Happy Easter

I've had my Greetery order on my desk for days, and finally had time this past 

weekend to play with Betsy's Botanicuts: Lily. If you're not familiar with the

I've had my Greetery order on my desk for days, and finally had time this past 

weekend to play with Betsy's Botanicuts: Lily. If you're not familiar with the Botanicuts, it's a series of assembly dies that create a bloom. Welcome, Lily!

My husband blessed me with a Valentine bouquet that had lilies and roses, and the 

colors on the lilies were spectacular.

I wanted to try to capture the watercolor effect plus the amazing colors on each petal.

Mimicing God's creation is impossible, but we can come close with the right tools.

The pieces were 1st cut with Poppystamps' Open Studio new watercolor paper. 

It boasts a delicate finish, useful for mixed media, paper arts and card making, 

and comes in a package of 10 4.5 x 5.75" cards. Die cutting is a breeze 

with this thickness of paper.

I used my Windsor Newton tubes for this project, the colors are intense and 

transparent like no other I've found.

These are 2 of my favorite blooms for an afternoon of painting. (LOL, the first petals were 

heavy with paint, and didn't define. But I kept going until something pleased.)

I do send out Easter cards, mostly to family, and plan to more of this magical lily.

Betsy has a youtube video to help with coloring and assembly,

New Die Intro + How-to: BotaniCuts Lily

Since my palm fronds are considered leaves, I'm adding my card to 

the Flower Challenge

The Flower Challenge #41 Reminder

Did you get this die? I'm afraid to say I'm hooked on all things Greetery,

especially these Botanicuts! 

Have a blessed week!

2 Easter Cards, One stamp

I have a couple of cards made with a background stamp by the Stamp Market. The 

company is new to me, but I'm sure everyone else has heard of and seen their 

wonderful stamps. This one is called Floral Background.

The first is embossed with Nuvo's Shimmering Pearl powder, and inked with Ranger's

Distress Oxide Squeezed Lemonade ink.

Creative Expressions', Easter Bunny Egg die set really does all the work, with the

sentiment die cut into the trim. I colored a bit of the flora with Metallic Accents 

watercolors by Art Philosophy. Stem and pink flowers from Altenew's Rose Flurries

3D Die set. 

2nd card, again stamped with Versamark and embossed with Stampendous Aged

Bronze Enamel. Totally different look. The die cut roses are Altenew 3D roses.

Cut with color cardstock, they add elegance to any card!

Well, that's it sharing a new to me stamp, Floral Background. 

I'm entering the bunny egg cared in JUGS Trend Week challenge: Off The Edge

Just Us Girls Trend Week #483 - Off the Edge

and the rose card in Fusion's challenge"

FUSION - Cheery Eggs

I followed the sketch side.

Thanks for the visit, and hope your Easter week is filled with blessings! 

He Is Risen

Hi there! I'm playing along with PTI and Laurie's Fabulous Favorites,

where she challenges us to use our favorite style this week.

Creating Layered Lovelies is my favorite thing to do!

For the background I stenciled one of the Modern Background Stencils 

with Distress Oxide Inks. Humming Along is the stampset.

I also stamped a few extra leaves around the 

petunia on the bottom. Layers and layer illusion. Love it all!

The rest are stamped diecuts. Some are popped up with foam.

The sentiment is from Easter Alleluias, one of my favorites for this 

time of year. When placed in the Misti, it's easy to give it an ombre look.

Lastly, I added some diamonds Stickles to the inside of the flowers.

Play along with Laurie on the PTI blog.

Happy Easter

It's pick a favorite MIM tutorial on PTI's Win It Wednesday with

Laurie's favorites. If you followed that... great!

If not, we were asked to pick a favorite from PapertreyInk's many

Make It Mondays, and create a new card.

Since Easter is soon coming, my cards have taken a spring coloring,

and my Eastery/Spring stamps and dies are on my desk. It's how I 

roll with the seasons. I just love revisiting the oldies, and maybe combing

them with new sets.

So many great Make It Mondays, but I had this idea for Michelle Leone's Petite

Pattern Play, and went with it.

Remember this sweet card? Love Michelle's simple use of pattern and color.

