Ferny Birthday Wishes

This card uses the last of the "card parts" that were still laying on my table waiting to be used. The "tablecloth" is left over from this card. I just can't throw away those little pieces! I added it to a piece of lavender textured cardstock. The tiny sentiment piece was a card part, too. I would guess the die-cut piece was cut using a die from Spellbinders, but I'm not 100% certain. The sentiment is from a set by Papertrey Ink. I mounted the little panel on foam squares. I stamped the vase (from Gina K) on patterned paper, then strengthened it with cardstock underneath it. I stamped the ferns (from the same Gina K set) and then added the vase, mounted on foam squares, also.

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Hoppy Day

This card started out with a scrap of embossed cardstock, which I eventually tossed. It was a funny color, and although I chose these stamps to coordinate with it, I didn't really like the combination when it was ready to put together. I like this better.

The green cardstock was embossed with an embossing folder from The Paper Studio. All of the stamps are from a set from Papertrey Ink. I colored with Copics, added googly eyes and also Star Dust Stickles to the fly's wings.

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Thanks

Another card part:) I'm working like crazy with them - and having such a great time!

I found this angled, die-cut piece in with my parts. I wish you could see the texture of it - it's almost like a textured vinyl.  I'm sure I used the "positive" of it years ago. I liked the angle, so I left it. I placed it on a piece of blue cardstock and then scored three parallel lines with my Scor-Pal. The cardbase is white.

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Birthday Owl

Years ago, I used a texture plate to emboss a full card-sized piece of this colored cardstock. (I don't know what color to call it!) I cut it in half for this card and added it to an ivory cardbase. Then I chose to use this already-cut scalloped circle, which was done with a Spellbinders die. I cut an ivory circle to fit inside the scallops. I stamped the dotted circle with a Papertrey Ink stamp. The owl is from Inkadinkado. The sentiment is from Hampton Art. The circle is mounted on foam squares.

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Ladyslipper Just For You

I've had this die-cut doily for years, too. (Thanks again, Annie!)

I cut a piece of "mottled" pink cardstock for the bottom layer. I sponged pink ink along the top, bottom and right edge. I trimmed down the doily to fit right along the edge of the cardbase. I sponged the pink ink around the edges of the doily except for the left edge. I stamped the ladyslipper, which is from Repeat Impressions, and colored with Copics. Then I stamped the sentiment, which is from Hampton Art.

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Christmas Wishes

This colored snowman image was left-over from when I made my January 2013 calendar. (So, I made it in January of 2012, likely, or shortly after that!) 

The image is from Stampin' Up!. I colored it with Copics and added some sparkle with Star Dust Stickles. I matted with black and mounted on foam squares. The sentiment is from Paper Smooches. I cut the bottom layer using one of my Memory Box Stitched Rectangle dies.

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Wedding Bells

This is another piece that has been in my cards parts for several years. I had already stamped the image and the sentiment and colored with Copic markers. The image was stamped with Versamark ink and embossed with silver embossing powder. Both the image and the sentiment are from Repeat Impressions.

I scored a line along each edge of the image panel and then matted it with silver paper. I mounted it on foam squares. The background was embossed with a Darice embossing folder and matted with silver, also.

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Letting the Paper Do the Work

This paper has been in my stash for many years. It was free with a purchase at Archivers long ago. It came in 8 x 8 sheets. I cut it in half, and then cut them to fit on my card fronts. I matted with a matching blue cardstock. Then, I just added sentiments! This first one uses a sentiment from The Paper Company.

For this second one, I used a stamp from Paper Inspirations.

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Fairy Happy Birthday

I spent some time in my stamping room last night and put a few cards together. Nothing earth-shattering, for sure, but it felt good to be in there and to use up some more "card parts."

I've had these two digital images all colored up and the wings glittered for quite a long time. Probably four years or more! Well, they are out of the pile and on to a couple of birthday cards, finally. They are from Tiddly Inks and are colored with Copics. I used Star Dust Stickles on the wings. The sentiment on each card is from Papertrey Ink. Just for fun, I added a couple little gems to this first card. I matted each image with black.

