Freshly Made Sketches #672

The gals at Freshly Made Sketches had some creative ways to use Jacquie's sketch.  It took me a while but some little birds that had been sitting by my computer since Christmas spoke to me.

They are from Penny Black's Winter Wonderland and I had to flip the sketch to fit them on.  I don't remember how long it has been since I colored them with Altenew artist markers and fussy cut them but I think they are the cutest.  My mind took me to an old Winnie and Walter set for the branch.  It wasn't long enough so I added more with my micro pen.  A little inking with what was left on my blue DOX brush and a sentiment from MFT was all I needed to finish.

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Just Us Girls Challenge #757 - Word Week

Our host Sue has chosen Masculine for Word Week at Just Us Girls.

Masculine cards can be difficult cards to make and ones I usually need a lot of so I'm glad to get a nudge with this challenge. 

I recently got this Take Wing set from Penny Black and I think it makes a great masculine card.  The two pieces were stamped on watercolor paper and colored with Distress Inks.  The sentiment is a Betterpress from SB.  

The Design Team and our guest Annette have some masculine cards for you to see.  I  hope they inspire you to play along with our challenge.

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Time Out #259 - Just Us Girls Collaboration

I am excited about a special event that is going on at Time Out for this challenge.  We are collaborating with Just Us Girls and I happen to be on both Design Teams.  

It's Just Us Girls Word Week and I picked the word "Birds" so we could have a common theme for both challenges.  When you link up your card at Time Out you will automatically be linked to the Just Us Girls challenge.  

My card was made with Honey Bee's Spring Birds and Nest dies all cut in white and inked.  The background was lightly colored with Distress Ink. 

We are being sponsored by Waffle Flower and the winner of our challenge will receive a $25 store credit. 

 

The Design Team has some wonderful cards featuring birds for your inspiration.  You may also be inspired by the cards made by the Just Us Girls Design Team.  Be sure and check them out too.

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Just Us Girls #718 - Word Week

Hey there crafty friends.  I'm so glad you dropped by.

We have something a little different for you this week at Just Us Girls.  We are collaborating with Time Out for a two week challenge.  I'm on both Design Teams and the host for this challenge - Birds.

I just HAD to have this Bird of the Mountain from Altenew and it was so popular I had to wait for it to come back in stock.  That was a while ago and I'm just making him into a card now.    He was cut from white cardstock that was inked in colors to make him into my version of a thrush.  The leafy branch is unlabeled so if you know whose it is please tell me.  I tried a Google picture and it came up as a piece of wall art that was the very same image in a large size.  The clouds were made with an MFT stencil.

There are a lot of different birds flying around the blog this week, all made by our talented Design Team and our Guest Tracey McNeely.  You'll want to check them out and also those made by the Time Out Design Team. 

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Just Us Girls #683 - Word Week

It's Word Week at Just Us Girls and Ina has chosen a simple word for us.  

You can add the word to any card and it will qualify.  

I have been playing with my Pinkfresh Studio "Songbirds on Branches" foil plate and stencils.  This is the first one I did, making bluebirds.  The gold foil sentiment is also from PFS. 

Our guest designer TK and the rest of the Design Team have wonderful cards to inspire you to join us for the challenge.  Won't you make a card for our gallery?

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Double D - Birds

When a challenge includes birds I just have to join.  Birds are one of my favorites to feed, watch and enjoy.  I am especially enthralled with owls (I have a large collection) but any birds bring me joy.  I have a couple of fun ones on my card for Double D. 

They come from MFT's Picture Perfect Party Animals that I stamped last winter when I was at Bonnie's.  They are colored with PolyChromos pencils and placed on paper that was stamped with feathers from Clearly Besotted in Versa Mark for a tone on tone look. 

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Freshly Made Sketches #558

Jacquie had the perfect sketch for me to use my darling birds for the challenge at Freshly Made Sketches.

The birds from Penny Black are colored with Altenew Artist Markers, with a little WOS on the fur of their Santa hats.  The masked sentiment is from the same set and the leafy branch, also from PB, was colored with DI. 

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Just Us Girls #625 - Photo Week

I'm hosting at Just Us Girls for Photo Week and this is the photo I picked.

I thought this picture evoked the coming of Spring and who doesn't love birds and flowers.  Here's a larger format so you can see the details.  

For my card I focused on the birds and birdhouse instead of flowers.  Unsual for me I know.

The stamps set is from HoneyBee and colored with Zigs.  The background was inked with an MFT cloud stencil in Speckled Egg DI.  The sentiment is from Altenew.

