Birthday and Hello Butterflies

All of the pieces on these two cards are from my card parts. The backgrounds were given to me about twelve years ago! You will be seeing more of them in the next several days.

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Embossed Wedding?

Both the 3D-embossed background and the matted sentiment panel were in my card parts. I simply matted the background and put them together. The sentiment is mounted on foam squares. I think this would work for a wedding card.

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Simple Daisy Birthday

I used a friend's dies to cut this daisy. I colored the flower center and the stem and popped it up on foam squares. The sentiment is from Stampin' Up! The card base is ivory.

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Missing You Butterflies

I will have several posts over the next couple weeks with cards using up some of my card parts. Not much information about them, since they have been in my "parts" for a LONG time. The background is delicate glitter paper and I added Stickles to the die-cut sentiment.

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A Valentine - the First

One valentine for now. The rest will be posted on Valentine's Day. For this one, I used Gina K stencils and an old sentiment stamp - perhaps from Inkadinkado. I also added a few Nuvo drops.

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Happy Anniversary

I got a new embossing folder from Gina K, and had to test it out. It's large, and so I cut the panel in half and had enough to make two of these cards. The sentiment is old and wood-mounted and is from PSX, I believe. I matted it and mounted it on foam squares. I also added three sequins from Gina K.

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More Christmas Cards???

Well, here are two more Christmas cards. I came across this embossing folders/stamps set and just had to use them again. The set is from Recollections. Quite simple - embossed backgrounds and stamped images/sentiment. I also added a couple Nuvo drops on each cards.

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Cards for Baby

This teddy bear was another stamp that I kept from the stamps that were given to me. I did finally get the rest all given away. I used three different sets of colors for them. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink. The panels are matted and mounted on foam squares. These first two use an Anna Griffen/Cuttlebug folder and the last one uses a Paper Studio folder.

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Old Hero Arts Flowers

And the last of my cards using my "gifted" stamps. This set is a wood-mounted set from Hero Arts. I used a variegated ink pad and clear embossing powder over it. The sentiment was also wood-mounted and from my gifted stamps.

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Belated Birthday Wishes ... to Me!

It's my tradition to post pictures of my birthday cards. Here they are, just a few (or almost a week!) days late. The picture above is of all of my cards - except for the two later ones.

And here are the pictures of the handmade ones. I post them separately, since that's what most of my readers are interested in!

And here are the two that arrived after my birthday - one handmade and one not. Hope you have enjoyed seeing them. I sure enjoyed receiving them! Thanks to all who sent them to me.

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Happy New Year - and January Calendar Page

And here we are - another new year!! I wish you all a wonderful 2023!!

Here is my calendar page for this month. The image and sentiment are from Gina K. I used Copic markers for the coloring and I used a silver spray mist over the panel. I matted with silver.

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December Anniversary

This is the card I made for our daughter-in-law's parents 49th Anniversary. I thought it was appropriate to use a poinsettia for a December anniversary. The flower was done with a Gina K stencil set. I used three shades of red and topped it off with some gold foil, done with Deco Foil Transfer Gel through the last stencil. The sentiment is from Hero Arts and is embossed with detail gold embossing powder. The sentiment panel has very light color added around the edges and is popped up on foam squares.

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Christmas Cards for our Kids

Oops - I was mistaken! I have one more Christmas card!! This is the one I made for our daughter and son and their spouses. (I made two of them.) I wanted something a little more special. The finished card is 5 x 7 inches. The penguins and holly stamps are from Gina K. They are stamped, cut out with dies, colored with Copic markers and popped up on foam squares. I added some embossing across the middle with a Cuttlebug border folder and then added score lines with my Scor-Pal on each side of the embossing. The sentiment is from Hero Arts and the gingham papers are from Gina K.

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One Last Christmas Card

Seems I have a hard time stopping making Christmas cards, even though I have more than I need and Christmas has arrived. But, here is my last one for the year. The sentiment is from an old wood-mounted Hero Arts set. The patterned paper is all from Gina K. Barely visible are three little Nuvo drops under the sentiment.

Merry Christmas to all who celebrate!!

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Mickey Mouse Christmas

This Mickey Mouse stamp was in the stamps I was given, also. He's pretty cute. I colored with Copics and added the sentiment and a few silver stars.

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Happy Hanukkah!

Here is my one Hanukkah card. I used stencils for the little bits of stripe and the stars. The stars are done with Deco Foil Transfer Gel and foil, with my laminator. I added thin strips of silver glitter paper on the top and bottom of the image panel. The sentiment is from Gina K. I foiled that, also, and it's popped up on foam squares. Happy Hanukkah to all who celebrate!

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Repurposing "Packaging"

Oh my gosh - it's December 16 and I had forgotten to change my background to something Christmassy!

A friend (thanks, Leslie!) sent me a Christmas card, and she had used this embossed background as a protective layer for the embellishments on her card. I certainly couldn't just toss it!! So, here it is - cut in half and used on two cards. I used two ancient Hero Arts rubber stamps for these flowers. I had gotten them in the two bins of stamps I was gifted earlier this year. I thought since I kept them, I should use them. The sentiments are from Papertrey Ink and the panels are mounted on foam squares.

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Happy Birthday, Owen!

I made this card this morning for our grandson who is turning twelve today. Happy Birthday, Owen! He plays bass guitar and just moved up to the next level last night. Congrats to him! The inside of the card wishes him a happy birthday and also congratulations. I found the image on-line and printed it out. I also printed another copy and fussy-cut the "Guitar Hero" and popped it up on foam squares. The sentiment was cut with a die. The finished card is five and a half inches by seven.

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Happy December Birthday!

This card is for our daughter-in-law, whose birthday is today. The snowflakes are embossed with silver and cut out. I also added a slight bit of light blue to the centers. The largest one is popped up on foam squares. The sentiment was printed on my computer and foiled. (It's shiny silver.) I embossed the silver strip and the blue background piece with Sizzix folders.

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Flowery Birthday

An advantage of waking up REALLY early is time in my stamping room. Here is card I made a couple days ago. The flower stamp is from a Gina K set that I got from a friend. I embossed it with pewter embossing powder and colored it with Zig Clean Color Markers. The sentiment is from My Favorite Things, also embossed with pewter. I used a Gina K stencil for the stripes on the sides. I also added thin metallic, turquoise stickers along the edges of the white panel.

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