Beautiful Edge Die

Hi everyone.  I'm sharing a card using a beautiful edge die (Edged Wildflower Die - Altenew) that I received from a dear friend for my birthday last month.  Isn't it beautiful??!!

I pulled out a smooshed background that I made about seven months ago.  At the time, I had leftover ink from another smooshed background that I used for THIS CARD.  I smooshed the leftover ink, let the card dry and added it to my stash of backgrounds to use later.  Today is the day! :)

I thought this was the perfect background to add some colour and visual texture from the ink smooshed design.  To finish, I wanted a sentiment that reflected how I was feeling when I received this lovely gift.  This is from the Special Sentiments stamp set (Penny Black).  I've mailed the card to my sweet friend and hopefully she has received it by now.

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Because this is the first time using this lovely edge die, I'm sending this card over to the NBUS Challenge #40.

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Wanted to share a photo of a painting I received a couple of days ago ...

Acrylics by Jeremy Thompson

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Stamps:  Special Sentiments (Penny Black)

Paper:   White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.); Mixed Media paper (Strathmore 140 lb.)
Ink:   Distress Inks:  Peeled Paint, Forest Moss, Festive Berries, Aged Mahogany (Tim Holtz); Black (Memento)
Accessories:   Edged Wildflower Die (Altenew)

Challenges:
NBUS Challenge #40

Sparkly Christmas Trees

Hi everyone.  Today I'm sharing a card I made for the Rudolph Days July Challenge - Anything Christmas Goes.

I started by pressing Salty Ocean and Wilted Violet distress inks onto my mat, spritzing with water, and then smooshing (pressing, turning, dragging) a piece of mixed media paper through the wet inks.  While my smooshed piece was drying, I die-cut this pretty die (Alpine Trees from Memory Box - retired) from white card stock.  I used a paint brush to add some glue to the tips fo the trees and along the snow line.  I sprinkled with glitter and used a piece of scrap paper to press the glitter into the glue.  I left it to dry.  Unfortunately, the camera didn't capture the pretty sparkle of this card.

I mounted the die-cut onto my smooshed card front and then stamped the sentiment (Believe from Penny Black) in more of the Wilted Violet ink.  To finish, I splattered the whole card with diluted white frost acrylic paint ... you can see a little of the pearl shimmer in the photos. :)

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Stamps:  Believe (Penny Black)

Paper:   White card stock(Neenah 110 lb.); Mixed Media card (Strathmore 140 lb.)
Ink:   Distress Inks:  Salty Ocean, Wilted Violet (Tim Holtz)
Accessories:  Water mister, Alpine Trees die - retired (Memory Box), glue, iridescent glitter (SU!)

Challenges:
Rudolph Days July Challenge - Anything Christmas Goes

Happy Birthday Flowers

Hi everyone.  Today's card is for the Seize the Birthday Challenge #243 - Purple, Blue, and Green.  The challenge is being run by my sweet friend, Colleen.  I LOVE this colour combo and I'm so happy I had a chance to play along. :)

I started with a piece of watercolour paper, sprinkled with three colours of Brushos (Violet, Turquoise, Leaf Green) and spritzed with lots of water.  I love the deep, saturated colours you get from Brushos.  Once the panel was dry, I cut it to size and then splattered with diluted silver re-inker.  I die-cut a row of flowers in white card stock and secured it over top of my Brushos panel.  I stamped the sentiment (Stampendous Brushed Wishes - retired) using Silver Delicata ink.  I die-cut the flowers (Memory Box Painted Flower Stems - retired) a second time so I could layer another flower head on top, which gives the flowers more depth ... this was to cover up a stray brushos that ended up on one of my original row of flowers. :)  I finished by glued silver half-pearls to the centers of my flowers.

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Stamps:  Brushed Wishes - retired (Stampendous)

Paper:   White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.); Hot Press Watercolour Paper (Arches)
Ink:   Brushos:  Violet, Turquoise, Leaf Green; Silver Delicata (Tsukinecko)
Accessories:   water mister, Painted Flower Stems die - retired (Memory Box); paint brush for splattering, silver half pearls (Studio Katia)

Challenges:
Seize the Birthday #243 - Purple, Blue, and Green

Penny Black - Recollection

Hi everyone.  I'm here with one of the latest dies from Penny Black (Recollection).  This lovely layered flower can be coloured in lots of different ways and colours, but today I made it into a poppy. :)

I started with the background, sponging the bottom portion of my card front with Wild Honey distress ink over the Zigs and Zags stencil from Penny Black.

The flower (Recollection) is sponged with distress inks:  Back layer is sponged with Candied Apple; middle layer is sponged first with Candied Apple and then Fired Brick on top (to give it a bit of the brightness from Candied Apple); center is sponged with Black Soot.  Finally, the stem is sponged with Peeled Paint.  I glued the flower layers together only in the center so I could lift some of the petals to create dimension.

I glued the stem onto the card front with stenciling and added the flower over top, popped up on foam for added dimension.  To finish, I stamped the sentiment Penny Black's Smiles (30-802) in black ink and clear embossed so it stands out over top of the zigs and zags stenciling.

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Penny Black Products

Recollection (51-740)

Zigs and Zags Stencil (25-010)

Smiles (30-802)

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Stamps:  Smiles (Penny Black)

Paper:   White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.)
Ink:   Distress Inks:  Wild Honey, Candied Apple, Fired Brick, Black Soot (Tim Holtz); Black (Memento)
Accessories:  Recollection flower die (Penny Black); Zigs and Zags Stencil (Penny Black); sponges, clear embossing powder, heat tool