"Christmas Sunday"

This was a very hard card to photograph, so - sorry about the pictures. I made this card using the Clean and Simple blog Fall-To Layout #176. You can find it here. The ornaments are stickers by Recollections - Micheal's own brand. I used a Martha Stewart snowflake edge punch for the bottom border. The sentiment is from Repeat Impressions and is stamped with Versamark and embossed with silver embossing powder. EDITED TO ADD: I forgot to tell you the card's measurements. The card front is 7 inches by 3 3/4 inches. I made it that size to be like the sketch and to fit into an envelope that I have. Also, I am linking this to the Christmas Card Challenge blog. That works out really well, since I had already started my "Christmas Card Sunday" before I discovered that challenge:)

I'll also add this one, although it's quite similar to one of last week's cards. The stamps are all Inkadinkado and the "pearls" are a Viva Pearl Pen. I used a Martha Stewart scoring board to score the lines around the edges.


Twenty-two Christmas cards done - about sixty to go.


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Cheery Yellow - #1

This is the first of three yellow, white and a little bit of black cards that I'll be sharing with you. I think yellow is always so cheerful.


I started with the patterned paper and cut the holes with a Papertrey Ink die. The butterflies were punched from the same paper with a Martha Stewart punch. I drew the antennae in, and added black gems for the bodies. The sentiment is from Paper Studios. You'll be seeing the cut-out sections on another card soon. :)


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Blue Birthday

For this card, I used the same image that I used on Wednesday for my Flutter By Wednesday card - a digital image from Rhoda Designs. I colored it with Copics, but did no shading - just plain coloring. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink and the matting for it is a die from Spellbinders. The patterned paper is from Die Cuts With a View.


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February Calendar Page

Here is my February calendar page. The links to my calendar files are always available under the title of my blog. Both 2012 and 2013 are there. I'd love to hear from you, if you use them!


I embossed the butterfly with a small Cuttlebug folder. I matted with red cardstock punched with a Marvy punch. I added white dots to the scallops and red sponging to the edge of the embossed circle panel. The background is stamped with a heart from Inkadinkado.


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Repeat Impressions Designer's Choice Challenge - Heat Embossing

This is my second post for the day. For my Flutter By Wednesday post, please scroll down. My February calendar page will be posted here tomorrow:) 


It's time for a new Designer's Choice Challenge from Repeat Impressions. Today's challenge was chosen by Miriam, and the challenge is to use heat embossing. For the details on the challenge and to see the creations by the other Rock Stars, please visit the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built. You can also follow these links to their blogs:

Cheri ~ Darsie ~ Dawn ~Joy ~ Karen ~ Kendra ~ Maki ~ Miriam

For my card, I started out by stamping the Large Butterfly Silhouette, found here, with a Spectrum pigment ink pad and embossing with a clear embossing powder. I added the Lightning Bugs, found here, with black. I matted the background panel with black. The sentiment is matted with black, also, and mounted on Dimensionals. We'd love to have you join us, and one lucky participant will win a full sheet of unmounted rubber.

Wendy is looking for a new Rock Star. If you are interested in applying for the opening left by Vicki, please check out The House That Stamps Built.


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Flutter By Wednesday #188

It's Wednesday, so it's time for a new challenge from Flutter By Wednesdays. This week's challenge is open, so anything goes as long as you include a butterfly, angel or fairy. The challenge is sponsored by Rhoda Design Studio. We on the Design Team were offered three digital images from Rhoda Design Studio that we could use if we chose. Here is a link to the Etsy Shop. You do not need to use one of the Rhoda Design Studio images to participate.


I colored my image with Copic markers and cut it out and embossed it with an oval Nestability. The matting was cut with a Labels Ten Nestability. The sentiment is from Gina K. I embossed the sentiment panel with a Sizzix folder. The little butterflies were punched with a Martha Stewart punch. I added pearls to the butterflies and the frame. The image panel is mounted on Dimensionals. The background paper is from Anna Griffin.


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Get Well Daisies

A cheery card for January, I think. This is for a woman from our church who fell and broke her leg and also her ankle on the other leg. That has got to be tough!


The stamps I used are all from Papertrey Ink. I stamped the daisy petals with Versamark and the centers with yellow, then embossed with clear embossing powder. I sponged the blue ink (Baja Breeze from Stampin' Up!) and added the stems and leaves. Then I stamped the sentiment. I matted with black.


