October Calendar Page

Oops, I almost forgot to do my calendar page post for today!! I can't believe it's October, and our weather certainly doesn't say October!! At any rate, here is my calendar page for the month. It's very "retro" as the stamp and the paper are very, very ancient. The stamp is a wood-mounted one from the dollar bin at Michael's (remember those?) and the paper is also from Recollections. The image is just very simply colored with Copic markers.

I am still working on my card class cards, but I guess I can start sharing them, since the class is over. I think there were over sixteen classes and I'm not quite half done. Hopefully soon I will take some pictures and post them on my blog. I should share more vacation photos, too. So much to do, so little time. And it's still golf weather!

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Baby Boy

We had a drive-by baby shower last Saturday, and this is the card I made for it. The cute little teddy bear is from Inkadinkado. I paper-pieced his onesie and colored with Copics. The sentiment is from a Studio G dollar stamp set from a LONG time ago. The sentiment and the image panel are both mounted on foam squares. The background paper is from Die Cuts With a View.

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Welcome Little One

A couple more baby cards for church. The image is die-cut. The sentiment is from another old dollar stamp set from Studio G.

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Teddy Bear Baby

More cards for church. The teddy bear is die-cut. I added tiny enamel dots for the eyes. The sentiment is from an old dollar stamp from JoAnn's from Studio G.

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June Calendar Page

Goodness - I almost forgot to post my calendar page today! I remembered just in time. Time is flying by way too fast.

The butterfly and mushroom stamps are from a Fiskars set. The sentiment is from a Studio G dollar set from years ago from JoAnn's. I colored the image with Copic markers and added the border with a Copic marker, also.

April Calendar Page

Well, we have arrived at April! Here is my page for this month. Seems like I have lots of pages this year that are just stamped and colored, but that's OK:) I do like a little more variety, though. At any rate - the image is from My Favorite Things. I colored with Copics. I also added some hand-doodling around the edge. The end! 

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March Calendar Page

Here is my March calendar page. The shamrocks were cut with a die. The patterned paper is from a Recollections pad. The sentiment is from an old Studio G dollar stamp set.

Edited to add: Not sure why I even called this a "shamrock," but I stand corrected. It is a four-leaf clover. Thank you to my anonymous commenter:)

You can find the Excel file for my calendars through the links under my blog title. If you use them, I would love to hear from you!

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Welcome Little One

Yippee - I finished a pack of stickers! :) The giraffe and three leaves were what was left in a package of Sandylion stickers. My cardbase and layer are ivory. The sentiment is from on old Studio G dollar set.

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Happy Halloween #4

The last of the Halloween cards. I made two like this for our two oldest grandsons.

Once again, the background paper is from a stack by Recollections. I had this piece of white with the oval cut out of it left-over from the card from a couple days ago. I just happened to set it on this piece of paper that I had gotten out. I thought it worked out great! Funny how that happens sometimes. :) The ghosts are from a Recollections stamp set and the sentiment is from an old dollar set by Studio G. The ghosts are mounted on foam squares.

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Happy Halloween #3

This card uses the same background paper as the two cards from yesterday. For this one, I used the same sentiment (from an old dollar stamp set from Studio G.) I matted it with black and mounted it on foam squares. I stamped the image (from a Halloween Recollections set) and colored with Copics. I cut it out with an oval Nestability and used a scalloped die on black for the mat. This one is for our granddaughter.

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Happy Halloween - #1 and #2

I finally got around to making my Halloween cards for the grandkids. Three will go out in the mail tomorrow, heading for Chicago. The other two will be hand-delivered. They are all pretty simple this year. (Not unlike every other year, I guess!!)

The background paper for all of them comes from a pad from Recollections. The papers were all 8.5 x 11, but I cut them down to fit on standard sized cards. I trimmed off the lower left corner of this one, along the spider web edge. I matted with black. The sentiment is from an old dollar set by Studio G. I stamped it with Versamark and embossed with detail white embossing powder. The ghosts are from a Halloween set by Recollections. I stamped them on white, cut them out, and mounted on foam squares.

This piece had the spider already on it. I simply matted the paper with black, added the sentiment (same as above), and then popped up the ghost. These two cards go to the two youngest grandsons.

