Old Punches #7

Another old border punch, plus the flowers were punched using an old punch, too. I added several black sequins for the flower centers. The image panel is popped up. A cheery card, I think.

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Happy 46th Birthday!

Our son's birthday was a few days ago, and here is the card we made for him. Tradition is for us to make a card with a photo of a professional athlete who wore the jersey number of our son's age. Well, as he gets older, that gets harder and harder! LOL! So this year, we used two superstars who wore #23 and used them both - hence 46! (That's our son in the middle. :-)) The sentiment uses letters and numbers from a die that I got awhile back and hadn't used yet. I thought it was cool that the photos had both athletes looking towards the middle.

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Old Punches #5

The bottom of the image panel was punched with an older border punch. I added the flowers to the white panel using stencils from Gina K. The sentiment is from Gina K. I embossed it with black on gold and popped it up. The butterfly was in with my parts.

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Old Punches #4

I used an old border punch on the bottom of this panel and matted with gold. The sentiment is from Gina K and is gold-embossed. The flowers and leaves are from an older set from Gina K. I stamped them on patterned paper and die-cut them. I added a little extra color on the leaves with a Copic marker, and also added color to the flower centers. The flowers are popped up.

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Old Punches #2

I used more old punches to make these cards - the flowers and the leaves. The backgrounds on each are done with Gina K stencils. The second card also has a punched border at the bottom of the sentiment panel. The sentiments are both from Gina K. I used another ancient item - brads - for the flower centers.

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Old Punches #1

I have so many old punches that I haven't used for years!! I rearranged things in my stamping room (again!) and now they are visible. But first, I had to test them all. I had to toss a few of them that didn't work, but I still have lots. So, I now have several cards that are made with test pieces. Here is one of them. I punched the bottom border, then matted that piece with black. The sentiment is from Gina K. So are the flower and leaf stamps, stencils and dies. The flowers are popped up. I added three black nail heads to complete the card.

  
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Gold Flowers Birthday

It seems I always make pieces, and I don't want them to sit around any more. So I'm trying to use them up right away. The gold frame was one of these pieces. I cut a piece of white to fit on it and embossed it with a Cuttlebug folder. I matted the entire panel with black. I black-embossed the flowers on gold and cut them out. They are from Gina K, as is the sentiment.

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Copying Gina K

Copying Gina K! I actually made this card while following along with one of her YouTube videos. I like the way it turned out. Not as nice as hers, of course, but very similar. LOL!

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Patterned Paper

I came across this patterned paper that I've had forever, and made it into these two cards. (I had two sheets of it.) It came from Archiver's, so that says how old it is. LOL! The sentiment on each card is from Gina K and the metallic butterflies were already die cut and in my parts.

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Another Strawberry Card

I had this left-over piece of embossed paper and decided to make it into this card. I also had the die-cut, embossed and stenciled strawberry piece that I added on top. Everything is from Gina K.

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Strawberry Birthday and Anniversary

Two more cards made with Gina K's strawberries folder, stencils and dies. This sentiment is die-cut from gold.

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Wax Paper Technique Gate-Fold

Another wax paper resist gate-fold card. First I made the wax paper panel. Then I ink-blended the background. Then I embossed the panel and used the stencils to color the embossed flowers. Everything is from Gina k.

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"Double Vision" Cards

Two cards that I made using the "Double VIsion" technique. You emboss a white panel and then cut it into 1/2 inch strips and pop every other one of them up. This first one uses a Gina K folder, dies and stencils. The sentiment is also from Gina K.

The folder for this one is from Altenew. The sentiment is from Gina K.

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Showcasing Patterned Paper

While checking out Leslie's blog today, I see that she linked her card to a challenge using patterned paper. I had these cards ready to post at a later day, but I moved up the posting date to add it to the challenge. The challenge can be found here - Love Those Pretty Papers Challenge.

I did add to this paper. The flowers were just outlines in gold, with no coloring on the flowers or stems. I added the color with Copic markers. I thought the paper was pretty before I added the color, but I like it better with the coloring. (The "blotches" in the background were already there. The sentiment is from Gina K. I embossed it in gold, cut it out with the coordinating die and popped it up.

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Debossed Strawberries

The stamps, embossing folder, stencils and dies for these cards are all from Gina K.

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Elegant Birthday

Can you tell that I brought almost exclusively Gina K products with me on my retreat. :-) The elegant frame (die-cut from gold metallic cardstock), the flower and leaf (from the newest kit) and the sentiment are all Gina K. The sentiment is embossed in gold.

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Birdie Birthday

When I was at the retreat, I was asked about some of my tools. These two pieces were made for demonstration purposes, but of course I had to use them! The embossing folder is from Altenew. The sentiments are from Gina K. I embossed this first one in white.

I decided to post every other day, instead of every day (when I have cards to share.) It will spread them out longer, in case I don't have time to make more. :-)

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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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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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