You Make Everything Bloom

Welcome, Friends, cold or warm!

Today I have a card that I hope will fit a couple of challenges, Double D - Friends, Freshly Made Sketches #721  and NBUS #82 ~

Now, wouldn't you say that sentiment to a Friend?  I hope so!  Either way, it'll work for me and I think he's adorable.  I used the sketch at FMS, over a stamped background and a colored strip.  I do hope my heart is ok, I didn't want to obscure it so I placed it out a little.  My other addition is the sentiment to give him a base to balance over.

Yep, he's pretty cute!  Li'l Bloomer and Faithful Letter background are both on their maiden outing.

 

Supplies:

   Unity - Faithful Letter bg stamp, Li'l Bloomer stamp

   LF - Inside Out Stitched Hearts die

   MFT - Blueprints 27

We've officially entered the weekend, I hope you have a great one planned.  Those of you socked in with snow, may your days be freer to venture out.  Stay safe!

Hugs,

TK

Sending Warm Blessings

 Hello and Welcome!

This is for all you friends who are braving out the winter snow and cold.  While I love the snow, some of those temps I've heard (-47 for one!), will keep me on my side of the U.S.!  I mean, we get snow, we get down to the teens usually for a week, but this winter we seem to be on the warmer side of all that.

Anywhoooo.....

I started this card, thinking I'd be sending it to JUGs - Stencil week, but I missed that since it took me 3 days to complete it.  My other hope was Christmas Kickstart #106 - Dreaming of a Pink Christmas.  It appears I'll make this one by the skin of my chinny-chin-chin, so I'd better get with it!

An NBUS stencil from T Holtz, a couple of pink inks (photo shows pink inks, not corals) for ink-blending, a lonely green Copic, a gold Signo gel and a "clear" gel pen, whichs looks more silver sparkle -- easy, right?  Nope!  While I love the stencil, it is only one, not a set of coordinating so there's A TON of masking.

I added a strip of coral-ish pink card at the bottom, and also layered the pink foiled sentiment on more of the same cardstock.  Here's a closer look that shows more sparkle from the two pens ~

Now, will I ever use this stencil again?  Probably not, even though it's beautiful.  Maybe it's me being lazy, or used to the newer layered stencils, but 3 days is just too much for me.  Thus the leaves in green Copic, and the centers and snow in pen.  After starting this card, I distinctly remember trying to use it one other time and then figuring out the masking issue...

Since this is an unused stencil until now, it'll also be heading to Darnell's NBUS #82.

 

Supplies:

   TH/Stampers Anon. - Poinsettia stencil

   Splb - Glitter Wishes hfp (also NBUS)

I'm so glad you stopped by and thank you for spending some time with me!

Hugs,

TK

Merry & Bright

 Welcome, and thanks for the visit!

Today's post is a short one with a card for a couple of challenges.  I ended up posting my last card (blue & white) Color Hues #125, and then was asked to join another challenge asking for shades of blue, Inspirational #359.  So I came up with this card, probably for my eldest grandson this next Christmas ~

While this has several layers, it's a pretty easy card (HA - struggles listed later).  The blue layer was cut with a cover plate punching out the starts and snowflakes, then layered over a layer of white glitter cs.  A second panel of glitter cs was then cut using an NBUS die for the treeline, layered over that.  Lastly, I cut the NBUS snowman and put him together, thinking I would add him on a wobbler.  That's where the frustration started!  I have these wobblers and yet I struggle to use them, 1) they aren't "flat" under the sticky portion, so the small side always has trouble sticking to whatever I want to wobble; 2) with added glue and using my reverse tweezers, I try to get them to stick more and still no success!  Thus, I removed the wobbler and layered him straight onto the panel -- easier for mailing anyway, with all the layers of glitter cs!  A foiled sentiment was then added.  With two unused products now used, this'll be going to NBUS #182 too!

Supplies:

   HB - Northern Star coverplate

   Ps - Whittle Friendly Snowman die (NBUS) 

   MB - Woodsy Plaid dp, AlpineTree die (NBUS)

   Splb - Merry Messages pp

  

Have a great weekend!

Hugs,

TK

Let Us Adore Him

 Greetings, Friends!

I'm here today, with a QACAS card, using new-to-me items.  

I started with the embossing -- I tried to add inking on the first panel to highlight the pine boughs but that was a No-Go!  So, I embossed another panel and left it plain.  Now what's a gal to do with it?  I spied the new-to-me press plate and pressed right onto the embossed panel.  I first pressed using Delicata Gold twice, and while it was wonderful, it was still a bit light.  I pressed a third time using PTI Fine Linen to get a bit of a darker look, then went back to press with gold.  Much better!  Then, the gold thread was wrapped and tied making a slight addition to the gold pressed sentiment.  While very CAS, I do like that it lets the sentiment stay at the focus.  My only question now, should I add sparkle to the "snow"?  A bit of Nuvo, or chunky glitter?

A close-up ~

Since both products are seeing the light of day for the first time, I will be sending this to Darnell's NBUS #82.

Supplies:

   HB - Snowy Pines 3D folder

   Splb - Let Us Adore Him pp

Hump Day, Folks!  Hope you have a great rest of your week!

Hugs,

TK

Three Challenges and a Bonus!

 Hello, my Friends!

Today I'm here so excited about this card.  It all started with a Double D - 10th year Birthday (Go Double D!!!), since I'm in need of Birthday cards.  Then I strolled over to Triple B - January to see their beautiful inspiration photo with gorgeous blues and whites.  As per usual, I took a stroll through my NBUS products and was able to come up with a press plate and die plus a hot foil frame, then got quickly to work.

Here's my card ~

Initially, I tried to foil on the blue cardstock (darker than it appears), but it did not work on the MFT card.  I didn't want to waste the beautiful blue cs, so I cut off the foiling to save the outside strips and inside rectangle for another day.  I used the "new-to-me" double rectangle frame and foiled in Aura on Hammermill, then foiled the "new-to-me" centerpiece floral too.  I colored it with Copics, then cut it using the die.  Once I had done this, I realized one strip of blue would be nice behind the floral piece, but lo and behold, if I used the floral die again, I could also fill in the inner circle with the remaining blue -- cool!  Sentiment  pressed, cut and mounted.

Now, the Bonus!  After photographing my card (trying out a new light, which is why I got so many other colors in the foiling), I read Marcia's latest post.  Ta Da -- bonus challenge with Color Hues #125 - Blue and White!  Yay!

 

 

ETA:  I was invited by Carol to join them over at Inspirational #359 - Shades of Blue

Supplies:

   Splb - Essential Duo Lines hfp, New Beginnings Timeless Sentiments pp

   PFS - Floral Round Frames pp/die

   Aura foil

Thanks for the visit, have a blessed day!

Hugs,

TK