Glittered Anniversary

This is the card I made for our son and daughter-in-law for their anniversary, which was on Monday. I used an Anna Griffin brass stencil, double-sided sticky paper and ultrafine and microfine glitter. I die-cut the sentiment. It is SO sparkly in real life!

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Die-Cut Christmas

This is the last card I made as a set of five cards for the craft sale at our church. I used different colors of glitter cardstock for the matting. The die was a gift from a friend at our Group Gathering last June. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink, is matted with matching green and is mounted on foam squares.

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Dashing Through the Snow

The stamps and dies that I used for these four cards are from a Recollections set. It consists of twelve stamps and five dies. I just used the reindeer and the sentiments. I stamped, die-cut and colored the three reindeer, then had to figure out what I was going to do with them. Of course my results are clean and simple!

On this first card, I trimmed down a piece of white cardstock, stamped the sentiment, matted it with red and die-cut a hole for the reindeer to show through. I thought it needed more, so I embossed it with a Darice folder. I mounted it on foam squares and added it to the card front. Then I placed the reindeer in the hole.

These next two cards are even simpler. I mounted the reindeer on foam squares this time, and added three snowflakes that have been around my stamping room for so long that I honestly don't know if they were punched or die-cut! I had come across them recently and left them out to make sure they got used. They are cut from some Crayola "holographic" cardstock that I got MANY years ago at a dollar store. At any rate, they finally made their way on to cards.

And, since I decided to cut a hole on the first card AFTER I had already made the three reindeer, I ended up with another die-cut reindeer, which of course couldn't go to waste. So I stamped the image on it and colored it and he made his way to this card. I covered the entire card front with patterned paper from Gina K. (I bought three packages of different patterns last year and I have used almost none of it so far. I really have to start using some of my tons of patterned paper!) I stamped the sentiment, added the reindeer on foam squares, and then added a few dots with Nuvo drops.

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Glitter Ornaments

I love this technique, but haven't done it for many years. I was reminded of it by a video by Jennifer McGuire. I am linking this card up to the STAMPlorations Stencil challenge.

I used double-sided sticky paper, glitter and a brass stencil. I also have a sort of special kind of soap to rub on the brass stencil before sticking it to the paper. (Important, and I will share more on this in a later post!) With the stencil on the sticky paper (which was already added to cardstock), I added the blue-ish glitter. Then I removed the stencil and added the white glitter. The glitters are ultra-fine and micro-fine. I matted with the best matching cardstock that I had. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink and is matted and mounted on foam squares. The ink is not a perfect match, but it does match better a little bit "in real life" than it appears in the photos.

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Green and Gold Christmas

Well, I just can't stop making Christmas cards!! :) I now have some more to share with you. I guess I'll have to either send out a few more this year or I'll have to figure out someone else to send to!

For this card, I used a Sizzix embossing folder. I brayered Versamark ink on it and ran it through my BIGkick. Then I added sparkly embossing powder and heat-set it. I matted that layer with gold foil. The sentiment (from Recollections) was embossed with gold detail embossing powder on a semi-shimmery gold paper, matted with gold foil and mounted on foam squares. In real life, the sentiment is much easier to read and the card is more sparkly/shiny. I'll have more Christmas cards to share with you in the next few days.

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Poinsettias and Holly

More Christmas cards done:) I think I have just about enough done for this year. Well, when I say "done," I mean that the outsides are done! I still have to stamp or print the sentiment in all 75 or so of them. But, it isn't even the end of October yet, so I think I'm doing all right. I also finished up my 2020 calendars a few days ago. Now THAT makes me feel really good! I even have two or three months done for 2021.

Anyway, about these cards. The images are all from a Recollections set. The set consists of the two image stamps, a border stamp, two sentiment stamps and three dies. I watercolored all of the images. I use a fun technique for the watercolor that is SO simple and I love the end result. I stamp the image on watercolor cardstock. Then I wet the areas a lot and just touch the color to the water. It spreads out so nicely. That's really about all there is to it! The sentiment on this card is from Papertrey Ink. I added Liquid Pearls to the flower center. The card base is ivory.

For this card, I used one of the dies to cut out the holly leaves and berries. The sentiment on this card is also from Papertrey. I added Diamond Glaze to the holly berries.

I was a little disappointed when I realized that the poinsettia die did not cut out the leaves, but I can live with it:) The flowers are popped up on foam squares.

The sentiment on this last one was included with the stamp set. I made four of the first card and three of this last one.

