More Beautiful Gallery dsp. This is the other half of dsp that I used on a card a few days ago.
Thank you for coming by today!
Friday, July 17, 2026
Thursday, July 16, 2026
Wednesday, July 15, 2026
Tuesday, July 14, 2026
I didn't remember to make a note of where I saw this fold, but I believe it was when I did a search on YouTube that I watched a video.
I'll try to explain. The card base is 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", scored at 4 1/4" and 2 1/8". The large piece on the front is then made with a 5" x 3 3/4" dsp on a 5 1/4" x 4" mat. Adhesive or glue is then added only to the left portion of the scenery and added to the left 2 1/8" section. (Does that make sense?)
For the inside, I added a Very Vanilla piece measuring 5 1/4" x 4". A strip for the same dsp that continued the pattern was added to the right side of the inside. It measured 1 1/2" x 5".
Thank you for coming by today!
Monday, July 13, 2026
I used a 3" x 5 1/4" piece of the dsp which I adhered to the card base on the left side. I then embossed a 1 1/4" strip of Mossy Meadow card stock and added it next tI had a scrap of the dsp that worked well to cover the seam between the two papers. The sentiment was added. Quick and easy!
Thank you for coming by today!
Sunday, July 12, 2026
NOTE: When I make cards, I take a photo of them and place them in a computer file for my blog. I date them for when I want to post them and this one got scheduled out of order. Actually, this is not from the "Beautiful Gallery" paper collection as I had mentioned yesterday. It was a loose piece from another SU designer paper collection "Blackberry Beauty".
The cards over the next few days WILL BE from the "Beautiful Gallery" collection.
Thank you for coming by today!
Saturday, July 11, 2026
Friday, July 10, 2026
I just realized this morning that I had not posted anything since this past Monday. Somehow time got away from me but by back-dating some posts there are now cards shown for the missing days this week. Maybe you want to check them out as well.
This week's video from Rita Holmes encouraged us to use multiple dies on a card. She made a card pretty much like. This card uses 4 dies, a punch and a manually made banner. I did forget to add the little piece with a sentiment like Rita did just under the cute little birds.
I had purchased the "Cutest Crew" stamps a while ago. I don't know if I missed seeing the dies or thought at the time I didn't need them. Well it is a lot easier to cut out the cute little figures on that stamp set if you have the dies!
Thank you for coming by today!
Thursday, July 9, 2026
I started watching a few Rita Holmes videos on Facebook a little over a year ago I think. The Tuesday videos are at 9:00 CDT so I found it was a fun way to start my Tuesday mornings and get myself motivated for the day. (And her kitty "Moxie" sometimes adds a little extra fun.) Rita also has "What's Up Wednesday" video and a "Simply Saturday" video. Both of those are also at 9:00 CDT. There are multiple videos from her on YouTube as well, but not all of the Facebook ones.
These three cards were made after watching her June 30 video. Rita gives great instructions on how to make the strips and complete the first two cards.
Since I wasn't sure how successful I would be, I pulled out some 6 x 6 sheets from an old paper pad in my stash. The colors worked well together to get the look I wanted. Then the stamped Sunflower is from a retired SU set.
This third card was actually the first one I made and it was not done according to the instructions. As I sometimes do, I think I know exactly what I'm doing. Well, I actually wasn't following the instructions from Rita. The card still turned out OK but I prefer Rita's instructions.
Thank you for coming by!
Wednesday, July 8, 2026
Tuesday, July 7, 2026
Monday, July 6, 2026
Sunday, July 5, 2026
Saturday, July 4, 2026
Today's isn't just any 4th of July! Today is the 250th Birthday/Anniversary of the United States celebrating it's independence.
Today also means my husband and I celebrate our 58th Wedding Anniversary. I may have mentioned it before but in 1968, the 4th of July fell on a Thursday. We took advantage of that extra time for a 10-day trip to travel West on our honeymoon. We've been truly blessed and are so grateful to have each other after all of these years.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE USA!
Friday, July 3, 2026
I was down to the last of the papers from this Echo Park 6 x 6 paper pad and didn't want to waste of the the scraps. I was able to make one more like yesterday's card and seven of the design with the strips. Waste not...want not. Most of the cards were given to local people who are in a local care center and a few were mailed to friends.
This is all of the paper that is left:
One last card saved for tomorrow. Thank you for coming by today!
Thursday, July 2, 2026
Wednesday, July 1, 2026
Tuesday, June 30, 2026
Monday, June 29, 2026
Sunday, June 28, 2026
Last Spring I placed an order for some 6" x 6" paper pads from Echo Park. The cards I will be posting for the next few days were all made from that pad. I was able to make 26 cards in all from that pad. There are multiples of some so I won't be showing all 26. These cards will be posted through July 4th.
Thank you for coming by today!
Saturday, June 27, 2026
Friday, June 26, 2026
The dsp for these two cards was originally another 4" x 6" design that I cut in half because it was too large for an A2 card front.
Well, that's THE END. I still have some of the dsp left but for now I think I have enough of these cards for the people who have the bee hives and organic farm.
Thanks so much for following through all of these cards!
Thursday, June 25, 2026
I have an old Stampin' UP! wood mounted set with a "bee" theme so I stamped the "hive" and added it as the focal point and then added the sticker from the Bee Happy set of papers. The 8 designs are each 1 1/4" square and added to a 4" x 5 1/4" mat before adhering to the A2 card base.
The last of the "bee" cards will be posted tomorrow. I hope you haven't been bored and have enjoyed some of the cute designs.
Thank you for coming by today!
Wednesday, June 24, 2026
.JPG)
This was a fun card using more of the "Bee" papers. Rita Holmes recently had a video on Facebook showing how a fun card could be created using circles with a variety of dsp patterns.
The paper pack has a sheet of coordinating stickers so I used these inside. Almost finished with the series of "bee" cards. Two more to go and then I'll be moving on to something new.
Thank you for coming by today!
Tuesday, June 23, 2026
Monday, June 22, 2026
Sunday, June 21, 2026
Saturday, June 20, 2026
BEE CARDS #22 & #23
Echo Park 12" x 12" papers have a border at the bottom with the name of the collection of designs. One of the packs was called "Bee Happy" with the little bee along side the wording. The title is on both sides of the paper, so I cut all of them off and matted most of them. They were used on the inside of a lot of the cards but this one was great for the outside.
Thank you for coming by today.
Friday, June 19, 2026
Thursday, June 18, 2026
Wednesday, June 17, 2026
Tuesday, June 16, 2026
Monday, June 15, 2026
Sunday, June 14, 2026
Saturday, June 13, 2026
BEE CARDS #14 & #15
The dsp with the black background was actually 4" x 6" and I didn't know how I could use it so I cut it in half. It worked out great.
Thank you for coming by today!
Friday, June 12, 2026
Thursday, June 11, 2026
Wednesday, June 10, 2026
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
More Beautiful Gallery dsp. This is the other half of dsp that I used on a card a few days ago. Thank you for coming by today!
-
Card #13 Card #14 I had a request to post a picture of all of these cards together so after I scheduled this post, I too... -
These were suggested layouts used for the pieces that were cut however I did make some minor changes on the ones I made. I'm ... -
I saw a card on Pinterest using this layout. I chose different papers which made my card a different color than the one I saw. The sen...