Happy Birthday, Wendy!

Today is Wendy's (the co-owner of Repeat Impressions and designer of all their stamps) birthday and the Rock Stars - past and present - wanted to surprise her with a blog hop. We also sent our cards to Cheri, and Cheri (wonderful Cheri!) put them all into an awesome book and sent it to Wendy. Maybe there will be some pictures of it on the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built.

We'd love to have you do a little "hopping" and visit the blogs. Then finish your hop and wish Wendy a happy birthday! Here are the links to follow:

Robin ~ Dawn ~ Miriam ~ Makiko ~ Lynette (You are here) ~ Vicki ~ Joy
Darsie ~ Karen ~ Cheri ~ The House That Stamps Built ~ Michele

Wendy likes green and purple, and she also likes cards that "do something." So, my card to her is a Free-Standing Pop-Up card. You can find the tutorial at SplitCoastStampers by following this link. My flower is a lupine, available from Repeat Impressions, of course:) I colored it with Copics. The butter flies were punched with a Martha Stewart punch and have pearls for their bodies. I added some scoring with my Scor-Pal, and embossing with my Cuttlebug folders.

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CAS-ual Fridays and SCS Challenge

I made this card yesterday and thought about not posting it, since it's kind of similar to others I've done, but what the heck! It seemed to be fate, since it fits the SplitCoastStampers Free 4 All challenge to use three or more of something, and also the CAS-ual Fridays challenge today to use pastels and black.


The patterned paper is from the same Recollections pad I've been using lately. I cut it with a Papertrey die. These squares are actually left over from another card I made yesterday. I adhered them to the white and then matted with black. I added the flowers to the squares with black brads. The sentiment is from Stampendous.


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No-Frills Birthday

Making "guy" cards is often not easy. Making "young guy" cards is even more difficult, I think. Two of my nephews have March birthdays. They are in their early and late twenties. This is the card I made for one of them.


The patterned paper is from a pad from Recollections I just got. The border piece and matting are from Papertrey Ink. The sentiment is from All Night Media. I maybe normally wouldn't have bothered to share this card, but I had nothing else:)


On a personal note, our daughter-in-law had out-patient back surgery on Monday, and she is doing nicely. Hopefully she'll be back to normal soon. She will be happy to be able to lift her son again - after six weeks.


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Repeat Impressions WHAT IF? Wednesday Sketch

(This is my second post for today. To view my Flutter By Wednesday post, please scroll down.)


Time for a new WHAT IF? Wednesday challenge from Repeat Impressions. Wendy draws up the sketch, and the Rock Stars get to work creating. You can find the sketch and all the details on the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built. You'll also find the design team's creations. One random winner for the month will receive a $25 gift certificate from Repeat Impressions. Here are links to the Rock Stars' blogs, too:

Cheri ~ Darsie ~ Dawn ~Joy ~ Karen ~ Kendra ~ Maki ~ Miriam

For my card, I used the Floral LOVE stamp, found on this page. I colored it with Copic markers. All my matting is Tangerine Tango from Stampin' Up! The patterned paper is from Recollections. I used Nestabilities for the ovals, and also Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder. I used my Scor-Pal on the image panel. I added ribbon per the sketch.

There is another week left to enter the Designer's Choice Challenge from Repeat Impressions, too. The open challenge is mine - to create a sympathy card. One random winner will receive a full sheet of unmounted rubber of their choice. You can find those details here.

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Flutter By Wednesday #195

The newest Flutter By Wednesday challenge is now posted. This week's challenge is Open - anything goes as long as you include your butterfly, angel or fairy. You can find the details and link up your creation to the Flutter By Wednesdays blog. You'll also find links to the FBW team's blogs.


A couple years ago, my friend Harriet bought something kind of cool and shared with me. I had just a little bit left and used it on this card. It was like a rub-on glue design. (I'm so tired as I'm writing this, I'm not even sure this will make sense, but I'll try!) I removed the backing and rubbed it on a strip of white. Then I used three different colors of Martha Stewart glitter on it. I matted with Papertrey Ink's New Leaf cardstock. The sentiment stamps are from Verve.


