Two Frogs

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

I've been having some fun with a NBUS stamp from Unity.

I did both a masculine and a feminine version.

First up the masculine version.  This was a take off of a card we did in my last class.

The frog is stamped and heat embossed with clear powder, then watercolored.

The navy piece is dry embossed.  It didn't want to show up well in the photo.

One side of it didn't emboss for some reason (user error, I'm sure) so I cut that

part off and added it green background.

Since I had another frog stamped, I decided to make a feminine version...

I stenciled some hearts in the background and added this one on a pink heart.

I gave him a crown cut from White and heat embossed with gold. I've added inside that 

"you have to kiss a lot of frogs to find your prince".  It goes to my teenage granddaughter.

Challenges:

Can You Handle the Pressure - I used the twist of something that begins with the letter F (Frog)

Just Us Girls #761 - Use a Die Cut Heart

NBUS #71= Never Before Used Schtuff

Stencil Fun - Use Stencils with option of pink or red

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Feelin' Foggy (Unity)

Ink:   Versafine Clair Nocturne, Gumball Green (SU)

Paper: Granny Apple Green, Night of Navy, Cherry Cobbler, Mixed Media (Strathmore)

Other:  Clear EP, Curved Point Pinpoint Layers die (MB), Checkered Scallops EF (SB), Heart Punch (ret SU), Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Feelin' Froggy (Unity), Keep it Simple-Valentine (PTI) 

Ink:   Versafine Claire Nocturne, Pretty in Pink (SU)

Paper: Neenah Solar White, Tickled Pink (MFT)

Other:  Clear EP, Gold EP, Stitched Up Heart die (Unity), Happy die (Paper Roses), Red Sharpie

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Krafty Heart

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

I'm still working through my Valentine UFOs...

This week's Just Us Girls Challenge is to CASE a Designer and there were lots of

fantastic cards to choose from.  My UFO box yielded this krafty heart pair that I thought

would work to CASE my friend Bobby's card.  Here's what she did...

I have an embossed background and instead of a bear, I have a heart cut from 

corrugated kraft and the red heart the bear is holding shows up in the die cut berries and

itty, bitty heart.

Challenges:

Just Us Girls #760 - CASE a Designer - My friend Bobby

Krafty Chicks #753 - Anything Goes

  

Card Recipe

Stamps: XOXO (?)

Ink:   Baked Brown Sugar

Paper:   Kraft, Neenah Solar White, Sparkle, Real Red, Corrugated

Other:  Sweet & Sassy Framelits Dies (SU), Winterberry Sprigs Die (PS), Gold & Red Sharpies, Confetti Heart Border Punch, Plaid EF

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Pink and Red for Color Hues

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

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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Red and Kraft for Color Hues

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

Another year and another Color Hues Challenge, this time brought to us by Sheri.

Here are the colors that Sheri picked.

My first thought was a winter scene and I do need cards for winter birthdays,

but Valentine's Day is right around the corner and as fast as the time is

rushing by, I didn't think it was too early to start on valentines.

I die cut two hearts.  One was cut from a piece of red plaid and the other

from Kraft cardstock.  I cut off the top of the Kraft heart, embossed the bottom with

the subtle embossing folder and added it to the bottom of the plaid.

For extra stability, I cut another heart from Kraft and added it to the back 

of the heart.

I added some little sprigs that were hanging around to give the heart a little

more something.  The background was from a play date with Nance.  The 

pine embossing keeps with the masculine feel.

The love is an old Penny Black die and cut from a snippet of red cardstock.

It's actually two layers for stability.

Our talented Guest Designer, Stefanie Severin and our awesome

Design Team have lots of inspiration for you.  I hope you'll check them out

and join us at Color Hues.

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper: Kraft, Neenah Solar White, DSP (ret SU), Real Red, Gold Foil (SU)  

Other:  Pine Cones & Berries 3D EF (SB), Subtle EF (ret SU), Heartfelt Die (PB), Winterberry Sprig (MB), Sweet & Sassy Framelits (ret SU), Holiday Blooms (SB), Dreamtine Creations gold dots

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Hanging Hearts

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

Last week our Craft Group met and Jan had lots of die cuts and

embossed backgrounds to make valentines.

This was my favorite of the group that I made.

I love the richness of the red against the white embossed hearts and only

needed to add the love die cut to finish it off.

Oh, and I used my punches to cut and add some little gold dots to the hearts.

You can see the embossing better below, but the glare turned those hearts pink!

Eek! I'd better get those valentines ready to mail out!

Can you believe January is almost done?

Challenges:

Can You Handle the Pressure - Anything Goes with Embossing Folder (didn't use the birthday twist)

Krafty Chicks #700 - All Occasions (Valentine's Day)

Tic Tac Toe #239 - Left hand column: Heart, Red, Die Cut

  

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:   Red Foil, Gold Foil, Neenah Solar White

Other:   Hanging Hearts Die (?), Let's Have a Word: Love (Greetery), Cross My Heart EF (Cuttlebug)

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Valentines for the Guys

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

A couple of valentines for the men in my life.

For hubby...

and for that grown grandson...

Background of both is double embossed first with the Subtle EF then with 

the Woodland EF.

Both use the Woodslice Hearts Dies from the Greetery.  It's a NBUS set.

And the "bluebird" turned Carolina Wren is also NBUS from Wplus9.

Challenges:

Can You Handle the Pressure - Using an embossing folder with a twist of hearts.

