Color Hues #140 and NBUS #90

I took advantage of a couple of sales and used several of the items for Color Hues and Darnell's NBUS.

The NBUS flowers are Penny Black's Refresh colored with Stormy Sky Distress Ink.  The same ink was used to edge my new Flower Puff embossing folder from SSS.  For the brown, I used Frayed Burlap on PB's Ascending.  The sentiment is from SB Just Add Cake.  

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Freshly Made Sketches #752 and NBUS #90

The sketch at Freshly Made Sketches gave me a reason to get out my newly acquired Magical Fuchsia set from Alex Syberia.  

The set includes a press plate and stencil that I used with Altenew inks.  After cutting with the die, I placed it on a panel embossed with SSS Woven Rings folder and added a BetterPress sentiment.  I'm not entirely happy with how this turned out.  I have some ideas to make it better next time.  

Everything but the sentiment is new so the card will go to Darnell's NBUS.

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Freshly Made Sketches #751 and NBUS #89

My friend Michele is the host at Freshly Made Sketches and has given us a great sketch to base our cards on.  I made another Halloween card.

I wanted to do something other than squares and the NBUS Penny Black Ripple frame die was on my desk and I used the centers to put my image and sentiment on.  The bat from Unity's Creep it Tweet was stamped on light gray and edged with Black Soot.  The sentiment from the set is white heat embossed on darker gray, edged in white.  To add more fun, I glued the two circles together and popped them up with a paper square.  They fold to the right for mailing. 

The first time with the dies and this image means off my card goes to Darnell's NBUS challenge.

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Freshly Made Sketches #750 and NBUS #89

While looking for something else the new Creep It Tweet set from Unity fell out and I thought it would be great for Cecile's challenge at Freshly Made Sketches.  I'm also sending my card to Darnell's NBUS.

This is actually my second card.  I started a different one then used it as a template as I tried out what I wanted to do.  This one uses Fresh Picked Labels from Spellbinders to stamp my witch on and then a larger one cut in green to frame it. I added Wilted Violet around the edge of the white and Black Soot around the green and DSP from Honey Bee, coloring the eyes and beak with Ohuhu markers.  The lines were hand drawn and the sentiment is from the stamp set. 

This one has MFT squares at an angle in the center and the panel was trimmed to leave a white border.  Now I have two Halloween cards ready for my adult grands. I think they will get a kick out of the image. 

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Color Hues #139 and NBUS #89

I had a new die set and new fun fold I wanted to try for the Color Hues challenge hosted by my friend Marcia.  And since it's all new I'm sending my card to Darnell's NBUS. 

The die set is the Craft a Flower African Daisy from Altenew and I must admit I ordered the wrong one.  I meant to get the Lush Botanicals African Daisy which comes with an embossing folder and has a totally different look.   The flowers were cut in light yellow and shaded with Orange Cream Altenew ink in the center and on the ends.  The leaves are Altenew Green Gold, which I hope is a neutral since it looks brown.    

For the card I wanted to try a card I saw Jennifer McGuire make using Pinkfresh Studio Blanket Stitch Bracket.  Here you can see how it pops up.

And it will stand on its own.

The background looked a little bare so I smooshed some Scattered Straw Distress Ink.  The sentiment is from Spellbinders Just Add Cake.  

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Inkspirational #372

Yesterday I posted a card using Simon Hurley's Mantle Village.  Today's card for Inkspirational uses his Mantle Decorations. 

The hardest part of the card was making the sign hanging from the mantle.  I did use Altenew double sided sticky sheets on the red paper which made it easier but those little banner flags are tiny.  The rest of the decorations were cut from scraps and inked for dimension.  The background is Honey Bee's Rustic Brick Wall, which resembles a fireplace, and the border is DSP from Craft Consortium. 

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Freshly Made Sketches #746 and NBUS #88

Jen M had a different kind of sketch for us at Freshly Made Sketches and one I was eager to try, especially since I had what I thought was the perfect NBUS to use.

This die is called Confetti Pop and is from Spellbinders Just Add Cake Kit.  The card base was cut to 4.25 by 3.5 which gave the champagne plenty of room to spray, It was covered with a panel embossed with Altenew's Dotty Circles.  The sentiment is from the same card kit. 

My card is also off to Darnell's NBUS where she's hosting a Mutual Appreciation Month with prizes to be had for those who share their cards.  Maybe I should send this card to her for all the time she spends encouraging us to use our NBUS and comment on others who do the same. 

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Inkspirational #365 and NBUS #85

There's a sketch challenge at Inkspirational and a new to me die seemed perfect for it.  What do you think? 

I ordered the Waffle Flower Quilt Frames not realizing I got two little quilt square dies along with the frames.  I'm actually working on a fabric quilt right now so it wasn't a big jump to make one from paper.  All of the patterned papers were scraps from my stash.  The background is SB Tuscan embossed with a coverplate from WF that I thought looked like quilt stitching.  I don't often add embellishments to my cards but the sketch has some so I pulled out these ancient flower sequins from SSS and added them around the sentiment from The Ton.  

It's the first use of this die so off my card goes to Darnell's NBUS. 

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Color Hues #129 and NBUS #84

My friend Marcia picked the colors for the Color Hues challenge this time.  Purple and Marigold.  So how about some dahlias? 

The dies are Into the Blooms: Dahlia from PTI cut in C9 Fig and Sunflower.  The background is Waffle Flower's Rhombus Texture Die and Rhombus Die Panel.  The black fern was in the package and it worked so added it and an embossed sentiment from The Ton.  The background dies are new so I'm also sending my card to Darnell's NBUS.  

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Jingle Belles and NBUS #84

I'm trying to break away from my literal take on challenges but a recent purchase has me making this card for Jingle Belles  - We Three Kings.

The die set is from Spellbinders and I used some of their Treasured foil cardstock for the red and blue capes.  The other is from Park Lane (JoAnn Fabrics brand).  I found matching cardstock for their robes and used gold for the crowns and gifts.  Both the star and sentiment are in the set and the sentiment was heat embossed in gold on Gina K In the Navy.  My only complaint is that the foil has a white core and shows along the edges.  I wish I had thought of it before it was glued together but next time I will color the edges with markers. 

This is the first card with the kings so they are headed to Darnell's NBUS.  

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Christmas Kickstart #107 and NBUS #83

I had several ways to go with a card for Christmas Kickstart - Sing-a-Long, a fun theme picked by my friend and teammate Carol Mayne.  I decided on The Snow Notes from Spellbinders.

After making a card with these delightful snowmen at Michele's last summer, I had to have a set of my own.  All the 'accessories' are cut from scraps. The background is Snowfall Shimmer press plate, inked with Hero Arts Unicorn White on light blue cardstock.  The words are from the Snow Notes set and the music notes are from Penny Black's Sing for Joy.  I can't wait to make more of these fun choristers. 

Since this is the first time using my own set of Snow Notes and the first outing of the press plate, I'm sending my card to Darnell's NBUS. 

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Jingle Belles and NBUS #83

There is a fun mid-century modern photo to inspire us over at Jingle Belles.  I took the opportunity to use a NBUS Santa die so my card will go there too.

St. Nick was on sale at Spellbinders and I had to have him although I didn't realize at the time that he doesn't fit on an A2 card.  No problem.  I like making Monarch cards (3 5/8 by 7 1/4) and have the envelopes to fit.  Except for the C9 Cranberry everything is from scraps.  The background is the HexSnowflake folder from SB.  I must admit I had to watch a video to see how to put him together and I'm glad I did because she had some good tips. 

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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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