Sweet Stems - #1 - #3

I'll be running out of posts soon, if I can't find any stamping time! :) I guess I have a few to share yet, though.

My cards for today use the Stampin' Up! set called "Sweet Stems." It consists of four simple flower stamps. On this first card, I used two of them. The portion of the flower on the bottom is one of the stamps. I used another stamp (and my Stamp-a-ma-jig) to stamp the upper two pieces. I make very few of them, but this is a one-layer card. I colored with Memento markers. I added small gems to the lower flowers, the dots on the sentiment and to the butterfly. The butterfly was punched out of glittery cardstock with a Martha Stewart punch. The sentiment is from My Favorite Things. I also rounded the corners on the right side.

A single flower stamped and colored with Copic markers.  I added gems to the petals. The sentiment is from Stampin' Up!'s "Sincere Salutations."  I added a piece of Washi tape above the sentiment. And that entitles me to submit this to the QKR Stampede challenge to use Washi Tape!

Again, stamped and colored with Copics. And again the sentiment is from "Sincere Salutations." I added gems, matted with bright orange, and placed it on the side of the card front.

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SplitCoastStampers Free 4 All Challenge

I hadn't uploaded a card to SplitCoastStampers since last April! I didn't have Wyatt today and took the opportunity to do a challenge and upload my card. The challenge was to confine your "art area" to a space less than two and a half inches square.

With this card, I am also continuing my mission to use all of my Stampin' Up! stamps. Both stamps on this card are from the set called "Happy Harmony." I colored the flowers with markers and used the "thumping" technique. (Color with one color, and then lightly "bounce" or "thump" over the colored area with a darker marker.) I embossed the frame with a square Nestability.

Edited to add: Here is a simple video I did on this technique. I hope it helps!

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Happy Together - Part One

For those of you new to my blog, here is what's going on. I have embarked on a quest to use all of my retired Stampin' Up! sets. I think I have about 200 of them, so it will take me quite a while!

For today's card, I'm using the set called "Happy Together." It consists of five stamps, and I have two of them on this card - the flower and the "stem." (Not sure it's supposed to be a stem, but that's what it is today!) I stamped with black and colored with markers. The sentiment is a Hero Arts stamp. This is a one-layer card, something I don't do very often.

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One-Layer Daisy Birthday

I was filing some digital images on Friday and came across this one. I thought it was very pretty. I'm so sorry that I didn't make a note of where I got it. :(

I printed it directly on the card front. I colored it with Prismacolor pencils and just blended a little bit with a blending pencil. The sentiment is from a Papertrey set.

To answer a question from a comment from "Anonymous" yesterday: I don't know of any way to find out when someone has pinned something from my blog to Pinterest. If any else does, I'd love to know! Once in a while I just search on Pinterest for "My Stamping  Addiction" and can see what shows up. Things other than my cards show up, but if I click on one of mine, then I can click on the link to "Pinned from My Stamping Addiction." I don't use Pinterest for anything other than that:)

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SCS Technique Lover's Challenge

This card is for yesterday's SplitCoastStampers Technique Lover's Challenge - Acrylic Block Collage. You can find the challenge and technique here.

I inked up my long acrylic block with inks from Stampin' Up!: More Mustard, Pumpkin Pie and Really Rust, then misted and applied it to the front of my card. I used stamps from a Gina K set to stamp in the same colors, after masking off the top and bottom. Then I used Chocolate Chip to stamp an image three times (two of them were stamped off first) and also the sentiment, which is from a Hero Arts set.

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Sympathy in Two Colors

When my friend was over at my house last Friday doing her digital scrapbooking, she told me she was in need of a sympathy card, so I made her one very quickly. Then I made another almost like it for my "stash." Even though these are not exactly CASEd from Heather Telford, they are certainly done in her style, which I love. I masked off the top and bottom of the card front, then sponged on two colors of Tim Holtz Distress ink. The flowers and the sentiment are from a Hero Arts clear set. I masked off the very bottom of the flower stems, also.

This second one uses the same blue, but has purple instead of green. It also has three butterflies added to it, due to a slight smudge in the lower right corner. They were done with a Martha Stewart punch, and as usual, I added pearls to their bodies.

