Sending Hugs

This stamped image has been in my parts book for about seven years. I have another or two, but I don't want to color them! I used Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol. I cut the image out with a stitched die and matted with black. The sentiment is from Gina K.

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Birthday Butterfly

The circle die-cut pieces were on my table. I guess I haven't used the insides yet. The butterfly was in my parts, also. The square pieces are popped up and the sentiment is recessed. The background was an embossed panel from my parts, also. I brushed some gray and some purplish inks over it, to try to get it to match the layer in the circle. The sentiment is unmarked.

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Thinking of You in Yellow

The yellow panel on this card was from the card class that I took about a year and a half ago. The design on it was done with some sort of paste. I matted that panel with black. I matted the patterned paper with black, also. The flowers and sentiment are from Gina K. I used the coordinating stencils and die for the flowers. I die-cut the sentiment, also. The flowers and sentiment are popped up.

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Lovely Birthday

The embossed panel was in my card parts book, as was the die-cut piece. I stamped the sentiment on it and brushed a little ink around the edges and popped it up. I matted the panel with black.

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Flower Warm Wishes

More card parts. The die-cut pink layer was in my book. I embossed it with an Anna Griffin Cuttlebug folder, added the score lines with my Score-Pal and then added the green strip at the bottom. I used a Gina K set for the flower and the sentiment, and another Gina K set for the circles. I stamped, stenciled and die-cut the flower. The flower and the sentiment are popped up. I made two of them and used up the pink die-cut pieces. I think I still have some in white and maybe ivory.

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Letting the Paper Do the Work :-)

This paper has been in my possession for many years. Such a simple card - trim it down to fit a standard card and add the matted sentiment - from Gina K! I made two of them.

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Birthday Window

The die-cut window frame and the embossed background were in my card parts book. I'm determined to keep whittling away at that book and not make any more parts! I added some flower patterned paper behind the window and also a birthday sentiment from Gina K. Actually, the sentiment is a newer addition to my parts, too. I stamped and die-cut several of them a while back.

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Colorful Birthday

This stamped image has been in my card parts book for several years. I finally chose it for a card. I colored it with Copic markers. That takes a long time! I have another one of these stamped images, but I might just toss it. Or save it and hope that I color it some year! I guess if I colored it the same colors, it would at least save me the time of figuring out what color to color each little bit! The sentiment is from Gina K.

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More Four-Panel Cards

I liked this layout from Cheryl's blog, Paper Panacea. This first one features a little bird house from my parts - from Gina K. The sentiment is also from Gina K. (Can you tell I love Gina K?) The birdhouse and sentiment are on foam squares.

I was so smart when I cut these pieces to line up after they were matted. But, of course they can't! LOL! At any rate, they are sort of close to lining up. Once again, the sentiment is from Gina K. It's matted and popped up on foam squares.

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February Calendar Page

February already!!  Here is the newest calendar page. I used an old wooden stamp from Hook, Line and Inker. I stamped on various patterned papers and then cut out the hearts and adhered them. I matted with a different patterned paper.

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One Design - Four Variations

I came across a card I had made previously using this layout, and wanted to use up some papers to do it again. I cut four sheets of patterned paper to the same dimensions and added them to a matting layer. Then I stamped the sentiment, dragged the edges on an ink pad, and popped them up.

Edited to add: The pieces measure: 4 x 2 3/4, 4 x 1, 1 x 2 3/4, 1 x 1 inches. Start with a 5 x 3 3/4 inch piece. Cut a one-inch strip and then cut that into the 1 inch piece and the four inch piece. Cut the remaining piece (2 3/4 x 5) at one inch for the two remaining pieces.

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More Birthday Flowers

A birthday card using the same stamp, stencils and die as yesterday's anniversary card. It is again popped up on foam squares, as is the sentiment. All are from Gina K. I embossed the background with a Sizzix embossing folder. I added the patterned paper to each side and added thin strips of metallic stickers.

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Anniversary Flowers

I love these flowers from Gina K. I used the stamps, stencils and dies for them. They are popped up on foam squares. Before attaching them, I used a Gina K stencil for the background. Then I matted that panel with black. The sentiment is from Gina K, also.

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Super Simple Thinking of You

I have a little notepad with ideas for me to use. I don't think I've ever used it! I looked through it the other day and found this super-simple layout. I love simple! :-) I added the patterned paper to the top, added the thin strip of black and then the sentiment - from Gina K. I made two of these.

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Happy Musical Birthday

I am having fun using up card parts again. The dies cuts (Butterflies and musical birthay) were in my parts. I used a piece of pink shimmery cardstock for the background. First I embossed it with a Cuttlebug Anna Griffin embossing folder.

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Pinwheel-ish Birthday

Bonnie, a friend and neighbor, gave me a birthday card with a design like this on it. So, of course I had to figure out how to do it myself! On each side of the background patterned paper, I added thin metallic strips. The sentiment (from Gina K) is stamped and die-cut and popped up on foam squares. I added an enamel dot in the center of the "pinwheel."

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Happy Birthday - Recycled

I think this was a Christmas card that we received. I just couldn't stick it in the closet, never to be seen for many years! The image is pearly and embossed. I trimmed it down and matted it and stuck it in the lower left corner. Then I stamped and die-cut the sentiment (from Gina K) and popped it up. I used ivory for the card base and the sentiment.

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Birthday Wishes

More card parts. The embossed background (Gina K folder on shimmery white), the flower and leaves (Altenew) and the sentiment (also Gina K) were all in my parts. I think they went together quite nicely. I matted the embossed panel with black and popped up the flower and sentiment with foam squares.

I got an ink pad storage unit for my birthday and I love it. Included as a little gift was what I'm thinking is a stand for displaying cards that I've been using for my photos. It works very well!

