Celebrate - with Stencils

And one last card I made at the retreat. The stenciled flower is from Gina K, as is the stencil I used on the background. The sentiment is from Maya Road and was in my card parts book. It's mounted on foam squares. I used thin, decorative gold sticker strips along the image panel and all four sides of the sentiment.

Edited to add: The flower stencil is a part of the stencil set from Gina K that includes the lattice from yesterday's cards, found here.

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Stickers

Well, I got home from my retreat on Sunday. I ended up making 40 cards, so I guess that was quite successful. It was a great time. It was kind of fun having "limited supplies," even though I had quite a bit with me. I had prepared a few things to take with me, including some stenciled pieces and also I had added these stickers to cardstock and matched up some cardstock for matting. So here are the first six of the cards that I made. I won't go into much detail, as they are all quite simple. I stenciled the background on this one and the next using a Gina K stencil.

This one has a background done with a cover plate die.

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Celebrate Today

The flowers, leaves and sentiment were all in my card parts. One flower had been lightly brushed with ink, so I inked up the second one, also. The sentiment was matted on black, as was the patterned purple paper. The sentiment is from Maya Road and is mounted on foam squares.

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thanks for everything

A simple thank you. These die cuts were in my parts, and I honestly can't remember if they are old, or quite new. If they are quite new, they are from Gina K. I added them to a white panel and gold-embossed the sentiment, from Maya Road. I added foam tape to the panel for more dimension.

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Daisy Thinking of You

I really love daisy cards, and especially those done in yellow, white and black! I pulled out this die to share with a friend, so I quick used it first. The die cuts the flowers, but leaves them in the cardstock. I added yellow enamel dots for the centers. The centers were cut out with the die and I had wanted the yellow polka dotted paper to show through, but I decided that I wanted a little more. I added thin black cardstock strips beside the daisy panel. The patterned paper is from Die Cuts With a View, the daisy die is from QuicKutz/Lifestyle Crafts and the sentiment is from Maya Road.

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Celebrate with Flowers

In my cards parts was a sheet of photo paper that I had added drops of alcohol inks to. I decided to cut some flowers out of it, and I'll be sharing three cards over the next few days using them. I added Stickles to the flower centers. I also die-cut some leafy sprigs and added them. The sentiment is from Maya Road. I added strips of striped paper to the edges and decorative thin strip stickers along the edge of the image panel. This card is a mini-slim line card. Well, a tad shorter than normal, since my striped paper was only six inches wide.

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Celebrate in Purple

I received an order from Gina K about a week ago, and I finally got a chance to play with it a little bit. The completed cardbase had been on my table for a few weeks. It was done with ink on bubble wrap. The flowers and leaves were stamped and die-cut using the newest kit from Gina K. I colored them with Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol. The sentiment, and the background behind it, are from Maya Road. I also added some Gina K disco ball sequins to the flower centers and to the sentiment panel. The small flower and the sentiment panel are popped up on foam squares.

Happy Friday the thirteenth! :-)

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June Color Swap - Pastels and Gray

Here is the card that I made for my group's June Color Swap. The colors are pastels and gray.

I used Altenew stamps for the flower. (The leaves and the sentiment were from my card parts.) I used the coordinating stencils to color the lightest color on the flower and the leaves, and then the stamps and dies to finish them off. The sentiment is from Maya Road, as is the "swish" of color behind it.

I still haven't had any time to spend in my stamping room. Too much going on! I sure hope to some time soon. I have a friend coming over to play in about a week and a half, so maybe I'll get something done then.

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Happy Birthday, Jonah!

I've seen this style of card around different places, and finally decided to make one. It was surprisingly easy! This is for our grandson, Jonah, who will be eight on the 31st. The papers are all from the same paper pad - an oldie that I got at Michael's many years ago. The sentiment is from a Maya Road set. The little monsters are from the same paper stack. 

Edited to add: Here is a link to the video I watched to make this card. I'm sure there are other places as well.

