Colored Florals

Chosen as a Favorite of the Week at Split Coast Stampers!

Hello....

I have been on a coloring kick this past week and I just received this new stamp, so I had to play with it again...

Wowzers on the kind of paper you select to color on. I used Copic Express It paper and the color goes on real smooth but what I really noticed was the crispness of the stamped greeting.

I stamped the image and greeting with Versafine Sepia, then colored and inked edges.

Tiny buds were coated with Bamboo Leaves Pico (not really excited about how that part turned out, but I can live with it, Should have done just a few of these instead of all).

Challenges Entered:

Penny Black - Simplicity Challenge

CASology - Birthday

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Let's go Shopping:

Penny Black:  Delicate Florals stamp set, Sentimental stamp set

Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko:  Versafine Sepia ink, irRESISTible Bamboo Leaves & Wedding Dress, Memento Luxe Dandelion, Morocco & Rhubarb Stalk ink

Copic markers

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Fancy Butterfly

Woohoo for the weekend.....

I don't normally like to welcome newbies to the blog on Fridays by using a Sympathy card, but it could not be helped...I just had to show off this gorgeous butterfly!

The butterfly was cut with my Silhouette Cameo and acrylic card stock (is that what you call it?)

You know...clear sheets of acrylic you use for shaker cards and such.

I then stamped the butterfly with StazOn Teal Blue ink.

I am soooo loving this effect!!! So you know I made several, in different colors.

Challenges Entered:

Penny Black - Simplicity Challenge

Let's go Shopping:

Penny Black:  Gratitude & Eloquence stamp sets

Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko:  StazOn Teal Blue ink, irRESISTible Pico Wedding Dress

Darice:  Oblong Doily embossing folder

Faux Pearls

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It's Friday and I want to welcome a few new people to my blog. I really enjoy reading your comments and answering your questions. I hope you return here often and find something that inspires your artistic side.

Welcome please:

Tammy Hair

Kim Ross - visit her blog

Kerry Urbatch

Elizabeth Sarkisyan - visit her blog

Sylvie Colledge

Desire Fourie - visit her blog

Beverly - visit her blog

Thanks so much for stamping by....

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Beauty is in the Eye...

Howdy doo........

Playing with watercolors again. I know...it's different, but there is just something about it that appeals to me.

I colored the stamp with Memento markers, misted and stamped it onto misted watercolor paper. You end up with a colorful mess that somewhat resembles the stamp.

Wait for the paper to dry...yeah right...warm it up with a heat gun...so much faster.

Now stamp the paper again with the same stamp that has been inked with Versafine Onyx Black ink.

Another birthday card done ..I am so on a roll with my new years resolution...well one of them anyway.  :)

Challenges Entered:

CASology - Birthday

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Anything Goes

Simon's Work it Wednesday - New Technique

Let's go Shopping:

Penny Black:  Delicate Florals stamp set, Letter Background stamp, Friendship stamp set

Sakura Koi Watercolors

Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko:  Memento Desert Sand ink, Versafine Onyx Black ink, Memento Bamboo Leaves ink

Thanks so much for stamping by...I love reading your comments

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Hope

Hey, hi, how ya doing?

I am beginning to feel like a professional pink card maker.

Another card of encouragement today using a little hope and some boxing gloves.

Now that I am blogging this card and looking at the pictures...it needs a little something.

Like some shimmer on the gloves....so pretend it is there and I will actually finish this card later today.  :)

Challenges Entered:

Paper Smooches - Sketch challenge

Let's go Shopping:

Paper Smooches:  Hope stamps & die set

Copic markers

The Twinery:  Pink Sorbet solid twine

My Mind's Eye:  Brad

Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko:  irRESISTible Pico Shimmer to be added real soon

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The Greatest of these....

Hello...

Playing along one last time at Reverse Confetti with their sketch challenge:

Valentine's Day is just around the corner, so I have made a few for my boys and grandsons...oh yes, and Mr. PWink. 

I made a few of these acrylic butterflies, then stamped on top...really loving how they turned out. 

You know me...I love to Layer!!!

Expect to see a few more in the upcoming days.

