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Cottage Cutz Woodland Pine Trees

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Hello, and thanks for stopping by.  I have a card for you today that features the Cottage Cutz Woodland Pine Trees Dies and Cottage Cutz Deer Die.  I created the card in response to today’s “Ways To Use It Challenge”, WT599, on Splitcoaststampers website. The hostess for the challenge is the very talented Lisa (Shoe Girl), and she gave us an easy challenge.  She asked that we create a HELLO card.

Cottage Cutz Woodland Pines

To create the card, I cut out the Cottage Cutz Woodland Pine Trees and covered them with FlitterGlu (i.e., a glue for gilding flakes and glitter), to which I added Cosmic Shimmer Mulled Wine Gilding Flakes.  Using a piece of Scoochy Foam, I rubbed the excess flakes from the trees.  This photo shows the aftereffects.

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Next, I cut a 3-3/4″ x 5″ piece of Solar White card stock and sponged a sunset scene using Stampin’ Up! orange and green inks. Then, I cut out two hills with the Lawn Fawn Borders Dies.  I sponged Stampin’ Up! Always Artichoke ink onto the two pieces and adhered them together with foam tape.  Using foam tape, I attached the hills to the sunset piece of card stock.

I used the Cottage Cutz Deer Dies to cut out the deer from Solar White Card Stock.  I used Copic Sketch Markers to color them and the antlers.  I then strategically added the trees and deer to the card.

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I love the outcome of the card, and I hope you are inspired by it.

SUPPLIES

Stamps:  None

Paper:  Neenah Solar White Card Stock and Stampin’ Up! Always Artichoke Card Stock

Ink:  Stampin’ Up! Orange and Green Inks

Accessories:  Cottage Cutz Woodland Pine Trees Dies, Cottage Cutz Deer Dies, Lawn Fawn Borders Dies, Sizzix Alpha Dies (retired), IndigoBlu FlitterGlu, IndigoBlu Phat Foam, IndigoBlu Scoochy Foam, Gilding Flakes, Foam Tape, and Sponge Daubers

Technique:  Sponging

  Always Artichoke 8-1/2 x 11 Cardstock  

    IndigoBlu FLITTERGLU 4oz Glue 271120 Preview Image                        Sponge Daubers

SU Fifth Avenue Floral

God’s Blessings!

Stamping With Guneaux Designs By Beverly Polen

The Lord appears to Solomon:  “When Solomon had finished the temple of the Lord and the royal palace, and had succeeded in carrying out all he had to do in the temple of the Lord and in his own palace, the Lord appeared to him at night and said:  “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for myself as a temple for sacrifices….if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.””  2 Chronicles 7:11-12 & 14.

SU Botanical Builder Dies

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Tomorrow is Tuesday, and that means another week has gone by since the last Color Challenge on Splitcoaststampers.  My card for tomorrow’s color challenge features the SU Botanical Builder Dies.  I think the floral dies are so pretty and can be combined in so many ways to create gorgeous flowers.

Vicki Dutcher (vdutchr) is the hostess for this week’s Color Challenge, and she asked us to use Stampin’ Up! colors of Tempting Turquoise, Real Red, and Emerald Envy. These colors are beautiful together!  Here is my card featuring the colors.

SU Botanical Builder Dies

To create the card, I began by cutting a Solar White card stock panel with the ODBD Majestic Medallion Die (the largest die).  Laying the die over the die cut, I used a Black Copic Multiliner to mark the edges.  Then I used the Saharan Screen Card Panel Die to cut out a Solar White stencil.  I laid the stencil over the Majestic Medallion die cut and, using SU Tempting Turquoise and Emerald Envy classic ink, I alternated sponging the inks across the stencil onto the other die cut.

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The above photo shows the sponging, as well as a white embossed bird and birdcage. Vicki’s challenge included for dessert (i.e., extra points) the addition of a bird.  I also added red cardinals onto the sentiment piece that I made with the ODBD Ornate Ovals Dies (smallest die).  I added the sentiment, One-of-a-Kind, onto this piece in red ink.  The sentiment is from the Altenew One Of A Kind Stamp Set.  The following photo is of the sentiment.

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For the foliage around the flowers, I used the ODBD Lovely Leaves Dies to create the leaves and sponged on Emerald Envy ink with different intensity so they would vary in color.  You can see the variations in the photo below.

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After adhering the flowers to the card, I embellished them by placing Tempting Turquoise and/or Real Red candy dots in the centers.

I hope you are inspired by my card!  Thanks for stopping in and leaving comments!

