Love this combo:) I only have one more of these daisies left, though. You may be seeing it again soon - who knows! I'm not sure I've ever used anything up before!
I cut the black circle with a Spellbinders die - using my Grand Calibur. I was going to do a post about it today, but I have to think about it more. It should be ready for tomorrow's post. The yellow patterned paper is from a Recollections stack. The daisy is from K&Co. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink and I embossed the yellow panel with a Sizzix folder.
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When I was trying out some new Spellbinders dies on Tuesday (and having so many problems with them using my BIGkick) I ended up with some pieces that worked. Two of them were this design in navy and burgundy. I wanted to make another one, but didn't have exactly the same colors (I had been using scraps) so I ended up making all new ones using my oldest matstack (that I've had for about eleven years! Maybe I'll use it up some day!) I glued them to a white panel and matted with the same burgundy. The sentiment is stamped using an equally old ink pad that has never even been reinked. Amazing! (Ranger Archival Plum) This card is going to my nephew.
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I made this card using the sketch from CAS(E) This Sketch #60. It's a very simple sketch, but I really like it.
I stamped the leaves using a Papertrey set. Then I stamped the sentiment, from another Papertrey set. I scored lines above and below the sentiment. The flower is from K & Co. I think I only have three of those daisies left. I might actually use something up! (And then I will miss them, for sure. LOL!) The patterned paper strip is from Recollections.
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I had a little time (while Wyatt was napping. Thanks, Wyatt!) to make a card for the SplitCoastStampers Sketch Challenge for Wednesday.
I got some Washi tape for Christmas and thought this would be a good use for it. The flower was pre-made, but I stuck a little Washi tape on a scrap of cardstock and punched out a circle from it for the flower center. The sentiment was stamped with the birthday stamp from Stampin' Up!'s Banner Greetings using Gumball Green ink. The greens match a lot better in real life! I mounted it on foam squares.
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I've done "Christmas Sunday" for the past couple years, but I think I'll change to "Christmas Thursday." I link them up the to Christmas Card Challenge blog, and their posts are on Sunday, so I can never do the "theme" for the week. This way I'll be able to. I'm not quite sure I'm in the mood for doing Christmas cards, but I'll give it a try!
The theme this week is polka dots. I started with the patterned papers, which are both from Recollections. I stamped the sentiment, which is from Hero Arts. Then I stamped the snowflakes, which are also from Hero Arts. I matted with red cardstock and I mounted the sentiment panel on foam squares. One done!
Thanks for the comments on my last post about the Grand Calibur. I ordered one on Tuesday! I got a gift card from Amazon for my birthday, so it was a perfect way to spend it, even though until Tuesday I had NO plans of getting a new machine:)
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A birthday card for a friend. Happy Birthday, Terri!
I cut the poppies and the background out with Spellbinders dies. (I struggled and struggled with the Poppy one. Anyone else have problems??? I ended up having to cut a lot of the center portion with a scissors. I am not happy about that! I tried again and again, and I really don't think I'll be able to use the die.) I glued the poppy piece right on the labels 27 one and then mounted that panel on foam squares. The patterned paper is from a stack I got at Archiver's from Pebbles. The sentiment is from The Paper Company.
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A little card to send along to a friend.
The flower is from the Secret Garden set from Stampin' Up! I stamped it with Primrose Petals ink. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink and is stamped in SU!'s True Thyme. I sponged ink partway around the edge of my matting piece. After I even had the glue on, I decided to turn the mat around. I had initially planned to put the dark corner in the lower left. Not sure which way I like it best, but once I touched it to the paper, there was no turning back!
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I made this card is for yesterday's SplitCoastStampers Free 4 All challenge. The challenge was to make a card specifically for someone and mail it out. This card for the woman who cut my hair for MANY years but moved away to Arizona. She has sent me a Christmas card the last couple years, but I hadn't reciprocated. So, I'm sending her this card (along with our Christmas letter) to say hello and thanks.
The bottom layer was embossed with a Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder. The yellow and white layers were cut with Spellbinders dies. I added a flower with gems for the center. The sentiment was cut with my Cameo Silhouette.
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I was actually in the mood for stamping yesterday afternoon, and Wyatt cooperated by taking a nice long nap! :) I needed a couple thank you cards and also wanted to check the challenges on SplitCoastStampers. The Ways to Use It Challenge is to use snowmen, snowflakes, etc. Perfect!
For both of my cards, I used a Dreamweavers brass stencil and white embossing paste. After using the stencil and paste, I sprinkled with ultrafine crystal glitter. The navy paper has slight texture and the snowflake paper is from a matstack by Recollections.
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Finally - I had the time and the mojo to make a couple cards! A little pressure of the upcoming birthdays may have helped, too:) At any rate, I made three cards last night. You'll get to see two of them. (One really isn't very blog-worthy.)
