I cut the center “Thank You” out of the card with a Long Rectangle Nestability and then embossed it. I cut a mat from Riding Hood Red to mat it on. I used my Swiss Dots Cuttlebug embossing folder to emboss the background, then matted it on Riding Hood Red, also. I put the sentiment back in the middle of the card and added some pearls.
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Friday, July 31, 2009
A Recycled/Re-used Card
I cut the center “Thank You” out of the card with a Long Rectangle Nestability and then embossed it. I cut a mat from Riding Hood Red to mat it on. I used my Swiss Dots Cuttlebug embossing folder to emboss the background, then matted it on Riding Hood Red, also. I put the sentiment back in the middle of the card and added some pearls.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
CAS Challenge - A Sketch
The stamps I used are by Inkadinkado. I used some kid's watercolor paper that I've had for years (my youngest 'kid' will be 29 in less than a month!), stamped it, misted it, and colored it with Stampin’ Up! markers. The patterned paper on the bottom of the image panel is from Stampin’ Up! I added the black gingham ribbon and mounted it on black. The card base is Very Vanilla. I also added some 'googly' eyes. Just a simple card - my favorite!
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Punched Thanks
Anyway, here is the simple card I made with it. The paper came from a scrap pack I got at Target a few years ago. I still love these colors and the texture of the paper. I embossed the top part with a Sizzix embossing folder. I sponged a little Versamagic ink on the matting behind the THANKS. I came across some silver cord as I was cleaning up earlier, so I threaded that through the holes under the THANKS. The flower was already in my "card parts" pile (made with a couple different punches and a Bazzil brad) so I just cut a circle out and put the flower on it. I sponged the edges of the circle, too.
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Another "Three-Fer" Day
I added a few things - a flower with a brad, stamps, butterfly punched with a Martha Stewart punch, scoring with my Scor-Pal, hand-doodling with a white gel pen, border punch by Martha Stewart. That might be about it! Quick post for today - have to get some things done! If you have any questions on any of these cards, please feel free to send me an email. I'd love to hear from you!
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Monday, July 27, 2009
A Fall-To-Layout Card
This first card is the one for the FTL. I stamped the image and colored it with water-color pencils, then used an Aquabrush to “paint” it. I matted it on black and Stampin’ Up!’s Certainly Celery, which I punched with an EK Success border punch. The sentiment is from Stampendous. The card base is Stampin’ Up!’s Mauve Mist and the button is from SU! also, with a piece of DMC floss tied in the buttonholes.
This second card is even simpler. I stamped it on some kid's watercolor paper, misted it, and used SU! markers to color it. I cut and embossed it with a Long Rectangle Nestability, matted it with black, and then on SU! Mauve Mist which I cut with a scalloped Nestability. The sentiment is stamped directly on the Very Vanilla cardstock.
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Sunday, July 26, 2009
Multiple-Challenge Card
Today’s card is for three SplitCoastStampers Dirty Dozen challenges, as well as the House Mouse challenge. The House Mouse challenge can be found here. It is to use only white except for the coloring of the House Mouse image. The SCS Dare to Get Dirty challenges that I participated in are: a sketch challenge, a challenge to use wings (the challenger was NOT expecting to see a mouse show up in this category!), and the challenge to use punches and die cuts. My House Mouse stamp is actually a Halloween stamp, but I left off the pumpkin. I colored it with Stampin’ Up! markers, one Copic marker and a couple Prismacolor pencils. I cut it out and embossed it with a circle Nestability. The matting layer is also cut with a Nestability and embossed with a Cuttlebug folder – Bubbles. I used a Martha Stewart punch for the border at the bottom of the horizontal panel, and scored some lines with my Scor-Pal. The bottom layer is embossed with a Sizzix embossing folder. I almost intentionally “forgot” the three items to the upper left of the image on the sketch, but I decided the tiny punched flowers would work. I added tiny pearls to their centers. I was trying to figure out how to pop them up. There was no way I could cut Pop Dots to fit those itty-bitty things! I figured seed beads might be a good solution. I glued a seed bead to the bottom of each of the flowers and then glued them on to the card base. The flower on the right is from the wedding section at Michael’s and also has a pearl center. I added Star Dust Stickles to the wings. They had to sparkle, of course! As I was uploading I realized that I made a mistake and the round layer under the main image was supposed to be a semi-circle. That would have looked very nice, but I wasn’t going to remake it!
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Saturday, July 25, 2009
SCS Ways To Use It Challenge - Charmed!
Friday, July 24, 2009
SCS CAS Color Challenge
I punched the flowers with a Paper Shaper punch and the flower centers are cut with a Circle Nestability. I embossed them with Cuttlebug folders - Swiss Dots and Bubbles. The patterned paper is by Die Cuts With a View - Summer matstack. The sentiment is a dollar stamp from Michael's and is stamped with Versamagic Turquoise Gem. I added double scored lines with my Scor-Pal. Kind of fun colors!
