Butterflies For You

A very simple card for today. A while back, I tried something. I ran my black cardstock through my Xyron machine and then used a Memory Box die to cut it. That piece has been sitting on my table for a long time. I finally used it on Thursday to make this card. It worked really well! You can't see it in the picture, but I scored four lines on the left side. The "for you" is from a Penny Black set. This card is 4 x 6 inches. A friend gave me a pack of cards and envelopes, and this is from that pack. Thanks, Kris!

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Happiness Always

This previously-stamped piece was in my "card parts" pile, so I thought I'd use it. I had stamped the sentiment a little bit crooked, but I just trimmed it down so that it was straight. I mounted the panel on Dimensionals. I embossed the background with a new-to-me folder from Darice. When I saw a friend use it, I "had" to have it, too!:) (Thanks, Vicki! This isn't the only folder you've made me buy!) Oh - the stamps are from Stampin' Up! I colored the image with markers and "thumped" on a darker color before stamping.

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Color Swap - Green and Burgundy

I made this card for the Color Swap in my stamping group. The colors are green and burgundy. The burgundy cardstock looks more black in the picture, but it's Baroque Burgundy.

I brayered Mellow Moss ink on to a Spellbinders Impressability, then used my BIGkick to emboss (deboss) the design. I cut the tag using a Spellbinders die. I stamped the sentiment from Papertrey with Baroque Burgundy ink. I mounted the sentiment on Dimensionals.

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Greetings 4 You - #2, #3, and #4

Three more cards using the sentiments from the Stampin' Up! set called "Greetings 4 You." This completes my use of this set.

For this first one, I stamped the background with a large background stamp from Impression Obsession. I used distress ink for it. The white panel was scored with my Scor-Pal. The snowflakes were cut with a Darice die. I embossed the sentiment with detail silver embossing powder.

 For this one, I simply added the snowflakes die cut, stamped the image with silver embossing powder, and scored the lines.

For this third one, I used the same background stamp as on the first card. This time, however, I brayered distress ink over a piece of white cardstock. Then, I misted the stamp with water and "stamped" the distress-inked paper. I stamped the sentiment in a darker blue ink and scored two lines. I added the silver snowflakes that were left over from a card from a few days ago. I added pearls to the centers of each snowflake. Not my favorite card, for sure! I love the background, but the card does nothing for me:)

I'm done with my top shelf of SU! sets! Hurrah! I will move on to the next shelf soon. There were 60 sets on the top shelf; only 48 on the second one.

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Heart and Home #1 and #2; It's a Girl Thing

Both of today's card were made using the Stampin' Up! set called "Heart and Home." I always liked the style of these stamps - like a child had drawn them with a color crayon. I did the stamping with Memento ink and the coloring with Copics. I added eyelets to the flowers for the centers. I cut out an extra heart and added it to the sentiment panel, which is mounted on Dimensionals. The matting was actually a scrap I had used to clean off my brayer after using it on an embossing folder.

The last image from the set - the kids. Again I colored with Copics. The sentiment is from another SU! set called "Greetings 4 You."  I matted these pieces with Pacific Point.

In response to a comment from Sue a couple days ago: I got the Darice die (seen here) from Scrap-Mart. They also have them at Consumer Crafts. I'm sure you can find them other places, but these are the ones that I have ordered from. Also, if I have a way of contacting you, I will reply by email. You can email me through my blog, if you are interested.

I don't care for this next set very much, so I'm just going to tack it onto this post! The set is called "It's a Girl Thing." I tried a few things with it, and didn't like what I did, so here is a card, just to say I'm done with it! LOL! After stamping the image stamps in rows, using a Stamp-a-ma-jig to line them up, I misted the entire panel with Glimmer Mist. Then I used Liquid Pearls to add some silver to the images. The sentiment is mounted on foam squares.

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Garden Collage - #1 and #2

Back to my Stampin' Up! cards. Making great progress on my mission to use them all. I'm almost done with the first sixty and ready to move on to the next shelf!

Today I'm using the three stamps from the set called "Garden Collage." For this first one, I used the collage stamp with the flower and butterfly. I stamped with Versafine black ink and embossed with detail black embossing powder. I added some color with SU chalks. I matted with black and mounted on Dimensionals. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink.

This second card is done entirely with Going Gray and white. I stamped the image and the sentiment and scored a line between them. I found this scrap of gray with the border already cut, so I trimmed it down to mat my panel. I had done the cutting with a rotary trimmer by Fiskars.

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Snowflake Christmas

A couple weeks ago, I received my first Darice die - this snowflake border. The die actually cuts off the bottom of it, but I positioned part of the die under the cardstock so it only cut the border. I did the embossing with a Darice border embossing folder and I scored the lines. The sentiment is embossed in silver. The cardbase is a textured navy blue. I didn't use white! LOL!

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Celebrate

Tonic border punch system again. This time I used the butterflies and used pink cardstock. I again scored lines with my Scor-Pal. I matted the entire piece with shimmery silver. I embossed the sentiment (from Papertrey Ink) with silver embossing powder.

