Birthday Flowers

I saw this card somewhere and thought I would give it a try. It's quite simple, really. Here is a link to the video that I watched. I'm sure there are many others. I embossed the matting pieces with a Gina K folder. The die-cut flowers and leaves are from Gina K, also. I think the sentiment is from Gina K, too - it came from my card parts. It was foiled and die-cut.

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Wishing You a Great Birthday

For some reason, I thought of the mulberry paper that I have. I have rarely used it, but I dug it out yesterday and started on this card. I finished it up this morning when I couldn't sleep. I used white for this one, but I have several other colors. I used another die-cut, layered flower from Altenew that I had made in January. I made the mulberry paper into an oval shape and cut out an oval to place it on. Then I embossed the green layer with a Gina K folder and matted that with purple. I mounted the flower and the sentiment, also from Gina K, on foam squares. I wish the "tattered" edges of the mulberry paper showed up better in the photo, but you know how that goes.

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Gina K Stencil

I ordered some new things from Gina K. Hopefully I will use them soon! Here is the first of them. The flowers with leaves are layering stencils. I trimmed the panel down and cut the top at an angle. I added a glitter strip to the top of that panel. The sentiment is also from Gina K.

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Thanks

The thank you cards that I make are usually extremely CAS. This one isn't a lot more complicated, but it takes a while for me to do the coloring. I made three of this image a while ago and used different mediums to color them, and I'm not sure what this one was colored with. The stamp and die are from Altenew and it's mounted on foam squares. I matted my patterned paper with black. The sentiment dies are from Gina K.

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Wishing You a Happy Day

Here is the leaf that I tried using a few days ago that just didn't work. I think it's a bit large for this card, too, but I used it anyway. (I had already put it in my trash, but salvaged it!) It is a left-over from Brutus Monroe from my Scrapbook and Cards Today card class from last year. The text is a rub-on. The patterned paper is from Gina K, as is the sentiment.

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Card Parts Anniversary

I used two left-over pieces of shimmery patterned cardstock from a previous card for both of these cards. The sentiment on this first card is from Gina K and is embossed with gold powder. The flower is from Gina K, also, and is a foiled negative. I added a thin strip of cardstock above the patterned paper and also some gold sequins.

 This one is basically like the first one, but with different card parts. The vellum, foiled butterfly and the foiled sentiment were in my card parts book. They are both popped up on foam squares.

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Sympathy Flower

This card started out with a completely different image. I had another piece leftover from the Brutus Monroe class, but just didn't like the way it ended up looking here. The sentiment, the layout and the background (slightly shimmery) were all done for the other image. The sentiment is from Hero Arts. The die-cut flower and leaf were done with Altenew dies. I made them (and several others) in January and I'm pretty sure this is the first time I've used one of them. The flower is popped up.

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Crazy Bird Birthday

The text background was leftover from a card class I took last September and was in my card parts - all matted up. It is from Brutus Monroe and is a rub-on. Time to use it up. The "crazy bird" image was stamped and die-cut and in my card parts, also, and I thought they went well together. The bird is popped up on foam squares, of course. The sentiment is from Technique Tuesday.

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Thanks With Splatters

I feel like I never get a chance to start a card from scratch - there is always something on my table that I'm trying to use up! I had the "splattered" stamped piece to use up. It was stamped with a Gina K stamp. I trimmed it and matted it with black. The "thanks" was in my card parts and I added it across the middle. The embossed background piece was in my parts, also. I brushed a bit of matching ink over it to match the sentiment panel.

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Anniversary Hearts

Another card with a layout that I saw on my friend, Cheryl's, blog. I liked it the moment I saw it. I folded two card bases right away. Here is the second one. The patterned paper on the front came with the heart border on it. I had a heart cut out on my table from some other time. I cut out a metallic heart to mount the white one on. I first embossed the white heart and then added ink (lots of colors, trying to match the cardstock!) and then popped up the two layers on foam squares. The sentiment was silver embossed. It's from Stampendous.

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More Christmas Joy

I told you I'd be back with more of these. Such a lovely die! I added the letter pieces inside the die cuts and taped them in with some regular tape, then popped up the full thing with foam squares. I embossed the background with a folder. I think it's from Sizzix, but it's possible it's a Cuttlebug folder.

Hard to tell, but I cut the letters out of the same patterned paper as the background.

Same as the first one, but with reverse die-cutting.

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Enjoy Your Birthday

Thanks, Cheryl, for the layout of this card! I used some pretty, shimmery patterned cardstock that I've had for years. (Kris, I think it was from you. Thanks!) The sentiment was in my parts, too. It had been cut from wrapping paper adhered to white cardstock. I also added about four extra layers. The sentiment was embossed with gold and cut out from an old Stampin' Up! Word Window punch - with about four extra layers on that, too.

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Christmas Joy

A friend sent me this die. I love it! (My middle name is Joy. :-) ) I used metallic cardstocks for the die-cutting. I also added the thin metallic strips alongside the green. I'm sure you'll see more of this die soon!

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July Calendar Page

Here is my calendar page for the month of July. Hard to believe that 2025 is half over - incredible! The stamps are from My Favorite Things - including the sentiment. The balloon is die-cut.

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