Lovebirds Anniversary

And here is the last of the new 3D folders that I got from Altenew. For this one, I used ink and a blending brush over all of the embossing. The sentiment is from My Sentiments Exactly.

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Sunshine

Looking through my dies led me to this one. I cut it twice out of different color cardstock and layered them. I added two enamel dots for the eyes and drew the smile on it. The sentiment is from an old My Sentiments Exactly set. I added a thin black strip at the top of the image panel.

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Christmas Blessings

While digging through my stamps recently, I came across this stamp. I'm not even sure where i got it, but I'm thinking it's from a friend who isn't stamping anymore. (Is that right, Lucy?) It's from My Sentiments Exactly. For this first card, I stamped it with Versamark Ink and embossed it with silver embossing powder. I matted with shimmery silver paper. The sentiment is also embossed with silver.

For this second card, I stamped with black, colored lightly with Copics, added shimmer to the stars and matted with blue.

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Birthday Stickers

My husband came across these stickers in a book that hadn't been used for many, many years. I just couldn't throw them out, so I used them up on these cards. :)

For this first one, I used a scalloped oval Nestability to cut the matting. I mounted on foam squares. The sentiment is, I believe, an old My Sentiments Exactly stamp. The patterned paper is from Gina K, and I also used ribbon.

 I matted this one and mounted on foam squares. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink. 

I used the three remaining stickers on this last card. The sentiment is also a sticker - from Mrs. Grossman's. 

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Sticker Anniversary

Another thing I have out on my stamping table is stickers. And I've had this tri-fold, aperture card out for quite a while, too. Today's card combines them both. The circular sticker and the butterflies are from Penny Black. I mounted the butterflies on cardstock and cut them out, for more substance. I mounted them on Pop Dot pieces. The sentiment is an old wood-mounted stamp from My Sentiments Exactly. After stamping it, I embossed it with a not-yet-used embossing folder from Cuttlebug. I matted it with blue and mounted on Pop Dots.

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Sympathy Rub-Ons

More cards that I wasn't going to share:) However, besides sharing ideas, this blog is also a record of the cards I have made. So, here you go - a couple cards that are very similar to others I have previously posted. Both cards are made with ivory cardstock.

I found these rub-on sentiments from My Sentiments Exactly in my sticker drawers. They also came with verses for the insides. I used the sentiments and verses and finished up another package! I'm not even sure where they came from, but I suspect they came in one of three boxes of "stuff" that my son brought me from a co-worker many years ago. (They sure were fun to go through!) The sentiments are mounted on Pop Dots.

The patterned paper for both cards is from a matstack by Recollections.

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Morning Glory Birthday

I'm pretty sure that's a Morning Glory adorning this card:) It's from My Favorite Things. I colored it with Copics. The sentiment I think is from My Sentiments Exactly.

How's that for a brief post! I'm ready to hit the hay, but I wanted this to post in the morning.

Oh, and to my anonymous commenter from yesterday - thank you! (Would you consider signing your name? Then I could call you by name.)

Edited to add: I almost forgot to link this up to Darnell's NBUS #5 Challenge!! Neither of the stamps used on this card have been used by me before. One was a gift from a friend and one was purchased from a stamping blogger. Be sure to check out Darnell's blog for the challenge and to view her artwork!

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Sympathy Rub-Ons

While digging through my stickers on Friday, I came across these flower stickers and the sympathy rub-ons. The rub-ons are from My Sentiments Exactly. There were matching verses for the insides of the cards, too. I've had them for many years. I matted this one with black.

I'm not sure I exactly like the placement of these flowers, but at least they are very pretty and the sentiment is nice:)

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Pine Branches Christmas

Another Christmas card for today. I had to try out another new punch:)

The punch I used for the pine needles is from Martha Stewart. I scored lines with my Martha Stewart scoring board. The sentiment - which I THINK  is from My Sentiments Exatly - was embossed with puffy green embossing powder. The card base is kraft.

