Flower Wheel

The part I started with on this card is the green with the border. I had only punched a border on one side, but I added a matching border on the other side - with a Fiskars border punch. I actually dug out a stamping wheel for this one! It's from Stampin' Up! I scored lines on each side of the flower design and colored the images with Copic markers. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink. Such a classic layout. 

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February Calendar Page

Wow, another month has flown by! Here is my February calendar page. I used dies from Quickutz (LifeStyle Crafts) to cut the center hearts, and a Fiskars punch to punch the smaller hearts. The background was embossed with a Darice embossing folder.

If you would like to print and make your own calendars using my blank calendar file, you can find the Excel file and the cutting instructions in the Calendar tab under my blog title. I'd love to hear from you if you do! If you have problems with the files, please let me know and I can email them to you.

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Card Parts Hello

Both of these cards were made almost entirely of "card parts" that I've had for a long time. The bottom borders were cut with a Spellbinders die - in different directions. I cut the green patterned paper freehand, since I didn't have the die. The sentiment was also previously cut with a friend's die. The flowers and leaves were in my "stash." I had cut them long ago with a die - Cuttlebug, I think. The center of this flower is a sparkly enamel dot.

I cut the upper black border with a Fiskars punch. The center of this flower is a thin button. I added some embroidery thread in the button holes.

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Just a Note

Both of these embossing folders are from Darice. I matted each embossed piece with black. I mounted the sentiment panel on foam squares. The little note was punched with a Fiskars punch. What fun I had on Tuesday making so many cards:) And there are more to come.

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Thank You

I finally took some time for stamping. Making Thank You cards came to the top of my "to-do" list.

The leafy branch is from a Papertrey Ink set. The sentiment is from Stampin' Up! The border on the black matting is punched with a Fiskars punch and the butterfly is punched with a Martha Stewart punch. I added a pearl for the butterfly's body and drew in the antennae with a fine-tip marker.

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Flutter By Wednesday - Autumn Colors

A new Flutter By Wednesday challenge begins today. Thanks to all of you who joined in last week's hop! The challenge for this week is to use autumn colors. Create your cards using fall colors and a butterfly or fairy and link it up to the FBW blog.

I'm SO not ready for fall! I started with a piece of ivory cardstock. I stamped the butterfly (Inkadinkado) and the sentiment (Stampendous) with Pumpkin Pie ink from Stampin' Up! I punched the border with a Fiskars punch and added the scoring with my Martha Stewart scoring tool. I added Pumpkin Pie cardstock only under the punched-out area. I matted with Crushed Curry and Close to Cocoa. The patterned paper is from a Recollections seasons pad and is matted with Close to Cocoa. Can't wait to see your creations!

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More Black, Yellow and Daisies!

I think I may have mentioned once or twice (or a few hundred times!) that I like daisies. I think black, yellow and daisies make such a cheery card. You may have noticed a bit of that lately! I had a three-day streak of spending almost all day in my stamping room and had such fun!! 

The flowers on this card are from Studio 18. I still have lots left (in various sizes and colors) but at least I used a few more. I punched the flower centers from black with a Fiskars punch and I mounted each flower on a foam square. I embossed the white strip with a Sizzix embossing folder and matted with black. The yellow background paper is some I've had forever. The sentiment was stamped in black and is from TPC Studio.

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Flutter By Wednesday #241 - A Sketch

This week's Flutter By Wednesday challenge is another great sketch by Kathy. You can find the sketch to the left and also on the Flutter By Wednesday blog. Be sure to check out the fabulous creations by the design team - such talent! We'd love to have you join in the fun.

My card uses a digital image from Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps called Butterfly and Flower. I colored it with Copics and added Star Dust Stickles to the butterfly. I sponged some Soft Sky ink over the image while I still had it in the Nestability. I matted with black, cutting the matting with another Nestability, and mounted on Dimensionals. The border on the horizontal layer was punched with a Fiskars punch. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink.

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Pink Princesses

I made this card for our granddaughter - the little princess who loves pink!

The embossing was done with a Cuttlebug folder. Before dry embossing, I brayered the folder with Versamark ink and Pretty in Pink ink. After dry embossing, I used sparkly embossing powder on it to make it all sparkly and pink. I punched the corners with a Fiskars heart corner punch and matted with Pretty in Pink cardstock. 

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Four Cards - Same Card Base

These four cards are all done with the same type of card base. There are three panels to them - the front panel is actually only half the width of the card. (Thanks for showing them to us in Des Moines, Andrea!)

