Patterned Paper Cards

This flower image has been in my card parts for years. I still have one more of them to use. I colored it to match some other patterned paper, but after it was colored I decided that it really didn't match! So, I went with some black and white patterned paper instead. I cut that paper in half, so of course I had to use the other piece, too. The sentiments on both cards were done with Gina K stamps and dies and popped up. 

The bicycle paper is from the same matstack as the black and white piece. I added "nail head" stickers to both cards. I see they are a little crooked on this second card, but I have since straightened them out.

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February Calendar Page

Well, here we are - February already! Here is my calendar page for the month. The embossing folder, stamps and paper are all from Recollections. 

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More Card Part Flowers

These flowers and leaves were in my card parts book, also. I think the flowers are probably from Altenew. The leaves are die-cut from green cardstock. I think the dies are from Gina K. The sentiment on this first one is from Gina K. The sentiment on the second card is a die-cut from my parts. I had rubbed copper ink over it. Each of these cards has a thin metallic sticker along the side of the patterned paper.

 

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Card-Part Flowers

All of these flowers and leaves were in my card parts book, but they are all gone now. I believe they may be from Altenew, but I'm really not sure. The sentiments are all from Gina K. The sentiment on this first one is stamped directly on the card front. The others are stamped, die-cut and popped up on foam squares. On each one, the front flower (or only flower) is also popped up on foam squares. I used a thin metallic sticker along the sides of the patterned paper.

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More Birthday Flowers

Still working on my Card Parts, but I'm actually making progress. :-) This stamped image was in the book. I colored it with Copic markers and added the Gina K Sentiment. I cut that panel and the black matting panel with Waffle Flower rectangle dies. Done!

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A Little Dabble In Zentangle

I did a little Zentangle just for fun, and of course I couldn't toss it! So, it's on this card. The three panels started out as one, but I cut them apart, mounted them on white cardstock and then on to black. I popped up the panel on foam squares. I doodled around the outside of it, also. The sentiment is from Gina K.

Edited to add: I drew everything from scratch for this Zentangle.

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Two More Valentines

Once again, for some reason Michael's sent me a $5 voucher. It's really the only time that I shop there - to use the voucher! I bought a small pad of valentine paper and some valentine stickers and it cost me a total of $1.01. Can't beat that! The patterned paper and the glitter paper were in the pad of papers. The die cut frame was in my card parts and the cat was left over from the grandkids' valentines. I stamped the sentiment and cut it out with a die. I popped the cat and the sentiment up on foam squares. I made two of these cards.

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More Card Parts

I had two of these die cut pieces in my card parts book and I used them both up on these three cards. For this first one, I used the "negative parts" and mounted them on black, using the "positive" piece for placement. Then I trimmed down the black piece and added it to a white card base. I added the die-cut butterfly and the sentiment - from Gina K.

For this card, I used both the positive and the negative parts. I colored the inserts with Copic markers before adding them back in. The flower and sentiment are from Gina K and are stamped, die-cut and popped up. I also added three "nail head" stickers.

For this third card, I just used the positive over some patterned paper and then the center piece, which I added in a different orientation. The image and sentiment are popped up. They were also in my card parts. I don't remember where they are from, but they may be Gina K.

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Embossed Sympathy

I'm in "use up some parts" mode again. :-) This embossed panel was in my card parts from who knows when. I simply added it to a card base and added the stamps - both of them from Gina K sets. Instead of using black ink, I went with a bit softer gray.

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Flowery Thinking of You

Our daughter-in-law's mom just had her knee replaced and this is the card that I made for her. I used my newest Gina K set - stamps, stencils, and dies. I also used her Master Layouts 3 die set, which I got for my birthday. I embossed the background with a Sizzix embossing folder. I also added a little sparkle to the flower centers with some Star Dust Stickles. The images and sentiment are popped up on foam squares.

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Foily Birthday

I finally got a chance to use a few of my new things from Gina K. I think these are from my previous order and not my most recent. Too many new things, so little time! I used Gina's Poly-Glaze and foil for the images and sentiments, along with the coordinating dies and stencils. The sentiments are glued directly to the card base, and the flowers are popped up. I used a stencil from Picket Fence from my SCT class for the background.

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Dazzling Dahlia Birthday

I was playing with my new stencils from Gina K and made this flower, and then I needed to use the card right away, so I just slapped on a pre-die-cut sentiment. The sentiment was another one that I made using wrapping paper. I adhered it to card stock and then cut it out. Next time I use the stencil set, I'll try to be more creative! :-)

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Valentines for the Grandkids

Finally, I got to make some cards! I've actually been working on my calendars for  2026 and 2027. And, this first one was made with a leftover from a calendar page. I cut the background pieces with a Gina K die. Then I used one to stencil the backgrounds on my February 2027 pages. I figured - why throw it out after using it as a stencil when I can use it on another card so I made sure it had ink all over it. All of the images and sentiments are from the same Gina K set. I made two of the last one.

I hope I have more time to make more cards. I have a decent amount of new stuff and I even ordered more from Gina K that will arrive on Wednesday. 😀

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Christmas Thank You

We needed another thank you for a Christmas gift. I used Gina K's poinsettia stencils and made this card real quickly and matted it with gold. The "THANKS" was in my card parts. I had made it using some Christmas wrapping paper and a die.

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Happy New Year - January Calendar Page

Happy New Year to everyone!! Here is my first calendar page of the year. The snowman is from Gina K. I doodled around the edges and mounted it on patterned paper.

My calendar files are available under my blog heading. If you would like to print out your own blank pages, please help yourself! Some people have problems with them, so you can also contact me via email if you're interested.

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