Blooming Branches - Part Two

The embossing folder from Gina K that I'm using is called Blooming Branches. Here are a couple more cards I've made using it.

For this first one, I brayered a very light lavender ink onto the embossing folder before embossing. Then I embossed and used the coordinating stencils to color the image. I left the flowers white, with just the little bit of coloration from the ink on the folder. I matted the panel. I realize I forgot to add a sentiment, but I can do that later.

FOr this one, I was experimenting with just using the stencils. After I finished adding the colors, I decided I'd like it better if I embossed it, so I did. I added some black spatters, which dried looking gray, so I used gray to mat the panel and added the stamped and die-cut sentiment.

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Debossed and Wood-Grained Birthday

The first two of five new cards done with a Gina K 3D embossing folder. This is from the kit from last month. I love this folder. It also comes with dies, which I did not use. For these two cards, I first lightly dragged a light-color ink pad across the panels, then embossed them. After embossing, I dragged a couple darker ink pads over the debossed side - slightly looking like wood graining. Then I matted them and popped up a Gina K sentiment.

I used light browns for this card, ending with a light turquoise-y color.

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Birthday Wishes

Something a little different from me today. I stamped and heat-embossed (with a sparkly powder) this image in the middle of the blue-ish panel and cut it out. Then I ran the rest of the panel through a 3-D embossing folder and added it to the card front. (The stamps are all from Gina K, as is the folder.) I popped the image up. The sentiments were stamped separately and cut out, also.

I also have five more cards made with my newest embossing folder/stencil set from Gina K. I hope to get them posted soon.

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Sympathy

I finally had a little time and made these simple cards with my newest Gina K kit. For this first one, I used an oval stencil and ink-blended the background. Then I stamped the silhouette stamp on it. I used a stitched border die to cut out the panel and matted it with black. The sentiment is from the same set and was stamped and die cut and popped up.

For this one, I thought "why not just cut out the oval from some patterned paper." So, same card but with the die-cut oval. I stamped the image on the panel first, then added the oval and stamped again.

Hopefully, I'll get to have more time for creating, but it's not looking great. I had a great time with friends, though, on our getaway. I'm still catching up!

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May Calendar Page

Happy May Day! Does anyone else remember making May baskets, filling them with candy, delivering them to the door, ringing the doorbell and then running away so you didn't get a kiss? :-)

Here is my calendar page for the month. The stamps are from Gina K and I colored with Copics.

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Sending Love and Joy

This card was made with Gina K's incentive stamp set - free with a $75 order. I die-cut the panel and matted it and popped it up. Added it to some matted, patterned paper and used some black nail head stickers.

I'll be away for a few days with some of my lady friends, but I'll be back and will hopefully have some more time to create.

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Completed Card Bases - Installment #3

And the last of my pre-made card bases. Sentiment from Papertrey Ink. Image stamp from Gina K.

Just added a layered die-cut to this one. Could use a little something more. Maybe a black butterfly in the upper right.

Same Papertrey sentiment and three nail-head stickers.

Gina K sentiment. The panels are popped up. I also added the three tiny nail head stickers.

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Completed Card Bases - Installment #2

Four more card bases made into completed cards. The sentiments on this card are from Gina K. The "wishes" is gold-embossed to match the die-cut butterflies.

Simply added a gold die cut, layered "thank you."

Bottom panel embossed with a Darice folder and lightly inked. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink and is gold-embossed.

More gold die-cut butterflies and gold embossing on the sentiment from Gina K. There is a die to cut out the two-stamp sentiment.

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Card Bases Completed - #1

Okay - you asked for them. Here they are - the first installment. The card bases that I had made are all completed cards now. I had received a defective stamp from Gina K and was sent a replacement immediately after notifying them. So, of course the first thing I had to do was try it out. Stamped perfectly, of course. But, then I had to use it. I remembered seeing this die-cut in my parts so I thought I would trim down the sentiment and add it. It's popped up.

 

The sentiment on this card is also from Gina K, as is the little flower at the bottom. I added an enamel dot to the center of it.

The sentiment on this last card is from Papertrey Ink. I added three matching enamel dots.

Four more completed cards coming tomorrow.

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Beautiful Sketches

I made these cards with one of my new sets from Gina K. This sentiment and the image stamps are from the set, called Beautiful Sketches. I stamped them on watercolor paper and painted them. I die-cut them out and matted them and popped them up. The patterned paper is all from an ancient matstack from Die Cuts With a View.

On this one, I tried to paint it "sloppily." I'm not thrilled with how the flower turned out, but the leaves are okay, I think.

I had originally painted the flower pink, but later made it purple. The pink was just too bright. The sentiment is from a different Gina K set.

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