80th Birthday Card for Denny!

Celebrating Denny's 80th Birthday on January 26th!

Oh my how time flies😄

As many of you know,  Denny loves Nature and especially Trees...

He has been photographing Bristlecone Pine Trees in

Great Basin National Park for over 10 years and has an amazing

Flickr blog "Bregalis" that he created in 2015 to tell these Ancient Trees Story.

As soon as I saw and ordered the Simon Says Stamp Pinecone Background stamp

I knew I wanted to use it for Denny's 80th Birthday card.

I love how it turned out and I even got a good photo of the heat embossed texture

and true DOX blended colors....love when that happens.

Enjoy and if you love trees, essays and haiku's do visit Denny's Flickr blog.

Supplies:

Stamps: SSS Pinecone Background.

Paper: Strathmore Mixed Media,  SU Basic White and Pear Pizzaz.

Inks: Distress Oxide: Mustard Seed, Lucky Clover, Prize Ribbon, Candied Apples, Vintage Photo.

Versamark.

Accessories: Cutplorations Everyday Sentiments Phrase Dies. Spellbinders Hemstitch Rectangle Die.  Wow White EB Powder. i-Crafter i- Brushes. MB Stitched Circle Die popped up with craft foam. Gina K Designs Connect Glue and....a must have..Fine Tip Bottles!!

Enjoy and wishing you all a wonderful creative 2023!!

Sending my card over to Seize the Birthday Winged Things or ATG... 

Denny's card received Runner Up's Birthday Honors:-)  

CAS Christmas Card Pine Challenge

I am playing in the CAS Christmas Card Challenge: Pine hosted by the 

very talented Trina.  Be sure and check out the Design Team's beautiful

and creative Pine CAS Christmas Cards.

This is such a fun and creative way to add Christmas Cards to your Stash!

Here is my Pinecone Christmas Card.

I used my MISTI to stamp the SSS "Pinecone Background" stamp using Versamagic White

Pigment ink and heat embossed with SU Clear EB Powder on

Fluid 100 Hot Press 140# 100% Cotton Watercolor Paper. 

Next I used make up brushes to add Distress Oxide Inks:

Vintage Photo, Gathered Twigs, Walnut Stain, Rustic Wilderness and

Lucky Clover.

Then wiped off inks from the heat embossed images for the Embossed 

Resist technique.  I will be adding this card to our CAS Mix Up 

August Challenge: Emboss Resist!!

The Emboss Resist leaves a beautiful shiny Pinecone image!

Then trimmed the main image and added a thin heat embossed border using

Versamark and Ranger Distress Embossing Glaze Vintage Photo.

Next heat embossed the border for the card front using the same technique 

and attached to SU Basic White 100# Card Base.

Stamped the Penny Black "Holiday Snippets" Believe sentiment onto main image.

Then popped up the main image onto card front with craft foam

and Done!

It was fun adding the heat embossed edges,  which was a new technique for me!

I saw a stamper do this,  but I do not remember who...darn.

Enjoy and hope you get to join in the Christmas Challenge too.  

Love and Hugs..

Supplies:

Stamps: SSS Pinecone Background.  Penny Black Holiday Snippets.

Paper: SU Basic White.  Fluid 100 Hot Press 140#  (I did not need WC paper, but wanted the extra weight.

Inks: Versamagic White pigment for stamped pinecones and Versamark clear for sentiment.  Archival Black for sentiment.

Accessories:  MISTI.  Distress EB Glaze Powders: Vintage Photo, Gathered Twigs, Walnut Stain, Rustic Wilderness and Lucky Clover. Heat Tool.  Craft Foam. 

Adding to CAS Mix Up August Emboss Resist Challenge.  

NBUS #41 Challenge

It was my first time to use the SSS Pinecone Background Stamp.