Poinsettia

 Poinsettia

One of my holiday designs for this year is all about the flower Poinsettia.

stamps/dies used:  Spellbinders Christmas Bird Poinsettia, Altenew stamp co. all the sayings & embossing folder

This card came together pretty quickly because all the wonderful die set from Spellbinders co.  For these cards I die cut colored cardstocks, so there was no coloring.  Embossed white card panel with Altenew organic linen 3D embossing folder.  These embossing folders have been my favorite now for quite a while.  They emboss beautifully with no fussing of wetting cardstock, or anything.  I arranged the poinsettia with all the leaves on a white oval die cut, then layered onto a black oval die cut that is a little bigger.  I do like the way this card came together.

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Merry and Bright

 Merry and Bright

It's that time of year for me to start showing my holiday card designs.  

stamps used:  GinaK designs Tapestry stamp, Altenew co. sayings inside and out

I don't own the tapestry stamp, my friend shared it with me, thank you very much.  It's a beautiful image, and then when you heat emboss it ... it really comes to life.  I multi-color embossed it.  That means I stamped the image with a clear embossing ink pad, next I sprinkled on some silver embossing powder, and gold embossing powder.  Heat embossed it with my heat tool to see the magic of embossing powder bring out the beauty of this image.  I layered the embossed panel onto a gold panel I die cut with a mini scallop rectangle die.  The shine of the gold panel just highlights the multi-colored tapestry panel.  Layered the saying, that I also gold embossed onto oval die cuts over the tapestry panel.  Added some self sticking gems to finish off the card.  Have you ever multi-colored with embossing powder?  Try it you just might like it.

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Thank You cards

 Thank you cards

Made a bunch of Thank You cards to have in my stash, and for a couple of people who asked for them.

stamps used: Unity stamp co. flowers, butterfly, lady.  Sayings various companies

Two of the above cards are what I call Faux layer style cards.  That is where you mask off section, blend in some colors, remove mask then stamp image in black. I used my Catherine Pooler inks for blending the colors.  You know, if you follow my blog they are my favorite ink pads.  You can see more of my Faux layer cards in this post from 2020, in this post with a video showing how to do this technique.  The butterfly card is a Split negative card.  Check out how to do this technique in this post with written instructions, and here back in 2016.  To see more of both of these techniques just type in Faux layers, or Split negative in the search bar.

dies used:  Stampin' Up Share a Milkshake stamp/die set

These milkshake, ice-cream cone, and sundae cards are fun, and easy to create.  No stamping required just die cutting of the images.  The backgrounds are, starting with the milkshake card the wax paper pouncing with inks.  The ice-cream card is paper towel pouncing with inks.  The last but not least is the sundae card, which has a shaving cream background.  I usually have a stack of background panels done, so I can make up cards whenever I need.  To see more with the Share a Milkshake stamp/die set look here.  Check out the shaving cream technique look here including a video I did a while ago.  Check out the wax paper technique here with a video.  The paper towel technique is the same as the wax paper.  Remember you can type any technique name in the search bar to see more from me.

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Bird sympathy

 Bird sympathy

stamp/dies/embossing folder used:  Altenew stamp co. birds, embossing folder.  MFP saying

My local card swapping group decided to do sympathy for one of our monthly themes.  The above picture is the first card I did but for my group I simplified the card a little.

stamps/dies/stencils used: Altenew stamp co. bird dies, stencil.  MFP saying

In this picture you can see I switched out the embossing folder for a stencil.  Other than that I used the same ink which is from my favorite company, Catherine Pooler stamp co.  I do like their foam ink pad and all the fun colors...that is not to say other companies don't have very good ink pads, it's just for me it's CP inks lately.  Back to my cards ... I die cut the birds and adhered them to a circle die that I blended some ink on.  Stamped the saying with black ink, and puts a few self sticking gems to finish off the cards.

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Happy Halloween!

 Happy Halloween!

It's the last day of October so we all know what that means ... All Hallows Eve or Halloween!  This is the night when all the witches, and goblins come out to play.

stamps & supplies used:  Art Foamies skeleton, TH stencils/dies

I started out making these into 5" x 7" cards but decided to just keep them as big postcards.  There is what I call collage stamping on these two postcards.  Collage stamping is basically stamping over other images or adding a stencil with a lighter color.  You can see more collage stamping in this post with links to other posts.  I used a lot of my Catherine Pooler inks, which if you follow my blog, you know they are my favorite ink pads.

stamps/supplies used:  Art Foamies skeleton, TH stamps, MFP sayings

The company Art Foamies is a small family owned business that makes big foam style stamps.  The owner, Kae Pea is a lovely person who I met in person when I was working at GASS (stamp store that closed there doors years ago) when she taught there in person.  Back then she was with Rubber Moon stamps.  