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Sending Love

Here is the other card I made with the same image as yesterday's card. It's from Gina K and the sentiment is from the same set. I again colored with Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol. I added a little butterfly from my card parts. It was just a little bit too open in that space.

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With Love & Prayers

I was thinking about using this image for my April 2027 calendar page, but decided it was just too big. I had stamped it a couple of times, so of course I had to color them and put them on cards. Here is the one that is finished so far. The image and the sentiment are both from Gina K. I colored with Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol. I fussy-cut around the bottom of the image and popped that panel up on foam squares. Then I added the thin strip of black above the sentiment and matted with black.

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Birthday Flowers

Two more flowery birthday cards for today. Both of the flowers and the sentiments are from Gina K. The flowers used stamps, stencils and dies. The flowers and sentiments are all popped up with foam squares.

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You Are There For Me

I stamped the image panel using all Gina K stamps. I used a die to emboss the matting layer on which to add the stamped panel. That's it! I have recently discovered how pretty Gina's ink Moonlit Fog is, which I've had for many years. I just love it! Such a soft grayish-green.

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Glittery Christmas Greetings

Also included in Gina K's 12 Days of Christmas box were three small bottles of glitter - gold, silver and clear. I used a brass stencil and some double-sided sticky paper to add gold glitter through the stencil and then removed the stencil and added the clear glitter. I matted with gold mirror cardstock. I had already used a die to embossed the rectangle on the panel. The sentiment is from Gina K.

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Flowery Birthday Wishes

The stencil set used to make these flower and also the sentiment (with dies) were from Gina K's 12 Days of Christmas box. I die-cut the flower panel and matted it with matching pink cardstock. I also added three black "nail head" stickers.

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Butterfly Hugs

Included in Gina K's 12 Days of Christmas box was some "splatter." I splattered it on some black cardstock, and decided to just add some butterflies from my parts. I added a die-cut "hugs" cut from the same mirror cardstock as the butterflies. I also matted the black panel with the same mirror cardstock.

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Gate-Fold Cards

These two gate-fold dies were part of Gina K's 12 Days of Christmas box. I cut them out of various papers. I added some pre-cut butterflies to this first one. Before adding them to the card, i added some white cardstock behind them which I fussy-cut. The sentiment was from the box, too.

These flowers are also from Gina K. They were foiled in gold and then colored using stencils.

These last two cards were done with the other die in the set. I decided to do a top/bottom open gate fold. Again, flowers from Gina K using stamps, dies and stencils.

And one more using Gina's stamps and dies.

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Card Part Flowers

More card parts. These flowers were in the card parts book. They had been die-cut and embossed at the same time. I had used a white-core cardstock and sanded it down to expose the white and texture. I added a thin strip of green for the stems. The sentiment is from Gina K. I made these two cards, and also a third one, which is a combination of the two - blue background with a single blue flower.

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Simple Sympathy

The flower was in my card parts. It's from Gina K and done with stamps, die and stencils. The sentiment is from Gina K, also, I believe. I added nail head stickers. The flower is on a die-cut rectangle left-over.

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Tiara Twin Frames

These frames were in the 12 Days of Christmas box from Gina K. Similar, with one being round and one oval. The birds were from my parts, and I'm quite certain they are from Gina K, also, as is the sentiment. I added some black sequins to this first card.

The sentiment for this one is from Gina K. Two all Gina K cards. :-)

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Sympathy

I have several cards to post using items from my 12 Days of Christmas box from Gina K. For these cards, the new toy is the background stamp. The flowers and sentiments are all from Gina K, also. The sentiment is popped up on this first card. The flowers are all colored with stencils that coordinate with the stamps.

These flowers were cut out with the coordinating dies. I added three little nail head stickers.

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HOORAY

These pieces have been in with my parts for so long. They are from Hello Bluebird. I have more of them to use up, too, I believe. They are all popped up with foam squares. I drew the strings for the balloons.

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Inspired by Leslie

I love Leslie's cards, and I was lucky enough to receive one for my birthday (and Christmas.) Her blog is Running with Scissors and this is the post with a picture of the card that I got. Mine is the second one. Mine is not just like hers, but I did the best I could with the dies that I have, using hers for inspiration.

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Foxy Birthday

I do believe that this cute little fox has been in my parts since last January. I still have several more pieces to use that I made then. The dies are from Gina K. I cut out the frame with a die, also. I brushed a little green ink very lightly on the frame. The frame is popped up, as is the fox. The sentiment came from my parts, too, from many years ago. It was printed from the computer with a black background around white letters and then foiled. The background is from an ancient matstack from Die Cuts With a View. (I just realized looking at the photo that the eyes are different! One is die-cut and one is gel pen or Nuvo drops! I will attempt to fix that.)

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De-Bossed Daisies

Here is the first of the now 22 cards I have to post. They won't all be singles, though!

A friend sent me this embossed panel, and here is the card that I made with it. The paper she used was kind of shimmery. I double-matted it. The sentiment actually matches much better in real life, but it's not perfect. Thanks, Annie!

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Lovely Pastel Birthday

Often when I'm searching my dies, I come across some that I want to be sure to use again and I pull them out. That's how this card happened. The die is the frame with the three open squares on the top and one larger rectangle on the bottom. I added some patterned paper behind it, ancient flowers in each square and then the sentiment, which came from my card parts. (Thanks, Cheryl!) I also added enamel dots to each flower. Simple, but I really like it. 

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Happy BIrthday to Me

It's become tradition for me to post photos of my birthday cards. I'm a little late this year, but here you go. Here are my hand-made ones. ALL of my cards are special, but since this is a card-making blog, I am giving these special attention.

And here is a photo of all my cards. Thank you all so much for any cards you may have mailed me. And again, Happy New Year!!

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