Birthday Wish

Another couple of card parts used up. I really am making progress. I had thought I would never reach the end of them, but now I can actually foresee them being gone! The butterfly and the die-cut panel were the parts for this card. The sentiment is from My Favorite Things. I added shimmery cardstock under the die-cut area on the edge of the card.

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Hello

The last of my leafy die-cut card parts! I added three score lines above the leaves with my Scor-Buddy. The "hello" dies are from Gina K and are popped up.

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Thankful For a Friend Like You

The stenciled panels on each side of this card were in my parts from several years ago. I added them to the card base and then added the white panel in the middle and two thin metallic strips on the sides. The image and sentiment stamps are from Gina K. I colored with Copics.

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Pop-Out Card

I really like special fold cards, but it seems I rarely do any. This one came from Cheryl's blog - this post. The butterfly came from my parts and is popped up. The sentiment is from My Favorite Things.

Here is how it looks opened up.

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Hummingbirds - On Cards

Well, I actually finished up the cards using the hummingbird dies from a few days ago. I also used up other card part pieces. This die-cut piece was in my parts, again from many years ago. I used a new-to-me stencil from Gina K for the design behind the hummingbird. The sentiment is from Gina K, also. I added the green strip behind the die-cut leaf pattern. All of the hummingbirds are popped up.

I ink-blended the green on the left side under the die-cut leaves. Again, the stencil used behind the hummingbird and the sentiment are from Gina K.

This frame pieces was left-over and I ink-blended to make it the color I wanted. The background was embossed with a Sizzix folder. The sentiment is popped up and is from Gina K.

The same as the second one, but the hummingbird is facing the other direction.

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Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day, my friends! A couple quick ones to share. I used dies to make them both. I did this one first, and then used the left-overs to make the second one. I'm really trying to use up my parts and to NOT make more! :-) I used a Darice embossing folder on this first one. I believe the "friend" die is from Gina K.

Along with left-over parts, I die-cut the pink "friend" and I used a stitched rectangle die for the image panel.

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Influenced by Leslie

Influenced by Leslie again. :-) She posted this card, and I knew that I had the same dies, so I made this card. The sentiment is from Gina K and is popped up with foam pieces. The dies are from Spellbinders.

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Hummingbirds - Now, What to do With Them!

I've had this set of hummingbird dies for a couple years, I think, but this is the first time I've cut them out of colored cardstock. (I had cut them out of white and glued them together to make samples.) Now I have to figure out how to use them on cards! Thought I'd share them anyway. One per card, as they are not tiny.

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Purple Birthday Flower

Another stamped image I've had for about seven years. I again used Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol. I added the purple on the sides and also the black strips. The sentiment is from Gina K. I also added a few black "nail heads."

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Sending Hugs

This stamped image has been in my parts book for about seven years. I have another or two, but I don't want to color them! I used Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol. I cut the image out with a stitched die and matted with black. The sentiment is from Gina K.

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