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"Christmas Sunday"

This is to continue my new tradition of posting Christmas cards on Sundays. I'm not doing quite as well as I would have hoped, but I do have 24 done so far. I am linking it up to the Christmas Card Challenge blog. Since I make my cards during the week and post them on Sunday, it's only coincidence if they match up to the challenge. However, part of the challenge is to just make Christmas cards. (The specific challenge this week is to make a shaped card.) It's also for the CAS-ual Fridays challenge this week, which is to use a pattern, an image and a sentiment.


The image and the sentiment are both from a Recollections set. I stamped them on a slightly shimmery off-white cardstock, embossed with gold embossing powder, and matted with shimmery gold. The patterned paper is also from Recollections and is also matted with shimmery gold. The card base is ivory.


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Cards Revisited

A friend requested a few thank you cards, so I had to whip them up quickly. I decided the fastest way to do that is to case some I've already done. So, I did! :) Here are two that I made yesterday. They are cased from this one and this one.


I used a Papertrey die to cut out the squares. I used the same paper to punch out the butterflies with a Martha Stewart punch. The sentiment is from Stampendous. I added gems to the butterflies' bodies and drew in their antennae. After cutting out the squares and realizing I would have liked them to be a little higher, I decided to put the squares at the top of the card. However, when I adhered it to the card, I put it on with the squares at the bottom! So, I just dealt with it and stamped the sentiment slightly in the boxes. I like it that way. I like the center butterfly "askew," too. :)

For this second card, I used the squares that I cut out of the first one. I temporarily stuck them to scratch paper and stamped the image (from Gina K) on them. After stamping them, I removed them from the scratch paper and glued them on a piece of white and matted with black. The sentiment is from the same Gina K set.

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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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Featured Stamper Card #2 - For Harriet

This is the second card I made for the SplitCoastStampers Featured Stamper for this week. The Featured Stamper is my great friend, Harriet. I chose to case this card.

I changed the colors, added a matting layer, and mounted the cutout heart layer on Dimensionals. The heart was cut with a Quickutz die. The paper is from Die Cuts With a View. The sentiment is from a dollar set from Michaels. 


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Repeat Impressions Designer's Choice Challenge - Sympathy

This is my second post for the day. Please scroll down for my Flutter By Wednesday challenge card.


Today starts a new Designer's Choice Challenge from Repeat Impressions - where one of the Rock Stars chooses a theme or other type of challenge and invites the rest of the team and YOU to join in. Today was my turn to choose, and I choose for everyone to make a sympathy card. I figured we all need to have one on hand for those sad instances. One random winner for the month will win a full sheet of unmounted rubber of their choice. You can find all the details, plus the other members' cards, on the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built. Or, you can follow these links to the design team's blogs:

Cheri ~ Darsie ~ Dawn ~Joy ~ Karen ~ Kendra ~ Maki ~ Miriam

For my card, I chose to keep it simple. What else is new! :) I stamped the Tulip Bouquet, found on this page, on watercolor paper and painted with Stampin' Up! inks. The sentiment is also from Repeat Impressions, of course, and can be found on this page. I matted with Always Artichoke cardstock from SU! I punched the bottom with a border punch from SU! and scored three lines with my Martha Stewart scoring tool. The card base is Very Vanilla to match the watercolor paper.


You also have almost another week to join in the WHAT IF? Wednesday challenge for a chance to win a $25 gift certificate from Repeat Impressions. Details can be found here. And Wendy is still looking for new Rock Stars, so if you have a blog and would like to join the RI Design Team, please let Wendy know!


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Flutter By Wednesday #194 - Send a Smile 4 Kids

This card is for two challenges. It's for Flutter By Wednesday Challenge #194. The FBW challenge this week is to make a card for Send a Smile 4 Kids. Remember to include a butterfly, angel or fairy. You can find the information on the Flutter By Wednesday blog. You can also check it out directly on the Smiles 4 Kids Challenge blog. It's also for the challenge on the SAS4K challenge blog, which is to create a Clean and Simple card for kids. Be sure to check out what the FBW Design Team has come up with!


