Open Window Birthday

Another card made with a set from my friend. I think I have one or two things left to use. This is one that I probably will not use again! I know that some people love the "putzy" things, but I'm not a fan of them. Anyway, this set is from Sizzix and includes the embossing folder which also cuts and the dies for all the little pieces. The sentiment is from a different company. I rubbed ink pads over the embossed image. I colored the die-cut pieces with Copic markers. I added embellishments to the flower centers and some sparkle to the bees' wings. The butterflies and bees are popped up on foam squares.

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Special Day

I saw this technique somewhere and thought I would give it a try. It was fun to just play and not be trying to use something up or to have to use something that I hadn't used before. The dies for the flowers are from Gina K. I cut the solid piece out of white and the detailed piece from black. I ink-blended on the solid piece and then put a stencil over it and added more ink. Then I glued them together. I embossed the top and bottom pieces with a Gina K embossing folder. Then I added the thin black strips. I stamped the sentiment, from Stampendous, before doing the embossing. I made three cards like this. The other two had Mrs. Grossman's stickers for the sentiments.

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Simple Birthday Presents

Here is another stamp I got from my friend who was "cleaning house." It's from Stamps by Judith and Heather. I simply colored it, using the packaging as a guide. I added some Star Dust Stickles to the bows and ribbons. The sentiment is a rub-on from Mrs. Grossman's stickers. I am slowly getting them used up!

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April Calendar Page

Oops, I forgot to do my calendar page post. Better late then never! I have a die that cuts the rainbow pieces, and aso dies for the clouds. I colored the rainbow pieces with Copics and sponged ink around the edges of the clouds. The sentiment was hand-written. Happy April!!

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Happy Easter!

Happy Easter to my Christian friends. I hope you have family and friends to share it with.

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Hello Friend

This card was done with another Gina K set that I got from my friend. It includes the stencils, the dies and the stamps. Fun. It makes a very pretty background, but you can also cut out the individual flowers and leaves with the included dies.

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Musical Guy Card

This card is for a friend of ours who is very "musical." The background piece and the die-cut pieces were in my card parts book and so it was very easy to put it together. The background was done with a stencil. The sentiment is from Stampabilities.

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Guy Birthday ??

The image stamp on this card is from the same set that I used on yesterday's post, from Gina K. The sentiment is from Stampabilities. I thought this would work to send to a guy. Cards for guys are always so hard to make for me.

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Birthday for a Friend

We recently visited some friends, and she is a card maker. She had many things that she was giving away, so I went shopping and chose a few things. This Gina K set was one of the items that I selected. The image and sentiments, including the dies, were part of the set. I added the butterfly sticker, which came from the Dollar Tree. The edges of the image panel are thin metallic stickers.

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Hedgehog Birthday in Pink

This stamped image has been in my card parts for MANY years! I finally colored it up and cut it out with a Gina K die. I sponged a bit of black around the edges and popped it up on foam squares. The background paper is very ancient Stampin' Up! The sentiment is another Mrs. Grossman's sticker. I only have a few left of those, too.

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Birthday Leaves

Five more card parts used up. I had one of this first color and four of the second. I had stamped them quite a while ago intending to cut them out, but they were stamped too close together. Oh well, they made pretty pieces this way. I mounted them on foam squares. And now they are gone. The sentiments on them all are Mrs. Grossman's stickers.

It's hard to tell, but I embossed the bottom panel of this card with a Gina K folder.

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3-D Folders

Somewhere I read (or saw) a post about doing this. I just made a note, assuming that I would remember what it was about. Of course, my memory isn't that good. LOL! My note only said, "3D emboss, then white ink then gold." So this is what I did, except my gold ink pad was dried up. I used an Altenew 3D folder to emboss the images. Then I rubbed my white ink pad over the embossed images. Then I rubbed my copper ink pad over the white. It is more shiny in person, naturally. For the sentiments, I first stamped them in white and then in copper, also. I thought these would work for sympathy cards.

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Blessings on Your Special Day

More background pieces used up. Getting close to using them all up! I matted these pieces. The flowers are from Altenew. The sentiment is from Gina K. The left flower on this first card and the flower on the second card have been popped up on foam squares. The sentiment on the first card was on foam squares, also. I ripped the edges of it and sponged ink on them.

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More Tiny, Die-Cut Flowers

Finally, here is the other die-cut that I made about a month ago! I colored the flowers on this one and added it to a panel that was embossed with a Darice folder and matted. The sentiment is from a Gina K set.

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March Calendar Page

Here is my March calendar page. March always stumps me! I found this digital image and colored it with Copics and sponged around the edge.

My blank calendar files are under my blog header, if anyone is interested in using them. If you try use them and have problems, feel free to email me.

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Thank You Flowers

Finally - another card! Life is just too busy, but it's all good! I guess I didn't get the embossing very deep on the bottom of the white panel because it doesn't show very well. But, it's there! I got a new die at the Dollar Tree, so of course I had to try it out right away. I did it once with white on the top of the panel, and once in ivory, but just the thin strip. I colored the ivory one, and you'll see it some day. I scored the lines with my Scor-Buddy. The sentiment is from Avery Elle.

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Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day, Friends!! I hope you all have someone special to share your day with. Here is a valentine I made for a friend. I used a die for the line of hearts across the bottom and also the main focal point. I used glitter paper for that and also under the row of hearts. I stamped the sentiment, from a Recollections set, and then embossed with a Darice folder. I added "nail heads" to the circles on the die-cut. The whole main panel is mounted on foam squares.

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Birthday Roses

The background on this one was done by cleaning off my brayer. I had shown a friend how to brayer on an embossing folder, so I used the excess ink. The doily die-cut was from my card parts. The leaves are from Gina K. I have so many layered rose stamps that I'm not even sure where these are from. I have a new-to-me Altenew set, and they could be from there. The sentiment is a rub-on, also from my card parts.

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And Even More Card Parts

These two die-cut backgrounds were in my card parts.  I own the dies and I believe they are from Memory Box. I mounted this first one on foam squares. The flower pieces and sentiment were done a couple years ago using a borrowed Stampin' Up! set.

The sentiment on this one is from Altenew. The leaves are from Gina K - from an ephemera package.

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Using Up More Card Parts

I keep trying to use up more and more card parts. These backgrounds I have had for many, many years. I'm sure they were made with alcohol and Stampin' Up! inks. For this first one, I added a die-cut wreath. It had been cut out of purple cardstock. I colored the leaves green and added enamel dots to the flower centers. The sentiments were also in my card parts - stamped and die-cut using a  Stampin' Up set. The "Sending" is mounted on foam squares.

The die-cut "doily" is from my card parts, as are the flowers and leaves. The sentiment is from an Altenew set. I used foam squares under the sentiment, the roses and the outer-most leaves.

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