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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Die Cut Flower - Times Four

These die-cut pieces have also been in my Card Parts book for years. I gave three more of them away to a friend, so they are all done now. The die also cuts the flower out, and on each of these cards, I added that flower on foam squares. Sorry the photos are kind of washed out. The sentiments on each of these cards are from Gina K. I added an enamel dot to each of the flowers, too. I put patterned paper under each one, except the second card, which has delicate glitter paper.

On this last one, I colored the stem, leaves and flower.

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Patterned Paper Birthday

Well, this card didn't even use any card parts! (But there are more of those coming very soon.) The patterned papers on this card are from a matstack from The Paper Studio. I added thin black strips on each side of the bicycle paper. The sentiment is from Bo Bunny and is matted mounted on foam squares.

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Birthday Rose

Another Card Parts card for today. Slowly, slowly I'm using up parts! The rose, the leaves, and the white petal-shaped pieces were all from my stash. I had cut the white into squares and then rounded two corners of each piece. I added them to a piece of peach cardstock and added that to a piece of darker peach cardstock. I added the leaves to three of the white pieces and the rose, mounted on foam squares, to the middle. The sentiment is from Gina K and is embossed with gold.

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Valentines for the Grandkids

Here are the valentines I made for our grandkids. They are all very simple and self-explanatory. I printed the sentiments for each of them on my computer. I used glitter cardstock and dies for all of them. On this first one, I used a Gina K stencil for the background and thin, metallic stickers on the white panel.

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Multiple Flowers

I had these four flowers in my card parts book, so I got them used up. They are from Stampin' Up! The stenciled background on this card was also in my parts. The flower is mounted on foam squares. I got a Glimmer Hot Foil machine for Christmas and this sentiment was made with it using Spellbinders foil and plates. It is also mounted on foam squares. The gold strip on the bottom of the stenciled panel was also done with the hot foil machine.

The embossed background for this card was in my card parts. I added the flower and then I stamped the sentiment - from Gina K.

The stamped background for this card was in my parts. (Thanks, Vicki!) I added the sentiment, which is from Gina K.

The die-cut panel was also in my card parts. I added the flower, the thin yellow patterend paper strip on the right, and the sentiment - from Gina K.

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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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Always There When I Need You

The embossed background and the two-piece umbrella were in my card parts book. Sorry the picture is not very good, but the background has embossed clouds on it I thought the two pieces went together well. I matted the background. Then I found the sentiment in a Gina K set and embossed it with silver to match the umbrella. I matted the sentiment with silver glittery cardstock.

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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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A Note of Thanks

All six pieces of this card came from my book of card parts - the flowers, the green die-cut piece, the stamped background and the stamped sentiment. I believe the flowers were cut with My Favorite Things dies from paper that had been sprinkled with some dry powder ink. The sentiment is from Stampin' Up! 

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thanks for everything

A simple thank you. These die cuts were in my parts, and I honestly can't remember if they are old, or quite new. If they are quite new, they are from Gina K. I added them to a white panel and gold-embossed the sentiment, from Maya Road. I added foam tape to the panel for more dimension.

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Grateful

I continue working on my card parts. And will continue for a while yet! It's fun to make progress. The background for this card was from my card parts, as was the sentiment. I made the background with a stencil and Gina K inks. I'm pretty sure the sentiment is also from Gina K. I also added a thin turquoise metallic sticker strip at the bottom of the stenciling.

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Thank You

One more card parts card. The red circle, the white flowery die-cut piece and the sentiment were all in my book of parts. I combined the circle and the flowers, and I colored the open areas on the sentiment, which I THINK is from Inkadinkado - wood-mounted.

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Three More Card Part Cards

Three more of the backgrounds that I received from someone many years ago. I added die-cuts from my parts, also. This sentiment had been printed on my printer and I colored the white text with a marker to match the background.

This sentiment was also printed on my printer, and I foiled it with a laminator.

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February Calendar Page

Here is my calendar page for this month. I paper-pieced the hearts from the PSX stamp. The sentiment is from Inkadinkado. The patterned paper is from Recollections.

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Birthday Balloons

All of these balloons were in my card parts, but they are all used up now. The larger balloons on this first one are mounted on foam squares. I cut the bottom part of the balloon panel off and added a thin strip of black. The sentiment is from Gina K. I used a shimmery pen to add the strings to each balloon.

For this one, I mounted the top-most balloon on foam squares. The "strings" are die-cut also. I matted with black a piece of patterned paper. The sentiment, from Gina K, is stamped, matted, and mounted on foam squares.

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And More Card Parts

Another background I've had for MANY years. I added the leaves and the sentiment to the matted background. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink.

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Die-Cut Birds - Hello, Birthday, Anniversary

I had these die-cut birds and the already-made backgrounds in my card parts. Hard to see in this first one is the white sentiment. It's easy to see in real life.

The sentiments on these last two cards were printed on my printer.

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Birthday and Hello Butterflies

All of the pieces on these two cards are from my card parts. The backgrounds were given to me about twelve years ago! You will be seeing more of them in the next several days.

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Embossed Wedding?

Both the 3D-embossed background and the matted sentiment panel were in my card parts. I simply matted the background and put them together. The sentiment is mounted on foam squares. I think this would work for a wedding card.

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Simple Daisy Birthday

I used a friend's dies to cut this daisy. I colored the flower center and the stem and popped it up on foam squares. The sentiment is from Stampin' Up! The card base is ivory.

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Missing You Butterflies

I will have several posts over the next couple weeks with cards using up some of my card parts. Not much information about them, since they have been in my "parts" for a LONG time. The background is delicate glitter paper and I added Stickles to the die-cut sentiment.

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A Valentine - the First

One valentine for now. The rest will be posted on Valentine's Day. For this one, I used Gina K stencils and an old sentiment stamp - perhaps from Inkadinkado. I also added a few Nuvo drops.

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Happy Anniversary

I got a new embossing folder from Gina K, and had to test it out. It's large, and so I cut the panel in half and had enough to make two of these cards. The sentiment is old and wood-mounted and is from PSX, I believe. I matted it and mounted it on foam squares. I also added three sequins from Gina K.

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More Christmas Cards???

Well, here are two more Christmas cards. I came across this embossing folders/stamps set and just had to use them again. The set is from Recollections. Quite simple - embossed backgrounds and stamped images/sentiment. I also added a couple Nuvo drops on each cards.

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Cards for Baby

This teddy bear was another stamp that I kept from the stamps that were given to me. I did finally get the rest all given away. I used three different sets of colors for them. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink. The panels are matted and mounted on foam squares. These first two use an Anna Griffen/Cuttlebug folder and the last one uses a Paper Studio folder.

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Old Hero Arts Flowers

And the last of my cards using my "gifted" stamps. This set is a wood-mounted set from Hero Arts. I used a variegated ink pad and clear embossing powder over it. The sentiment was also wood-mounted and from my gifted stamps.

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Belated Birthday Wishes ... to Me!

It's my tradition to post pictures of my birthday cards. Here they are, just a few (or almost a week!) days late. The picture above is of all of my cards - except for the two later ones.

And here are the pictures of the handmade ones. I post them separately, since that's what most of my readers are interested in!

And here are the two that arrived after my birthday - one handmade and one not. Hope you have enjoyed seeing them. I sure enjoyed receiving them! Thanks to all who sent them to me.

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Happy New Year - and January Calendar Page

And here we are - another new year!! I wish you all a wonderful 2023!!

Here is my calendar page for this month. The image and sentiment are from Gina K. I used Copic markers for the coloring and I used a silver spray mist over the panel. I matted with silver.

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