Purple Birthday

Another piece from my card parts. Hopefully I'll use some new stuff soon! The "happy" (from Stampendous) had been stamped and colored with Copic markers and patterned with a white gel pen and sat in my parts for several years. I had already cut out around it. I found some matching purple and cut a mat for it. I embossed the white layering panel with a folder from The Paper Studio and matted it with the same purple. The "BIRTHDAY" is from one of Gina's new sets. The "happy" is popped up.

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Simple Patterned Papers - Again

I made a few cards similar to these - with patterned paper and a plain strip. The paper on the first card is from Gina K. The second card's papers are from The Paper Studio. The first sentiment is from Gina K and the second one is from an old Hero Arts set.

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Patterned Paper Birthday

Well, this card didn't even use any card parts! (But there are more of those coming very soon.) The patterned papers on this card are from a matstack from The Paper Studio. I added thin black strips on each side of the bicycle paper. The sentiment is from Bo Bunny and is matted mounted on foam squares.

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Christmas #3

And another Christmas card for today. The punched border on the bottom has been in my card parts for years, and was in my crate of Christmas stamps and papers so I used it! I added the green paper underneath it and also the red Nuvo drops. The sentiment is from Gina K and is silver embossed. The papers are from The Paper Studio and I also added a thin silver strip of glitter paper.

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Christmas Cards - #1

I've had a LITTLE time to spend in my stamping room lately, and I've made a few Christmas cards. Mostly, my Christmas cards just "happen" throughout the year, but this could be the first time that I've actually gotten out my Christmas stamps and papers and sat down to make the cards. I gave away a lot to a thrift store, so I have more to make. They are all quite simple, though. One of these days MAYBE I'll make something a little more different, or fancy, or complicated or ... For now, these will do. The image stamps on each are from Recollections and the sentiment on this first one is from Papertrey Ink. The paper is from The Paper Studio. I used gold embossing powder and also some thin glittery gold cardstock. 

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Oops - Four More Christmas Cards - and Two "Bonus" Cards!

I really thought it would be awhile before I posted any more Christmas cards - but here I am, with four more. After my friend, Vicki, did this blog post, it just called to me - as did my Christmas papers. I die-cut the white circles with Penny Black dies (thanks, Darnell!) and the matting circles with Nestabilities. The sentiment panels are popped up on foam squares. 

And here are the two "bonus" cards I promised you. I post nearly every card that I make, so I felt I should share these, also, even though they are nearly identical to yesterday's card and didn't deserve their own post. The main pieces were already done and I got them with the die from Darnell. I ink-blended color on a circle to place them on. I added the sentiment across the middle. I used a die plate to make the background.

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Chipboard Sticker Christmas

I got these chipboard stickers in my Gina K Mystery Box. I actually threw most of them out, but wanted to use these ones on some cards. All the papers are from The Paper Studio. This makes twelve cards for next year!

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Fancy Fold

I made these cards for our kids and their spouses for under the tree. The finished size is 5 x 6. I got the instructions from Sam Calcott. She calls it a "Multi-Panel Pop-Up" card. Her card was 5 x 7, but that didn't work for me, since my patterned paper was only 6 x 6, so I altered the dimensions. All of the stamping was done with Versamark and embossed with fine detail gold embossing powder. The patterned paper is from The Paper Studio. Most of the stamps are from Inkadinkado.

Same card, same stamps (except the sentiment) but different colored cardstock and different patterned paper.

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Never-Ending Christmas Card

Finally - here is the Never-Ending Christmas card that I made a few weeks ago. I finally got a video made of it opening up. This one is actually quite easy to make. I got the instructions from Sam Calcott. She has such amazing projects/cards! I didn't really do much for decorating - just a few die cuts and patterned paper. The patterned paper is all from the same matstack from The Paper Studio. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink. The finished card is 6 x 6 inches.

Here is a video that shows it opening ... and opening. 

And here are photos of the other three "pages."

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Special Birthday

Here is a card I made for a friend. I used this video from Sam Calcott. Except I messed it up! So, please be sure to NOT use the photos from my blog to make this card! However, since I had already cut three pieces of the pretty patterned paper (from The Paper Studio) I just went with it. Basically, mine is backwards. Sam put an extra piece on hers so that it can stand up, but I couldn't do that to mine, since the extra piece would have had to be on the front. I think my friend will like it anyway, and won't know what it's supposed to be like.

