Woodland Owls Redo

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Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

The card I'm sharing with you today is a redo of one I first did way back in 2019, when I'd only just started picot cutting.  Take a look at it HERE.  Way back then, less than 6 months after discovering Clarity and Groovi, I used a grid for the perforations which meant they looked rough!  

Here's the redo from the summer of 2021, by which time, I'd long since gotten used to freehand perforating... 

I'm sure you'll agree that it looks WAY better than the first attempt!

Card: Unbranded white, Clarity's designer paper and clear parchment

Groovi Plates: Nested Scallop Squares and Woodland Owls

Tools and embellishments: Groovi and Pergamano embossing, perforating and cutting tools, Perga color pens and Pergamano brads

Challenges... 

Wk 7 AG at Digi Choosday

#107 AG at Path of Positivity

AG at A Place To Start

I'll be back soon with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then,

Tina's Floral Spray Duo

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Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

The cards I'm sharing with you today are a couple I created a LONG time ago.  They were both inspired by one of Tina Cox's first lives...

Card: Unbranded white, Clarity designer paper and clear parchment

Groovi Plates: Nested Scallop Squares, Netting, Nested Arch Tags (all both cards), Tina's Floral Spray (top) and Tina's Daffodil Spray (bottom)

Tools and embellishments: Groovi and Pergamano embossing, perforating and cutting tools, Perga color pens, Perga liner pencils and rhinestones from my stash

Challenges (all top card)... 

Wk6 AG at Digi Choosday

AG at A Perfect Time To Craft

#715 AG at Allsorts

I'll be back soon with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then,

Tina's Tags

Hi everyone, 

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know! 

I'm diving back into my still vast To-Blog pile for today's cards which were created a couple years ago after watching one of Tina Cox's very first lives...

Card: Unbranded white, Clarity's clear parchment and designer paper

Groovi Plates: Nested Arch Tags, Nested Scallops Squares (top card), Straight Pattern #1 border (both), Entwined Sentiments (top card), Tina's Butterfly Fun and Flower Burst (both bottom)

Tools and embellishments: Groovi and Pergamano embossing, perforating and cutting tools, Perga color pens, and rhinestones and sequins from my stash

Challenges (all top card)... 

#202206 Tag at 613 Avenue Create 

#232 AG at Crafty Gals Corner

#102 AG at Path of Positivity 

I'll be back soon with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then,

Butterfly Trio

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Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know! 

Today's archival dive brings us to this delightful trio of butterflies...

Card: Unbranded white, Clarity's clear parchment and Designer Paper

Groovi Plates: Scallop Nested Squares (outer frame), Woven Trellis and Framed Butterflies NDC

Tools and embellishments: Groovi and Pergamano embossing, perforating and cutting tools, Perga liner pencils and rhinestones from my stash

Challenges... 

AG at 613 Avenue Create 

#052022 AG at A Place To Start

AG at TTCRD

I'll be back soon with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then,

You Make My Heart Smile

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Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know! 

Another deep dive into my To-Blog archive brings us to this beauty which combines a couple of my favorite plates, an adorable sentiment and delicate stitching...

Card: Unbranded kraft and white (behind parchment) and Clarity's purple parchment

Groovi Plates: Nested Scallop Squares (sans scallop outer square), Linda's Butterflies (circular scallop frame) and You Make My Heart Smile NDC

Tools and embellishments: Groovi and Pergamano embossing and perforating tools, Perga color pens, Madeira thread and needle

Challenges... 

#100 AG Positive at Path of Positivity 

#267 AG at Dream Valley  

AG at TTCRD

I'll be back soon with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then,

Bountiful Balloons

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Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know! 

Today's card was created during one of my ad hoc midweek lives in my Facebook group and it showcases all 3 of Pergamano's coloring mediums... Dorso crayons (sky), Perga color pens (balloon and frame detail) and Perga liner pencils (balloon backgrounds)...

Card: Unbranded white and Clarity's clear parchment

Groovi Plates: Nested Scallop Squares and Ballooning

Tools and embellishments: Groovi and Pergamano embossing, perforating and cutting tools, Dorso crayons, Perga color pens, Perga liner pencils, and brads from my stash

Challenges... 

AG at TTCRD

AG at 613 Avenue Create

AG at Crafts Galore Encore

I'll be back soon with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then,

Reflections with Winking Owl

Hi everyone, 

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know! 

Before we get to the card I'm sharing with you today, please permit me a moment of reflection... last week's closure of The Rainbow Card Challenge marks the end of a years long chapter for me.  Having joined the 613 Avenue Create DT in February 2015, I've continually been on various teams since then, most of them involving the creator of TRCC, Mynn Kitchen... House of Cards, MHK Designs and The Rainbow Card Challenge. 

