One-Layer Square - Sunshine

I made this card for a challenge on Susan's (LateBlossom) blog, Simplicity.  It is her One-Layer Wednesday challenge. This week it's to make a square card and use an outline stamp.

My card is 4.25 inches square. The image (I believe) is from Inkadinkado. I colored it with six yellow and blue markers of various brands - Fiskars, Marvy and Staedtler. I did the scored border with my Martha Stewart scoring tool.


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A note to say ...

I saw a link on Joan B's blog, Paperlicious, to a sketch challenge from Jaya from India. Here is the challenge. I thought it looked like a great CAS challenge, so I did it:)

I used punches for the plain and scalloped squares. The flowers are Primas and I used brads for the centers. The sentiment is from a Heidi Grace set.  That's it!


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Embossing Paste Cards

Well, I was able to use two of the embossing paste images from Tuesday’s tutorial so far.  I still have one left sitting on my table.  (By the way, the embossing paste I used is from Dreamweavers and is just called "Embossing Paste."  They do have other types, too.)

For this one, I matted the image with a scalloped rectangle cut from Old Olive.  The sentiment is from SU!’s Sincere Salutations.  I think the background paper is from SU!, but I’m not positive.  The ribbon is Old Olive, also.

I used the same sentiment for this one.  I used a rotary cutter with a decorative edge for the right edge of the image panel.  I scored a line with my Scor-Pal.  I also sponged Old Olive on all of the edges.  I embossed the yellow cardstock with my Swiss Dots folder.

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WHAT IF? Wednesday – A Sketch

Time for another WHAT IF? Wednesday challenge!  Wendy has provided us (and you!) with a great sketch.  This is what I’ve come up with.  You can find the challenge and the sketch on the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built.   Besides just being a fun thing to do, you also get a chance to win a $25 gift certificate to Repeat Impressions just for playing!  One random winner will be chosen each month from all the participants.  I hope you’ll join us!  If you upload to an on-line gallery, please use the keyword J2810.
Here is the sketch:
Be sure to check out the other Rock Stars’ creations, too.

Ayana ~ Dana ~ Darsie ~ Harriet ~ Joy ~ Julie ~ Makiko ~ Michele ~ Robin

For my card, I stamped the image (2423-L Under the Sea) with Versafine Onyx Black ink and colored with Stampin’ Up! markers.  I scored a double line with my Scor-Pal under the image and embossed the bottom section with a Cuttlebug Bubbles folder.  I used Diamond Glaze on the fish, the crab, and the bubbles.  I let it dry thoroughly and then sponged Soft Sky over the top and bottom sections.  The matting layers are Crushed Curry and Soft Sky.  I used a Fiskars border punch for the Soft Sky layer and embossed again with the Bubbles folder.  The Crushed Curry layer is embossed with a Fiskars texture plate called Ocean.  The sentiment is a rub-on from Stampin’ Up! and I punched it out with a Word Window punch.  The brads are by Bazzil.

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Another Tutorial!

I’ve had a few people ask me for a tutorial on using embossing paste, and have asked where to get it.  I get mine from my friend, Vicki B.  You can find her email address and her store on her blog, Heartwarmers From Vicki.  She sells most anything from Dreamweavers to Copics to Spellbinders to Hero Arts to Penny Black to Tim Holtz … you get the picture!  (You can also get the spatula, glitter and stipple brushes from her.)  If you want something, juust ask her if she can get it for you!  And here is my tutorial.  It’s a little blurry and very unprofessional, but I think you can get the idea.  Hopefully I can get a card made with this piece by Thursday’s blog post.  (Tomorrow is WHAT IF? Wednesday.)

Here is what I used for this project.  I think you can see everything, but if you have questions, please feel free to email me.  (LJNeus@hotmail.com)

And here is a picture of the dried image.

 

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Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week - Damselfly

It's Monday already, and therefore time for another Stamp of the Week from Repeat Impressions.  This week's stamp is 4402-O Damselfly (scroll down a little ways.)  All you have to do to get this great stamp at 50% off - through next Sunday only - is to visit the RI blog, The House That Stamps Built, and follow the instructions.  Check out the awesome cards from the other RI Rock Stars, too!