Four Seasons - Winter

NBUS #47 - Never Before Used Schtuff

   

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  

Ink:   Tea Die (DI), Garden Green

Paper:   Shaded Spruce, Neenah Natural, Cajun Craze

Other:  Blue Bird Die (W9), Woodslice Hearts dies, Botanicuts Pine Bough dies, Nordic Frames die (Grtry), Woodland EF, Subtle EF (ret SU)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  

Ink:   Tea Die (DI), Cherry Cobbler

Paper:   Cherry Cobbler, Neenah Natural

Other:  Woodslice Hearts dies, Let's Have a Word Love die (Grtry), Woodland EF, Subtle EF (ret SU), Birds dies (MB)

 

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Valentines for the Girls

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I went with blue instead of pink for valentines this year.

Usually I'm not much of a blue person, but several of my friends and family

claim blue as their favorite color.

This first card is a combination of two cards from my last class.

The heart is from Spellbinders and the bird die has been in my stash for

years and sadly is now discontinued.

and...

The other stamps and dies from the Spellbinders set for my granddaughter.

and....

A twist on a card from the class using the same set and the embossing folder from

last month's Spellbinders Embossing Club.

Challenges:

Can You Handle the Pressure - ATG with a Twist of Hearts

NBUS #47 - Never Before Used Schtuff

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  My Forever Person (Spl)

Ink:   Whisper White, Marina Mist (sponged on birds & heart)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Bashful Blue

Other:  White EP, My Forever Person Dies (Spl), Dainty Leaves Die (Alt), By Your Side Die (ret C9), Subtle EF (ret SU)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  My Forever Person (Spl)

Ink:   Whisper White

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Marina Mist

Other:  White EP, My Forever Person Dies (Spl), Heart Blooms EF (Spl), Gems (?)

Card Recipe (Card 3)

Stamps:  My Forever Person (Spl), Keep it Simple Valentine (PTI)

Ink:   Whisper White, Marina Mist

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Marina Mist

Other:  White EP, My Forever Person Dies (Spl), Heart Blooms EF (Spl), Gems (?)

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Heart Smiles

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

Valentine's Day is fast approaching.

How time flies!

I like to send valentines to the grandchildren.  They aren't little anymore and it gets

harder and harder to figure out what to do for them.

This Anita Jeram set had been sitting in my NBUS box for way too long and

worked perfectly for a valentine for my crafty grandson.

I stamped it with Copic friendly ink and colored with Copics.

I could see that these guys were gung ho on the painting so I took an 

itty bitty splatter stamp and added some paint splatter.

To add to the valentine theme, I punched a few hearts from a Brusho Background

 and glued them to the branches.  I have some of these tiny resin hearts in my stash

that worked perfectly to add a little something extra to the hearts and the mice.

Challenges:

Double D Challenge - Hearts

Inkspirational #282 - Mood Board below. I was inspired by the colors.

NBUS #47 - Never Before Used Schtuff - Stamps

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Love Art (Colorado Craft/Anita Jeram), Love Always (Stampendous)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Smoky Slate

Other:  Copics, Heart Punches

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Vintage Ephemera Bird

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

I promised to be back soon with the bird from the Wplus9 Vintage Ephemera.

Here he is...

I've paired him with the Scripted Background stamp from the same company.

It's been inked with Bundled Sage DOX ink and spritzed before stamping.

The bird was inked with Distress Markers and the color moved around with a damp brush,

then fussy cut when dry.

I used the Eclipse Technique to cut a heart from the background and cut another

from a bit of foam.  Glued together and put back in, it gives added dimension.

Finally I added my favorite die cut pine boughs and a sentiment from another

Wplus9 set.

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Scripted Background (W9), Vintage Ephemera (W9), Flora & Fauna 3 (W9)

Ink:   Bundled Sage, Vintage Photo (DOX), Stormy Sky, Faded Jeans, Chipped Sapphire (DM), Rustic Wilderness, Pine Needles (DI), Night of Navy

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore), Night of Navy

Other:   Botanicuts Pine Bough (Greetery), Heart Die (ret SU)

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Valentine

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

Happy Valentine's Day.

I hope you realize how much you're loved.

This is the card I made for my dear hubby.

I was so inspired by this card by Debbie Hughes of Lime Doodle and wanted to CASE it.

I didn't have the chickadee die but I had this sweet bird die from Penny Black in my

NBUS box.  I used a heart die in my stash and used an old embossing plate to add texture  

along with some Chunky White Frantage.

The Love was stamped and embossed on linen cardstock.  I'm not sure I'd do that

again but it works okay for this.

The bluebird was watercolored after it was die cut.  I love the texture in this die!

It's hard to see the trees that are dry embossed in the background.

Maybe you can see it in this photo.

Not really, but you can see the shine from the embossing better.

I added a leaf cut from a snippet of mixed media paper and finished off

the card with some gold Nuvo Crystal Drops.

I'd like to try some of Debbie's mixed media techniques, but that will

have to be for a different day.

Now for some Valentine chocolate!

Challenges:

Hand Stamped Sentiments - Inspiration Challenge #382

Card Recipe

Stamps:  So Much Love (SSS)

Ink:   Encore Gold, Abandoned Coral (DI), Textured White (?)

Paper:   Watercolor (Arches CP), Mixed Media (Strathmore), Smoky Slate (SU), Grout Gray (MFT)

Other:  Nestled Die (PB), Altenew Watercolors, Etched Laurel Leaves (SSS),   Sweet & Sassy Framelits (SU), Chunky White Frantage, Embossing Plate (Lil Inker OOB), So Much Love Die (SSS), Gold EP, Woodland EF (SU), Nuvo Crystal Drops (Bright Gold), 

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