Spring Magic

Hi everyone.  Today's card uses my favourite Altenew stamp (Nature's Magic).  Love this set of flowers and was going to use the matching stencils but ... they somehow got lost in our last move and I hadn't noticed until yesterday.  So I watercoloured the flowers and leaves with distress inks, used the matching die to cut them out and popped them up in a wooden crate (Honey Bee) overtop of dry embossed leaves (Layered Leaves Folder - SU!).  I finished by stamping the sentiment (Special Sentiments - Penny Black) onto a strip of white card stock, adhered over the bottom of the card.

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Sending this card to the following Challenges:

Darnell's IDEAS Calendar - Week 3 - Embossing

Color Hues #131 - Coral and Green

Seize the Birthday #324 - Make a Spring Garden

Cut it Up #354 - Colors of Spring

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Stamps:  Nature's Magic (Altenew); Special Sentiments (Penny Black)

Paper:   White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.); Mixed Media (Strathmore 140 lb.)
Ink:   Distress Inks:  Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint, Saltwater Taffy, Abandoned Coral, Spiced Marmalade (Tim Holtz)
Accessories:   watercolour paint brushes, Nature's Magic dies, Wooden Crate die (Honey Bee), Layered Leaves EF (SU!)

Challenges:

Darnell's IDEAS Calendar - Week 3 - Embossing

Color Hues #131 - Coral and Green

Seize the Birthday #324 - Make a Spring Garden

Cut it Up #354 - Colors of Spring

Cardinal Christmas

Hi everyone.  Today I'm sharing a new-to-me stamp Cardinal Christmas (Penny Black).  I heat embossed the image in liquid platinum embossing powder and watercoloured with Distress Inks.  It turned out well, but the image was hard to capture with my camera.  These are very small images, and with the heat embossing, the image looks blurry in the photo.  It's really beautiful.  Next time I will simply stamp in ink and watercolour, which will give me a sharper image for photos.

To finish the card I stamped a sentiment (Festive Snippets - Penny Black).  A dotty border was added (Hemstitch die - Spellbinders) overtop of red cardstock; then adhered to my card base.  It just adds something special. :)

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Sending this card to the following challenges:

Darnell's IDEAS Calendar - Week 2 - Dies - Die was used to add the perforated frame around the image.  It makes such a difference to the card.

NBUS Challenge #85 - first time using this stamp image.

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Sharing photos of the magnolia tree in our backyard.  The blooms are plentiful and very large (6" across).

From underneath ...

Spilling out over the stairs

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Stamps:  Cardinal Christmas (Penny Black); Festive Snippets (Penny Black)

Paper:   White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.); Mixed Media (Strathmore 140 lb.); Cherry Cobbler cardstock (SU!)
Ink:   Versamark; Distress Inks:  Mowed Lawn, Rustic Wilderness, Candied Apple, Aged Mahogany, Lumberjack Plaid, Gathered Twigs (Tim Holtz)
Accessories:   Liquid Platinum embossing powder, heat tool, watercolour paint brushes, Clear Wink of Stella (for the snow)

Challenges:

Darnell's IDEAS Calendar - Week 2 - Dies

NBUS Challenge #85

Tulip Bunch

Hi everyone.  Today I've used a new-to-me image and die Tulip Bunch (Penny Black).  I had so much fun stamping and watercolouring these pretty tulips.  I cut them out with the matching die and popped it over top of my white card base.  I added a simple sentiment (Super Day - Penny Black) to finish this CAS design.  Inside card sentiment:  Happy Birthday.

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Sending this card to the following challenges:

Darnell's IDEAS Calendar - Week 1 - Inks - smooshed, sponged & outlined with distress inks

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge - Optional:  Mood Board #39 - AG florals

We Love Stamping April Challenge - Spring

Edited to add:  Die-cut Divas April Challenge - Birthday or Anniversary.  Thanks Linda!!

  

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Stamps:  Tulip Bunch (Penny Black); Super Day (Penny Black)

Paper:   White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.); Mixed Media (Strathmore 140 lb.)
Ink:   Versafine Black ink; Distress Inks:  Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint, Kitsch Flamingo, Picked Raspberry (Tim Holtz)
Accessories:   W/C Paintbrushes, Tulip Bunch Cut Out (Penny Black)

Challenges:

Darnell's IDEAS Calendar - Week 1 - Inks

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge - Optional:  Mood Board #39

We Love Stamping April Challenge - Spring

Die-cut Divas April Challenge - Birthday or Anniversary

Stenciled Springtime

Hi everyone.  For today's card, I had fun using one stencil three different ways. :)  Sorry about the blurry sentiment ... it looks fine in real life.

I started with Fading Florals Stencil (Simon Says Stamp), creating a watercoloured background using the stencil monoprint technique.  Once dry, added the stencil back over top, lining up the image and sponging with distress inks.  Using small brushes and detail sponges to colour the stencil allowed me to do it without masking anything.

I cleaned off the stencil and added it back over top, lining up the image.  A Frayed Burlay distress marker was used to outline the images.

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Sending this card to the following challenges:

Just Us Girls #816 - Stencil Week - AG Stenciling

Darnell's IDEAS Calendar - Week 5 - Stencils

  

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Stamps:  Happy Snippets (Penny Black)

Paper:   White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.); Mixed Media (Strathmore 140 lb.)
Ink:   Distress Inks:  Scattered Straw, Worn Lipstick, Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint, Kitsch Flamingo, Picked Raspberry; Frayed Burlap Distress Marker (Tim Holtz)
Accessories:   Fading Florals stencil (Simon Says Stamp), water mister, sponges, detail sponges

Challenges:

Just Us Girls #816 - Stencil Week - AG Stenciling

Darnell's IDEAS Calendar - Week 5 - Stencils