Circle Anniversary

The die-cut flowery piece was another piece I pulled from my card parts book a few days ago. I just had to pull out a few pieces to get my mojo flowing again. The circle was also in my card parts. Both pieces were white. I brushed ink onto the circle piece using Gina K inks. I love them for blending. Then I brushed green inks onto the flowery piece. I put those pieces together and mounted them on foam squares. The sentiment and the hearts are from a new-to-me Avery Elle set.

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October Color Swap - Orange and Black

Here is the card I made for this month's color swap card. The colors are orange and black. Sounds like a Halloween card, but I didn't want to make one! :) So, here was my alternative. Using Gina K inks, I brushed three shades of orange onto a panel of white cardstock. Then I used a Gina K silhouette stamp, and a sentiment from the same set. I matted the panel with black, and mounted it "askew" onto an off-white card base. I also added three "nail heads" just for a little more interest.

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Purple Musical Birthday

I had time to spend in my stamping room lately, but I wasn't really motivated by anything - not even some new stamps! So, I pulled out my "card parts" book. This pre-cut sentiment was in there, and it was one of the things that I pulled out. I also used a pre-cut piece of patterned paper. I'm pretty sure it was a sample piece that a Stampin' Up! demonstrator had, and I ended up with lots of these pieces in one of three boxes of "junk" that my son brought me many years ago from a co-worker of his. I'm still enjoying that stuff! I matted that piece with black and dug out a piece of matching purple cardstock. i embossed that with a Darice embossing folder.

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Birthday with Amelia's Flower

I finally got to spend a little time in my stamping room again. Here is the card that I completed. The image was drawn by our granddaughter, Amelia. I colored it with Copic markers. I matted with purple, added some scored lines and a sentiment from Lawn Fawn (that I just got in the mail today) and mounted it on foam squares. The background is very shiny and purple. It's done with foil, a pre-printed sheet from Gina K and a laminator. You can sort of see the purple in the small photo on the left.

I'm linking this up to Darnell's NBUS (Never Before Used Schtuff) challenge.

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Christmas - By Amelia

Here is another card made by our granddaughter, Amelia. We'll miss her when she goes back home, for sure! We used a Gina K stencil for the background, dabbing a Versamark pad all over the raspberry cardstock and the stencil. Then we used a sparkly embossing powder and heat embossed. The tree and the sentiment are embossed with detail gold powder. The tree is from Inkadinkado and the sentiment is from Hero Arts. The sentiment is mounted on foam squares.

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In My Thoughts

A fall "Thinking of You" card. I used three fall colors of ink and a new Gina K stencil for the background of this card. I used Gina K leaves and sentiment stamps for the sentiment panel, and popped it up with foam squares.

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By Amelia #2

Here is another card by our granddaughter, Amelia. She said she was inspired by my card from yesterday. 😊 She kind of used it for her layout, but this card was all her. It started out by me showing her that you can use bubble wrap to ink up a background. She choose the color. Then she said that she would like an elephant in a party hat holding a bunch of balloons. I thought that might be difficult! But then I remembered I had a few stamped and die-cut elephants from several years ago that I made when I was visiting stamping friends in Omaha. No party hat, though! I showed her my balloon dies and she chose this one, and she used glitter paper that matched the background quite well. She sketched the elephant so that she could practice coloring it. She also sketched this flower again. By the way, I'm sorry that I didn't make clear the other day that she drew this flower based on a Gina K stamp. But she did it in about five seconds! She used Copic markers to color the elephant. The sentiment is from an older Gina K set. She matted with glitter paper cut with a scalloped Nestability. The elephant, sentiment and two balloons are mounted on foam squares. I believe the elephant is from Wplus9.

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Birthday Flowers in Pink

The main image on this card was done with a brass stencil. After embossing it, I used an ink pad directly over it in two directions for the color. I matted with black. The sentiment is one from my card parts. I matted it with a scalloped die-cut piece. I'm pretty sure the sentiment is from Stampin' Up! but I'm not sure. I used a Gina K stencil to ink up the background.

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Hello Sunshine

A simple card I made using a new-to-me stamp set from Gina K. All the images and the sentiment are from the same set. I stamped them on a textured off-white cardstock and colored with Copics. I also used a new-to-me stencil from Gina K to make the diagonal stripes. The black "matting" is actually thin strips.

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By Amelia

We have been lucky enough to have our granddaughter spend several days with us. Awesome!! She and I have had some (but not enough!) time in my stamping room. She personally made both of these cards - she did the stamping and the coloring. I helped with the cutting, but then she did the gluing. I am so impressed! She is in fifth grade - age ten and a half.

