Bird with Leaves - Rusty Red on Green

Two shades of green and three of rusty red.  I like the embossed hexagons with the patterned paper's six-stemmed berry or bud clusters.  

 Card details:

• Card stock is Paper Source papaya (medium rusty red) and Papertrey Ink (PTI) terra cotta tile (deep rusty red), spring moss (light green), simply chartreuse (medium green), and stamper's select white.
• Patterned paper is from PTI pretty pastels 8 x 8" pad (retiring).
• Embossing folder is Darice honeycomb.
• Dies are from WPlus9 folk art florals (retired) and Impression Obsession birds.
  
• I added the bird's eye with PTI terra cotta tile ink, using a metal stylus.
  
• The sentiment "thank you so much" is from PTI never enough: thanks, stamped with PTI terra cotta tile ink.

Created for Operation: Quiet Comfort.

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Green Leaves on Light Blue with Gray

Leafy stems stamped on light blue with a dark green border.  A greenish-gray card base with a green dotted panel.  A line of dots and a script sentiment.  I like how it all works together. 

 Card details:

• Card stock is Papertrey Ink (PTI) spring rain (light blue), pinefeather (dark green), and stormy sea (greenish-gray).
• Patterned paper from PTI new leaf (medium green) pattern pack (tone-on-tone prints - retired).
• The sentiment "hello" is from PTI communique sentiments (retired), the line of dots is a partial stamp from PTI pencilgrams (alphabet - retiring), and the leafy stems are from PTI life (retired) and larger than life (retired), stamped with PTI pinefeather and new leaf inks.  
• I used a finger dauber on the largest stem to add some pinefeather ink details to my new leaf stamping.
  

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Card with Mask Drawing

For an anniversary card, I sketched a woman wearing a mask.  Her shirt is cut from patterned paper, with a die cut number attached.  Inside, the computer-printed sentiment is "Can't mask how much I love you!" 

 Card details:

• Card stock is Neenah solar white and Papertrey Ink (PTI) blueberry sky (medium blue). 
• Patterned papers are from PTI melon berry (light orange - card base) pattern pack (tone-on-tone prints - retired) and Pink Paislee pen pals 6 x 6" pad (retired) (shirt).
• Number die is from PTI headline alphabet.
  
• I cut the shirt with scissors. 
• The drawing is done with Copic 0.2 black multiliner.
  
• Copic marker colors are BG32 (for the numbers) and B41 and custom color B2000 (for the mask).
  

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Red, White, and Blue Quilt Square on Light Blue

It's always fun to piece some patterns together for a quilt square.  I like the red and blue frames with these red, white, and blue prints.  All the colors work well together in real life. 

Card details:

• Card stock is My Favorite Things (MFT) red hot and Papertrey Ink (PTI) spring rain (light blue) and enchanted evening (dark blue). 
• Patterned paper is from Pebbles Americana 6x6" paper pad.
• Dies are from MFT many thanks, PTI county fair quilt block and noted: simply stitched A2 vertical. and Avery Elle icon fill in the blank (star).
  
• I used a very old 1/4" hole punch for the red dot.
  

Created for Operation: Quiet Comfort.

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Straight Lines and Circles on Green with Navy

Today's card started with the patterned paper and the light green card base, then a navy blue square to give the patterned square more definition.  The bright white color and alternating size circles of the border strip added interest and continued the circle motif.  Next I stamped some circle stems, carefully placed within the die shapes, and a sentiment with curves and straight lines in its fonts.  The navy strip behind the white gives a foundation to the focal area.  I like the modern, graphic style and the mix of colors.

 Card details:

• Card stock is Hero Arts celadon (light green) layering paper and Papertrey Ink (PTI) enchanted evening (dark blue/ navy) and stamper's select white.
• Patterned paper is from Pink & Main not too spooky 6 x 6" paper pad.
  
• Die is PTI simple circles border. 
• The circle stem images are from PTI grunge me (retired) and the sentiment "thinking of you" is from PTI take three: spring (retiring), stamped with PTI enchanted evening ink.

Created for Operation: Quiet Comfort.

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