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Month: November 2020

blessed Christmas wishes

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Welcome friends! Now that Thanksgiving has had its moment, it is time to head into Christmas mode. My playlists are ready. Bring on the decorations and hot cocoa. (You can keep the snow, cold weather and short days though.). This month will be extra special as our granddaughter celebrates her first Christmas!

For today’s card, I combined the Evergreen Forest 3D embossing folder, Plaid Tidings dsp, and Most Wonderful Time product medley dies.

Today’s card would be a great one to mass produce. Especially if you left off the white shimmer paint on the tree. I love the feel of an evergreen forest this card achieves.

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pcc #403

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It’s Paper Craft Crew challenge time! How about a fun inspiration photo to get your creative mojo going.

I love the calmness in this photo. The dark blue, crisp white and a pop of red. So, that is what I drew my inspiration from.

The Paper Craft Crew would love to have you join the fun and play along. Head over to the PCC blog and check out how the rest of the design team was inspired by this photo.

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grateful, thankful, blessed

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With Thanksgiving this week, I had to create a little something to reflect my thoughts. I had this fun paper stack from Simple Stories and it was perfect for this project.

In the midst of all the confusion and chaos, count your blessings. I am truly grateful, thankful and blessed.

Happy Thanksgiving!

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pcc #402

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Hello friends! I am happy to be back with another Paper Craft Crew Challenge! This week, we have a fun layout to work with.

I have been bitten by the slim line card bug. Plus, I just got this adorable new set from Taylored Expressions. So, I was ready to work with this sketch!

Isn’t that little reindeer ADORABLE! I colored him with Copic markers. The Merry is from Stampin’ Up!’s Peace & Joy set. How about a closer look?

There is a lot more inspiration for this card sketch over at the Paper Craft Crew blog. Come join the fun and play along!

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Peace, joy and pink

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As I was working on the watercolor backgrounds for the OSAT blog hop, I decided to try one in pinks. I love Christmas cards in non-traditional colors. I used Blushing Bride, Rococo Rose and Merry Merlot. I love the outcome.

The words are die cut from champagne foil. It looks so delicate against the shades of pink.

I may need to try some other colors for this design. Thanks for stopping by! Join me again to shine a spotlight on creativity!

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osat blog hop: glad tidings

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Hello, friends! It’s time for this month’s One Stamp at a Time blog hop. This month our theme is Glad Tidings. Time to get in the Christmas spirit! I really am not ready for cold weather, snow and short days, but I do like working on Christmas projects.

I love creating watercolor backgrounds. So, I decided to work in some beautiful holiday blue greens. I used Coastal Cabana, Bermuda Bay and Shaded Spruce.

The fun, and sometimes frustrating, thing with watercolor is you never get the same result twice. The colors turned out lighter on the card panel. But I love both results.

I cut the tree out of the watercolor panel and added sentiments from the Peace and Joy bundle. Love those die cut words!

This fun frame would make a great addition to any holiday decor! It would be fun to make one for each season!

I’m so glad you stopped by! Be sure to check out the rest of the design team creations. PLEASE CLICK THE BLUE BOX FOR A POP UP LIST OF THE DESIGN TEAM.

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pcc #400

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Wow! The Paper Craft Crew has reached challenge number 400! That’s a lot of creative inspiration. Let’s celebrate with a fun Tic Tac Toe challenge. Pic a row and get creative.

I decided to go straight across the middle: Monochromatic, Seasonal, Sympathy. I need to restock my sympathy cards. Never fun, but at least I can put some love into creating them.

I went with a neutral (monochrome) color scheme: White, Crumb Cake and Early Espresso. The (seasonal) leaves from Rooted in Nature are stamped in Crumb Cake, White and Versamark to get some depth. The two accent leaves are embossed in white on vellum. The sentiment (sympathy) is embossed in white on Early Espresso. The leaf panel is die cut with a stitched rectangle and the card base is embossed with the Pinewood Planks 3D emboss folder. Some linen thread and a wooden button compliment the natural feel of the card.

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watercolor hello

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I have been working on my watercoloring skills. I really enjoy it, but I have a lot to learn. I keep working at no-line coloring. I am trying to figure out how to achieve the shading and shadows I want. practice, practice, practice. I decided to try something more abstract with my watercolor paints. I came across a video on YouTube showing how to do random backgrounds with watercolors. I was intrigued. So, I played around with it. It was very freeing. Here is one backgrounds I painted turned into a simple card.

I taped off around the edge of the watercolor paper panel and added a piece of tape to mask where the sentiment would go. Then, I added random brush strokes, one color at a time. I used some of the new watercolor paints I got this summer. They are a lot of fun to work with. The pigment is so rich! Once it was dry, I removed the tape. I stamped the sentiment in black ink using my Stamparatus to get a solid print on the textured watercolor paper. I kept the card simple to let the brushstrokes take center stage. Finished card is 3.5″x5″

I definitely need to make some more of these watercolor panels. Thanks for stopping by! Join me again to shine a spotlight on creativity!

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