The main image on this first card is from Gina K. She colored with Copics. The sentiment and the heart stamp are from The Paper Company.

The flower spray and the butterflies on this card are from Inkadinkado. They are also colored with Copics. The sentiment is from Stampin' Up!

I am adding these last two pieces because, again, I am so impressed. She just drew these in a few seconds so that she could practice her coloring! They look like stamps to me. :)

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Another "Box-Top" Fold Card

Here is another card like I posted a couple weeks ago. Nothing special, but I just wanted to try it again. We gave this to our oldest grandson. He turned 12 on the second. Amazing how time flies!

The directions I was given called for two pieces of cardstock glued together, but I just did it as one. I scored at 2 1/8 and 6 3/8 on the short side, and at 2 3/4 and 8 1/4 on the long side, and then I cut out the corners. Then you simply fold it up like the top of a box.

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Tiny Butterfly Anniversary

This little butterfly has been on my stamping table for quite a while. I had colored it with Copics and added Wink of Stella. I don't remember who makes the stamp.Very had to see in the photo, but there is a scalloped border above and below the sentiment, and then scored lines on the top and bottom of those. The sentiment is die-cut and layered. The card base and panel are ivory. The scalloped border was done with a LifeStyle Crafts embossing folder.

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Glittery Flowers and Butterfly

Another one of my glittery cards. I threw away a different piece that was similar to this, but used different glitter and I really didn't like it! This image is from Repeat Impressions. I simply colored it with Copic markers. Then I added double-sided sticky paper to the entire piece, then added ultra-fine glitter over the top. The sentiment is die-cut and layered.

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Glittery Balloons

I had fun with glitter for a few days. Here is one of the cards I made with it. I had a small piece of cardstock left over that had double sided sticky paper on it, so I used it to die-cut the balloons. Then I added Martha Stewart glitter to them in various colors. I added the strings with a fine-tip marker and matted with black. The die was in my card parts book.

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Anniversary Flowers with Bee

Another simple card for today - what else is new! LOL! The image is from Repeat Impressions. I used Copic markers for the sky and the bee. I watercolored the flowers and leaves. After watercoloring, I stamped the image again, over the top. That was necessary to see the lines sharply. I used an ivory cardbase. The sentiment is die-cut. I used a bit of Wink of Stella on the bee's wings.

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October Calendar Page

Welcome to October!!

I did this page so long ago, I don't even remember where the stamps came from. I think I borrowed them from a neighbor/friend/fellow stamper. All the stamps are from October Afternoon.

I have my calendar files for 2021 and 2022 uploaded for anyone who would like to use them. I'd love to hear from you if you do! You can find the links under my blog title.

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Two-Layer Die-Cut Butterflies

I found these die-cut, layered butterflies in with my card parts. So pretty! I don't know what company they are from - I've had them cut for a while. I simply added them to a kraft panel and matted with black and added them to a kraft card base. The sentiment was in with my parts, also. I believe it's from Gina K. I had embossed it with black on vellum.

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Sanded Embossing

Here are two very similar cards that I have recently made. For both of them, I used textured blue paper, embossing folders and a sanding block. This first one is done with a folder from Cuttlebug. The swirly die-cut, the sentiment die-cut and the flower die-cut were all in my card parts book.

This embossing folder is from LifeStyle Crafts. The sentiment panel is die-cut and was also in with my parts.

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Thinking of You - W-Fold Card

A friend of ours just had back surgery this week. Here is the card that I made for her. It's called a W-fold card. The outside is pretty plain, but I actually like it enough to maybe make another card or two like it, without the "stuff" on the inside!

The outside uses a Darice embossing folder. After embossing, I rubbed the raised areas gently with an orange and then with a yellow ink pad. The sentiment is from an old set from Stampin' Up! The stamps on the inside are all from a "Flip Set" from Repeat Impressions. They are made for use with a "flip card" but I thought they worked great for this style card, too.

Since I used Repeat Impressions stamps, I thought I would link up to their "Anything Goes" challenge. You can find that challenge here. The card base and other panels are ivory cardstock.

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Color Swap Card - Kraft and Another Color

Here is the card that I ended up using for our group's color swap. The colors are kraft and another color. My "other color" is white. I embossed the owls with a Darice folder and sponged white ink over the raised areas. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink. It's stamped with Versamark and embossed with white powder, and then popped up on foam squares.

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Happy Halloween

Here are a couple Halloween cards that I made. I happened across this Darice folder that I'm pretty sure I have never used. For this first card, I embossed it on white textured cardstock and rubbed black ink over it. The sentiment is from Repeat Impressions and is mounted on foam squares.