The sentiment on the front is from Stampabilities and the inner greeting is from Papertrey Ink. The finished card is 4 x 6 inches.

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Vintage Anniversary

I had this piece of patterned paper left over after making the card I'll be sharing on tomorrow's post. It's from The Paper Studio, and I love the pad it came from. I added the green piece to the bottom. The stamps I used are from Inky Antics. I used Versamark ink and embossed with clear powder.

This is a 4 x 6 inch card.

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Christmas Reindeer

A few weeks ago, a friend was over and I was showing her how dies work. I had cut out this cute reindeer and his scarf. It's been sitting in a clear sleeve on my desk since then, so I got it used up. I used some paper from The Paper Studio for the background and matted it with red. I cut the "joy" from red, also, and added it. The reindeer is mounted on foam squares. Pure simplicity, but I do like it.

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Another "Holographic" Card

After making a few cards using these papers from a Paper Studio matstack, I took the scraps and added them to a card base. Three of the patterns had a "holographic" design element. I then die-cut the sentiment from a patterned holographic cardstock and three pieces of white cardstock. I had the black oval sitting on my table from a previous card (which I don't think I've shared yet). I trimmed down the oval so that it wasn't oval anymore and added the sentiment to it. I mounted that panel on foam squares.

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Super-Simple Birthday

I've seen Gina K make many very pretty backgrounds with her ink-blending, and I do love them. But, so many non-crafters don't even realize that the background was hand-made! So, I simply used up some patterned paper from The Paper Studio and made a couple of these cards. The image is from a Paper Inspirations set. I matted with black. I don't remember which set the sentiment came from, but it's likely retired anyway.

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Holographic Birthday

A simple birthday card again for today. The background paper is from a recent purchase of mine from The Paper Studio. I cut an oval in it and some white cardstock. I added the patterned paper to the cardstock and popped it up on the card front after placing black paper behind the hole. The sentiment was die-cut using holographic cardstock. It is also mounted on foam squares. 

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Masculine Birthday

Using up more card parts. I had the frame die-cut in my card parts. It was cut from brown textured cardstock. I chose three patterns of paper from a Paper Studio stack to place behind the openings. I die-cut the sentiment five times and layered them, with a matching brown layer on top. The card base is ivory. I thought this would work well for a guy.

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Very Simple Sympathy

I almost didn't share this card, but I thought, "What the heck!" I had taken this sentiment off of a card that I had made a while back. The card was a bit too bright for a sympathy card. I finally got it put on a more appropriate card. The bottom layer is simply a piece of patterned cardstock. I don't know who makes the die, as I cut this out a few years ago using a friend's die. The patterned paper is from The Paper Studio. The sentiment is cut with a shimmery cardstock.

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Patterned Paper Ornaments

While looking for a die, I came across this one from QuicKutz/Lifestyle Crafts. It cuts both ornaments and toppers for each of them. I cut them each from patterned paper and also from white. I attached the layers together for stability. I cut the toppers out of gold foil cardstock. I popped them up on foam squares and added gold strings. All the patterned paper is from The Paper Studio. I thought about adding a sentiment, but I thought there was enough words already!

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Die-Cut Sympathy

Four more "card parts" used up on these cards. Well, actually more, since the sentiments are layered and are two pieces each. The parts on this first card are the sentiment, the die-cut flowers and the background. I sprayed Distress Spray Stain on the flower die-cut because it was done in white and was too stark. Luckily one of my three colors of spray stain matched. The sentiment was cut from a kind of shimmery coppery cardstock. I made the background last year or the year before at our Group Gathering. It's done with alcohol inks and a vellum paper and gold foil.

This one is simply patterned paper (from The Paper Studio) and the stacked die cuts.

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Friends Christmas

I have SO much patterned paper, but I don't use it very often. I left the two boxes of smaller patterned paper pads out on my table so I could TRY to remember to use some! I even sat it on empty boxes to make it higher on my table and easier to see! I grabbed a pad and it happened to be a Christmas stack, so I made four cards just like this one. The patterned paper is from The Paper Studio. I matted it with matching blue. The sentiment strip is part of what was cut off to make it card-sized. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink. I believe I counted 36 Christmas cards done for this year.

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