Dana ~ Harriet ~ Julie ~ Makiko ~ Robin

For my card, I first stamped the Damselfly with Versafine Onyx Black ink on my Crayola "holographic" paper.  I embossed with Detail Black embossing powder and carefully cut it out.  Although you can't tell in the picture, the background is really shimmery silver paper. I embossed the left side of it with a Cuttlebug folder, and then scored the lines with my Scor-Pal.  I stamped the sentiment, from Repeat Impressions, and embossed it, also.  I cut it out with a Spellbinders die and matted it with black.  Then I matted the silver on black, too.  Here is a close-up of the Damselfly.


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A Sparkly Christmas Angel Card - and more of my stamping room

I made this CAS card for seven challenges: Flutterby Wednesday - Christmas in July and use an angel, butterfly or fairy, Simplicity's One-Layer Wednesday - which is also Christmas in July and one layer, and five SplitCoastStampers Dare to Get Dirty Challenges - to embrace white space, glitter, texture, winter wonderland, and winged things.

I started by sponging color through a brass stencil with a stipple brush.  I used Stampin' Up!'s Crushed Curry, Summer Sun, Soft Suede and Blush Blossom. Then I used embossing paste and added the glitter. The sentiment is by katie and co (dollar stamp from Michael's) and is stamped with Versafine Onyx Black. I added a Twinkle over the "i."


I'm also adding a couple - OK, three! - pictures of my stamping space to show more of where I actually "work."

This is, from left to right, my 12 x 12 paper (in the white drawers,) my alphabet stamps, new stamps I haven't put in a book yet (in the shelving of the desk,) my glitters, embossing powders, eyelets and snaps, Christmas stamps, glues and stamp cleaner pads, backup supplies, etc. (in the colorful drawers), my BIGkick, Fiskars guillotine cutter, Scor-Pal, Martha Stewart scoring tool, and then miscellaneous things and a lot of my punches (in the gray drawers.)

This just shows the corner.  I have papers and envelopes in the 24-slot shelving.  I have a couple "alterables" and some scrapbooking I COULD work on.  Also a couple boxes of miscellaneous ribbons and things.

This shelving unit has my ink pads, my three-ring binders with all my Cuttlebug folders and dies, unmounted stamps, Stampin' Up! and Papertrey cardstocks, my SU! markers, pads of patterned paper, some more punches, my "card parts," ATG gun, etc. 


I guess I didn't take pictures of my table/desk.  It has a Making Memories turning storage thingy with my scissors, tools, brushes, blending tools, glues, etc.  I also have spinning CD rack with all my Nestabilities and PTI stamps and some more ink pads.  And a small six-drawer unit with my acrylic blocks, small embellishments, etc.  That's about it, although I know I've missed a few things.  I am a lazy stamper.  I have a chair that spins, and I can reach nearly everything without getting up!


Sorry to be so long-winded and boring today!  Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope you'll come back and visit again soon!

Why I Haven't Been Stamping

Yippee - I got it done!!!  I have been working on cleaning out some things and totally rearranging my stamping area.  I woke up at about 2:30 this morning and couldn't get back to sleep, so I got up and finished!  I think I'll share four "during" photos and two "afters."  This is a during:)  I had already cleaned out some shelves and I think the entire bottom of the hutch that you see to the right in the picture.  That is no longer in my stamping room.  You can KIND of see how it might look if it were clean, although there is a LOT of extra stuff piled all over.  Here are three more of my total mess.  

And here are a couple shots of what it looks like right now.

I think I'm really going to like it.


I'm still probably going to be "scarce" for the next few weeks.  Starting next Friday, my husband will be on vacation for just over two weeks.  We'll be busy and I won't have much stamping time.  I will be sure to get my Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week done for Mondays, though, and the "WHAT IF? Wednesday" sketches, too.  I'll also get as much other stamping done as I can!


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This and That

Well, I didn't get anything more done in my stamping area yesterday, but it was still a fun day:)  I got to help out a friend whose son is getting married on Saturday.  I got to scan pictures and prepare them for a slide show, and a couple other things, too!  Plus, it was my last visit with my sister before she heads back to Georgia.


Check this out:)  I was the Featured Rock Star yesterday on the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built!  Kind of fun.


