Tuesday, September 15, 2020

Peaceful, Happy and a Hatchet

 


Twofer Card Challenge-Trees  see below for each description:)



Cute Card Thursday-No Patterned Paper

Crafty Creations Challenge-Anything Goes

My anniversary is tomorrow and we will have been together a short 14 years but they are glorious. No Patterned paper here and I rarely use that paper for card making. I missed Color Throwdown again...story of my life. I took these trees and stamped them in brown but not before taking my distress inks and, using a spongy thingy, I swirled the colours down in orange, golden yellow and a darker red to create a vibrant sky. I cut out a moon/sun shape(using a shotglass as the base) and took some more distress inks to create the last shimmer of the sun. I tore up some paper and, once again, used some brown distress ink for the colour of some rolling hills. I stamped the birds in brown and place this on some cream cardstock followed by this rich gold. I used my sizzex and the die cuts to make the letters. I coloured the gold stickers in red to add the final border. I hope my hubby will like it.


Christmas Card Throwdown-Use colours, Orange, Black and Gold

Stamping Sensations-The Great Outdoors

CHNC-Used Anything Goes

So Now Twofer Card Challenge will see that I used the same set of trees but, this time, I used them multiple times to great a scene of serenity amid a beautiful sunset(no forest fire thoughts please even though a warped mind could go there...like mine). I stamped almost everything in brown except for the deer. I had a larger stamp with these deer and I coloured them in a black tombow marker. Once everything was stamped I adhered this to the same gold cardstock as the Anniversary card and finished it in stickers I actually coloured in brown but it looks red here. 


The Library Challenge-Forty Whacks

Now on to something completely different. This is a challenge blog I love but keep missing which bums me out. This time the book chosen is about Lizzie Borden who took an axe and gave her mother 40 whacks. When she saw what she had done, she gave her father 41. I took my red distress ink and patted it down on some kraft paper that can be wiped up. I spritzed it with water and placed the whit cardstock on top making sure the red bled down. I took my gal stamp, stamped her in versamark and used my blush perfect pearl colour and dusted it over the clear versamark which brought this image out. I sealed her with some hairspray otherwise the powder comes off in your hands. I tore the paper and dabbed on white on the edges. I drew an axe, coloured it with my tombow markers and fussy cut it out making sure the axe has plenty of blood on it. Finally, I stamped the words and embossed them with black sparkle. This was a fun one to do and made me think of the TV movie about Lizzie Borden starring Elizabeth Montgomery as the legendary axe gal.  Here is the book...





23 comments:

  1. Happy anniversary!! Fourteen is a good number to be together :)

    betty

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  2. Beautiful warm Autumnal colours, many thanks for joining in with our 'Great Outdoors' theme at Stamping Sensations challenge.

    Your card would also fit the A/G option of our first challenge at https://www.welovechocolatebaroque.uk/, great prizes to be won.

    B x

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  3. Happy Anniversary to you both its our 27th on Friday...great cards Birgit you have been having fun with your inks...take care xxx

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  4. Hi, Birgit!

    Happy anniversary to you, dear friend! I did the math. 14 years is the equivalent of 100 Hollywood marriages laid end to end.

    I admire your cards starting with the ones depicting deer on a wooded hillside, the scene bathed in glorious fall colors. With H-ween approaching, I am excited to see your Forty Whacks card. Did you know that the last words uttered by Lizzy's mom were as follows: "When I urged you to bury the hatchet, I didn't mean in my back!" I loved actress Elizabeth Montgomery and saw that TV movie.

    Enjoy your Wednesday and I'll see you tamale, dear friend BB!

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  5. Loving your two Autumnal cards, I love trees so they are right up my street. Lizzie Borden, well she was some gal, a fun card Birgit, Kate x

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  6. Hi Birgit! Happy Anniversary and cheers to many more! You have created two very dramatic scenes in warm autumn colors! I love the mood you've achieved for each incredible card!! Thank you so much for playing in Twofer Card Challenge #31! Keep well! Hugs, Darnell

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  7. c'est une très belle carte Birgit, merci de jouer avec nous chez 52CCT, biz

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  8. What a beautiful scene. So warm of colours.
    Thank you for joining at Stamping Sensations.

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  9. Happy anniversary. The backgrounds on your cards are very much like our current skies ;)

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  10. What a fabulous Lizzy Borden project-all that blood!So creative.Thanks for joining The Library

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  11. They sure pop. Hope you have a happy anniversary!

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  12. This card is gorgeous. Hope you had a wonderful anniversary.

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  13. Amazing colors - match the current nip of autumn in the air nicely.

    Happy Anniversary!

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  14. Two beautiful cards in lovely warm colours. Thanks for joining us at Stamping Sensations. Marlies

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  15. Your tree cards are both beautiful! I love the vivid colors and the mood set by your creative masking and ink blending! Thanks for joining in the fun with us at the Twofer Card Challenge!

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  16. What a rich, bold and vibrant twofer, Birgit! You captured the atmosphere of the setting sun brilliantly on your Anniversary card ... and what a wonderful woodland setting you created for your Christmas reindeer ... the touches of gold are magical! Thanks so much for playing along with us at Twofer! Anita :)

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  17. Love the trees and the mazing colours you have used!
    Thank you for sharing with Crafty Hazelnut's Weekly Christmas Challenge!
    Susan
    DT for CHNC
    Calling All Crafters! – My personal Blog!

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  18. Two beauties for the Twofer challenge - just love your pretty scenes!!

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  19. Happy Anniversary! nice use of the colors at 52CCT! I have seen many sunrises with that orange bouncing off the trees. perfect with the deer

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  20. Beautiful card. thank you for koning at Stamping sensations.
    Happy aniniversary.

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