This is JoAnn's last week with us as a guest designer.  She and the rest of the team have some wonderful cards to inspire you.  I hope you'll take a look and make a card for the gallery.  You may have a chance to be our guest. 

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Twofer Challenge #40

I love birds and one thing that brings me joy is watching them at my feeders.  Fortunately I brought a bird stamp with me this summer so I can enter the challenge at Twofer Card Challenge where birds have to be the focus of our cards - two designs, two occasions.  Here are the two together.

I used the Wren and Robin set from The Greetery for my birds.

For this card I stamped the robins as shown in the stamp set with Altenew ink.  The background was blended with CP inks and the panel cut with an MFT dome die was popped up with foam tape.  The sentiment is from Altenew's Poppy Garden.

For this card I turned the robin into a chickadee - partly stamping and partly coloring with Zigs.  I also used Zigs to color the berry branch from Altenew's Winter Florals and added a sentiment from MFT's Sweet Holiday Penguins.

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Freshly Made Sketches #400

I got home from the lake in time to help Freshly Made Sketches celebrate their 400th challenge. Congratulations and here's to many more wonderful sketches!

I'm just under the wire with my card and I rushed it so it's not my best work.  The design is fine but some of the details could use a little refinement. ;)

The little birds are from CP colored with Zigs.  I tried to do mirror imaging so both birds were of the same species but after watching 3 videos and trying several techniques to no avail I gave up.  The leafy paper is from Jen Hadfield, the "nest" is PS cut from kraft and enhanced with some DIs, and the sentiment is from HA embossed on a hand cut branch.  My son and daughter have anniversaries one day apart in September so this will go to my daughter and her husband.

Thanks for dropping by.  I hope your week is off to a good start.

Addicted to CAS #145

That's it.  Addicted to CAS's code word as chosen by our host Carolyn.  What does 'tweet' mean to you?  My first thought was birds and my second thought was a sentiment using the actual word.  I just happen to have a stamp set that includes both.

To keep it clean and simple I cut the center of my panel with the MFT peek-a-boo die and then stamped the MFT birds so just their heads showed.  They are colored with Zigs with Pico Embellisher added to their eyes.

The Design Team is anxious to see what you do with the code word.  Can we count on you entering a tweet card for the challenge?

CAS Watecolor and CASology

Time is almost up and I'm just getting around to making a card for the CAS Watercolor challenge - birds.  I love birds and you'd think I'd have a bunch of bird stamps but such is not the case.  I did go with one of my favorites though.

These little birds from Technique Tuesday are so simple and cute colored with Distress Inks.  I'm also sending this to CASology where the cue word is "Parents", which also explains my color choices since blue and yellow make green. 😉

That's all from me today.  Thanks for dropping by and enjoy your weekend.

Just Us Girls #412 - Photo Week

Our host Ina has us going on a tropical vacation with this photo inspiration for Just Us Girls.

Need a bigger picture?

There is a lot to see here to inspire your card.  I bet you can tell how I was inspired. ;)

I loved all that greenery and used MFT's Wild Greenery dies in various colors of green on which to perch my Birds of Paradise, colored with Zigs.  The sentiment is from the same MFT set.

We hope to see your card in the gallery this week.

Time Out #92 and CAS Watercolor

There's a new challenge at Time Out featuring this phrase: Paint the Flying Spirit of the Birds rather than it's Feathers. That is wide open to interpretation and this is how I interpreted it:

I smooshed Distress Oxides on Mixed Media paper then stamped Natures' Friends from PB in HA India Ink Black several times using my MISTI.  I trimmed the panel before adding it and the sentiment from Technique Tuesday onto my card front.

I trimmed the panel to  make my card a little more CAS so I could also send it to CAS Watercolor where they want to see a silhouette on your card.

I'm so glad your dropped by today.  I hope you'll come back again.

It's Kylie's Birthday!

The Design Team from Addicted to CAS is holding a blog hop in honor of our fearless leader Kylie's birthday.  You should have come from Barb's Studio Creations.

I thought it most appropriate to use Kylie's stamp line from Happy Little Stampers to make a card for this celebration.

The sentiments are from Bold Birthday Sentiments and the birds from Whimsical Friends, both stamped and heat embossed so I could smoosh the background behind them with Distress Inks.  When that was dry I watercolored the birds with corresponding Oxide inks.

We appreciate all you do with your challenge blogs and stamp line, Kylie. Have a wonderful birthday celebration and  may this day be the start of a fantastic year.

Now you're off to Carolyn Bennie.

Hugs,