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Another Tonic-Punched Card

Another card using my Tonic border punch system - this time using the flowers. I punched them from vellum and scored the lines. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink and is embossed with white embossing powder.

For my "Anonymous" commenter yesterday (thank you!): I have had the Tonic system for several years. They were all gifts from a friend. (I have five punches.) I did find a few of them on Amazon here. I have never ordered from this next place (nor have I even heard of them) but here is another place that sells them.

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Same Card - Two Orientations

Taking a short break from using my Stampin' Up! sets. Our stamping group was discussing our Tonic punch systems and I decided to use mine. I punched a few borders with it, and you'll be seeing the cards I made with them in the next few days. For today's cards, I used the snowflakes punch. I punched the border from shimmery silver. I added scoring with my Scor-Pal. I embossed the sentiment with silver embossing powder.

This card is pretty much identical to the first one, except I made it portrait. The sentiment is from Denami.

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Gently Falling

The Stampin' Up! set I used for today's cards is called "Gently Falling." I really do like these stamps, but I'm not sure if I had ever used them. The cards are all identical except for the color and the stamps. I embossed the background with a Quickutz embossing folder and mounted the image panels on foam squares.

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Flashy Florals

The set I used for today's cards is called "Flashy Florals" by Stampin' Up! I'm pretty sure I hadn't used it before. I bought lots of my SU sets from my demonstrator after they were retired. This set consists of eight stamps.

The rose was stamped with two different stamps. I started by stamping one rose on the cardstock. Then I masked off the flower and stamped the leaves. I stamped the flower twice more on scraps and cut them out. I glued one directly on the cardstock with the first flower and mounted the other on on foam squares. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink. I cut it into two pieces - it came as one line.

This card uses the remaining five stamps from the set. I really wasn't even sure what all the stamps were "supposed" to be, so I just winged it. LOL! I stamped the flowers in a lavender color. Then I used the three circles to stamp in the center with dark purple. Then I added the little "leaves" with a light green and drew the stems. I matted with matching purple. I stamped the background with the remaining two stamps. The sentiment is again from Papertrey Ink. I mounted the image and sentiment on foam squares.

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Four Cards - Fabulous Four

These cards were all made with stamps from the set from Stampin' Up! called "Fabulous Four." I made them all the same, with different colors and different backgrounds.

Since this one was leaves, I used fall colors. I matted the layers with gold and mounted the panel (on all of them, actually) on Dimensionals. The embossed background was done with a Lifestyle Crafts embossing folder.

I used silver to mat the small layer, markers to color, and Diamond Stickles on the diamonds. The background was done with a Fiskars texture plate.

Matted with shimmery blue. Background embossed with a Fiskars texture plate.

Matted with light blue. Background again embossed with a Fiskars texture plate.

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Fresh Cuts

Here are the two cards that I made with the Stampin' Up! set called "Fresh Cuts" as I continue to make progress with my task of using all of my Stampin' Up! sets.

This first card uses two of the stamps. Doesn't get much simple than this:) I stamped the large image with Sahara Sand ink and matted with Buckaroo Blue. I stamped and matted the sentiment with Buckaroo Blue.

 

This second card uses the stamps that I didn't know what to do with! I stamped the background with one of the stamps. Then I stamped the flowers on scraps of white and cut them out. I had a dollar punch that I used on some shimmery gold paper to punch the flower centers. I stamped the sentiment to match the flowers. After stamping the sentiment, i embossed with my Wire Fence folder from Darice. I matted the layers to match the stamped background, and mounted the flowers on foam squares.

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Happy Valentine's Day and For a Friend #6

My last valentine for the year, and also my last card with this set from Stampin' Up! - "For a Friend." I'm sending this card to my sister, as I would love for her to find love again!

I stamped the image with Memento black ink and colored with Copics. I also stamped it again on red and cut out the heart, mounted it on a foam square, and added it to the sentiment. I used patterned paper for the bottom and a strip of red over the top of it. I mounted the image on foam squares, also.

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For a Friend #5

Another simple card using the Stampin' Up! set called "For a Friend."

I embossed the white strip with a Darice border embossing folder and matted with turquoise. I stamped the image with Memento black ink and colored with markers. I added a tiny gem for the flower center.

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For a Friend #4

Card #4 using the set "For a Friend" from Stampin' Up!

It looks a bit gray, but it's actually white. I cut a piece of white cardstock a fourth-inch smaller than the card base and embossed the top part of it with a Darice border embossing folder. I cut the strip of pink, stamped the image with Memento black ink, colored with Copics, and embossed with a Sizzix folder.

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Tulip Birthday

I made this card for a swap for my stamping group. It's an "Artist's Choice" swap, where there is no theme or assignment - just a swap.

I got this new die from LaLa Land and wanted to try it out. I cut it out of both pink and green. Then I snipped off all of the green flowers and glued the green one on top of the pink one. The sentiment is stamped in matching green. I matted the white panel with the same pale pink.

