Orange and Green Convene!

Hello Stamplings!

Welcome on this fine fresh start to another week! It's so nice to be able to have the windows open and breezes blowing through. In fact, I need to get outside and tend to some neglected flowers, so I will get right to it.

This is D = Dies/Die Cuts on the I.D.E.A.S. Calendar. My cards are more suited for inky week, but as these designs show, any wee die cut on your card counts. 

Onefer

I'm starting with the star of the show. This is one of my favorite old-timey stamps from Penny Black called, "Perfect Pear." It lends itself to coloring directly on the stamp, but this time I stamped it in DI Old Paper for a no-line watercolor look and then I painted it with my Ziggies. 

I had begun to paint the leaves when I went into the Big House for lunch and when I came back, I was quite taken by the unfinished panel:

Isn't that pretty just as it is? But the Color Hues challenge is orange and green, so I kept painting. Hammy and Stanley added schplatters and we called it a day. The frame and sediment are from Memory Box.

I'm also playing in the Anything Goes option at Seize the Birthday.

Twofer

Keeping with the o/g colors, this design was inspired by AAA Cards, where the brief is to follow Ceal's Lead (CASE her card). I went with another oldie by SU, using the peaches and turning them into oranges. I stamped and painted them and then I stamped and fussy-cut a mask to blend the light blue rectangle background ala Ceal. 

I kept the sediment simple with a bit of bling, but it needed some umph, so I got out the ol' glossy accents for the fruit and blossoms and the lads winked the leaves.

Threefer

I was out of manly cards, so for this design I used a few NBUS stamps from Stampers Anonymous. I thought they were a good choice for keeping the orange and green and glossification going. The sediment is from GKW and the frame is from Mama Elephant. Besides the Color Hues challenge, I'm playing over at Krafty Chicks: Birthday.

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I.D.E.A.S. Calendar: D = Dies

You will find a linky tool below for you to share your creations using your dies! Your lovely card may help motivate someone else! 

I love seeing what you create, visiting you, and pinning your designs! 

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