Fresh Cuts

Here are the two cards that I made with the Stampin' Up! set called "Fresh Cuts" as I continue to make progress with my task of using all of my Stampin' Up! sets.

This first card uses two of the stamps. Doesn't get much simple than this:) I stamped the large image with Sahara Sand ink and matted with Buckaroo Blue. I stamped and matted the sentiment with Buckaroo Blue.

 

This second card uses the stamps that I didn't know what to do with! I stamped the background with one of the stamps. Then I stamped the flowers on scraps of white and cut them out. I had a dollar punch that I used on some shimmery gold paper to punch the flower centers. I stamped the sentiment to match the flowers. After stamping the sentiment, i embossed with my Wire Fence folder from Darice. I matted the layers to match the stamped background, and mounted the flowers on foam squares.

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Happy Valentine's Day and For a Friend #6

My last valentine for the year, and also my last card with this set from Stampin' Up! - "For a Friend." I'm sending this card to my sister, as I would love for her to find love again!

I stamped the image with Memento black ink and colored with Copics. I also stamped it again on red and cut out the heart, mounted it on a foam square, and added it to the sentiment. I used patterned paper for the bottom and a strip of red over the top of it. I mounted the image on foam squares, also.

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For a Friend #5

Another simple card using the Stampin' Up! set called "For a Friend."

I embossed the white strip with a Darice border embossing folder and matted with turquoise. I stamped the image with Memento black ink and colored with markers. I added a tiny gem for the flower center.

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For a Friend #4

Card #4 using the set "For a Friend" from Stampin' Up!

It looks a bit gray, but it's actually white. I cut a piece of white cardstock a fourth-inch smaller than the card base and embossed the top part of it with a Darice border embossing folder. I cut the strip of pink, stamped the image with Memento black ink, colored with Copics, and embossed with a Sizzix folder.

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Tulip Birthday

I made this card for a swap for my stamping group. It's an "Artist's Choice" swap, where there is no theme or assignment - just a swap.

I got this new die from LaLa Land and wanted to try it out. I cut it out of both pink and green. Then I snipped off all of the green flowers and glued the green one on top of the pink one. The sentiment is stamped in matching green. I matted the white panel with the same pale pink.

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For a Friend #3

Another card using the set "For a Friend" from Stampin' Up! I have rarely (if ever!) used these stamps, but I do like them all. They make great, very simple cards.

I stamped the image with Memento black ink, colored with Copics and added the gem for the flower center. I matted with matching cardstock and mounted on foam squares.

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For a Friend #2

OK, I've moved on to my next Stampin' Up! set. This one is called "For a Friend." I continue to make progress towards my goal of using all of my SU! sets. I'm happy to have had so much stamping time lately!

I stamped the image with Memento black ink and colored with Copics. I mounted the panel on foam squares. I inked up the birthday embossing folder from Cuttlebug, then embossed the background.

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Eclectic Corners #4

Fourth and last card using the Stampin' Up! set called "Eclectic Corners." This completes another stack of SU sets to use in my mission to have them all see ink! Fifty down - 150 to go! :) (Actually, I have one more set from this last stack. It's called "Creative Corners." I just can't make myself use this set on twelve cards in a row! I'm going to leave it on my desk until I have used them all eventually, and then put it away. I have added a picture of it here.)

I stamped the image with Memento ink and colored with Copics. I added tiny purple gems to the center of each flower. The sentiment is from Hero Arts. I matted with Marvelous Magenta (not sure I've ever used that color before!) and mounted on foam squares. I embossed the background with a Darice embossing folder and matted that with magenta, also.

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Eclectic Corners #3

Third card using Stampin' Up!'s set called "Eclectic Corners." I stamped the image in the corner with Memento black ink and colored with Copic markers. I added the sentiment, which is from Papertrey Ink. I embossed a portion of the left side with a Lifestyle Crafts embossing folder and scored three lines with my Score Pal, then mounted on turquoise cardstock.

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Eclectic Corners #2

Second card of four using Stampin' Up!'s set called "Eclectic Corners." I used the stamp to stamp in two of the corners, then pierced holes connecting them. The sentiment is from a Papertrey set. I matted with the matching red cardstock and mounted on Dimensionals.

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Eclectic Corners #1

The first of four cards using the Stampin' Up! set called "Eclectic Corners."

For this card, I didn't actually use the stamp as a corner - I made a border using it, instead. I stamped with Almost Amethyst, and matted with Almost Amethyst, also. I added little green flowers and stuck them on with white brads. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink.

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Another Valentine

Before I got everything put away from making valentines for our grandchildren, I decided to put together a couple pieces that were on my stamping table and make a valentine for my dad. Brings back memories, as last Valentine's Day we were all in the hospital with my mom. The last card I made for her was a valentine:(

Anyway, this is for my dad. The punched heart was done with a Martha Stewart punch. On a piece of scrap cardstock, I stamped the hearts (from the same stamp set as the cards I made for our grandsons. Turns out the set is from Fiskars, and NOT Recollections like I've been saying!) and colored them. The sentiment is from Inkadinkado. I mounted the panel on foam squares, raised above the stamped image. Edited to add: I'm entering this in the Repeat Impressions challenge to use red, pink and white. It's hard to tell, but the little circles in with the hearts have been colored pink, and the hearts are red.

