Thank You Blocks

I made one card using all four stamps from the set "Thank You Blocks."  I stamped them with a multi-colored ink pad and matted with Pale Plum cardstock.

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Winter Patches

Four of the same card using different images from the same set ("Winter Patches"), ivory cardstock, red matting, and a sentiment from Papertrey Ink. I stamped with Memento black ink and colored with Copic markers.

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Little Somethings - Part Two

Here are the other three cards - and one tag - I made with the set "Little Somethings." Twelve little stamps. I decided to make seasonal-themed cards, since I could separate them into sets of three, pretty much. I used an EK Success punch and a Martha Stewart punch to punch out the images and mattings. I colored each with Copic markers.

This first one is a summery birthday card. I used some Washi tape and a Papertrey Ink sentiment.

Then the fall one. Again, Washi tape and Papertrey sentiment. I also mounted the images on foam squares.

 A Fourth of July anniversary card with a Hero Arts sentiment. (Vicki, you'll have to forget you saw this and I'll have to remember to send it to you next July!!) I added some Stickles for a little sparkle.

And finally, another Christmas tag. More Stickles and hand-written sentiment.

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Little Somethings Christmas

Ah, my last set of stamps from my third stack of sets:) This set is called "Little Somethings." It consists of twelve little stamps. I used three of them on this card - the image stamps. The sentiment is from "Little Holiday Wishes" which I have already used. I punched the images and sentiment with an EK Success punch. The background was embossed using a Sizzix folder.

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Little Shapes BIrthday

The last card using "Little Shapes" - this time a triangle. I stamped it multiple times across a strip of white cardstock using yellow ink. The "birthday" was made with a die from Papertrey Ink and the "wish" is the second stamp from "Small Script."

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Just a Note Mini

Two cards using the Stampin' Up! set "Just a Note Mini." The birdhouse and sentiment are from that set. The shadow-stamped square is from "Little Shapes." I colored with markers, mounted on the turquoise cardstock and used an old punch to punch the edges. The whole panel is mounted on foam squares - of course! LOL!

The basket of flowers and sentiment on this cards are also from "Just a Note Mini." The background was stamped with the last stamp from "Itty Bitty Backgrounds."

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September Calendar Page

September First already - totally amazing! Here is my calendar page. The stamps are all from a set from Inkadinkado. I colored the stamp with markers and used the "thumping" technique on the leaves.

My calendar files can be found through a link under my blog title. I'd love to hear if you use them! If you would like to use them and have problems, please let me know and I can send them directly to you.

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Always

This card uses stamps from four different Stampin' Up! sets. The background was stamped using another stamp from "Itty Bitty Backgrounds." The heart is from "Hello Again," the shadow-stamped circle is from "Little Shapes" and the sentiment is from "Small Script." The image panel is mounted on foam squares.

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Hello Again

Yesterday's card used one stamp from the Stampin' Up! set called "Hello Again." Today's card uses three other stamps from that set. It also uses a stamp from "Little Shapes." Little Shapes consists of four shadow stamps, and you'll be seeing the other three shapes soon.

I stamped the shadow rectangle in Pale Plum ink. I used Elegant Eggplant for the flower and inked up the leaf with a marker. I stamped the butterfly on the image panel and again on scrap cardstock. I cut the scrap one out, mounted it on a foam square, and added it over the other stamped image. The patterned paper is from Recollections. I also added a button to the flower center.

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Much Appreciated

The last card using the Stampin' Up! set called "Much Appreciated." I also used a little stamp (the asterisk-looking thingy) on the sentiment panel from the set called "Hello Again". I have two more cards using that set coming up in the next few days. The third set I used on this card is "Itty Bitty Backgrounds." I used two of those stamps in three colors for the vertical panel. I used Elegant Eggplant, Night of Navy and Pacific Point inks and matted with Pacific Point cardstock. I added an enamel dot and mounted the sentiment panel on foam squares.

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Much Appreciated - Part Two

The sentiment on this card is from the Stampin' Up! set called "Much Appreciated." I have one card left using this set.

The poppies were stamped at our Group Gathering in June and I already had them watercolored and ready to use. All I did was add the sentiment and mount the panel on foam squares.

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Much Appreciated - Part One

The sentiment on this card is from the Stampin' Up! set called "Much Appreciated." I guess this is actually Part Two, since I already used one of the four stamps in this set on another card.

I used a die cut that I cut at our Group Gathering in June. I'm sorry, but I'm not sure who it's made by. I sponged gray ink over it and mounted it on foam squares. I already had the background paper on my table with a circle die-cut out of it, waiting to be used.

