Fancy-fold Card

This card, when folded up, is four and a half inches square. When my friend came over last week, she showed this fold to me. The main image is from the same paper pad as the last couple days. The patterned paper is from the same pad. The sentiment is gold embossed and is from Gina K.

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Birthday in Pink

Well, one of those card parts from yesterday used up. Actually, two, counting the frame. I embossed the frame with an Altenew folder. I was so happy to be able to use it up and not just toss it. The flower (which is from a paper pad, but colored with Copic markers) is popped up on foam squares. The sentiment is from Gina K and is gold-embossed to match the gold in the flower, which you really can't see!

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More Card Parts to Use

When looking for some patterned paper to make a card, I came across some sheets from a patterned paper stack that I hadn't cut apart yet. So, of course I had to get that done. After separating out the pieces that I will give to a scrapbooking friend, I matted the ones that I wanted to keep. The flowers in the third column were not colored, so I used some Copic markers to color them. When looking for matting cardstock, I also found a frame that I will try to use on one of the cards. Always more parts! LOL!

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Fun With a Friend

I had a friend over to play on Friday, and here are three cards that I made. Nothing different - I've probably had cards nearly identical to each of these - but here they are, anyway. This first one has one of my favorite flowers and leaves - from Taylored Expressions. The flower and leaves had been stamped, colored and die-cut a little while ago. I had two sets, so I made two of these cards. The sentiment is from Gina K. I added a thin gold metallic strip sticker beside the patterned paper. The flower itself and the sentiment are mounted on foam squares.

This one was done with a Gina K stencil set. The sentiment is die-cut, along with its shadow. The sentiment is popped up.

For this one, I just used the ink that was already on my blending brushes for the coloring. Then I used a black ink pad to rub over the de-bossed side (that I had colored on.) The sentiment had been die-cut and I added a few more layers to it.

It was a fun day with Bonnie - hi there! :-)

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You Make Me So Very Happy

(OOPS. I meant to schedule this for Monday. Oh well, here it is.) Another card that I made on Friday while I was crafting with Bonnie - a neighbor and friend. I came across the negative of a die-cut heart and couldn't bear to toss it. So I trimmed it down. It had been done with double-sided paper, so I pieced together a couple scraps to place behind the heart. Then I took a thin strip of the patterned side and stamped the sentiment (from Gina K) on it. I also added a couple of very thin strips of the solid color to put on the top and bottom of the sentiment. That strip was popped up on foam squares. I added some white dots with my gel pen along the edge of the heart and both sides of the sentiment. The background was embossed with a Cuttlebug folder.

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Embossed Backgrounds

Looking for an embossing folder the other day, I came across this one from Darice and thought I would make a few more masculine cards. For this first one, I rubbed a kraft-ish ink pad over the embossing. The sentiment had been hot foiled and was in my card parts.

For this one, I embossed it on some mirror cardstock. The sentiment is from Gina K and was foiled.

And for this last one, I embossed black cardstock and rubbed some white ink over it. Again, the sentiment is from Gina K.

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Christmas in Red and White

I had cut this bow from some foiled leftovers. I embossed this card front with a Darice folder. The sentiment is from Avery Elle. I also added three red 'nail heads."

The "joy" had also been cut with foiled leftovers. I had enough for two of these cards. Same embossing folder as the first card, and some more nail heads.

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Same Die as Yesterday - but Different

I used the same die for these cards as I used on yesterday's cards. But, first I removed the centermost part from each section. So the inserts on these are a bit larger than yesterday. If I want to use them, I still have the pieces and I just have to cut them separately instead of all together. The sentiment is black and shiny.

And here are the "negative" pieces from the first card. (Actually, this is the first card and the first one is the negative. LOL!) The sentiment was recently cut out of some scraps.

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A New Die

I just bought this die (and two similar ones in the set) on Amazon. I had to use them right away. The die cuts all of the pieces. I used three different cardstocks for these cards. For this first one, the patterned paper is the star of the show. I pieced it back together and added the sentiment which I had die-cut out of a scrap of shiny black.

I embossed the solid color panels on this card with a Darice folder. I also used that lovely set from Taylored Expressions for the flowers and leaves. The sentiment is from Gina K, I believe.

On this one, I also embossed with the same Darice folder. It's just like the second one, but different pieces are different colors. The sentiment was foiled and is from Gina K. The flowers and the sentiment are popped up.

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Christmas and Hello There

I had a few scraps laying around so I used them to die cut some sentiments. The two sentiments on this post were some of them. The ornament on this first card was also laying around. It was a partial from a couple weeks ago. I cut around it. The sentiment and the bow were cut from the negative hot foil piece. I matted with white and popped up the panel.

