Praise

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

No card today.  Just a song of praise.

The background was done long ago with watercolor crayons and needed something

to complete it.

This silhouette stamp needed some love and I had the perfect sentiment to go with her.

Recipe

Stamps:  Praise Silhouette (ret IO), Songbird (Inky antics)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Watercolor (Arches cold press)

Other:  Watercolor Crayons (ret SU), Black Marker (for filling in silhouette that didn't stamp well on watercolor paper)

Enjoy!

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Two Sunflowers

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Today I have two very similar cards.

I cut two sunflowers and colored them with Simon Says ink and blending brushes.

I wasn't sure what I wanted to do with them.  The die cuts are quite large and my idea of

using both of them on a card was not working out.

As usual, I went into trial and error mode.

Oops.  I got the sentiment too far to the right.  It was a good excuse for using

one of these self stick buttons I'd recently bought at a sale by a Stampin' Up! demonstrator.

I believe they are retired but I was able to get two sheets of them.

I was glad I had a second sunflower in the wings.

This time I got the sentiment centered.

Challenges:

Beautiful Blossoms #8 - (Inspired by the sunflower on the 1st mood board below)

Double D - Sunflowers (See 2nd mood board below)

Simon Says Wednesday - ATG

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Brushed Calligraphy #2 (Inky Antics), Splatters (?)

Ink:   Chocolate Chip (SU), Lemonade, Sunbeam, Citrine, Pearfection, Field, Sherbet (SSS)

Paper:   Rustic White (PTI), Neenah Solar White, Chocolate Chip

Other:  Sunflower Stem Die (SSS), Stitched Rectangles Die (SSS), A2 Thin Frames Die (SSS)

Enjoy!

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Inky Antics Songbird Two Ways

Hello crafty friends.

Today I have two cards using the same stamp but with totally different looks.

First off is a card using a smooshed background.

It's a CASE of this card by Michelle Pearson.

A friend and I recently spent a morning smooshing.

We tried different inks, papers and smooshing techniques.

We decided that we like the results of smooshing with a cellophane bag the best.

We split the bags down the sides so we could open them flat.  Put some ink on one side, folded the other side back over it and smooshed.  Then we opened it back up and put paper in, closed and smooshed onto the paper.  You can actually use 2 pieces of paper and get a twofer.

For this background I smooshed with Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn Distress Ink.

When it was dry, I smooshed a little Worn Lipstick Distress Stain on the
cleaned and opened cellophane, smooshed and
gently slapped the piece into the ink.

To finish it off, I splattered a little of the Worn Lipstick and Mowed Lawn onto the piece.

As this card was coming together, I felt it needed to go to a friend who has just had surgery.
She has pancreatic cancer and it was found early.  A true miracle!

So this sentiment seemed to say how we feel about her prognosis.

God does hear our prayers!

OK.  Now on to the other one.

This time I inked the stamp with markers and did a little "surgery" on his legs.

We'll just say that his other leg is hidden and it's not a one-legged bluebird!

I used the MISTI so I could stamp multiple times and used a damp
Aqua Painter to move the color around.

There's still another day to join in our

                     CAS Mix Up Challenge                    and                CAS Watercolour Challenge

                                   

My mixed media on card 1 are smooshing,

stamping, slapping, splattering, heat enbossing,

dry embossing and distressing

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Songbird (IA)

Ink:   Distress Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Worn Lipstick Stain, VersaMark

Paper:   Naturals Ivory (retired SU), Mixed Media (Strathmore)

Other:  Black EP, Cellophane Bag, Stately EF

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Songbird (IA)

Ink: SU Markers (Crumb Cake, Marina Mist, Peach Parfait, Certainly Celery), Soft Suede (SU)

Paper:  Neena Solar White, Textured Chocolate Chip (retired SU), Mixed Media (Strathmore)

Other: Stitched Mats Rectangles (LI), Stately EF, MISTI

Fruit of the Spirit

This is one of my favorite Bible verses.

You see I have a terrible time memorizing things.

When I need to keep from giving in to a bad habit,
I try to remember this in perfect order.
By the time I have to look it up, I've forgotten about that bad habit.
For the time being.....

I like to keep the verse handy so I can find it quickly and easily.

When I quit smoking, I carried it in my pocket for months.

I'll share this card at One Layer Simplicity where I haven't played in ages.
The challenge this month is art.
I used watercolor as my art medium.

I painted another and matted this one.

Just Us Girls Challenge

Love those watercolor challenges!

I stamped both with Antique Linen Distress ink
and colored with Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolors.


Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps: Holy Spirit Fruits (Inky Antics)

Ink: Antique Linen Distress (Ranger), Chocolate Chip (SU)

Paper: Watercolor (Arches 140 lb. cold press for card 1), (Arches 140 lb. hot press for card 2), Chocolate Chip (SU)

Other: Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolors, Aqua Painter, Simply Scored (card 1)

More and More Markers

A couple of weeks ago I went to a local stamp show with my friend Ruthann.

We found some really nice stamp sets at the Inky Antics booth.

Ruthann bought this one and when she came to visit the other day, she brought it to share with me.  She even left it so I could play some more.

For the first card, I inked the stamp with Distress Markers and stamped onto 

Mixed Media paper.  I used darker markers to add some shading and 

a Water Brush to smooth out the colors a bit.  Some spatters and dots 

with a white gel pen finished the design.

(Mixed Media used: Stamping, Watercoloring with markers, 

Dry Embossing with die, Splatter and Gel Pen.)

This time I used VersaMark ink to stamp the flower and heat embossed

with white embossing powder.  It wasn't the best technique for

this stamp.  I used Copic Markers to add color.

I spread the sentiment out by placing it in the MISTI and inking 

each section separately with a Distress Marker.

After stamping each section I cleaned the stamp really good and

made sure it was completely dry before moving to the next.

Usually I'm too impatient and ruin the whole thing.

(Mixed media used: Stamping, Heat Embossing, Copic Markers, Die Cut)

This time I decided to give my NBUS Distress Crayons a try.
I colored the stamp with yellow and green and used the water brush
to soften the color a bit before I stamped.  I liked that it left a richer
imprint to the flower.  I added some shading with Distress Markers.
(Mixed media used: Stamping, Watercolor Crayons, Distress Markers, Dry Embossing.)

I think I like the last one the best.

The challenge at CAS Mix Up closes tomorrow.
There are so many awesome entries in the gallery!

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipes

1st card

Stamp: Brushed Calligraphy #2 (Inky Antics)

Ink: Gathered Twigs

Markers: Distress (Spun Sugar, Picked Raspberry, Milled Lavender, Peeled Paint, Forest Moss, Gathered Twigs)

Paper: Solar White (Neena 110 lb.), Sweet Sugar Plum (SU), Mixed Media (Strathmore)

Other: Waterbrush, Stitched Square Die (Lil' Inkers, White Gel Pen

2nd card

Stamp: Brushed Calligraphy #2 (Inky Antics)

Ink:  VersaMark

Markers:  Copic (Y15, Y18, E27, YG03, YG63), SU (Chocolate Chip)

Paper:  Daffodil Delight, Whisper White (both SU), Mixed Media (Strathmore)

Other:  White EP (SU), Stitched Mats Rectangles Die (Lil' Inkers)

3rd card

Stamp:  Brushed Calligraphy #2 (Inky Antics)

Ink: Chocolate Chip (SU)

Markers:  Distress (Mustard Seed, Dried Marigold, Peeled Paint, Crushed Olive, Gathered Twigs)

Paper:  Solar White (Neena 110 lb.), Daffodil Delight (SU), Mixed Media (Strathmore)

Other:  Distress Crayons (Brights: yellow, green), Waterbrush

More Copic Coloring on Vellum

Here's another card made from my play with Copic Markers and vellum.

As with the others, the embossed side (the side I did not color on) 

looked spotty.  So I used the butterfly "wrong side up".

I stamped the sentiment using MISTI on a snippet of Mixed Media paper,

embossed the bottom and popped it up with a rectangle of fun foam.

The base of the card is covered with a piece of Sale-a-bration vellum

that was cut 1/2" taller than the card and folded over the top to adhere.

Adhesive behind the design piece further anchors the card.

There's still a couple of days left to enter at

CAS Mix Up

Using Stamping, Copic Markers, Dry Embossing and vellum

Pixies Snippet Playground

Using snippets of Mixed Media paper and Vellum.

Cuttlebug Mania

All About Summer

Butterflies are one of my favorite things about Summer. Used my manual Big Shot.

The Time Out Challenge has this inspiration photo

Inspired by the white background, sampler on the wall, and bit of blue.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Antique Engravings (retired Hero Arts), Script Sentiments #2 (Inky Antics)

Ink:  Chocolate Chip

Paper:  Solar White (Neena 110 lb., Printed Vellum (SU SAB), Mixed Media (Strathmore)

Other:  Copic Markers B21, B24, B26, Black) Floral Affection EF (SU), Assorted Moonstone Sequins (SSS)