I stamped the background with a stamp from a Hero Arts set with Memento London Fog ink. Then I stamped the flowers (from Penny Black) with Versafine Black Onyx. I colored them with some watercolor pencils and then used my Aquabrush. I matted with some Stampin' Up! cardstock - Riding Hood Red, I believe. I added some black "gems" in the flower centers.
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Cora, over at Digital Two for Tuesday, is celebrating her 200th blog post, which was on New Year's Eve. She asked for six volunteers to help showcase her wonderful images, and I am one of them! Cora takes vintage images from old catalogs, magazine, books, etc., cleans them up, and then offers them for free on her blog. Isn't that cool and fun??
For both of my cards today, I used one of her images from June 10. She has so many flower images to choose from, and you know how much I love flowers! For this first one, I printed the image and then cut it out with a Labels 27 die from Spellbinders. I colored with Copic markers and sponged a little bit of light blue ink over the image. I added some Star Dust Stickles to the flowers. The sentiment is from The Paper Company Studio and I scored a few lines around it. The patterned paper is from a stack I got at Michael's.
For my second card, I made a stair-step card. (You can find other stair-step cards that I've made here, along with a tutorial in one of the earliest ones.) Again, I printed the image and colored with Copics. I matted the image with some Papertrey Ink cardstock. I cut the numbers using a Cuttlebug die set. I embossed the piece on the front with a Sizzix embossing folder, after stamping the sentiment.
Be sure to check out Cora's blog and see what her other guest designers have created. You will be amazed:) Thanks, Cora! (You can also find other cards that I've made previously with Cora's images by following this link.)
And finally, I decided to share this one, too. Our three-year-old granddaughter wanted to color something, and I had this image on my desk, so she got to color one, too:) She asked me to color the leaves for her, because they were "too little." :) I added Stickles to her flowers, too. She and her mom and dad and two brothers were here for about five days. It was a bit chaotic for a few days with them, along with our son, daughter-in-law and their two boys here for some of the time, too, but it was great!
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Wow! Not only is it a new month, it's a new year!!! Happy New Year, Everyone.
For this calendar page, I used a couple Hero Arts stamps - the snowman and the snowflake. I colored with markers. The "Happy 2014" was cut with my Cameo Silhouette.
If you are interested in making your own calendar pages, I have uploaded my file and cutting instructions. You can find the links under my blog header.
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Another tradition ... I post a picture of my birthday cards on my birthday. Oops - too busy this year:) My birthday was on Saturday - I entered a new decade as I turned 60. Here are the wonderful cards that I received. I happen to know that there are a couple other cards on their way. Sorry they won't be pictured.
My birthday was great and then on Sunday we celebrated Christmas with our kids and grandchildren. Fun times! Life will get back to "normal" on Wednesday afternoon.
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I actually worked ahead:) I have my blank calendars (all fifteen of them) cut and ready to be made. Hopefully this year will be a "calm" year in which I can get my 2015 calendars done earlier. My plan for the past couple of years has been to get January of the next year done during the current January, etc. Some months worked out that way and some didn't this year.
At any rate, I have uploaded my file for 2015. You can find the link to the uploads under my blog header. As always, you are free to use them. I would love to hear from you if you give the files a try.
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Merry Christmas to All! I hope you have special family and friends to share the holiday with and have safe travels wherever you may go. Thanks so much for visiting my blog, today and always.
Same tree and ornaments as last year - different house:)
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This card is kind of similar to one I made for our daughter-in-law earlier this month, but since I haven't anything else to share, you get to see it:)
The background is from a matstack from Recollections. I matted with shimmery silver. The sentiment is done with a brass stencil, white embossing paste and glitter. I matted with white and mounted on foam squares.
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Here is the other "Thinking of You" card I made on Sunday.
Again, I used ivory cardstock. The flower stamp is from a Penny Black set. I colored it with Copics. The sentiment is from a Stampin' Up! set. I embossed with a Sizzix folder after stamping and coloring. I matted with black.
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A Thinking of You card for a member of my stamping group. I made another similar to it that I will share very soon.
I stamped the image (from a Penny Black set) on watercolor paper and then I watercolored the flowers using Stampin' Up inks and an Aquarpainter. I stamped the sentiment (from Stampin' Up) and then embossed with a Sizzix folder. I matted with Old Olive. The main panel and the card base are off-white.
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This birthday card is going to California, so I thought a nice sunshiney card would be OK for December:)
I got to spend some time in my stamping room on Sunday and this is one of the five cards I got made. Nothing much to it! I embossed the sentiment using a brass stencil and my BIGkick. I used black for all of my matting and the flower center - which I punched with an EK Success punch. The flower and patterned paper were from Michael's. The flower and sentiment are mounted on foam squares.
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Here is the card I made for a member of my stamping group. Happy Birthday, Sheri!
I've spent some time recently "thumbing through" my stamps. This one screamed "Sheri" to me:) It seemed like something Sheri would use. I stamped her with Memento ink and colored with Copic markers and matted with green. The sentiments are from the same little set as the image - a dollar set from Inkadinkado.
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