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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Simple Sympathy

I needed another sympathy card, and here is the one that I made. The tree stamp and the sentiment are both from Repeat Impressions. I didn't have the right color cardstock for matting, so I used the same dark brown ink that I did the stamping with and ink-blended around the edges of a piece of ivory cardstock and matted with that. The patterned paper is from a matstack from Recollections. I did a tiny bit of coloring with Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol.

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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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Season's Greetings Sticker

One more Christmas card. I thought this would be my last for the year, but I'll be sharing at least three more. This one is for our oldest grandson and will go under the tree, along with some cash. The sticker came in the mail from a charity. It was part of a beautiful sheet of stickers and I used them all - mostly for simple tags. I placed the sticker on white cardstock and matted it. The strip down the left side was done with my crimper. I happened across it a month or so ago and used it to crimp a strip of white cardstock, which promptly went into my box of stamps and pieces to use SOON. I matted it, also. The snowflakes were die-cut from white and I added light blue ink with a blending brush.

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Silver Christmas

And, hopefully our last Christmas card for the year - well, except for ones that I'm making for family members for under the tree. The snowflakes stamp and the sentiment are from Gina K. I embossed them with silver, then sponged ink over the corner and into the middle of the card. I matted with shimmery silver paper. I also added a few Disco Ball sequins.

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving to all of my blog readers who celebrate! I hope this finds you all healthy and happy.

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Simple White Embossed Christmas

We ended up needing three more Christmas cards, so here is one that I made. The embossed background was in my "card parts." I don't know who made the folder. I simply stamped the sentiment (from Gina K Designs) on to the embossed panel, matted it and added it to the card base. I also added some Gina K Disco Ball sequins. I'll have another posted soon, along with my Never-ending card that I promised a while back!

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Wishing You a Speedy Recovery

A friend recently had rotator cuff surgery. This is the card I made for him. The tree is from an old Stampin Up! set. I inked it up in green, then used a brown marker to color the trunk and and ground, and a darker green marker to "thump" some extra color on the tree. That panel is matted with green and then mounted on foam squares. I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder on the top part of the bottom layer. I added a strip of the green cardstock between the embossed area and the patterned paper. The sentiment is from Verve. The inside says, "a speedy recovery."

I sure haven't been doing much posting to my blog, for sure - haven't made any new cards. But, my stamping room keeps getting a little bit more organized. And our Christmas shopping is almost done. (We don't have a lot of people to buy for.) And the Christmas cards (80) are all ready to go out except for the Christmas letter. So, I'm feeling pretty good about those things! Maybe we can get decorated for Christmas this week and then sit back, relax and enjoy the holiday season!

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Quilt-Like Christmas

I made this cards with scraps that were left on my stamping table. Some time I'll get around to posting a different style of never-ending card that I have finished. The solid green cardstock has some texture to it. I simply added the patterned paper squares to it. The panel is mounted on foam squares. The sentiment is from a Gina K set.

I have finally finished my calendars for next year. Yippee!! Now to add the sentiments to the insides of my Christmas cards and get them ready to mail out. Christmas is coming fast, and I really want to be ready!! We'll see how that goes. We've been so busy I have had almost NO time in my stamping room. Maybe soon!

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Christmas Embossing Folder - Two Ways

Two Christmas cards using the same Darice embossing folder. This first one is just done normally - and matted with silver. The sentiment strip is from Gina K. I used foil and my laminator on it, and it's popped up on foam squares.

This second one is done with a new technique from Jennifer McGuire that she calls "Filled Embossing Folder." I didn't go back to re-watch the video, but I believe it's simple enough that I did it the same way that she did. I used the embossing folder on blue cardstock. Then I flipped it over and used white embossing paste to fill in the indentations, scraping it off with a special little spatula. Pretty cool! I matted it with white and mounted it on foam squares. The sentiment is from Gina K. This one was black with white letters. I used silver foil on it and mounted it on foam squares also.

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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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Simple Birthday

I came across this scrap of patterned paper recently and put it to use on a card. I'm pretty sure it's old Stampin' Up! that I got from someone. I added a thin strip of darker pink along the right edge of it. I matted the sentiment panel and mounted it on foam squares. the card base is textured cardstock. This card is 4 x 6 inches.

