Simple Flowers

A while back, Susan posted some cards using this set and another, both from Gina K. I loved them and I had to have the sets. So, when Gina had her 25% off sale on the Fourth of July, I ordered them, along with some other things.

For this first one, I used an ancient Martha Stewart border punch on the matting piece, and the panel is popped up on foam squares.

For this one, I used a Gina K embossing folder on the green piece and matted both panel with black, again popping up the image panel.

For these last two, I simply matted the image panels and attached them directly to the card base.

You will see the other set soon, I hope!

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Flowery Birthday

Another card like yesterday's, but this time not a Christmas card. The paper and ephemera are from Gina K. The sentiment is stickers from ElizabethCraft. I added some Martha Stewart gems. 

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Thinking of You Butterflies

Another card made with a card part using the same punch as Wednesday's card. I had ink blended the color over it. I scored lines on the unpunched part and added the sentiment. I also added a couple butterfly stickers.

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Holiday Wishes

I still pick out pieces from my card parts now and then, but not often enough. But, I guess I just don't have enough time in my stamping room! I had used an edge punch from Martha Stewart to punch both sides of a piece of 5.5 x 4.25 inch cardstock, leaving the middle intact. This is the piece that was in my card parts. The snowflakes and sentiment were also from my card parts. I added a strip of lightly patterned paper on the inside edges of the punching. The sentiment and the snowflakes, all from Gina K, were embossed with silver and die-cut. Another Christmas card done. I know it's early, but I do wish I had more of them done.

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Anniversary in Purple

And one more simple card before I'm probably gone for a long time again! I really need to get my calendars done, and at least I have made some progress with them in the past few days. I cut the bottom layer of this card with a Spellbinders die. The heart (and tiny dots) was done with a Martha Stewart punch, with purple cardstock underneath. That panel is mounted on foam squares. The sentiment is from Gina K.

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Punches and Versamark Stamping

I was looking for a punch one day a few weeks ago and found some punches that I took out to use "at a later date." Well, here are two cards that I made with my pieces. I have a few more pieces, but I don't know when I'll get to using them on cards. We're going to be very busy for about a month. Both punches are from Martha Stewart and are many years old. And, on both cards, I used background stamps and Versamark ink. The sentiment on this first one is popped up with foam squares.

I'm pretty sure that this sentiment stamp is from Gina K.

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Thanks

Another Martha Stewart punch was used for this card. I added scored lines to it, matted it and popped it up with foam squares. The frame around it was embossed with a Nestabilities die.

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Foiled Anniversary Roses

More foiiled pieces using my Glimmer system. I colored this one with Copic markers. The matting has edges punched with an old Martha Stewart punch. (I have a few punches out on my table, waiting to be used.) I added a scored line on the bottom and the top. The sentiment was printed on my computer and foiled with foil and a laminator. I added several sequins of various sizes.

This one is made with the negative of the first card.

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Vellum Flowers

Oops - I've this card, and two more for tomorrow, done for a while, but I forgot to do posts about them. Oh well - I've had nothing else to post anyway! These flowers, dots and leaves are all vellum flowers in a package from Martha Stewart that I've had for many years. The rest of them are ready to be given away. I glued them each down and added a popped-up sentiment from Gina K.

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Cheery Daisy Thinking of You

The die-cut piece was in my card parts book. I added the dotted yellow paper underneath it. The daisy chain is from Martha Stewart. I scored lines above and below the daisies with my Scor-Pal. The sentiment is from Hero Arts This one is going to a friend who is recovering from a heart attack. 

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Note Card Sets

I came across a package of Martha Stewart blank notecards with envelopes in my "stash." There were originally 48 and I still had 47 of them. So, I decided to make up a few card sets for the thrift store that my friend, Cheryl, volunteers at. These notecards are 4 3/4 x 3 1/4 inches. They are all super-simple. I did five sets of eight and one set of five. I messed up a couple of them while I was working things out.

This first one uses stamps from Papertrey Ink.

This one uses a stamp from My Favorite Things and a multicolor ink pad, along with a Thank You stamp.

