Another Punch

I thought the punch I had out on my table was ready to throw away, but I tested it again, and it worked fine. It actually even punches around corners. Took me a few tries before I could successfully make it around four corners, though! So, I had lots of scraps to use. Here is what I did with those pieces.

This first one uses a stamp and a stencil, both from Gina K.

Here is my one piece where I made it all the way around. This one uses four stamps from one Gina K set - a couple stamped in gray and a couple in black.

And this last one uses a stencil set and a stamp from Gina K.

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Old Punches #7

Another old border punch, plus the flowers were punched using an old punch, too. I added several black sequins for the flower centers. The image panel is popped up. A cheery card, I think.

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Old Punches #6

Another old punch - the THANKS border. I simply punched it and added a panel of patterned paper. Done! Hard to see, but the patterned paper has silver metallic in it.

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Old Punches #5

The bottom of the image panel was punched with an older border punch. I added the flowers to the white panel using stencils from Gina K. The sentiment is from Gina K. I embossed it with black on gold and popped it up. The butterfly was in with my parts.

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Old Punches #4

I used an old border punch on the bottom of this panel and matted with gold. The sentiment is from Gina K and is gold-embossed. The flowers and leaves are from an older set from Gina K. I stamped them on patterned paper and die-cut them. I added a little extra color on the leaves with a Copic marker, and also added color to the flower centers. The flowers are popped up.

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Old Punches #3

Three more cards done with old border punches. I also scored lines with my Scor-Pal beside the punched borders. The butterfly stamps and sentiment are from Gina K. I used gold embossing powder on this first card, older gold embossing powder on the second, and silver on the third.

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Old Punches #2

I used more old punches to make these cards - the flowers and the leaves. The backgrounds on each are done with Gina K stencils. The second card also has a punched border at the bottom of the sentiment panel. The sentiments are both from Gina K. I used another ancient item - brads - for the flower centers.

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Old Punches #1

I have so many old punches that I haven't used for years!! I rearranged things in my stamping room (again!) and now they are visible. But first, I had to test them all. I had to toss a few of them that didn't work, but I still have lots. So, I now have several cards that are made with test pieces. Here is one of them. I punched the bottom border, then matted that piece with black. The sentiment is from Gina K. So are the flower and leaf stamps, stencils and dies. The flowers are popped up. I added three black nail heads to complete the card.

  
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Birthday Balloons

Finally, another card. And when I had a chance to spend some time in my stamping room, did I use some of my new items? Nope! I went through more of my cards parts and started organizing them. I think at some point in the not-too-distant future, I'm going to just throw some of them out. I'm down to small things. I actually emptied my book and put them in little storage containers.

Anyway, here is my card. I had, at some point, added thin strips to cardstock and die-cut this sentiment out of it. Now I cut two more of the same sentiment from really thick cardstock and glued them all together. Then I added it to layers of coordinating cardstock. I punched out the balloons and popped them up and drew the strings before adding the sentiment panel. It really needed something else, so I brought out my Itty Bitty Background stamp set from Stampin' Up! and used it to fill in a little bit around the balloons. That helped. 

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Warm Christmas Wishes

Another Christmas card using the holly corner punch - this time in the corners. :-) The sentiment again is from Lawn Fawn and this time I added a green metallic sticker at the top of the sentiment panel. The red background was embossed with a Sizzix folder and I added Nuvo drops for the berries.

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Holly For Christmas

Well, I finally have a couple cards to share with you. I think three days worth and then I'm done for a while again. The good news is, though, that the Christmas cards are all complete and the envelopes are all addressed and stamped. We still have to do the letter, though. AND I still have to figure out which card to send to which person. That is almost the hardest thing! LOL! 

I used a corner punch to make the border along the border of these cards. I added Nuvo drops for the berries. The sentiments are from Lawn Fawn. I also added thin, red, metallic stickers above the punching.

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Oops - More Christmas Pieces

Several years ago there used to be a theme - What's on Your Desk Wednesday. Well, here's what's on my desk on Friday! LOL! I think that I said a month ago that I had all the Christmas cards that I needed for this year. But, I happened across these dies again and just had to use them! So, here are more card parts for me to make into Christmas cards for next year. The square ones are made with dies. The holly ones are made with a punch. I used the corner punch to make a border. One piece is not for Christmas - the gold one in the upper right. It was done with a left-over foil piece on black toner paper. I cut out a black piece to put as a shadow. I'm not sure if this will get used or not. It's awfully dark and hard to see the floral image. Just thought I'd share what I've been working on.

Update on my hand. The surgery sites are basically all healed up now. At this point, I'd say that my hand is back to the way it was before the surgery - not better. I guess it probably WILL take the several months that I was told!

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Thinking of You in Pink

This is a real "Gina K" card. The flower and leaves were made from a Gina K set I got from my friend, but they came with the set - already done. :-) The flower is mounted on foam squares. I used Nestability dies for the ovals. The sentiment stamp is also from Gina K. The background is from my new cardstock matstack from Michael's.

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Punched Border

This punched border was in my card parts with the ribbon already threaded through it. I added it to a piece of ivory cardstock and placed it on a green card base that I've around for several years. I embossed the sentiment with gold powder.

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Thinking of You Butterflies

Another card made with a card part using the same punch as Wednesday's card. I had ink blended the color over it. I scored lines on the unpunched part and added the sentiment. I also added a couple butterfly stickers.

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Holiday Wishes

I still pick out pieces from my card parts now and then, but not often enough. But, I guess I just don't have enough time in my stamping room! I had used an edge punch from Martha Stewart to punch both sides of a piece of 5.5 x 4.25 inch cardstock, leaving the middle intact. This is the piece that was in my card parts. The snowflakes and sentiment were also from my card parts. I added a strip of lightly patterned paper on the inside edges of the punching. The sentiment and the snowflakes, all from Gina K, were embossed with silver and die-cut. Another Christmas card done. I know it's early, but I do wish I had more of them done.

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Anniversary in Purple

And one more simple card before I'm probably gone for a long time again! I really need to get my calendars done, and at least I have made some progress with them in the past few days. I cut the bottom layer of this card with a Spellbinders die. The heart (and tiny dots) was done with a Martha Stewart punch, with purple cardstock underneath. That panel is mounted on foam squares. The sentiment is from Gina K.

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Christmas #3

And another Christmas card for today. The punched border on the bottom has been in my card parts for years, and was in my crate of Christmas stamps and papers so I used it! I added the green paper underneath it and also the red Nuvo drops. The sentiment is from Gina K and is silver embossed. The papers are from The Paper Studio and I also added a thin silver strip of glitter paper.

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Ladybug Hello

I decided to use one of my many Martha Stewart punches. They just don't get used anymore - out of sight, out of mind. I need to make them more visible! The ladybugs were punched with one of them. I added some polka dotted paper and a die-cut sentiment. The sentiment is three layers, with the top layer being silver metallic cardstock.

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Purple and Green Thinking of You

A new card today. I haven't spent much time in my stamping room lately, but I do have this one to share. I used one of my new Altenew stamps. It's the dotted Swiss background. Not really sure why I got it, as I have lots of dotted paper, but I did. :) I stamped this background in green. (I also did a couple other backgrounds, but I haven't made them into cards yet. Into the "card parts" they go. They are both on black cardstock. One is embossed with white dots and the other is embossed with glittery embossing powder.) The background for the sentiment is from PSX. The sentiment is from Stampin' Up! The butterfly is a punch from EK Success. I added a couple gems to the butterfly's body and three to the sentiment panel, and I added some Star Dust Stickles to the butterfly.

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