I have a few more posts coming up, too. Yippee for me:) I had fun!

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Bicycle Birthday

Again - card parts! This bicycle image has been in my card parts for several years. It was from a friend in our stamping group from Canada. Thanks again, Annie!

I don't know what company makes the stamp, but it was stamped on black and embossed with white sparkly embossing powder. I wish you could see the glimmer! Also on my table was this die-cut panel. It uses another die from the Distressed Addington Collage die set from Memory Box. I put some black cardstock behind the cut-out. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink. I mounted the entire panel on foam squares. Enjoy!

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Christmas 2016

My first Christmas card for 2016. I really, really would like to use up my card parts. I truly thought it was an unobtainable goal, but I'm making some progress. (I also want to use all my SU! stamps, my stickers, my patterned paper, etc. :) ) So, this is another "card parts" card.

The "Joy" is a layered dimensional sticker from Pooch and Company - from the dollar (well, what used to be the dollar area) at Michael's. I've had the stickers for several years. This one was already mounted on the green diamond. I glued it on a piece of textured ivory cardstock and matted with a matching green cardstock. I stamped the sentiment, from Verve, in a coordinating ink.

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One-Sheet Wonder

I have, for a long time, wanted to try the "One-Sheet Wonder." It was finally time:) My friend, Michele, has this post of her design for cutting the 12 x 12 sheet, and also the cards she made with her pieces. Looking back at it now, I see that she matted her pieces with black. I like that better. Wish I had matted mine! Maybe next time. Anyway, here are my fourteen cards. All cardstock is off-white. I will put my cards in the order of Michele's pieces. I cut my pieces the same as hers (with a little exception) but didn't follow her layouts for all of them. I used a Memory Box die for the rectangles with sentiments in them.

This first one uses a stamp from Stampabilities.

Stamp from Papertrey Ink.

Stamp from Verve.

Stamp from Stampabilities.

Stamp from Papertrey Ink.

Stamp from Impression Obesssion.

Stamp from Stampabilities.

Stamp from Stampabilities.

Stamp from Impression Obsession.

Stamps from Verve.

Stamp from Stampabilities.

Stamp from Inky Antics.

Stamp from Stampabilities.

Stamp from Stampin' Up!

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February Calendar Page

Time for a new calendar page - February is here already!

I used a very old die Cuttlebug for the heart and its layers. The white background was embossed with a Darice embossing folder.

My calendar files are available for your use, if you'd like. The links are under the blog title. I'd love to hear from you if you use them!

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Lighthouse Sympathy

I stamped this lighthouse (from My Favorite Things) on the card front, trying to use my sparkly die-cut piece that ultimately ended up on yesterday's card. That didn't work, either. But, I really liked the lighthouse so I made it into this card. I masked off the right side of the card before I stamped it. I added the patterned paper from Recollections. I stamped the sentiment (from Stampabilities) onto a strip of white cardstock and added it over the patterned paper.

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Birthday

How's that for a title:) 

Well, here is the card I promised you in this post. I cut the die-cut and sparkly-backed piece that I used on this card off of the panel with the balloons. They didn't seem to go together. I still didn't know what to do with this part, so I simply mounted it on foam squares and added the sentiment from Stampabilities.

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Valentines

Here are the valentines I made for this year. Everyone gets pretty much the same valentine - five grandkids and one for Jim.

I cut all of the pieces (including the card base) with a Sizzix set that I borrowed from my friend, Georgia. (Thanks, Georgia!) It's hard to tell in the pictures, but some of the hearts were cut from red foil cardstock. This is such a cool set!

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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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Die-Cut Flowers Birthday

Another birthday card for my stash. And another "card part" used up. This die-cut of flowers was in my pile. I glued it on a piece of white cardstock and colored it with Copics. (I assume it's a Memory Box die, but I'm not sure.) The sentiment is from Impression Obsession. I'm really making use of this set while I have it out! I rounded the corners on the panel and mounted it on foam squares. I also rounded the corners on the card base.

