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This card uses stamps from four different Stampin' Up! sets. The background was stamped using another stamp from "Itty Bitty Backgrounds." The heart is from "Hello Again," the shadow-stamped circle is from "Little Shapes" and the sentiment is from "Small Script." The image panel is mounted on foam squares.

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Hello Again

Yesterday's card used one stamp from the Stampin' Up! set called "Hello Again." Today's card uses three other stamps from that set. It also uses a stamp from "Little Shapes." Little Shapes consists of four shadow stamps, and you'll be seeing the other three shapes soon.

I stamped the shadow rectangle in Pale Plum ink. I used Elegant Eggplant for the flower and inked up the leaf with a marker. I stamped the butterfly on the image panel and again on scrap cardstock. I cut the scrap one out, mounted it on a foam square, and added it over the other stamped image. The patterned paper is from Recollections. I also added a button to the flower center.

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Much Appreciated

The last card using the Stampin' Up! set called "Much Appreciated." I also used a little stamp (the asterisk-looking thingy) on the sentiment panel from the set called "Hello Again". I have two more cards using that set coming up in the next few days. The third set I used on this card is "Itty Bitty Backgrounds." I used two of those stamps in three colors for the vertical panel. I used Elegant Eggplant, Night of Navy and Pacific Point inks and matted with Pacific Point cardstock. I added an enamel dot and mounted the sentiment panel on foam squares.

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Much Appreciated - Part Two

The sentiment on this card is from the Stampin' Up! set called "Much Appreciated." I have one card left using this set.

The poppies were stamped at our Group Gathering in June and I already had them watercolored and ready to use. All I did was add the sentiment and mount the panel on foam squares.

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Much Appreciated - Part One

The sentiment on this card is from the Stampin' Up! set called "Much Appreciated." I guess this is actually Part Two, since I already used one of the four stamps in this set on another card.

I used a die cut that I cut at our Group Gathering in June. I'm sorry, but I'm not sure who it's made by. I sponged gray ink over it and mounted it on foam squares. I already had the background paper on my table with a circle die-cut out of it, waiting to be used.

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Festive Four

These cards were all made using stamps from the Stampin' Up! set called "Festive Four." I also used Inkadinkado sentiment stamps for all of them. (Edited to add: Actually, the "Happy Holidays" is from Stampin' Up!) The backgrounds were all done using a Tim Holtz stencil (thanks, Kris) and a sponge and ink. The images were all colored with Copics and mounted on foam squares. I think that's all there is to them!

I'm making good progress on my quest to use all of my Stampin' up! sets. Hope you're not getting too bored - there is a long way to go!

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More Tags - Little Holiday Wishes

One picture of the tags I made with the set called "Little Holiday Wishes." "Little" is the key word here! I just couldn't imagine making 9 - 12 cards using the tiny (but cute!) stamps in the set, so I made more Christmas tags. I used Kraft cardstock and markers. For the snowman, I used a white Tim Holtz marker. The other white dots were made with a gel pen. Only four months until Christmas!

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Itty Bitty Borders - and Sky Diving??

Here are the four cards I made with the retired Stampin' Up! set called "Itty Bitty Borders." I also used sentiment stamps from a couple other sets in my current stack of ten sets. They are all the same layout. I stamped each border stamp three times across the strip.

For this first card, I used the holly and berry stamp, colored with Copics and matted with red. The sentiment is from the set called "Small Script."

A thank you card using the lady bug border stamp. Again, I colored with a Copic marker. I punched the "THANKS" with a Martha Stewart border punch.

 A thank you card using the leaves stamp and colored with Copics. The sentiment is from the SU! set called "Much Appreciated."

The flower stamp, colored with Copics and matted with green. The sentiment is from the "Small Script" set.

UPDATED TO ADD: Our skydiving was canceled for today due to the weather. I guess there was storm coming in and there were too many wind gusts. We'll have to reschedule. Trying to work this out with the five of us could be a little challenging, but I'll keep you posted. 

This morning I will be doing something I have wanted to do for a while - sky diving! My sister (who did this last August in Georgia with our sister-in-law) forwarded me information about a Groupon for sky diving. Unbeknownst to me, she had also forwarded it to our dad. When he said he was in (at age 89!), I really had no choice but to say that I was in, too! Today is the day. I'll let you know how it goes. My sister's son and a friend of hers will be jumping, too. And we WILL be doing tandem dives - not jumping on our own.

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Happy Winter

I'm really not sure what I will do with a card that says, "Happy Winter" but here it is for when I need it! LOL!

I used all four stamps from the Stampin' Up! set called (surprise!) "Happy Winter" on this card. The set consists of the background stamp (stamped multiple times), the tree, the snowman, and the sentiment. I tore a piece of white for the snow and sponged light blue ink along the top of it. I stamped the snowman on the image panel and again on a scrap. I cut out the snowman from the scrap piece. I mounted the snow piece and the snowman on foam squares.

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Forest Friends - Part Four

The last card using the SU! set "Forest Friends." I used a Papertrey Ink die to cut the three squares from a Die Cuts With a View patterned cardstock. I added the owls in each square and added the sentiment - from Gina K.

