Masculine birthday

Hello. I'm playing in the CAS masculine challenge over at The Paper Players today.

Okay, so this was an experiment on an idea I saw on Instagram from a DT for Altenew. Sorry, I cannot remember who it was, but they used Altenew's new embossing paste on an embossing folder, and it was such a cool technique that I just had to try it. I used a 2D embossing folder from Darice and Simon Hurley's Lunar paste in refined copper.  Put it on thick (next time I do this, even more so) and let it dry overnight.  Then I just carefully peeled it off. I used a thin coat of Mod Podge to glue it to the cardstock. 

The sentiment is from Memory Box and I heat embossed it with Copper Penny by Brutus Munroe. Added a few metal gears for interest and to tie it all together.

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Thanks

Hi everyone. Playing in the Freshly Made Sketch challenge today. There are so many possibilities with this one and I kept it pretty clean and simple.

The branch is an old rubber wood block stamp from Memory Box. I used Tombow markers to color on the stamp and huffed to get a clean stamped image. The sentiment is from Hampton Arts and the dsp is from Craft Consortium.

Ok - the little bee is from Picket Fence and I used shrink plastic and a mini pancake maker to create it.  I've got to tell you that the $10.00 mini pancake maker (Walmart) is the EASIEST WAY EVER to use shrink plastic.  It's also the quickest in my honest opinion.

Examples of the bees are shown above. So many possibilities. There are a few YouTube videos on this using embossing powders (Marion from Wow is one) and you should check them out. 

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Fall birthday card

Hello. Using an old Memory Box stamp to create this fall birthday card today.

I used Tombow markers to color directly on the stamp, spritzed it with a shot of water, and stamped it on the cardstock. The birthday stamp is from Jaded Blossom. Cut the panel out with a stitched cover die from MFT stamps, then adhere it to a dark chocolate card base. 

Here are a few challenges that I'm adding this to:

Colorful Options - orange

Happy Little Stampers - Birthday AG

Pinspirational challenge - Birthday and leaves - mood board (fall)

Four Seasons - fall

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Birthday wishes

Hello - 

Playing in the Freshly Made Sketch challenge with this masculine card.

Tool 3D embossing folder is from Memory Box as is the plaid designer paper. Big birthday stamp is from Honey Bee and stamped in fresh pigment ink in capri blue to match the blue in the plaid.  The "wishes" is stamp from Memory Box. 

I needed to restock my stash of masculine birthday cards and this sketch works really well for them.

Season's Greetings

Hello - Playing in a new challenge over at Peace on Earth Christmas Challenge.

The tag was stamped with a very old Memory Box stamp set in gypsy blue pigment ink (sentiment too).  I also used the same ink to color the wooden snowflake embellishment that I picked up at Hobby Lobby.  The designer paper is also from Memory Box that I have been hoarding forever. 

Stitched tag and sentiment dies are from MFT. 

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Just because

Hello and Welcome to another Fusion Card Challenge, where you can use the sketch or the photo or both. Here is what I did with it.

I opted to go with the sketch this time around. Peony stamp is from Simon Says Stamp and is stamped on watercolor paper and heat embossed with Ranger white detail embossing powder. I used Tombow markers to watercolor it.  Sentiment is from Memory Box. Designer paper is from my stash. 

Please check out the Design Team’s creations for this challenge, once again, they have knocked it out of the park.

Betty J Clarie Grantham Jeanne Jachna  Jen Mitchell  Karren Johnson  Linda Callahan Lyndal Higgins   Michelle Leone  Michelle Lupton  Tristan Dawes  Wanda Cullen

 

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Thinking of you

Hey there - Playing in The Paper Players TTT challenge today with this card.

Butterfly stamp is from Memory Box. I stamped it in versafine ink, heat embossed and then colored with Copic markers. Sentiment is from Ellen Hutson (from the mondo hydrangea set) and it's also heat embossed.  The gingham paper is from my paper stash that I've had 20+ years - who knows where it came from, but it matched my coloring and the light blue cardstock on the bottom. I used a pierced rectangle die from MFT to cut both out. The butterfly oval is cut out of a cover plate die from Avery Elle. 

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It's the little things

Hello - playing in the Freshly Made Sketch #467 challenge today. 

The designer paper is a very old hoarded piece called washi accents that I got at my local stamp store many moons ago. 

I used some old backgrounds bits from my stash on the butterflies.  Black shiny cardstock used to cut out the detailed outline.  The big butterfly is popped up on tiny foam squares so that it appears to be in flight.  Sentiment and the butterfly dies are all from Memory Box.

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It's the little things

Hello. I hope this finds you all safe and doing well. Playing in this weeks Freshly Made Sketch challenge today.

Stamp and die are from Greenhouse society from Technique Tuesday called Fresh Peony.

I cut out a square and turned it so that I could stencil some blue distress oxide ink onto the card panel. Then I cut out a frame to stick behind the flower spray.

Sentiment is from Memory Box stamps.

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Fabulous Birthday

Hi all - Playing in a couple of challenges today. I started with the sketch from CAS(e) this sketch, but turned it on it's side. I also paired it with the Addicted to CAS code word Trees.

Background sunset and hills were created using Distress Oxide Inks. The tree border stamp is an old one from Memory Box. I stamped it in black and then traced the branches with a stardust gel pen. Sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp.

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Autumn CAS one layer birthday card

Hello! It's one layer time over at Less Is More and our theme this week was autumn colors. Here is what I did with it, twice.

Stamp is called Birch Branch Print from Memory Box. I colored it with the following Zig Kuretake real brush markers.

002 Carmine Red
052 Bright Yellow
050 Yellow
072 Beige

I colored directly onto the stamp then spritzed it with water. Absolutely love these markers!

Birthday sentiment is from Papertrey, Ink.  Not sure which version I prefer, what is your favorite?

Thinking of you

Wowza, two posts in one day! Here is my take on this weeks Freshly Made Sketch!

I've had the leaf background stamped up and sitting in my "to make" pile for a while. I cut it down to work with this sketch. Same with the butterfly - sitting in that same pile.

The stamp and die is from Memory Box. I used some wire for the antennae and popped it up using a foam square. 

The sentiment is from My Favorite Things. Bazzill green cardstock used to layer the leaf image.

OK - I think that's it for today! Better get back to my chores!

Entering this into SSS anything goes Wednesday challenge too. Thanks for stopping by!

Bare trees

Hello peeps! Theme this time around over at Less is More is "more than one tree" and here is what I did with it!

This is what the trees around here are looking like these days, with frost covering them as well. If you enlarge the picture you can see that I added some "frost" on the trees using a Stardust pen to mimic the layers of ice.

The tree stamp is from Memory Box and the Thank You sentiment is from Avery Elle. Palette ink in Jardin Moss, a piece of scrap paper and a dauber used to create the hills.  Added in some clouds and a bit of pink and yellow to create a bit of a sunset. Layered it with black so that it was more dramatic up against the white back ground.


This is also going into The Paper Players #222 clean and simple thank you challenge.

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Happy Anniversary

Hi everyone! Real quick post today to show case a card I did a couple of months ago.

The bucket and flower stem are stamps from Memory Box and colored using Copic markers. I added a dot to the center of each of the flowers using a white Sharpie paint pen.

The designer paper is from DCWV and I layered the main and sentiment panels with a gray cardstock from MFT.

Sentiment is from Gina K Designs (vertical greetings) and the wide satin ribbon is from my ribbon stash.

Busy day at work today! Hope you have a crafty day and thanks for stopping by!