Howdy!
I have been out running errands and seeing to appointments since early bells and came home to find my post hadn't published as sheduelled. Dratafrat! Methinks I might need to send the hamster in for a recharge of brain particulars.
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Today is the birthday of my fellow BABE, Anita of My Papercraft World. I do love Anita. She is just like you imagine she would be from her blog. Warm, kindhearted, thoughtful, intelligent, and underlying all that gentility: a wicked sense of humor!
Forgive the cloudy day. For Anita's card I faux watercolored the stamp "Poppy Group" from Rubbernecker using my markers and mist again. The window box embossed sediment is from Avery Elle. I hand-cut the window-box shape around the embossed letters. The card base paper is from Anita and I hope the essence of the card is also Anita.
Happy Birthday, mon ami! Bisous, bisous!
Challenges
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I am trying to remember to make two cards (at least) when I make a card this year. So I also made this:
The only thing not self-exploratory about the card might be the NBUS corner sediment die which is from Die-versions. As so often happens, I saw it used on another friend's blog and was immediately enabled to buy one of my own. (That would be you, Jules!) Of course, that was months ago, so it's happy to finally be used.
Challenges
Challenges
- Seize the Birthday challenge (w/o toppings).
- AAA Cards challenge where the brief is "orange."
- Addicted to Stamps and More: "Make Your Mark." My faux watercoloring was done on both cards by coloring the stamp with my markers directly, misting, and then stamping to the paper.
The links will take you to the challenges for details on rules, sponsors, and prizes.
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New Friends Corner
I'm am so pleased to introduce you to these wonderful new friends, which brings us up to date!
Pam Nutting of Pam's Paper and Ink. Pam is from New York and she has been blogging since 2014. Pam started paper crafting about 13 years ago with scrapbooking. About four years ago, she became addicted to making cards after taking a class. Now Pam is a pro at playing in challenges and she makes really stunning cards!
Nina-Marie Trapani of Nina-Marie Design. Nina-Marie lives near the beautiful coast of Maine and she has only been blogging since November 2014. In addition to her work on design teams and making her extraordinary card art, Nina-Marie enjoys knitting, crocheting, beading, and scrapbooking. Her blog design itself is gorgeous, and no wonder, considering Nina-Maria has studied web and graphic design and illustrating. Nina-Marie also very generously offers tutorials for her beautiful designs!
Shanna of The Stamping Banana. Shanna is from Ontario, Canada and she has been blogging since 2009. She loves to enter challenges and she has won awards for her fun and sensational works of art. Shanna's blog is a warm and friendly place to visit for a snapshot of her life through her great photographs and writing, in addition to lots of card inspiration!
Iveta Pernišová of My Paper World. Iveta is from Slovakia and she has been blogging very minimally since about 2010. Iveta loves making scrapbooks and she is now using those scrapbooking skills to design the most exquisite dimensional card art! I'm sure Iveta will very much appreciate if you took a few minutes to visit her and encourage her so that we might see her post more often!
Heidi Weaver of Stamping Along With Heidi. Heidi is from Alberta, Canada and she has been blogging since 2012. Like so many of us, Heidi became addicted to the art of card making after attending her first Stampin' Up workshop in 2011. She went on to become a demonstrator. In addition to her cards and her photography, Heidi enjoys camping, hiking, kayaking, and reading. There is much inspiration and enjoyment to be found at Heidi's blog!
Thank you for joining, ladies, and welcome to the Playhouse!
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