Sorry for this blurry picture. I need to adjust my picture-taking area and figure out how to do it better. I had it set up fairly well until I got my new shelf. Anyway, I believe the embossing on the left side was done with a Stampin' Up! folder. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink. The butterfly is done with a Martha Stewart punch, with added black gems and hand-drawn antennae. The black trim was punched with a Fiskars punch. This card is ivory.

The embossing on this one was done with the same folder. You can barely see the sentiment on the patterned paper (which covers the entire middle panel) but you really can see it "in real life." I added black gems on each side of the sentiment. This card is also an ivory card base.

Again, same embossing folder, on white this time. The sentiment, from Papertrey Ink, is stamped on white and matted with black.

Totally simple on this one. Another white base, embossed with a different folder. It may also be Stampin' Up!, but I'm not sure. The sentiment is from a Papertrey Ink set.

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September Calendar Page

Oh my gosh - it's September today! Unbelievable! Here is my September calendar page. If you are interested in my Excel file for printing your own blank pages, you can find the files in the link beneath my blog title.

I used an Inkadinkado stamp and Kaliedacolor ink for the leaves and scored along the top and bottom. I punched the border on some textured kraft-colored paper with a Fiskars punch for the matting. 

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Repeat Impressions WHAT IF? Wednesday

Time for a new WHAT IF? Wednesday sketch challenge from Repeat Impressions. Wendy gives us a sketch and asks to see what we can come up with. We'd sure love to have you join us! You can find the sketch and all the details on the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built. You will also find the amazing creations by the other Rock Stars. Or, you can follow these links to their blogs:

Cheri ~ Dawn ~Joy ~ Karen ~ Kecia ~ Maki ~ Patti

For my card, I used the Contented Cat stamp, found on this page. I colored her with Copic markers and cut her out with a circle Nestability. The matting layer was also cut with a Nestability. The sentiment is from Repeat Impressions, and can be found on the same page as the cat. I punched the corners with a Fiskars punch and embossed the top with a Sizzix embossing folder. I added some ribbon and matting. The image is mounted on Pop Dots. The matting layers are Perfect Plum and Pale Plum from Stampin' Up!

You still have nearly a week to participate in the current Designer's Choice Challenge (which was chosen by me!) to use purple and greens. You could win yourself a full sheet of unmounted rubber by joining in!


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White on White Butterfly Birthday

I love the look of white on white. Here is a quick card using it.


The butterfly stamp is from Recollections. I inked it up with a Tim Holtz Distress marker (I got a package of five of them at Michael's last week with my 50% off coupon.) This is the second stamping of it. You'll be seeing the first stamping on another card at a later date. The sentiment is a Papertrey Ink stamp inked up with the same marker. I used my Martha Stewart scoring board to add the decorative scoring. For the finishing touch, I rounded the corners with a Fiskars punch.


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Repeat Impressions - Designer's Choice Challenge Pastel Spring Card

The Designer's Choice Challenge from Repeat Impressions this time was decided by Karen. She has chosen for us to make a spring card using pastels. You can find the details of the challenge on the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built. You will also find the creations by the Rock Stars there. We invite you to join in the challenge for a chance to win a full sheet of unmounted rubber of your choice. You can also find the design team's blogs here:

Cheri ~ Darsie ~ Dawn ~Joy ~ Karen ~ Kendra ~ Maki ~ Miriam

I used the Vase of Tulips stamp. I paper-pieced the tulips and the vase and colored the stems and leaves. I cut it with a Spellbinders die and sponged the inside before removing the die. I added pearls to the "bumps." I matted with black after punching the corners with a Fiskars corner punch. I used the same paper for the bottom layer as the tulips and matted that with black, also. The sentiment is from Repeat Impressions.

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Rose Wreath Anniversary

I was looking through the Repeat Impressions catalog, and when I was looking at the Rose Wreath stamp, I remembered a card I saw many years ago. So, this main image is a CASE of that card.


I stamped the wreath with Versamark on Old Olive cardstock and embossed with detail gold embossing powder. Then I took a Fantastix (like this, but with a pointed tip) and used bleach to "color" the roses. Then I colored the leaves with a Copic marker. I punched the corners on the lower edge with a Fiskars corner punch. The bottom layer is a shimmery gold paper. I scored the bottom of it with my Scor-Pal. The sentiment is also from Repeat Impressions, embossed with gold.