Challenges Entered:

Reverse Confetti - Sketch

Simon Says Stamp - Have a Heart

Let's go Shopping:

Reverse Confetti:  Tag Me die set, Office Edges die set, Donut You Know die set, Lots to Say stamp set, Crushin' stamp set

Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko:  StazOn Cotton White ink, Versafine Onyx Black ink, Versamark ink, White embossing powder

Penny Black:  Love Chapter stamp set

Faux Pearls

Silhouette Cameo

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I {puffy} heart love your comments!!!

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Hope & Fight

Hey, how are you?

I have a confession.....I used a tag die for embossing the front of this card...and I hated it!!!

So....

I took my handy dandy craft knife around most of the edges of the tag to make a window...

...and stamped another tiny message inside.

Still playing with my new favorite product Amplify! I love the puffiness in all its 9 colors (did I tell you that the White one can be colored with anything in your stash...say WHAT?!)

Don't know if this is one of my most favorite cards, but I kinda like the "door" opening.

Let's go Shopping:

Paper Smooches:  Hope stamp set

Lil Inkers:  Stitched Rectangle Mats

Simon Says Stamp:  Bundle of Shapes die set

Penny Black:  Flutters die set

Verve:  Pink Power stamp set

Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko:  Memento Luxe Rose Bud ink, Fireworks Angel Pink, Amplify! Neon White, irRESISTible Pico Wedding Dress

Pink Embroidery thread

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Hope & Strength

howdy....

Another Breast Cancer encouragement card today. 

I did this card in mostly Neon Coral, and I like the effect.

Main panel was stamped and heat embossed, then smooshed into some watered down ink on my craft mat to give it a partial watercolor effect..

It seems like I used a little bit of every craft company on this one.

Let's go Shopping:

Penny Black:  Love Chapter stamp set

Verve:  Pink Power stamp set

Revere Confetti:  I Like You stamp set

Memory Box:  Pippi & Isabella Butterfly dies

Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko:  Radiant Neon Pink, Yellow & Coral ink pads, Craft mat, Memento Angel Pink, Sheer Shimmer Frost Spray, White embossing powder, Versamark ink

Scor-Pal:  Scoring board

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More than Friends

Hello, hello....

A super quick card today...I am talking 10 minutes.

Playing along today at CASology with this cue word:

I absolutely love this sentiment from Mama Elephant...just too cute!

Let the colors run as they wanted to on watercolor paper, dried it with a heat gun, then stamped and heat embossed the greeting.

Eyelet was added along with the sheer ribbon and wala...DONE!

Challenges Entered:

CASology - Friend

Let's go Shopping:

Mama Elephant:  Good Times stamp set

Sakura Koi Watercolors

Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko:  Versafine Onyx Black ink, Black embossing powder

Eyelet

Sheer ribbon

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What colors are you wearing?

Are you ready for some Super Bowl?

There is a little Seahawks versus Patriots going on at the Imagine Crafts Blog today.

Click on banner below to check it out:

(I was fair, made something for the Patriots also)

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Puffy Butterfly

Hey, how are you doing?

I have had a request for several Breast Cancer cards, so you will be seeing them in the following days here on this blog.

I know when I was going through my chemo treatments, it was so nice to receive real happy mail, not just an email. There is just something exciting about opening that envelope as you know there is a surprise of a handmade card inside.

I have kept these encouragement cards fairly simple as I will be mass producing some of them.

Are you loving all the puffiness on the butterfly.....or do you not like it at all?

I am having so much fun playing with Imagine Crafts new product called Amplify!

Let's go Shopping:

Darice:  Inspiration embossing folder

Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko:  irRESISTible Pico Wedding Dress, Neon Pink Amplify!

Memory Box:  Vivienne Butterfly die

Sheer ribbon

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Power of Pink

Hello .....

I have been requested to make SEVERAL Breast Cancer cards, so get ready to enjoy all the pink in the next few weeks.

Nothing says I care more than sending someone an actual card...not an email, not a tweet, not an instagram, not a Facebook IM....

a REAL card, delivered by the post office!

If there can be a best part of having Breast Cancer, this was mine....slitting open what I knew held a handmade card. Someone cared enough to make and send a card to little old me.

Try it, put a smile on someones face!

I used a die to emboss the doily on the top left of card. Die cut the circle portion of the Gold Circles One die, stamped the sentiment.

The butterfly has been coated with Imagine Crafts new Neon Pink Amplify!, small dots of Pico Wedding Dress & Neon Pink scattered over the card front.

