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Sunday, February 25, 2024

Come Near

 Hello Friends, 

I have been away for a bit for a family emergency.  It's hard to get back in the swing of things when you have been gone a while; I have forgotten how to juggle work, chores and errands. 

But I have a week back at work under my belt and Bible study has started back up, so life is starting to feel back to normal again, enough to sneak in some crafting.  I did need some inspiration to get me going.  I started with the colors at Sunday Stamps.  


This was definitely a challenging color palette, but I love how it came out! 


I used my favorite flowers AGAIN, from the SnSS stamp set, My Savior's Love.  I colored the image with Copics and then fussy cut it out.  I wanted some more leaves for the floral spray so I inked up some leaves from the MFT stamp set, Peaceful Birds and colored them with Copics. 
Next up I needed a sketch, so I headed to Freshly Made Sketches~


My background panel is die cut with  Spellbinders Fluted Rectangle Dies from vanilla cs.
I used patterned paper for the strips along the bottom and left side.  Lastly, I stamped the sentiment, which I was graciously gifted from Word Art Wednesday and Stamp Simply.  Love, love, love the fonts. 
I am also linking up to Double D Challenges, where this week's challenge is patterned paper, and also Word Art Wednesday.  

Thank you for stopping by!

Lee Ann  
  

Supplies used in today's project(s)

Copic Sketch Markers
Copic Sketch Markers

SSS | Blick
3M Scotch ATG Advanced Tape Glider
3M Scotch ATG Advanced Tape Glider

SSS
Neenah Classic Crest 80# Ream Smooth Solar White Cardstock
Neenah Classic Crest 80# Ream Smooth Solar White Cardstock

SSS
EK Success Cutter Bee Scissors
EK Success Cutter Bee Scissors

SSS | scrpbk
Tonic Craft Guillotine Trimmer
Tonic Craft Guillotine Trimmer

SSS
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

SSS | scrpbk
Gina K Connect Glue
Gina K Connect Glue

SSS | scrpbk
Versafine Claire Ink Nocturne
Versafine Claire Ink Nocturne

SSS | scrpbk
SnSS My Savior's Love Stamp Set
SnSS My Savior's Love Stamp Set

SSS | SnSS
MISTI
MISTI

SSS
Spellbinders Fluted Rectangle Dies
Spellbinders Fluted Rectangle Dies

scrpbk
MFT Peaceful Birds
MFT Peaceful Birds

SSS

Friday, February 2, 2024

Bluebird

Hello and Happy February! 

Aren't you glad to be done with the month of January?!  February sounds like spring is right around the corner, and I am ready for the birds.  I love hearing them sing.  We have a pair of blue birds that visit often and I love watching as they sit on the deck railing. 

I am still trying to get out of my comfort zone and played with more new dies, this time the Honey Bee Stamps Spring Birds Lovely Layered Dies.    It's been a minute since I did something grungy; and yes, I needed to make a bluebird.



 I was inspired by a couple of stand out crafty ladies- Jennifer McGuire and Debby Hughes.  The bird parts were die cut out and sponged with Distress Ink.  I assembled the bird and set him aside.  The background was done using a piece a Mixed Media Paper and Distress Ink again.  

Using white acrylic ink and some leftover distress ink, I added splatters to the background and to the bird. 

When the panel was to my liking, I die cut a circle from the panel and then die cut a circle from a piece of Gmund Savannah cardstock and inset it into the background panel negative space circle.  The Altenew Mid Century Frame Die was die cut from white cs and layered over the circle die. 

I popped up the bird on scrap cs and adhered it over the circle.  The sentiment is from the SnSS Stamp set, Song Birds.  I made a sentiment strip and then added a bit of glitz by swiping the edges of the strip with Delicata Golden Glitz Ink.  A few SSS Moonshine Sequins finish the card.  

I am linking up to~

As You See It Challenge- my latest purchase is these bird dies from Honey Bee Stamps

Cut It Up Challenge- This Makes Me Happy
Word Art Wednesday- Anything Goes

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Lee Ann  

Supplies used in today's project(s)

3M Scotch ATG Advanced Tape Glider
3M Scotch ATG Advanced Tape Glider

SSS
Simon Says Stamp Assorted Moonshine Sequins
Simon Says Stamp Assorted Moonshine Sequins

SSS
EK Success Cutter Bee Scissors
EK Success Cutter Bee Scissors

SSS | scrpbk
Tonic Craft Guillotine Trimmer
Tonic Craft Guillotine Trimmer

SSS
Distress Ink Pad, Salty Ocean
Distress Ink Pad, Salty Ocean

SSS | scrpbk
Distress Ink Pad, Rusty Hinge
Distress Ink Pad, Rusty Hinge

SSS | scrpbk
Tim Holtz Distress Sprayer
Tim Holtz Distress Sprayer

SSS
Gina K Connect Glue
Gina K Connect Glue

SSS | scrpbk
Canson Mixed Media Paper
Canson Mixed Media Paper

Blick
Versafine Claire Ink Nocturne
Versafine Claire Ink Nocturne

SSS | scrpbk
MISTI
MISTI

SSS
SnSS Songbirds Stamp Set
SnSS Songbirds Stamp Set

SSS | SnSS
Honeybee Stamps Spring Birds Lovely Layered Dies
Honeybee Stamps Spring Birds Lovely Layered Dies

scrpbk
Altenew Midcentury Frame Die
Altenew Midcentury Frame Die

scrpbk
Delicata Gold Glitz Pigment Ink
Delicata Gold Glitz Pigment Ink

SSS | scrpbk