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Happy Anniversary, Andrea and Dave

I totally missed an anniversary of a member of my stamping group. So sorry, Andrea! Here is the card I made for them that was about a week and a half late.

The flowers were stamped and cut out with Stampin' Up! stamps and die. I used Stickles on the centers and also popped one of them up. I stamped the leaves directly on the cardstock. The sentiment is from My Sentiments Exactly. I added a thin strip of green - just because! I matted with the same green. (Gumball Green from SU!)

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Happy Anniversary to Our Daughter

Today is our daughter and son-in-law's tenth anniversary. Gosh, time sure flies, doesn't it?

I cut the bird and swirl with my Cameo Silhouette. I added a small gem for his eye. I stamped the sentiment (from My Sentiments Exactly) with Perfect Plum ink, then embossed with a Sizzix folder. The bird and the matting are Perfect Plum, from Stampin' Up!

Also, as an early anniversary present, their son, Jonah Alexander, arrived yesterday morning! He has an older brother, Andrew, and an older sister, Amelia.

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Best Blossoms Anniversary

An anniversary card for friends.

The frame was cut with my Cameo Silhouette - one of the few things I've cut with it. Hopefully I'll spend more time with it some time soon! I cut an oval to put under it and stamped the flowers on it. (They are from a Stampin' Up! set called Best Blossoms.) Then I stamped the sentiment, from My Sentiments Exactly. After stamping, I sponged the entire panel with SU! Soft Sky ink. I added a row of black gems under the sentiment for a little more balance. I matted with a layer of Soft Sky cardstock and a layer of black. It feels good to be doing some stamping again. I'm entering this into the Repeat Impressions Designer's Choice Challenge, which is to use sponging. I suppose my sponging should be a bit more prominent, but I made the card first and then saw the challenge:)

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Happy Anniversary to Me!

Today is our 38th Wedding Anniversary. Amazing! Thirty-eight wonderful years and still going strong!

This is the card I quickly put together for Jim this afternoon while Owen (our grandson) napped. The embossing was done with a new (to me) Lifestyle Crafts folder that I got at Archiver's last night. Jim likes white and embossing on his cards. :) The sentiment is from My Sentiments Exactly. I stamped it with Versafine Black Onyx on shimmery white paper and embossed with clear embossing powder. I matted with black cardstock and mounted on foam squares. I matted the embossed layer with black, also. Quick, but I think he'll be pleased.

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Two More Black and White Cards

When I was doing my black and white card yesterday (for the CAS-ual Friday challenge) I started with this stamp before deciding to combine it with the FTL challenge. So, this morning (instead of treadmill!) I worked on finishing it up. (I will do treadmill after I get this post finished. :) )


The main image is a stamp from a Crafty Secrets set I recently purchased. I stamped it four times and cut them out with a square Nestability. I mounted them on Dimensionals and matted with a large black square. The sentiment is from My Sentiments Exactly. This card is a case of a card by Annie in my stamping group. Thanks, Annie! This is Annie's card.


The first time I stamped the image, it was a little bit too light. But, of course I couldn't throw it away! This morning I made it into a card. I matted it with a little bit lighter black cardstock which I cut with a scalloped Nestability and mounted on Dimensionals. I embossed the frame directly in the card front. I added a thin strip of black and stamped the image (from Papertrey Ink) below.

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Happy Anniversary, Harriet and Bruce!

I made this card for my good friend, Harriet, and her husband, Bruce.  Their anniversary was yesterday.

 

I used a Dreamweavers stencil and embossing paste for the butterflies.  You can find my video on this technique here, if you are interested.  After they were thoroughly dry, I cut them out.  They are mounted on Pop Dots.  The cardstock is all Papertrey Ink - white, Aqua Mist and Lavender Moon.  The ribbon is from PTI, also.  I embossed the bottom of the lavender panel with a Cuttlebug border embossing folder.  The sentiment is from My Sentiments Exactly.  I stamped it with Versamark and embossed it with Iridescent Sparkle embossing powder.

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