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July Calendar Page

I cut these pieces on my Cameo Silhouette. The text is a stamp from a dollar Studio G set from ages ago. I used markers to color.

If you would like to make your own calendars using my files, you can find the files on a separate page of my blog. The links are under the blog header.

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March Calendar Page

Ah, March! Maybe it will warm up now! :)

Here is my calendar page for this month. I cut out all of the circles (for the fifteen calendars) with my Cameo Silhouette. The stamps I used (the one in the circle and the one at the bottom) are both from Studio G. I colored the clover with a Copic marker. The patterned paper is from Recollections.

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October Calendar Page

A little late, but better late than never. At least I still remembered on the First of the month:) At any rate, here is my calendar page for October.

The pumpkin with vines stamp is from Inkadinkado. I paper-pieced the pumpkin. I colored the flowers with a Stampin' Up! marker. The sentiment is from a dollar Studio G set.

If you are interested in printing out calendars to make, you can find a link to my file under my blog header. I'd love to hear how they work for you!

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Forest Friends - Part Two

Card number two using the Stampin' Up! set "Forest Friends." These images seemed like they would make nice baby cards.

I stamped the deer with a purple ink and matted with purple, also. Mounted on foam squares, of course! LOL! The patterned paper is from Die Cuts With a View and I matted it with the same purple cardstock. The sentiment is from an old Studio G dollar set.

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Delightful Doodles

I'm going to share all the cards today that I made with this set, but then I might have to start spacing them out a bit. We had company all last weekend, had stuff going on each night this week, and then we're having company again this coming weekend starting tonight. Fun stuff!

Today's set is called "Delightful Doodles." Like many (if not most!) of these small sets, it consists of four stamps. I used the leaf on this first card. I stamped it with fall colors and mounted them each on the same color. The patterned paper background is from an old matstack from Stampin' Up! The sentiment is from Hero Arts.

 For this second card, I used the heart. I stamped it in red and used a stamp from a dollar Studio G set for the sentiment. I mounted the image panel on foam squares. I embossed the background with a SU!/Sizzix embossing folder.

I used the remaining two stamps for this last card - the stem and leaves are one stamp and the flower is separate. I used enamel dots for the flower centers. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink.

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July Calendar Page

Well, this year is officially half over - what a scary thought! Time for my July calendar page.

These fireworks stamps are from Repeat Impressions. I stamped them with various colors and embossed with Kaleidoscope embossing powder for the sparkle. The sentiment is from a dollar Studio G set. My blank calendar files are available for download to anyone who would like to use them. I would appreciate an email letting me know you have used them. Thanks!

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Happy Halloween!

This is the Halloween card I made for our granddaughter. Three of the boys got cards that were already made and in my "stash!" (My stash is much diminished now, as I picked out 65 cards to donate to our church to sell at the annual Lutefisk Dinner and also to have in the Library for sale.)

The main image is from a Recollections set and I colored her with Copic markers and added black Stickles to the pumpkin's face. I matted with a velvety black cut with a Nestability. The patterned paper is from Recollections, also. The sentiment is from an old Studio G dollar set.

This is the other card I had to make this week. It's for the grandson that I take care of every day. The patterned paper - with the spider on it - is from Recollections. I added black Stickles to the spider. The ghosts are a stamp from Recollections. I stamped them, cut them out, mounted them on foam squares, and added Star Dust Stickles to them. The sentiment is from Inkadinkado.

Happy Halloween to all! (I'm not really fond of Halloween, myself!)

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Happy Anniversary, Joanne and Mark!

Today is the anniversary of a friend from my stamping group. This is the card they received from me.

The little birdies are from a Studio G set and were colored with markers, cut out, and mounted on foam squares. The ovals were cut with Nestabilities, and the white one was embossed with a Swiss Dots folder. The sentiment is from Stampendous. Happy Anniversary, Joanne and Mark!

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June Calendar Page

My calendar page for June. Still haven't started my calendars for 2014. Drat!

The main lady bug is made with a Lasting Impressions brass stencil. I embossed the lady bug on white and on red. I cut the body out of the red. I added the black with a marker. I matted with a shimmery silver paper. The background was stamped with a Studio G dollar stamp stamp. 

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