Wild Daisies

Happy Friyay!Today I am sharing card that uses another April release set, Wild Daisies. I made this one for my friend and teammate, Michelle because she loved blue and not just any blue but Michelle blue which I think I colored this one in that blue.I apologize for only having one photo but I forgot to take more before I mailed it off to her. 
To create this card I used a technique that I learned in one of Kathy Racoosins class. I started with a white card base. I placed the stamp in the Original Misti which is a must have to do this particular technique.  You have to overstamp at the end of the technique so you want to leave your stamp in the Misti.I stamped the image in Prickly Pear ink and then colored the entire panel except for the image with Copic markers in B28 and B69 after I colored it all in then I used some blender on a small piece of terry cloth and dabbed it over the colored background for texture.I placed my panel back in the Misti and then overstamped with embossing ink and then embossed with gold powder. 

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I {heart} Butterflies

It's time for a new challenge at Make The Cards Challenge, this week we have a theme for you. 

and it's one of my favorites.

I love butterflies and when I saw the challenge I could not decide what butterfly set I wanted to use. I have lots of them. I decided to go with the set by Gina K.

To create my card  started with a top folding white card base and a white anel. I created a background by ink blending some Twisted Citron and Peacock feathers distress with the  Milky Way stencil by A colorful Life Designs. 

I stamped the butterflies with embossing ink and embossed them with Egyptian Turquoise by Wow. After I embossed them I blended the same two colors over them and then cut them out with the coordinating die.  

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Make The Cards

It's time for a new challenge at Make The Cards Challenge.

This week we have a color combo which is Ombre' Purple, to play along head over to the MTCC Blog. 

To create my card I started with a white top folding card base and a panel of bristol.

I have found that inks tend to blend better on bristol so I use it more than regular card stock when I blend. I used the Shades of Purple ink by Altenew and the Life Changing Blender Brushes. 

After I got my panel blended I stamped the floral image from the Wild Peonies Stamp set by Picket Fence Studios with embossing ink and embossed it with purple embossing powder by WOW embossing.  To  finish the card and give some sparkle I added some gems from The Purple Side of the Rainbow gem mix by Picket Fence Studios. 

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Foiling Experiment

I am up on the Erin Lee Creative blog today sharing this card that resulted from an experiment. 

To create this card I started with a panel of glossy cardstock and the Sparkling Palms stencil by Erin Lee Creative.  I wanted to see if the foil that you use for the Gemini Foil Press would work with the Minc machine. 

Here's my experiment. I laid the Sparkling Palms stencil on the glossy cardstock and instead of transfer gel I used some Liquitex Gel Matte medium and let it dry overnight. 

Instead of the deco foil that you normally use with the Minc, I used the heat transfer foil in Rose Gold and placed it on top of the panel with the gel and then placed it in a copy paper sandwich. 

The copy paper wrinkled and it gave me this result which I love. 

To finish the card I blended a little Tattered Rose distress ink over the foiled panel to tone down the white. To finish the card, I cut out the the sentiment strip and blended some Tattered Rose on it as well then embossed the sentiment on it with a rose gold powder by Wow Embossing. 

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Merry Christmas Eve, Eve

Can y'all believe it's Christmas Eve, Eve? This has been the fastest slowest year ever! 

I am up on the Picket Fence Studios blog today sharing one of my absolute favorite Christmas stamps, Christmas Poinsettia Star. 

I love this large poinsettia image. It's so versatile as to how you can color it or you don't even have to color it. It's gorgeous when embossed in gold, makes such an elegant  Christmas card. 

To create this card I chose to use the Watercolor Wednesday Challenge at Splitcoaststampers last week, watercolor resist technique. I stamped the image in embossing ink and embossed it with white embossing powder and then added some  Infusions watercolor powder by Paper Artsy and spritzed with water. 

To finish the card I added a sentiment from the Fancy Christmas Greetings set  that is embossed with Metalline Himalayan Musk by WOW  and cut it out with the Coordinating Die. 

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Walking in a Winter Wonderland

I am on the Picket Fence Studios blog today with  a couple Christmas cards. 

I titled my post the way I did because where I used to live is getting tons of snow today. Yep in September and just the other day it was one 90 degrees. I now you are thinking well it's 2020, actually the weather in Colorado is always 2020. 

Now for the deets on my cards.

The first one is a Slimline card using one of the cutest snowmen around from the set On A Christmas Walk .