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November Calendar Page

Here is my calendar page for this month. The stamps are all from Papertrey Ink. I sponged a bit of ink around the edges. A very simple page this month!

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Flowery Anniversary

Using up some more patterned paper! I'll get this one used up very soon. :-) The patterns are all from the same pack. I had already cut out the flowers that are on the bottom portion, and I added them with foam squares. The sentiment is from Inky Antics. This card is 4 x 6 inches.

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Gina K Technique Birthday

I made these cards using a technique that Gina K shared on YouTube. You can find it here. I followed her instructions quite closely. The second one (which I did first) is the same, just using a lighter touch and a different stencil. Basically, you first score the lines on the image panel. Then you rub an ink pad or two down the panel. Then emboss with a stencil and add some more color with a darker ink pad. Then use a Prismacolor pencil over the embossed area and then use Gamsol to highlight the color. My cardstock is ivory. The panel on the second card is popped up with foam squares.

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Embossed Christmas

I've had a friend over a few times who is new to card crafting, so I've been showing her all kinds of different techniques. One was applying ink to an embossing folder before embossing. I was left with this piece, so of course I couldn't let it go to waste. I matted it with white and then with silver. The embossed, matted sentiment was in my card parts, so I added that - mounting it on foam squares. Super simple, pretty, and another card to use or to give away.

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Distress Spray Background

If you look VERY carefully at the background, you MIGHT be able to see some leaves. :-) This was made with the same leaves as my yesterday's card. Even though I just did this one a couple days ago, I don't remember exactly what I did, other than use the leaves, my BIGkick, and two colors of Distress Spray. The sentiment is three layers of die-cut.

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Leafy Birthday

Here is another card using leaves. I ran this cardstock through my BIGkick with the four leaves on it. Two of the leaves left nice color. (The ones in the upper left and lower right. The other two really didn't leave any color. I added color to those two imprints using ink pads, and also a little extra to the one in the upper left. I put the leaves back in place and spritzed some Distress Spray over it all, then removed the leaves once again. I matted with a rust colored cardstock. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink and is mounted on foam squares.

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All-Natural Birthday

This card is made with help from Mother Nature. :-) The background is a piece of birch bark. The leaf was made with a real leaf. I ran the leaf through my BIGkick and it embossed it. It didn't leave much color, though, so I added ink to the leaf two times using different colors and placed it back over the embossed image. I added the sentiment, stamped in a gray to match the birch bark, matted the panel and mounted it on foam squares. It was pretty fun. I have some other leaf prints to use on my next cards. The sentiment is from an older Gina K set.

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Happy Fall

Just a very simple fall card for today. The leaves stamp and the sentiment are from Gina K. I embossed them with black embossing powder and watercolored them. I matted the panel and mounted on foam squares. The patterned paper is from Recollections. I added a thin strip of cardstock to the right edge of it. I also added three gold sequins. The images are a bit more vibrant in real life than they appear in the photo.

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Thankful Thoughts

A fall/thanksgiving card for today's post. I stamped and die-cut the pumpkins, which are from Gina K. I colored them with Copics and mounted them on foam squares. The patterned paper is from Recollections. I added a thin orange shiny sticker strip to the top and bottom of the patterned paper. The sentiment is from Stampin' Up! The card base is ivory.

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Thinking of You

While digging around and organizing in my stamping room (does it ever end???), I came across a small stack of ivory and white squares. They were from MANY years ago from Stampin' Up! I decided to use three of them. I stamped the dandelion fuzz in three different colors and added them to a panel, which I popped up on foam squares. I stenciled the background and added the sentiment. The image and the sentiment are from an old Gina K set. The squares I used and the card base are ivory.

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Halloween Cards for the Grandkids

It hit me on Saturday that I needed to make Halloween cards for the grandkids. Oops - kind of snuck up on me. No worries - when I get up at 2:00 a.m. I have plenty of time for making cards. Here are the three designs that I made. I made two of these second and third cards. All of the stamps are from a fall/Halloween set from Gina K and the patterned paper is from Gina K also. I have the matching dies. I mounted most panels on these three cards on foam squares. I added some black gel pen to the eyes of the spider.

