Antique Collectibles - Part One

I struggled with this set, but in the end I'm happy with the results. The set is called "Antique Collectibles." One more set and I get to move on to the next stack of ten:)

For this card, I decided to make a bookmark card. I've never done that before. On the front, I used decorative cardstock from Kanban, shimmery gold paper, and a gold-embossed sentiment from a Stampin' Up! set called "Birthday Greetings." The card base is ivory.

Here is the inside of the card with the bookmark section folded inward. I used a never-before-used tool from Stampin' Up! to perforate the card base so the bookmark can easily be removed and used. Again, I used cardstock from Kanban to decorate the bookmark. The heart image and the sentiment are from the Antique Collectibles set. They are both embossed with detail gold embossing powder.

And here is the inside with the bookmark folded outward. I embossed the sentiment with gold. It's from the Birthday Greetings set. I'll have to remember when I finally arrive at that set that I have already used two of the stamps!

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Happy Anniversary, Sheri and Bill!

This card is for another member of my Yahoo! group and a faithful reader and commenter of my blog, Sheri. Their anniversary is today. Happy Anniversary, Sheri!

The background paper is by Kanban - so beautiful. I matted with shimmery gold paper. I stamped the images using Gina K's set called Elegant Post on textured cream-colored paper, embossed with Detail Gold embossing powder, and matted with the same gold paper. The sentiment is from the same stamp set, is also matted with gold, and is mounted on Dimensionals. Here is another view so you can see a little bit of the shine of the embossing, the gold paper, and the patterned paper.


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Challenge Card - Anniversary

I made this for yesterday's SplitCoastStampers CAS challenge, which is a sketch. I also made it for the CAS-ual Friday challenge, which is to use bling.

My card base is Papertrey Ink Kraft. My matting is shimmery gold. The beautiful patterned paper is by Kanban. (You can get it in the Creating Everlasting Memories eBay store.  Here is link to the Kanban selection.)  The gold strip across the middle is made with a Martha Stewart punch called Double Link. The little medallion was made by cutting the circle (from the lower patterned paper) with a Circle Nestability and the matting with an EK Success punch. I hope pearls count as "bling" because I added small and medium sized pearls along the punched chain. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink and is embossed with detail gold embossing powder.


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Kanban Birthday

 

Another card using Kanban products.  This is such gorgeous cardstock!!

One problem I have with cardstock like this, is that I hate to cut into it!  Another problem is that I hate to cover it up:)  This started as a full 12 x 12 sheet.  It's double-sided and also comes with some extra "stripes."  (They are not really stripes, but the designs are in rows.  You can see a picture of what I'm talking about here.)  This card is done with parts of the 12 x 12 - I didn't cut into the "extra."  The thin sparkly pieces at the top and bottom are strips that I cut.  The rest of the background is as it comes.  The sentiment panel is from the backside.  There is a design on the back, but I just used a relatively plain part.  The border on the top of the sentiment panel was cut from the 12 x 12, also.  The sentiment is from a Kanban stamp set and the butterflies are punched with a Martha Stewart punch.  I added pearls to the butterfly bodies and also to the flower centers.  I wish I could convey the beauty of this paper through pictures, but I can't.

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How About a Card That is SO Not Me!

I'm trying to make use of some items I was sent for my CMIT Design Team work.  I was sent some beautiful Kanban stamps, and this is one of them.  It's the first time I've really tried coloring a person with my Copic markers.

The stamp is from the Kanban set called Moulin Divas - Tres Chic.  (It's available in the Creating Everlasting Memories eBay store here.)  I stamped it with Memento black ink on white Papertrey cardstock.  Like I said, I colored it with Copic markers.  I added sparkle with Star Dust Stickles.  I punched the corners with a Stampin' Up! Ticket Corner punch and matted with black.  I added a small pearl to each corner.  The sentiment (from the same set) is stamped with black ink on vellum and embossed with clear embossing powder.  I adhered it with glue dots and added pearls to these corners, too.


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Elegant Birthday

Just a quick post of an (for me!) elegant card!  It's still very simple, but the gold adds the elegance, I guess:)

The stamps I used are from Kanban called Cavendish Ladies - Day at the Races - and are available in the Creating Everlasting Memories store here.  I stamped them with Versamark and embossed them with gold.  I matted with shimmery gold paper.  The background paper is also from Kanban.  The strip across the bottom is punched with a Martha Stewart punch called Double Link Trim.  There are lots of Kanban and Martha Stewart products available from CEM, also.  I wish you could see the shiny gold on this card, but alas, it doesn't photograph well.

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