Each and every one of the teams, including Chanah and the 613 team who took the plunge on someone with no DT experience, has been a joy to work with... and it has been an absolute honor to lead the TRCC team for Mynn for the last couple years.  Sue T, Nandini, Katy, Izzy, Sue N and Elena... thank you... you really are the BEST!  

Will there be other teams in future or a newly created challenge?  Maybe.  As they say, never say never.  But the time is right for me to take a break.  Sure, the absence of a post on January 1st will take some getting used to, but I am NOT going away.  Indeed, you'll see more of me in 2022 as I'll return to regular Wednesday posts.

While this is my last post of 2021, for those of you who follow TRCC, the last Winner's post for the challenge will be live on Christmas Eve... and it will also begin with something special for the current team and indeed prior members.  

Now, to today's card featuring Linda's November NDC club plate, which I demoed in my Facebook group last Saturday...

Card: Unbranded and Clarity's Shenandoah designer parchment

Groovi Plates: NDC club plate (everything except the frame) and Nested Scallop Squares

Tools and embellishments: Groovi and Pergamano embossing, perforating and cutting tools, Perga color pens and rhinestones from my stash

Challenges... 

AG at 613 Avenue Create

#33 at NBUS (the Club plate is NBUS)

AG at TTCRD

I'll be back on January 5th with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then... but in the meantime, I wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Christmas Bell Quad

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Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know! 

The cards I'm sharing with you today were all created with the same feature plate... Linda Williams' Folded Bells from her It's a Wrap range...

Card: Unbranded white, Clarity's clear and Designer Parchment, and Designer Card (under parchment on 1st)

Groovi Plates: Linda's Folded Bells (all), Linda's Butterflies (Circular frame 2nd), Nested Scallop Squares (3rd) and Picot Rectangles (4th)

Tools and embellishments: Groovi and Pergamano embossing, perforating and cutting tools, Picot Circles dies (1st), Picot Rectangles dies (4th), Perga liner pencils (1st), Perga color pens (2nd, 3rd and 4th) and rhinestones from my stash

Challenges (all 1st card)... 

AG at Crafty Sentiments

#160 AG at Lemon Shortbread

Any Holiday at 613 Avenue Create

I'll be back soon with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then,

Framed Sweet Peas

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Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know! 

The cards I'm sharing today are two featuring the initial idea I had while watching the launch shows for both Linda's new Contour plates and the Frame-Its dies...

All the frames are created with a single pass through your die cutting machine, and if I'd not already created the card I shared a couple weeks ago, I'd have used 3 of them on each card... but there's plenty of time for that.  And for once I used a grid to guide the perforations prior to cutting instead of doing them freehand.  Grin!

Card: Unbranded white and Clarity's cinnamon parchment

Groovi Plates: Linda's Sweet Pea Contour, Straight Basic grid and Nested Scallop Squares (not embossed, but used as a placement guide for everything)

Tools and embellishments: Nested Square Doodle Frame-Its die, Groovi and Pergamano embossing, perforating tools, Perga color pens and Perga glitter

Challenges... 

AG at 613 Avenue Create 

#145 AG at ABMTTC

AG at TTCRD

I'll be back soon with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then,

#32 Temptingly Teal at Rainbow Card Challenge

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

It's the first of the month, so it means it's time for a new challenge at Rainbow Card Challenge.  Our theme this month is Temptingly Teal, and please, if you must, use only a hint of a preferably neutral color.  After all, we are a monochromatic challenge!

And here's my card...

Card: Unbranded white, Clarity's clear parchment and Designer Paper
Groovi plates: Nested Scallop Squares and Linda's Coffee & Friends
Tools and embellishments: Groovi and Pergamano embossing, perforating and cutting tools, Perga color pens and pearls from my stash

Challenges...

 AG at TTCRD
Wk 31 AG at Polkadoodles

#07 AG at WWODT

I'll be back soon with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

Dream

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Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know! 

The card I'm sharing with you today is the one I demoed during last Saturday's live in my Facebook group...

Card: Unbranded white, Clarity's clear parchment and Designer Paper

Groovi Plates: Nested Scallop Squares and Dream Dangles

Tools and embellishments: Groovi and Pergamano embossing, perforating and cutting tools, Perga color pens and silver Posca paint pen

Challenges... 

#27 at NBUS (the Dream plate is NBUS)

AG at 613 Avenue Create 

AG at TTCRD

I'll be back soon with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then,

#27 Judiciously Jade at Rainbow Card Challenge

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

It's the first of the month, so it means it's time for a new challenge at Rainbow Card Challenge.  Our theme this month is Judiciously Jade, and please, if you must, use only a hint of a preferably neutral color.  After all, we are a monochromatic challenge!

And here's my card...

