Purple Birthday Flower

Another stamped image I've had for about seven years. I again used Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol. I added the purple on the sides and also the black strips. The sentiment is from Gina K. I also added a few black "nail heads."

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Sending Hugs

This stamped image has been in my parts book for about seven years. I have another or two, but I don't want to color them! I used Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol. I cut the image out with a stitched die and matted with black. The sentiment is from Gina K.

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Sending Love

Here is the other card I made with the same image as yesterday's card. It's from Gina K and the sentiment is from the same set. I again colored with Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol. I added a little butterfly from my card parts. It was just a little bit too open in that space.

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With Love & Prayers

I was thinking about using this image for my April 2027 calendar page, but decided it was just too big. I had stamped it a couple of times, so of course I had to color them and put them on cards. Here is the one that is finished so far. The image and the sentiment are both from Gina K. I colored with Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol. I fussy-cut around the bottom of the image and popped that panel up on foam squares. Then I added the thin strip of black above the sentiment and matted with black.

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Fall Cards

Cards using some fall papers. This first one and the last one are nearly identical, but different enough that I'm sharing both. The sentiment panel was one that I cut out from one of the sheets that came with the paper pad. The apple basket stamp is from Repeat Impressions. I colored it with Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol and it's popped up on foam squares. The sentiment is from Penny Black.

The circle piece was also from the paper pad. Hard to see in the photo, but it says, "Thankful for You" in gold.

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On My Mind

Two identical cards with different colors. The stamps are from Gina K. I colored each with Prismacolor pencils. I used Gamsol on the second one, but not this first one. I scored lines with my Scor-Buddy and matted the panels.

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More Birthday Elephants

More long-time card parts. The elephants, balloons and sentiment are from WPlus9, I believe. I colored with Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol. The patterned paper is from Gina K.

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Warm Fuzzies

This stamped image was in my card parts book, again from many, many years ago. It is probably from Penny Black. I colored it with Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol. The sentiment is from Hero Arts and I curved it (un-perfectly!) above the image. I highlighted with a white gel pen and a sparkle pen.

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Hot Foil Sympathy

I used my new Glimmer Hot Foil system for this card. The flowers are the first piece that I had done with it, and I just had them sitting out. I colored them with Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol. I matted with gold foil cardstock. The sentiment is from Spellbinders, too. It's popped on on foam squares.

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Unforgettable Birthday

In my card parts, I have a few of these elephants, balloons and sentiments from WPlus9. One set down! The pieces were stamps and die-cut. I colored the balloon and elephant with Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol. They are mounted on foam squares. The sentiment is matted and added to the panel.

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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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More Sunflowers for Ukraine

When I printed out my digital images from Gina K (in support of Ukraine) I printed two sheets of two images. I have shown one earlier, and here are two more. I gave the fourth printed image to a friend. For today's first one, I used Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol for the coloring. I matted with black. I used a die to cut the sentiment and layered it up, with the top layer being gold glitter cardstock. I also added Wink of Stella to the flower and leaves.

For this second one, I used Copic markers. I used thin, metallic bronze sticker strips on each side of the image panel. The sentiment was from the digital image set. I mounted it on foam squares after adding decorative bronze stickers on that, also.

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Daisies Edgeabilities in Blue

And the last of my Edgeabilities cards, at least for quite a while. For this card, I just used the die to cut off the bottom of the front of the card. I colored with Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol. I added blue panels to the top of the front and to the bottom of the inside of the card. I embossed the front blue panel with an embossing folder from Cuttlebug. The sentiment was stamped on a strip of white cardstock and I added scored lines with my ScorPal. 

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Birthday Flowers

The stamped floral image was the card part for this card. I colored it with Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol. I added some glittery washi tape across the center, then used a sentiment piece, also from my card parts. It's a rub-on, and I mounted it on foam squares.

There - that ends my card parts cards for a while!!! Hopefully by the time this posts, I will have used LOTS of my newer items and will start sharing them.

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Hello, Deer Friend

And the last - for now! - of the "critter" cards. This little fawn is so sweet and adorable. She and the leaves are mounted on foam squares. The sentiment is, also. It is white-embossed on green cardstock. The patterned paper (from Die Cuts With a View) is matted with the same color green. 

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Nuts About You

The penultimate (how's that for a word in this simple little blog! LOL!) card in the "critter" brigade. The images are all die-cut and the cute little squirrel is popped up on foam squares. The patterned paper is from Die Cuts With a View. I also added a thin sticker strip between the patterns.

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Thanks for Owl You Do

And the third of seven of these cards - all super simple. The branch and the owl images are from the same set from Gina K. I colored them with Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol and mounted the owl on foam squares. I cut the image panel with a stitched rectangle die. The patterned paper is from the same matstack as the rest, from Die Cuts With a View. More to come!

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Foxy Friend

OK - here is the second of seven cards using the cute critters from Gina K. Another very simple one! The fox is mounted on foam squares. The patterned paper is again from a Die Cuts With a View matstack, and is matted. The image is colored with Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol.

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Bear Hug

I have finally gotten a chance to work with my June (?) stamps from Gina K Designs. Yippee! I have made seven cards with the cute critters from one of the sets. I may or may not double up on them per blog posts, depending on if I start accumulating cards to post or not. But, for now, here is the first one. I did the coloring on the bear and branch with Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol, and the leaves with Copics. I mounted all of the images on foam squares. The patterned paper is from an old matstack from Die Cuts With a View. I also added a thin strip of brown cardstock above the patterned paper. 

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Celebrate in Purple

I received an order from Gina K about a week ago, and I finally got a chance to play with it a little bit. The completed cardbase had been on my table for a few weeks. It was done with ink on bubble wrap. The flowers and leaves were stamped and die-cut using the newest kit from Gina K. I colored them with Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol. The sentiment, and the background behind it, are from Maya Road. I also added some Gina K disco ball sequins to the flower centers and to the sentiment panel. The small flower and the sentiment panel are popped up on foam squares.

Happy Friday the thirteenth! :-)

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