Butterflies and Flowers

Hey Everyone!
I can't believe it has been over a month since I have posted here! Nor can I believe that it is March 24th! Where has this month gone? The only good thing about time passing so quickly is that Spring is getting closer. I can't wait to hear the peepers!!!

The cards I have for you today have a touch of Spring to them!
The first one is a Birthday card using the Butterfly Basics stamp set and Framelits.

The background on the one is the Hardwood stamp - same set and framelits...

This one is a beautiful Thank You Card ... for a lovely lady!

I stamped these blossoms on black CS and embossed in white - then used my markers to color them .... such a neat technique.

Have a great day, peeps!
Blessings on yah!
Ruthie

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I can't think of a title for this post! My mind just draws a blank .... you will have to come up with one! :)

Card number 3 from my "stuff" - this pottery image is from an "Our Daily Bread" set - when I was just a little girl my aunt and uncle had a pottery studio in their basement and it fascinated me to watch them create beautiful pieces. I like to use lots of color so I made these pots colorful!

Card #4 is pretty basic - Again, the background is made by inking up an embossing folder - this time I placed the card base inside and pressed down with my brayer - and I have a honeycomb background. I love to have "just because" cards around - sometimes I want to give someone a card just because! :)

I took these flowers and covered them with crystal effects. If you look real close you will see where I must have had a bubble or two. I don't use crystal effects a lot - why? I don't know. I guess I don't think of it! Does that mean I have too much stuff? Huummmmmm!

Well, peeps! That is your peek for today!
The month of September and all that it entails is truly upon us! I hope you find time for some rest and relaxation ... I am heading to the SPA weekend at Camp Peniel the middle of the month - always a great time of fun, fellowship, food, and resting in Him! We always have a silent auction to raise money for Camp and I take a couple packages of cards ... these cards will probably end up in one of those packages! :)

Blessings and HUGS!
Ruthie

Making Beauty From The "Scraps" -

Isn't that what God does with us? He takes all our left over pieces, or messy stuff, our scraps - and turns us into beautiful images of Himself! I am so glad He is still working on me!

This first pic shows my craft table last Saturday morning. All this "stuff" had piled up there and it was time to do something with it. I started by looking thru it and doing a little sorting - can you see the green and orange piece to the left,  underneath a few bits? Last night - Sunday - hubby decided to go visit a friend who is in the hospital and he says, "Hon, do you have a get well card I can take? A masculine one?" Well, gee! I have a lot of flowery cards, pretty cards.... but a masculine one? No. I went in my Korner and grabbed that green and orange piece, some DSP Typeset, twine ...and a masculine get well card was born! And I didn't take a picture. Go figure! You will have to let your imaginations go with that one!

This is the first card I made from the stash of "stuff" -
I took my woodgrain embossing folder, inked it up on one side, placed the white CS one it, closed it, ran my brayer over the top to get good pressure and here you see the background piece! Then I sponged an area in the center and arranged some flowers and leaves around it. Of course I had to add some pearls! The flowers are from Peaceful Petals set. This picture really doesn't do this card justice! I will probably replicate this one in different colrs!

Here is another one -
Doesn't this little guy look peaceful and content? I have a few of these mouse stamps - they are so much fun to color! All the CS I use is Stampin' Up! I tried to pull all the colors used on the image into the CS. I think I mastered that! I find, lots of times, when I have a colored image like this one, a sentiment takes away from the actual image. So I leave the sentiment off and then I can write any message inside - for any occasion!

Well, peeps, I am off to visit with my daughter, son-in-law, and granddaughter. But I have scheduled another post for Wednesday.... with more cards from my Korner. so - stay tuned...

Hugs,
Ruthie

August Kreations Klub

Hi everyone ...
Sorry I am late posting this - I just got my internet back!
This will be a quick post - just to show you the cards we made at Klub on Saturday! Oh my, we had lots of fun, and laughter! A good time was had by all!

#1 - A Christmas Card using a new set from the Holiday catalogue...We embossed the cardinal and sentiment in gold; used a strip of DSP and Mossy Meadow Ribbon.  I think I see more of these in my future.

#2 - Fun Fold card with focal image done in "Pointillism" - a painting technique done by using the pointed end of a marker or Blendabilities ... this is a close up - it is a fun technique!

Here is the card with the flower and a fun fold and Typeset DSP...

#3 Bokeh ...which I showed everyone the other day!

Usually we do 4 projects but for some reason these 3 took us all afternoon.

Stay tuned for more goodies!
Hope today was awesome!
Blessings and Hugs,
Ruthie

Water Color Embossed Cards

Hi everyone!
Yesterday I made up some cards with the water coloring embossing pieces I had created ...
Here are two of them:

I mounted this first one on a piece of Bermuda Bay CS and then onto a Blushing Bride CS base ... it is very pinky so I have decided to leave it unfinished as I may use it for a girly birthday card or thinking of you card  - probably adding some flowers or butterflies to it. Maybe I'll remember to show it to you when it is completed! :)

As I looked thru my "stash" the other day I noted that I don't have any sympathy cards ... so this one became just that. The stamp set is an old one called Simply Sketched  - not one that I will retire even though Stampin' Up! has done so! :) Again I mounted the watercolored embossed piece on Bermuda Bay and then onto a Baked Brown Sugar base.

As I look at these cards I am reminded that they would have been totally different if I had used a different color combo! I think that is what I love about Color! Everything works! It all goes together! I heard an Interior Designer say one time, "All colors go together if you put them together!" AND - I went to Rug School in the spring and our teacher said pretty much the same thing! YEA!

I hope you have enjoyed this day ... and ...
Relished the color around you ...
Thanks for peeking.

HUGS - Ruthie

Water Coloring Dry Emboss Technique

Hi there peeps!

I have learned a new-to-me technique today. I don't know the name for it so I have made up my own name ... see title of this post! :)
It may be a familiar one to some but I have not seen it or tried it before today. I have some pics to show you what I have done - the cards made with this technique will follow at a later date.
Here are the steps:
1) Cut white or vanilla CS to size you wish
2) Sponge CS all over with 3 colors of ink ...your choice
3) Take an embossing folder, open , spritz the side that has no wording (such as Sizzix) on it...
4) Lay the sponged CS onto the wet folder - sponged side down - press lightly and lift carefully
5) You will have the imprint of the folder on the CS - allow to dry before using - you may heat dry to speed the drying process.

In this first example I used Blushing Bride, Bermuda Bay and Smoky Slate -and the Mosaic folder

For this next one I swapped out the Smoky Slate for Soft Suede - same folder

Different colors and different folder:
Mossy Meadow, Hello Honey, Crisp Cantaloupe with Wood Grain folder

 And - last but not least - I love these brighter colors!
Blackberry Bliss, Hello Honey and Mossy Meadow with Wood Grain folder

Now what do you think? Such a simple, cool technique ... I hope you will give it a try!
Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,
Ruthie