I think I'm going to be taking a break for a while. I just don't have time to spend in my stamping room, it seems. Always somethings going on. We bought season passes for golf, and I'm golfing just as much as I can! We still haven't played even one game of pickleball, though. :-(

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Color Swap - Pink and Green

Here is the card that I made for the Color Swap in my stamping group. The colors were pink and green. I already had the butterfly sitting on my table. I had die-cut it in black and then made a pink layer to back it with. I added a bit of darker pink ink around the outer edges. The black circle was on my table, too. I cut a white one to place on top of that and embossed it with a Darice embossing folder. I lightly rubbed some pink ink over the embossing. I stenciled the background with one of my new stencils. The sentiment is from a Maya Road set.

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Birthday for a Guy

This is one of my new stencils. I got a package of 25 from Amazon. This one seemed kind of "southwest" to me, so I used what seems to me to be southwest colors. I matted with dark blue. The sentiment is from Maya Road. I thought this would work well for a guy. In fact, I think I'll send it to a friend who winters in New Mexico, if I remember by next December!

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Finally!

I have actually spent a fair amount of time in my stamping room lately, but all I've come up with is more card parts! It felt good to finally put something together and make a card. I'm not quite sure where my mojo is, but it will be back, I'm sure!

All of the stamping on this card (flowers, leaves and sentiment) are from the same set from Maya Road. I "fussy-cut" the flowers and leaves. I used the lighter green ink to color the matting for the sentiment. I'm not sure where the paper is from for the bottom, but the top patterned paper is from Die Cuts With a View. I added a piece of gold foil tape between the blue and green patterned papers. I mounted the front-most rose on foam squares.

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Anniversary Celebrations

Paper piecing! I haven't done this for quite a while. I stamped the flowers and leaves on patterned paper and cut them all out. I added embellishments for the flower centers and popped the flowers up on foam squares. I added the leaves directly to the patterned paper layer. The flowers are from a new-to-me unbranded set and the sentiment is from Maya Road. Oh, and I drew in the stems with a fine point black marker.

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Yellow and Black Butterfly

The last card (for now) I made using the Hero Arts stamp and die set. This time, I stamped the butterfly wings with black ink on yellow cardstock and die-cut it. I stamped the body directly on the butterfly, and again on the square of yellow. I added the sentiment, from Maya Road. I matted that panel with black. I also added a black layer, which I embossed with a Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder.

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Amethyst and Gray Birthday

Another card using my Hero Arts butterflies set. I stamped the dotted butterfly with ancient Stampin' Up! ink and cut it out with the coordinating die. I also stamped and die-cut the body. The "swoosh" and the sentiment are from the Maya Road set I've been using. Quite simple, but pretty, I think.

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Celebrate today and every day

You will be seeing three cards with butterflies - today and the next two days. I got up really early on Friday and was playing a little bit with this Hero Arts set. The butterfly - both the outline and the dotted area - and its body are from the same Hero Arts set. It was also cut out using a die from the set. The shadow stamp and the sentiment are from the Maya Road set I got at Tuesday Morning in Des Moines. I used kraft cardstock for this card.

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Quilled Birthday Wishes

Another quilled card. The sentiment is from a Maya Road set. Simple!

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Quilled Thinking of You

I wanted to let a friend know that I was thinking of her, so I made her this card. I hadn't done quilling for a long time, and my friend in Des Moines showed me some that she had done and gave me a few books with designs in. This is not from one of the books, though, but rather from a quilling calendar I got many years ago. Quilling is kind of fun, but it's rather time-consuming! Plus, I'm not sure how it looks after going through the mail! I'll be doing some more, though. The sentiment is from Maya Road.

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Celebrate - With Metallic Pencils

A friend made a couple cards using metallic pencils, and I thought they were so pretty! I had to get some for myself:)

I stamped the images (from a new-to-me Hero Arts set, complete with dies which I didn't use) with Versamark, and embossed with silver embossing powder. I used the metallic colored pencils to color the daisy. I added a bit to the bee, too, but you can't see it much, even in "real life."  The sentiment is from my new Maya Road set. It is matted and popped up on foam squares. The card base for this one is ivory.

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Thanks for Everything

Another item I bought at the Des Moines Tuesday Morning store was a stamp set by Maya Road. The green background and the sentiment are stamps from one of the sets that I bought. I used ivory cardstock for this card and matted the image panel with matching green cardstock. The flower is from a very old package of flowers I got at Michael's many years ago. I added a punched circle to the center, which I colored with a Copic marker and added Wink of Stella to.

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