Vintage Anniversary

I had this piece of patterned paper left over after making the card I'll be sharing on tomorrow's post. It's from The Paper Studio, and I love the pad it came from. I added the green piece to the bottom. The stamps I used are from Inky Antics. I used Versamark ink and embossed with clear powder.

This is a 4 x 6 inch card.

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Flowery Anniversary

Using up some more patterned paper! I'll get this one used up very soon. :-) The patterns are all from the same pack. I had already cut out the flowers that are on the bottom portion, and I added them with foam squares. The sentiment is from Inky Antics. This card is 4 x 6 inches.

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Wreath Builder Anniversary

Here is another wreath builder card I made. I needed five anniversary cards for November and realized that I had NONE in my stash! So, I just made this one five times, since they were going to totally unrelated people with no chance of seeing each other's cards. I again used the wreath builder template and stamps from Gina K. I die-cut the circles for the center with Nestabilities and popped them up on foam squares. The butterflies are dies, also. The sentiment stamp is from Inky Antics. I scored a line beneath the wreath with my ScorPal, and I also added some gems from Gina K to each of the outer purple designs.

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Honeycomb Tulips in Three Colors

I made six of these cards in a few colors, so I thought I would show an example of each. The stamps are all from a set by Inky Antics. The honeycomb paper on the inside is from Inky Antics, also. I did the coloring with Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol. My MISTI made it easier to do all the stamping.

Sorry!! I just can't put the photos where I want them, so here is what I've got! :-)

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Stair-Step Anniversary

A few years ago, I cut several stair-step cards to send to a friend. I also cut a few for me. I have finally used the last one. I do like them, but I am not good about figuring out what to put on the all spots, since I am such a "clean and simple" card-maker. I basically just covered this one with patterned paper. The papers were all from the same matstack from Lasting Impressions, I think. I had gotten them from a friend several years ago at one of our Group Gatherings and I had promised to use them. I'm still working on them, Vicki! The main piece had the heart already on it. I had another piece with the same heart in a square, so I cut the second one out and mounted it on foam squares over the first one. I cut thin strips of the stripes and added to the sides by the heart. You can't even see the center step, but that one is covered with a printed ivory piece. I added the same dotted pattern to the furthest-back panel. I used a piece of textured ivory cardstock for the sentiment panel and added matching stripes to that. The sentiment is from Inky Antics.

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Leaf Stencil Two Ways

It's a two-fer today:) I used a die to cut out these leaves. At least, I think they are leaves! I used them as wheat last week on a sympathy card to North  Dakota, though. They also look like feathers to me. At any rate, that's what I used for these cards!

I cut a piece from thick cardstock and used it as a stencil. For this first card, I used embossing paste over the stencil. After removing the stencil, I added emerald pearl lustre embossing powder over the paste and heated it. It makes a cool bubbled texture. I matted with dark green. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink and is mounted on foam squares.

For this second card, I used Deco Foil Gel and then foiled it with my laminator. The sentiment is from Inky Antics. I cut it out using a Spellbinders die.

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Watercolor Flowers

Time just flies by, doesn't it? It seems like we are busy most of the time, but I can't really account for it. I haven't spent much time in my stamping room again lately. But, while walking on the treadmill, I have been watching some drawing and watercolor videos on YouTube. They make it look so easy! :) 

I love this simple image by Inkadinkado. I have used it in a few different ways. This time, I stamped it on watercolor paper with Versamark ink and embossed it with black powder. Then I very simply watercolored it. The sentiment is by Inky Antics and is also black-embossed. I mounted the panel on foam tape. The tiny-striped paper in the background is from a pad from Die Cuts With a View.

Another project that I did in the past week or so is to go through a few of the cards I've received and "repurpose" them. I turned them into new cards and donated them to our church. I figured it was better to have someone else enjoy them, too, rather than have them just sit in a box in my room. I still have TONS more sitting in boxes, though! LOL.

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More Dies!

Another new die, and another simple card. I cut the die from an off-white panel. I matted with slightly patterned paper. The sentiment is from Inky Antics and is cut with a Memory Box die and mounted on foam squares.

Edited to add: Here is the link to this die that I bought from Amazon. I have bought many dies from Amazon and also from eBay. There are multiple sellers selling them. I haven't been linking, because I think these companies are making dies using other company's dies as patterns. Not sure how they can do that, but I have seen some that I've recognized from "major" companies. Wherever they come from, they work really well!  If you are interested, please allow lots of time for looking, because there are lots of dies. Also, they ship from China, so they take a long time to get here.

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Heavenly Days #3

My third card using the Stampin' Up! set called "Heavenly Days." The stamp on this card is the heart. I stamped it with Memento black ink, colored with Copics, added Star Dust Stickles to the dots and the flowers, and mounted on foam squares. There is one more stamp in this set that I won't be using at this time. It is a sentiment stamp that says, "Have a heavenly day."

This card is a center stair-step card. I haven't made one of these for quite a while. (You can find the measurements and directions on this blog post. If you are interested in other of my stair-step cards, you can see them by following this link.) The textured, white-core paper I used is from Die Cuts With a View. I embossed it with a Cuttlebug folder and sanded it lightly with a sanding block. The sentiment is from Inky Antics. The butterfly was cut with a Memory Box die.