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Simple Sunflower Birthday

A simple birthday card to share with you today. The background stamp is from a Hero Arts set and is stamped in brown. The sunflower (from Papertrey Ink) is stamped over it. That's it! :) 


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May You Have ...

Two more cards that I mostly made while at my Group Gathering. Told you I had a fun and productive time!

The stamps are both from a Close to My Heart set that Georgia brought. Thanks, Georgia! I colored the flowers with markers before stamping. On the first one, I scored lines on the sides. For the second one, I used a Cuttlebug border folder and then scored lines beside te embossing.


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One-Layer Wednesday - On the Edge

I made this card for Susan's One-Layer Wednesday. The challenge this week is to stamp on the edge, but don't go over.


I used a stamp by Magenta, borrowed from my friend Harriet who is spending a couple days with me after our return from Des Moines and our Group Gathering with friends. I colored the stamp with Tombow markers, using the "thumping" technique on the flowers. The sentiment is also from Harriet. She got two of them from Papertrey Ink and gave me her extra. How lucky am I!


We had such a WONDERFUL time in Des Moines. It was filled with laughing and stamping and laughing and eating and laughing. Did I mention we laughed a lot? :) Can't wait for next year.


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Challenge Combo Card

I made this card for three Clean and Simple challenges. (They were "current" when I made it.) They are:
Less is More Challenge to make a one-layer card with doodling.
Susan’s One Layer Wednesday challenge to make a one-layer card with no sentiment.
CAS-ual Friday challenge to use opposite colors on the color wheel.

I used a square post-it note to mask the center of the kraft card base. I brayered Pacific Point ink onto a background stamp from a Fiskars set and stamped over the entire card front. Then I rolled off most of the ink from the brayer and used the almost-empty brayer to brayer over the stamped image. I drew lines around the edge of the blank square and also doodled near the edge. The center flower is from the same Fiskars set and is stamped in Pumpkin Pie.


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One-Layer Wednesday - Swirl Part Two

OK, Annie - this one's for you:) This is the card that I wasn't going to post. I "fixed" it though, so it's much more acceptable.


I made this card for last week's One-Layer Wednesday challenge, which was to use swirls, and for the CAS-ual Friday challenge which was to have the sentiment be the focal point of the card. I stamped the frame, which is from Hero Arts, and added the sentiment, which is a dollar stamp from Michael's. Then I added the butterflies, which are from the same Hero Arts set as the frame. Then I masked off the frame and added a couple of swirls. I did a little coloring on the butterflies and frame and added some Stickles. I thought that would be good enough, but it was too unbalanced and I didn't like it. I came back to it later and added swirls over the entire background and I liked it a whole lot better!


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One-Layer Wednesday - Swirl

I made a card yesterday afternoon for Susan's One-Layer Wednesday challenge. The challenge this week was to use a swirl. Not too tough:)


My swirly stamp is from Tattered Angels. The Thinking of You stamp is from Stampin' Up!'s All Year Cheer set. Both inks I used are Versamagic. I used a Fiskars corner rounder on the bottom corners.


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Same Stamps - Different Cards

I bought a "grab bag" box from someone (Susan, from the Simplicity blog) and included in it were LOTS of stamps, among other things. These stamps are from Hero Arts, and were in my box. I already had the "water" on this card done (a Fiskars texture plate), so I thought these stamps would work with it. I stamped the whale on patterned paper, cut it out, and colored the flowers. I added Stickles to the water spout. I stamped the sentiment on the same patterned paper and cut it out. I added black marker around the edges. 

I thought it would be appropriate to use some of the stamps from Susan for her One-Layer Wednesday challenge. This week's challenge is to make a card with five circles or more. Those flowers all have circles in their centers! I stamped the whale directly on the card front. I used a green water color crayon to "paint" the whale, then markers for the flowers. I used the same sentiment and Stickles.


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One-Layer Card (and Two-Layer Card)

I made this one-layer card for the One-Layer Wednesday challenge on Susan's blog, Simplicity.  The challenge this week was to use stamps and ink only, and layer them.


