Mr and Mrs

My friend, Cheryl (Paper Panacea) brought over this embossing folder with coordinating die when she came over last week. The colored flowers and leaves are the die-cut. I used some foam dots under the leaves. The sentiment was die-cut and in my parts. It's cut from foil.

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Anniversary Wishes

While I was looking through my supplies for yesterday's embossing folder, I came across this one, so I thought I would use it. It cuts out the center as it embosses the rest. I lightly ink-blended on it. I added patterned paper behind it, with a sentiment from Gina K. The flowers are ancient ones from Michael's that I also ink-blended on. I added enamel dots for the centers.

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More from the Altenew Set

I had these pieces on my table from when I was playing with the Altenew set from a few days ago. I thought I would put them on cards instead of in my card parts book. This first one is a z-fold card.

The embossed bottom piece on this card is from my card parts book from ages ago.

The other half of the ancient embossed piece.

I brayered ink on to the embossing folder before embossing. It wasn't perfect, but I like the looks of it. The sentiment is silver-foiled.

Back to the thought of switching the spare bedroom and the stamping room around. I was actually ready to start doing that!! But, I measured again and realized that there is no way all my card-making supplies would fit into the other room, so now I definitely have to put the idea out of my head. No window, but lots of room. :-)

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Christmas Folk Art Cards

I got this set from Altenew in January, and I finally used it. There is much more I could do with it, but for now, I'm kind of wondering why I got it! There is a 3D embossing folder, stamp set, stencils and dies. It was really discounted and I couldn't resist it. I'll revisit it at a later date, I'm sure. Because this set had never been used, I am adding it to Darnell's NBUS blog.

For this first card, I stamped with a dark gray ink, then used the stencils to do the coloring. That was a bit of a pain, because some of the stencils had to be cleaned and flipped over between colors. After coloring it, I used the die to cut the top edge and then used the embossing folder over the stamping. Unfortunately, you can hardly see the embossing. I added the sentiment, which was included in the set, and also some Star Dust Stickles in a few places.

A simpler version - just die-cutting the edge, embossing, and matting. Added the sentiment and a few nail-head stickers.

And the simplest of all - embossing a card front and adding it to the card base and then adding a foiled, die-cut sentiment from Gina K, popped up on foam squares.

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Embossed Sympathy

I'm in "use up some parts" mode again. :-) This embossed panel was in my card parts from who knows when. I simply added it to a card base and added the stamps - both of them from Gina K sets. Instead of using black ink, I went with a bit softer gray.

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Embossed Birthday

I met my friend, Cheryl, for lunch last week to give her a bunch of cards I had made for her to bring to the thrift store she volunteers at. She brought me a 3D embossing folder that she had accidentally gotten two of. Thanks, Cheryl! So, I had to make a card right away using it. I decided to rub an ink pad over it in each direction, and then matted it. The sentiment, from Gina K, is matted and popped up.

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Metallic Painted Flowers

Finally - a blog post!! Life is just getting in the way of me spending time in my stamping room. Good things, though - nothing bad, fortunately. When my friend, Cheryl, came over a few weeks ago, she embossed one of these backgrounds and then painted with metallic paints. It was gorgeous! So, I finally got a chance to paint one of mine with metallic paints. It was easier than I thought it was going to be. So, that's it! I cut it down, matted it, and added a die-cut sentiment. (In linking to her blog just now, I see that her card is her most recent post. AND - I almost used the same "Best Wishes" die! Luckily, my scrap of rose colored cardstock was not quite big enough for me to cut that out of, so I went with something smaller.) The embossing folder is from Altenew. 

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Super Simple Thank You

I made this card after making my little note card sets. I had experimented a little bit with my small embossing folders, but ended up not using them. I did, however, use one of my test pieces on this super-simple card. I used the small embossing folder for the sentiment, then I used my Scor-Pal to emboss the lines around the edges for a little added interest. I matted that piece with black. I used some patterned paper for the background and matted that with black, also.

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Embossed Birthday Background

Two more flowers cut from my alcohol ink piece, also with Stickles on the flower centers. The embossed image panel has been in my card parts for quite a while. I added a piece of patterned paper to the top of it.

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Poinsettia Christmas

This card base was in my card parts stash, also. The finished card is 3 3/4 x 6 inches. The oval is cut through the front and it's a tri-fold card but the front is actually double - I glued the very front to the middle section. I hope that makes sense! I added green cardstock behind the open oval. I stamped the poinsettia directly on the green and colored with a Copic marker. Then I stamped the poinsettia on white cardstock, cut it out with a die, and colored it. The poinsettia is mounted on foam squares. The poinsettia stamp and die, and the sentiment stamp, are from Recollections. Oh, I also embossed the front with an embossing folder, probably from Cuttlebug, but I'm not sure.

