Sympathy

I dug out all my things from Gina K's last year's Twelve Days of Christmas last week to show a friend, so I thought I should use the items while they were out. I haven't turned much of it into cards - just made more parts. Hopefully I will get them used soon. (Much sooner than I will use up all those foiled pieces that I recently made!)

The item on this card from Gina's box was the Spatter Paint. I took a piece of black cardstock and spattered the white Spatter Paint on it and cut it in half. I used some of my foiled pieces to complete these cards. I used the coordinating stencils to color the images.

You can't really tell, but I also used a Copic marker to add a little shading to these flower. The flowers and sentiments are popped up.

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November Calendar Page

Well, somehow it's November and Thanksgiving will be here before you  know it! Then Christmas - oh my!!

I went very easy with this one. The pieces are ephemera from an old Gina K set. I forgot to write down what I used for this month's page, but I'm pretty sure the stamps are from Gina K, also.

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Foiled Pieces

Gina K often has poly-glaze sheets to foil to match her stamps and dies sets. I sat down one day (or maybe a couple days) and foiled all the images and sentiments in this set. Then I spent a lot of time die-cutting them. I used rose gold, pewter and black foil for these. You can't really tell by the picture, but there are a lot of pieces here! I will use the stencils to color them, as I use them up. I actually used some before I took this photo. Those cards will be coming soon.

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Halloween Cards for the Grandkids

I really don't have a lot of supplies for making Halloween cards - not my favorite thing. But we send them to our grandchildren, so I have to make something to hold the "pocket money," as my mother-in-law used to say. So, here is what they got.

This first one uses an image (made by AI) that I got from my friend, Cheryl. The sentiment (on all of them) is from Repeat Impressions.

The stamps are from Gina K. I embossed with black embossing powder and colored in the eyes.

These last three were embossed with an embossing folder, and then I rubbed the design with black ink. Simple - but they work.

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Purple Ornaments

I've still had this die-cut image of four ornaments with the mirror cardstock behind it on my table for a while. I finally finished it up. I scored lines above and below the ornaments, then added thin metallic strips. The sentiment is from a new Kristina Werner/Concord & 9th set. The set is part of the bundle of stamps, dies and stencils for the upcoming Online Card Class. I stamped it and then die cut it and four more pieces and layered them together. The purple metallic strips and the purple behind the ornaments don't match perfectly, but they  match a lot better in real life than they do in the photo!

 
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"Woven" Anniversary

One night last week, I was either dreaming, half-conscious, or awake during the night and I spent hours working on this card in my head!! I was even doing measurements. When I woke up the next morning, I made a diagram, so I wouldn't forget. It was a horrible night's sleep, but here is the card that came of it. I made slits in the cardstock, embossed it, and then took ribbon and wove it through. The sentiment is several (about five) layers of black cardstock. I matted with black and added it to a white card base.

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Sunflower Warm Wishes

Wow, time flies!! Life has been busy, for sure. I DID finish up my calendars, though, so that makes me very happy. They are all ready for the wrapping paper.

For this card (using extra pieces from my calendars) I used Gina K stamps and dies and colored with Copic markers. The background was embossed with an Anna Griffin/Cuttlebug folder and then rubbed with a white pigment ink. The sentiment was stamped and die cut, and I also die cut many extras and layered them for added dimension. The flower and leaves are popped up, too.

We are definitely enjoying the beautiful fall weather here in Minnesota!

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October Calendar Page

Another month has arrived already! Here is my calendar page for October. The stamp is an old wood-mounted rubber stamp from Annette Watkins. The paper is from an old Recollections pad. Happy October!

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Ornament Christmas

Another Christmas card for the stash. I used Spellbinders dies for this one. I backed it with a purple mirror cardstock. The ornament toppers are cut from holographic silver. The sentiment is embossed with silver, and I added a very thin strip of silver sticker across the top of the panel.

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Special Fold in Purple

Most everything on this card is from Gina K - the stamps, stencils and dies. The background is from Gina K, also. I used a printed toner sheet and foiled it with purple foil using my Gina K Fuse. The flowers and sentiment are popped up.

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