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Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week - Happy Puppy

Time for a new Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week. This week's SOTW, available at 50% off, is Happy Puppy, found on this page. You can find all the details on this offer at the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built. You'll also find the other Rock Stars' creations. Or you can follow these links:

Cheri ~ Darsie ~ Dawn ~Joy ~ Vicki

I stamped my image on ivory cardstock with Memento black and colored with Copics. I matted with black, cut with a Nestability. The sentiment is from Repeat Impressions, also. I stamped the background with Dog Paw Print, found on the same page as the Happy Puppy. I used Versamark ink and embossed with clear embossing powder. The cardstock is Soft Suede from Stampin' Up! I matted that with black, too. The card base is ivory.

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"Christmas Sunday"

I wasn't sure I'd have any new Christmas cards to share with you today, but I managed to make a couple last night. This first one uses Inkadinkado stamps. I stamped the circular image with Versamark on white and embossed with gold embossing powder, then I cut out the center. I matted with red then stamped and embossed the sentiment in the center. I used a border Cuttlebug folder for the sides and matted that panel with shimmery gold paper. I added tiny red gems to the ends of the "spokes."

I used this week's Fall-To Layout for this card. (You can find it here.) The blue cardstock is Baja Breeze from Stampin' Up! I embossed it with a Swiss Dots folder. I matted with silver shimmery paper. The snowflakes are from Stampin' Up! from a few years ago. The sentiment is from Repeat Impressions and is embossed with silver.


EDITED TO ADD: I just this morning found a new blog with a weekly challenge to make Christmas cards. How appropriate! Here is a link to it: Weekly Christmas Card Challenges.


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Fairy Birthday

Quick card - quick post! I've had this image in my card parts box for a long time, and it finally made it on to a card:) I pretty sure I got the embossed image (embossed with white embossing powder with silver sparkles) from my friend, Annie, a member of our stamping group. I matted it with a Nestability-cut circle and mounted it on Dimensionals. The patterned cardstock on the left was done quite a while ago with my Letterpress. The sentiment is from Gina K and is stamped with Memento London Fog.


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One-Layer Wednesday Challenge - White, Gray and a Touch of Color

I made this card for Susan's One-Layer Wednesday challenge. The challenge this week is to use mostly white with some gray, or mostly gray with some white, and just a teeny bit of color. You can find her challenge here.


The main image on my card is again from a set from Crafty Secrets. I stamped it (and the other two stamps) with Memento London Fog ink. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink and the little flower under the sentiment is from the same Crafty Secrets set as the main image. My teeny, tiny bit of color is the addition of two little purple gems - one in the main image center and one in the center of the little flower under the sentiment. The card base is Papertrey Ink's Stamper's Select.


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Repeat Impressions WHAT IF? Wednesday Sketch

This is my second post for today. Please scroll down for my Flutter By Wednesday card, or click here.


Today is time for a new WHAT IF? Wednesday sketch challenge from Repeat Impressions. You can find the sketch and all the information you need on the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built. You will also find the cards made by the RI Rock Stars. Or you can follow these links: 
Cheri ~ Darsie ~ Dawn ~Joy ~ Karen ~ Maki ~ Miriam ~ Vicki


I used the Wedding Bells Ribbon stamp, found on this page. I colored it with Copic markers. I also added a little subtle shimmer by using a Spica pen. (These are available in the Repeat Impressions, store, also.) The sentiment is on the same page as the bells. I scored a border with my Martha Stewart Scoring Board. I embossed the background piece with a Cuttlebug folder and cut it into two pieces. I mounted the image panel on Dimensionals.


This is also for the Sweet Stampin' Challenge, which is WOW - White on White. You can find that challenge here.


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Flutter By Wednesday #187 - Embossing

Time for another Flutter By Wednesday challenge! Please visit the Flutter By Wednesday blog for the details and to link up your card. This week's challenge is to use embossing. Could by dry embossing. Could be heat embossing. Could be both! Just be sure to include a butterfly, angel or fairy in your creation.


For my card, I embossed three squares across a strip of white cardstock using a small Cuttlebug folder, and then added scored lines with my Scor-Pal. I matted with blue cardstock. I added the stickers - from a pack from Michael's from Studio 18. I think they came from the dollar section. The sentiment is from Stampendous. (I did my embossing using my "no-lines" technique. If you're interested, you can find the tutorial here.)


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Time For More Card Parts

I had a few "card parts" laying on my table after looking through them a couple months ago. Last night I had a chance to work with a couple of them. Here they are, without much explanation. If anyone has any questions, please feel free to ask! I could guess on the stamps, but I might be wrong, so I won't. The sentiment on this first one is from Gina K and the olive cardstock was embossed with a Cuttlebug Textile folder. I used my Scor-Pal on the image panel. The image panel is mounted on Dimensionals.

I'm pretty sure the flowers were stamped with a Papertrey set. I used a Sizzix folder on the matting, along with my Scor-Pal. I used a Martha Stewart punch for the ladybugs.


