Sunny Days

I made this card on my retreat, but colored it after I came home so that I could use my Copic markers. The flip-flops and hat are mounted on foam squares. The stamps are all from one set from Gina K's newest kit. (The colors look much better together in person!)

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July Calendar Page

My calendar page for July. I used my Cameo Silhouette to cut out the design elements and added some patterned paper for the background. Happy July!

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Wax Paper Resist #1

A few weeks ago I tried a very old technique that Gina K recently did a video on. I ended up with eight panels. Here is the first card I'm sharing with one of those panels. For these cards, I used a background stencil from Gina K. I cut the oval out of the panel with a Nestabilities die. I used the negative space for this first card, and the oval for the second card. I added a matting piece on this first card. The flowers and leaves are from a set from the most recent Gina K kit. I used the stamps, stencils and dies from the kit. The sentiment is from Gina K, too. I think I'll add a little more color to the flowers - there isn't enough contrast between the light and dark areas. The flowers and sentiment are popped up on foam squares.

I used a scalloped Nestabilities die for the matting of the oval. I used a different Gina K set for the flower and sentiment on this card. I embossed the background with a woodgrain folder. I colored the flowers and leaves with Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol. I didn't bring any Copics with me on my retreat, so I used Prismacolor pencils for all of my coloring when I didn't have coordinating stencils.

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Birthday Wishes in Blue

I received a card in this format from my friend, Vicki and I wanted to make one like it. This is what I came up with. The leaves and flowers and sentiment are all from Gina K.

I got back from my stamping/scrapbooking retreat on Thursday evening, but I just got the photos taken and edited yesterday. I made, I think, 33 cards. It was a great time!! I'll be sharing them here. I think there were ten that I have to add sentiments to. I just didn't bring enough stuff with me. :-)

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Wax Paper Resist Card Fronts

Here are the card fronts that I made by using the wax paper method. It's a really old technique, but Gina K did a video of it very recently. You crinkle the wax paper, unwrap it and then put it between two pieces of cardstock and iron it with a hot iron. Then any ink you put on it will be resisted by the wax. One way she used hers was with stencils, and I really loved the result. Here are the pieces that I did, and I'm excited to make them into cards! I had never done a gray-scale card before (that I can remember!) and I love the way that turned out, too. (You might have to zoom in to see the patterns.)

I'm off to my retreat tomorrow morning. Hopefully I'll have things to share during my stay.

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Bird Birthdays in Black and White

Well, here are the bird die-cuts and embossed vellum on colored cardstock that I was talking about the other day - made into cards. I think the dies are from Spellbinders. The sentiments on each card are from the new card kit from Gina K. I love them both! I added black nail heads to each bird. This bird is popped up on foam squares.

I used an ancient tool on this one. I'm guessing no one would spot it. I cut the small square of black cardstock and then I used a decorative scissors on it! This bird is attached directly to the black square and then I popped up the square.

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Four Christmas Cards

I have several things going on in my stamping room. I was playing with crinkled and ironed wax paper. I also played with vellum over cardstock and then embossed. And I dug out some bird dies that I had. (Thanks, Leslie, for two of those!) I also got a new kit from Gina K and I really want to get started on using all the new stuff! Lucky for me I'm going away for a few days with a friend and her friends on a scrapbooking retreat. But, I will be making cards instead. Hopefully it will be very productive. I've also been messing around with rearranging my stamping room a bit. It's always something. :-)

Anyway, here are four cards I've made. I'm going to save my ironed, wrinkled wax paper for another time. I have eight card fronts that I've used that technique on, just waiting to be used.

This first card uses a Sizzix embossing folder. I used white mulberry paper over cardstock for the base for this embossed and die-cut bird, which I believe is from Spellbinders. The sentiment is from Impression Obsession.

This one also uses a Spellbinders die. The sentiment is from Hero Arts. The background is vellum over a mottled light green cardstock and then embossed with a Cuttlebug folder, I believe.

The dies for these ornaments are from Spellbinders. I used one to cut the bottom of the cardfront, too, so the bottom of the card that you see is actually on the inside.

The texture on this card is the wax paper that was left over from the pieces that I used as a resist on my as-yet-unused card panels.

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Baby Cards

My friend, CHERYL, donates many cards that she makes to a thrift store that she volunteers at, where they sell very well. She mentioned a bit ago that baby cards really sell fast and she had to make more. So, I made these cards to give to her, along with several more cards that I have made. All of these cards except the last one are made with images from Gina K. They were stamped, colored (or paper-pieced), die-cut and popped up.

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Sending a Whole Lot of Love

I saw a card with basically this layout on Liz's blog a little bit ago, and this is my version. (Hers was 5 x 7, I believe.) The butterfly stamp and the sentiment are from Gina K. I added a few rhinestones, also from Gina K.