For the second card, i used the same folder, but used textured black cardstock and used a sanding block on it. Same sentiment. These cards are two of a LOT of cards that I'm giving to a friend for the thrift store that she volunteers at. I'm so happy to be able to donate my cards to her! 

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Inked Embossing Folder

Hey, I'm back with a couple cards! LOL! I haven't had much time at all in my stamping room, but I do have something. I was working on a card for our group's color swap (kraft and another color) and came up with this. But, I made a different card for the swap. I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder on kraft cardstock and inked it up before embossing with the turquoise ink. After embossing, I rubbed a white ink pad over the raised areas. The sentiment (which you can barely see in the photo) is a circle greeting from Papertrey Ink. The center of the greeting is from the same set and I used white embossing powder for it, cut it out with a scalloped circle Nestability and popped it up on foam squares. I also sponged a little white ink around the edges of the scallops.

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Special-Fold Birthday

Someone in my stamping group made a card like this, so I had to try it. It folds up like you'd fold up the top of a box - overlapping the panels. The instructions I had called for making it using two pieces of cardstock, but I thought I would try it with only one. I scored the lines and then cut out the corners and then folded it up. I thought I'd show you what it looks like when it's flat. The flower panels all use Papertrey Ink stamps. The text panel is from Hero Arts. I inked it up with green and then I used purple maker over some of the words. It came out looking black, but that's OK.

I'll have to see when I'll get more time in my stamping room. I've had SO much time in there, but not so much recently. Hopefully I'll get back to it soon. Stay safe and stay well!

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Embossed Christmas

Well, it had to come to an end sooner or later:) I have had SO many cards made up and have had blog posts scheduled for up to a month in advance. But, this is my next-to-the-last card that I have to post, and busy times coming up. 

I used a Darice embossing folder for the white parts of this card. Each section was embossed separately. The red was embossed with a different Darice folder.

I have finished my 2021 calendars and even have them all packaged up and ready to wrap as gifts and to mail out. I also printed and cut out my 2022 calendars and have started on the April page. It feels great! Hopefully I will get my Christmas cards finished soon, too.

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Autumn/Thanksgiving

I thought I would play with this set a little bit. I bought it at the garage sale at the stamping store we were at last summer at our Group Gathering in Ankeny, Iowa. It's from Papertrey Ink. All the stamps I used on these two cards are from the same set. I did a little light coloring with Copics. I used Gina K inks, and I matted them each a little bit differently.

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More Birthday Flowers

These flowers are from the same Stampin' Up! set that I used on yesterday's cards. I used Tim Holtz multi-media paper and Zig Clean Color markers for them all. I cut them out with coordinating dies. I mounted these on foam squares. I added strips of patterned paper on each side of the image panel. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink.

This flower is also mounted on foam squares, and the sentiment is also from Papertrey.
The stem is from the flower set.

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Birthday Bouquet

All of these stamps are from the same set from Stampin' Up! There are dies to go with them. The sentiment is from an older Gina K set. One flower is mounted on foam squares.

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To Someone Who Makes Others Happy

These stamps are from the same Stampin' Up! set as yesterday. The stamps on this card are a totally different style than those. The flower, stem, leaves and flower center are all separate stamps. The sentiment is from the same set. I did the stamping on speckled off-white paper.

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Birthday Flowers

Edited to add: This stamp set is called "Avant-Garden." I have very few Stampin' Up! sets that are not the wood-mounted rubber stamps. I decided to use a couple of my sets that are "newer." I will be sharing these cards over the next few days. The flower, the sentiment and the leaves on the background piece are all from the same set. I added a couple thin black strips behind the image. I colored with Copics.

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Sympathy Roses

A couple simple sympathy cards for today's post. I'm pretty sure I bought this stamp set at a stamping store garage sale last summer at our Group Gathering in Ankeny, Iowa. The set is from Paper Crate. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink. For this first one, I stamped the image with black ink. I colored with Copics.

I stamped this image with blue ink and then used Copics. I thought I would like this set better than I do, but oh, well.

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September Calendar Page

My September calendar page, unbelievably! Pretty amazing how time keeps on marching by.

I used kind of a cool technique on this card. I learned it in an On-Line Card class. I stamped the image on fun foam, and cut out the tree shapes. I used them as stamps with my MISTI to stamp the trees. The image stamp is from Gina K and the sentiment is from Inkadinkado.

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Flower Silhouette Sympathy

Once again, the flowers and sentiment on these cards are from Gina K. The frame/matting on this first one was in my card parts. I cut a piece of white to fit into it. I used a piece of Washi tape under the flowers. The image panel is mounted on foam squares. The card size is 3.5 x 6.5.

Another gate-fold card. I used the same stamps as the first card. I die-cut the ivory panel.

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