Some complete sets will be starting tomorrow, since I've had some stamping time.

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Forest Friends - Part Three

The third card from the Stampin' Up! set called "Forest Friends." I stamped and matted the bunny in pink, mounted on foam squares and used a Cuttlebug embossing folder for the background. The sentiment is from a SU! set called "Curvy Verses."

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Forest Friends - Part Two

Card number two using the Stampin' Up! set "Forest Friends." These images seemed like they would make nice baby cards.

I stamped the deer with a purple ink and matted with purple, also. Mounted on foam squares, of course! LOL! The patterned paper is from Die Cuts With a View and I matted it with the same purple cardstock. The sentiment is from an old Studio G dollar set.

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Forest Friends - Part One

Here are two cards using the tree from the Stampin' Up! set called "Forest Friends." The other three stamps are cute little animals, and you will see them in the coming days.

I colored the stamp with markers and stamped on off-white cardstock. I inked up the sentiment with the same brown marker and added it beside the tree. The sentiment is from a Gina K set. I mounted the entire image panel on foam squares. The card base is also off-white.

This card uses the second stamping of the tree. I spritzed it with water after stamping the first image and stamped it on a small piece of off-white cardstock. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink. I matted the image with dark brown and mounted the image panel on foam squares, again. The patterned paper is from Die Cuts With a View.

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For You - Part Two

Here is the other card I made using the last two stamps of the Stampin' Up! set called "For You."

I stamped the image on scrap cardstock, colored the pocket/vase? with Copics, and cut it out. I stamped the image again on a larger piece and added the sentiment underneath it. I colored the image with Copics. I mounted the pocket on foam squares and added it to the second image. I matted with pink cardstock. I embossed the background with the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder. I sponged the edges before adhering to the card base and then added the image panel.

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For You - Part One

This isn't one of my favorite sets, but the cards turned out OK. You get one today and another one tomorrow.

I used two of the four stamps from the Stampin' Up! set called "For You." I colored the images with Copic markers and matted with green and mounted on foam squares. (I'm going to need to get more of them soon!) The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink. I added a small button on the vase/basket.

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A Flower For All Seasons - Four Cards

 Just an FYI for anyone who hasn't been here for a while. I'm on a mission to use all of my retired Stampin' Up! sets. I have them arranged by size and then alphabetically. I'm starting with the small sets, hence lots of small stamps! :)

Today's set is called "A Flower For All Seasons." I have made four similar - but different - cards. For all of them, I stamped the image with Memento ink and used Copic markers. I also cut them all with Nestabilities and mounted the frames on foam squares. I embossed all of the backgrounds and the sentiment stamps are all from Technique Tuesday. This first one uses the poinsettia stamp. The embossing folder is from Darice. 

 Next the frog and daisy stamp and the embossing folder is from Sizzix.

 The sunflower stamp and the embossing folder from Darice.

The tulip and bird stamp and the embossing folder is from Cuttlebug.

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Festive Friends - Tags

I had a rather productive day in my stamping room yesterday while Wyatt was napping and last night while Jim was golfing, so I have posting material for a few days now. Yahoo!

The next set of Stampin' Up! stamps I'm sharing with you today is called "Festive Friends." It, like most of the others I've used so far, consists of four stamps. I decided to make Christmas tags using this set, since it has a "To/From" stamp. I simply stamped these with Memento black ink and colored with Copic markers. Then I matted them. I used some Stickles on the angel wings and the snow under the snowman.

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Happy Together - Part Three

Finally! I was in my stamping room last night for the first time in quite a while. I can't believe I had to go two days without a blog post! :)

This completes my use of the SU! set called "Happy Together." I stamped the birds, using Pacific Point, in a line (there are three birds on the stamp and I used my Stamp-a-ma-jig to line them up) and scored a couple lines on both the top and the bottom of the strip. I punched the border in the Pacific Point cardstock with a Martha Stewart lattice punch and used it to mat the bird strip. I used the little piece that's left over from punching as another strip above the matted panel. The sentiment is from a SU! set called "Love Ya Bunches." (You'll be seeing that set eventually.)

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Happy Together - Part Two

Today's card uses two more stamps from the retired Stampin' Up! set called "Happy Together." I stamped the bird on vellum, then turned it over and stamped it again. I colored them both from the back with Copic markers. The sentiment is from the same set.

I sometimes get asked what I used to adhere my vellum. I love Duck Tape adhesive for that. I get it at JoAnn's. It really is quite "invisible." (Gosh, they sure do keep raising the price!)

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Happy Together - Part One

For those of you new to my blog, here is what's going on. I have embarked on a quest to use all of my retired Stampin' Up! sets. I think I have about 200 of them, so it will take me quite a while!

For today's card, I'm using the set called "Happy Together." It consists of five stamps, and I have two of them on this card - the flower and the "stem." (Not sure it's supposed to be a stem, but that's what it is today!) I stamped with black and colored with markers. The sentiment is a Hero Arts stamp. This is a one-layer card, something I don't do very often.

