"Christmas Sunday"

After a few weeks off, I'm finally back with a Christmas card. I'm entering it into the Christmas Card Challenge blog. The specific challenge this week is "twine," but it's only necessary that the card be for Christmas.


The background was embossed with a Sizzix folder. The "Merry Christmas" stamp is from an Inkadinkado set. The holly (love it!) is by craftsmart. It was a dollar stamp from JoAnn's. I added a bit of red sparkle for the holly berries.


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Double Challenge Card

What do you do when you can't sleep? Stamp, of course! I made this card this morning for today's SplitCoastStampers Free 4 All Challenge to use inchies or twinchies and also for this week's CAS-ual Fridays challenge to use opposite colors on the color wheel.

My inchie stamps are from Inkadinkado. I used Stampin' Up! Pacific Point and Pumpkin Pie ink to stamp them and Pumpkin Pie cardstock for the matting. The inchies are cut out and mounted on Dimensionals. The sentiment is from Gina K and is stamped with Pacific Point.


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Another Birthday Butterfly

While I had the butterfly stamp out for yesterday's card (from Repeat Impressions) I thought  I'd stamp another and cut it out. I used a piece of patterned paper from the same Recollections matstack that I've been using a lot lately. I like the yellow and gray combination. I stamped the butterfly again on the textured white and glued the cut-out one on top. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink. I matted with gray cardstock.


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Repeat Impressions Designer's Choice Challenge - Birds of a Feather

This is my second post for today. If you are looking for my Flutter By Wednesday challenge post, please scroll down. 


A new Repeat Impressions Designer's Choice Challenge starts today and today was Cheri's choice. She choose a theme card, with the theme being "Birds of a Feather." Fun! One random participant for the month will win their choice of a full sheet of unmounted rubber. Please visit the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built, for all the details and to also view the great creations by the other Rock Stars. Or, you can follow these links to their blogs:

Cheri ~ Dawn ~Joy ~ Karen ~ Kendra ~ Maki

My card is extremely simple. I made it for my niece and her husband who are expecting their first child on their first wedding anniversary. I'm very excited for them. I used the Stork stamp, found on this page. I paper-pieced the "bundle" and colored the beak and feet of the stork. I matted with Tangerine Tango cardstock from Stampin' Up! and used a strip of striped paper from a Die Cuts With a View matstack. The image panel is mounted on Dimensionals and the sentiment is from Repeat Impressions.

You still have a week to participate in the most recent WHAT IF? Wednesday challenge, too. You can find the details for that here.

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Flutter By Wednesday #198 - Birthday

Today starts a new Flutter By Wednesday challenge. This week's challenge is to make a birthday card, making sure you include a butterfly, angel or fairy. Be sure to visit the Flutter By Wednesday challenge blog for the details and to link up your creation. Follow the links on the blog to check out the design team's creations, too.


I stamped the butterfly from Repeat Impressions on yellow vellum and cut it out. The background was embossed with a Sizzix folder. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink. I matted with yellow. The butterfly is mounted by the body on Dimensionals pieces.


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A "Two-fer" - finally

 It's been a long time since I've had two cards to post. I think I made six cards yesterday/last night. It was so fun! I had these two images stamped in my card parts box. I decided to make them just the same, but different colors. I cut the images and mats with Nestabilities. I stamped the sentiments (from Papertrey Ink) with markers to match the flower stems. I embossed the upper parts with a Swiss Dots and added a couple scored lines. The image panels are mounted on Dimensionals.

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Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week - Stencil Bouquet

Time for a new Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week! This week's cute stamp is called Stencil Bouquet, and can be found on this page. For one week only (through Sunday evening) you can purchase this stamp for half off. Please visit the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built, for all the details. You can also view some great card ideas from the Rock Stars! Or, you can follow these links to their blogs:

Dawn ~Joy

I think I have a new style and it's called "purple!" LOL! For some reason, when I sit down to make a card these days, purple markers jump into my hand:) I colored the image with Copics and cut it out with a Circle Nestability. I used a marker to go around the edge of the circle before mounting it on Dimensionals and then on to the doily, which was given to me from a friend. (Thanks, Annie! I'm still using them.) The background papers are from a matstack from Recollections. Right up until I actually adhered the image to the card, it had been designed to be a top-fold card. But, this is the way it ended up, and I like it this way. It's all ready for me to add a sentiment when I'm going to use it.

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Happy Easter - and a Wedding Card

First off, Happy Easter! I hope everyone has a wonderful day, surrounded by as much family and friends as possible.


I finally took a little bit of time and made a card for the SplitCoastStampers Featured Stamper. The Featured Stamper was Ali, and this is the card I chose to case. I kept the same color theme, the embossed background and the die-cut image panel. The image and sentiment are an Inkadinkado set. The image panel is mounted on Dimensionals.


I have been so busy trying to get caught up on day-to-day things that I have let slide. It feels good to be making so much progress. I haven't had time to do card-making, but I hope to get back to that very soon! I also hope to be back to "Christmas Sunday" next week. I didn't have a new Christmas card for today, anyway, but I just couldn't have posted a Christmas card on Easter.


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Repeat Impressions WHAT IF? Wednesday Challenge

Time for a new WHAT IF? Wednesday challenge from Repeat Impressions. Wendy gives us a sketch and we create some examples for you. You can find the sketch and the complete details on the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built. You will also find the Rock Stars' creations. Or you can follow these links to their blogs:

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

For my card, I started with the butterfly, found on this page. I paper pieced it, using the same paper as for the background. The circle is punched with papers from the same matstack. The butterfly circle is mounted on Dimensionals. I colored some of the spots on the dotted flower to match the spotted paper. I added pearls to the flower centers. The sentiment is also from Repeat Impressions.

