HAPPY BIRTHDAY

I used a Stampin' Up! embossing folder for this very quick card.  Before we left for our trip, I had been working on getting things lined up to make Thanksgiving cards after my Halloween cards were done.  SO.....this is the last card I have made up to show.  I need to get busy and get something made for tomorrow!

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AUTUMN WISHES

Rita Holmes video on Facebook for October 6th was making a card like this.  The base is a 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" piece of cardstock.  The little piece on the front opens and one of the leaves on the lower right hand area holds the little card shut.  After I finished and took the picture, I sent the card off to a friend we had visited before coming home from our trip.

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STORYBOOK FRIENDS - Fancy Fold

For instructions, you can search Laura Barto Stamps on YouTube.

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STORYBOOK FRIENDS

 I found the video for this card by Debbie Reed on YouTube.

We just returned home from a trip to Medora ND to see the President Theodore Roosevelt Library.  We loved it!  I may try to share some pictures in a few days  On our way home we naturally had to visit Mount Rushmore, Crazy Horse Monument and Custer State Park.  We knew the Buffalo Roundup had taken place the weekend before but we stopped at the Stockades to watch them as they sorted some of the herd.    We love that area of the country.

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I now have enough Thanksgiving cards for one of the care centers.  It sure feels good to have such a big head start on getting them done.  I am now doing cards for only 3 of the 4 centers because it was just getting too hard to get them all done.  

Thank you for sticking with me through all of these common themed cards!

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ECHO PARK

 One thing I like with the Echo Park papers is that they are double sided and that if one side isn't a favorite, the other side usually is.  These cards all use more of the stickers that coordinate.  These are all quick and easy cards to put together.

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PRETTY FALL FLORAL ARRANGEMENT

Echo Park papers. 

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THANKS A BUNCH

You may have seen earlier cards using this flowered paper from Echo Park.  I think this is one last piece that was on my table.  It pairs great with SU Poppy Parade card stock.  I kept the two pieces that were die cut out of those sections but will have to see what I come up with to use them.

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CLOSING OUT SEPTEMBER

I do have a few more cards that I will be using for Thanksgiving but tomorrow, I'll give you a break.  It's using  a recent die but much more colorful.

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ECHO PARK

The Echo Park pad does have some solid color sheets so I used a Poppy Stamps die to cut this lovely Maple Leaf.  The card base is 7 1/2" x 5 1/2" and scored at 4 1/4".  This lets the dsp on the inside show when it is closed.  

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ECHO PARK

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ECHO PARK

I was pleased that so many of the Echo Park papers that I have used match up so well with the Stampin' Up! card stock.

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The piece from Echo Park worked very well with Stampin' UP! Cherry Cobbler card stock.  The card stock was embossed with the Painted Texture folder.

Our youngest daughter turned 50 on September 12.  She told her daughters she didn't want anything special.  Her daughters took that as "I really want a surprise party!"  We took the family out to a steak house on her birthday.  Then last weekend there was nothing for her.  Tonight we are having a party for her two weeks late.  Hopefully she will be thinking that the steak house was her celebration and be surprised tonight.

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Echo Park dsp combined with Stampin' Up! card stock.

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Echo Park paper.

 

BACK TO THANKSGIVING CARDS

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INSPIRED BY RACHEL TESSMAN

This was my first attempt at making this angled cut.  The card uses a 12" x 5 1/2" piece of card stock for the base.  My white 12 x 12 is not as heavy as I would like but it works.  The papers used are from two different paper collections..........."Mediterranean Blooms" and "Wildly Flowering".  The lemon cluster on the front was fussy cut from a sheet.

While I had the papers out on my table, I decided to make a second one featuring the oranges.  The cluster of oranges were die cut from a sheet of that design.

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 You can watch Rachel's video HERE.

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ECHO PARK

 

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ECHO PARK PAPER PAD

 In the next couple of weeks, you will be seeing the card that I have made using papers from an Echo Park pad pad.  I will be using these fall cards for Thanksgiving designs and donating them to the care centers.  Echo Park also had a pad containing 16 sheets of stickers to use on the cards.

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NOTE: Actually posted on 9/22/26

ECHO PARK DSP

Almost a "One Sheet Wonder".......My September 15 card used this paper and since it was still on my table, I wanted to use the rest of it so I just started cutting it up..  If there were any scraps left, they are gone now.  I tried to work it so that there was a bird on each of the pieces.  Only the second card doesn't have one.

NOTE: Actually posted on 9/22/26.

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STORYBOOK FRIENDS

 I have another early "Easter" card ready.  Actually I had those two die cut pieces left over from the card I posted September 15th.  

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NOTE:  I'm behind on my posts so this was actually posted on 9/22/26.)

ANOTHER SIMPLY ELEGANT

On September 3 I posted a card like this but didn't have anything new in my "blog folder" for today so I am using this one.  It is very much the same but the flowers are a little different and this one is a birthday card.  This also shows how I embellished the inside.  

I have been working really hard on cards for care centers.  Halloween cards are done but I'm progressing on the Thanksgiving ones.  I need to take some pictures so I can show them here.

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STAMPIN' UP! - Blackberry Beauty dsp

I watched a video from Susan Campfield and she had made cards like this using new SU products.  Since the "Blackberry Beauty" dsp with the beautiful papers gave a similar look, I didn't "have to buy" anything more to make these cards.  

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INSPIRED BY A FRIEND

I recently received a birthday card from a friend and she had used this die with beautiful dsp showing in the cut-out areas.  I just happened to have that die as well and loved her card.  I pulled out paper that was on my table and immediately made one with the same look but made mine a "Thank You" card.  I  have also made a second one which will probably be shown later.

Thank you, Kris, for the inspiration and the beautiful card!

 

STORYBOOK FRIENDS

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CHEERS

This was a card I made for a special order.  A friend requested a card for her sister who enjoys wine.

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STORYBOOK FRIENDS

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MAY WE NEVER FORGET!

No doubt everyone remembers where they were when the news broke of this tragedy.  We have been to Shanksville 3 times and were grateful that we got to visit the 9/11 Memorial in New York City.

Feel free to share your story.

My friend, Debra, from Mississppi had this stamp.  She was so generous to allow me to purchase it from her since September 11 is my birthday, a day that will never be the same.

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