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Many Thanks

A simple thank you card for today's post.  I am working on cleaning out my stamping area, and I'm not sure when I'll be posting another card.  So, if I'm gone for awhile, you'll know what I'm doing!  We are thinking about making my stamping area an actual "room" and thereby making our family room more of a closed room, too, and easier to arrange furniture in.  So, a win-win situation!  Meanwhile, I'm going to get rid of some things that have been laying around too long.  (I'm talking about Stampin' Up! catalogs, magazines, product packaging that I saved for who-knows-what!, etc.  NOT stamps and paper and ribbons and those types of necessities. LOL!)


I used the same punches for this card as I did for yesterday's - an EK Success square punch and a Martha Stewart scalloped square punch.  The letters are stamped with SU! ink and the matting is SU! also.  The patterned paper is some more I got from my blog candy win.  I matted it with SU! paper and added the scoring with my Scor-Pal.  The smaller letters are from an Image Tree set.


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Flower-y Thinking of You

This is the card I sent to a friend.  She got rear-ended by a semi a week ago, rolled over a few times, and amazingly had no broken bones - "just" various abrasions, bad bruises, stiff neck, etc.  How terrifying, especially after seeing pictures of her Jeep!  Lucy, I hope you are continuing to improve and that there are no lasting effects.


The patterned paper I used (for the background and the flowers) are from my "blog candy" from last week.  I used a Fiskars punch for the flowers, an EK Success punch for the plain square and a Martha Stewart punch for the scalloped square.  (You'll be seeing them again tomorrow.)  I wish you could see the sparkles in the bottom layer.  The sentiment is from Verve.  The flower centers are stickers that I got at Michael's.  I think they will come in real handy:)


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Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week - Billy

Monday has rolled around again, and it's time once more for Repeat Impressions' stamp of the week!  This week's stamp is called "Billy."  You can find him on this page - just scroll down a little ways.  Please visit RI's blog, The House That Stamps Built, for all the information you need to get this stamp at 50% off this week only.  Also, be sure to visit the other Design Team members' blogs for more inspiration using this stamp.

Ayana ~ Darsie ~ Harriet ~ Joy ~ Michele

For my card, I stamped the Billy image on some textured light blue cardstock, some plaid paper, and on white.  I paper pieced his shirt and pants, and colored the rest with markers.  I sponged around the edge with Tim Holtz Antique Linen Distress ink and matted with the light blue.  I used the same plaid paper for background and matted that with the same light blue.  I punched the border with a Fiskars punch and added scored lines with my Scor-Pal.  The sentiment is from Repeat Impressions.  It looked a little bare, so I stamped the medallion with a Stampin' Up! set and cut with Nestabilities.  EDITED TO ADD:  Actually, I'm pretty sure I used punches for the medallion squares. :)  I sponged it with the Antique Linen again, too, and added a brad.


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Sincere Sympathy

I needed a sympathy card for a friend, and this is what I made and sent her.


I still had the stamp out after using it on the card I posted yesterday.  It is from Hero Arts.  I colored it with Stampin' Up! markers.  I used the "thumping" technique.  (I colored the flowers with Cameo Coral, and then I just kind of "bounced" a Rose Red marker over it before I stamped.)  The sentiment is part of a dollar stamp from Michael's.  I used a marker to color just the part I wanted to stamp.  The patterned paper is courtesy of Dana - my blog candy win:)  It's two-sided and I used both sides for this card.  The main image, sentiment and mats were all done with Nestabilities.  They are all popped up with Pop Dots, too.


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Very Vanilla Birthday

Well, I do have a card to share today, but my brain isn't working very well - I can't even come up with a title for the post!  They are never very creative, but at least I can usually think of SOMETHING!


I started with some watercolor paper.  I stamped the leaves (from the Hot Spot at Archivers) with Tim Holtz Peeled Paint distress ink.  I spritzed it with a mini mister filled with water and gold Perfect Pearls.  You can't see the glimmer at all in the picture, but trust me, it's there.  I added the Cameo Coral dots later, to tie in with the other image I stamped.  I colored the flower image (Hero Arts) with Stampin' Up! markers, then spritzed. I even "shimmered" the Old Olive matting.  The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink and is stamped with Cameo Coral.  The card base is Stampin' Up! Very Vanilla - hence the title for my post.  LOL!