I used Stampin' Up!'s Lovely as a Tree stamp set.  I inked up the oak tree stamp with markers.  I used Old Olive over the leaves, then used Always Artichoke to "thump" over it.  The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink's Birthday Basics set.

Then, I made another one:)  I trimmed it down this time and mounted it on Dimensionals onto a white card base.  I think I like this one better.


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One Layer Wednesday Challenge

 

I made this card for last week's One-Layer Wednesday challenge, which was a sketch. 

I masked off the center square with part of a post-it note, then used a Stampin' Up! wheel called Romance with Orchid Opulence ink to make the background. I drew a line around the edge of the mask. The flowers are from SU!'s Close as a Memory set and I inked the stamp with orchid and colored the stems and leaves with Old Olive. I added pearls for the flower centers. The sentiment is a miscellaneous one I had around and the butterfly is from Hampton Art.

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One-Layer Christmas

I made this card for Susan's (Simplicity blog) - and now Jennifer Styles' - One-Layer Wednesday. You can find the challenge here.  The challenge this week is to make a holiday card without using a red, green, white or cream base. I kind of feel like I cheated, but she didn't say "no Kraft!"

My snow globe image and the candy canes inside it are from Repeat Impressions. I stamped the snow globe with black ink and colored the base with a Creamy Caramel marker. I stamped the candy canes with white and embossed with detail white embossing powder and colored with a Real Red marker. EDITED TO ADD: (In answer to your question, Annie - I used a Stamp-a-ma-jig to stamp the candy canes inside the snow globe.)  The sentiment (two separate stamps) is from Technique Tuesday.

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Another Christmas Card

 

Just another quick post for today.

I am sharing another card I made with my Festive Favorites set (from Stampin' Up! and from Gloria) but today's card uses the snowmen.  This one is actually a One-Layer card.  I colored the snowmen with markers.  I used Stickles for the snow. I also added Stickles to the snowflakes, and then I popped them up on Dimensionals.  The sentiment is from the same set.

It's nice to be home after almost a week, especially when we only planned on being gone for three days!  My mother-in-law is doing great and will be moved to a nursing home this morning.  It is a bright and cheery place, so hopefully she will love it there and regain some strength and learn to use a walker.  And then hopefully, she will return to her home after about three weeks.  I offered to go back for a couple days next week.  Also, our daughter and her family will be here on Friday through Sunday.  And it's my mom's 80th birthday on Saturday and our grandson's second birthday the same day!  (I can't believe he'll be TWO already!)  So, please bear with me as I'll be scarce here for a while!

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One-Layer "Recipe" Birthday

I think Susan's one-layer challenges are my favorite:)  Her challenge this week is to make a one-layer card using three stamps and one sentiment.  You can find the challenge here.

The flower stamps are from a Hero Arts set that I bought from my friend, Kris, in Des Moines in June. The sentiment is from Stampabilities. I used a Kaleidacolor Spectrum ink pad.  That's it!

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One-Layer Card - Black and White with a Spot of Color

I made this card for this week's One-Layer Wednesday challenge on Susan's Simplicity blog.   The challenge is to use only black and white with a tiny spot of color. She said to keep the spot of color "rather smallish" and so I did!

I masked the white area off with removable tape and stamped with a stamp from a Paper Studio set. I scored on the edges of the white area and stamped my sentiment, which is from Stampin' Up!'s Sincere Salutations set. My "spot" of color is a tiny red Twinkle from Taylored Expressions.

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One-Layer Card - Done and Re-Done!

I made this card for Susan's One-Layer Wednesday challenge from last week.  The challenge was to use a tree.

I found the curved pieces (for masking) in my "card parts" box from a couple years ago and thought I'd use them again. I sponged with More Mustard, Pumpkin Pie and Really Rust over the open space between my masks. The tree and sentiment are from Inkadinkado and are stamped with Close to Cocoa.

I wasn't really satisfied with it.  As much as I love Clean and Simple, it was just too plain and unbalanced.  So, I added the dashed lines along the curve, and I colored in the tree trunk and leaves.  I think these were great improvements:)

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