Birthday Remake

Another card like one I've made in the past. I saw a picture of it and wanted to do it again. So, I made two of them. The branch and bird stamp are from Hero Arts. I fussy cut the branch and bird after coloring them with Copic markers. The sentiment is from Gina K. The holes were cut out with a Papertrey Ink die, and I mounted the panel on foam tape. The patterned paper underneath is from Bo Bunny.

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Foiled Christmas

Two more Christmas cards for this year. And nothing from my Card Parts! I used my Glimmer Hot Foil machine for these. The sentiments are stamped with shimmery gold ink using Bo Bunny stamps.

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Patterned Paper Birthday

Well, this card didn't even use any card parts! (But there are more of those coming very soon.) The patterned papers on this card are from a matstack from The Paper Studio. I added thin black strips on each side of the bicycle paper. The sentiment is from Bo Bunny and is matted mounted on foam squares.

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Floral Birthday

I stamped this image several years ago at one of our Group Gatherings in Des Moines. I have others to use, also, but at least I got one of them used! I colored with Primsacolor pencils and Gamsol. I added Star Dust Stickles to the flower centers. The sentiment is from Bo Bunny and is matted and mounted on foam squares.

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With Sympathy

Three more sympathy cards and three more card parts used up. The stamped images were in my card parts book. I'm not sure who the maker of the stamp is, as I stamped these many years ago. I added the sentiment to each one - from Bo Bunny. The patterned paper on these cards is from various companies - 7 Gypsies, Gina K and Die Cuts With a View. I also added thin cardstock strips along each of the stamped panels.

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Masculine Birthday

I have had these stamped wheat images for several years, and I finally made use of them. I had pulled out several of my card parts a couple weeks ago, and have used them for the cards you'll be seeing over the next few days. All four cards are the same, with just different colored patterned paper on the card base. Each of the images is matted with brown and popped up on foam squares. The sentiment is from Bo Bunny. The patterned papers are all from a Gina K pack from many years ago. It may be still available, though.

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Blue Birthday with Ivory Flowers

Well, my first card post for a long time. Not sure where exactly all the time goes, but it sure does fly! We did go to Mexico for a week with our son and his family. That was pretty awesome!

I had pulled out some card parts and made a few cards, so it's time that I blogged them. The card part on this one is the die-cut flowers. I'm pretty sure it's from Cuttlebug, but I'm not certain. I think I have two more of them to use. I had used some of this patterned paper and had some more out on my table, so I used it, too. I used one of my Waffle Flower rectangle dies to cut the center out of the patterned paper, then reversed the outside frame. I added the die-cut flowers and I double-heat embossed the sentiment with gold embossing powder.

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Cheery Hello

It always feels so great to make a card after a long break. Well, it seemed like a long break, anyway! Like my last card, this card was in my head when I woke up one day a couple weeks ago. Luckily, I drew a sketch of it right away, or I would have forgotten it for sure.

All of the stamps I used for this card - the branch, the bird and the sentiment - are from the same Hero Arts set. I can tell it's really old, because it was made for Archiver's and Archiver's has been closed for many years. The windows were cut with a Papertrey Ink die. I stamped the branch, added the bird, and then carefully cut them out and colored them very simply with Copic markers. I was able to position the branch and bird so that the white part between the birds feet was on a section between windows. I added the patterned paper - from Bo Bunny - on to the card base and popped up the white panel with the windows and branch.

I had a huge project in my stamping room - took me over a week! My stamps had been in page protector sleeves in three-ring binders. It worked, but I had gotten too many and couldn't sort them out the way I wanted them. I had gotten way behind. So, I went through ALL of them and trimmed down the packaging or made more sleeves for the stamps sets so they now all open from the top. They are all in crates. I'm happy that I have done that! I still haven't gotten them sorted yet, though. They are all such different sizes, that I almost just have to sort them by size. I'm not thrilled with that part. I guess I'll have to play around with them more and see what I can do. The thing I most want to sort out is the stamp sets that are mostly sentiments. I loved having them together. Like I said, it was a huge project and now I have time for making cards again.

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Daisy, Daisy, Daisies

Well, I finished off my years-old package of Martha Stewart daisy stickers. Yippee! :) All three of these use the same stamp from Gina K for the stems and leaves. I just didn't ink up the flowers. They all use birthday sentiment stickers. I used patterned paper on a couple of them. Daisies make me happy. 

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Paper-Pieced Trees

Hey, finally a card that does not use pre-made card parts! LOL!

I used Gina K stamps on this card. The trees are paper-pieced with Bo Bonny patterned paper. The image panel is mounted on foam squares. The stamping is all heat embossed with black ink and clear embossing powder.

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"Card Parts" Cards

I've had bits and pieces of time to spend in my stamping room the last couple of weeks. (Yesterday I had nearly the whole day, though, spending it with a friend!) I've mostly spent that time trying to make use of the pieces I salvaged from older cards. Here are the cards that I've made with those card parts. I only have a couple small parts left to use.

For this first card, the whole main panel was done. The treats are one stamp from Repeat Impressions. I had paper-pieced the sweets using kraft, brown, ivory and pink textured papers. I mounted the panel on foam squares. I used a kraft card base. The dotted pink paper is from Bo Bunny.