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"Christmas Sunday"

Well, I only have one Christmas card to share with you today, but it's one more than I had last week:)


I stamped and cut out the image with a set of stamps and dies from Hero Arts. I colored him lightly with Stampin' Up! markers and mounted him on Dimensionals. I cut the black scalloped mat with a Nestability. I also added some Liquid Applique for the "snow." The sentiment is from Repeat Impressions. The patterned paper is from Die Cuts With a View. Hopefully I'll have more Christmas cards next Sunday.


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Two More Black and White Cards

When I was doing my black and white card yesterday (for the CAS-ual Friday challenge) I started with this stamp before deciding to combine it with the FTL challenge. So, this morning (instead of treadmill!) I worked on finishing it up. (I will do treadmill after I get this post finished. :) )


The main image is a stamp from a Crafty Secrets set I recently purchased. I stamped it four times and cut them out with a square Nestability. I mounted them on Dimensionals and matted with a large black square. The sentiment is from My Sentiments Exactly. This card is a case of a card by Annie in my stamping group. Thanks, Annie! This is Annie's card.


The first time I stamped the image, it was a little bit too light. But, of course I couldn't throw it away! This morning I made it into a card. I matted it with a little bit lighter black cardstock which I cut with a scalloped Nestability and mounted on Dimensionals. I embossed the frame directly in the card front. I added a thin strip of black and stamped the image (from Papertrey Ink) below.

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Double Challenge Card

Ah, I made a card! We've had a lot going on again. More about that later in the post. At any rate, I spent a little time in my stamping area - after I got it all cleaned up again! - and made this card for two challenges. It's for Natasha's Clean and Simple Stamping Fall-To Layout challenge, found here, and also for the CASual Fridays challenge to make a card using only black and white. You can find that challenge here.


I used a Cuttlebug folder for the sentiment panel, embossing white cardstock and then brayering over it with black ink. The patterned paper on the bottom is from a matstack from Die Cuts With a View. I matted both with black cardstock. I added the black shimmery flower with a white brad. The embossed panel is mounted on Dimensionals.


Our daughter-in-law was having severe back pain and went in to have it checked out. She ended up getting a steroid injection in her spine for a herniated disk. She is doing better, but it will be a slow process, I'm thinking. We had Owen (our one-year-old grandson) here overnight a couple nights and had him extra time over the weekend. It kind of wore me out! Her parents are in town for a few days, so I've had a couple days off to rest up and get a little bit caught up. This was the first card-making I've done, though, as I had other things that needed to be done, including among other things, getting my stamping area cleaned up. It was a MESS! If anyone would be so kind - we would love prayers for a rather quick and complete recovery. Thanks so much!


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Repeat Impressions Designer's Choice Challenge - Scenic Winter Card

This is my second post of the day. For my Flutter By Wednesday card, please scroll down, or click here.


The Designer's Choice Challenge from Repeat Impressions was chosen by Darsie and is to create a scenic winter card. Please visit the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built, for the details. One random winner for the month will receive a full sheet of unmounted rubber. You will find the wonderful creations by the other Rock Stars on the blog, too, or you can follow these links:

Darsie ~ Dawn ~Joy ~ Karen ~ Kendra ~ Maki ~ Miriam ~ Vicki

For my card, I used four Repeat Impressions stamps: Winter Tree, Mountain Vista, Deer Family Silhouette and Thinking of You. I stamped them all with Versafine Vintage Sepia ink on shimmery off-white paper. I matted with brown and used a vanilla card base.

I hope you decide to enter this fun challenge. You also have another week to upload your card for the WHAT IF? Wednesday sketch from last week. The details are here.

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Flutter By Wednesday #186

This week's Flutter By Wednesday challenge is an "open" week - anything you want to make, but of course, include butterflies, fairies or angels. Link your card up to Danni's FBW blog page, here. We'd love to have you join us!


I used a stamp I got from a friend (who had two of them) a couple years ago. It's from Sweet Pea Stamps. I colored her with Copics. I added Stickles to the stars, her wings, and the flame on the candle. I also added "pearls" with a pearl pen. The sentiment is from Papertrey. I hand-cut it to fit into the oval of the tag die from Spellbinders. I added a few black gems and mounted the tag on Dimensionals. I matted the image with black. The background is from a matstack from Die Cuts With a View.


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SplitCoastStampers Clean and Simple Challenge - A Sketch

I made this card for yesterday's SplitCoastStampers Clean and Simple challenge #153, which was a sketch. I also made it for a color challenge in my stamping group, which is to use rose pink and gray. It was really fun to get to join in a couple challenges - it's been a long time!

The shadow stamps I used are by Hero Arts. The flowers and sentiment are from a set by Gina K called Various Verses. I used Memento inks in London Fog and Angel Pink.


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