Graduation

This is the card I made for our former next-door neighbor. Her school colors were blue and gold.

I used a brass stencil for the books and cap. I used sticky paper and glitter with it. I used my JustRite Stamper for the personalization. The background was embossed with a Congratulations Cuttlebug folder. The matting is all Pacific Point and I used Dimensionals for the mounting.

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Flutter By Wednesday - Summer

Today starts a new challenge from Flutter By Wednesday challenge. This week's challenge is the theme "Summer." We'd love to have you join the challenge. Just make your card, upload it, and link it up to the Flutter By Wednesday blog. Be sure to include your butterfly or fairy!

I love daisies and they say "summer" to me. For my card, I used stamps from a set from Sheena (Sheena Douglass). The stamps were a gift from my good friend, Harriet.  I colored the daisies with Copic markers. I cut the image and matting with Nestabilities. The butterfly was done with a Martha Stewart punch and adorned with gems.

I just got back from our annual "Group Gathering" in Des Moines, Iowa. A group of nine of us gathered for three days of shopping (in stamp stores!), eating, laughing and stamping. What fun!!! This was our seventh year and we already have our reservations for next year. Members of our group who have blogs besides Harriet are Sheri and Vicki. There were four from Iowa, two from Nebraska, one from Illinois, one from California and one from Minnesota.

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Happy Anniversary, Mom and Dad!

Quick post for today. I made this card for my mom and dad for their 64th anniversary, which was yesterday.

I used my JustRite Stamper for the sentiment, a Spellbinders die for the blue "lacy" circle, Nestabilities for the other circles, a Stampin' Up! embossing folder, a sticker, a few gems, some foam squares and Pacific Point cardstock.

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Flutter By Wednesday #245 - A Sketch

It's Wednesday, so that means it's time for a new challenge from Danni at the Flutter By Wednesday blog. The challenge this week is another great sketch by Kathy. Check out the details on the blog and also take a look at the wonderful creations by the design team. Follow the sketch - being sure to use a butterfly or a fairy - and link up your projects.

I rotated the sketch so I could use the punch I chose. I punched the holes with the butterflies three times using a McGill punch. I matted with a light tan. The bottom is punched with a Fiskars punch and it's embossed with a Sizzix folder. The base is Papertrey Kraft and the sentiment is from PTI, also. I mounted the purple layer on foam squares.

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Welcome, Jonah Alexander!

Here is the card I made for our new grandson. I used my JustRite Stamper for the sentiment. I used dies for the cutting. I embossed the background with a Sizzix folder. The cardstock is from a Die Cuts With a View matstack.

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Happy Father's Day!

Here is the card I made I made for my dad for Father's Day. Not really very "masculine" but at least I made blue flowers and he does like birds!

I stamped the image from Repeat Impressions on watercolor paper from Stampin' Up! I used an Aquapainter and Stampin' Up! ink pads to "paint" the image. The sentiment is from Repeat Impressions, also. The patterned paper is from a Recollections pad.

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Flutter By Wednesday - CAS

Time for another challenge from the Flutter By Wednesday blog. The challenge for this week is to make a Clean and Simple (CAS) card - and be sure to remember to include your butterfly or fairy. We'd love to have you join us. Simply upload your card and link it to the FBW blog.

My cards couldn't be much simpler! The images are all simply cut from a pad of patterned cardstock from Kathy Davis. I matted them with some deep pink cardstock. I mounted the butterfly on the first one with foam squares. The sentiment on the first one is from Hero Arts. The sentiment on the second on is from Stampin' Up! Edited to add: Forgot to mention I also added some Stickles to the butterfly and the flower centers.

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Christmas Sunday

I took some time for stamping yesterday and it was awesome! I made these five Christmas cards. They are all quite similar and simple, so I don't think much explanation is necessary. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask! All of the stamping was done with Versamark ink and embossing powder. I used tiny gems on most of them. The bottom one has snowflake-printed vellum. Edited to add: The snowflakes stamp is from Inkadinkado. The Season's Greeting stamp is from Hero Arts. The Merry Christmas stamp is from Denami.

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Birthday for a Guy

This is the birthday card I made for my brother. Quite simple, as I haven't really been much in the mood for card-making lately. Too much "life" going on.

I stamped the chair (from Repeat Impressions) on patterned paper and cut it out. Both the chair paper and the background are from a Recollections paper stack. I printed the sentiment on the computer. The inside says "Relax and enjoy!"

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Flutter By Wednesday #243

Time for this week's Flutter By Wednesday challenge. This week's challenge is open - anything goes as long as you include your butterfly or fairy. Please DO remember your butterfly or fairy! We are sponsored this week by 2 Cute Ink. Be sure to check out the design team's creations on the blog. We'd love to have you join us!

The members of Danni's design team were given three images to work with, if we chose. I chose to use the Butterfly Bear image. I colored her with Copics and matted her with black. The bottom layer of matting for the image was cut from white with a Spellbinders die. The sentiment is from a Papertrey set and the card front is covered with patterned paper from Die Cuts With a View.

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June Calendar Page

My calendar page for June. Still haven't started my calendars for 2014. Drat!

The main lady bug is made with a Lasting Impressions brass stencil. I embossed the lady bug on white and on red. I cut the body out of the red. I added the black with a marker. I matted with a shimmery silver paper. The background was stamped with a Studio G dollar stamp stamp. 

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