Happy Birthday, Dear Daughter!

Seems impossible, but our daughter turned 50 years old yesterday!! Gosh, I'm barely older than that myself! :-) Here is the card that I made for her.

The "50" was cut with dies. I added Versamark to them, then sparkly embossing powder and then Ultra-Thick embossing powder, making them more like embellishments. I cut that panel with a new-to-me die. The patterned paper and the ephemera are from Gina K.

Here is the inside. Again, more Gina K products and die-cutting.

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More Purple Flowers

I believe this completes my use of items from my friend Cheryl's (Paper Panacea) visit. :-) She brought over this flower die set for me to use. The sentiment was foiled with my Glimmer Hot Foil system. It's actually silver, even though it doesn't look like it in the photo.

The sentiment on this one is from Taylored Expressions and came from my sentiment box. The embossed background was done with one of Cheryl's embossing folders.

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White Anniversary

Another card thanks to Cheryl from Paper Panacea. The embossing folder and the sentiment with die belong to Cheryl. I added the gems - from Gina K.

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Book-Fold "Surprise" Card

My friend, Cheryl (Paper Panacea) showed me this fold, so of course I had to make a card like. (Thanks, Cheryl!) She also supplied me with the stamp and die to make the sentiment that I used. This is a book-fold card with the "surprise" in the middle. The papers and ephemera are from Gina K.

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Purple Greetings

My friend, Cheryl (Paper Panacea) brought over these dies for me to use last week. I made three cards with this flower. I added a little bit of color brushed over each of them, so they are all slightly different. Some petals are popped up, as well as the leaves. The backgrounds were embossed with folders that Cheryl brought, also. The first and third sentiments are from Taylored Expressions and the middle one is from Gina K - foiled.

For this third one, I added just a tinge of purple on the embossed background.

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Mr and Mrs

My friend, Cheryl (Paper Panacea) brought over this embossing folder with coordinating die when she came over last week. The colored flowers and leaves are the die-cut. I used some foam dots under the leaves. The sentiment was die-cut and in my parts. It's cut from foil.

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Curved Sentiments

My friend, Cheryl, (Paper Panacea) came over to play in my stamping room on Friday and brought over a few things to borrow. One thing I had asked her to bring was the die that cuts this curved border and the stamps to use on it. I cut and stamped several of them, with various greetings. Here are two of them being used. Thanks, Cheryl!

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September Calendar Page

My calendar page for September. Weird that there will only be three more for this year!!

The background was done using a Gina K stencil. The leaves are embossed with gold powder and are also from Gina K. Welcome to September!

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Embossed and Stenciled Flowers

Just a super quick card for today. I used an Altenew embossing folder and stencil set for this card front, to show a friend. Decided to just put it on a card base. Then I added a pre-made foiled sentiment from my parts. The sentiment is popped up.

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Birthday Wishes

Another card like one from a few days ago. The closed card is four and a quarter inches square. The image panel came from a mat stack and is popped up. I stamped the sentiment (from Gina K) and gold-embossed it. Here is a photo of the opened card. So very simple to make!

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Two Miscellaneous Cards

I have gotten to spend a lot of time in my stamping room the last week or so, and it's been great! Still using up old things, though. I haven't even used my Gina K purchases that I bought at her Fourth of July sale!! Soon, I hope.

The flowers on this first card are from Gina K - stamps, stencils and dies. The sentiment is also from Gina K. The big flower and sentiment are popped up. I added a thin strip of purple and also black above the patterned panel.

The die-cut piece on this card was still in my die when I went to put it away. (It was used for my card from Tuesday.) The black frame was in my parts. I let some of the flower pieces hang out of the frame. It was so plain so I added some doodling and lines with a white gel pen. Not terrible happy with this card, but maybe someone will like it.

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More Cards in Pink

More pieces cut from a patterned paper stack. Once again, this flower was not colored in - just a gold outline. But, I colored it with Copic markers. It's matted and popped up. The sentiment is foiled and also popped up. The background panel was from the same pad. I added metallic gold stickers on both sides of it.

Same as the first one - different image and sentiment, also foiled.

And one more. I embossed the background on this one with a Gina K folder.

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Die-Cut Background

All three of these cards were done with one of my newer dies. (There were three in the set - here is the second.) I used the same three patterns/solid for all three. I added a "Hugs" sentiment to this first one.

For this one, I added the die-cut flowers. I also used the die on patterned paper and added those pieces into the black outline. I think the sentiment is from Gina K.

Same thing, with a sentiment from my parts.

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Fun-Fold Birthday

Here is a card that I made using double-sided paper. The design came from my friend Cheryl's blog, Paper Panacea. One post using it was August 22. There was another earlier, if you wanted to check out more of her blog. I glued down the front flap on my card. I added glittery strips on each side of the front flap. The sentiment was cut out of silver foil cardstock.

Another identical card using a different sentiment - partly the leftovers from the first card. I added thin strips of patterned paper on each side of the center panel.

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Assortment of Parts

Using up more pieces from a stack of patterned papers. I believe these are all from the same stack. I used variously-done sentiments from my stash. All but this first sentiment are shiny silver.

I added a Memory Box butterfly to this last card.

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Love Grows Here

Three nearly identical cards. The only difference is the background - three pieces cut from the same 12 x 12 sheet of patterned paper. I embossed the backgrounds with a Gina K folder. The sentiment panels were matted and popped up. Not sure what these cards could be used for, but the panels were in my pieces and I wanted to use them. (Cheryl - you will be getting these for the thrift store. :-) )

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Simply Thinking of You

Another card part used up. Here is one of the butterfly pieces that I showed you a few days ago. The bottom panel was embossed with a Gina K folder. The sentiment was foiled. The image and sentiment are popped up on foam squares. I added a thin foil sticker above the embossed panel.

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Fancy-fold Card

This card, when folded up, is four and a half inches square. When my friend came over last week, she showed this fold to me. The main image is from the same paper pad as the last couple days. The patterned paper is from the same pad. The sentiment is gold embossed and is from Gina K.

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Birthday in Pink

Well, one of those card parts from yesterday used up. Actually, two, counting the frame. I embossed the frame with an Altenew folder. I was so happy to be able to use it up and not just toss it. The flower (which is from a paper pad, but colored with Copic markers) is popped up on foam squares. The sentiment is from Gina K and is gold-embossed to match the gold in the flower, which you really can't see!

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More Card Parts to Use

When looking for some patterned paper to make a card, I came across some sheets from a patterned paper stack that I hadn't cut apart yet. So, of course I had to get that done. After separating out the pieces that I will give to a scrapbooking friend, I matted the ones that I wanted to keep. The flowers in the third column were not colored, so I used some Copic markers to color them. When looking for matting cardstock, I also found a frame that I will try to use on one of the cards. Always more parts! LOL!

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