Birthday Flowers

I saw this card somewhere and thought I would give it a try. It's quite simple, really. Here is a link to the video that I watched. I'm sure there are many others. I embossed the matting pieces with a Gina K folder. The die-cut flowers and leaves are from Gina K, also. I think the sentiment is from Gina K, too - it came from my card parts. It was foiled and die-cut.

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Wishing You a Great Birthday

For some reason, I thought of the mulberry paper that I have. I have rarely used it, but I dug it out yesterday and started on this card. I finished it up this morning when I couldn't sleep. I used white for this one, but I have several other colors. I used another die-cut, layered flower from Altenew that I had made in January. I made the mulberry paper into an oval shape and cut out an oval to place it on. Then I embossed the green layer with a Gina K folder and matted that with purple. I mounted the flower and the sentiment, also from Gina K, on foam squares. I wish the "tattered" edges of the mulberry paper showed up better in the photo, but you know how that goes.

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Gina K Stencil

I ordered some new things from Gina K. Hopefully I will use them soon! Here is the first of them. The flowers with leaves are layering stencils. I trimmed the panel down and cut the top at an angle. I added a glitter strip to the top of that panel. The sentiment is also from Gina K.

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Thanks

The thank you cards that I make are usually extremely CAS. This one isn't a lot more complicated, but it takes a while for me to do the coloring. I made three of this image a while ago and used different mediums to color them, and I'm not sure what this one was colored with. The stamp and die are from Altenew and it's mounted on foam squares. I matted my patterned paper with black. The sentiment dies are from Gina K.

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Wishing You a Happy Day

Here is the leaf that I tried using a few days ago that just didn't work. I think it's a bit large for this card, too, but I used it anyway. (I had already put it in my trash, but salvaged it!) It is a left-over from Brutus Monroe from my Scrapbook and Cards Today card class from last year. The text is a rub-on. The patterned paper is from Gina K, as is the sentiment.

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Card Parts Anniversary

I used two left-over pieces of shimmery patterned cardstock from a previous card for both of these cards. The sentiment on this first card is from Gina K and is embossed with gold powder. The flower is from Gina K, also, and is a foiled negative. I added a thin strip of cardstock above the patterned paper and also some gold sequins.

 This one is basically like the first one, but with different card parts. The vellum, foiled butterfly and the foiled sentiment were in my card parts book. They are both popped up on foam squares.

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Sympathy Flower

This card started out with a completely different image. I had another piece leftover from the Brutus Monroe class, but just didn't like the way it ended up looking here. The sentiment, the layout and the background (slightly shimmery) were all done for the other image. The sentiment is from Hero Arts. The die-cut flower and leaf were done with Altenew dies. I made them (and several others) in January and I'm pretty sure this is the first time I've used one of them. The flower is popped up.

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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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Thanks With Splatters

I feel like I never get a chance to start a card from scratch - there is always something on my table that I'm trying to use up! I had the "splattered" stamped piece to use up. It was stamped with a Gina K stamp. I trimmed it and matted it with black. The "thanks" was in my card parts and I added it across the middle. The embossed background piece was in my parts, also. I brushed a bit of matching ink over it to match the sentiment panel.

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Anniversary Hearts

Another card with a layout that I saw on my friend, Cheryl's, blog. I liked it the moment I saw it. I folded two card bases right away. Here is the second one. The patterned paper on the front came with the heart border on it. I had a heart cut out on my table from some other time. I cut out a metallic heart to mount the white one on. I first embossed the white heart and then added ink (lots of colors, trying to match the cardstock!) and then popped up the two layers on foam squares. The sentiment was silver embossed. It's from Stampendous.

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More Christmas Joy

I told you I'd be back with more of these. Such a lovely die! I added the letter pieces inside the die cuts and taped them in with some regular tape, then popped up the full thing with foam squares. I embossed the background with a folder. I think it's from Sizzix, but it's possible it's a Cuttlebug folder.

Hard to tell, but I cut the letters out of the same patterned paper as the background.

Same as the first one, but with reverse die-cutting.

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Enjoy Your Birthday

Thanks, Cheryl, for the layout of this card! I used some pretty, shimmery patterned cardstock that I've had for years. (Kris, I think it was from you. Thanks!) The sentiment was in my parts, too. It had been cut from wrapping paper adhered to white cardstock. I also added about four extra layers. The sentiment was embossed with gold and cut out from an old Stampin' Up! Word Window punch - with about four extra layers on that, too.

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Christmas Joy

A friend sent me this die. I love it! (My middle name is Joy. :-) ) I used metallic cardstocks for the die-cutting. I also added the thin metallic strips alongside the green. I'm sure you'll see more of this die soon!

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July Calendar Page

Here is my calendar page for the month of July. Hard to believe that 2025 is half over - incredible! The stamps are from My Favorite Things - including the sentiment. The balloon is die-cut.

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Flowers and Greetings

These have been partly made and sitting on my table waiting for a rainy day - which was Thursday. Such a fun day that was! At any rate, the patterned papers are all from the same paper stack. I added thin cardstock strips or the foily stickers next to the patterned papers. The flowers are all from a Stampin' Up! set that a friend brought over years ago and I had stamped and die-cut a lot of them. This is the last of them, finally. I either added Star Dust Stickles or Diamond Glaze over the flowers. The butterflies were all in my card parts, as were the sentiments, which are all foiled in some manner. The flowers and sentiments are all popped up.

