Baby Boy

These scraps of blue plaids were also on my table. I matted each of them and thought they would work for a baby boy card. I dug out a set from Inkadinkado from forever ago. I colored the cute little teddy bear with Copics and popped him up on an oval. The sentiment is from the same set.

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St. Paddy's Day - in October???

Another piece that was sitting on my table. It's left over from my calendar pages. (You'll see it again in March. :-) ) I stamped, colored and matted the image and popped it up on foam squares. I found another piece of green patterned paper and matted that for another layer. I printed the sentiment out on my computer.

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Simple Thank You

The stencil that I used to ink up the background for this card is from Picket Fence. I got it for 60% off. :-) I had it matted and added to a card front for a few weeks and it was finally its turn to get made into a card. I simply added the "thank you" sentiment that I had recently dug out. I may have never used it before. It's from Heidi Swapp.

I get my stitches out this morning at 10:00 CST. I can't wait! I'm pretty sure I will need some PT on my hand, though. I can't bend one of my fingers and I can't totally straighten out another. It'll all be good, though.

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White on White Birthday Wishes

A white on white birthday card - always nice, I think. The butterfly is five layers of die-cuts. I dipped it in Versamark and added some iridescent sparkle. The background is embossed with a Gina K folder. The sentiment is also from Gina K - stamped and die-cut.

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Season's Greetings

Another Christmas card - only because this "Joy" ornament was on my table. It's mounted on foam squares. I used a piece of patterned Christmas paper down the middle, with thin metallic strips on each side, and one more metallic strip for the ornament string.

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Simple Pleasures

The sentiment and the chair stamp are both from Repeat Impressions. I fussy-cut the chairs for all the cards after stamping them on patterned papers. I added a little bit of shading with Copic markers and popped them up. For this first card, I just added it to a die-cut square. This is one of my favorite simple layouts.

For these other two, I took a piece of white card stock, scored it with a score board and then dragged a few colors of ink across it. I thought I would look like wainscotting, but it looks more like flooring. Whatever! I used Gina K stencils for the background on the tops of them, with a thin strip of brown in between.  I matted the sentiment on this card.

Different paper, different stencil and different placement of the sentiment. Otherwise the same thing. :-)

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Birthday Irises

The image on this card is an unmounted rubber one from Repeat Impressions. I was on Wendy's Design Team for many years and I still have all of the stamps. I colored this one with Copics and matted it. Then I used a square die and embossed the background for it. The sentiment is from Gina K.

Just a "bonus" card since these two pieces were on my desk, too. Not really any different from a previous post, but new nonetheless, so here it is!

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You're the BEST

The flowers were stamped with an old wooden stamp from Inkadinkado. The sentiment was from another ancient wooden stamp from Studio G. The background on this first one is a wooden stamp from Inkadinkado. I think I'll leave this stamp out for a while and use it again.

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thanks so much!

My right hand is still healing, but I've been able to put together some more simple cards. My mission is to use up all the parts and card fronts that were on my desk in that recent photo. I only have one more card front and a few more parts to use - maybe 4 - 6 more cards. 

These cards were done with a very old wooden stamp - probably from the dollar bin at Michael's or Joann's from 20 years ago! I stamped, colored and matted them, and placed them on panels from my card parts book.

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Simplicity

Four more cards done with one sheet of patterned paper, stamps, and in the case of this first card - some card parts and stencils. The stamps and stencils are all from Gina K.

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Three More Super-Simple Cards

 

Three more cards using card bases I had previously made. I simply stamped sentiments on the patterned paper. I did the orange ones first and then the black. I think the black is probably better.

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Thinking of You - Times Three

Three more simple cards using patterned paper card bases and My Favorite Things sentiments. I added a die-cut butterfly to this first one.

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One Down, Several to Go

Well, there is not much I can do in my stamping room with my wrapped-up hand. But, I was able to finish up this card. The background was made a few days ago. I simply added a multi-layered die cut to it.

My fingers are still quite swollen, but I think I'm making progress. On Sunday, I get to remove the wrap. Yippee!

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Surgery Update

Thanks for all of your good wishes! The surgery went well. I ended up having three fingers done! No pain medication other than ibuprofen. My hand is just very uncomfortable this morning. It's SO swollen! I'm wondering if it's wrapped too tightly. I'm waiting for a call-back on that.

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Accumulating Card Parts

I am constantly setting things aside as I come across them. I was looking at an 8 1/2 by 11 inch matstack and pulled out some papers to put on card fronts. Here they are - ready for the (simple) finishing touches.

