Gold Die-Cut Christmas

I had a few scraps of gold foily cardstock on my desk and decided to do a little bit of die-cutting with them. Here are the results of that. The sentiments are from Paper Smooches and are gold-embossed. I cut all the die-cuts out of thick card and glued them with the foil for added dimension. I also added a thin strip of the gold foil between the patterned paper and the white background.

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"Inchie" Birthdays

Looking through my stamps, I came across this set by Inkadinkado. It includes several "inchie" stamps. Remember them? I made these eleven cards, all using the same layout - just different stamps, colors, sentiments and backgrounds. The sentiments are all by Gina K. The image panels are all popped up on foam squares. Edited to add: I forgot the main thing!! I had a whole bunch of 1.25 inch squares that I happened upon, from MANY years ago. That's what started me making these cards.

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Christmas - Patterned Paper

Super simple Christmas card. I still had three sheets of this patterned paper. I used one of the sheets to make six cards. Only two more sheets to go. LOL! I sponged the edges of the patterned paper, which is from Recollections. I sponged the edges of the sentiment panel, also. I added sequins from Gina K scattered around the background in the snowflake centers, and also three more on the sentiment panel. 

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Purple Birthday Flowers

It's possible I've posted a card just like this one before, but this is my latest one. I was looking through my stencils and grabbed this set to use. The stencils and also the sentiment are from Gina K. Oh, the sequins are from Gina K, too. I made three of these so I could give away two.

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Watercolor Tulip

I woke up really, really early last Sunday and went to play in my stamping room. For some reason, I went for my watercolors. Not very smart, though, that I didn't use watercolor paper, but instead used mixed media paper. Oh well. Maybe next time! At any rate, I played around a little bit with leaves, then decided to add a flower. Then I decided to make it into a card instead of tossing it in the trash. The sentiment is from My Favorite Things. I used Nestabilities for the ovals. The background paper is from Die Cuts With a View.

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Cheery Birthday

A cheery card made on a very gray, rainy day. The image stamp is from Inkadinkado. I colored it lightly with Copic markers. The sentiment is my last sticker from Mrs. Grossman's. The patterned paper is from BoBunny. I added thin black strips along the edges of the white panel.

I am entering this card into the Double "D" challenge, which is to use flowers.

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May Calendar Page

My calendar page for May. The stamped flowers are from Image Tree and I colored them with Copic markers. The patterned paper is from a very old matstack from Recollections. I really like using it on my calendar pages because it's paper and therefore thin so my page still fits in my calendar holder.

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Enjoy Your Day

More Card Parts. The flowers have been in my parts for many years. I THINK they were done with dies from My Favorite Things. The sentiment is from MFT also. The left panel was done with an embossing folder from Gina K. I rubbed an ink pad over it after embossing. It was also in my card parts.

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Spirelli - and More Card Parts

Cheryl has been doing some Spirelli lately, and I keep thinking I would like to do a little bit, also. I finally remembered! I used a large punch to make the scalloped circle and then I used variegated thread to do the Spirelli on it. The rose and leaves were from my card parts, as was the sentiment. The rose and the sentiment panel are mounted on foam squares.

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An Everlasting Love

This card uses a die that I got from my friend in March. I think I only have one unused item/set that I received from her. I decided to make three of these cards, like I had told myself to do last year, but have forgotten about! Then I can keep one and give the other two away - to my church and to the thrift store that Cheryl donates to (and volunteers at!)

The die is from Impression Obsession, the sentiment is from The Paper Company and the embossing was done with a folder from Darice. As I think you can tell from the photos, the background cardstocks are metallic and the sentiment is white heat embossed. I also scored the lines with my Scor-Pal.

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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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Sew Lovely

These stamped images were from my card parts, also. I'm pretty sure they are from Altenew. I got the stamp set last summer and stamped these out and never did anything with them. Last week I fussy-cut them out and put them on a card. The two orange/red flowers are popped up on foam squares, as is the sentiment.

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A Note to Say Hello

I spent much of Thursday afternoon of last week in my stamping room, and it was great! I used up more card parts. These two foiled pieces were some of them. I matted them and popped the sentiment panel up on foam squares. I added the butterfly sticker. The background is from a matstack I just got at Michaels because I couldn't resist the sale. LOL!

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Celebrate Your Day

While looking through my dies, I came across this one. I think it's from Altenew, but I'm not real sure of that. I cut it using some silver metallic cardstock and put purple cardstock behind it. The sentiment is embossed with silver embossing powder. Very simple, but it was fun to be creating!

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Watercolor By Wyatt

We picked Wyatt, our youngest grandchild, up from school a couple weeks ago, and he gave me this artwork that he had done - the watercolored background. I asked him if I could use it to make a card. At first he hesitated, and then he said it would be okay. So, here is it. I cut it down and matted it using Waffle Flower dies. I stamped the image with a Gina K stamp and used a die-cut sentiment from my card parts. The sentiment is from Taylored Expressions and is from a set that I got from my friend in March. It's popped up on foam squares.

