Poinsettias and Holly

More Christmas cards done:) I think I have just about enough done for this year. Well, when I say "done," I mean that the outsides are done! I still have to stamp or print the sentiment in all 75 or so of them. But, it isn't even the end of October yet, so I think I'm doing all right. I also finished up my 2020 calendars a few days ago. Now THAT makes me feel really good! I even have two or three months done for 2021.

Anyway, about these cards. The images are all from a Recollections set. The set consists of the two image stamps, a border stamp, two sentiment stamps and three dies. I watercolored all of the images. I use a fun technique for the watercolor that is SO simple and I love the end result. I stamp the image on watercolor cardstock. Then I wet the areas a lot and just touch the color to the water. It spreads out so nicely. That's really about all there is to it! The sentiment on this card is from Papertrey Ink. I added Liquid Pearls to the flower center. The card base is ivory.

For this card, I used one of the dies to cut out the holly leaves and berries. The sentiment on this card is also from Papertrey. I added Diamond Glaze to the holly berries.

I was a little disappointed when I realized that the poinsettia die did not cut out the leaves, but I can live with it:) The flowers are popped up on foam squares.

The sentiment on this last one was included with the stamp set. I made four of the first card and three of this last one.

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Orange and Gold Color Swap, Plus One More

This is the card that I made for the monthly color swap in my stamping group. The colors this month are gold and orange. I used Memory Box dies for the flowers. I used gold foil cardstock. I believe the "thank you" is from Taylored Expressions. I added thin gold strips on the top and bottom of the image panel. The cardbase and panel are ivory.

While I had the dies out, I decided to make another. This time I decided to use my Xyron to "pre-stick" the flowers. I cut my gold foil first and I had the die upside down. Oops. I had to cut the flowers "backwards." It worked out fine, though. I used pink for the flowers this time.

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Little Birthday Wish

I had these Memory Box dies out for making another card, so I thought I would use them for multiple cards. One die cuts the stem with three flowers and then there are three smaller dies that cut the matting for the flowers. I made two sets for this card. I used textured pink paper for the flowers. The sentiment, from My Favorite Things, was matted and mounted on foam squares. I added some black "pearls" of different sizes with a Pearl Pen/Perler Pen, which is like Liquid Pearls. 

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Gold Christmas

I made a set of five of these cards to donate to our church for the craft sale at our Lutefisk Dinner. The stamps are from a set by Stampendous. I embossed them both with gold embossing powder. The cardbase and the front panel are ivory. I matted with gold foil cardstock.

I am entering this into the Double D challenge, which is to use silhouettes.

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Guy Card

A simple card, suitable for a guy. The sentiment was cut with dies. The background was stamped with a Stampin' Up! with Versamark ink and embossed with clear embossing powder. I added a thin strip of gold foil cardstock down the left side.

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Christmas Trees

All of the stamps that I used on this card are from a Recollections set. The trees are two-step stamping, and I added the trunks with a Copic marker. You can't tell in the picture, but I embossed the sentiment with gold embossing powder. I matted with shiny gold cardstock.

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Elf on a Shelf

I tested this sentiment stamp on red for the cards on my blog yesterday. But, of course, I couldn't just toss this test! So, here it is on a card. No wonder I end up with so many "card parts!" The little elf was stamped and die-cut with a Recollections set. I colored with Copic markers and added a bit of sparkle with a Wink of Stella brush. The cardbase is ivory.

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Christmas Card Set

I made this set of Christmas cards for our church to sell at the craft sale at our annual Lutefisk Dinner. I will be making more, as well as going through my surplus of cards. The image stamps are all from Stampin' Up! The sentiment stamp is from Papertrey Ink.

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Christmas Snowman and Birdies

I do not know what company made these stamps, as I stamped them at our Group Gathering in June. If anyone is really interested, I could find out. I think the snowman and the trees are the same stamp. I added the sentiment from the same set. I simply colored with Copics, matted, and added a bit of sparkle with a Wink of Stella marker.

Each of the birds, the birdhouse, and the sentiment are separate stamps from the same set. Again, I colored with Copics, matted and added bit of sparkle. I made two of this card. Three more Christmas cards done:)

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Small Thank You

I've had this small card base, folded and complete with patterned paper, in my card parts for several years. Here it is, finished. I added the stamping on the die-cut panel. The flowers and leaves are from a set from American Crafts/Crate Paper and the sentiment is from Papertrey Ink.