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SUPPLIES

Stamps:  Altenew One Of A Kind, SU Aviary (retired)

Paper:  SU Tempting Turquoise, Real Red, and Emerald Envy Card Stock and Neenah Solar White

Ink:  SU Tempting Turquoise, Real Red, and Emerald Envy Classic Ink, and  Black Copic Multiliner Pen

Accessories:  SU Botanical Builder Framelits Dies, Saharan Screen Card Panel, ODBD Majestic Medallion, ODBD Ornate Ovals, ODBD Lovely Leaves,  IO Cardinal Dies, SU Brights Candy Dots (retired), SU Heat and Stick Powder, SU Dazzling Diamonds Glitter VersaMark, and SU White Embossing Powder

SU Botanical Builder Dies6_1   Botanical Builder Framelits Dies Frantic Stamper Precision Die - Saharan Screen Card Panel

MAJESTIC MEDALLION DIES ORNATE OVALS DIES LOVELY LEAVES DIES

Impression Obsession - Die - Mini Cardinals  Dazzling Diamonds Stampin' Glitter VersaMark Pad White Stampin' Emboss Powder

SU Fifth Avenue Floral

God’s Blessings!

Stamping With Guneaux Designs By Beverly Polen

“The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.”  Romans 1:18 & 19

ODBD Old Mill

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Hello, visitors!!  I have for you today a card featuring the Our Daily Bread Designs (ODBD) Old Mill Stamp.  I prepared this card for Splitcoaststampers Sketch Challenge for today (see below).

ODBD Old Mill

I love the ODBD Old Mill stamp as it reminds me of my home town in West Virginia (WV) where an old mill is located.  Have you heard of Babcock State Park in WV?  The park has this old mill called, The Glade Creek Grist Mill.  These two pictures are of the mill in the summer and fall.

Babock State Park – Glade Creek Grist MillGlade Creek Grist Mill

The following is a picture of the mill that my niece gave me.  She is a professional photographer and she took the picture during the fall.  I keep it hanging in my craft room as it reminds me of home.

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The Glade Creek Grist Mill was completed in 1976.  Fully operational, the mill was built as a recreation of one that once ground grain on Glade Creek long before Babcock Park became a state park.  Known as Cooper’s Mill, it stood on the present location of the park’s administration building parking lot.

Of special interest, the mill was created by combining parts and pieces from three mills that once dotted the state of WV.  The basic structure of the mill came from the Stoney Creek Grist Mill which dates back to 1890.  It was dismantled and moved piece by piece to Babcock from a spot near Campbelltown in Pocahontas County, WV.  After an accidental fire destroyed the Spring Run Grist Mill near Petersburg, Grant County, WV, only the overshot water wheel could be salvaged.  Other parts for the mill came from the Onego Grist Mill near Seneca Rocks, Pendleton County, WV.

A living monument to the over 500 mills that thrived in WV at the turn of the century, the Glade Creek Grist Mill provides freshly ground cornmeal that park guests may purchase, depending on availability and stream conditions.  Visitors to the mill may journey back to the time when grinding grain by a rushing stream was a way of life, and the groaning mill wheel was music to the miller’s ear.

As a teenager, I spent a lot of time at the state park, sitting on rocks near the mill.  At adulthood, I spend a lot of time with relatives having family reunions at the park.  These memories swirled around in my head as I was coloring the image on my card!  Here are some additional photos of the card.

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I hope you were inspired by my card!  Have a great day and come back soon!

SUPPLIES

Stamps:  ODBD Old Mill

Paper:  Neenah Solar White Card Stock (110 lb)

Ink:  Copic Sketch Markers

Accessories:  Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside Borders, Clear Wink of Stella

OLD MILL  

SU Fifth Avenue Floral

God’s Blessings!

Stamping With Guneaux Designs By Beverly Polen

Jesus said, “What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, jet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?  Matthew 16: 26

Winter Wonderland Scene

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It’s Tuesday and that means it another Color Challenge on Splitcoaststampers!  The colors selected for today’s challenge are Stampin’ Up! (SU) Pool Party, Always Artichoke, and Cherry Cobbler!  For extra points (i.e., dessert), I included some “Bling”! My card, a Winter Wonderland Scene, is my submission for the challenge.  This is the third week that I have been a guest designer for the Splitcoaststampers color challenges and I’ve enjoyed it!

Winter Wonderland Scene

My card’s main feature is a Winter Wonderland Scene made with a Cottage Cutz die and Solar White Card Stock.  To break up the white and create a red building, I cut out a second Winter Wonderland Scene using Cherry Cobbler Card Stock.  I cut off the red church from the die cut and adhered it to the original white one.  I also used an Impression Obsession Die to cut and add three cardinals.

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To get extra points (i.e., dessert) for the card, I added various colors of Stickles glue around the scene!  Hopefully it shows up well enough for you to see the bling.