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Thursday, July 23, 2009
SCS Sketch Challenge - Soaring!
I stamped the bird with Versafine Onyx Black ink and embossed with clear embossing powder. I trimmed it down to the size I wanted it, leaving the underhanging leaf, which I then cut out. (OK - that was my PLAN! In actuality, the branch accidentally got cut off, and I had to tape it back on. That made it easier to do anyway! :) ) I stamped the butterflies on another square and colored them. The coloring was done with Stampin’ Up! markers in Really Rust, Close to Cocoa, Always Artichoke and Brocade Blue. The butterfly on the right was cut out and then popped up with Pop Dots. The squares are mounted on a mat of SU! Always Artichoke cardstock. The ribbon on the left is from Basic Gray. The sentiment is embossed, also. After I uploaded it to SCS and got comments about the “scene” I had created it, I added a link to it from Danni’s blog for Flutter By Wednesday. The theme yesterday was to create a scene! And as always, to use a butterfly or a fairy.
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Special Day
After the base was cut, I embossed it with a Sizzix embossing folder. I used some Purely Pomegranate ribbon from Stampin’ Up! through the bottom square, then mounted some white cardstock behind the card front. I stamped the flowers using Papertrey Ink’s Beautiful Blooms set and Versamagic inks. The leaves are punched from SU!’s Old Olive cardstock with an EK Success punch. The sentiment is by Stampendous.
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Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Monochromatic Birthday
The background was embossed with a Sizzix embossing folder, courtesy of Vicki, in Des Moines. The white panel was done with a tracing wheel and Scor-Pal. I used a Martha Stewart border punch on the matting, which is the same cardstock as the background. I sponged it, and the white panel, with Certainly Celery ink and raised it on Pop Dots. The sentiment (from Stampin' Up!'s All Occasions set) is stamped on a tag cut with a Spellbinders die, sponged and threaded on ribbon. I added some Prima flowers and added white brads for the centers.
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Monday, July 20, 2009
Tulip and Lace
I had an extra tulip that I had stamped while "practicing" for another card, so I cut it out and embossed it with an oval Nestability and matted it on a scalloped oval. The tulip is from Papertrey Ink's "Wishing You"' set, the ink is Versamagic Spring Pansy and Aloe Vera, the scalloped oval is Papertrey Ink's Plum Pudding cardstock, and the bottom layer is Certainly Celery cardstock from Stampin' Up!. The sentiment is a retired rub-on from Stampin' Up!.
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Sunday, July 19, 2009
Celebrate!
The patterned paper is from Die Cuts With a View - I used the same paper for the butterflies and the panel. I sponged the edges with Night Quite Navy ink from Stampin' Up! - both on the panel and the butterflies, which are punched with a Martha Stewart punch. (The three butterflies towards the bottom are on the inside of the card, mounted on white cardstock.) Of course I had to add pearls for their bodies! I drew their antennae with a Not Quite Navy marker. The sentiment is from Stampin' Up!'s Wonderful Words and is also stamped with Not Quite Navy. I added a few lines with my Scor-Pal. Oh, and the sentiment panel is mounted on Only Orange cardstock from SU!
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Saturday, July 18, 2009
Cricut Thanks
The "THANKS" and the border around it were done with her Cricut. I mounted them on white and popped the panel up with Pop Dots. The background was done with a tracing wheel and my Scor-Pal. I sponged around the edges with Rose Romance and added the ribbon. The butterflies were punched with a MS punch and each has a pearl on its body. It needed a little something more, so I stamped a tiny circular stamp from Papertrey's Beautiful Blooms in the centers of the diamonds. I think that added just the right touch.
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Friday, July 17, 2009
SCS Ways To Use It Challenge - Seeing Double
This card is for the SplitCoastStampers Way to Use It Challenge #227 – to use two identical items or images. I chose to use two of the small tulips.
The stamps are from Papertrey Ink's “Wishing You” set. I used Versamagic inks in the following colors: Purple Hydrangea, Spring Pansy, Pixie Dust, and Aloe Vera. I used a Martha Stewart punch for the border at the top and another Martha Stewart punch for the butterfly. I mounted that panel on Plum Pudding cardstock from Papertrey. I added the pearls to the butterfly body, and that’s about all there is to it
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Thursday, July 16, 2009
Thanks, Julie!
I colored the flower stamp with Old Olive, Cameo Coral and Summer Sun markers. I colored the “Thank You” with Old Olive, also. After stamping them, I used my Swiss Dots folder for texture. The matting is Papertrey Ink’s Berry Sorbet, punched with a corner punch by Stampin’ Up! The ribbon is also Berry Sorbet by PTI. The patterned paper is from Die Cuts With a View Nana’s Nursery – Girl. I added a couple pearls on the corners.
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Embossed Tree Thanks
I decided to lightly rub the tree with a white ink cube (from Papertrey Ink - Fresh Snow.) The "thanks" is embossed with a Cuttlebug folder. I rubbed that with the white cube, too, and then did the edges of both panels. I mounted the tree panel on white, added a ribbon, and it was done.