The idea for my card actually came from the SAS4K challenge. It gave a definition of Clean and Simple. Then it stated "CAS does not mean slap a couple stickers on a card and call it done." That reminded me that I had some beautiful butterfly stickers that would work very nicely:) I cut out a white circle for the butterfly to rest on. I drew in the antennae. I matted with Pale Plum cardstock cut with a Nestability. I mounted on Dimensionals. I stamped the sentiment (from Papertrey Ink) on the white cardstock, then embossed with a Swiss Dots folder. I matted with the same plum cardstock. You can't see it in the photo, but the butterfly has sparkle to it.


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SCS Featured Stamper Challenge - Harriet!

My friend Harriet is the Featured Stamper at SplitCoastStampers this week. I'm so excited for her! I made two cards to help honor her. I'll share the other one on Thursday.


I chose this card of Harriet's to CASE. I used the same embossing folder and punch as Harriet, and added some daisies on the bottom, like Harriet. I changed the colors and added a sentiment and more matting. My daisies stamp is from Repeat Impressions and the sentiment is from Papertrey. I colored with Copics. I also scored a couple lines on the bottom of the daisies panel.


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Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week - Goose

Time for a new Stamp of the Week from Repeat Impressions. This week's stamp is Goose, found here. It is available for 50% off through Sunday. You can find the details, as well as examples by the Rock Stars, on the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built. You can also check out some of the design team members' blogs by following these links:

Darsie ~ Dawn ~Joy

I stamped my image with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored slightly with Copics. I cut the image out with a Spellbinders die. I loved Miriam's idea for a border on the die-cut, so I copied it. (Trace the inner edge of the die before removing, and then color with a marker.) The papers are from a Die Cuts With a View matstack and the sentiment is from Repeat Impressions. The image is mounted on Dimensionals.

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"Christmas Sunday"

I'm struggling a little bit getting even one Christmas card done a week, but I'll keep plugging away:) Here is my card for this week.


Both stamped images are Hero Arts stamps and die cuts. I stamped them in black and added color with Copics. I also added some Star Dust Stickles. Both images are mounted on Dimensionals. I used Cuttlebug folders to emboss the top and bottom parts of the textured white cardstock and my Martha Stewart scoring tool to score the lines in between. I matted with Always Artichoke cardstock. I added an eyelet to the tag. Remember them? LOL! I'm also linking my card up to the Christmas Card Challenge blog. 


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Black and White Warm Wishes

I've had this black paper sitting around for a while, waiting for me to use it. It is white on the back, so I wanted to emboss it and then sand it down. That's what I did:) I used a Cuttlebug folder. The sentiment is from Stampin' Up! and I used a Spellbinders die to cut it out. I added the only black and white wide ribbon that I had. It's been nice to have some time for stamping, even though I should have been doing other things. I actually made a card yesterday for a couple challenges that I was going to post today. I thought I liked it enough (just enough, not a lot) but when I put it in the post, I really didn't like it! You'll never see it.


Have a great Saturday.


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Super-Simple Thanks

This is what was left of a 12 x 12 piece of patterned paper from Anna Griffin. I trimmed it close to the edge of the pattern and matted it with plain purple cardstock. (In real life, it matches much better than it appears in the photo!) The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink. The card base is ivory.


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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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Repeat Impressions WHAT IF? Wednesday Sketch

(This is my second post for today. For my Flutter By Wednesday post, please scroll down.) Wednesday brings a new challenge from Repeat Impressions. This week it's the WHAT IF? Wednesday challenge where Wendy gives us a sketch and asks us to create something with it. We invite you to join along! You can find the details on the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built. You have a chance to win a $25 gift certificate. You'll also find all the wonderful creations by the Rock Stars on the blog. Or, you can follow these links to their blogs:

Cheri ~ Darsie ~ Dawn ~Joy ~ Karen ~ Kendra ~ Maki ~ Miriam

I used the Sunflower and Monarch Butterfly stamps from Repeat Impressions. I colored the sunflower with Copics and I paper-pieced the butterflies. I matted them all with black. The flowers were punched with an EK Success punch from glittery yellow cardstock. The bottom layer is the same glittery yellow. I used brown brads in the flowers and adhered them with Dimensionals.

