Blue Daisy Birthday

Hi everyone.  Today I'm sharing a birthday card I made for a lovely friend ... I hope she's received it by now. :)  

I started with the Seed Catalog background stamp from The Greetery.  I admired my friend Marcia's cards she made using this background.  She kindly sent me a few stampings in different inks so I could have a play.  LOVE it ... so have already ordered the stamp for myself and it's on the way! :)

This background is stamped with Smoky Slate ink (SU!).  I love the soft gray and thought it would look pretty with a blue daisy.  I used the photo below as my inspiration.

I die-cut the Etched Layered Daisy (Simon Says Stamps) from a watercoloured blue background in my stash.  I wanted to intensify the blue, so sponged more blue ink (Salty Ocean) over top of the petals.  I die-cut a second top daisy (the one with texture on the center of the flower), cutting out the center separately and sponging with Mustard Seed distress ink.  I used my stylus to shape the petals slightly and round the center before attaching the flower to my card front.  To finish, stamped the sentiment (Technique Tuesday retired stamp) in black ink.

Close-up ...

I'm sending this card to the Seize the Birthday Challenge #245.  I'm entering it as an "Anything Birthday Goes" this time.

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Stamps:  Seed Catalog (The Greetery); Cosmos - retired (Technique Tuesday

Paper:   White card stock (PTI.); Mixed Media paper (Strathmore 140 lb.)
Ink:   Smoky Slate (SU!); Distress Inks:  Salty Ocean, Mustard Seed (Tim Holtz); Black (Memento)
Accessories:   Etched Layered Daisy die (Simon Says Stamp), sponges, stylus

Challenges:
Seize the Birthday Challenge #245 - Anything Birthday Goes

August CAS Christmas Reminder

Hi everyone.  We are over half way through the month and it's time for the CAS Christmas August Reminder.  This month Trina is our very talented host, and she'd like to see Pine included on your CAS Christmas card entries.

I started by using the Festive stencil (Tim Holtz), adding a layer of white texture paste.  Once I removed the stencil, I sprinkled over top of the wet paste with Kaleidoscope embossing powder.  I let the paste dry before heat embossing.  It adds a lovely sparkle to the background which is hard to see in the photo above, but you can see it more in the close-up photo below.

I die-cut pine branches and berries (AliExpress) from metallic card stock, gathering them into a swag and topping with a black sentiment banner which is stamped and heat embossed in gold.  I always happy when I have a chance to add a bit of sparkle to a Christmas card. :)

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I hope you'll check out the reminder post on the challenge blog to see the beautiful pine cards from our wonderful Designers.

Come join us ... the challenge is open for another week.

I've used snippets for the pine branches, berries and sentiment ... so I'm sending this card over to Snippets Playground Challenge #434.

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Stamps:  Snowglobe Sayings - retired (MFT)

Paper:   White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.); Green and Red Foil card stock (Nuvo); Black card stock (SU!)
Ink:   Versamark
Accessories:   Festive stencil (Tim Holtz), white texture paste (Dreamweaver), palette knife, Kaleidoscope embossing powder (Stampendous), heat tool, Pine Branches and Berries dies (AliExpress), gold embossing powder

Challenges:
CAS Christmas August Reminder - Pine

Snippets Playground Challenge #434

August CAS Mix Up Reminder - Emboss Resist

Hi everyone.  We are half way through the month, so time for a reminder for our current challenge - Emboss Resist, hosted by the lovely and talented Nancy.

Today I'm sharing an emboss resist card using a background stamp which is white embossed and smooshed with Magical powders (Lindy's).  I stamped the Plant Background (The Stampin' Place - retired) in white pigment ink, then sprinkled with white embossing powder and heat set.  I sprinkled three colours of Lindy's Magicals onto my work mat and smooshed the embossed card front through the wet colours.  I let it dry and then lightly wiped with a damp paper towel to remove any ink that was sitting on top of the white embossing.

I ended up making two cards with this one piece and I'll include both in this post, although they are pretty much the same.  I cut the panels down and framed each card using rectangle die-cuts (retired).  The sentiments are both from Endless Birthday Wishes (SU! - long retired), stamped a couple of times with Salty Ocean distress ink.  Simple and CAS cards with Emboss Resist. :)

Close-up ...

... and second card ...

I hope you'll join us for this fun and easy technique.  Check out the challenge blog for more inspiration from our talented Design Team.  Hope to see you in the gallery!!

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Stamps:  Plant Background - retired (The Stampin' Place - closed); Endless Birthday Wishes - retired (SU!)

Paper:   White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.); Mixed Media paper (Strathmore 140 lb.)
Ink:   Magicals (Lindy's); Salty Ocean distress ink (Tim Holtz)
Accessories:   White embossing powder, heat tool, Rectangle dies - retired (Spellbinders)

Challenges:
CAS Mix Up August Reminder - Emboss Resist

Have a Blue, Blue, Blue, Blue Christmas!

Hi everyone.  Today I'm playing along with the current challenge at Peace on Earth - #21.  I was inspired to join in after seeing the beautiful DT card made by my friend Susan.  Thanks Susan!

LOVE all the gorgeous images in blue, silver and white that are part of the mood board for the challenge ...

I've made two blue Christmas cards today.  The first one (above), started with a stencil (Layering Poinsettia - Tim Holtz), sponged with two shades of blue distress ink (Broken China, Chipped Sapphire).  I used a small sponge dauber to added colour to the poinsettias, and then a very small round brush to add colour to the holly leaves.  This helped to keep the colours separated.  Once finished, I used a permanent silver pen (Pilot) to outline both the poinsettias and holly leaves.  I die-cut a top piece using a curved and stitched die (Stitched Borders die - Pretty Pink Posh).  The sentiment (Season's Gifts - Penny Black) is stamped and heat embossed in silver.

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On to the second card ... very CAS (clean and simple) design ...

For this card, I used a NBUS (never-before-used-schtuff) stamp set from AliExpress of poinsettias.  I heat embossed the flowers in white before watercolouring in two shades of blue distress inks (Tumbled Glass, Broken China) ... this is Emboss Resist technique.

I added a thin white frame (Fine Frames Square Dies - Altenew) to my card base and then added the fussy-cut poinsettia's on top, layering them to create dimension.  I finished my CAS design with a die-cut Joy (also AliExpress) from blue watercoloured paper.

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I'm also sending this over to NBUS Challenge #41 (second entry). :)

And, I'm also sending this to CAS Mix Up August Challenge - Emboss Resist.

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Card #1:

Stamps:  Season's Gifts (Penny Black)

Paper:   White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.)
Ink:   Distress Inks:  Broken China, Chipped Sapphire (Tim Holtz); Delicata Silver ink (Tsukeneko)
Accessories:  Layering Poinsettia stencil (Tim Holtz); sponges, silver pen (Pilot), Stitched Borders die (Pretty Pink Posh), silver embossing powder (Ranger), heat tool

Card #2:

Stamps:  Poinsettias (AliExpress)

Paper:   White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.); Mixed Media paper (Strathmore 140 lb.)
Ink:   White Pigment ink (Unicorn by Hero Arts); Distress Inks:  Tumbled Glass, Broken China (Tim Holtz)
Accessories:   White embossing powder (Ranger), heat tool; w/c paint brushes, Joy die (AliExpress); Fine Frames Square (Altenew)

Challenges:
Peace on Earth #21 - Anything Christmas Goes

NBUS Challenge #41

CAS Mix Up August Challenge - Emboss Resist