Birthday Remake

Another card like one I've made in the past. I saw a picture of it and wanted to do it again. So, I made two of them. The branch and bird stamp are from Hero Arts. I fussy cut the branch and bird after coloring them with Copic markers. The sentiment is from Gina K. The holes were cut out with a Papertrey Ink die, and I mounted the panel on foam tape. The patterned paper underneath is from Bo Bunny.

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Patterned Paper Christmas

The sentiment was from my card parts. I believe it was done with an ink cube direct to paper and probably a Papertrey Ink stamp. I simply mounted it on foam squares and added it to a cardbase covered with patterned paper from The Paper Studio.

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Stenciled Christmas

More stenciled Christmas cards. Not much explanation needed. The sentiments are all from my card parts.

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Anniversary Flower Trio

We have an Amazon Show, and it pops up pictures of photos from this date in years past. Sometimes pictures show up of cards I've made, and I think to myself that I like them and should make them again. Here is one of those cards. I used Papertrey Ink stamps for the flowers and a Gina K stamp for the sentiment. The cardbase is a linen-y cardstock. I made three of these.

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Penny Black Christmas

I checked back, and in 2018 I shared a card made with these stamps and said at that point that I had stamped them "a few years ago." I still have more after this one! And I gave a few of them away. I have the stamp set from Penny Black that includes the image and the sentiment, but thought I would stamp about 20 of them at the time. They are too tedious for me to color - not my thing! But, they are in my card parts and now there is one less of them. I think I have five or six left. I colored with Copics and matted the panel. I placed it at a slight angle on the card base.

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'Tis the Season

I'm still using up cards parts and had some for Christmas. The card parts for this card are the gold snowflake piece and the matted sticker. I embossed the background with a Darice folder. The snowflake is mounted on foam squares.

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Christmas Ornaments and Holiday Cheer

I thought I would get some Christmas cards made. I'll be sharing a few with you in the next few posts, taking a day off here and there with something else. I had pulled out my stencils for a different reason, but thought I would use a couple Christmas ones first. I added red gems to the top of each ornament. The sentiment is done with an old wood-mounted set from Hero Arts. I matted it, and added a couple gems to that, too. I made three of these.

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Pink and Gold Birthday

I had these two strips of pink patterned cardstock on my table. I cut each of them in two pieces and added them, staggered, to a piece of black cardstock. The sentiment, from My Favorite Things, is gold heat-embossed. The butterfly was done with hot foil plates and my Glimmer machine and is popped up on foam squares. The background for the butterfly is done by added double-sided tape to the cardstock and then just rubbing foil over it.

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Thanksgiving and Fall Birthday

Two more fall cards - a birthday and a Thanksgiving. I used the matstack from Michael's again. I fussy cut out the two pieces that are along the bottom of each card. They started out on opposite corners. I added them to a piece of solid color cardstock and matted them. On the top card I added some foam squares to the leaves that overlap. I gold heat embossed the sentiments. The top one is from Hero Arts and the bottom one is from Stampendous. I also added a few sequins on the second card.

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Blue Thanks

A couple card parts on this card. For some reason, this solid blue piece was on my table and the ivory circle landed on top of it. I thought it was a great idea! So, I embossed the blue panel with a Gina K folder. Then I rubbed a bit of white ink over it. The cardbase is ivory. I used a Gina K stencil on it. I stamped the sentiment, from Verve, on the oval and sponged a bit of navy ink around the edges. I mounted it on foam squares.

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Flowery Birthday

In one of my hot foil plates sets, there were a few tiny dies - not for foiling. They cut out these tiny flowers and leaves. I cut them from white and colored them with markers. I added several of them to a panel and drew in the stems and grass and matted with green. I added the yellow dotted paper to the card base and added the sentiment, which is from Stampendous. I also added some white dots to all of the flowers.

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Fall Birthday

For some reason, Michael's gave me a $5 gift card. So, of course I had to spend it. I hadn't been in a Michael's for quite a long time. I found a 12 x 12 matstack that was on sale for $4.99. Perfect! They didn't even charge me tax on it. It had many pretty fall patterns in it, plus some solid colors. The piece I used on this card was part of a "cut-apart" sheet. This particular section was the area outside the gold foil. Inside the gold foil frame were some gold lines - perhaps for journaling?? At any rate, I carefully cut the lined section out. Then I found a patterned sheet in the matstack that I liked in the center. I foiled a piece of ivory cardstock with gold, creating the sentiment which I popped up on foam squares.