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Sympathy Flowers

I happened across these flowers a while back and put the package on my stamping table to be used soon. Today is the day for three of them. There are more! I stamped the leaves using a Papertrey Ink stamp. The sentiment stamp is from Hero Arts. I matted the panel and added it to my card base. The flowers are from Crafter's Square - maybe from the Dollar Tree?

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Flowery Congrats and Anniversary

When I get 50% off at Michael's, I have a tendency to buy another 12 x 12 stack of patterned paper. Then I tear out the sheets, cut up the ones that require cutting, and put everything away to hopefully be used some day! I have SO much! Well, these two cards were made from one of those stacks. I cut around the tops of these two pieces and popped them upon to card fronts. The sentiments are from my card parts and have been foiled with my Glimmer Hot Foil system. They are also popped up on foam squares.

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Celebrate Your Special Day

Ah, I had most of today to spend in my stamping room - how awesome! Here is one of the cards that I finished up. The die-cut piece was out on my table - cut from a foiled negative piece. The sentiment is silver embossed and is from My Favorite Things. I matted that piece with white and popped it up on foam squares.

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Hot Foil Christmas Card

Finally, another Christmas card! This card is 6 1/2 inches by 5 inches. I did the image using my Glimmer Hot Foil system. The sentiment is popped up. It's from Gina K and is actually silver - done with Gina's foil. There is a thin red strip below the sentiment which was hot-foiled.

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Even More Dies and Foil

I pulled out this die, also, last week. It cuts the open dots. I matted with yellow and added the butterfly and the sentiment, which were both done on the Glimmer Hot Foil system and cut out with dies. The butterfly is on vellum. Both are popped up on foam squares.

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More Hot Foil

These cards were both made with my Glimmer Hot Foil system. The sentiment on this first one is from Gina K. I trimmed down three sides of the image panel. Then I added thin metallic strip stickers around the three edges that I trimmed down.

I wanted some subtle color on this one, so I used my lightest Copic markers.

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Hot Foil and Dies

All of these cards are similar. I used dies to cut the borders. The flowers are all from Gina K that I had made earlier using stamps, stencils and dies. I used my Glimmer Hot Foil system for the sentiments. (Some of the sentiments are from Gina K - stamped and die-cut.) Then I put the pieces together to make these cards.

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More Anniversary Wishes

Same patterned paper as yesterday's. Sentiment from Gina K. Embossing with a Darice folder. I donate cards to our church to help out the library. I noticed we were out of anniversary ones, so I have to replenish the supply. 

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Anniversary Wishes

While I was looking through my supplies for yesterday's embossing folder, I came across this one, so I thought I would use it. It cuts out the center as it embosses the rest. I lightly ink-blended on it. I added patterned paper behind it, with a sentiment from Gina K. The flowers are ancient ones from Michael's that I also ink-blended on. I added enamel dots for the centers.

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Birthday Cattails

I needed a birthday card for my brother, and this first one is the one that he got. Or hopefully will get by his birthday on Tuesday! I don't generally make cards for specific people, but I don't have any masculine cards in my stash. I ink-blended the background. For the sun, I ink-blended it on the cut-out pieces and added them back in. The sentiment is from Gina K.

Edited to add: The die is from Memory Box.

Since I had the die out, I made another card. I embossed the background with a Cuttlebug/Anna Griffin embossing folder. The sentiment is again from Gina K.

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Another Hot-Foil Anniversary

Another card made using my Glimmer Hot Foil system - the bottom part is foiled. The top was embossed with a Darice folder. The sentiment is from Gina K and die-cut. The little flowers are die-cuts, also. The circle is popped up on foam squares. It's really hard to see, but there is a thin strip of black cardstock between the white embossed piece and the foiled piece.

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Hot Foil Anniversary

I keep thinking that I need to sell my Glimmer Hot Foil system. I don't use it much and I don't have much for plates. But, I spent some time making anniversary sentiments and a few other things the other day. Then I ran across a couple seldom used dies and had to try those out, too. So here is the first of my latest creations.

The opening was done with a die. I embossed a piece of vellum with a Darice folder and put it behind the opening. I popped the entire panel up on foam squares. The flowers and leaves were die-cut from scraps of foiled cardstock. The sentiment is popped up on foam squares, also. I have one more card for tomorrow. I hope to get some more time and finish up some more cards very soon. It's summertime - time for golf and pickleball! 

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Congrats, JP!

The son of some of our friends graduated from high school this year, and here is the card that I made for him. I'm quite sure I must have made a card like this before, but this is unique with his colors and initials. :-) I used my JustRite Stamper for the stamped part. Dies for the circles. QuicKutz dies for the hat and diploma. Cuttlebug folder for the embossed background. That's about it.

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June Calendar Page

Oh my goodness, it's June! How did that happen? Here is my calendar page for this month. The image is from My Favorite Things and the sentiment is from Repeat Impressions. I did the coloring with Stampin' Up! chalks. Anyone still have those? :-) That's all there is to it! Happy June!

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