The Paper Players #770 and NBUS #82

I went looking for a challenge to play in and found Jaydee's sketch at The Paper Players.  It worked great for a new die set.

I can't remember when I bought this Pretty Pink Posh Holiday Birds set but it was past time to get them on a card.  I LOVE birds and while the package had them all red I just couldn't do that so here are my blue jay, cardinal, chickadee and titmouse.  The die cuts each bird and its pieces at once so they are cut from white and colored with Distress Inks.  The embossed background is Hedgeberry from SSS and the sentiment is from Memory Box.  The sketch is a slimline but I liked the birds better on an A2 card.

These little fellows are making their way to Darnell's NBUS challenge too.

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Christmas Kickstart #106

Here's this month's challenge at Christmas Kickstart.

Pink makes lovely Christmas cards and so I tried my hand at a couple

I saw a card my friend Marcia made a card using the Altenew Perfect Poinsettia embossing folder with patterned paper.  I found a local craft and paper shop near me and picked up a pad from Craft Consortium that was perfect.  The Hero Arts sentiment was cut from SB Treasured Antique Glitter cardstock.  This was my second make.  Here's the first.

There was a bit of a learning curve with the paper as it cracked.  Not wanting to waste the beautiful paper, I tried the Japanese art of Kintsugi. The cracked areas were rubbed with an embossing pen and gold powder added and heated.  The gold sentiment carries on the theme.  To stop the cracking, I misted both sides of the paper on the lighter pink card and it worked beautifully.  Since I have an entire pack of paper in various shades of pink to red to purple you will be seeing a few more of these cards. 

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Jingle Belles - Old and New

Stef and Lauren want us to use something old and something new on our cards for Jingle Belles.  Anything to keep my Christmas stash growing. 

The holly stamp is an old one from Ellen Hutson (oob) that I watercolored with Distress Inks in Pine Needles, Barn Door and Scorched Timber. I gave the panel a little splatter using Altenew Spray with a paint brush and added a layered WF frame from SB Treasure Black Metallic. Sorry you can't see the shine in the photo. My 'new' is the sentiment die from TH Holiday Collection, cut in SB Ruby Matte Metallic. 

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Freshly Made Sketches #720

It's not a New Year's resolution because I don't make them but I am trying to use some of my older products.  Today's card for Freshly Made Sketches is a perfect example.

The hive and little bees are from Honey Bee's The Birds and Bees, stamped on Hero Arts hexagons and colored with Altenew artist markers. The background is an older stencil from Funky Fossil inked with what else but Wild Honey Distress Oxide.  The sentiment is from Reverse Confetti.

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