Card: Unbranded white, and Clarity's clear and green parchment
Groovi plates: Nested scallop squares and Linda's Pretty Pocket
Tools and embellishments: Groovi and Pergamano embossing, perforating, and cutting tools, Perga color pens, and Pergamano brads

Challenges...

AG at TTCRD
AG at 613 Avenue Create 

#135 AG at CARDZ TV

I'll be back soon with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

Embroidered Butterflies

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Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know! 

The card I'm sharing today is the one I demoed live in my Facebook group last Saturday...

Card: Unbranded white, Clarity clear parchment and Designer Paper

Groovi Plates: Nested Scallop Squares and Tina's Embroidery Butterflies

Tools and embellishments: Groovi and Pergamano embossing and perforating tools, Madeira embroidery thread, Perga color pens, and pearls from my stash

Challenges... 

February Hearts at 613 Avenue Create

#216 Add a Heart at Crafty Gals Corner 

#134 AG at CARDZ TV 

I'll be back soon with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then,

Swirled Heart With Love

Hi everyone, 

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know! 

The card I'm sharing with you today was the one I demoed in my Facebook group last Saturday, and features a stunning swirled heart, which while originally designed for Christmas thanks to some omitted baubles, is perfect for any occasion...

Card: Unbranded white, and Clarity's clear parchment and DP

Groovi Plates: November NDC (heart), February NDC (with love), Nested Scallop Squares, and Nested Scallop Circles

Tools and embellishments: Groovi and Pergamano embossing, perforating, and cutting tools, Pergamano silver gel pen, Perga liner pens, and rhinestones from my stash

Challenges... 

#21 at NBUS (the heart was NBUS)

AG at 613 Avenue Create 

AG at TTCRD

I'll be back soon with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then,

Mid Challenge Reminder for TRCC - #22 Smoky Slate

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Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

It's the middle of the month, so I'm back with a reminder of my card for The Rainbow Card Challenge.  This month our theme is Smoky Slate, and here's the inspiration image...

And here's a reminder of my card, the details of which can be found on my original post...

I'll be back soon with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

Butterfly Circle

Hi everyone, 

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know! 

The card I'm sharing today was created earlier this year, and was inspired by the first Claritystamp Groovi SHAC (stay happy and creative or stay home and craft) download...

Card: Unbranded white, Clarity's clear parchment and DP

Groovi Plates: Nested Scallop Squares and Nested Scallop Circles (both without the scallops), Linda's Butterflies and Straight Basic Grid

Tools and embellishments: Groovi and Pergamano embossing, perforating, and cutting tools, Perga color pens, and Pergamano brads

Challenges... 

Winged things at 613 Avenue Create 

AG at TTCRD

#124 AG at CARDZ TV

I'll be back soon with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then,

#22 Smoky Slate at Rainbow Card Challenge

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

It's the first of the month, so it means it's time for a new challenge at Rainbow Card Challenge.  Our theme this month is Smoky Slate, and please, if you must, use only a hint of a preferably neutral color.  After all, we are a monochromatic challenge!

And here's my card...

Card: Unbranded white and Clarity's silver parchment
Groovi plates: Nested Scallop Squares (without the scallops), Sprig Background, and elephant NDC
Tools and embellishments: Groovi and Pergamano embossing and perforating tools, Perga Color pens and Pergamano brads

Challenges...
AG at TTCRD
AG at 613 Avenue Create 

Wk 39 AG at Polkadoodles

I'll be back soon with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

Happy 80th Birthday Elena - Blog Hop

Hi everyone, 

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know! 

Today, alongside the other Rainbow Card Challenge Design Team members, I'm celebrating the 80th birthday of teammie, Elena with a blog hop!  Here's the card I sent her on behalf of all the team, including Mynn and Mary Ellen, who are unfortunately unable to take part today...

As you can see, I've used both of Elena's favorite colors, sapphire and burgundy, in my creation which also echoes my DT card for this month's challenge!

Card: Unbranded white, Clarity's clear parchment and Rainbow River DP

Groovi Plates: Nested Scallop Squares, Universal Framer (alphabet), and Tina's Floral Layering Rectangles

Tools and embellishments: Groovi and Pergamano embossing, perforating, and cutting tools, Perga liner pens, and pearls from my stash

Now, please hop along, finishing with Elena's latest DP post, where we'd love you to leave her some birthday love too!

Rainbow Card Challenge 

Em (you are here)

Izzy

Katy

Nandini

Sue N

Sue T

Elena

I'll be back soon with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then,

Mid Challenge Reminder for TRCC - #21 Autumnal Amber

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

It's the middle of the month, so I'm back with a reminder of my card for The Rainbow Card Challenge.  This month our theme is Autumnal Amber, and here's the inspiration image...

And here's a reminder of my card, the details of which can be found on my original post...

I'll be back soon with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then.