Thank You Sweet Friend

This is my One Plus Twelve card for August. This was the brainchild of Kelly and she asked Jeanette and me to join her in this challenge in 2019. We are to use just one stamp, to make a card every month and post on the 3rd of each month.  It was so much fun that the three of decided to continue for our third year and pick a new image to use.

For 2021, I picked a Gina K Designs set called Thankful Greenery.  I think this set is so pretty and I can see in my mind many ways that I can use this image.  Plus--I will have 12 thank you cards at the end of the year!

For this month's card, I embossed the image with white embossing powder on Strathmore White Watercolor Cardstock.  I then used my Taylored Expressions Liquid Watercolors--Pineapple and Guava--to add color to the image with a brush. I die cut the image and the layer with my Gina K Designs Master Layouts 4 heart dies. The added sentiment is from the same stamp set. The background is my Stampin' Up Subtle Dynamic embossing folder for some added dimension.   I used the same Master Layouts 4 to die cut the embossed panel and layered it on a white card base.  

Please be sure to check out the other One plus Twelve cards.  Here is a link to Jeanette's and Kelly's blog. I am sure you will enjoy checking out what stamp set each of them picked for 2021 and will see a couple of great cards! I hope Kelly and Jeanette like my card and that you might too! Be sure to check back every month on the 3rd to see our cards!

Image/Sentiment: Gina K Designs Thankful Greenery

Cardstock:  Strathmore White Watercolor; Stampin' Up Flirty Flamingo

Ink:  Versamark; Gina K Designs White Embossing Powder; Stampin' Up Flirty Flamingo; Taylored Expressions Liquid Watercolors-Pineapple and Guava

Accessories:  Stampin' Up Subtle Dynamic Embossing Folder; Gina K Master Layouts 4

Watercolor Hello!

Today is the day I am posting my card for our Challenge Your Stash group on SCS.  This is our 55th month of de-stash and we are in the middle of our 5th year of our challenges.  

The premise is to create a card or something else that uses only items that are in your own stamp room--nothing new is to be purchased.  The hostess each month posts their challenge to the group. Each person in the group creates their card with their own image, their own papers, their own embellishments with their own supplies--using up items from their own stash!  The card can be for any occasion and each person is encouraged to send the card on its way to someone so it can be admired.  It is a way for us to step out of the box a bit and create something that follows a challenge--isn't that what a challenge is supposed to be.  And--no money is spent as all items are to be already available in each of own stamping spaces.

Vickie posted our July challenge--July is International Watercolor Month; create a card or project using a little or a lot of watercoloring!

I heat embossed with extra-fine white a Hero Arts background stamp called Starry Night Brushstroke Bold Print on water color cardstock.  I then used my Taylored Expressions Liquid Watercolors and a brush to follow some of the lines of the background image.  I then die cut the panel with my MFT Blueprints 20 die.  The word Hello and backer is from Concord & 9th's Everyday Saying.  I used Stampin' Up Bermuda Bay and Gorgeous Grape. A few Picket Fence Studios embellishments are the final touch!  

Here is the inside of my card:

If you check some of the blogs on my sidebar, you may find others who have posted their cards in the next few days. There may be more posted in the thread on SCS, so you might want to check out the link here.  We also have a keyword for the SCS Gallery--it is CYSJUL.  You might see many cards there if you do a search.  They probably will be posted today or in the next few days.

I hope you enjoyed my card and I know I am excited to check out what my other hoarders, I mean stash reducers have made!  Thanks for stopping by today!  For August, Maggie is up for our challenge.  Be sure to check back to see what we create then!

Image/Sentiment: Hero Arts Starry Night Brushstroke Bold Print Background Stamps; Concord & 9th Everyday Sayings Die Set

Cardstock:  Strathmore White Watercolor ; Stampin' Up Bermuda Bay, Gorgeous Grape

Ink:  Versamark; Lawn Fawn Extra-fine White Embossing Powder; Taylored Expressions Liquid Water-colors

Accessories:  My Favorite Things-MFT Blueprints 20; Picket Fence Studios Embellishments

Close as a Memory

Today is the 10th and the day we are to post our  Stamp What? challenge with the three collaborators you have seen many times in the past--Kelly, Jeanette and me! We started this in January of 2020, so we are now starting our second year of this fun challenge.  Kelly came up with the challenge to randomly pick a Stampin' Up set and make a card with that set.  Get the dust off of those forgotten Stampin' Up sets! 

I decided when this group challenge started to only use the wooden Stampin' Up stamps that are on my bottom shelves.  So this month, I randomly picked the Close as a Memory set!  This is also an older set as the year 2006 is on the box.  

I  also decided to go old school when inking up the image and pulled out 2 of my very old Stampin' Up write markers!  I am not sure the last time I used any of them and I still have most of the colors.  I used my Brocade Blue marker to color the blooms and a Gumball Green to color the stems and leaves.  I then spritzed water on the stamp before placing on a piece of watercolor cardstock to get a muted, soft look.  I no longer have a Brocade Blue ink pad, so I used the same marker on the sentiment and "huffed" the stamp before placing it on the cardstock.  I really liked the look of the  first card, so I decided to make two more!   I cut two of the panels with a Memory Box Matinee Rectangle Layered die. I embossed the back panel with three different embossing folders and they are listed below.   I added some pearls to the center of the flowers.  

I like the look of my cards this month and I hope you do too.  Be sure to check out Jeanette and Kelly's cards.  I am sure they have some fun cards with those "oldies but goodies" stamp sets by Stampin' Up!  And be sure to check back every month on the 10 to see what we create!

Image/Sentiment: Stampin' Up Close as a Memory

Cardstock/Patterned Paper: Stampin' Up Dapper Denim, Whisper White; Strathmore Watercolor Cardstock

Ink:   Stampin' Up Write Markers-Brocade Blue, Gumball Green

Accessories:  Sizzix Curlique-on card without die cut; Taylored Expression Garden Party-one double layered die cut image; Stampin' Up Finial Press-single layer die cut image; Memory Box Matinee Rectangle Layers Dies; Pearls

Watercolored Mailboxes

This is my November Crafters of Faith card.  This is a great group that my friend Kelly started on SCS and we are ending our 4th year.  Vickie is the hostess this month and gave everyone this challenge:

Scripture:   Nehemiah 9:6 You alone are the Lord; You have made heaven, The heaven of heavens, with all their host, The earth and everything on it, The seas and all that is in them, And You preserve them all. The host of heaven worships You.

Challenge: Anything Goes! Use the scripture to inspire your card.

I decided I wanted to watercolor this month.  I picked a fun Northwoods Rubber Stamp that features three mailboxes, all decked out for the holidays!  I used my Altenew Watercolor Pan set and colored the image that I had stamped on Strathmore Watercolor Paper.  I did not add any embellishments as I wanted the image and the colors to shine.  I really like the look of this card! 

Here is the inside of my card, with a strip of washi tape:

I hope Vickie and the others from the Crafters of Faith group like my card this month!  We are to post between the 7th and 10th of each month, so if you look on my sidebar, you may see other creations.  I know that there will be many posted in the COF thread on SCS too!  Jeanette is up for our December challenge, so be sure to check back to see what I create!

Image/Sentiment:  Northwoods Rubber Stamps-Christmas Mailboxes

Cardstock/Patterned Paper:  Strathmore Watercolor Paper; Stampin' Up Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black

Ink: Versafine Clair Onyx

Accessories:  Altenew Watercolor Pan Set