I added a couple of lilac layers to my Scene It: Celebration die cut.

Eggs, bunny and sentiment is from Bunny Basket. And I found a pom

for the little guy's tail. All set for one of the grandkids.

Play along with PTI and Laurie's Favorites here:

Make it Monday #332: Petite Pattern Play           

Hope your week if full of crafty goodness!   

Wishing You a Joyous Easter

Playing with Altenew's gorgeous floral stamps, 'Wallpaper Art', and my 

copics, I created an Easter card. Included in my order was the Layered Plaid

Cover A & B dies. I truly hated to cover the plaid die cuts up with anything,

but couldn't resist Eastery pastels with rosey copper Nuvo embossing powder

over the plaid. 

The top plaid cover die is a lavender pink shimmer cardstock I've 

had squirreled away forever!

I found a sentiment from PTI's Etched Eggs, and copper embossed that 

as well. The tiny posies are from Altenew's Build A Flower: Poppy.

When I chose my copics I made sure they were full color, that is, 02, 04, and so forth.

The pastels pop a bit more with full hue. 

Hope your weekend is full of fun and crafty goodness! 

Working on more Easter cards I can't wait to share!

Alleluia! Happy Easter

It's Easter week and I have so much to do, baking, shopping, playing with grandkids...

but somehow I found time to be in the craft room (early morning!) and create a card

for PapertreyInk's new challenge: Transformation Tuesday.

This week Melissa Phillips took a beautiful card she made, and simply 

changed colors and styles. 

I did a card for the Card Concept Challenge with Brushed Birds,

and a cover plate with branches.

With a few birds left over, decided to do the second card using the Shape Shifters: Circle 1 die,

together with Beautiful Berries: Spring, changing up the colors from aqua & yellow, 

to Amethyst and Yellow. I added a bit of glitter to this one as well.

I enjoyed this challenge, transforming or tweaking a card a bit, using the same or similar elements

and stamps.

Find Melissa's cards here:

           Transformation Tuesday with Melissa Phillips           

A peek inside 

also playing along with this weeks' Word Art Wednesday: Anything Goes

Challenge #328 - #329 - Anything Goes

Below is a list of PTI products I used. If you click on the item,

it will take you right to the product.

Brushed Birds Stamp Set

Papertrey Ink - Brushed Birds Die

Papertrey Ink - Shape Shifters: Circle 1 Die

Papertrey Ink - Infinity Frames Die

Beautiful Berries: Spring Stamp Set

Papertrey Ink - Beautiful Berries: Spring Die

Perfect Match Lilac Grace - Inkpad

Perfect Match Amethyst Allure - Inkpad

Perfect Match Winter Wisteria - Inkpad

Perfect Match Blueberry Sky - Inkpad

Perfect Match Stormy Sea - Inkpad

Perfect Match Mint Julep - Inkpad

Perfect Match Prairie Grass - Inkpad

The Card Concept: Spring has Sprung

The Card Concept begins a new challenge today, very timely,

called: Spring Has Sprung.

Crisp white, bright sunny yellow, with a few color accents, guided my choice to

center a card around Easter, in a favorite style: Clean & Layered.

I was recently introduced to Lindy's Magicals, during a craft weekend (thank you Marcia Hill),

and created a bg for my birds with them, and a scrap left over from a die cut.

Marcia demonstrated  her Magicals, and I was hooked! You never know what will 

turn out after the powder dries, and these little jars are filled with iridescent magic!

With the exception of the Magicals, and some sequins, my Clean and Layered card uses all PapertreyInk stamps & dies.

Inks are another new find from the Craft Weekend, Catherine Pooler Inks.

(Thank you, Colleen, Linda & Marcia!)

You will find links to each PTI product at the end of the post.

Hope you'll be inspired to play along.

A list of styles, and much more inspiration by the designers can be found on

The Card Concept Challenge Blog.

Happy Crafting!

