50th Birthday

A friend of ours very recently turned 50 (yes, he is two days younger than our daughter!) and this is the card that I made for him. Actually, I made him one just like this one, except his has the "alligator skin" on the inside on both of the folding parts of the pop-out. I made two more like this, too - one with no green on the inside and one that is not a pop-out at all. They are all book-fold cards, though. The stamps on the outside are from Tim Holtz.

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Crazy Bird Birthday

The text background was leftover from a card class I took last September and was in my card parts - all matted up. It is from Brutus Monroe and is a rub-on. Time to use it up. The "crazy bird" image was stamped and die-cut and in my card parts, also, and I thought they went well together. The bird is popped up on foam squares, of course. The sentiment is from Technique Tuesday.

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Crazy Bird "Guy" Cards

I had a little time to make some cards, and I need four "guy" cards for January and February. I made them all basically the same, just to get them done and get on with making flower cards and Chrismas cards! I used a new-to-me stencil from Gina K. It includes both designs you see on these cards. I had six of these "crazy birds" from Tim Holtz stamped and die-cut and in my card parts. I colored all of them, so now I just have two more to use, but they are now colored. I cut a strip of white cardstock and ink-blended on it to match the stenciled background. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink. I popped the birds up on foam squares.

I also had some time to work on my calendars. I have January 2025 and February 2026 finished. Yippee! If you are interested in my calendar files, I have linked to the 2024, 2025 and 2026 files. You can find the link under my blog header. In that same tab, there is a link to the cutting instructions and also to a post about how I display my calendars. If you have issues with the files, just email me and I can directly send you the file.

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Thanksgiving

I had this set from Gina K out on my desk, thinking I might use the pumpkins on my calendar. However, I decided it would be just too time-consuming to color 15 of them. So, I put these two on Thanksgiving cards. The sentiment stamps are both from Gina K, also. I colored the images with Copic markers. The pumpkins are popped up with foam squares.

I used a Tim Holtz stencil for the background on the top of this card. I die-cut the image and punched out a scalloped circle with a punch. The image panel is also mounted on foam squares.

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Two-Fer - Birdies

I made these cards for Darnell's "Two-Fer" challenge - to use the same stamp, stencil, etc. on two different cards. You can use them very creatively, or very simply, as I have done, of course. :-) The theme this month is Birds. You can find the challenge here.

On this first card, the bird is stamped and die-cut (and layered for dimension) and colored with Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol. The background paper has some kind of holographic-ness to it, and my silvery stripes along the sides of the white panel are holographic, also. The sentiment is silver heat embossed. I added three Martha Stewart gems.

I changed the orientation on this card and made it a "hello" card. The paper is ancient cardstock from a free pack from Archivers. Remember Archivers?? :-) The bird was stamped directly on the panel once again colored with Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol and I added three orange gems and matted with orange.

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Coneflower Birthday

I'm pretty sure these are coneflowers. 😀 I cut the flowers, the flower centers and the leaves with dies. The stems are just straight cuts. I brushed some darker ink on the petals and added white dots on the flower centers. I used a Tim Holtz stencil to make the background. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink. This card measures 3.5 x 6.25 inches.

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Road Trip

I guess I will send this to the first person I know that will be heading out on a road trip:) I came across a few tags and thought I would use one. I had also come across this stamp set from Tim Holtz when I was looking for a specific stamp. All the stamps are from the same set. I added some twine at the top, through the hole. I sponged a bit of the brown ink along the edges, also.

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You Brighten My Day

A couple years ago, I got some Zig Clean Color Real Watercolor Brush Pens. I haven't used them much, as I was really not impressed by them. However, when my friend, Harriet, was here for a visit, she told me about, and gave me, some Tim Holtz Mixed Media cardstock and said that you can blend your markers on it. It worked great! Thanks, Harriet!

The stamps I used for this card are from a tiny (just these two stamps) set from Stampendous that I purchased in Ankeny. I matted with purple and used an ivory cardbase.

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Masculine and Butterfly Birthday

These two cards are related, so you get them both today:) The old car stamp on this card is from a Tim Holtz set. The plain paper on the bottom and the patterned paper on the top are both from a 7 Gypsies pad I got at Archiver's several years ago. The sentiment is a Mrs. Grossman's sticker placed on the patterned paper. The tiny strip above it is the same paper, also. I added a thin strip of ivory cardstock between the papers.

The butterfly on this second card is the last one I have from Martha Stewart. I think the sentiment is from Stampendous, but I'm not sure. The bottom pattern was stamped using an old Stampin' Up! background stamp. And I used a little bit more ribbon.

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Hello Birdie

Another short stint in my stamping room, and more card parts:)

This bird was already cut and colored and mounted on foam squares, so I combined him/her with another scrap on my table - the white strip with the lines embossed with my Scor-Pal. I added the "hello" which I cut using one of my new Darice sentiment dies. I matted the white piece with a leftover scrap from the piece I covered the card front with. I also mounted the sentiment panel on foam squares. The patterned paper is from a new Bo Bunny pad I got for half price at JoAnn's.

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Happy Birthday, Sheri!

Today is my friend Sheri's birthday. This is her birthday card, even though it doesn't say "birthday" on the front:)

The stamps are all from a Tim Holtz set, and the bird is cut out with a die that came with the stamps. I colored the bird with Copics and mounted him on foam squares. I matted that panel with matching cardstock.

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Stenciled Backgrounds

I created the background for each of these cards the same way. I used a Tim Holtz stencil, rubbed distress ink on it, spritzed it and then put a piece of cardstock on top. One is watercolor paper and the rest are cardstock. Also, on a couple, I accidentally spritzed with alcohol!

To finish this first card, I stamped the sentiment (from Papertrey Ink) and then cut it out with a Stitched Rectangle die from Memory Box. I also die-cut a piece of fun foam to mount the sentiment on. I matted the background with dark brown cardstock. I'm pretty sure I spritzed the stencil with alcohol on this one.

For this second one, I stamped the lighthouse using an Impression Obsession stamp and the sentiment with a Papertrey Ink stamp.

This one uses the same stamps, but the background is a bit different. Looks like the second "stamping" with the stencil.

And for this one, I used a stamp from Inkadinkado and the same PTI sentiment.

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Happy Father's Day!

Here are the two Father's Day cards I made this year.

This one is for my dad. He just got back from an Alaska cruise yesterday, so I thought this ship from Tim Holtz would be good. I did the stamping in Versafine Vintage Sepia. The sentiment is from Hero Arts. I used ivory vellum and a Darice Waves embossing folder for the "ocean." The image panel is mounted on foam squares.

And here is the one I made for my husband. The stamps are from the same Tim Holtz set, but I did this one is black and gray. The image panel and background panel are matted with black, and the image panel is mounted on foam squares.

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Festive Four

These cards were all made using stamps from the Stampin' Up! set called "Festive Four." I also used Inkadinkado sentiment stamps for all of them. (Edited to add: Actually, the "Happy Holidays" is from Stampin' Up!) The backgrounds were all done using a Tim Holtz stencil (thanks, Kris) and a sponge and ink. The images were all colored with Copics and mounted on foam squares. I think that's all there is to them!

I'm making good progress on my quest to use all of my Stampin' up! sets. Hope you're not getting too bored - there is a long way to go!

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