You have nearly a week to participate in the Designer's Choice challenge, too, which is to make a spring/pastel card. You can find those details here. One random winner will get to choose a full sheet of unmounted rubber.

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Flutter By Wednesday #193

Time for a new Flutter By Wednesday challenge. You can find the current one on Flutter By Wednesday. This week's challenge is to make a spring card. I hope an Easter card counts! We are sponsored this week by Robyn's Fetish, and the design team members were given some images work with. One person will win five digital images from Robyn's Fetish.


I printed out my image and colored with Copic markers. I added Star Dust Stickles to the butterfly, the eggs, and the bunny's eyes. I cut the image and the frame with Nestabilities. The sentiment (mounted on Dimensionals) is from Stampin' Up (All-Year Cheer) and the patterned paper on the bottom is from Anna Griffin.


Be sure to check out the FBW blog to find links to the other Design Team members' blogs.


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Fall-To Layout 180

I just started making a card, and it seemed to fit the Fall-To Layout 180, so I went with it.


The "stem" and flower are from a Technique Tuesday set and I colored the flower with Copics. I believe the sentiment is from Hero Arts. The patterned paper is from Die Cuts With a View. I matted with Perfect Plum cardstock from Stampin' Up! That's it.


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"Christmas Sunday"

It's Sunday and I did manage to get another Christmas card done last night, even with company:)


The image stamps are both from a Recollections set. I stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black and colored with Copics. I matted them both with green cardstock. I stamped the sentiment (Rubber Stampede) on red cardstock and embossed the top part with a Sizzix snowflake folder. I mounted the main image panel on Dimensionals.


I'm also linking this to the Christmas Card Challenge blog. I even got the challenge in this week, which is embossing, but is always optional.


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Row of Daisies

Gosh, life has been SO busy for us lately. It's all fun stuff, but it sure cuts into my stamping time! LOL! I had much to do yesterday, but stole a few minutes to make a couple cards. I'll only post this one, as the other one is almost identical.


The daisies stamp is from Hero Arts and came from my "grab bag" box. I stamped it several times in a long row and cut it in half for my two cards. I used my Stamp-a-ma-jig to line them up correctly. I did my coloring with Copic markers and added Stickles to the flower centers. The sentiment is two stamps from Technique Tuesday. I also scored lines on both sides of the daisy panel, which is matted with yellow and black cardstock.


I may be a bit scarce this next week, as I'm trying to get some things caught up around here. Please bear with me! I should just take the whole week off and really get things done, but I'm not sure I can do that. :)


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March Calendar Page

Well, here it is - the first day of March. Time for my calendar page. The Excel files (and Open Office files) that I have made to print the blank calendars are always available at the top of my blog.


For this page, I used Sizzix dies for the kites and cloud. The kites are cut from My Mind's Eye papers and the cloud was cut from Die Cuts With a View textured cardstock. The image stamp is from a dollar stamp set from Studio G.


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Repeat Impressions - Designer's Choice Challenge Pastel Spring Card

The Designer's Choice Challenge from Repeat Impressions this time was decided by Karen. She has chosen for us to make a spring card using pastels. You can find the details of the challenge on the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built. You will also find the creations by the Rock Stars there. We invite you to join in the challenge for a chance to win a full sheet of unmounted rubber of your choice. You can also find the design team's blogs here:

Cheri ~ Darsie ~ Dawn ~Joy ~ Karen ~ Kendra ~ Maki ~ Miriam

I used the Vase of Tulips stamp. I paper-pieced the tulips and the vase and colored the stems and leaves. I cut it with a Spellbinders die and sponged the inside before removing the die. I added pearls to the "bumps." I matted with black after punching the corners with a Fiskars corner punch. I used the same paper for the bottom layer as the tulips and matted that with black, also. The sentiment is from Repeat Impressions.