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009
CAS Inspiration Challenge
The vases are vellum that I sponged with Stampin' Up! Bliss Blue ink and cut. I drew the stems. The flowers are punched and I dabbed them in ink pads. (I set the flowers on the ink pads, and pushed them down a little bit with the handle of a very small paint brush.) It's mounted on More Mustard, and the sentiment is stamped with More Mustard, also. I used a Close to Cocoa marker to add centers to the flowers.
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Monday, July 13, 2009
Another "Two-fer" Day
The first card is done using paper piecing. Sheri (Thanks, Sheri) even sent me the dresses stamped on patterned paper. All I had to do was cut them out! I added a little bit of color with markers. The background paper is really different. It's a kind of home-made-feeling paper, almost like a very heavy mulberry. It was sent to me from Thailand a few years ago. I embossed it with a Sizzix folder, then rubbed a Real Red ink cube over the high areas and edges. The sentiment is from Inkadinkado. I mounted the image and sentiment with Real Red.
Friday, July 10, 2009
Super Simple!
I was just sitting here waiting for my sister-in-law to come up for the weekend. I figured I could just as well make something, so here is my super-simple card.
The main panel background is a card from Martha Stewart. I think it was supposed to be a placecard or something. I got it quite a while ago on clearance, figuring I could do something with it some day. (I think I have 24 or 48 of them - four designs.) I matted it with a retired Stampin' Up! In Color. I'm pretty sure it is Cool Caribbean. The "warm wishes" sentiment is from Stampin' Up!'s Beautiful Borders set. I stamped it with Versamagic Sea Breeze. The ribbon is from a local paper company. The flowers were clearanced at Michael's. (I LOVE a bargain! A whole big bottle of Prima flowers was $1.99!) I added some scored lines with my Scor-Pal and called it done!
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Thursday, July 9, 2009
Casing SusieB!
Well, I already had a recent card of hers in my Favorites (on SCS) so I decided it was time for me to case it. Here is the card I cased. The matting is Stampin’ Up!’s So Saffron cardstock. The circles are embossed with a Cuttlebug folder. The daisies are stickers from Martha Stewart. (I had read that some people had gotten Martha Stewart things at Big Lots, and we came across a Big Lots on vacation last week, so I had to stop.) The Happy Birthday stamp is from a dollar set from JoAnn's in a set from Dimensions. The fence is punched with a Martha Stewart punch and backed it with Old Olive cardstock from Stampin’ Up! I used my Scor-Pal for the lines beside the ribbon and my Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder for the bottom. The ribbon is Mellow Moss from SU! That’s it!
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Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Butterfly Birthday
I haven’t really had much chance to use the stamps yet, but I did use some of the ink. I just took the Weathered Wood ink pad and rubbed it directly onto some white cardstock. Then I stamped using a Stampendous butterfly stamp and Versafine Onyx Black ink. I liked it, but couldn’t leave well enough alone. I stamped the butterfly again, this time using the Weathered Wood pad. It was a little dark, I thought, and didn’t like it very well. But, it lightened up as it dried and I like it much better. I used my Scor-Pal to add some diagonally scored lines. I wasn’t sure what to do next! I knew I didn’t want to cover up much of the background. So, I stamped “Birthday Wishes” (from the Inkadinkado set from Julie) on white and again rubbed the paper with the Weathered Wood. I mounted both of the pieces on black and added a couple butterflies (punched with a Martha Stewart punch) with pearl bodies.
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Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Crocheted Flower Anniversary
Not too much explanation necessary, so this will be short. The flower is crocheted using directions from Nichole Heady’s blog. You can find them here. I did the “one-layer” flower for this card. I added a brad in the center, and attached it to the base which I had stamped with my JustRite Stamper. The leaves are punched with an EK Success punch. I sponged the edges and mounted it on a scalloped circle, also sponging the edges. The border is embossed with a Cuttlebug border embossing folder and I added some lines with my Scor-Pal, both on the border and on the card base.
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Thursday, July 2, 2009
Happy Birthday, Jeanette!
I used a stamp from her company – 2RedBananas – called Flourish With Flowers. I stamped it with my Essential Glue Pad and sprinkled it with glitter. I’m on vacation and can’t remember where the paper is from, but I’m guessing Die Cuts With a View. I embossed a strip of it with a Cuttlebug border folder, and sanded down the dots to make them white. I punched the flowers with a tiny punch and added pearls to the centers.
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Wednesday, July 1, 2009
July Calendar Page
The hat is embossed with a brass stencil. I embossed it on white and also on the red shimmery paper. I cut the entire hat out of the white, and the band out of the red. I colored the stars with a blue marker and the stripes with a white gel pen. The star background paper is from Die Cuts With a View Summer matstack. The firecracker is also embossed and lightly sponged with red ink.
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