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White Anniversary

Another card with two pieces of "card parts." The embossed image was done who-knows-when with a small Cuttlebug folder. I matted it with silver paper and a strip of vellum with white stripes and mounted it on foam squares. The background piece was also in with my parts, but only since last fall.

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Embossed Christmas

Two more card parts used up on this card. The embossed image was one of them. I matted it with red and mounted it on foam squares. I believe it was done with a Cuttlebug folder. The embossed background was another piece from my stash. I'm not sure how it was embossed, but it was done about eight years ago. It was probably either a Sizzix/Stampin' Up! folder or a texture plate.

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3-D Embossing

Both of the image panels were embossed at our Group Gathering. I think they were done with 3-D embossing folders from a company in England. I finished them up very simply. A corner of this first panel was accidently cut off, so I straightened it out and cut the opposite corner to match, then matted it and stamped the sentiment along the diagonal edge. The sentiment is from Kaisercraft.

EDITED TO ADD: The embossing folder is from Stampin' Up!Thanks, Vicki!

The sentiment on this one is from Papertrey Ink. I have sure used it a lot lately! I do love it, along with the birthday sentiment that came in the same set. :)

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Best Wishes

Lots of white space:) The purple layer was done with a small embossing folder by Sizzix for Stampin' Up! I embossed it and then cut it down around the edge. I added a white rectangle stamped with a sentiment by Papertrey Ink. The flower is a glittery sticker and the leaf was layer-stamped with a set by Sunny Studio.

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Let It Snow

My friend, Vicki, brought some 3-D embossing folders to our Group Gathering last month. I'm not sure if this one is 3D or not, but it's wonderful:) I made three embossings of it, and here are the cards that I finished with them. They are all very simple, because I didn't want to cover up the background! For this first one, I simply matted it with red.

For this second one, I added some Wink of Stella to the snowflakes and the sentiment.

And for this last one, I lightly sponged some light blue ink over the snowflakes. Three more Christmas cards done.

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Three-D Embossing Folder

When my friend, Cheryl, came over last Friday, she brought this 3-D embossing folder. I don't remember who makes it. It was the first time I have seen one! It makes a very beautiful, deep-embossed image. I used it pretty much just the way it came - I only added some sparkle with Wink of Stella. I matted the image and the sentiment with purple and popped the sentiment up on foam squares. The card is approximately 5 x 7 inches.

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CAS Christmas Challenge

I really don't participate in a lot of challenges, but this one called my name:) It's a new Clean and Simple (CAS) challenge to do Christmas cards. Since I do my Christmas cards throughout the year, it works for me! The theme of this month's challenge is "holly."

I had been looking through my brass stencils the other day, so they were on my mind. When I saw "holly" I immediately thought of this stencil. I embossed it with my BIGkick, rather than hand-embossing it. So much easier! I matted it with red and mounted on foam squares. The patterned paper is from a Recollections matstack that I've had for years. I matted that with red, also.

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Pink and Green Birthday

This brad has been laying around on my table for a while. I'm not sure where it came from, but it went very nicely with this flower that was also laying around:) I matted them on some Berry Sorbet cardstock from Papertrey Ink. I embossed the white layer with a Stampin' Up! embossing folder and matted that with Aqua Mist from PTI. The sentiment is from my favorite birthday sentiment set - Birthday Basics from PTI.

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"Christmas Sunday"

Another Christmas card done:) I'm linking it up to the Christmas Card Challenge blog.

The embossing was done with a Lasting Impressions stencil and my BIGkick. I colored the holly leaves and berries with Copic markers and added some red Stickles to the berries. The patterned paper is from a Recollections stack. The matting is all Real Red from Stampin' Up! I mounted the NOEL panel on foam squares.

We made a stop at JoAnn's last night, and I bought some Martha Stewart Christmas stickers with my 50% off coupon. After we got home, I made twenty cards with them! They are all about the same size and similar, but all different. (Except I think there were two that were identical.) The cards are all the same, with the different stickers. I will share them with you next week. That makes 74 done now - yippee!! Only about 5 - 10 left to make. I do still have to stamp the sentiment on on the insides, though.

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Embossed Tree Thanks

I've been trying to use some more of my "Card Parts." This embossed tree is one I did in Des Moines at our "Group Gathering." I embossed it with a BIGkick. I don't know who makes the stencil - possibly Dreamweavers??

I decided to lightly rub the tree with a white ink cube (from Papertrey Ink - Fresh Snow.) The "thanks" is embossed with a Cuttlebug folder. I rubbed that with the white cube, too, and then did the edges of both panels. I mounted the tree panel on white, added a ribbon, and it was done.

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