Here is a picture of what Dana sent me as blog candy.  Isn't it awesome?  Printed paper, stamp sets, ribbons, buttons, brads - all kinds of things!  I used some things yesterday in my card-making, so you'll be seeing them again later.


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Daffodil Birthday

Well, this is my last card unless I get some stamping done today!  I sure hope I do.  I did manage to get a few things done in my stamping area, anyway.  I got some (OK - a LOT!) of new stamps cut and some other new things put away.  I also got an awesome package (thanks, Dana!) as blog candy.  Maybe tomorrow I'll post a picture of the fun "stuff" I got.


Today's card was inspired by this card from Makiko Jones.  I loved the way she embossed the image in white and then colored it.  I had never seen that done before and knew I had to try it. :)  Maki is a fellow Repeat Impressions Rock Star and is a new "Dirty Girl" at SplitCoastStampers.  Congrats, Maki!


I stamped the image (Repeat Impressions #904-L Daffodils) with Versamark and embossed with Detail White embossing powder.  I sponged with Stampin' Up!'s Soft Sky ink and then colored with Stampin' Up! markers.  I matted the image with Soft Sky, also.  The corners were rounded with a Fiskars corner rounder.  I embossed a piece of white with a Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder and added that to the top of the card.  The bottom panel is from Die Cuts With a View Nana's Nursery - Boy and added some ribbon.  The Daffodils panel is mounted on Pop Dots.  The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink's Birthday Basics, and is also embossed with white embossing powder.


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Glittery Butterfly Birthday

Today's card is very glittery:)  When Harriet was here last month, she bought something pretty cool and gave me one.  They are from Clearsnap and are called "Design Adhesives."  They are sort of like rub ons that are sticky on both sides.

I started by applying the Design Adhesive to a piece of white cardstock and added the Martha Stewart glitter in a different color for each butterfly.  I matted this a piece on the Crayola "holographic" cardstock that I have.  I found of piece of turquoise-y cardstock for a mat, and embossed it with a Sizzix embossing folder.  The butterfly panel is mounted on Pop Dots.  The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink and is stamped in Colorbox Antique Pewter ink.


It seems like it's been forever since I've had any time to create!  What with my husband being off work all week last week, a trip to my mom and dad's on Monday, catching up on household things on Tuesday, donating platelets yesterday, etc. ...  I only have one more card to share with you for tomorrow, so I sure hope I get some time to play today!


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WHAT IF? Wednesday #5 - A Repeat Impressions Challenge

Time for another Repeat Impressions WHAT IF? Wednesday!  Wendy has given us another great sketch to work with.  Here it is:

Won't you join in on the fun?  Just make a card using the above sketch and upload it to your blog or an on-line gallery, and link to the RI blog, The House That Stamps Built.  A random entrant from the month of July will be chosen to win a $25 gift certificate to Repeat Impressions - definitely worth playing for! If you upload to an on-line gallery such as SplitCoastStampers, please use the keyword J1410.  Check out the awesome cards created by the RI Design Team:

Ayana ~ Dana ~ Darsie ~ Harriet ~ Joy ~ Julie ~ Makiko ~ Michele

I stamped Clover Bunny (from Repeat Impressions - scroll down a bit on the page) on to white cardstock and colored with markers.  I cut the image out with a Nestability and sponged the edge very lightly with black ink.  The layers are Mauve Mist and Certainly Celery and were embossed with Cuttlebug folders and matted with black.  The butterflies are from RI and are stamped with SU!'s Going Gray and colored with a Mauve Mist marker.  The sentiment is also RI, and can be found here.


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Happy Birthday, Joyce!

This is for a friend from my Yahoo! group.  Happy Birthday tomorrow, Joyce!  (She is in California now, and I don't honestly think she will be checking my blog.)


I started by punching the flowers on a scrap of white, just to test a new punch.  I liked it, so I added the scoring and stamped the sentiment (from Papertrey Ink)  Then I matted it on Perfect Plum cardstock from Stampin' Up! and added the pearl centers, and I also mounted it on Dimensionals.  The background was made with a stamp from Archivers (the leaves) stamped in Tim Holtz Peeled Paint ink and a "dot" stamp from a PTI set in Perfect Plum.  The bottom piece is mounted on Old Olive.


