Happy Birthday

 

My plan was to participate in some card challenges this week.

That didn't pan out for me.

I haven't done any crafting in the evenings this week after work. I've been recuperating because I managed to fall again! I fell two weeks ago Sunday and I haven't fully recovered from that fall yet. 

Sunday evening I was attempting to take photos of the cards I had made and I fell off of a chair backwards, LOL. Needless to say, I really did a number on my right arm (my right hand hasn't healed yet from my first fall!) and the right side of my back. Crafting can be dangerous!

On to the cards that I did get made. I watercolored a piece of Strathmore Mixed Media paper (my favorite!) with distress oxides. I used peeled paint, evergreen bough and bundled sage. I like to let my  paper dry naturally.

 

After the paper was dry, I die cut all the leaves out using the Sizzix Tim Holtz Garden Greens die.

 

That little magnetic bowl has saved my life!

I put my dies in there when working with them so they don't get lost.

I have one flower die I'm trying to find that has fallen on the floor and I haven't been able to locate.

I'm sure it's stuck behind something

For the background on this card I used the Cheesecloth background stamp from Rubbernecker Stamps. After adding my ink I spritzed water in the stamp and then layed my paper on stamp. 

I used distress oxide inks for both cards. 

For this one I used fossilized amber. 

The stamp is from Simon Says Stamp called Handwritten Borders.





For this card I used wild honey distress oxide ink.

I just stamped the background on this card. I didn't spritz it with any water.



The sentiment for this card is from Close To My Heart called Joyful Birthday Occasions.



I really love how the leaves turned out.

I still have some left to use with a few other cards. I'll probably make some more to keep on hand.



Now I'm off to see what card challenges catch my interest for this week.

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Paper Play Sketches #47

I've been perusing challenge blogs for awhile now because I miss playing along with sketch/color challenges. I'm not sure if I can play weekly, but I'm going to give it a try. I saw this sketch from Paper Play Sketches and decided to give it a go.

I used three Distress Oxide inks that I splattered onto my background. I also spritzed some Perfect Pearls pearlized water over the panel. I diecut a homespun stitched die from My Favorite Things across the lower third of the card. The sentiment is from Close To My Heart. When I went to Scrapbook Expo in June I won a gift certificate to their booth! This is one of the stamp sets that I chose. I stamped with versamark ink and then heat embossed with clear embossing powder. I then took the three colors of distress ink that I had used on the background and blended them over the sentiment and them misted over it with some more pearlized water. I then added some bling.

This card is linked to this challenge.

Supplies used on this card:

Ranger Distress Inks: twisted citron, peacock feathers, fossilized amber

Doodlebug Design Inc: sprinkles pool assortment

Close To My Heart: Beautiful Moments Sentiments A1200

My Favorite Things Die-namics Steel Die: Homespun Stitch Lines

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