Christmas with Frames

These frames were a set from last year's Twelve Days of Christmas box from Gina K. I cut them out of Christmas colors so I could add a couple more cards to my stack. The green one is glitter cardstock. I embossed the background with a Sizzix folder. The sentiment is an old wood-mounted one from Hero Arts. The image is from Hampton Art. I colored with Copics and added some white dots with a gel pen.

The image on this card is from Stampin' Up!

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Mass Production #1

Well, I have my Christmas cards for this year finished - inside and out!! Yippee! I was getting a bit stressed and really wanted them done, so I made twenty of this card. I then did twelve of another that I will share tomorrow. That, along with the ones that were finished, makes 79. Whew.

Not much explanation needed. The ornament stamp is from Hampton Art. The sentiment is from Lawn Fawn. I cut the rectangles out with dies and the panel is mounted on foam squares.

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Hello

Another simple card - that's about all I do! I had this extra die-cut panel (using Spellbinders dies) so I matted it with black and added a "Hello" sentiment from Hampton Art and popped it up on foam squares after added three sequins to it. The patterned paper is very ancient Stampin' Up!

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Dragonfly Wishes

Here is another image you'll be seeing again on a calendar page next year. Sometimes I make an extra one, and then use it on a card. The image is from Repeat Impressions. I colored with Copics and added Star Dust Stickles to the wings. I spritzed the panel with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist. I matted with black and added to some patterned paper. The sentiment is from Hampton Art.

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Baby Boy

Our nephew just had a baby boy last Sunday. Here is the card I made for them. The baby, rubber duckie and bottle were cut from white with a very old, unused Cuttlebug die. I colored them with Copics and then paper-pieced the baby's onesie. The ovals were cut with Nestabilities. The oval, duckie and bottle are mounted on foam squares.

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Christmas Joy

A simple card that "happened." The image is from Hampton Art. I stamped and colored it (and a couple others) for the fancy fold card from a couple days ago, but didn't like it for that one. So, I fussy cut it out, and then I did like it. LOL. So, I added some Wink of Stella and mounted it on foam squares. I embossed the background with a Sizzix folder and matted that panel with red. That's about it, but I think it may be one of my favorite Christmas cards for this year. (They went out Monday and yesterday.)

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Butterfly Hello

Here is the deckled rectangle piece that's been sitting on my table for a while - finally used up. I have all the pieces used up now. I do still have several card fronts waiting to be finished, however! I added the butterfly and the sentiment to the top of the image panel. They are from an old rubber set from Hampton Art. I stamped the butterfly onto the image panel and also on a piece of scrap cardstock. I cut out the wings from the scrap piece and added them to the one on the image panel. That way, I could have the wings hang over the edge, but I didn't have to cut out the body or antennae. I colored with Copic markers and added Wink of Stella and a couple black gems. I embossed the bottom of the panel with a Darice folder, scored a couple lines with my Scor-Buddy and sponged some color over the panel. I matted with black and mounted on foam squares. The patterned paper on the bottom has silver pinstripes and I added a think strip of silver shimmery paper above the black.

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Let's Craft and Create - Purple and Green Challenge

I'm entering this card (and I guess the second card qualifies, also) into the "Let's Craft and Create" challenge. You can find it here. The challenge is to use purple and green. 

I was going to try to convince a friend (who asked about a gel press) to get a gel press. I just can't do it. I'm not very successful at it! But I have a few pieces that I'm going to use, nonetheless. I used the gel press on both of these cards. First I had stamped and white heat-embossed the image, from Gina K. I used the gel press about three times, I believe. Then I added the dots - from Altenew. The "Hello" die is from Altenew, also. I matted with black and added a few green and purple gems.

Same technique on this card. I matted it with a black piece that I die-cut a few weeks ago. The sentiment is from Hampton Arts. I used a black Perler Pen for the "pearls."

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Thinking of You

I actually spent a little time in my stamping room a couple days and I made this card. I wanted to use a stencil and rotate it. So, I took my Gina K diagonal stripes stencil and used Gina K inks. First I did the light purple one way, then turned the stencil and did the greenish stripes in the other direction. Then I took a fine-line black marker and added those lines. Just what I needed - a piece of patterned paper! :) I matted with matching cardstock. I embossed the white strip with a Cuttlebug border folder. The image with sentiment is from a set by Hampton Arts. I colored with Copic markers - not an exact match, but a bit better in real life.

I am a little late with sharing my birthday cards, but will be sharing them soon. Thanks to everyone who sent me one!

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More Watercolored Flowers

I've been having fun with watercolor. This card uses a stamp, but the next three I'm going to post are "from scratch."

The image stamps on this card (the three flowers and the leaf) are from a Hampton Arts set. I stamped them on cheap watercolor paper. I painted the flowers and added the stems, and the leaves to the middle flower. I matted it and added the sentiment, which is mounted on foam squares. The sentiment is from the same stamp set.

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Happy Anniversary, Kris and Ron!