Stamps: Brushed Birds Stamp Set, Forest Floor: Spring Stamp Set

Dies: Papertrey Ink - Cover Plate: Nesting Die,

Papertrey Ink - Brushed Birds Die

Cardstock: Paper Basics - Sea Shimmer Cardstock (12 sheets)

Lindy's Stamp Gang: Magicals (Amazon)

Inks: Catherine Pooler, Tiki Torch, Tiara, Mint to Be, Aquatini, Skylight

Full Ink Collection: Complete Bundle 39 Colors

Our Savior Lives!

Make It Monday this week is with Melissa Phillips, and she uses an 

embossing enamel for texture on her card. 

I've never applied my Stampendous Shabby Green the way Melissa did, and

was happy to learn a new technique with an embossing powder I already loved.

Starting with the bg, I used a PTI stencil, and sponged inked my colors with Tim Holtz' 

Distress Oxides, and wet the stencil before laying it onto my inked panel.

Marcia Hill shared this technique with us all at our retreat in Kansas.

Just love the effect! 

Cut Fun Frames several times, and treated the center with Lindy's Magicals

before adding the Shabby Green Embossing Powder.

My egg and die cut sentiment are layered, both cut with shimmer cardstock.

I found the silk ombre seam binding ribbon in my stash, and think it's a bit

bright for the card. If I do a repeat, I think white ribbon would be better.

I love to send out Easter cards. And this along with others, will be sent out this week.

Here are links to the PTI products I used:

Make It Market Mini Kit: Lovely Lace,

Papertrey Ink - Etched Easter Eggs Die

Papertrey Ink - Fun Frames Die

Papertrey Ink - Branching Out Die

Inspired: Savior Mini Stamp Set

Papertrey Ink - Inspired: Savior Die

Paper Basics - White Shimmer Cardstock (12 sheets)

Paper Basics - Leaf Shimmer Cardstock (12 sheets)

Poppy Stamps: For You

Hi sweet Poppy Peeps! I'm up on the Poppy blog featuring one of the new Easter

dies: Easter Bunny Egg.

If you visit the Poppystamps blog, I give a tutorial on how to make this card.

Actually, I made 3 cards. Once I got started, I just kept going! Love assembly line crafting!

Happy Crafting, all!

Easter Bunny Egg by Nancy Penir

Sending Easter Blessings

Made an Easter card and entering it with Color Throwdown, and 

this inspiration:

My card features the new Flower Mandalas Die by Kay Miller.

The ombre stripes were a leftover from cutting a sponge inked panel.

Mix & Mat: Flourishes was the cut that produced the stripes.

Sentiment: Etched Easter Eggs

He Is Risen!

Create Along With Us is PapertreyInk's Challenge

during release week. Wonderful excuse to case

the 'masters' and their wonderful projects!

Always, the hardest part is choosing between them!

Betsy Veldman's use of the new lace set, and it's 

stencils, inspired me to case some of her brilliance.

Betsy used a brayer to apply ink to her stencil,

 and then onto her card with herdie cut machine. 

I intend to try this, but did my card the old fashioned way.

I inked my paper with the stencil in place.

I used a couple of stencils from Make It Market: Garden Gate.

I cased her application of flowers, 

(Make It Market Mini: Bloom and Grow),

and her centered sentiment (Easter Alleluias),

over the stenciling.

You can see Betsy's card here:

Introducing the Make it Market Lovely Lace Mini Kit...

Play along here, on Nichole's blog:

Create Along With Us: April 2017

Easter Blessings

Happy Saturday everyone!

Hope you're enjoying your weekend.

We've had rain the last few day, over 2", a blessing for all of us

in the Central Valley. Today has some sun peeking through,

just enough to take a photo of a card.

I don't usually do things this way, but this card came before 

the challenge. 

I googled and found an Easter Challenge blog, Crafting with Dragonflies,

and am playing along.

My PTI order took a long time to arrive, and couldn't wait to play 

with a couple of beautiful dies, Cutaway Tags: Spring

and Mix & Mat: Flourishes.

I cut the tag from black card stock, and colored with Finetec Pearls.

The Finetec Pearls let you watercolor on black, or any color,

giving the image intense vibrant color with a pearl finish.

The sentiment was stamped with Versamark, then 

heat embossed with copper.

The Mat frame was first sponge inked, then sprayed with 

Mr. Huey's Shine Mist.

#78 : Easter Cards