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For a Friend #3

Another card using the set "For a Friend" from Stampin' Up! I have rarely (if ever!) used these stamps, but I do like them all. They make great, very simple cards.

I stamped the image with Memento black ink, colored with Copics and added the gem for the flower center. I matted with matching cardstock and mounted on foam squares.

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For a Friend #2

OK, I've moved on to my next Stampin' Up! set. This one is called "For a Friend." I continue to make progress towards my goal of using all of my SU! sets. I'm happy to have had so much stamping time lately!

I stamped the image with Memento black ink and colored with Copics. I mounted the panel on foam squares. I inked up the birthday embossing folder from Cuttlebug, then embossed the background.

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Eclectic Corners #4

Fourth and last card using the Stampin' Up! set called "Eclectic Corners." This completes another stack of SU sets to use in my mission to have them all see ink! Fifty down - 150 to go! :) (Actually, I have one more set from this last stack. It's called "Creative Corners." I just can't make myself use this set on twelve cards in a row! I'm going to leave it on my desk until I have used them all eventually, and then put it away. I have added a picture of it here.)

I stamped the image with Memento ink and colored with Copics. I added tiny purple gems to the center of each flower. The sentiment is from Hero Arts. I matted with Marvelous Magenta (not sure I've ever used that color before!) and mounted on foam squares. I embossed the background with a Darice embossing folder and matted that with magenta, also.

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Eclectic Corners #3

Third card using Stampin' Up!'s set called "Eclectic Corners." I stamped the image in the corner with Memento black ink and colored with Copic markers. I added the sentiment, which is from Papertrey Ink. I embossed a portion of the left side with a Lifestyle Crafts embossing folder and scored three lines with my Score Pal, then mounted on turquoise cardstock.

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Eclectic Corners #2

Second card of four using Stampin' Up!'s set called "Eclectic Corners." I used the stamp to stamp in two of the corners, then pierced holes connecting them. The sentiment is from a Papertrey set. I matted with the matching red cardstock and mounted on Dimensionals.

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Eclectic Corners #1

The first of four cards using the Stampin' Up! set called "Eclectic Corners."

For this card, I didn't actually use the stamp as a corner - I made a border using it, instead. I stamped with Almost Amethyst, and matted with Almost Amethyst, also. I added little green flowers and stuck them on with white brads. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink.

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Another Valentine

Before I got everything put away from making valentines for our grandchildren, I decided to put together a couple pieces that were on my stamping table and make a valentine for my dad. Brings back memories, as last Valentine's Day we were all in the hospital with my mom. The last card I made for her was a valentine:(

Anyway, this is for my dad. The punched heart was done with a Martha Stewart punch. On a piece of scrap cardstock, I stamped the hearts (from the same stamp set as the cards I made for our grandsons. Turns out the set is from Fiskars, and NOT Recollections like I've been saying!) and colored them. The sentiment is from Inkadinkado. I mounted the panel on foam squares, raised above the stamped image. Edited to add: I'm entering this in the Repeat Impressions challenge to use red, pink and white. It's hard to tell, but the little circles in with the hearts have been colored pink, and the hearts are red.

Update on my dad: His cheek is healing. In fact, I've heard it looks pretty good! His neck is coming along slower. The sores in his mouth are still painful and he can't eat very well, but is doing a great job of forcing himself to eat. Hopefully it will be uphill from here. And hopefully the cancer will be gone forever! 

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SplitCoastStampers Double Challenge - and For a Friend #1

Another card I made for SplitCoastStampers challenges. It's fun to have time to do some!

This card is for the Technique Lover's Challenge - to make a card with a sentiment "Down Under" and also for the Clean and Simple challenge with the theme "Love." I figure nothing says "love" better than a new baby! I stamped the sentiment from the Stampin' Up! set called "For a Friend" (The next set in my goal of using all of my SU sets) and colored with Copics. I also added tiny gems to the flower centers. I matted with hot pink. I embossed the top layer with a Darice embossing folder (which is becoming one of my favorites!), cut it in two pieces, mounted on Dimensionals and added to the stamped layer.

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Embossing Challenge Card

The Creative Cuttlebuggers Yahoo group has a monthly challenge. The challenge for February is "Double Embossing." I thought it looked interesting, so I gave it a try.

First, I inked up a Stampin' Up!/Sizzix embossing folder with yellow ink and embossed. Then I inked up a Darice Daisy folder with blue and embossed over the yellow. That pretty much flattens the first embossing, but of course, leaves the inked color. I stamped the sentiment (from Papertrey Ink) on a scrap of white and ran it through the first embossing folder, which still had a bit of yellow left on. I just might have to do this again:)

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February Calendar Page

February already! Here is my calendar page. If you are interested in printing your own (blank) calendar pages, you can find the links under my blog title.

The heart was punched with a Martha Stewart punch. I embossed with a heart Cuttlebug folder. I embossed the red paper with a Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder. Happy February! Oh - I forgot to mention that I also embossed the bottom with another Cuttlebug folder.

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