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Flutter By Wednesday #192

There's a new Flutter By Wednesday challenge starting today. It's open, meaning you can do whatever you want as long as you include a butterfly, fairy or angel. Please link your challenge card up to the Flutter By Wednesday blog. You'll find links to the other design team members' blogs there, too. This week's challenge is sponsored by Susana's Custom Art and Card Design.


The stamp I was so generously given is called Good Hair Day. I stamped it on white with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic markers - no shading, just straight coloring (except for her hair.) I meant to add Stickles to her wings, but I forget to do that before I took the picture. Sorry! I matted with lavender and rounded the upper corners. The patterned paper background is from a matstack by Die Cuts With a View. The chain of daisies was punched with a Martha Stewart punch and I added green gemstones to their centers. The sentiment is from Stampendous.


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Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week - Rocking Chair

Time for a new Stamp of the Week from Repeat Impressions. This week's stamp, available at 50% through Sunday only, is Rocking Chair, found on this page. Please visit the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built, for all the details and also to see what the other design team members have created. You can also visit the other Rock Stars blogs by following these links:

Darsie ~ Dawn ~Joy

I wanted to emphasize the chair, so I kept it very simple. I stamped the rocking chair on white and colored with Copics. I matted with brown. The sentiment, found here, was also matted with brown. For my background, I used a doily die cut that my friend Annie sent me. (Thanks, Annie. I AM using them.:) )

There are two open RI challenges, too. One is the Designer's Choice Challenge to use "leftovers" and the other is the WHAT IF? Wednesday challenge. You can find the details for the challenges on the RI blog, too.

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"Christmas Sunday"

I had almost no time for stamping again this week, but I wanted to at least get one Christmas card done. I bought several Christmas stamp sets when they were clearanced, and these stamps are from one of them. The set is by Echo Park. I did my stamping with Versamark and gold embossing. The tree image was done on scrap paper, cut out, and mounted on Dimensionals. I added some gems to "decorate" the tree. I'm linking this to Christmas Card Challenges.


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"Hello Friend" (Again)

I had just a few minutes to be in my stamping area, so I made this card quickly. The embossing was done last summer at our Group Gathering in Des Moines. I'm not even sure who makes the embossing folder. I THINK it's Sizzix, but it could be Stampin' Up! I colored the flower centers and stems with markers. I thought it needed a large sentiment, so I used the "hello FRIEND" stamp from Papertrey Ink that was still on my messy table. The butterflies were punched with Martha Stewart punches out of paper from Die Cuts With a View. I added "bodies" with Liquid Pearls and drew in the antennae.


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Repeat Impressions WHAT IF? Wednesday Sketch

It's Wednesday, so that means a new challenge from Repeat Impressions! This week it's the WHAT IF? Wednesday challenge where Wendy gives us a sketch and we see what we can come up with. We invite you to join us, too! There is a $25 gift certificate from Repeat Impressions up for grabs to one lucky participant for the month. Please visit the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built, for all the details and to see what the other Rock Stars have come up with. Want to BE a Rock Star? Check out the RI blog for that, too! Here are links to the other Design Team members' blogs:

Cheri ~ Darsie ~ Dawn ~Joy ~ Karen ~ Kendra ~ Maki ~ Miriam

My card uses the cute little Kitten stamp, found on this page, and the Feline Better sentiment, found on this page. I stamped the kitten on white, and also on a textured ivory. I did a little bit of coloring on the ivory image and cut it out. I mounted it on Dimensionals and added it to the white image. I matted with black. I meant to round the corners like in the sketch, but I forgot! I used a Fiskars texture plate to emboss the bottom ivory piece, then I brayered some Versamark over it and embossed with clear embossing powder. I added some ribbon, matted the sentiment, and mounted the sentiment on Dimensionals, also.

Do you have any "leftovers" on your desk waiting to be used? You have nearly a week to enter the Designer's Choice Challenge for a chance to win a full sheet of unmounted rubber of your choice. See details for that challenge here.

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Flutter By Wednesday #191

Danni has opened up a new Flutter By Wednesday challenge today. The challenge is to view the photo and be inspired by it! Please visit the FBW blog for the details and to link your creation. You'll also find links to the design team members' cards and projects. Here is the photo for your inspiration.

