Birthday Embossing

Hello Stamplings!

And Happy Monday to you as you begin your week with high hopes! Whatever they may be, I hope they come to fruitition. (Which makes more sense than fruition. What's a "fru?")

All around our neighborhood, hydrangeas are blooming with their many tiny little flowers all balled up into one huge flower. They are one of my most favorite flowers and I was inspired to bring out an old favorite stamp and paint.

Onefer

This stamp is Essentials by Ellen Mondo Hydrangea. I stamped the flower and leaf in black, heat-embossed in clear e/p, and then painted with my Ziggies before die-cutting. 

The lads went to town winking and then all three of us schplattered with diluted guache on the flower and leaf and with diluted purple ink on the background panel. That panel was embossed with an SU Sizzex e/f and attached to a lavender card base.  Finally, the flower was attached using foam squares. The sediment is a foil greeting from Memory Box.

Challenges

Beautiful Blossoms: Mood board with purple hydrangeas.

Cut It Up: Send me flowers.

Seize the Birthday: Flowers.

The Flower Challenge: Add spots or stripes. (Or both!)

Twofer

For this QACAS design, I used my NBUS gingko leaves 3D e/f from SSS with a panel of watercolor black paper which gives it a lovely texture. Then I simply swiped the raised bits using a piece of white chalk turned on its side. The circular sediment is also from SSS.

Challenges

Alphabet: C is for circles.

Let's Craft and Create: No patterned paper.

Little Red Wagon: D is for die cut.

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I.D.E.A.S. Calendar: E = Emblossing

You will find a linky tool below for you to share your creations using some form of embossing. Your card may help motivate others out of their creative schlumps or give someone a step-off for their own design! 

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

Thank you so much to everyone who shared their designs last week! Mwah! 

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Enjoy your week! No, seriously, enjoy! LITS!*

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Have a wonderful Memorial Day holiday next Monday. We will be with friends so I will not have a post. See in June!! (Another year whooshing by way too fast!) 

*Life is too short!

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Die-Cut Delights

Hello Stamplings!

How are you? I hope you are enjoying weather that finally allows you to be outside in comfort! 

I'm fortunate to be having my long-time friend Cheryl visiting this week from Colorado, so this will be a quickie, but I wanted to keep up with my I.D.E.A.S. schedule. This week is D = dies.

Onefer

I really like this art-deco NBUS die from Altenew called, "Streamlined Sprig." It's very versatile when it comes to options for cutting both the outline and the inner petals. This time, I used a charcoal gray for the outline and a smooched and schplattered panel the lads made using Lindy Magicals. 

I decided to use the same charcoal gray paper for the card base, an aqua mat, and a splattered creamy background panel. Something about the art-deco flowers made me want to whacky-wonk the panels on the card base before attaching the flowers and the stacked NBUS sediment from the Memory Box set called, "Cheerful Floral." I'm sorry if I gave you vertigo.

Twofer

I loved making this self-exploratory card using my NBUS "Ornament Cover Plate" from Gina K. I used hammered cardstock, patterned paper, stitched rectangle dies, and the perfect-sized sediment from the Simon Says set, "Holiday Greetings Mix 1." 

Like the die in my first card, it's easy to see how versatile this die is and how much fun it will be trying different design options with inks and pp!

Cheryl

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Enjoy your week! No, seriously, enjoy! LITS!*

As always, thank you for coming by to visit the Playhouse and
special thanks to you if you take the time to join as a follower!
We are off to wander downtown.

*Life is too short!

Challenges

Cut It Up: Thinking of You

Krafty Chicks: Christmas

Let's Craft and Create: AG + Grey and one other color

Love Those Pretty Papers: AG (no option)

Snippets Playground: A/G using snippets

Sunflower Season

Hello Stamplings!

Good day or good evening wherever you are! I hope you had/will have a sunny day! If not, I'm bringing the sunshine to you with my card. (Sorry if you are about to turn in and my card keeps you awake!)

Onefer

This sunny sunflower and sweet bees image is NBUS from Whimsy Stamps, called "Sunflower Buggies." I had great fun coloring it with my Ziggies and, of course, Hammy followed behind with his winker. 

It was a head-scratcher trying to figure out how to add a sediment and do something to the sides which were begging for some kind of something. The next time I stamp it, I will stamp it off to the side. I stamped it in the middle because I was planning on stamping two more, one on each side. Then I decided against that idea and after a bit of scratching and cocking my head, the sunny striped Washi Tape saved the day!

Challenges

• Beautiful Blooms: A/G with mood board.
  
• Colorful Options: Yellow and green.
  
• Double D: Sunflowers.
  
• The Flower Challenge: Add spots or stripes.
  
• Let's Craft and Create: A/G + polka dots and/or stripes.
  
• Triple B: Sunflowers (and bees!).

 

  

Twofer

Here are a few more Christmas makes. I used regular embossing folders (not 3D). I know the trick of lightly spritzing the paper on both sides before embossing a 3D e/f, so I thought I would do the same with a regular e/f and I was surprised and pleased with the resulting dementia. The e/fs are from Sizzix and the sediment is from Winnie & Walter.

Challenges

• ABC Christmas: P-Q-R. Mine is Q is for Quick for the white-on-white card on the left.
  
• Christmas Craft Creations: Clean and simple (CAS).
  
• Jingle Belles: Oh Christmas Tree (or pine branches).

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The Mister stopped at the Farmer's Market and brought home fresh peaches and blueberries. He handed them to me with a knowing smile and a question in his eyes. He's irresistible.

Ina Garten's Peach and Blueberry Crisp

It is delicious with vanilla ice cream. 

And it was fun to use "knowing smile" in a sentence.

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Enjoy your day! No, seriously, enjoy! LITS!*

As always, thank you for coming by to visit the Playhouse and special thanks to you if you take the time to join as a follower! 

*Life is too short!