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Little Country Pond

Good morning.  My project was made for the Splitcoaststampers Clean and Simple Challenge to use some form of water.  I decided to pull out some inks and reinkers, a brush, a couple mini applicators and ink blending tools, and the mini fern from my Kittie Kits Outdoor master to create a country landscape scene.  It’s been a long time since I created a project using no die cuts. LOL It is certainly a primitive scene but I sure had fun getting my fingers inky.

Using Color Box stylus and foam tip I applied the blue pond water and then applied green ground area around the pond. I set the ink by drying with my heat gun.  

Using a brush with reinker mixed with water I painted in the tree trunks and limbs and heat set.  Using a mini applicator I applied green around the branches to create the tree tops and heat set. Using a ink blending tool I applied blue ink to the sky area and heat set.

I applied texture to the grassy area and the tree tops with the mini fern stamp from my Kittie Kits outdoor master. I finished by adding pink flowers around the the pond area and tree line with the mini fern stamp. 

This is no great work of art but it takes me back to my beginnings in paper crafting.  I have always loved creating outdoor scenes around stamped images. My scenes became more and more dimensional with the introduction of all of the wonderful dies we have today.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day.

ColorBox Tool, Stylus Handle, 3 pk	olorBox Tool Foam Blender Tip, 3 pk, Oval	Ink Blending Tool	American Crafts Elements, Mini Brads, Copper
Studio Artist Brushes	Distress Reinker, Vintage Photo	Distress Ink Pad, Vintage Photo	Distress Ink Pad, Peeled Paint
Distress Reinker, Peeled Paint	Distress Ink Pad, Worn Lipstick	Distress Ink Pad, Tumbled Glass	Paper Basics - Stamper's Select White Cardstock (40 Sheets)
Teflon Bone Folder	Scotch Double-Sided Foam Mounting Tape

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Good Tuesday morning.  My project today was made for the Splitcoaststampers Clean and Simple Challenge.

The challenge was to pick at least three of the five colors found in the tulip color palette below. I went with the darker green magenta and orange.  Believe it or not the flower center is orange but doesn’t show well in the photos. I love the tulips in the inspiration piece and think I need to try and figure out how to make then with paper. 

I loved the new Taylored Expressions Bloom Where You’re Planted die set.  I thought it would perfect to have when I needed to make a fast and easy card for a thank you or birthday. It took me longer to tie the bow and attach to the tag than it did to put the card together.

I have said this so many times it must get boring but I love the way bright colors pop against a white background.

 

I thought the sentiment from the Rubbernecker Wildflower Set was perfect for this project.  The set is filled with lovely flower sentiments.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great day.

Card size:  5.50” x 4.25”

Taylored Expressions Dies, Bloom Where You're Planted	Wildflower Set - 465	Fiskars Paper Crimper, Straight	Impression Obsession Dies, Flags
Sizzix Accessory, Tool Kit by Susan Tierney-Cockburn	VersaFine Ink Pad, Onyx Black	High Tack Double-Sided Foam Mounting Tape, 1/2	Accents, Glossy
Tim Holtz Tonic Retractable Craft Pick	ATG Kit, Advanced Tape Glider	Sizzix Big Shot Machine, Powder Blue & Teal	Teflon Bone Folder
Sizzix Accessory, Magnetic Platform for Wafer-Thin Dies	Glue Dots, Mini (3/16")	Hibiscus Pattern Pack	Paper Basics - Stamper's Select White Cardstock (40 Sheets)
Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock, Easter Grass, 10 pk

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Pocket Full Of Hope

Good Friday morning. Splitcoaststampers holds an annual month long challenge each October called “Hope You Can Cling To” to coincide with Breast Cancer Awareness month. My project today was made for my good friend Bev’s, aka TexasGrammy, Pocket Full of Hope Challenge to make a pocket card.  I checked out the pocket card tutorials on Splitcoaststampers and revisited a Flower Pot Pocket Card that was introduced several years ago in a Technique Lovers Challenge. Here’s what I came up with.

 

I followed the instructions on the tutorial to cut, score and fold to create the little flower pot pocket.  It is so easy and yet so cute for such little effort. I cut the tag layer, stamped my sentiment and attached to the green layer. I formed and attached the foliage on the top of the tag with glossy accents. I formed the three roses and attached them with glossy accents over the foliage. I finished by adding a few smaller pieces of foliage around the flowers to soften. 