I was inspired by the pretty pink and green in the photo and also the roses. My friend Harriet gave us some of these gorgeous foil flowers at our Group Gathering last June. They came on a flat sheet - we punched them out and then layered them, using foam squares between the layers. It pretty much makes the card by itself, but I did add a few things:) I started with a light pink card base (Pink Pirouette from Stampin' Up!) I stamped the sentiment on white, embossed with a Swiss Dots folder, and matted with olive. I added the flower and also a butterfly (with pearls for the body) punched with a Martha Stewart punch. I have included a profile picture, so you can get some idea of the layers.


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More Daisies and Card Parts

I had a decent amount of stamping time this weekend. Not enough, but more than usual:) That was nice. I was able to use up a few card parts, which always makes me happy. I like when the pile is going down instead of growing!


I already had these daisies colored. I believe they are from Flourishes. I stamped them last summer at our Group Gathering. I matted with glittery green cardstock and black. I added Star Dust Stickles to the flower centers. I also added the little bow. It's hard to tell in the picture, but the top part of the background is actually slightly-patterned paper. I used the same glittery green for the bottom. I added black matting and a black strip across where the two colors met. The sentiment is from Stampendous.


This is also for the CAS-ual Friday challenge to use ribbon. You can find that challenge here.


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"Christmas Sunday"

 I haven't done much stamping for about a week, so it felt kind of good to stay up late and work on a couple cards. I thought I'd do Christmas ones, since I didn't have any to share last week.


This first one was done using Natasha's Clean and Simple Stamping Fall-To Layout #178. You can find it here. I really like this layout. All three stamps that I used are from the same Inkadinkado set. I stamped them all with Versamark and embossed with Detail Gold embossing powder. The matting is shimmery gold. The image panel is mounted on Dimensionals.

I made this second one using an item from my "card parts" box. The trees were already embossed using a Lasting Impressions brass stencil with shimmery silver cardstock. I matted with Old Olive and embossed the sentiment (a dollar stamp from Michael's) with Detail Silver embossing powder.


I'm also linking this post to the Christmas Card Challenge blog, which you can find here. Since I pre-post my blog and their specific challenges start on Sunday, I can't do the themes for the week. But the real challenge is to get Christmas cards done!


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Another Masculine Birthday

I made this card for our nephew. Gosh, I can't believe he will be FORTY next year!!


You can't really tell from the picture, but I stamped the tree stamp (from Lovely As a Tree by Stampin' Up!) with black, stamped it off, then "thumped" an Always Artichoke marker on it before stamping. I matted it with Always Artichoke, also. The sentiment is from Paper Inspirations. I used black marker for the "Birthday" and artichoke for the smaller words. That's it!


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Last Two Valentines

This valentine was for our son and daughter-in-law. I started with a pre-embossed ivory glossy heart and cut a card base in the same shape to glue it on. I stamped the sentiment on it and added the roses. It looked quite plain, so I colored the hearts and tiny dots with a Copic marker. That made a world of difference.

This one for our younger grandson is very similar to the one I made for the older grandson. This one is not paper-pieced - just colored. I cut it out with a Quickutz die and added Diamond Glaze to the hearts. The turtle and sentiment are from Fiskars. I added a couple of the punched hearts and sponged some red around the edges. The rows of hearts were punched with a Martha Stewart border punch, and I scored the lines with my Scor-Pal.


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Repeat Impressions - Designer's Choice Challenge "Leftovers"

Time for a new Repeat Impressions Designer's Choice challenge. Today's challenge was chosen by Joy, and it's to use "leftovers" - make a project with something that is leftover on your desk. Not sure if it was cheating to dig into my "card parts" box, but they are, after all, leftovers:) Please visit the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built, for details and to link up your card or project. You will also find the other Rock Stars' creations there. Or, you can follow these links:

Cheri ~ Darsie ~ Dawn ~Joy ~ Karen ~ Kendra ~ Maki ~ Miriam

I already had this image stamped and colored. The background was already embossed (with a Cuttlebug folder on which I had brayered green ink and embossed with it a second time.) The lavender cardstock was a scrap on my table. So, what I did was cut the image (Morning Glories) with a long oval Nestability, cut the matting for it with a scalloped one, cut the other matting pieces, emboss the lighter layer with Swiss Dots, add a rub-on sentiment, and pop the sentiment and image panel on Dimensionals. We'd love to have you join us, and there is a great prize up for grabs - a full sheet of unmounted rubber of your choice!