To create it I started with a white slimline base of 4 x 8 1/2 and a panel cut 1/8th of an inch smaller. To create the snowy background, I first masked off a strip of groud at the bottom of the panel and then stamped the trees from the Watercolor Trees and Bushes set. I embossed them in white embossing powder and then created sky background by using the Life Changing Blender Brushes and some ink by Concord & 9th in Midnight and Oceanside. I spritzed it with water to form the larger snowflakes and created the smaller ones with a white gel pen. 

 I left the trees set up in the Misti and when I finished the background I embossed them again, this time with a white embossing glitter to give them sparkle. 

I stamped the snowman and deer on a seperate piece of paper, colored them with Copic markers and then cut them out with the Coordinating dies placed them in the scene and added some snow falling on them. To finish the card I added a greeting from one of the newer sets Most Wonderful Time of the Year. 

For he second card I used the same set just in a different setting. To create this scene I used the tree from the set Most Wonderful Time of the year. I added some clouds with the Layers of Clouds stencil and the greeting is from the Believe in the Magic set.  

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Picket Fence and WOW Embossing Collaboration Bloghop

Hello and welcome to day 1 of the collaboration hop with Picket Fence Studios and WOW Embossing Powders. You should have arrived here from Ericka's blog but if not there is a complete list at the bottom of this post. 

My cards are two completely different cards but the WOW embossing powder gives each of them a sparkle.

PRIZES - No Blog hop is complete without a prize!

WOW! Embossing Powders is giving away a $25 gift certificate to either their UK or USA store.Picket Fence Studios is giving away a $50 gift certificate to their store.

The Winners will be chosen at random from the comments left on THE POSTS.

To join this GIVEAWAY you must leave a comment on each blog post to have a chance at getting your hands on the prize. This hop is open internationally.

Winners will be announced on May 11th on both company blogs.

Now for the deets on my cards.

To create my first card I started with a white top folding card base, a white panel the same size as the base (A2) and a panel of Bristol Smooth cardstock. I used the Roses stencil and masked off the leaves to the roses and then spread Snowdrop White Paper Glaze over each rose while it was still a little damp.

 I added the Fairy Tale WOW embossing powder and then heat set it. I purposely left some of the snowdrop glaze showing on the roses. 

Next I placed the stencil back over the roses and used the Life Changing Blender Brushes to add two different greens to the leaves. I removed the stencil and the placed the Fancy Flourish stencil over the front and very carefully blended some blue ink as a background. 

I cut out the Hello word die several times using Bristol paper, embossed one of them with the Fairy Tale embossing powder and glued them all together for dimension.  For the backer to the hello die, I used vellum and colored it using a Copic marker to match because the regular vellum blended in and was hard to see. 

To finish the card I took embossing ink and the Fairy Tale embossing powder and created a mat for the focal panel by swiping the panel across the ink pad and embossing with the powder. 

 To create my second card I started with a white top folding card base, a white panel and a purple panel cut to the same size as the card base (A2) for a mat.

I blended the background using the Life Changing Blender Brushes and some distress inks. 

 I stamped the adorable mermaid from the I am A Mermaid set on watercolor paper,  painted her using Daniel Smith watercolors and then cut her out with the Coordinating Die. 

I Stamped A Bottomless Sea using embossing ink twice, once using the Calypso  embossing glitter and the second time I used the Under The Sea. I added some seaweed from the Things on the Seafloor set and cut them out with the Coordinating Dies. To finish the card I popped up all the elements on the focal panel and added a greeting to let a special little girl know I miss seeing her. 

Your next stop is the Picket Fence Studios blog where Michelle has some gorgeous projects to show you. 

Here is the lineup for day 1

WOW! Embossing Powder Blog
Ashlee McGregor
Judy Rozema
Karen J Reategui
Ilina Crouse
Amber Rain Davis
Becky Roberts
Dunja Traumann
Angela Bode
Lisa Henke
Ericka Strange
Ceal Pritchett <<<---You are here
Picket Fence Blog - Michelle <<<<--- Next Stop

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Dragonfly Dreams

I am up on the Sweet 'n Sassy blog today with these cards featuring a set from the February release Dragonfly Dreams. 

To create the card above I started with a white top folding card base, a white panel and a purple panel. I randomly stamped the dragonflies from the Dragonfly Dreams set masking them off as I stamped them in Wild Lilac, Lovely Lavender and Sea Glass. On the two larger ones I embossed the bodies in Lilac Shimmer and Under the Sea embossing glitters by WOW embossing. The sentiment is from the Sentimental Wordfetti set.  