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A Couple of Re-Makes

In my "card parts" box, I have some pieces of cards of mine that I have dismantled. Here are two of them, remade. For this first one, I trimmed down the bottom of this piece and removed a flower I had added to it. I used a piece of matching cardstock and embossed it with a Cuttlebug embossing folder. The flowers stamp is from Stampin' Up! I think the sentiment is from Papertrey Ink.

This "card part" was the main panel, minus the "thanks." I placed the panel onto a card front and added the sentiment, mounted on foam squares. The heart stamps are by Stampin' Up! and the "thanks" sentiment is from Verve.

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"Blob" Thanks

Finally - a post from me! :) I haven't had a lot of time in my stamping room, and it seems like, even when I do, I'm not real motivated. Mostly I've been doing minor cleaning and organizing.

At any rate, I have a few cards to post, but nothing very exciting. I tried a new technique on this card, with not a lot of success. I used a die to cut this "blob" a couple times from fun foam. Then I tried to use it for the letterpress effect. It stamped well, but didn't press into the paper very much. Still, I couldn't throw it away, of course:) I just trimmed down the paper a bit, matted it, and added the sentiment from Papertrey Ink.

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October Calendar Page

Here is my October calendar page. My notes tell me that all of the stamps on this page are from a Stampin' Up! set that I borrowed from a friend. I embossed the stamping with silver embossing powder. I punched the moon out of yellowish-orange paper which I sponged with orange ink. I also punched a hole in the black paper and then I added the orange piece into the black hole.

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Snowflake Christmas

This is a case of a card that I made MANY years ago. I still had the masking pieces in a folder so I used them one more time before I threw them away. I had cut the curves from thin paper and I placed them so that I had a banner across the middle. In this space, I sponged Soft Silver ink. Over the silver ink, I stamped snowflakes from an Inkadinkado set. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink.

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Sparkly Christmas

I've had this main image in a folder for many years, and I finally used it on a card. It was a tag I received on a gift and thought it was so pretty. I simply trimmed it down a tad and matted it with red. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink. It's actually a very sparkly card in "real life."

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Masculine Birthday

I think this card will work well for male friend. I cut the curved edges with a stitched die. I embossed the cut pieces with a Cuttlebug folder and popped them up on foam squares. The patterned paper on the bottom layer is from The Paper Studio. I stamped the sentiment (from Papertrey Ink) on ivory cardstock and added it to the brown.

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Three-Flower Birthday

After making yesterday's card, I had the three white squares left over. Of course, I couldn't let them go to waste, hence this card. I had also pulled out these flowers earlier. I believe they are from Thailand, sent to me by someone. I had four of them left, and I put the fourth one on the inside of the card. I added scored lines above and below the flowers. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink. The cardbase is textured cardstock.

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Three-Turtle Birthay

Another (surprise!) simple card  from me today. 😀 I was looking through my sticker drawer and pulled out this set from Sandylion. I have used some of these cute turtles before, but now have three less of them left. I still have a few smaller ones left. The three square holes were made by using a Papertrey Ink die. The sentiment is also from Papertrey. I mounted the die-cut piece on foam squares.

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Happy Birthday, Wyatt!!

Well, today is our youngest grandson, Wyatt's, sixth birthday. I can't believe he's six already!! This is the card that I made for him. It's called a "spinner card" I think, but I also think there are two types of "spinner cards." The theme of his birthday party is Toy Story, and his favorite characters are Forky and Buzz Lightyear. (Who knew there was now a Forky!) I used a Papertrey Ink stamp for the sentiment and a Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder.

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Another Christmas Stencil

I'm catching up on blog posts. But, this is my last card for a while. I had a good streak, but haven't really spent much time in my stamping for for a couple weeks. At any rate, here is my card for today. I used another stencil from Plaid for this one. To the trees, I added the strings and used Nuvo drops for the ornaments. I also added some white dots to the red spots with a gel pen. I also added some scored lines with my ScorPal. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink.

Edited to add: Unimportant, but I think the drops on the tree were made with platinum Liquid Pearls, not Nuvo drops. 😀

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