The WHAT IF? Wednesday sketch challenge is still open, with a $25 gift card at stake. And Wendy is still looking for another Rock Star. Please visit the blog for all of this information.

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Flutter By Wednesday #190

Time for a new Flutter By Wednesday challenge. Thanks so much for your participation in last week's challenge. This week's challenge is easier - just use something with wings! Be sure to check out the Flutter By Wednesdays blog for details and to link your card.


I glanced quickly through one of my books of stamps, and found this bird. The set is from Hampton Arts. The flowers are from the same set. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink. I used Memento London Fog ink and matted with a bluish-gray. After I made it, I realized how similar it is to a card I made in October. Sorry about that. I added a tiny black gem for the eye.


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Happy Valentine's Day ... and Two Grandkids' Valentines

Happy Valentine's Day to everyone! I got two grandkids' valentines done and in the mail. The third one I have to make today. This first one is for our granddaughter. I paper-pieced the bunny (from Sandylion) with Die Cuts With a View paper. I added a punched border (with a Martha Stewart punch) and put a strip of white cardstock under it so it would show up better. The pink heart is cut with a Lifestyle Crafts die and the tiny hearts are done with the same MS border punch as the pink, but I cut some purple ones, too. The sentiment is from a Fiskars set. I mounted the heart on Dimensionals. I'm linking this to this week's CAS-ual Fridays challenge, which is to use paper-piecing. 

This second one is for our older grandson, who is three. The stamps are all from a Fiskars set. I paper-pieced the turtle with sparkly cardstock and colored the hearts with a Sharpie marker. I added Diamond Glaze to the hearts above his head. I stamped and colored the background hearts.

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Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week - Love Post

Time for a new Stamp of the Week from Repeat Impressions. Wendy offers the SOTW at 50% off, through Sunday only. This week's stamp is called Love Post, and can be found on this page. Please visit the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built, for all the details and to see what the other Rock Stars have created. Or follow these links to their blogs: Darsie ~ Dawn ~Joy

For my card, I used red and black markers to ink up the stamp. Then I stamped the heart again in red, cut it out, and mounted it on foam squares.  I scored the edges with my Martha Stewart scoring tool and matted with red. The background is embossed with a Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder. I added the ribbon and a bow.

Repeat Impressions is still looking for another Rock Star. If you are interested, you can find more information on the RI blog. There are also two open challenges with chances to win great prizes.


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Young Man Birthday

Sorry, there is no "Christmas Sunday" today. I just never had time to work on Christmas cards this week.


Our neighbor's birthday was yesterday. He used to be so easy to make a card for, but now that he turned 14, he's getting harder and harder! I used a sketch from Papertrey - for their anniversary celebration giveaway. The paper - both solid and patterned - are from Stampin' Up! The sentiment is from Papertrey. i used a Fiskars rotary cutter for the top edge of the main panel.


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Thanks, Susan!

I made this card for Susan. She is the one I bought the "grab bag/box" from. She is the queen of Clean and Simple, so that's what I made for her. (Not too hard, since that's my favorite style, too! LOL!)


The flower was stamped with a stamp from Hero Arts and cut with a die from the same set. The sentiment is from a mini set from Papertrey Ink.


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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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Cheery Yellow #3 - and a CASE

I was inspired to make this card after seeing a card by my friend, Vicki. You can see her card in this post - the third card in the post. I hadn't used these sentiment stamps by Paper Inspirations for quite a while, even though I really do like them, so it was time.


I took the yellow patterned squares that were left over from my Saturday's card (cut with a die from Papertrey Ink) and spaced them out on a piece of scratch paper, then stamped the image (from a Gina K set) on them. I adhered them to a piece of white cardstock and matted with black. Then I stamped the sentiment, and poof - it was done! :)


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