On a personal note, we found out yesterday that our son and daughter-in-law will be having a boy!  They are due in December.  How exciting!!!


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Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week - Great Blue Heron

Today is Monday again, which means it's Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week day!  This week's stamp is the Great Blue Heron.  Please visit RI's blog, The House That Stamps Built, for all the details you need to know to get this great stamp at 50% off - through Sunday only.  Also, check out the marvelous creations from the other Design Team members!

Dana ~ Harriet ~ Joy ~ Julie ~ Makiko ~ Robin

For this fist card, I stamped the image on white cardstock with Versafine Onyx Black ink.  I colored it with Stampin' Up! markers and chalks.  It's mounted on a textured, pebbled gray cardstock which I scored with my Martha Stewart Scoring Tool.  The sentiment is from Repeat Impressions, also.

For this second one, I stamped the image with Versafine Vintage Sepia ink on Papertrey Ink's Kraft cardstock.  I colored it with Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol.  I used a distresser on the edges and rubbed Tim Holz Distress ink on them.  I mounted the image on the same gray paper as the above card, then on to the Kraft card base.  The sentiment is from Repeat Impressions and is stamped in the Sepia ink.

For this card, I stamped the image with Sepia ink on to Vanilla cardstock.  I colored it with watercolor pencils and then used a wet paint brush on it.  I cut an oval out of the textured paper and put it over the image for the matting.  The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink.

And one more!  I stamped the image this time directly on PTI white cardstock.  I colored it with SU! makers, except for the bird's body, which I colored with a gray Copic.  I used a little chalk on the water.  The sentiment is from Repeat Impressions.  I used my Scor-Pal to emboss a border around the edges.


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Two cards - Same Stamps and Sketch

I stamped this image, colored it, matted it, etc. and then I wasn't sure what to do with it. So, I just happened to glance at a card that Harriet sent me using the Fall-To Layout #96 and that helped me decide how to finish it. I love all of Natasha's sketches.  You can find her blog, Clean & SImple Stamping, here.

My image (and sentiment, too) are from Repeat Impressions. I stamped the image on white cardstock with Stampin' Up! Going Gray. I colored the sun and sunbeams with Barely Banana and cut the entire image out. I stamped the image again on white and cut out the cloud. I mounted the cloud on Dimensionals. I glued the entire thing to a light blue oval and matted the oval with a white scalloped oval. I also added Crystal Stickles to the sun and sunbeams. The background paper is from a Die Cuts With a View Citrus matstack.  It sparkles in real life, too - I wish you could see all the shimmering:)  

Here is another card using the same stamps and layout.  I colored the sun and sunbeams this time with Yo-Yo Yellow, and didn't cut it out.  I embossed the bottom of the image panel with a Cuttlebug embossing border folder.  I added glitter to the entire image.  It really sparkles, too!  I mounted it on Yo-Yo Yellow cardstock. 


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SplitCoastStampers Clean and Simple Challenge - Sending Sunshine

I made this card for Clean and Simple Challenge #73 - a color challenge to use Certainly Celery, Pumpkin Pie and Bashful Blue.  (It was from a previous week.  I'm just slow at getting it on my blog.  Too many other cards to share!)


I don't have Bashful Blue, so I used Bliss Blue instead. I used stamps from Taylored Expressions set Garden Party Blooms. I used my Scor-Pal for the lines on the matting. I added pearls to the blue flower. I stamped the tulips on Pumpkin Pie cardstock with Pumpkin Pie ink. I cut them out and mounted them on Pop Dots.  I also used Diamond Stickles in the centers.


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Very CAS Birthday

Just a simple birthday card that I wanted to share. 


I used a Hero Arts stamp. I stamped it with Fresh Snow ink from Papertrey Ink onto PTI Kraft cardstock and embossed it with white embossing powder. I sponged Old Olive, Rose Romance, Lovely Lilac and Perfect Plum inks on to the image. I matted it with Perfect Plum cardstock. The sentiment is from PTI's Birthday Basics and is also embossed with white.


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Happy Anniversary!

I did this card for Taylor's Sketch Challenge #118. The challenge is over now, but I hadn't shared the card on my blog yet.