This card uses two of the parts - the entire card base with matted embossed panel and the flower/heart piece. The image is from Inkadinkado (I think), is colored with Copics, and has an enamel dot for the flower center. The sentiment is from Darcie's and is mounted on foam squares. I also added Wink of Stella to the image.

The re-used part on this card is the bottom panel. It was stamped with a wheel from Stampin' Up! and matted with matching cardstock. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink, stamped with the same ink and matted with the same cardstock as the patterned panel. It is mounted on foam squares.

The recycled piece here is the cardbase and embossed, matted panel. It had been embossed with an embossing plate. The image and sentiment are from a set from Recollections, colored with Copics.

The card part here is, again, the cardbase - this time with the matted patterned paper. It is matted with silver and black. I added an image panel to it - stamped with a Technique Tuesday stamp, colored slightly with Copics, and matted with silver and black to match the card base panel.

Once again, I reused the card base. I had made the patterned cardstock using a Stampin' Up! stamp. Then I used a piece of patterned paper from a Paper Studio matstack and added a die-cut sentiment.

One last card for today. I had made this "patterned cardstock" and put it on a cardbase and I reused it for this card by simply adding the sentiment from Papertrey Ink. I believe the way I had made the pattern is by covering an entire piece with Distress Ink and then stamping with a background stamp misted with water, which removed some of the ink. (So, the lighter areas are where I stamped.)

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Happy Birthday, Harriet!

Happy Birthday to my friend, Harriet! I'm hoping that this card has arrived already.

I made a card like this a few years ago and recently came across a picture of it. I liked it and decided to make another:) (I was also short of time and needed to get this card out in the mail!) The main image is by Inkadinkado. I stamped it and then cut it into three pieces and matted them on a single piece. They are colored with Spectrum Noir Sparkle Glitter pens. I have hardly used them at all:( The sentiment is from Bo Bunny.


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Happy Birthday, Lucy!

This card is for a friend who I've known for fifty-three years! Hope you have a wonderful birthday, Lucy!

The butterflies were cut from a new die several weeks ago. I thought it was time to use them. The bottom of the panel has a strip of Washi tape on it. The panel is mounted on foam squares. The sentiment is from a new-to-me stamp set from Bo Bunny.

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Happy Anniversary, Vicki and Gary!

I made this card for my friend, Vicki's, anniversary. Have a great day, Vicki!

I used a Gina K stamp for the owls. I paper-pieced them using four different patterns of paper, plus white for the eyes and beaks, then colored the eyes and beaks. The sentiment is from a Bo Bunny set.

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Sentiment Splits

I had access to so many dies and stamps last week - it was so fun! We don't bring quite as much "stuff" as we used to, but there is still a lot:) These cards were done using stamp and die sets from Papertrey Ink called "Sentiment Splits."

This first one is done with ivory cardstock and patterned paper from The Paper Studio. I also matted each piece.

For this second card, I added a butterfly using the same patterned paper and a Memory Box die. I cut another butterfly out of white cardstock to glue the blue one on to, for added thickness.

This card is done with ivory cardstock as the base. The sentiment is from Bo Bunny. I added a flower that I cut using one of my new dies from textured paper which I sanded after cutting and embossing, and added an enamel dot to the flower center. The entire panel is mounted on foam squares.

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Another "Guy" Birthday

Another card courtesy of Kris made at our Group Gathering last week. The background and the moose are die cuts. They were placed over patterned paper. I added the sentiment, which is from Bo Bunny.

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Thinking of You

Another of my new dies. (I've had such fun shopping for cheap dies on Amazon. Takes a long time to get here from China, but it's worth the wait:) ) The entire light green piece was cut with one die. I tested it out on the light green and decided I should use that piece. I cut a piece of white cardstock to fit into the center section, then stamped the sentiment on it - from Stampin' Up! I mounted the entire piece on Pop Dots. The background paper is from a matstack from Bo Bunny.

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Hoppy Day!

I recently purchased several dies/die sets through Amazon.  I actually sat down and used every one of them! Now I have to put them on cards:)

The first one I'm using is this frame with "stitching" around it. I must admit that it's smaller than I thought it would be, having not checked out the measurements before I ordered it! I do like the size, though. It came with nine other dies - seven balloons, a straight balloon string, and a curvy balloon string. Some of them are REALLY tiny! They might be fun to work with, though, and I think you'll be seeing one soon. I had the green piece sitting on my table, after cutting something out of the middle of it with another new die. It fit perfectly under this white piece that I had cut. So then I had to figure out something to put in the opening. Going through my stickers, I found these frogs. Perfect! And what sentiment would go with them? How about this one from Papertrey Ink. I mounted the white panel on Pop Dots.

Another of the die sets is the one that cuts these shaped. "stitched" pieces. I used one in white and one in black. Used the last of my frogs and also added the same sentiment from PTI. The patterned paper is from Bo Bunny.

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One Last Valentine

And here is the valentine for our only granddaughter. :)

I cut the hearts and the "love" with a Stampin' Up! set that I borrowed from a friend. For some sparkle, I covered one heart and the sentiment with Versamark and then embossed with "Glitz" embossing powder. The background paper is from Bo Bunny, and I matted with the same red as the die cuts.

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