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Festive Four

These cards were all made using stamps from the Stampin' Up! set called "Festive Four." I also used Inkadinkado sentiment stamps for all of them. (Edited to add: Actually, the "Happy Holidays" is from Stampin' Up!) The backgrounds were all done using a Tim Holtz stencil (thanks, Kris) and a sponge and ink. The images were all colored with Copics and mounted on foam squares. I think that's all there is to them!

I'm making good progress on my quest to use all of my Stampin' up! sets. Hope you're not getting too bored - there is a long way to go!

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More Tags - Little Holiday Wishes

One picture of the tags I made with the set called "Little Holiday Wishes." "Little" is the key word here! I just couldn't imagine making 9 - 12 cards using the tiny (but cute!) stamps in the set, so I made more Christmas tags. I used Kraft cardstock and markers. For the snowman, I used a white Tim Holtz marker. The other white dots were made with a gel pen. Only four months until Christmas!

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Itty Bitty Borders - and Sky Diving??

Here are the four cards I made with the retired Stampin' Up! set called "Itty Bitty Borders." I also used sentiment stamps from a couple other sets in my current stack of ten sets. They are all the same layout. I stamped each border stamp three times across the strip.

For this first card, I used the holly and berry stamp, colored with Copics and matted with red. The sentiment is from the set called "Small Script."

A thank you card using the lady bug border stamp. Again, I colored with a Copic marker. I punched the "THANKS" with a Martha Stewart border punch.

 A thank you card using the leaves stamp and colored with Copics. The sentiment is from the SU! set called "Much Appreciated."

The flower stamp, colored with Copics and matted with green. The sentiment is from the "Small Script" set.

UPDATED TO ADD: Our skydiving was canceled for today due to the weather. I guess there was storm coming in and there were too many wind gusts. We'll have to reschedule. Trying to work this out with the five of us could be a little challenging, but I'll keep you posted. 

This morning I will be doing something I have wanted to do for a while - sky diving! My sister (who did this last August in Georgia with our sister-in-law) forwarded me information about a Groupon for sky diving. Unbeknownst to me, she had also forwarded it to our dad. When he said he was in (at age 89!), I really had no choice but to say that I was in, too! Today is the day. I'll let you know how it goes. My sister's son and a friend of hers will be jumping, too. And we WILL be doing tandem dives - not jumping on our own.

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Happy Winter

I'm really not sure what I will do with a card that says, "Happy Winter" but here it is for when I need it! LOL!

I used all four stamps from the Stampin' Up! set called (surprise!) "Happy Winter" on this card. The set consists of the background stamp (stamped multiple times), the tree, the snowman, and the sentiment. I tore a piece of white for the snow and sponged light blue ink along the top of it. I stamped the snowman on the image panel and again on a scrap. I cut out the snowman from the scrap piece. I mounted the snow piece and the snowman on foam squares.

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Forest Friends - Part Four

The last card using the SU! set "Forest Friends." I used a Papertrey Ink die to cut the three squares from a Die Cuts With a View patterned cardstock. I added the owls in each square and added the sentiment - from Gina K.

Some complete sets will be starting tomorrow, since I've had some stamping time.

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Forest Friends - Part Three

The third card from the Stampin' Up! set called "Forest Friends." I stamped and matted the bunny in pink, mounted on foam squares and used a Cuttlebug embossing folder for the background. The sentiment is from a SU! set called "Curvy Verses."

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Forest Friends - Part Two

Card number two using the Stampin' Up! set "Forest Friends." These images seemed like they would make nice baby cards.

I stamped the deer with a purple ink and matted with purple, also. Mounted on foam squares, of course! LOL! The patterned paper is from Die Cuts With a View and I matted it with the same purple cardstock. The sentiment is from an old Studio G dollar set.

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Forest Friends - Part One

Here are two cards using the tree from the Stampin' Up! set called "Forest Friends." The other three stamps are cute little animals, and you will see them in the coming days.

I colored the stamp with markers and stamped on off-white cardstock. I inked up the sentiment with the same brown marker and added it beside the tree. The sentiment is from a Gina K set. I mounted the entire image panel on foam squares. The card base is also off-white.

This card uses the second stamping of the tree. I spritzed it with water after stamping the first image and stamped it on a small piece of off-white cardstock. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink. I matted the image with dark brown and mounted the image panel on foam squares, again. The patterned paper is from Die Cuts With a View.

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