Jan's Birthday

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Here's another foiled design that I did when my friend Nance came to play.

It went to another friend who's birthday was last week.

Since it was foiled on Neenah Solar White, I again colored with Copics.

I tucked it in and out of a die cut oval piece that was embossed with

the Subtle Embossing Folder.

Edited to add:  I wasn't thinking about Monday and Darnell's I.D.E.A.S.

This flower was also die cut and her D stands for Dies.

Challenges:

Pinkfresh Studio - Theme Flower Power

Seize the Birthday #283 - ATG Birthday

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  All Occasions (JD)

Ink:    Emb Ink

Paper:   Neenah Solar White

Other:  Thankful for Friends Hot Foil Plate (PFS), Gold Foil (Spl), Glimmer Machine, Copics (V06, V09, V15, Greens ?), Subtle EF (ret SU)

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Peony Garden

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Quite a while back my friend Nance came for a play day and brought

some of her glimmer plates for me to try.

This Peony Print was one of them.  I foiled them in pewter and in gold.

They sat in my UFO box for some time and I decided it was time 

to finish them up for cards.

This is with the pewter foiling.

I colored it with Copic markers.  I'm sorry that I didn't make a notation of which

markers I used.  Usually I do that before I put the markers away.

All that was needed was a foiled sentiment on a piece of vellum to finish this up.

This one done with the gold foil worked perfectly for my brother and sister-in-law's

50th anniversary.

I found a snippet of a textured gold cardstock to put the sentiment on.

Challenges:

Four Seasons  - Spring

Inkspirational #315 - Seasonal (Spring, my peonies just finished blooming)

Just Us Girls #726 - Word Week (Garden)

 

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:   Neenah Solar White Black, Vellum

Other:   Peony Print Hot Foil Plate (PFS), Perfect Sentiments Foil Plate (PFS), Pewter Foil, Copic

 Markers:  

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Many Everyday Messages (HA)

Ink:   Encore Gold

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Gold Foil, Vellum, Gold Texture (?)

Other: Peony Print Hot Foil Plate (PFS), Gold Foil, Yana's Layered Script Sentiments Die (Spl), Number of Years Dies (ret SU)

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New and Not so New

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I'm playing with a couple of challenges today and pulled out a new to me

die set that was recently bought on whopping good sale.

It made a great background for these older dies (probably not available anymore) 

from Memory Box.

I die cut the watering can from light gray cardstock and inked it a bit with some 

Distress Ink and a finger dauber.

The flowers were die cut from watercolor paper and also colored with ink.  

I touched them with a damp waterbrush to give them a watery look.

I did have a bit of trouble cutting this background piece.

I ended up using a dryer sheet with 80 lb paper and a new cutting plate.

I think it was worth the trouble and the $5.00 that I paid for it.

Here's a closer look.

The inside die cut piece is doubled for a bit of depth and the watering can was cut

a second time from a snippet of dark gray to offset with the lighter gray front.

I used my tiny circle punches to cut the centers for the flowers and dots on the

watering can.

The sentiment was computer generated.

Challenges:

Just Us Girls #725 - Color Challenge (Peach, Lavender, Gray)

NBUS #62 - Never Before Used Schtuff (Background Die)

Tic Tac Toe #246 - (Diagonal Flowers, Free, Die Cuts)

 

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:  Peachy, Sherbet (SSS), Wilted Violet, Hickory Smoke (DI) 

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Smoky Slate, Basic Gray, Watercolor Scraps, Black

Other:  Scrolled Punch and Pierce Plate (Spl), Vintage Watering Can, Long Stem Lavender, Darling Viola Dies (MB)

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Iris Hugs

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I'm getting Inky with Darnell this morning.

The irises blooming in our neighbors yard inspired me to get out this Iris stamp 

from Altenew and have a play.

I inked the stamp with Tombow markers, spritzed and stamped onto Mixed Media paper,

then blended the ink with a damp brush.

After it dried, I used a clean, wet brush and dragged it over some of the petals to

remove some of the color.  I got some bleeding, but I liked the effect so I left it alone.

I wanted a loose watercolor look so I wet the area around the flowers touching the edges

and blending out.  A few splatters finished it off.

Challenges:

Color Hues #86 - Lilac and Lime

Darnell's I.D.E.A.S. - Ink/Color Mediums

Double D - Inspired by purple violets (top right)

The Flower Challenge #91 - Colour Your Flower (watercolored)

 

 

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  PAF Iris (Alt), Special Sentiments (PB)

Ink:   Gorgeous Grape, Tombow Markers (636, 126, 177)

Paper:   Mixed Media, Gorgeous Grape, Neenah Solar White

Other:  

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Santa's New Friend

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I recently won the random draw at ABC Christmas and Lynda sent

me some Gerda Steiner Christmas stamps.  

It didn't take long to ink this one up.

I colored the image with Copics and fussy cut them out.

Unfortunately I got a smudge of black on Santa's beard during the cutting.

I tried the 0 marker but it doesn't remove black any better than it removes red!

I hated to ditch it so I tried some white Gouache over the smudge.

Then Santa had a pink splotch on his beard.

Some more Gouache and homemade Flower Soft (made from rubbing

two Styrofoam balls together), I was able to cover up the oops.  And I used the 

leftover Gouache for splatter.

Challenges:

ABC Christmas - H is for Hat

Jingle Belles - The Man with the Bag (in this case he's put down the bag to enjoy the kitty)

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Santa and Kitten (Gerda Steiner), Jingle All the Way (MFT)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black, Real Red

Paper:   Kraft, Naturals White, Pine, Red Glimmer

Other:  Copics, Brick EF (TH), Holly Punch (MS), Homemade Flowersoft

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