The sentiment says “If I had a flower for every time I thought of you I could walk in my garden forever”.  I thought it was such a fitting sentiment for the sweet flower pot card.

click on the photos to see a closer view

You can check out the tutorial here if you would like to get the instructions for making this Flower Pot Pocket Card. Splitcoaststampers has a fantastic Tutorial  and Resource section with step by step photos and videos of more techniques than you can imagine.  You can find that here.   I have learned everything I know about paper crafting from the wonderful Splitcoaststampers community. If you are a member then you know exactly what I mean.  If you aren’t familiar with this site then you need to hop on over and see what you have been missing.

I hope you will come by tomorrow and check out the challenge I am hosting for the Hope You Can Cling To challenges.  Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you have a great weekend. 

 

       

 

Stamps:  Rubbernecker Wildflower Set     Paper:  Pink, White, Green, Papertrey Pattern Pack     Ink:  Distress Ink Peeled Paint     Accessories:  My Favorite Things Layered Rose, Impression Obsession Leafy Branch 2, Poppystamps Lorelai Leaf, Martha Stewart Flower Box Punch Around The Page, Sizzix Accessory Tool Kit, Grosgrain, Glossy Accents, Glue Dots, Paper Piercer , Metal Adapter Plate , ATG , Big Shot , Teflon Bone Folder , Guillotine Paper Cutter 

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Single Layer Scene

Good Friday morning.  My project today was made for the Splitcoaststampers Way To Use It challenge to create a single layer card.  This was lots of fun and took me back to when I created stamped outdoor scenes on almost every card I made. It is odd how interests keep changing and I have become addicted to creating die cut scenes and paper flowers.

I started by sponging in the sky area using my hand cut cloud template and an ink blending tool and stopped at the point that I wanted the top of my picket fence to be.  I used the picket fence die cut as a mask and sponged blue over it to create the fence in white negative space. I stamped the tree from the Impression Obsession Solid Tree set   and lightly brushed reinker on the trunk with my waterbrush to smooth the color.  I stamped the leaves in both shabby shutters  and peeled paint and lightly sponged yellow ink over top to create a highlight.

I used a dry brush run directly over the ink pad to lightly stipple apply antique linen to the fence sections to create dimension and texture. I used the same technique to stipple peeled paint up around the bottom of the fence.  I used a Color Box stylus and foam tip to apply peeled paint to the ground area and filled in the grass and added foliage and flowers to the fence using the mini fern stamp from my Kittie Kits Outdoor Master.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful weekend.

 

                        

Stamps:  Impression Obsession Solid Tree Set, Rubbernecker Kittie Kits Outdoor Master       Ink: Distress Inks  Tumbled Glass , Shabby Shutters , Peeled Paint , Antique Linen , Walnut Stain , Worn Lipstick , Scattered Straw,    Accessories: Poppystamps  Picket Fence , Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool , Color Box Stylus and Foam Tip , Waterbrush , Dry Brush , Hand Cut Cloud Template

      

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Good Tuesday morning.  I have a sweet summer garden scene to share with you today with a fence, garden pots and butterflies.  I made this for the Splitcoaststampers Technique Lovers Challenge to pop up a sentiment on our project.

This was a pretty fast card to make.  It took more time to die cut all the pieces than to put it together.  I just can’t seem to get enough fence and flower scenes.  There really isn’t much to tell as it is a matter of layering.  I don’t know if I could get along without mounting tape as it helps create so much dimension for my scenes.

Here’s a closer view so you can read the sentiment.

I really love all the bright green and pink against the all white background and fence.

I appreciate you coming by and I hope you have a wonderful day.

 

 

Stamps: Rubbernecker Wildflower Set  Paper: White, Spring Moss, Pink         Ink: Distress Ink Worn Lipstick         Accessories: Memory Box Garden Pots , Butterfly Delights , Wonderful Watering Can , Puffy Clouds , Flower Mound , Poppystamps  Picket Fence , Impression Obsession  Grass Border , Martha Stewart Branch Punch , Sizzix Accessory Tool Kit, Glossy Accents, Mounting Tape, Metal Adapter Plate  , Glue Dots  , Paper Piercer  , ATG  , Big Shot  , Teflon Bone Folder, Guillotine Paper Cutter

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