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One-Sheet Wonder

I have, for a long time, wanted to try the "One-Sheet Wonder." It was finally time:) My friend, Michele, has this post of her design for cutting the 12 x 12 sheet, and also the cards she made with her pieces. Looking back at it now, I see that she matted her pieces with black. I like that better. Wish I had matted mine! Maybe next time. Anyway, here are my fourteen cards. All cardstock is off-white. I will put my cards in the order of Michele's pieces. I cut my pieces the same as hers (with a little exception) but didn't follow her layouts for all of them. I used a Memory Box die for the rectangles with sentiments in them.

This first one uses a stamp from Stampabilities.

Stamp from Papertrey Ink.

Stamp from Verve.

Stamp from Stampabilities.

Stamp from Papertrey Ink.

Stamp from Impression Obesssion.

Stamp from Stampabilities.

Stamp from Stampabilities.

Stamp from Impression Obsession.

Stamps from Verve.

Stamp from Stampabilities.

Stamp from Inky Antics.

Stamp from Stampabilities.

Stamp from Stampin' Up!

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"Recycled" Anniversary

A few years ago, I made some wedding cards for a friend and put the bride and groom's name and the date of their wedding on the front. However, I spelled the bride's name wrong on one of them! Oops. Luckily, my friend saw it right away and I made a new one. This card has been sitting around ever since. I removed the wedding cake from its original position and moved it over the mispelled name. Then I stamped the sentiment and embossed it with silver, matted it with shimmery silver, and added it. The background was embossed with a Sizzix folder and the cake was done with a small Cuttlebug folder.

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Happy Anniversary, Nancy and Ralph

Here is the anniversary card I made for a friend in my stamping group. I thought it was appropriate that I used an image I stamped while I was at our Group Gathering. Nancy wasn't there, but now she can see something from there:)

The image is a multi-stamp set from Rubbernecker. I don't remember what colors I used. I matted with a dark blue. The sentiment is from Inky Antics and is stamped in black.

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Purple Anniversary - and a Little Wyatt Update

Quick post. I had a little time to play in my stamping room on Monday, and this is one of the three cards I made. I hope to have some more play time soon!

The black oval and the flowers were cut with my Cameo Silhouette. I used foam squares to mount it. The patterned paper is from a stack from Recollections and the sentiment is from Inky Antics. I matted with black.

A quick update on our grandson, Wyatt. He had a doctor appointment yesterday, and he was up eight ounces from last Wednesday. Awesome!

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Flutter By Wednesday - Brown

Time for this week's Flutter By Wednesday challenge. The challenge is to use brown - and a fairy or butterfly, of course! Check out the blog for inspiration from the design team, then get busy creating your own challenge card. Link it up to the blog so all can see what you've made. If there are fifty or more entries this week, Danni has a surprise for one random winner!

When I thought "brown" and "butterflies," the two didn't mix very well in my mind. But I'm relatively happy with the way this turned out. I sponged three Stampin' Up! colors on a masked-off strip. (Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie and Close to Cocoa.) Then I used Chocolate Chip to stamp the butterflies (from Inkadinkado) and the sentiment (from Inky Antics.) I matted the panel with Chocolate Chip cardstock.

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Butterfly Birthday and Anniversary

These cards were all done with Stampin' Up! Swallowtail butterfly stamp. Someone had it at our Group Gathering and I made these cards with it. For all of them, I stamped the image with Versamark and used different colors of embossing powder.

On the first one, I brayered on the color using a Kaleidacolor pad. I stamped the sentiment after the brayering and embossed with white. I matted with white and used a colored card base.

For the second one, I embossed with gold powder and sponged the color on. The sentiment is from Inky Antics and is also embossed with gold.


The third one was sponged with one color - So Saffron. The sentiment was stamped with So Saffron, also. I matted with Crushed Curry and used a white card base.

This fourth one was sponged with Distress inks - Weathered Wood and Dusty Concord, matted with black and the sentiment stamped in black. 

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Happy Anniversary, Vicki and Gary!

Yesterday was the anniversary of a friend of mine from my stamping group. This is the card I made for them.

I used Inky Antics stamps. I used honeycomb paper for the bell on the inside. I colored with Distress markers and used a silver pen for highlighting.

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Ducky Birthday

I have another Inky Antics birthday card to share with you today. I think it's pretty similar to one I shared a little while ago, but this one has a little "surprise" inside.

I stamped the image on white and also on different colors of patterned paper. I paper-pieced the flower, stem and duck and colored the dots on the flower, the beak and feet. I matted with black, and also used the purple patterned paper on the card base. I stamped the other image on the inside of the card, positioning the stem so that I could cut the tulip from the honeycomb paper and have it open up. I paper-pieced the duck and stem on the inside, also.

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SplitCoastStampers Technique Challenge - Paper Piecing

I made this card for Monday's SplitCoastStampers Technique Lover's Challenge. The challenge this week is paper-piecing. I had just gotten this stamp set from Inky Antics a couple days before, and I decided it would be great for piecing. 


I pieced the duck, the flower, the stem and the butterfly and colored the feet and bill with an orange marker. The sentiment is from the same set, also. I added gems to the spots above the tulip. I used the same yellow paper for the card base that I used for the duck. I matted the image with black and decided to place it at an angle.


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Cheery Sunflowers

 

Another cheery sunflower card.  Have I ever mentioned how much I love sunflowers/daisies/all flowers? LOL!

This stamp is from Inky Antics.  I colored it with Stampin' Up! markers.  The scalloped layer and the black frame were cut with a Quickutz die called Journal Block.  You can find it in the Creating Everlasting Memories eBay store here.  I added black gems on the scallops.  The white layer is embossed with a Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder and matted with black.  I also added ribbon across the middle.

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