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Silver Foil Anniversary

Here is the "positive" foiled piece from Thursday's card. Again, the image and the sentiment were done with my Glimmer Hot Foil system. I colored the flowers with light colors of Copic markers. I matted with black and mounted the sentiment on foam squares.

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Birthday Wish for a Friend

Another Glimmer Hot-Foiled piece. The flowers were done with the Glimmer. I colored them with Copic markers and matted. The sentiment is gold heat-embossed and is from My Favorite Things.

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Silver Foiled Anniversary

More pieces done on my Glimmer Hot Foil system. The part on the left was done with the negative piece and the sentiment is popped up with foam squares. I chose to mat with black.

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Starry Birthday

Not a very good picture, but ... The stars area was done with the negative space from a hot-foiled piece. I added gold metallic sticker strips to the edges of that panel. The sentiment was also done with my hot foil system. You will be seeing a few cards done with new card parts - I was busy making more parts with my Glimmer system.

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Birthday Wish for a Friend

Another version of Saturday's card. This time I put the cut piece over the stamping and coloring. The floral stamp is from Inkadinkado and I colored it with Copic markers. I stamped the background with an Altenew stamp. The sentiment is from My Favorite Things.

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Large Flower Thanks

More patterned paper - I simply trimmed down this piece to fit the card, and I matted it. The sentiment is a Stampin' Up! embossing/die. I cut four of them and layered them up. I made two more of these cards but stamped the sentiment on them.

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Tri-Square Thinking of You

I watched a Jennifer McGuire video with "spotlighting." I didn't like the way mine was turning out, so I went back to this version - similar to some I've done in the past! The stamp is from Inkadinkado and I colored it with Copic markers and cut it with a Papertrey Ink die. Each square is three thicknesses. I added them to the cardstock that they were cut out of, after trimming it down. The sentiment is from Altenew.

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Patterned Paper Thinking of You

Another simple card using up patterned paper. I have SO much!! I simply added a metallic sticker strip across the bottom of it and stamped the sentiment, which is from Altenew. The card base is ivory. I remembered to make three of these - two to give away and one for my stash.

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Flower Garden Birthday

I used up several of the flowers and leaves from the Stampin' Up! set that were in my card parts. The leaves are glued to the embossed panel and the flowers are mostly mounted on foam squares. The sentiment is a Mrs. Grossman's sticker. The background was embossed with a Gina K folder.

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Patterned Paper and Card Parts

Just a super-simple card for today. Patterned paper on the bottom, a thin strip of black cardstock and card-part sentiments.

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Sending Birthday Wishes

More card parts - these are from Stampin' Up! I added them to card bases that were in my card parts. The flowers are mounted on foam squares.

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Sending Smiles

A friend brought over a Stampin' Up! set quite a while ago and I made LOTS of card parts with it. There are flowers and leaves and words. You'll be seeing a lot of them coming up! The background for this one was in my card parts. I'm determined to make a dent in them! I don't even remember how it was created, but it has some sparkle to it. I'm pretty sure it was done with a stencil - possibly from Gina K. The sentiment strip is mounted on foam squares.

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More Christmas and More Card Parts

Some more Christmas cards for this year. The card bases had been created and were in my Christmas stamps bin. I simply matted the sentiments and added them to the completed bases. The sentiment on this card is from Gina K. The other sentiment is from PaperTrey Ink. I made a total of six cards similar to these.

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Green Christmas

The main image on this card was in my card parts, but not for very long. I made it with my Glimmer Hot Foil machine and plates. I trimmed it down and added it to a 5 x 7 inch card base. I used thin shimmery stickers on each side of the panel. The sentiment is from Gina K and was embossed with green embossing powder, matted with green and mounted on foam squares. I also added just a few red gems.

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March Calendar Page

Well, it's March!! So, here is my calendar page. The kite is from Stampin' Up! and the sentiment is from Inkadinkado. I did the tiny bit of coloring with Copics and added the white dots with a white Posca pen.

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