Monday, March 18, 2024


One of the cards made on this vi.deo used this stamp from the Flowing Flowers set.  This isn't a two-step design and I wasn't sure how I was going to add the color because I hadn't really watched the process she used.  (You know how it.....I "thought" I knew.)  I did use my MISTI and colored the flower with an SU marker.  Then I masked the flower and inked up the leaf portion with an ink pad.  There is a small gap between the flower and the rest of the design because of the mask I used.  I decided to just go with it!  If you actually watch her go through the procedure you will see how to do it in a better way.



Inside the card I found a really tiny smudge from my finger and used one of the little metal butterflies to cover it.

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Sunday, March 17, 2024


I pulled out the long retired stamp set "Awash with Flowers".  This is a whimsy design that is fun to work with.  The little dragonfly embellishments were added as an after thought because of little black "specks" from the stamps used.  The butterfly is from the Stampin' Up! Paper Butterfly Accents.  The butterflies are all white.  I used a blender brush to add Azure Afternoon ink.

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Saturday, March 16, 2024


Recently, while I was searching for ideas to use with the Chevron Dies from Die-Namics,  I saw a card by Angela Maine here on Pinterest.  I thought it was fun how she used the pieces to add texture to the background.  She had used a textured card stock.  I cut the chevron pieces and was dissatisfied with the Highland Heather pieces because they looked too plain.  I ran embossed them with the Subtle 3D embossing folder.  Much better.  I did use a completely different flower for my card.


I rarely remember to do any stamping or adding anything to the envelopes.  I did for this one.  I definitely love the idea to do it.  

NOTE:  You may notice that I am no longer placing a "title" to my posts.  They will just come up as a post for a particular date.  Sometimes it is just to hard to think of something clever or not being repetitive.

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Friday, March 15, 2024

 

Last year my friend, Carol, gave me a card with this layout.  I decided to make this as my final Easter card for my grandchildren. The patterned dsp used was something I bought from Scrapmania, a store in Cedar Rapids, IA, but was similar in nature to what Carol had used.  The card base is card stock from Stampin' Up!.  The bunnies are from an unbranded die.  Below you can see the inside of the card.


The last picture here is the card from my friend that I CASED..................


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MEASUREMENTS FOR SQUARES:
Colored cardstock  1 3/4" x 1 3/4"  (cut 3)
White cardstock     1 1/2" x 1 1/2"  (cut 4  - one is for the back of middle square )

Inside:
DSP square 2 1/4" x 2 1/4" (cut diagonally for corners)
Colored cardstock 2 7/8" x 2 7/8" (my yellow piece)
White cardstock 2 5/8" x 2 5/8"






 

Thursday, March 14, 2024

FOR OUR GRANDSON


I always try to make the cards for Tucker so they aren't feminine.  I used the little bow ties from the Penny Black die that I used on yesterday's card.

The die is from Frantic Stamper.  Embossing folder form Stampin' Up! Grass was made with a Martha Stewart punch and the sentiment is from a Darcie's stamp.

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Wednesday, March 13, 2024

PENNY BLACK DIE


This card will go to Taryn, our youngest granddaughter.  It required working with a lot of tiny pieces, but I do like the way it turned out.  

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Tuesday, March 12, 2024

CARDS FOR 2 GRANDDAUGHTERS


I got the idea of adding the bunny to this paper from something I saw on Pinterest. The dsp is from the Dainty Flowers designer paper collection.   I had the bunny in my "parts" in an Easter tote.   The egg is a sticker.  After adding one to the card, I discovered that the dsp design showed through the sticker. I carefully removed the sticker and chose another egg but added it to white card stock, cut it out.  I popped the bunny and the egg with dimensionals.

I also had this bunny stamped and die cut from last year so I used it in the same way as the card above.  

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One of the cards made on  this  vi.deo used this stamp from the Flowing Flowers set.  This isn't a two-step design and I wasn't sure...