Both of the stamps on this card are from Gina K, and I added Liquid Pearls to the flower centers.

The leafy stamp is from Gina K and the sentiment is from Stampin' Up!

And two more sets the same as the third card, but different colors.

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Ladybug Hello

I decided to use one of my many Martha Stewart punches. They just don't get used anymore - out of sight, out of mind. I need to make them more visible! The ladybugs were punched with one of them. I added some polka dotted paper and a die-cut sentiment. The sentiment is three layers, with the top layer being silver metallic cardstock.

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Glittery Balloons

I had fun with glitter for a few days. Here is one of the cards I made with it. I had a small piece of cardstock left over that had double sided sticky paper on it, so I used it to die-cut the balloons. Then I added Martha Stewart glitter to them in various colors. I added the strings with a fine-tip marker and matted with black. The die was in my card parts book.

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Card Part in Periwinkle

This periwinkle piece was in with my card parts and I decided I either had to use it right away or toss it. Here it is:) Just a small piece of textured cardstock with a punched border, but it worked. I cut a piece of off-white cardstock to fit it and I stamped with Technique Tuesday stamps. I mounted the panel on foam squares. The embossed background was also from my card parts. The card base and embossed panel are off-white.

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Daisy, Daisy, Daisies

Well, I finished off my years-old package of Martha Stewart daisy stickers. Yippee! :) All three of these use the same stamp from Gina K for the stems and leaves. I just didn't ink up the flowers. They all use birthday sentiment stickers. I used patterned paper on a couple of them. Daisies make me happy. 

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Padded Butterfly Hello

As much as I'm trying to use up card parts, I still make a few more along the way. :) I cut this circle for a template for cutting out stamped circles that I had, and of course I couldn't throw it away! So, I inked it up with some Gina K ink to match a piece of paper that I got from a friend in Ankeny last year. (Thanks, Vicki, for those little packs of paper!) The butterfly and the ribbon were on my table. The butterfly is the last one from a package from Martha Stewart.

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Purple Sparkle Anniversary

I got this punch out recently for a "punch" challenge and thought I should use it again. It's an "anywhere" punch from Martha Stewart. I punched it three times in a row - easy to line up. I matted it with purple glitter cardstock. The sentiment stamps are from Papertrey Ink.

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Anniversary Heart

As I visited a few blogs last week, I took a couple notes of what I wanted to do. I haven't done a challenge for quite a while and there were a couple that seemed interesting to me. So, here is my card for those challenges. The first challenge is: Let's Craft and Create Challenge #160. This challenge is to use a punch. My punch is an "anywhere" punch from Martha Stewart. It's been so long since I've used it, I had to look on-line and see how to do it! :) The second challenge is CAS mixup. It is to use embossed vellum and stamping. I embossed my vellum with a Darice folder. My sentiment is popped up on foam squares and is from Hero Arts. I added a bit of twine, too.

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Punched Border Birthday

Super Simple today. Sorry I forgot to "Publish" this one, so it's a little late. I punched this "chain" border years ago and ran it through my Xyron machine. It had been sitting in a box ever since. Believe me - I'm trying hard to use up those kinds of things! Some end up in the trash, but most get used. I also have a large stack of half-sheet cardstock. This blue/periwinkle sheet happened to be at the top:) I added the punched border, scored some lines with my Scor-Pal above and below it and stamped the sentiment, from Technique Tuesday, with Versamark ink. I used clear embossing powder on the sentiment, as well.

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Masculine and Butterfly Birthday

These two cards are related, so you get them both today:) The old car stamp on this card is from a Tim Holtz set. The plain paper on the bottom and the patterned paper on the top are both from a 7 Gypsies pad I got at Archiver's several years ago. The sentiment is a Mrs. Grossman's sticker placed on the patterned paper. The tiny strip above it is the same paper, also. I added a thin strip of ivory cardstock between the papers.

The butterfly on this second card is the last one I have from Martha Stewart. I think the sentiment is from Stampendous, but I'm not sure. The bottom pattern was stamped using an old Stampin' Up! background stamp. And I used a little bit more ribbon.

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