Here is the card that I made for my friend, Kris, and her husband for their anniversary. I saw it this type of card on Jennifer McGuire's YouTube videos. I think it's just called a shadow box card, but I'm not sure. The flowers and leaves are layered stamps and dies from Sunny Studio. I cut out the rectangle with a stitched rectangle die from Memory Box. The corner stamp on the rectangle on the front of the card, along with the sentiment, are from a Papertrey Ink set. The background was stamped with a Recollections background stamp. The "Celebrate" sentiment is from a Hampton Art set.

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Die-Cut Christmas

Two more Christmas cards complete:) I made these, also, while I was in Ankeny. I used a die gifted to me by Kris for them. This first card uses stamps from a Hampton Art set that I purchased at Memory Bound - the store we spent our time at. The set included the die to cut out the "Merry." Merry is mounted on foam squares.

I used the same die for this one, but this time I embossed a sentiment from Gina K in white and added a couple thin strips of white cardstock.

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Cute Christmas Reindeer

All of the stamps and dies that I used for these cards are from the same Hampton Arts set. I got it when I was at Michael's when we were in Chicago the week before last. They are all basically the same with different placement of the image panel. The die cuts are all mounted on Dimensionals. I used Wink of Stella on them, too.

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Simple Birthday Card - With a Twist! :)

A couple months ago, a friend showed me a card she had made. It's called a "Pop and Twist" card. I thought it was pretty cool and wanted to make one. Last weekend was the time for me to try:) I knew that the hardest part for me would be trying to figure out how to decorate so many spaces! So, I went totally clean and simple. I only took these two pictures, but if you search for instructions, you will see how it works and can find different ways of making it. It looks like a "regular" card from the front, but when you open it, the middle part twists and pops out. Pretty cool!

I used a couple more of my new dies. I layered the "Happy Birthday" with about four pieces. The sentiment stamps are from a Hampton Arts set.

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Wishing You Happiness

I had a little fun making this card. It didn't turn out all that great, but it's passable. I got a new Hampton Art set from Michael's last week and had a chance to play with it. All of the stamps are from the same set. This card is 3.5 x 6.25 inches.

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Happy New Year!!! ... and January Calendar Page

Happy New Year to all!!!

Here is my first calendar page of the New Year. The snowman with snowflakes image is from Hampton Arts Outlines. The sentiment (which I cut into three pieces) is from My Favorite Things. I colored with Copics and added some sparkle with Star Dust Stickles. I matted with lavender cardstock.

If you would like to print and make your own calendars using my blank calendar file, you can find the Excel file and the cutting instructions in the Calendar tab under my blog title. I'd love to hear from you if you do!

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Ladyslipper Just For You

I've had this die-cut doily for years, too. (Thanks again, Annie!)

I cut a piece of "mottled" pink cardstock for the bottom layer. I sponged pink ink along the top, bottom and right edge. I trimmed down the doily to fit right along the edge of the cardbase. I sponged the pink ink around the edges of the doily except for the left edge. I stamped the ladyslipper, which is from Repeat Impressions, and colored with Copics. Then I stamped the sentiment, which is from Hampton Art.

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Petite Patterns #1 - 4

The Stampin' Up! set I am using today is called "Petite Patterns." It consists of four background stamps. 

This first card uses the hearts. I stamped them in red and matted with red. The sentiment stamp is from Hampton Art and I used markers to ink it up. I matted with a circle cut with a Spellbinders die, and mounted on foam squares.

I'm not quite sure what the pattern is in this next stamp. :) I started with a piece of white cardstock embossed with an Oblong Doily Darice folder. I masked around the inside edges, stamped the image multiple times and sponged some ink around the edges. I matted with matching cardstock and punched some butterflies to match, also. I added gems to the butterflies. The sentiment is from Hero Arts. I sponged ink around the edges and mounted on foam squares.

For this card and the next one, I used metallic shimmery ink pads direct to paper for the colored background. Then I stamped the pattern on them. I matted them. I added Washi tape to this one. 

The sentiment on this one is from Hampton Art.

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Petite Posies

 Here is the card I made using the Stampin' Up! set called "Petite Posies." The set consists of 13 small stamps. I made this card complete. The sentiment is from Hampton Art. 

 I made the image/sentiment panels for six more cards using the rest of the stamps. I just need to glue them on to card bases when I need them. I don't use many thank you cards and I hesitated to finish them all up. When I figure out what I'm going to do with them, I will complete them. (Update on this: I did finish all of the cards and mailed them to the winner of this card. Hope you like them, Nikki!)

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Christmas Sunday

 It's Sunday, so that means it's the day for me to post any Christmas cards I've made during the week. This week I have two.  Not much to either of them, but that's the way I like it! :)

This first one is embossed with a Cuttlebug folder. I added some red grosgrain ribbon and a sentiment - from Hampton Arts Outlines. The white embossed layer is glued to the card base.

The tag on this second one was in my card parts pile. The stamp and the punches that were used are both from Stampin' up! The embossing was done with a Cuttlebug border folder and the ribbon is from Martha Stewart. I also embossed a couple lines under the embossing with my Scor-Pal.

I'm linking these cards to the Christmas Card Challenge blog.

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