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Orange and Gold Color Swap, Plus One More

This is the card that I made for the monthly color swap in my stamping group. The colors this month are gold and orange. I used Memory Box dies for the flowers. I used gold foil cardstock. I believe the "thank you" is from Taylored Expressions. I added thin gold strips on the top and bottom of the image panel. The cardbase and panel are ivory.

While I had the dies out, I decided to make another. This time I decided to use my Xyron to "pre-stick" the flowers. I cut my gold foil first and I had the die upside down. Oops. I had to cut the flowers "backwards." It worked out fine, though. I used pink for the flowers this time.

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Little Birthday Wish

I had these Memory Box dies out for making another card, so I thought I would use them for multiple cards. One die cuts the stem with three flowers and then there are three smaller dies that cut the matting for the flowers. I made two sets for this card. I used textured pink paper for the flowers. The sentiment, from My Favorite Things, was matted and mounted on foam squares. I added some black "pearls" of different sizes with a Pearl Pen/Perler Pen, which is like Liquid Pearls. 

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Gold Christmas

I made a set of five of these cards to donate to our church for the craft sale at our Lutefisk Dinner. The stamps are from a set by Stampendous. I embossed them both with gold embossing powder. The cardbase and the front panel are ivory. I matted with gold foil cardstock.

I am entering this into the Double D challenge, which is to use silhouettes.

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Guy Card

A simple card, suitable for a guy. The sentiment was cut with dies. The background was stamped with a Stampin' Up! with Versamark ink and embossed with clear embossing powder. I added a thin strip of gold foil cardstock down the left side.

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Christmas Trees

All of the stamps that I used on this card are from a Recollections set. The trees are two-step stamping, and I added the trunks with a Copic marker. You can't tell in the picture, but I embossed the sentiment with gold embossing powder. I matted with shiny gold cardstock.

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Elf on a Shelf

I tested this sentiment stamp on red for the cards on my blog yesterday. But, of course, I couldn't just toss this test! So, here it is on a card. No wonder I end up with so many "card parts!" The little elf was stamped and die-cut with a Recollections set. I colored with Copic markers and added a bit of sparkle with a Wink of Stella brush. The cardbase is ivory.

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Christmas Card Set

I made this set of Christmas cards for our church to sell at the craft sale at our annual Lutefisk Dinner. I will be making more, as well as going through my surplus of cards. The image stamps are all from Stampin' Up! The sentiment stamp is from Papertrey Ink.

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Christmas Snowman and Birdies

I do not know what company made these stamps, as I stamped them at our Group Gathering in June. If anyone is really interested, I could find out. I think the snowman and the trees are the same stamp. I added the sentiment from the same set. I simply colored with Copics, matted, and added a bit of sparkle with a Wink of Stella marker.

Each of the birds, the birdhouse, and the sentiment are separate stamps from the same set. Again, I colored with Copics, matted and added bit of sparkle. I made two of this card. Three more Christmas cards done:)

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Small Thank You

I've had this small card base, folded and complete with patterned paper, in my card parts for several years. Here it is, finished. I added the stamping on the die-cut panel. The flowers and leaves are from a set from American Crafts/Crate Paper and the sentiment is from Papertrey Ink.

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A Couple of Re-Makes

In my "card parts" box, I have some pieces of cards of mine that I have dismantled. Here are two of them, remade. For this first one, I trimmed down the bottom of this piece and removed a flower I had added to it. I used a piece of matching cardstock and embossed it with a Cuttlebug embossing folder. The flowers stamp is from Stampin' Up! I think the sentiment is from Papertrey Ink.

This "card part" was the main panel, minus the "thanks." I placed the panel onto a card front and added the sentiment, mounted on foam squares. The heart stamps are by Stampin' Up! and the "thanks" sentiment is from Verve.

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"Blob" Thanks

Finally - a post from me! :) I haven't had a lot of time in my stamping room, and it seems like, even when I do, I'm not real motivated. Mostly I've been doing minor cleaning and organizing.

At any rate, I have a few cards to post, but nothing very exciting. I tried a new technique on this card, with not a lot of success. I used a die to cut this "blob" a couple times from fun foam. Then I tried to use it for the letterpress effect. It stamped well, but didn't press into the paper very much. Still, I couldn't throw it away, of course:) I just trimmed down the paper a bit, matted it, and added the sentiment from Papertrey Ink.

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October Calendar Page

Here is my October calendar page. My notes tell me that all of the stamps on this page are from a Stampin' Up! set that I borrowed from a friend. I embossed the stamping with silver embossing powder. I punched the moon out of yellowish-orange paper which I sponged with orange ink. I also punched a hole in the black paper and then I added the orange piece into the black hole.

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