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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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Open Window Birthday

Another card made with a set from my friend. I think I have one or two things left to use. This is one that I probably will not use again! I know that some people love the "putzy" things, but I'm not a fan of them. Anyway, this set is from Sizzix and includes the embossing folder which also cuts and the dies for all the little pieces. The sentiment is from a different company. I rubbed ink pads over the embossed image. I colored the die-cut pieces with Copic markers. I added embellishments to the flower centers and some sparkle to the bees' wings. The butterflies and bees are popped up on foam squares.

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Special Day

I saw this technique somewhere and thought I would give it a try. It was fun to just play and not be trying to use something up or to have to use something that I hadn't used before. The dies for the flowers are from Gina K. I cut the solid piece out of white and the detailed piece from black. I ink-blended on the solid piece and then put a stencil over it and added more ink. Then I glued them together. I embossed the top and bottom pieces with a Gina K embossing folder. Then I added the thin black strips. I stamped the sentiment, from Stampendous, before doing the embossing. I made three cards like this. The other two had Mrs. Grossman's stickers for the sentiments.

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Simple Birthday Presents

Here is another stamp I got from my friend who was "cleaning house." It's from Stamps by Judith and Heather. I simply colored it, using the packaging as a guide. I added some Star Dust Stickles to the bows and ribbons. The sentiment is a rub-on from Mrs. Grossman's stickers. I am slowly getting them used up!

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April Calendar Page

Oops, I forgot to do my calendar page post. Better late then never! I have a die that cuts the rainbow pieces, and aso dies for the clouds. I colored the rainbow pieces with Copics and sponged ink around the edges of the clouds. The sentiment was hand-written. Happy April!!

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Happy Easter!

Happy Easter to my Christian friends. I hope you have family and friends to share it with.

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Hello Friend

This card was done with another Gina K set that I got from my friend. It includes the stencils, the dies and the stamps. Fun. It makes a very pretty background, but you can also cut out the individual flowers and leaves with the included dies.

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Musical Guy Card

This card is for a friend of ours who is very "musical." The background piece and the die-cut pieces were in my card parts book and so it was very easy to put it together. The background was done with a stencil. The sentiment is from Stampabilities.

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Guy Birthday ??

The image stamp on this card is from the same set that I used on yesterday's post, from Gina K. The sentiment is from Stampabilities. I thought this would work to send to a guy. Cards for guys are always so hard to make for me.

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Birthday for a Friend

We recently visited some friends, and she is a card maker. She had many things that she was giving away, so I went shopping and chose a few things. This Gina K set was one of the items that I selected. The image and sentiments, including the dies, were part of the set. I added the butterfly sticker, which came from the Dollar Tree. The edges of the image panel are thin metallic stickers.

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Hedgehog Birthday in Pink

This stamped image has been in my card parts for MANY years! I finally colored it up and cut it out with a Gina K die. I sponged a bit of black around the edges and popped it up on foam squares. The background paper is very ancient Stampin' Up! The sentiment is another Mrs. Grossman's sticker. I only have a few left of those, too.

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Birthday Leaves

Five more card parts used up. I had one of this first color and four of the second. I had stamped them quite a while ago intending to cut them out, but they were stamped too close together. Oh well, they made pretty pieces this way. I mounted them on foam squares. And now they are gone. The sentiments on them all are Mrs. Grossman's stickers.

It's hard to tell, but I embossed the bottom panel of this card with a Gina K folder.

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3-D Folders

Somewhere I read (or saw) a post about doing this. I just made a note, assuming that I would remember what it was about. Of course, my memory isn't that good. LOL! My note only said, "3D emboss, then white ink then gold." So this is what I did, except my gold ink pad was dried up. I used an Altenew 3D folder to emboss the images. Then I rubbed my white ink pad over the embossed images. Then I rubbed my copper ink pad over the white. It is more shiny in person, naturally. For the sentiments, I first stamped them in white and then in copper, also. I thought these would work for sympathy cards.

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Blessings on Your Special Day

More background pieces used up. Getting close to using them all up! I matted these pieces. The flowers are from Altenew. The sentiment is from Gina K. The left flower on this first card and the flower on the second card have been popped up on foam squares. The sentiment on the first card was on foam squares, also. I ripped the edges of it and sponged ink on them.

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More Tiny, Die-Cut Flowers

Finally, here is the other die-cut that I made about a month ago! I colored the flowers on this one and added it to a panel that was embossed with a Darice folder and matted. The sentiment is from a Gina K set.

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March Calendar Page

Here is my March calendar page. March always stumps me! I found this digital image and colored it with Copics and sponged around the edge.

My blank calendar files are under my blog header, if anyone is interested in using them. If you try use them and have problems, feel free to email me.

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