio Divider & Details (Grtry), Regency Swirls EF (Gemini), Black Sharpie, White Gel Pen

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