I used Taylor's Scotties in Love stamp that I received in my goody bag from our visit there.  Isn't it adorable?  I paper pieced the doghouse and colored the rest with Stampin' Up! markers. The papers are SU! also. The sentiment was printed on my computer. The border was punched with a Fiskars punch.


Regarding yesterday's side-step card - I had a few people ask me for measurements.  This is the video that I used for my pattern, except that my left side area is two inches wide.  It's the same as this card I made for my dad (except that I used the original left side of an inch and a half on my dad's card.)  It also uses the same measurements (that I included) as the "center-step" card I made and posted a few days ago, except only one side is unfolded.  I hope that helps some!


Also, someone asked me about the computer-generated sentiment on the cupcake card from a couple days ago.  I just printed it using Microsoft Word with a font called CK Elusive.  I got it free from a site called Scrapnfonts.com.  They sometimes offer fonts for free to download.


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Side-Step Thanks

A member of our Yahoo! group from Canada couldn't make it to our Group Gathering.  (Maybe next year???)  She was so sweet and sent us all stamp-offs and card parts.  This card was for her.  Thanks, Annie!

The Lily of the Valley stamp and the sentiment stamp are both from Repeat Impressions. I colored the image with a Certainly Celery SU! marker and sponged some blue chalk on it before removing it from the die. The embossing is done with Cuttlebug folders. I also used my Scor-Pal. I used Nestabilities for the flower image and matting. The butterflies are punched with a Martha Stewart punch from a Debbie Mumm Baby Girl matstack and I added pearls for the bodies. I also mounted two of the butterflies and the main image panel on Pop Dots.


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Cupcake Birthday

A punch I got recently at Michael's was this circle punch.  I love my Nestabilities, but there is nothing like a punch to quickly make multiple and evenly-spaced holes.


I used Stampin' Up!'s retired Blue Bayou, and punched the holes.  Then I scored the lines with my Scor-Pal.  The cupcakes are stickers I got in a package that was clearanced at Michael's.  I printed the sentiment on my computer.  Easy peasy:)


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Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week - Sea Turtle

My goodness, Mondays roll around much too fast!!  It's time for a new Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week already!  This week's stamp is 4103-K, Sea Turtle (lg)  (scroll down just a bit.)  Please visit the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built, to find out all the details on how to get this stamp for 50%, through next Sunday.  Also, visit the other Design Team members' blogs to see their creations using this great stamp:

Ayana ~ Dana ~ Darsie ~ Harriet ~ Joy ~ Michele

For my card, I paper pieced the turtle by stamping the image on two different patterned papers and cutting them out.  (All my papers are from an older "The Slab" that I purchased from Michael's years ago.)  Because the papers were thin, I also stamped it on a piece of cardstock and cut it out and used it to adhere the patterned pieces to.  I mounted the turtle on Pop Dots.  I embossed the strip across the center with a Cuttlebug folder.  The sentiment is also from Repeat Impressions.


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Happy Independence Day! (And Happy Anniversary, Vicki!)

Well, it's Independence Day here in the USA!  I hope all my fellow Americans are enjoying the holiday.  And Happy Anniversary, Vicki and Gary!


To make this card, I stamped the outer design in Brocade Blue, then stamped the inner design in Old Olive. I also stamped the inner design on scrap paper in blue and cut out the butterfly. Since the butterfly was behind the leaf on the stamp, I cut around the leaf with a craft knife and put the butterfly behind it. The butterflies in the corners are from the same set, as is the sentiment. The main image panel is mounted on Old Olive cardstock. I added pearls to the butterflies and the sentiment.  The stamps are all from Papertrey Ink's Round & Round.  EDITED TO ADD:  Round & Round was PTI's Anniversary set, which could only be obtained by purchasing 12 sets from them throughout the year.  Or, be lucky enough to have a good friend who received two and shared! :) )


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Button Birthday

A simple birthday card - a classic sketch!


I stamped the image when Harriet was visiting.  It's from her Papertrey Ink's Baby Button Bits set.  I colored it with Stampin' Up! markers.  I found DMC floss to match the buttons and tied some through the button holes, then adhered the buttons.  The image and the matting were cut with Circle Nestabilities.  The sentiment is from PTI's Birthday Basics.


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