The first one here was done with a new stencil (for me) from Picket Fence. The second here was done with strips from the tops of patterned paper pages.

And these are some items that I stamped with stamps that I happened across and also left-overs from my calendar pages. Hopefully they will make it onto cards soon.

Just a little update. Today is my fingers surgeries. Thanks for the good wishes. Also, my calendars for 2025 are all finished. Yahoo! Now, as I get together with friends, I can deliver their calendars!

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So Many Smiles ...

I found this envelope that I had made, in with the cardstock of this color. I thought that was a silly place for it, so I made a card to go with it - just a very simple card. I looked for something with the same bright yellow-green and came across this paper. It was just the flower and then I found a sentiment (from Gina K) that fit the space very nicely. Done! The finished card is a bit of an odd size - four and a half inches by five and three-eighths inches.

EDITED TO ADD: The name of the stamp set is Grand Garden - by Alicia. I don't see it in the store, though. I did find one on eBay as I'm adding this.

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Halloween - and a Short Break

This card came about because I bought this Memory Box die on clearance at a local stamping/paper store. Of course I had to try it right away, and then make a card with it. I think I will make a couple more like it. The paper on the card front and also the piece behind it are from a very old matstack from Recollections. The sentiment is from Repeat Impressions. The main panel is popped up from the card base.

And, of course I had to use the piece that was cut out from the first card! LOL! Simply matted and popped up. The strip across is from the same pad. This sentiment is also from Repeat Impressions.

I will probably be missing for a little while. I'm having surgery on a couple fingers on Tuesday and I also have to really get to work on my calendars. Time is just flying by and I haven't done many of the calendar pages! I'll be back, though.

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Fall Cards

Cards using some fall papers. This first one and the last one are nearly identical, but different enough that I'm sharing both. The sentiment panel was one that I cut out from one of the sheets that came with the paper pad. The apple basket stamp is from Repeat Impressions. I colored it with Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol and it's popped up on foam squares. The sentiment is from Penny Black.

The circle piece was also from the paper pad. Hard to see in the photo, but it says, "Thankful for You" in gold.

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Red and White Christmas - and Done???

These cards were inspired by Liz - from this post. I had made a note of this post and finally made them. I added lots of sequins to this first one.

I added scored lines with my Scor-Pal on this one and then some thin metallic sticker strips in between them.

I just counted up my Christmas cards. I have 81. I think that should be enough! Now I just have to add the sentiments to the insides.

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Turquoise-y Christmas

My brother and sister-in-law were in town for a few days and stayed with us. I was showing my sister-in-law a few things in my stamping room. Of course, I had to make them into cards! This first one was done with a Darice folder and also a Cuttlebug folder. The sentiment is from Gina K and is foiled. I added a little Star Dust Stickles to the centers of the snowflakes.

This one uses the same Darice folder. The sentiment is from Lawn Fawn. I added a couple flat sequins.

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October Calendar Page

My October calendar page. The stamps (ghost, bat and sentiments) are all from a Recollections set. I stamped them and then masked off the ghost and the bat with Gina K's masking magic. Then I ink blended around them. Happy October!

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More Simple Christmas

This card is made using a die from the same Taylored Expressions die set I used for yesterday's cards. I made four of this one. The sentiment is from PaperTrey.

This card uses the same die, multiple times. The sentiment is foiled and is from Gina K.

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Multiple Christmas Cards

I went to a local stamping store because they had some products on clearance for 60% off. This was a three die-set from Taylored Expressions. I thought they were fun. I made ten cards with these two dies. I will post the other design soon. The sentiment is from PaperTrey. I added a few dots with Nuvo Drops.

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50th Birthday

A friend of ours very recently turned 50 (yes, he is two days younger than our daughter!) and this is the card that I made for him. Actually, I made him one just like this one, except his has the "alligator skin" on the inside on both of the folding parts of the pop-out. I made two more like this, too - one with no green on the inside and one that is not a pop-out at all. They are all book-fold cards, though. The stamps on the outside are from Tim Holtz.

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White on White Birthday

I saw a card like this on Wanda's blog (My Creative Corner) back on April 28th. I copied it to my desktop to remind me to make one like it, so here it is, finally. The sentiment is from Gina K. I added silver die-cut butterflies instead of white ones. The embossed panel is popped up on foam squares. I made four of them, because I had two embossed pieces on my table.

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Simple Christmas

One last Christmas card for now. A very simple one, for sure! This thin strip was left over after yesterday's card, so I wanted to use it up. I added it to a piece of patterned paper and popped up the sentiment - from Gina K.

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