Open Window Birthday

Another card made with a set from my friend. I think I have one or two things left to use. This is one that I probably will not use again! I know that some people love the "putzy" things, but I'm not a fan of them. Anyway, this set is from Sizzix and includes the embossing folder which also cuts and the dies for all the little pieces. The sentiment is from a different company. I rubbed ink pads over the embossed image. I colored the die-cut pieces with Copic markers. I added embellishments to the flower centers and some sparkle to the bees' wings. The butterflies and bees are popped up on foam squares.

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Double-Embossed Thank You

I came across a card like this on my blog from YEARS ago and thought I'd try it again. I inked up both sides of a Sizzix embossing folder. Then I folded a piece of 5 1/2 x 4 1/3 inch cardstock - about two thirds of the way up. Then I ran it through my embossing folder. Here is the result. I added a thin strip of cardstock between the two sections. The sentiment is die cut.

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Leafy Birthday

I really need to use these Memory Box dies more often to try and make them pay for themselves! The design in the corner is the one I'm talking about. The paper is some really, really old patterned paper from Sixxiz. The sentiment is one of my cheap dies. I cut it out twice and glued them together for added dimension.

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Flowery Thanks

This piece of off-white cardstock with the embossed "thanks" was in my card parts box. Time to use it up! It was embossed years ago with an item from Sizzix. It's a brass stencil in a clear plastic folder with a piece of hard clear plastic formed in the shape of the stencil to push the cardstock through. I know I didn't describe that very well, but does anyone else remember them??? I still have several of them. :) I haven't used them for years, but after digging it out to check it out, maybe I'll to use them again some time soon!

Anyway, I simply cut a piece of patterned paper and adhered it to the embossed piece and placed it on a white card base.

It feels good to have been spending time in my stamping room and using up more parts. I have not forgotten my "mission" to use all of my Stampin' Up! stamps, but that project has been put on hold for a while. I was feeling "stifled" creatively, but I'm looking forward to getting back to it.

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Celebrate

I recently came across my Letterpress plate by Sizzix and thought I would use it again. I inked it up with Stampin' Up!'s ink called Summer Starfruit and used a strip of white cardstock. I added it to a layer of Summer Starfruit cardstock. I stamped the sentiment, from Scrappy Cat, on a strip of the starfruit cardstock in Versamark and embossed with detail white embossing powder. I scored a line on the top and bottom and mounted the sentiment strip on foam squares.

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Christmas Sunday

Finally - another Christmas card! Life has just been too busy lately. Good thing I got an early start! I'm linking this up to the Christmas Card Challenge blog.

All of the cardstock that I used is from a stack by Recollections. I stamped and cut the ornaments with a Sizzix set exclusive to Archiver's. The matting is Riding Hood Red from Stampin' Up! The sentiment is from Inkadinkado.

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Letterpressed Anniversary

Quick card, quick post. I got this Sizzix Letterpress plate on Oh My Crafts for really cheap. I used Versamagic ink on it, both for the design and the stamped sentiment. I also scored the lines on both sides of the pressed design. That's it!


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