Lets go Shopping:

Spellbinders:  Gold Circles One die

Cheery Lynn Designs:  Nautical Wheeler Doily

Verve:  Pink Power stamp set

Penny Black:  Flutters die set

Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko:  Memento Luxe Rose Bud ink, irRESISTible Pico Wedding Dress, Neon Pink, Amplify! Neon Pink, Sheer Shimmer Sparkle spray

Thanks for stamping by....

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Beer & Pretzel

Hello, hello.....

woohoo...I have made yet another birthday card....I am on a roll now.

Playing along today at Avery Elle with their latest challenge:

I stamped the beer bottle several times on my brand new tool MISTI....and it works like a charm. Stamped in the exact same spot every time, giving my beer bottle a nice golden glow from the Delicata Golden Glitz ink I used.

I added a few heart bubbles and coated them with irRESISTible Pico Shimmer. Bubbles in bottle and salt on pretzel were achieved with irRESISTible Pico Wedding Dress.

Challenges Entered:

Avery Elle:  Paper Piecing

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge:  It's a GUY thing

Let's go Shopping:

Avery Elle:  Fill in the Blank stamp set, The Man stamp set, Lots of Love stamp set

Authentique:  Pride 6 x 6 pad

Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko:  Delicata Golden Glitz, Memento Luxe Nautical Blue ink, irRESISTible Pico Wedding Dress & Shimmer

Basic Grey:  Bottle car embellishment

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Painted Flower

Selected as a Favorite of the Week at Split Coast Stampers.

Hello and happy Monday!

Playing today at the Card Concept Challenge. It is their One Year Anniversary, so I went with that theme for my creation.

I love to color and Jill Foster at Penny Black inspired me to purchase watercolors and try my hand. Needless to say, I don't have her vision, but I am still pleased with my attempts so far.

After the paint dried I added irRESISTible Pico Wedding Dress dots and a few Shimmer dots to the stamens. Roughed up the edges of the card, matted and roughed up again. 

I would call this a Clean and Simple card.

Challenges Entered:

The Card Concept - Photo Inspiration

Let's go Shopping:

Penny Black:  Sentimental, Love Chapter and Tiger Lily stamps

Sakura Koi Watercolors

Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko:  irRESISTible Pico Wedding Dress & Shimmer, Memento Paris Dusk ink

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Bright Flowers

Hello....

Playing along today at CASology with their challenge to use a NBUS

(Never Before Used Schtuff)

and while I am at it, I will also enter this challenge:

So, I have used the stamps, the Copics, the Pico embellisher, however I did receive a nice prize package in the mail from Simon Says Stamp and it had some of their card stock in it.

I buy my card stock at Michaels...I am cheap that way.

The SSS card stock is really nice. Great colors and the weight....nice and thick. I have been buying from Simon for a few years now and have never bought their paper...I am thinking that is about to change. :)

So my NBUS is the card stock.

This one layer card is perfect as a Clean And Simple. So bright and cheerful with lots of white space.

My brand new (oh, another NBUS) FV2 Neon Purple Copic decided to gush a bunch of ink on my flower, so I had to "fix" the problem with a couple of Pico Wedding Dress dots.

SAVE!

Challenges Entered:

CASology - NBUS

Virginia's View - Clean Slate

NBUS Challenge #3 - Darnell is the woman who actually coined this term

Let's go Shopping:

Simon Says Stamp:  Island Blue card stock

Penny Black:  Sentimental stamp set

Altenew:  Persian Motifs stamp set

Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko:  Memento Luxe Bahama Blue ink, irRESISTible Pico Wedding Dress

Copic Markers

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Get Well Bookmark

Hello.....

Playing along today at My Favorite Things in their Sketch Challenge:

I wanted to make a card with a bookmark attached for a young man who is battling cancer. 

Using beachy colors and no frou-frou, I think this will be just fine for a guy.

Because the bookmark is sooooooo much longer than my envelope, I cut a small slit in the envie and covered that with the banner.

The bookmark now slides into the envelope like magic!

Challenges Entered:

My Favorite Things - Sketch 211

Scrapy Land - Anything Challenge #9

Let;s go Shopping:

My Favorite Things:  Vertical Greetings stamp set, Notched Tag stamp set, You've Got Mail die, Small Chevron Stencil

Penny Black:  Tagged die

Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko:  Versafine Deep Lagoon ink

The Twinery:  Marigold,Caribbean, Cappuccino solid twine

eBrush

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