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Flutter By Wednesday #197

Today starts a new Flutter By Wednesday challenge. This week's challenge is sponsored by Sparkle Creations and is an open challenge. That means anything goes as long as you include a butterfly, fairy or angel. There is a prize this week, as well as a special discount code.

I was generously sent a stamp called Charlotte with a Rose. I colored her with Copic markers. I had problems with the blue "bleeding" so I cut her out. I mounted her on Dimensionals. I cut the matting for the circle with a Spellbinders die. The blue paper is from a Die Cuts With a View matstack. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink. I punched the little butterflies with a Martha Stewart punch and added silver pearls for their bodies.

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April Calendar Page

 

Wow - April already! (Although, you'd think it had been April for a while already, judging by our weather.) Time for a new calendar page.

Both stamps I used are from Repeat Impressions. (In fact, the sentiment (Beauty of Springtime) is the RI Stamp of the Week. You can find the details here. It's available for 50% off through this afternoon.) I simply added some color to the lily. You can find links to my blank calendar pages at the top of my blog.

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Happy Second Birthday, Amelia!

This is the card I made for our granddaughter's second birthday, which is today. They will be arriving for a few-day visit this afternoon. Yippee!


I paper-pieced the butterfly, which is from a Recollections set. The papers I used for this card are from the same matstack (Recollections, also) that I've been using a lot of lately. I matted with PTI Plum Pudding. The HAPPY BIRTHDAY is from PTI, too. I stamped the letters (from a dollar set), colored them with a Copic marker, and punched them out. They are mounted on pieces of Dimensionals. I colored the dots on the butterfly with a marker, too, and added flower gems on the antennae.


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Repeat Impressions Designer's Choice Challenge - Stair-Step Card

A new Wednesday brings a new challenge from Repeat Impressions. This week 's challenge is a Designer's Choice Challenge and Kendra is the "chooser." She has asked us to make stair-step cards. There are several different versions of stair-step cards, so decide which kind you want to do. Please visit the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built, for all the details, and to link up your card. You will find the wonderful creations by the Rock Stars there, too. Or you can follow these links:

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

I used the Repeat Impressions stamp called Wild Violets, found on this page. I colored with Copics. The sentiment is from Repeat Impressions, also. My patterned paper is from the same matstack from Recollections that I've been using lately. (I've found I've been using purple a LOT lately! There will be another tomorrow, too.) I matted the image and sentiment after I scored some lines beneath each of them. I also added ribbon to the flowers panel. The butterflies were punched with a Martha Stewart punch. I added pearls to the flowers and butterflies.

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Flutter By Wednesday #196

Today starts a new Flutter By Wednesday challenge. This week's challenge is to make a card for Butterfly Kisses - an organization that supplies "care baskets" for families of children who are battling for their lives. You can find more details on the Flutter By Wednesday challenge blog. Please visit the design teams' blogs for inspiration, and make sure your creation contains a butterfly, angel or fairy.


I've had this image stamped for quite a while. I'm pretty sure it's a Penny Black, but I'm not certain. I colored it with Copics. The sentiment is part of a sentiment from Hero Arts. My matting is from Papertrey Ink and the patterned paper is from Recollections. The image and sentiment are mounted on Dimensionals. The butterflies were made using a Martha Stewart punch. I drew in the antennae and added pearls to the bodies.


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Heal Quickly, Preston!

The ten-year old grandson of a friend of mine from our stamping group had surgery on Friday. I made this card for him. We thought it would be kind of fun to get cards from different states.


The birds are from a dollar set from Michael's. I colored them with copics. The sentiment stamps are from Verve. The card base is textured.


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Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week - Beauty of Springtime

It's Monday and time for a new Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week. This week's stamp is called "Beauty of Springtime" and can be found on this page. It is available through next Sunday for 50% off. Please visit the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built, for all the details and for some examples by the Rock Stars of what you can do with it. You can also follow these links to the Rock Stars' blogs:

Darsie ~ Dawn ~Joy

I stamped the sentiment on white and added the Easter Lily, which I colored slightly with Copics. I matted with both pale yellow and green cardstock and mounted on Dimensionals. The background is from a matstack from Debbie Mumm. I also added a little ribbon and a bow.

Please check out the two available challenges from RI, too. You can find them on the blog. One is a Designers Choice Challenge to make a sympathy card, and the other is a WHAT IF? Wednesday sketch challenge.

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"Christmas Sunday"

I have two simple Christmas cards to share with you today. As usual, I am linking them up to the Christmas Card Challenge blog. This week's challenge is a color challenge - to use purple, pink, green and white. Or to just make a Christmas card. Obviously, mine do not fit the color challenge!


For this first card, I stamped the snowflakes and the sentiment with Versamark and embossed with Iridescent Sparkle embossing powder. You can't see the sparkle in the picture, but it's there. After embossing, I brayered over the stamped piece. I scored a couple lines beside the snowflakes and added a thin strip of black between them. I matted with black. The stamps are from a Recollections set.

I stamped the snowman (from Inkadinkado) and the sentiment (from Recollections) with Soft Sky ink from Stampin' Up! I cut the snowman and the mat (Soft Sky) with Nestabilities. The snowman panel is mounted on Dimensionals. (Nine months from today is Christmas.)


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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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