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Color Swap Sympathy

I made this card for a color swap in our stamping group. The colors are gray and light blue.

I cut the left edge out with one of my Memory Box Addington Distressed dies using light blue cardstock. The flowers were stamped in gray with a Hero Arts stamp. The sympathy sentiment stamp is from the same set and is stamped in black. I matted with gray cardstock.

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Celebrate!

Another card - woo-hoo! :) I have actually had a little time and have been feeling well enough to play in my stamping room. It's been awesome! It's been taking a while for the mojo to come back, though. I rarely get sick and if I do, it usually only lasts a couple days. I am just getting over a cold that I've had for over a month! I was rarely totally "down and out" but felt pretty crummy for a while and am still coughing and blowing my nose a little bit. Sorry - more that you wanted to know. LOL!

You may notice another card soon with this same angle on it:) I had used one of my Memory Box dies to cut a card front. I added some shimmery blue cardstock behind it, and then added these balloons and sentiment from Impression Obsession. However, the die cut and shimmer just did not match the balloons and font of "Celebrate!" So, I trimmed off that part and matted this piece with a piece of colored, slightly patterned cardstock. I also added some Diamond Glaze to the balloons.

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Birthday Greetings

I got a Bow Easy from a friend who was giving away all of her stamping supplies (thanks, Lucy!) and so I have a few bows laying around:) I thought I'd put one on a card.

The ribbon kind of reminded me of a picnic basket, so I went with my Basket Weave Darice embossing folder for the bottom of the image panel. I added a piece of matching ribbon above the embossing and used a piece of sewing thread to tighten a place to put the bow. The sentiment is from Impression Obsession. The card base and image panel are off-white.

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"Hello Friend"

This card was a long time in the making, and I'm not real pleased with it. But, I'm glad to have it done! :) And since I haven't had anything to share with you for a long time, I'm sharing this!

I cut this main piece with a new die set a while ago (Spellbinders) and while I like it a lot, I don't know what to do with it. I cut the large piece out of a mottled green cardstock and embossed it. Let it sit for a few weeks. Put the die back on and sponged some green ink in the center. Let it sit again. Added the sentiment (from Papertrey) and, you guessed it ... let it sit again. I kept picking it up and trying to figure something out. I had had the black underneath it for a while, and trimmed the piece down a bit. Finally, I added the black pieces in the corners. They were cut with another die from the same set. I was almost pleased with it, but not quite. But, at that point, it was "good enough!" Looking at it now, I'm wondering if some patterned paper behind it might have been a good idea. The main panel is mounted on foam squares.

Stay tuned - I actually have a card for tomorrow, too! :)

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Simple Birthday Wishes

I had cut out this scalloped circle for Wednesday's card, but decided that it was just the wrong color. So, instead of adding it to my card parts, I just decided to use it. I used the same sentiment (from Impression Obsession), but stamped it in the middle and added a punched flower with an enamel dot center. I mounted the sentiment panel on foam squares. The left side is textured cardstock embossed with a Cuttlebug folder (Anna Griffin Matelasse) which I sanded down to let the white show through.

I haven't had much stamping time lately. Sure hope I will again soon! I have sorted out all of my "card parts" though and have everything in cellophane envelopes in ONE fairly small box! That feels SO good:)

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Pink Flowery Birthday

More card parts. I had this main panel in my card parts pile - the floral image stamped in pink on off-white cardstock with off-white vellum on top of it, matted with matching pink cardstock. I took the pink cardstock layer off, die-cut my scalloped circle from it, and glued it back on. I stamped the sentiment - from Impression Obsession - on off-white cardstock and cut it out with a die. (Both dies are from Spellbinders.) I scored several lines under the sentiment with my Scor-Pal and added three enamel dots. The sentiment panel is mounted on foam squares.

