The Greetery - Bountiful Wreath

Hi everyone!
I've been inking up the beautiful Bountiful Wreath set designed by Betsy Veldman and available in her new store, The Greetery. The gorgeous designs for summer and fall have really kicked my mojo into gear! 

I love wheat for fall! The variety of wheat and greens, mushrooms and berries suggest a wholesome goodness. Inking the wreath in layers was made much easier by the wonderful acetate template that Betsy is now providing with her layered sets. I added details and some shading to the stamped images with my colored pencils. 

The wreath is die cut and raised. For the area inside the wreath I used the Knit Wits stencil (The Greetery) with Distress Oxide inks. The sentiment is stamped in brown.

For sparkle and shine, I used clear drops from Nuvo on the berries although they took on the light red shade of the ink. I cannot get enough of the Nuvo Crystal Gems. I want to add them to everything. On the closeup the lower two gems give you an idea of how they shine, it's almost like rainbow colors!

I had created this wreath previously, but decided it fits in very well to the challenge this week at Color Throwdown. I added the Garden Green panel and a yellow ribbon.

Thanks so much for visiting today. I hope your day is filled with goodness!

Copic Coloring and a Doodle Doodle Doo

Something new, something old and a doodle doodle doo! 

The song "Bushel and a Peck" is old, but it's still one of my favorites! My grand baby was tickled to laughter when I sang this for her recently with all the doodle oodle oodles!

The stamp set from Honey Bee (of the same name) is new to me - of course I just had to have it! I had fun with some Copic coloring of a stamped background full of apples and leaf images from the set.

I stamped hearts and black dots to fill in the small spaces, adding Crystal Effects to make the die cut sentiment and tiny heart shine. 

I was inspired by CAS(E) This Sketch and will also enter again at Simon Says Stamp: Stamp It challenge.  

Hope you have a fabulous day. Thanks for visiting! 

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

Emboss Resist with a Twist

Hi, welcome back! 
I am honored to be joining the group at Retro Rubber Challenge as guest designer today! This challenge is to use the colors red, orange and brown for your card. Definitely put me in the mood to make a fall card.

I used the emboss resist technique with a twist. Beginning with Distress Oxide inks in Spiced Marmalade, Abandoned Coral and Candied Apple, I blended a background onto Bristol Smooth card stock. Next the leaves were stamped and embossed with clear powder. The twist, is to use a damp brush over the inked background and blot with a paper towel to remove some of the color. This leaves a soft wash while the stamped images retain the contrast of the darker color underneath. 

The stamps from Clearly Besotted have been on my shelf for at least 4 years. I love the variety of leaf images and they are perfect for making backgrounds.  Playing at Retro Rubber has opened my eyes to new ways to use my older stamps and I am always surprised to find new color combos or techniques for using them. It's  a win - win! We hope you will play along too! Give those older stamps a chance to shine again.

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

Supplies used:

Stamps: Clearly Besotted - Leafy Accents, PTI - Colorpop Autumn MIM sentiment die 

Paper: Neenah Solar White, Bristol Smooth, DSP from my stash, Gold foil

INK: WPlus9 - Coconut Husk, Gala Red, Versamark

Accessories: Bold Banner Die, gold cord

Out of This World

Hello, and good morning to you! 

It turns out this stamp set called Out of This World is also a blast from the past! So long past in fact, that it's no longer for sale.

No matter, I am into using things from my stash, the older the better! Some child will like the monster and ink-blended night sky. Right? 

I liked getting to add lots of WOS sparkle, clear Nuvo drops for the googlie eyes and spaceship windows, and all those iridescent stars. I just had to have them, you know? For THIS moment. 

This card is for the MFT Sketch Challenge. 

and I added it to the Wednesday Challenge at Simon Says Stamp: Stamp It! 

I am so glad that you stopped by today! 

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

Autumn's Bounty

Hello! It's Friday afternoon and I've been doing some stamping today. It's nice having a chance to play with new stamps from The Greetery and a couple of fun challenges.

I couldn't wait to ink up the Bountiful Wreath stamp and select just a part of the die cut wreath to embellish this simple autumn card. I embossed a stitched circle on the card front, and added a circle of gold thread. A dollop of clear Nuvo Drops on each berry adds dimension. 

I was Inspired by the wonderful sketch at FMS

and these gorgeous colors from
Color Throwdown. 

I am so glad you came by! I hope you have a most wonderful weekend. 

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

Supplies used:

Stamps: The Greetery - Bountiful Wreath and dies

Paper: SU - Very Vanilla, Midnight Muse

INK: Distress Oxide - Abandoned Coral, Fossilized Amber, WPlus9 - Wild Mango, and PTI - Enchanted Evening, Versamark

Accessories: gold thread, PTI - Shape Shifters Circle Die 1, Princess Gold embossing powder, Corner Rounder punch

Special Day

Hi everyone! 
I made this card with the Special Day sentiment for a special day at Freshly Made Sketches that has come and gone.It was a great sketch so although I missed posting it in time, I'm happy to be sharing it with you!

I paired blooms from the Fleur Impressions set (The Greetery) with Bitty Big: Soft Stone Colored Collection patterned papers. 

I just love the way these flower images layer and add a dash of color and elegance to the card. I used inks from Wplus9. 

This card is flat for mailing since I didn't tack on pearls or embellishments. 

Hope you're having a wonderful day. Thanks for coming by! 

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

Hi everyone! 

I hope your weekend was a good one. Today is still a holiday but it is also a Monday. Monday's for me are a pretty low key catch up day. Things were very slow moving by the time I got to the stamp room. You don't want to know how long this card took me to make, HA! Starting out, I made it much too complicated. Even though I knew I wanted clean and simple, I tried out new products and techniques, then scratched them and went with the basics. 

How basic, you say? Colored with Tombo markers, die cut and arranged on a card front with an embossed sentiment. Voila! 

The banner and the flower cluster above it were popped up to add dimension. I added brown sequins to give just a bit of contrast and shine. 

I made this for the wonderful challenge at CAS(E) This Sketch.

and the Anything Goes at 

Thanks for stopping by! Til next time ~

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

Supplies used:

Stamps: Wplus9 - Autumn Blessings stamps and dies

Paper: Bitty Big Harvest Gold Paper Collection - PTI