Update on my dad: His cheek is healing. In fact, I've heard it looks pretty good! His neck is coming along slower. The sores in his mouth are still painful and he can't eat very well, but is doing a great job of forcing himself to eat. Hopefully it will be uphill from here. And hopefully the cancer will be gone forever! 

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SplitCoastStampers Double Challenge - and For a Friend #1

Another card I made for SplitCoastStampers challenges. It's fun to have time to do some!

This card is for the Technique Lover's Challenge - to make a card with a sentiment "Down Under" and also for the Clean and Simple challenge with the theme "Love." I figure nothing says "love" better than a new baby! I stamped the sentiment from the Stampin' Up! set called "For a Friend" (The next set in my goal of using all of my SU sets) and colored with Copics. I also added tiny gems to the flower centers. I matted with hot pink. I embossed the top layer with a Darice embossing folder (which is becoming one of my favorites!), cut it in two pieces, mounted on Dimensionals and added to the stamped layer.

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Embossing Challenge Card

The Creative Cuttlebuggers Yahoo group has a monthly challenge. The challenge for February is "Double Embossing." I thought it looked interesting, so I gave it a try.

First, I inked up a Stampin' Up!/Sizzix embossing folder with yellow ink and embossed. Then I inked up a Darice Daisy folder with blue and embossed over the yellow. That pretty much flattens the first embossing, but of course, leaves the inked color. I stamped the sentiment (from Papertrey Ink) on a scrap of white and ran it through the first embossing folder, which still had a bit of yellow left on. I just might have to do this again:)

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February Calendar Page

February already! Here is my calendar page. If you are interested in printing your own (blank) calendar pages, you can find the links under my blog title.

The heart was punched with a Martha Stewart punch. I embossed with a heart Cuttlebug folder. I embossed the red paper with a Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder. Happy February! Oh - I forgot to mention that I also embossed the bottom with another Cuttlebug folder.

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SplitCoastStampers Free 4 All Challenge

I hadn't uploaded a card to SplitCoastStampers since last April! I didn't have Wyatt today and took the opportunity to do a challenge and upload my card. The challenge was to confine your "art area" to a space less than two and a half inches square.

With this card, I am also continuing my mission to use all of my Stampin' Up! stamps. Both stamps on this card are from the set called "Happy Harmony." I colored the flowers with markers and used the "thumping" technique. (Color with one color, and then lightly "bounce" or "thump" over the colored area with a darker marker.) I embossed the frame with a square Nestability.

Edited to add: Here is a simple video I did on this technique. I hope it helps!

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Valentine #5

Finally - the last valentine for our grandkids. I was a bit under the weather the last couple days and napped while Wyatt napped, so no creating time.

This last one is for Owen. He loves playing with Legos. I found the background picture on-line and printed it out. I also found the Lego heart on-line, printed it out and cut it out. I mounted the heart on foam squares. Then I downloaded the font and printed the sentiment. I colored the letters to match the printed background and also mounted the sentiment on foam squares.

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Valentine #4

Here is the valentine I made for Wyatt. He really is SO sweet!

Again, the stamp set I used is from Fiskars - both the image and the sentiment. I stamped the bird on white, colored him, cut him out and mounted him on foam squares. Then I stamped the image again on a piece of white and added the bird. I colored the hearts on the branch and added Star Dust Stickles to the hearts and a gem for his eye. I used a Copic marker to draw the border on the white layer. One more to go - just Owen left.

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Valentine #3

Valentine #3 for the grandkids. This one is for Jonah. He will be two at the end of May. I might possibly make the same one for Wyatt. We'll see how much stamping time I have in the next few days.

I stamped the "Love Bug" on a scrap of white cardstock and colored him with Copics. I cut him out and mounted him on foam squares. I stamped him again on the red cardstock and added the sentiment. I also added Star Dust Stickles to his wings. I stamped the row of hearts on white, colored it, and added it to the red. The white strip is embossed with a Cuttlebug folder.

Wyatt didn't get to go home yesterday, but the plan is for him to leave the hospital about nine this morning. That will be nice!

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Red and White Swap

My Yahoo stamping group has two challenges every month. I have not been a participant in many of them. However, I'm going to try to start being better about them. One of the monthly swaps is a color challenge. This month's colors are red and white, and here is the card I made for it.

I used embossing paste and a Sizzix brass stencil to make the heart. I also sprinkled glitter over it for some sparkle (which does not show up in the picture.) I matted with white and mounted on foam squares. I stamped the sentment (from Inkadinkado) with Versamark and embossed with detail white embossing powder. Again, I matted with white and mounted on foam squares. I embossed the background with a Cuttlebug folder.

Wyatt made a great recovery yesterday, and could possibly go home later today! I sure hope he does!

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