Old Punches #2

I used more old punches to make these cards - the flowers and the leaves. The backgrounds on each are done with Gina K stencils. The second card also has a punched border at the bottom of the sentiment panel. The sentiments are both from Gina K. I used another ancient item - brads - for the flower centers.

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Old Punches #1

I have so many old punches that I haven't used for years!! I rearranged things in my stamping room (again!) and now they are visible. But first, I had to test them all. I had to toss a few of them that didn't work, but I still have lots. So, I now have several cards that are made with test pieces. Here is one of them. I punched the bottom border, then matted that piece with black. The sentiment is from Gina K. So are the flower and leaf stamps, stencils and dies. The flowers are popped up. I added three black nail heads to complete the card.

  
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Gold Flowers Birthday

It seems I always make pieces, and I don't want them to sit around any more. So I'm trying to use them up right away. The gold frame was one of these pieces. I cut a piece of white to fit on it and embossed it with a Cuttlebug folder. I matted the entire panel with black. I black-embossed the flowers on gold and cut them out. They are from Gina K, as is the sentiment.

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Copying Gina K

Copying Gina K! I actually made this card while following along with one of her YouTube videos. I like the way it turned out. Not as nice as hers, of course, but very similar. LOL!

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Soft Sympathy

I needed a sympathy card a little bit ago for a sentiment, and went to this wood-mounted set from Stampin' Up! While I had it out, I decided to use the images from it, also. I used markers to color the images and then "huffed" on them before stamping. I added some tiny stickers to the flower centers. The background is shimmery cardstock that I embossed with a Cuttlebug folder.

This one is softer, because I didn't re-color the image. I just breathed on it again and there was enough ink left for this card. This one has a slight texture to the matting layer.

The other image in this set - done the same way. I embossed the background with a Cuttlebug/Anna Griffin embossed folder. I have SO SO many wood-mounted Stampin' Up! sets and I don't want to get rid of most of them. I would sell them if I could, but they are even hard to GIVE away! LOL!

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Patterned Paper

I came across this patterned paper that I've had forever, and made it into these two cards. (I had two sheets of it.) It came from Archiver's, so that says how old it is. LOL! The sentiment on each card is from Gina K and the metallic butterflies were already die cut and in my parts.

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Water-Colored Flowers

I felt like doing some painting, so I pulled out this old set from Gina K. The flower and each leaf are separate, so I had to do some masking. I used black embossing powder for the images, and the sentiment, also. I used Zig Clean Color Real brush markers on this first one. Then I added some black sequins.

For this one, I used metallic water color paints. It's very shimmery in real life.

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Another Strawberry Card

I had this left-over piece of embossed paper and decided to make it into this card. I also had the die-cut, embossed and stenciled strawberry piece that I added on top. Everything is from Gina K.

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Patterned Paper Embossed and Sanded

Gina K did a video on this older technique a while back and I made these four cards. They all use the same embossing folder. They are mostly embossed on patterned paper, except the one that I messed up. :-) For this one, I embossed, sanded, added white ink lightly, and then gold ink on top of that. The sentiment is gold embossed, also.

These next two Just have the white ink on top of the sanded image.

This one is patterned paper on the back. LOL! I used an ink pad to lightly go over the whole panel. I made this one into a gate-fold card.

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Wedding for Our Nephew

My nephew got married out in Oregon at the end of July. We weren't able to attend the wedding, but we wish them well!! Here is the card that I made for them. It's a book-binder card with a surprise inside. The sentiment doesn't show up very well, but it's die cut (and many-layered!) from gold textured foil. The patterned paper had plain flowers (which you can see on the inside) but I colored the front ones with Copic markers.

The left side is blank for me to add our message to them.

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August Calendar Page

Simple calendar page for August. This stamp is from Repeat Impressions.

Happy August!!!

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Grayscale Wax Paper Technique Anniversary

One last card using a wax paper resist panel. I don't think I've ever done a gray-scale card before. I think they are pretty cool. The stencils are from Gina K. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink.

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Strawberry Birthday and Anniversary

Two more cards made with Gina K's strawberries folder, stencils and dies. This sentiment is die-cut from gold.

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Wax Paper Technique Gate-Fold

Another wax paper resist gate-fold card. First I made the wax paper panel. Then I ink-blended the background. Then I embossed the panel and used the stencils to color the embossed flowers. Everything is from Gina k.

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More Wax Paper Technique

These cards are made with panels that I had created using the wax paper resist technique and then stencils. This first one is a gate-fold card. If you look at them closely, you can see the pattern from the wax paper.

This one is embossed and stenciled.

This one is also embossed and stenciled.

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"Double Vision" Cards

Two cards that I made using the "Double VIsion" technique. You emboss a white panel and then cut it into 1/2 inch strips and pop every other one of them up. This first one uses a Gina K folder, dies and stencils. The sentiment is also from Gina K.

The folder for this one is from Altenew. The sentiment is from Gina K.

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Showcasing Patterned Paper

While checking out Leslie's blog today, I see that she linked her card to a challenge using patterned paper. I had these cards ready to post at a later day, but I moved up the posting date to add it to the challenge. The challenge can be found here - Love Those Pretty Papers Challenge.

I did add to this paper. The flowers were just outlines in gold, with no coloring on the flowers or stems. I added the color with Copic markers. I thought the paper was pretty before I added the color, but I like it better with the coloring. (The "blotches" in the background were already there. The sentiment is from Gina K. I embossed it in gold, cut it out with the coordinating die and popped it up.

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Debossed Strawberries

The stamps, embossing folder, stencils and dies for these cards are all from Gina K.

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Birthday Wishes in Purple

I don't think that I've shared this card yet - I forgot to do the post before I sent it out. The flowers and sentiment are both from Gina K. They are popped up. The leaves are not popped up. (Stamps and stencils and dies were all in the kit.) I added thin silver stickers between the patterned paper and the white panel.

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Warm Wishes

I made two cards almost identical to this one (one had a different sentiment) and two cards just like the second one. The stencil and the stamps and dies are all from Gina K. I colored with Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol. The image and sentiment are popped up, of course. :-)

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