On this one, I added a thin orange strip sticker along the patterned paper panel on the left.

On this one, I added some Wink of Stella to the ghosts' eyes and mouths.

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Wreath Builder Anniversary

Here is another wreath builder card I made. I needed five anniversary cards for November and realized that I had NONE in my stash! So, I just made this one five times, since they were going to totally unrelated people with no chance of seeing each other's cards. I again used the wreath builder template and stamps from Gina K. I die-cut the circles for the center with Nestabilities and popped them up on foam squares. The butterflies are dies, also. The sentiment stamp is from Inky Antics. I scored a line beneath the wreath with my ScorPal, and I also added some gems from Gina K to each of the outer purple designs.

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Another Wreath-Builder Card

Here is another card that I made using a wreath-builder from Gina K. The wreath stamps are from her, also. The sentiment is a miscellaneous one that I got many years ago. The image panel is matted and popped up on foam squares. The patterned paper, I believe, is from The Paper Studio. I added Wink of Stella to parts of the flowers.

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Paper Pad Card-Making Session

I have watched many YouTube videos of Kristie Marcotte making cards using up a whole pad of patterned paper. I thought I should give that a try. Not so great for me! I still have lots left, but I tired of it. I need to print out some sketches and cut some pieces and then get back to it. I'd love to finish off this paper. It came from Archiver's many years ago.

At any rate, here are six cards that I've made using it. It came with some punch-out pieces, also. I have used various stamps and dies on them. They will be donated (along with many others) to my friend, Cheryl, who volunteers at a thrift store and also makes tons of cards for them to be sold at the store.

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Letterpress Thanks

One more Card Parts card. I love digging in my book of card parts and getting some of them used. This piece was also done on my Letterpress - with gold and purple paint. I added lines above and below the purple dots with my ScorPal. The panel is mounted on foam squares on an ivory card base.

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Letterpress Christmas

From my card parts book - I dug out these two pieces that were done on my Letterpress. They were done with gold paint. I matted each piece with gold shimmery paper. The sentiment is mounted on foam squares.

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Simple Flowers

Here are a couple cards I made with some newer-to-me Gina K stamps. The flowers and the sentiments are from the same set. On this first one, I embossed the panel after stamping. The folder is from Cuttlebug. I colored the flower centers with a marker.

I mounted this image panel on foam squares. The patterned paper is from Gina K.

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Grateful

I was digging through my card parts the other day and picked out a few things to use to get me going. On this card, it was just the patterned paper. It's so pretty and I wanted to use it. I added the die-cut sentiment - two layers plus a pale yellow vellum shadow, popped up on little pieces of foam tape. I matted with pale blue to match some spots in the paper and added a few Disco Ball sequins. The sequins and sentiment are from Gina K.

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Wreath Builder Birthday

The first card I've made with my Gina K large wreath builder. Not great, but it's something. I sure hope to have some more time soon to play with it more. I think I'd like it better in different colors, but oh well! I colored in a few places with a Copic marker. The sentiment is also from Gina K. I embossed the bottom panel with a Cuttlebug border folder. I added a thin purple sticker strip on the blue panel. I also added three liquid pearl drops.

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Butterfly Thanks

Finally - a non-critter card. They were fun, though. You can't tell in the photo, but the butterfly and the little piece on the bottom are glossy cardstock which I brayered ink onto. The butterfly is mounted on foam squares under the body. I used a stencil and light ink for the background. The sentiment is from Gina K.

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Hello, Deer Friend

And the last - for now! - of the "critter" cards. This little fawn is so sweet and adorable. She and the leaves are mounted on foam squares. The sentiment is, also. It is white-embossed on green cardstock. The patterned paper (from Die Cuts With a View) is matted with the same color green. 

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October Calendar Page

Here is my calendar page for October. Unbelievable that today is October already!! The cute little kitty-in-a-jack-o-lantern is by Repeat Impressions. I colored the image with Copic markers and sponged a bit of ink around the edges. The background is patterned paper from Gina K.

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