May Calendar Page

Well, May snuck up on me, for sure! Here is my calendar page for the month. The stamp is from Stampendous and I colored it with Copic markers. The patterned paper is from an ancient matstack from Recollections. I really like using that stuff on my calendar pages because it is so thin and the pages fit nicely into the frame. Happy May Day to all!!

I hope everyone is doing well. I am doing well, just busy with so many other things and hardly any time in my stamping room. I am considering a huge project, though. My stamping room does not have a window. We have a guest bedroom that rarely gets used. I'm thinking of switching them around. I would love a window, but I do also love the arrangement of my current room. I've been making diagrams and trying to figure out how it would work out, and it seems as though it might be okay. I guess I'll think about it more and make my decision soon. Wish me luck! :-)

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A Foxy Little Thank You

This cute little fox was created using a die set from Gina K that I got in January. I made up a few of each of the little critters and, again, never put them on a card. Well, here is one of them - finally. He is popped up on foam squares, of course! The sentiment is from Hero Arts and is die-cut and popped up. Just a simple and cute little thank you.

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More Patterned Paper

These three frames were cut from patterned paper and matted with gold foil and stuck into my card parts quite a long time ago. I used Gina K sentiments and ephemera to decorate them up. I stamped a sentiment on the inside of this first one that says, "friendship is about who came and never left your side."

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Cute Critter Birthday

I remember stamping, coloring and die-cutting several critters probably back in November or so and then never doing anything with any of them. I don't even remember which company they are from. But, here is one of them on a card. All of the stamped elements are popped up on foam squares. The heart balloon was originally colored in pink, but it looked more like a card for a boy, so I added blue marker over the Diamond Glaze that I had already added to it.

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Card -Part Frames

These cards were all made with die-cut frames from my card parts, partnered with patterned paper. The sentiments are all from Gina K.

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Simple Birthday

This scrap of patterned paper was left over after I used some to decorate a small jar for my stamping room. I matted it with purple and popped it up on foam squares. The background was embossed with a folder from LDRS and matted with the same purple. The sentiment is from Gina K and die-cut.

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Warm Birthday Wishes in Pink

I finally had a few hours to spend in my stamping room, and it was awesome! I am finding, though, that even as I'm working to use up my card parts, I am making more!! Drat! Oh well, it's all fun.

Today my card is made with one of Gina K's newer kits - but probably December or January, so not the latest. The flowers were done with stamps, stencils and dies. They are popped up on foam squares. The sentiment is also from Gina K and is popped up. The background was left over from one of my more recent sessions and was done with an Impressibility. I brushed ink very lightly over the debossed side and matted with black.

I have a few more cards to share, so I'll be back for the next several days.

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April Calendar Page

Oops - April Fools!! (On me.) I forgot to schedule this post. At least it's still going up on the First. 

Here is my calendar page for April. I used dies from My Favorite Things for the umbrella, a stencil for the background and my computer for the sentiment. You can't tell in the photo, but the umbrella handle is cut from foil cardstock. Happy April to all.

I just don't seem to be able to find time to spend in my stamping room! Not sure where all the time goes, but ... Hopefully I'll get back to card-making and blog-reading again soon.

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Warm Birthday Wishes

This ivory panel that I had die-cut many years ago is no longer in my card parts. I stamped the sentiment on to it and then used an Impressibilities plate covered with light pink ink to deboss the design on to it. I added the slightly patterned paper to the bottom of the card front and stamped the rest of the sentiment on it.

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Another Butterfly Anniversary

The white die-cut panel for this card was also in my card parts for years and years. I stamped the sentiment (from Gina K) on to it and then embossed it with a Gina K folder. The butterfly is also from Gina K. I stamped it with Versamark in, embossed it, and then hot-foiled it. Then I die-cut it and used a bit of color-blending on it.

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Anniversary Butterflies

I've had these four (lightly) stamped pieces in my card parts for MANY years. I also had the butterflies all pre-done. So, I just added the stamped sentiment to each one, matted, and stuck the butterflies on with foam squares. Three of the butterflies were cut from metallic cardstock and one was done on vellum with the Glimmer Hot Foil system.

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For Baby

Another card part. The stamped image was done many years ago. I believe it's from Repeat Impressions. I embossed the top panel with a Cuttlebug folder. The sentiment is part of an old Stamping Up! stamp. I added the thin red strip (very crookedly!) at the bottom of the embossing panel.

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Embossed Flowers

Again, the embossed panel and the sentiment were from my card parts. The folder is from Altenew. I very lightly colored the embossing with blender brushes and I popped up the sentiment (which was done with my Glimmer Hot Foil system).

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Another simple card. Well, actually ALL of my cards are simple! The embossed piece was from my card parts, as was the sentiment. I very lightly added some color to the embossing with a blending brush. The sentiment had been die-cut using wrapping paper adhered to cardstock before cutting.

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Congratulations Butterfly

A super-simple congratulations card. The patterned paper and metallic strip were already on this card front. I added the die-cut metallic butterfly and the "Congratulations" sentiment. The sentiment was already die-cut. I rubbed an ink cube over it to coordinate with the paper.

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Birthday in Pink

I had my Butterflies Impressibilities plate out for another card, but this was my practice piece and it turned out so I had to use it, of course. I already had this sentiment from my card parts out on my table and it matched perfectly. I was able to find the same textured cardstock for the matting that I had already used for the sentiment. Yippee. :-) The sentiment is popped up on foam squares. I took out several more card parts and used them, so you'll be seeing a lot of them in the next few days. I still have new things to use, but I seem to be stuck on card parts!

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Stenciled Anniversary - Part Two

Here is another anniversary card using a different stencil set from Gina K than yesterday's card. Same thing, though. Stencils, Waffle Flower matting layers, hot-foiled sentiment from my card parts - popped up on foam squares.

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Stenciled Anniversary - Part One

I had two new stencil sets from Gina K that I had not used yet, so I was working with them and decided that they should be anniversary cards. Here is the first one. I used Gina K inks for it. I used Waffle Flower dies to cut the image panel and the matting piece. The sentiment is popped up on foam pieces. It was in my card parts. It was done with my Glimmer Hot Foil system.

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Guy Card

I was looking through my "stash" of cards for March and April and realized that I had no cards very suitable for men, nor did I have any anniversary cards! So, I had to get busy yesterday afternoon and make a few. Here is the birthday card. I used a die-cut frame from my card parts that I've had out for a while. (I have two more frames that I need to use up, also.) The papers were from a matstack from The Paper Studio. I found a matching ink (from Altenew) and used a Gina K stamp for the sentiment, which is die-cut and popped up on foam squares.

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Foiled Birthday

Finally - a card! I don't know how life can be SO busy!! I used an Anna Griffin brass stencil for the main image. I used Deco Foil over it and used my Gina K Fuse to foil over it. The sentiment was also done using that technique. I embossed the border around the main image with a Gina K die. The image panel is popped up on foam squares. The card is done with ivory cardstock.

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