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Doodle That - Part Two

This card uses the last stamp from the Stampin' Up! set called "Doodle That." I colored with Copics and added a tiny gem to the flower center. I cut the oval out with a Nestability and then embossed the piece with a Sizzix embossing folder, after stamping the sentiment. The sentiment stamp is from PSX. I mounted the entire embossed panel on foam squares.

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Doodle That - Part One

Today's set is called "Doodle That." I stamped the background using one of the stamps and Mellow Moss ink. I stamped the flower in black and colored with markers. I matted both pieces with Mellow Moss cardstock and mounted the flower on foam squares. The sentiment is from PSX and is long-retired.

I used the little flower for this card, stamping it in black and coloring with blue and purple. I cut it with an oval Nestability and mounted on foam squares. The little sentiment is from Papertrey Ink.

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Delightful Doodles

I'm going to share all the cards today that I made with this set, but then I might have to start spacing them out a bit. We had company all last weekend, had stuff going on each night this week, and then we're having company again this coming weekend starting tonight. Fun stuff!

Today's set is called "Delightful Doodles." Like many (if not most!) of these small sets, it consists of four stamps. I used the leaf on this first card. I stamped it with fall colors and mounted them each on the same color. The patterned paper background is from an old matstack from Stampin' Up! The sentiment is from Hero Arts.

 For this second card, I used the heart. I stamped it in red and used a stamp from a dollar Studio G set for the sentiment. I mounted the image panel on foam squares. I embossed the background with a SU!/Sizzix embossing folder.

I used the remaining two stamps for this last card - the stem and leaves are one stamp and the flower is separate. I used enamel dots for the flower centers. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink.

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Country Collection - Part Two

Here are the remaining three stamps from the Stampin' Up! set called "Country Collection." I stamped them each on white cardstock and colored them with Copics. I carefully trimmed them down and mounted them on a panel of white using foam squares. The sentiment is from SU! also.

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Country Collection - Part One

The last set of my first stack of ten sets. (If you're just joining me, I am on a mission to use all of my Stampin' Up! sets. It will take me a long time, but it's something I've wanted to do for years.)

This set is called "Country Collection." Like many of these small sets, it consists of four stamps. I stamped this image on vellum and colored on the back side with Copics. I embossed the background with a Cuttlebug folder and added the sentiment - from Papertrey Ink. I'll be back tomorrow with a card using the last three stamps from this set.

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Borders Mini

Another set of four small stamps:) This one is called "Borders Mini." Here are the four cards I made using it.

For this first one, I stamped the image three times (lining it up with my Stamp-a-ma-jig.) I hand-drew the stem up through all three squares. I added the leaves and the flower (from a Papertrey Ink set) and mounted the panel on foam squares. The sentiment is from one of my favorite sentiment sets from SU! called Sincere Salutations. The flower and border look a bit like black, but they are actually Rich Razzleberry.

Here is a gift enclosure card that is about three inches square. I trimmed this image down pretty close to the lacy edge. The images are from a Technique Tuesday set. Gosh, they have some teeny tiny stamps! The sentiment is from a Papertrey Ink set.

I decided to put letters inside this next border. I stamped them in red and green and added the letters. I matted with green and mounted on foam squares. I added Stickles to the letters. The background was embossed with a Sizzix Christmas folder. The letters are from an alphabet set from Close to My Heart.

The last border. I added white brads for the flower centers. The background is Swiss Dots by Cuttlebug.

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Cute Critters

These four stamps make up the Stampin' Up! set called "Cute Critters." I used them all on one card - makes things quicker! LOL!

I stamped each image on scrap white cardstock, cut them with a square Nestability, and colored them with Copic markers. I added a teeny, tiny gemstone to the flower center. I mounted each square on foam squares. It's really hard for me to put things "crooked" but I forced myself to do it. I often start out with some things at an angle, but when it comes time to glue everything down, I end up with things "straight."

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Burst Into Bloom

I purchased a LOT of my Stampin' Up! sets after they were already retired - either on eBay or from my SU! demo. This was a set I got new and I don't think I ever used it. Now I have:) It's called "Burst Into Bloom." It's a fine set for cards like these, but I didn't have much imagination for anything else.

There are four stamps in the set. I used one of the flowers for this first card. I matted with matching pink and mounted on foam squares. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink.

An identical card using a different flower and color. On both of these (and the next one) the flower centers are something that I made! (Well, sort of.) Someone (Thanks, Jan!) told me about melting Perler beads to make your own enamel dots. So, these enamel dots are ones that I melted. I have lots of them to use up!

I used the two remaining stamps to make this card. I stamped the background with one and made my usual row of three with the other one:) Again, I matted with matching cardstock. I used all SU! ink for these cards, also.

As I write this, I have finished using my first stack of ten sets. I'm done through the C's in the smallest size. I have a long ways to go, but I'm having fun.

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August Calendar Page

I will interrupt my massive project to share with you the calendar page that I made for August. If anyone is interested, you can find links to the files under my blog heading. I'd love to hear from you if you use them. If you are not able to get them, please let me know and I can send you the files.

I love this stamp set from Papertrey Ink. I stamped and matted. End of page:) (Times fifteen, though.)

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