Foiled Pieces

Gina K often has poly-glaze sheets to foil to match her stamps and dies sets. I sat down one day (or maybe a couple days) and foiled all the images and sentiments in this set. Then I spent a lot of time die-cutting them. I used rose gold, pewter and black foil for these. You can't really tell by the picture, but there are a lot of pieces here! I will use the stencils to color them, as I use them up. I actually used some before I took this photo. Those cards will be coming soon.

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Halloween Cards for the Grandkids

I really don't have a lot of supplies for making Halloween cards - not my favorite thing. But we send them to our grandchildren, so I have to make something to hold the "pocket money," as my mother-in-law used to say. So, here is what they got.

This first one uses an image (made by AI) that I got from my friend, Cheryl. The sentiment (on all of them) is from Repeat Impressions.

The stamps are from Gina K. I embossed with black embossing powder and colored in the eyes.

These last three were embossed with an embossing folder, and then I rubbed the design with black ink. Simple - but they work.

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Purple Ornaments

I've still had this die-cut image of four ornaments with the mirror cardstock behind it on my table for a while. I finally finished it up. I scored lines above and below the ornaments, then added thin metallic strips. The sentiment is from a new Kristina Werner/Concord & 9th set. The set is part of the bundle of stamps, dies and stencils for the upcoming Online Card Class. I stamped it and then die cut it and four more pieces and layered them together. The purple metallic strips and the purple behind the ornaments don't match perfectly, but they  match a lot better in real life than they do in the photo!

 
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"Woven" Anniversary

One night last week, I was either dreaming, half-conscious, or awake during the night and I spent hours working on this card in my head!! I was even doing measurements. When I woke up the next morning, I made a diagram, so I wouldn't forget. It was a horrible night's sleep, but here is the card that came of it. I made slits in the cardstock, embossed it, and then took ribbon and wove it through. The sentiment is several (about five) layers of black cardstock. I matted with black and added it to a white card base.

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Sunflower Warm Wishes

Wow, time flies!! Life has been busy, for sure. I DID finish up my calendars, though, so that makes me very happy. They are all ready for the wrapping paper.

For this card (using extra pieces from my calendars) I used Gina K stamps and dies and colored with Copic markers. The background was embossed with an Anna Griffin/Cuttlebug folder and then rubbed with a white pigment ink. The sentiment was stamped and die cut, and I also die cut many extras and layered them for added dimension. The flower and leaves are popped up, too.

We are definitely enjoying the beautiful fall weather here in Minnesota!

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October Calendar Page

Another month has arrived already! Here is my calendar page for October. The stamp is an old wood-mounted rubber stamp from Annette Watkins. The paper is from an old Recollections pad. Happy October!

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