Regarding yesterday's card: The die I used is called Distressed Addington Collage from Memory Box. This is the entire die. There are four designs with the set. I ordered mine from Cropstop, but I don't see it on her website right now. (This link may or may not work: Distressed Addington Collage. If not, you can go to the Memory Box website and search for it. PS - I got two new Memory Box die sets for my birthday - this set and the Stitched Rectangles set. Both were purchased from Cropstop. They were both on sale.)

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Simple Sympathy

Here is another card using one of my new Memory Box dies. I simply used the die to cut out a portion of the panel. I added the sentiment (from Hero Arts), added some Perfect Plum cardstock under the die-cut part, and mounted on foam squares. Ta-da! :)

Edited to add: The die I used is called Distressed Addington Collage from Memory Box. This is the entire die. There are four designs with the set. I ordered mine from Cropstop, but I don't see it on her website right now. (This link may or may not work: Distressed Addington Collage. If not, you can go to the Memory Box website and search for it. PS - I got two new Memory Box die sets for my birthday - this set and the Stitched Rectangles set. Both were purchased from Cropstop. They were both on sale.)

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Stampscapes Sympathy

When our granddaughter (age nearly six) was here for Christmas, I gave her a lot of my "card parts." She and her brother have been having fun with them, from what I hear. Awesome! I should be getting something in the mail soon from them. I went through all the rest of my card parts and now have them all organized and in one small box! This card uses one of the pieces.

I'm honestly not sure if someone gave me this Stampscaped panel, of if I made it myself - with a lot of direction, of course! However I got it, it has made it onto a card. It's done on glossy cardstock. All I did was add the sentiment (from Hero Arts), matted it on black and added it to a card base. I think it makes a very calming sympathy card.

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New Baby

My good friend from forever ago, Lucy, is the one that got me started with stamping. However, she quit shortly after I started:( She finally decided it was time to get rid of her stamping things. After a couple garage sales, she gave me her stamps that were leftover. This cute stamp was among the stamps I decided to keep. It's from PSX. Thanks, Lucy!

I stamped the image with Memento black ink and colored with Copics. I cut the colored image out with one of my Stitched Rectangles from Memory Box. I added Star Dust Stickles to the moon and star. I mounted the image on foam squares. The patterned paper is from Debbie Mumm. I cut it out with one of my other new Memory Box dies. I love these! The sentiment is from Hero Arts. I somehow managed to stamp the sentiment crooked, so I just went with it and added the image crooked, too! If asked about it, though, I would probably say it's at an angle so the baby won't fall off the moon! LOL!

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More Daisies

When I was making yesterday's card, I messed up this piece. But, I decided to use it, anyway:) I was missing the very top of one of the daisies, and since I was using my Stamp-a-ma-jig, I thought I could fix it. Wrong! It got slightly double-stamped. I still colored it before I decided not to use it. And now here it is. I matted with very glittery blue cardstock from Die Cuts With a View and mounted on foam squares. The sentiment is the same as yesterday's card, too - from My Favorite Things.

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Daisy Birthday

I made a card. It felt so good! :) It's been a long time since I've had time in my stamping room. Simple, but a card nonetheless.

I got to use my own "Stitched Rectangles" dies. Yippee!!! A birthday present that I am thrilled with. These are from Memory Box. The daisies were stamped with an old Hero Arts stamps - twice, lined up with my Stamp-a-ma-jig. I colored them with markers and mounted on foam squares. I added some sparkle with Star Dust Stickles. The sentiment is from My Favorite Things and is embossed with detail white embossing powder.

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Happy New Year ... and January Calendar Page

I used five Inkadinkado stamps for this page - the snowman and five different snowflakes. I was able to put them all on one block, though, so I still only had to stamp once. I used a couple markers for the coloring on the snowman. I matted with thin blue paper and added some Diamond Stickles to the snowflakes. The sentiment is from an old sentiment set that I've had for years.

Happy New Year to all!!

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