Hearts and Posies #1

Finally - a new Stampin' Up! set to get started on. (Continuing on my quest to use all of my SU! sets.) This one is called "Hearts and Posies." It consists of six stamps - this large, open heart, a smaller solid (with pattern) heart, a small rose with leaves stamp, a border stamp, a "Forever Friends" stamp with rose, and a "To/From" stamp. I'm pretty sure I won't be using the To/From stamp, and possibly not the other sentiment, either, but I will use the other four stamps.

I stamped the large heart with two different colors of ink and cut them out. I cut a slit through one so that I could intertwine them. Then I mounted them on Pop Dots. The patterned paper is from an ancient matstack from Sizzix. I matted it to match the darker heart. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink.

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Noteworthy #2

Card #2 using the Stampin' Up! set called "Noteworthy." The flower and the word "friend" are from the set. The "hello" is from a Papertrey set. I inked up the flower with markers - green, pink and purple. I punched the butterfly with a Martha Stewart punch and added a gem for the body. Then I matted with black and mounted on foam squares. The patterned paper is from a very old Sixxix paper stack and I matted that with black, also. The image panel and the card base are ivory.

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SplitCoastStampers Challenges Card - Lots of Layers for a Boy

I started this card Thursday morning when Owen (my grandson) was napping, but he woke up when all I had done was stamp the robot and cut him out.  So, yesterday morning while he was napping, I finished the card.

When I started it, it was for Thursday's SplitCoastStampers Ways to Use it challenge - to make a card for a boy.  Friday's Free4All challenge was to use lots of layers.  So, I made a boy's card with lots of layers and got them both in:)  The robot is from a Recollections set. I stamped him on silver mirror paper twice and on white once. I cut the entire image out of the silver, the head out of silver, and his "control panel" out of white. I glued on the white piece and used foam squares to add the popped up head. I also added "googlie" eyes. The papers are from an old Sizzix pad. I embossed the black with a Cuttlebug D'Vine Swirls folder and sanded it down. I cut the circles with Nestabilities. The circle layer is mounted on foam squares, also. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink's Birthday Basics set.

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Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week - Easter Egg

 

It's time for another Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week.  This week's stamp is 4505-F, Easter Egg (sm).  You can find it on this page.  Please visit the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built, to learn how to purchase this stamp this week only at 50% off the regular price.  You will also see the wonderful examples made by the other Rock Stars.  Or you can follow these links:

Ayana ~ Darsie ~ Joy ~ Karen ~ Michele

For my card, I stamped an image of the egg, masked it, stamped another, then masked them both and stamped a third.  I colored them all with Stampin' Up! markers and added pearls.  I matted with SU! cardstock cut with a Nestability.  I sewed around the edge using variegated thread using a zig-zag stitch.  The sentiment was printed on my computer.  I cut and matted it using Nestabilities and mounted it on foam squares.  I choose the background paper because it reminded me of Easter grass.  It's from Sizzix. 

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Happy Easter!!

Happy Easter to All!

I don’t send out Easter cards, but I wanted to make one for YOU - my blog readers. :) Of course it’s a Clean and Simple one. The bunny is stamped on white and then on the patterned paper (from a Sizzix pad.) I cut him out of the patterned paper and adhered him to the white. I used my Labels One Nestabilities to cut him out, then trimmed down the left side. I sponged some Bliss Blue on the edges, and then sponged Barely Banana over most of the rest. I used a black gel pen to draw dashed lines around the edge of the patterned matting – to match the bunny. I added a few scored lines done with my Scor-Pal and stamped the sentiment. The bunny is from Sandylion and the sentiment is by Inkadinkado.

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Easter Card

Here is the card I made for the 2RedBananas Spring Challenge from two weeks ago. The challenge was to make a Spring card. (Just to clarify - my card did NOT win on its own merit - it was a random drawing! :) ) Here is this week's challenge - to use gems. There is a prize this week, too - a bottle of metallic Dew Drops!