This sentiment was also die-cut from a scrap. I colored the leaves with a white pen and then used a Copic marker to make them green. I matted the sentiment on some white cardstock and used patterned paper to cover the cardfront.

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Ancient Vellum

When I first started stamping back in about 2002, there was a dollar store fairly close to me (close enough for it to be worthwhile to drive there!) that had lots of card-making supplies. I used to buy 8 1/2 x 11 inch booklets of paper from Fiskars for $1.00. Some of these booklets had vellum with printed paper that coordinated with it. At some point, I separated them. Not sure if I still have the patterned paper or not! At any rate, I used up some of the vellum on these cards.

For this first one, i first glued a piece of purple cardstock on the cardfront and then added the vellum over that. I decided to use one of the Taylored Expressions flowers that I just love, and also a pre-stamped and die-cut sentiment from Gina K.

These two cards were made from one sheet of the vellum. I added some tannish paper underneath it. I stamped the sentiment and then used clear embossing powder on it.

These four cards were made from a single sheet of the vellum. Since the leaves and their placement is different on each one, I thought I'd share them all. The sentiment is from Gina K. I didn't emboss these - I just let them dry.

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Single Flower Hello

This die-cut scalloped oval was in my pad of patterned paper, already cut out. I then had to use it. Right away I thought of this set from Taylored Expressions. I really do love the simple flowers and leaves in this set! I believe the foiled and die-cut sentiment is from Gina K.

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Same Layout - Eight Times

My friend, Vicki, posted a card with this layout. (The post is from July 31.) I made eight of them. They are all here, as no two of them are identical. (Very similar - yes, but not quite the same.) The sentiments all came from my card parts. Some Gina K and some Stampin' Up! I believe. Sorry about the placement of the cards! I can't get blogger to put them where I want them! 

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Stenciled Sentiments

As promised, here are the other two sentiments that were created with a Taylored Expressions stencil set. This piece of patterned paper with the opening already cut in it seemed perfect for the sentiment. I added a few layers to pop up the die-cut.

I added extra layers to this sentiment, too, and added it to a piece of ancient patterned paper. As sometimes happens with photos - this matches better in real life.

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Valentine's Day in August

I got these stickers in January with my $5 voucher from Michael's. Time to put them on cards. I used my small Cuttlebug folders to emboss a frame for each of them - four hearts and five squares. The sentiment is from Inkadinkado. The stickers already had a lot of dimension.

And, all nine of them.

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Letting the Paper Do the Work

I've had this 12 x 12 sheet of patterned paper with flocked flowers for about fifteen years. I recently came across it and thought it was time to cut it up, while I had it out. Otherwise it may have been buried for another 15 years! Each of these three cards fit into a legal size envelope. They are 4 x 9.25 inches. The sentiments all came from my parts. I think this first one is from Gina K. It was cut out with a Stampin' Up! Word Window punch. (I think that's what it's called.) I added a light touch of ink over it with a blending brush. In real life, it matches the pink wonderfully. I had also cut several extra layers for dimension.

The sentiment on this second one had been printed on my computer and then foiled with a laminator and matted with gold foil cardstock. It's popped up on foam squares.

And the sentiment on this third one had been done with my Glimmer Hot Foil system. It's mounted on foam squares. The patterned paper was the left-over and I matted it with a matching cardstock and placed it toward the left side of the card.

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Hey

The stencil set that I used for the "Hey" is from Taylored Expressions, and was included in the card class that I took last fall. There are two other words that are made at the same time - "HOORAY!" and "just a note." Hopefully you will be seeing them soon so that they don't just sit on my table for ages. The radiating lines are a part of the "Hey" stenciling. The dies were included with the set. I used the die to cut the "Hey" out of the middle, then cut several more layers to pop it up before inserting it back into the radiating lines piece, which I had cut out with a circle die. I used a Darice embossing folder on the turquoise matting background.

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More Birthday Flowers

This stamp set is from Gina K. It was my free gift for spending $75. I stamped the flowers and the circle (all one stamp) and then cut diagonally, but around the circle. Then I cut a mat for the bottom portion. I added the sentiment, which was in two pieces. ("Wishing you a very HAPPY" and "birthday" are separate. The set also includes other options.) I embossed a background piece with one of my favorite Darice folders. The little foil butterfly was die-cut in my card parts. The image panel is mounted on foam squares. I made two of these cards. 

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Even More Card Pieces

Here is the other frame that I had sitting on my table, which was done with the Glimmer Hot Foil system. The dandelion (?) is a rub-on. The sentiment stamp is from Gina K. I snipped off the lower right corner, to match the image panel.

This little light purple piece was just laying around. I added a rub-on to it, then matted with gold metallic cardstock. I added a few gold sequins because I messed up the rub-on. The background was embossed with a Spellbinders M-Bossibilities folder. Not sure where I got that!

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