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Repeat Impressions - WHAT IF? Wednesday

Today is Repeat Impressions WHAT IF? Wednesday.  We are given a sketch by Wendy and asked to come up with a card.  And, we ask you to join in, also!!  Make a card using the above sketch, upload your card to your blog or an on-line gallery, and link it up to the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built.  You can find all the details and examples by the other Rock Stars on the blog, too. By linking your card, you are entered into a drawing to win a $25 gift certificate to Repeat Impressions.  Here are links to other designers' cards:

Darsie ~ Dawn ~ Harriet ~Joy ~ Karen ~ Maki ~ Michele ~ Robin
Plus, we have a guest designer for April!  Please visit Ruza'a blog, too!

For my card, I started with the 110-G, Toadstools, available on this page.  I stamped with Memento black ink and colored with Copic markers.  I punched one corner with a Fiskars corner punch and added a thin strip the textured brown that I matted with.  The bottom layer is a lighter textured brown paper.  The sentiment is a rub-on.  I like using rub-ons on textured paper rather than stamping, because it's more even.  I added a piece of brown satiny ribbon across the top, and brown pearls on the right side.  The card base is Kraft from Papertrey Ink.

Won't you please join our challenge?  There is also almost a week left in our first Designer's Choice Challenge.  You can read about that in this post.  One lucky person will be the winner of a full sheet of unmounted stamps!

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Turquoise and Black Birthday

Another card using my new Martha Stewart border punch.

I started by punching the horizontal border.  Then I matted it on black.  Then I used the scrap pieces to put under the black to make the turquoise mat.  I used a Fiskars punch to do the vertical border.  The black paper with turquoise dots started out with white dots:)  I had a highlighter marker out for other purposes, and happened to notice it matched my turquoise cardstock exactly!  The flower started out white, also.  I added a little black gem to it.  The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink.  (I noticed that the very same stamp is in two of their sets - Birthday Basics and Year-Round Puns.)  Just an easy card.  It's also the last one that I have to blog about.  Hopefully I can get something done today for tomorrow!

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Birds and Hearts Anniversary - and the Making of the Card

I stopped in at Michael's on Tuesday to use my 50% off (JoAnn's) coupon, but all I got was this dollar stamp and some tape for my ATG gun.  I thought I'd give the stamp a try.

Here is how the card came about:)  I used markers to ink up the stamp.  It took six of them - not sure if I'll use the stamp again or not!  I stamped the image on a scrap piece of white, then found a scrap piece of turquoise to mat it with.  I decided the edges should be punched, so I used a Fiskars punch.  The punch can do just the straight edge or it can do a corner, also.  I did one side, then while doing the other side, I pressed the wrong piece and made a couple tiny dents.  Oops!  Hence the ribbon - covered it up nicely.  I happened to notice my crimper, so I used it on the turquoise piece.  The white piece got smaller when I punched it, so the matting could get smaller with the crimper.  Without thinking of what the image was, I just dug out a birthday sentiment.  As soon as I stamped it, I said, "Duh!  That's not a birthday image!!"  So I stamped a new sentiment and figured I better add a little punched border so it didn't look "added on."  (Even though it was!)  I mounted the entire panel on Dimensionals and poof - the card was done!

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Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week - Santa's Friend

Another Monday - another new Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week!  This week's stamp is called Santa's Friend and can be found on this page - just scroll down a bit. It is available at 50% off through next Sunday only.  You can find all the necessary details on the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built.  Check out the other Rock Stars' awesome creations using this great stamp, too!

Ayana ~ Darsie ~ Joy ~ Michele

I stamped my image on white with Versafine Onyx Black ink.  I colored it with Prismacolor pencils and blended with a blending pencil.  I cut the image and the mat with Nestabilities.  I mounted them on Dimensionals.  The background was embossed with a Cuttlebug folder.  I got it at Oh My Crafts, but last time I checked it was Out of Stock.  (It is an OMC exclusive.)  I punched the corners with a Fiskars corner punch.  I matted the entire panel on red, also.  The sentiment is from Repeat Impressions.

Friday, I told you about a little bit of blog candy.  One random commenter is going to win one of my completed calendars.  You can find the information in this post.  You have until midnight on Tuesday to comment on Friday's post.

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SplitCoastStampers Featured Stamper Challenge

I made this card for SplitCoastStampers Featured Stamper #193.  You check out the FS gallery and choose a card to case.  The FS was Laurie (IMAMUTTNUT.) I chose to case this card.

The stamps I used are all Technique Tuesday. I stamped the flower with Rose Romance ink, cut it out, and mounted it on Dimensionals. I stamped the stem and the sentiment with PTI New Leaf ink.  The matting is Sweet Blush cardstock from PTI and the border is punched with a Fiskars border punch.  The ribbon is from Papertrey, also, and I added pearls to the flower. The background is a separate piece and is embossed with a Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder.

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