The duck stamp is from a set by Sandylion. I stamped it on yellow background paper and cut it out. I stamped it again on the yellow and also on white. I cut the wing out of the yellow and mounted it on a Pop Dot. I punched the white image and the pink scalloped circle with a Marvy punch. The yellow circle is cut with a Nestability. I sponged a little black around the white circle and added black dots to the scallops. Then I adhered the yellow paper-pieced image to the white image. The background paper is from Sizzix, mounted on black. The yellow felt rick rack is from JoAnn’s. The Happy Easter sentiment is from Inkadinkado.

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Beautiful Borders - Again!

One more card using Stampin’ Up!’s Beautiful Borders set, and then I’m done with it for a while!

For this card, I started with a piece of cardstock from a Sizzix pad. It’s kind of purply/magenta-ish with a splotchy look. (Doesn’t sound very pretty, does it? LOL!) I stamped the leafy border on it in Versafine Onyx Black and embossed it with clear embossing powder. I mounted it on black, leaving a fairly large border on both sides and no border on the top and bottom. For the sentiment layer, I started with black and did the lacy border with a Martha Stewart punch. I used Stampin’ Up!’s Marvelous Magenta for the next layer, and stamped the sentiment (from Stampendous) with Versafine black ink. I added the black strips that I had left over after trimming down the black layer, and also the three black brads. That’s about it!

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Another Sarah Kay

How about another Sarah Kay card today? I still have several stampoffs from Harriet to color and use, so I’ve got lots of fun ahead of me!

This one was colored with Stampin’ Up! markers. The image panel and matting are cut and embossed with Rectangle Nestabilities. The background paper is from Sizzix. The sentiment is from Inkadinkado. I thought it was so pretty and delicate.

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Suzy's Zoo Revisited

Today’s card uses another stampoff of a Suzy’s Zoo stamp.

This card was colored with Stampin’ Up! markers. The smart thing to do is to choose your background papers and then color the image to match. I just totally lucked out and found paper to match my already-colored image! Whew! The paper is from Sizzix. The image and mat are cut using Long Oval Nestabilities. I placed an eyelet within the image panel to thread the ribbon through. The sentiment is from Studio G.

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A Blog Award and Two New Cards

First off – a blog award! Thank so much to Barbara for bestowing upon me the “Your Blog is Fabulous” award! You can find Barb’s blog, Made for Keeps, here.

Next, I’m going to share two new cards I’ve made. Both of them are ultra-simple, of course!



The first one uses Papertrey stamps, Pink Pirouette paper, dotted ribbon, twinkling embossing powder, and a Cuttlebug ribbon slider die.

The second one uses Sizzix paper, a Stampin’ Up! stamp (the heart is from Doodle That), Inkadinkado stamp (the sentiment), an SU! marker and round Nestabilities. I also sponged a little light pink inside of the Nestability, leaving a lighter ring around the outside.

I’m off to do a little more stamping.

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Limited Supplies Challenge

This card is for this week's Limited Supplies Challenge on SplitCoastStampers - to use red and hearts. It also uses this week's Sketch Challenge.

The images are by Asela Hopkins. She gave them out last February. I colored them with Prismacolor Pencils and Gamsol. The background paper is by Sizzix. The matting is Riding Hood Red. The white background is embossed with a Cuttlebug Hearts folder.

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Thanks!

Another Thank You card for today.

Not too much explanation is needed for this card, for sure! This one also uses the Tonic border flower punch. Today I used it in the system to make the border. I added two sizes of pearls to the flower centers. The background paper is from Sizzix. The darker blue is from a scrap pack, and the light blue is Baja Breeze. The stamp is from Inkadinkado. That’s it!

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Note of Thanks

Today’s card is a “case” of one I saw on Michele Boyer’s blog, Paper Cuts. Here is the card I’m talking about. I didn’t make mine complicated and beautiful like she did – I only used the basic layout! If anyone would like the measurements, just write me an email and I’ll be happy to measure the pieces and email you back. The patterned papers are from a Sizzix pad. The stamp is by Fiskars. The flowers were “treats!” The larger one came in the mail yesterday from Kim Hughes. Quite a while ago she had a post on her blog saying she had tons of flowers and if we would email her our address, she would surprise us some time with a few flowers. Of course I had forgotten about it, so it was a very pleasant surprise I got yesterday! The little ones are from Crop Stop. Haylie Jo always adds a little surprise to her orders, too. How fun! Thanks to both of you!!

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