The card below uses the same Dragonfly Dreams set but this time I gave the card a little more mixed media look. I started with a white top folding card base, a purple panel for a mat and a white panel for the focal panel. 

I stamped the parge dragonfly and then masked it off and randomly stamped portions of the Psalm 23 Background in a light purple and then added some texture in a darker purple using the Texture Tiles 2 set.  Next I used a stencil to create the flourish background. I added a second set of smaller wings and embossing them with Lilac Shimmer embossing powder. To finish the card I added some epoxy drops to the body and the sentiment from the Scripty Thoughts set. 

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He is With Us

I am up on the Picket Fence Studios blog today with this card featuring the Swim In The Sea set. Everything is so chaotic with the Covid-19 virus that I am sending out as many encouragement cards as I can because we all need a little encouragement  right now.

To create this card I started with a white top folding card base and a bristol panel, I have found that ink blends really well using the Life Changing Blender Brushes and Bristol card stock. 

I started by blending Peacock Feathers and Salty Ocean distress oxide inks with the  Life Changing Blender Brushes and a little water to create my background.  Next I stamped the water bubbles from the set A Bottomless Sea with embossing ink and embossed it with Under The Sea embossing glitter by WOW embossing. They are so sparkly here is an up close photo

I stamped the sea turtles from the Swim in the Sea set, colored them using Copic markers and then cut them out with the Coordinating dies.  These sea turtles remind me of Squirt and his dad in the Finding Nemo movie I love them!

To finish my card I added a sentiment from the A Bottomless Sea set that is so encouraging and reminds us that no matter what we are going through we are never alone God is alway with His children.

Winter Blues

I am up on the Picket Fence Studios blog today with this card. I love all things snowmen but I have the winter blues. Last week we had snow three days and on the days when it wasn't snowing it was cold and rainy. I am so ready for spring!

Tp create this card I started with a top folding card base and a white panel. I stamped the trees and the ground from the Watercolor Trees and Bushes set released last month with embossing ink and then embossed them both using WOW Sparkling Snow embossing glitter. Next I blended the background using Life Changing Blender Brushes and added some fresh snow with a white gel pen. I stamped the cute little snowman from the On a Christmas walk set, colored him using Copic markers and then cut him out with the coordinating dies and popped him up with foam tape.

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You're A Gem

I am up on the Joy Clair blog with this card featuring You're a Gem and the Crystal Background both from our latest release.  We are still collaborating with Rinea Foils and there have been some wonderful projects.

To create my card I started with a white top folding card base and some Foil papers by Rinea. Using the Original MISTI and some embossing ink I randomly stamped an image from the You're a Gem set on a white panel, embossed it in white and then used Wilted Violet distress ink and the Life Changing Blender Brushes. I stamped the Crystal Background on a sheet of foil paper and then embossed it with white powder, when embossing foil you have to be super careful not to get it too hot. After I embossed the Crystal Background I fussy cut  part of it out and attached to the bottom of the blended panel.

For the greeting I used a circle die by Gina K designs and cut out a circe in white and foil. I stamped the greeting on the white circle and attached it to the foil circle.  To finish the card I also attached the blended panel to foil for a mat. 

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Technique Junkies Stamps September Release Celebration

It's release day at Technique Junkies Stamps and we have 15 new stamps added to the shop and they are 15% off through the 8th of September, no coupon needed. You can add my coupon code TJ10Ceal and save another 10% off of your entire order. 

Now for the deets on my samples. 

My first sample uses the Modern Foliage and the Leaves Turn stamps.  I stamped the Modern Foliage stamp with embossing ink and embossed it with White embossing powder. Then using the Life Changing Blender Brushes I added different colors of inks. To finish the card I added the Leaves Turn greeting. 

The second Sample I started with a white top folding card base and the Apples Background. I colored it using Copic markers and added the In my Prayers greeting. 

Participating Line Up

Technique Junkies Stamps 

Beth Norman-Roberts

Ceal Pritchett

Giovana Smith

Holly Brown

Janine Tinklenberg

Jeanne Streiff 

Judy Jackson

Kia Gibson-Clapper

Lee Ann Barrett

Lynda Pleckan

Pat Huntoon

Ro Donner

Stephanie Severin

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