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Birthday Wishes

I came across a Gina K die recently that probably is a window with four panes. I cut it out of wood-grained patterned paper. I messed up the "good" piece, but saved the inner pieces. I arranged them on this card. I found the flowers and leaves (I THINK from Altenew) in my card parts and added them to the center. The flower is popped up. I matted with brown and stamped the sentiment - from Gina K.

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More Coverage of Wyatt's Basketball Shot - Along with a Surprise from Steph Curry

Our grandson with Down Syndrome has gone viral. 😊 He was on our local news, ABC national news, and then local news in San Francisco! I searched online and found several links. You can see the story HERE. Pretty amazing.

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Two More Paint Samples

The backgrounds for these images are paint samples - the last ones I'm going to use. I used the same Altenew image stamp as yesterday. I black heat embossed them and colored them with Copics. The sentiment for both is from Gina K - and cut with a Gina K die.

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Cheery Birthday

I was digging through my tiny stamp sets and came across this one. I just had to use it. It's from Altenew. The sentiment is from Gina K. I colored it with Copics. I also added a few black nail heads.

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June Calendar Page

Not sure how it happened, but it's June already!! Here is my calendar page. The stamps are both from Repeat Impressions. I stamped, colored with Copic markers, and cut out the watermelon. I added the watermelon and sentiment to some gingham paper. Enjoy your summer!

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More Marker-to-Rubber Stamp Cards

Marker to rubber stamp, mist and stamp. The sentiments on both of these are from Papertrey Ink.

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Birthday and Sympathy

Here are two more cards that I made using marker-to-rubber-stamp method. I used gold on this first birthday card, and black on the sympathy card.  The sentiment is five layers of die-cuts.

The sentiment on this card is from Papertrey Ink.

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More Marker-to Rubber Stamp

Marker on rubber stamp, then mist and stamp. The sentiment on this one is from Gina K.

The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink.

Sentiment from Papertrey Ink.

Sentiment from Papertrey Ink.

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Sorry For Your Loss

Finally, I'm using one of my flower images that I created by using markers on rubber stamps, then misting before stamping. I have several more stamped images to use up, but this is a start. The sentiment is from Gina K. I fussy cut it and popped it up.

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More Paint Samples

I love the color of this patterned paper, and it matched so nicely with some of our paint samples. I have four more backgrounds ready to finish into cards, but this is what I have for now. This first one features a die-cut paint sample and a Gina K stamp.

The butterfly is another paint sample die-cut. The sentiment is from My Favorite Things.

These last two are nearly identical - just different flower dies and slightly different color paint samples. The sentiment is from Gina K. I also added a few sequins.

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Wyatt

Since I messed up yesterday and scheduled two posts, I will skip a card today and just share something fun and wonderful. Our youngest grandson, Wyatt, was featured on the NBC Nightly News on Monday evening. You can watch the story here. What an amazing kid he is - so smart and caring and funny and independent and thoughtful. And he is lucky to be so included. I think they did an awesome job with this story.

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Dragonfly BIrthday

Another paint sample used on this card. I stamped the flower on it (using an old wood-mounted rubber stamp) and added a touch of color with Copic markers. I also added an enamel dot to the center and matted with a scrap of black. The flower panel is mounted on foam squares before being added to the black. The patterned paper is from a very ancient matstack from Sizzix. The sentiment and die are from Gina K.

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Marker on Rubber Stamps

Both of these cards use an old wood-mounted rubber stamp. I used markers to color the image, then spritzed it with water and stamped to the cardstock. This first one uses another old rubber stamp for the sentiment. The sentiment on the second one is from Gina K. The patterned papers are very old from my huge stash of 12 x 12 papers.

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Smile

And finally, the technique that got me looking through my wood-mounted stamps. I have many other stamped flowers using this technique that I have yet to make into cards. I colored the stamp with markers, misted it and then stamped. For this card, I covered it with vellum and stamped and embossed the sentiment - another wood-mounted rubber stamp. This is a gate-fold card.

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Cheery Daisies

Another wood-mounted rubber stamp for this card. Daisies - my fave. Super simple coloring and a sentiment - from Gina K. Some cute dotted yellow patterned paper and some thin black strips completed the card.

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Unicorn Wishes

I got a beautiful Mother's Day card from a friend, reminding me of a long-forgotten technique - markers on rubber stamps, spritz with water and stamp. So pretty!! So, I did some digging through some of my thousands of wood-mounted stamps and picked out some flowers for that technique. But, I also came across other stamps that begged to be used. One was this unicorn stamp from Stampin' Up! I was looking for some whimsical, fantastical or other appropriate patterned paper and came up with these. The sentiment stamps are from Gina K. I cut out the unicorns and mats with Nestabilities.

The unicorns on this paper are silver metallic.

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Paint Sample Un-Wasted

We have several paint samples left from our bathroom remodel, and I don't want to throw them away. So, here is part of one. I used a wood-mounted rubber stamp from ages ago to stamp the flowers and then I colored with two Copic markers. The sentiment is from Gina K. I added silver nail heads to the flower centers.

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