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Finally, I added a poinsettia on the left-bottom corner that I made with Spellbinders dies. I added Gold Flower Soft to the center of the flower.

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Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you enjoyed your visit!

SUPPLIES

Stamps:  Retired SU Bright Christmas (for the sentiment)

Paper:  SU Pool Party, Always Artichoke, and Cherry Cobbler Card Stock, and Neenah Solar White Card Stock

Ink:  SU Cherry Cobbler Classic Ink

Accessories:  Cottage Cutz Winter Wonderland Die, Impression Obsession Cardinal Dies, Spellbinders Poinsettias Dies, Gold Flower Soft, Stickles Glue, and Foam Tape

SU Fifth Avenue Floral

God’s Blessings!

Stamping With Guneaux Designs By Beverly Polen

“Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God – children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.”  John 1:12 & 13

Altenew Peony Bouquet

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I am so honored to be a Guest Designer for the Splitcoaststampers Color Challenges during August!  This card is my first card and it’s for this week’s Color Challenge, CC594. The card features the Altenew Peony Bouquet stamp set!  This stamp set is gorgeous and it involves the 3 and 4-step stamping technique.

Altenew Peony Bouquet

The Stampin’ Up! colors featured for the challenge are Watermelon Wonder, Peekaboo Peach, and Pear Pizzazz.

Watermelon Wonder 8-1/2 x 11 Cardstock  Peekaboo Peach 8-1/2 x 11 Cardstock   Pear Pizzazz 8-1/2 x 11 Cardstock

The “dessert” for this challenge is “Flowers or Fruit”.  Thus, I used flowers, the peonies from this gorgeous stamp set (see photo of the set below).

Using the 3 and 4-step stamping technique for this card took more effort as the flowers could only be created using the Watermelon Wonder and Peekaboo Peach colors.  So I learned through making the card that all I had to do was adjust the amount of ink I used for each stamp and each step.  For example, the large peony outline stamp was covered twice with Peekaboo Peach ink and stamped twice.  The next stamp, which was solid, was stamped once with Peekaboo Peach ink.  The third stamp, which is one that added dimension, was inked and stamped three times.  Lastly, the second dimensional stamp was inked with Watermelon Wonder twice and stamped twice.

Altenew Peony Bouquet

I used the same process for the peony bud and foliage.  However, I only had one color for the foliage and that is Pear Pizzazz.  I added three pearls that I colored with a copic marker that closely matches Watermelon Wonder.  Lastly, I added the sentiment, Thanks, with a stamp from Catherine Pooler’s Hand Painted Thanks stamp set.

SUPPLIES

STAMPS:  Altenew Peony Bouquet and Hand Painted Thanks (Catherine Pooler) (SOLD OUT)

PAPER:  Neenah Solar White Card Stock

INK:  SU Watermelon Wonder, Peekaboo Peach, and Pear Pizzazz, and Memento Tuxedo Black

ACCESSORIES:  SU Basic Pearls

TECHNIQUE:  Masking

 

SU Fifth Avenue Floral

God’s Blessings!

Stamping With Guneaux Designs By Beverly Polen

“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.”  Ephesians 1:3

ODBD Sweet As Perfume

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Welcome, crafters!!  Hope your day is going well!  Today’s card share features the ODBD Sweet As Perfume Stamp Set.  (ODBD stands for Our Daily Bread Designs.)  The floral image from this set is a Frangipani!  The Frangipani is also know as the Hawaiian Lei flower.  They come in whites, yellows, pinks, reds, and multiple pastels.  Mine is several colors in the pink family, as I used multiple Copic Sketch Markers to color them.

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I created the card in response to a color challenge on the Splitcoaststampers website. The colors chosen for the challenge are two of the 2016-2018 SU In-Colors – Dapper Denim and Sweet Sugarplum, and one from the 2015-2017 SU In-Colors – Cucumber Crush.

Dapper Denim 8-1/2 x 11 Cardstock   Sweet Sugarplum 8-1/2 x 11 CardstockCucumber Crush 8-1/2 x 11 Cardstock

After coloring the floral images, I added the Happy Birthday sentiment from the SU Perfectly Penned stamp set.  To finish the card, I added a bow, three strings of beaded pearls, and three crystal drops.  Here are additional photos of the card.

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Have a wonderful day and come back soon!!

SUPPLIES

STAMPS:   ODBD Sweet As Perfume, SU Perfectly Penned

PAPER:   Neenah Solar White, SU Blue (don’t know the name)

INK:  Various Copic Sketch Markers

ACCESSORIES:  SU Ribbon, Beaded Strings, Crystal Drops

SU Fifth Avenue Floral

God’s Blessings!

Stamping With Guneaux Designs By Beverly Polen

“Remember this:  Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.”  2 Corinthians 9:6