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On the Blackboard

 On the Blackboard

stamped used:  Altenew stamp co. Tea for two

This card was done for my local card swap, which we do monthly.  But I'm behind in showing my cards here on my blog.  This was done for the month we did technique as the theme.  Mostly you use black cardstock to represent a blackboard, but I find it fun to change it up and use other color cardstocks for a little different effect. This technique is also called chalkboard technique but whatever you call it ... it is a unique technique. In the above picture you can see I used black, tan, and dark blue cardstocks.

The idea behind this technique is for the image to look as if it has been drawn on a blackboard.  I used black cardstock then stamped the teapot with a clear embossing ink pad, heat emboss it with white embossing powder.  Next smudge on some white pigment ink with a sponge dauber.  I find the sponge dauber works better than blending brushes for this technique.  Then just embellish however you like to finish the card. 

You can see more on this post and if you type blackboard or chalkboard in search bar you can see even more on this technique.

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More on Halloween

 More on Halloween

Can't help myself so here are more Halloween cards.

stencils/dies used:  Waffle Flower big moon layering stencil set, TH word dies/stencil

On the Fright card I did the big moon layering stencil first.  The #1 stencil lays down the background color, #2 does layer of moon, #3 adds the last layer for the moon.  The wicked card I blended greens and blue inks.  After blending colors I did the big moon stencil.  Next added bats with Tim Holt stencil, last added the wicked word die.

stamps/dies used:  Stampers Anonymous, TH word die & stencils

Again I blended lots of color with green, blue, and yellow inks. The fright card has two of TH stencils.  Trick or treat uses stamps, and bat stencil.

Did color blending with a couple of blue inks this time.  Added bats, and rib cage with stencils.  I even splashed on some water to make the water spots.  Last mounted boo word.  

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Tags on Halloween

 Tags on Halloween

stamps/dies used:  Stampers Anonymous, TH dies

When I to change it up I make tags.  For these tags I blended lots of darker color inks for that dreary look.  Stamped over all the dark color with black ink or  Catherine Pooler Rose gold or Platinum ink pads.  They are pigment inks so they take a little longer to dry.  When I made these tags I was at a crop, and didn't have my heat tool ... so I had to set them aside to dry on their own for a few hours.

stamps/stencils used:  Stampers Anonymous, TH word die, TH stencil

No color blending on the above two tags ...just stenciled with TH pumpkins layering stencils.  Then stamped and fussy cut out the ghosts, because they do not have dies.  Gotta love "ghost hug" saying.

Do you like to make tags?

In my last post I asked a question about the purple paper behind the trees on the card.  The answer is purple vellum.  I found some of it in my stash of papers.  You never know what you find till you start moving things around.

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Frightful Halloween

 Frightful Halloween

dies used:  Tim Holtz, Stampin' Up

My friends know I like to make Halloween cards so, this year is no different.  

dies used:  Tim Holtz, Stampin' Up

I made a bunch of these cards using TH dies, and SU tree die.  As you can see some of them I sponged color on trees ... others I left white.  Since I made multiples of this design I'm not showing all of them.  I'll start mailing them out probably next week.  Here's a question for you:  Do you know what type of paper is the purple behind the trees?  I'll leave this question up till my next post.

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More slider pull up cards

 More slider pull up cards

stamps/supplies used:  Altenew stamp co. Jelly fish and saying

Instructions and measurements can be found on this post. 

Here is a look at the inside of this jelly fish card.

Yet a couple more of these slider pull up cards.

stamps used:  Altenew stamp co.

stamps used:  Altenew stamp co. oranges and Stampin' Up birthday sayings

Had fun making these cards.  Now it is time to send them off to family and friends.  Hopefully they will put a smile on their faces.

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Fun Slider - pull up card

 Fun Slider - pull up card

stamp/supplies used:  Unity Doodle bird, Stampin' Up DSP, Prisma color pencils

This is a slider or some call it a pull up card ... whatever you call it ... it's FUN, and easy to create.

Slider Pull up card

stamp/supples used: Unity stamp co. Doodle bird, Stampin’ Up (pattern papers) DSP

measurements:

base card: 5 ½” x 8 ½” scored at 4" & 8"

white (inside slider card) cs: 3 ¾” x 5”

outside slider can be any size or shape

mechanism strips – ¾” x 3”

Front DSP (pattern paper) - 3 ¾” x 5 ¼”

Basic instructions:

With ½” fold on left hand side in trimmer, line it up at 1 ½” in trimmer. Cut from 1” to 4 ½”. This creates slit for the slider. Add tear & tape to ½” section.

Add foam tape on one end of mechanism strip. Flip strip over and add tear & tape on end of mechanism strip. Slide strip through slit with tear & tape inside card, foam tape showing through front of card. Punch half circle thumb hole on top of front of card.

Slide strip to bottom of card. Adhere 3 ¾” x 5” (inside white panel) to slider strip with tear & tape on it that will be on the inside of the card. Peel off backing of tear & tape and close card.

Add stamped layer to front of card on the mechanism strip with foam tape. See photo above.

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Faux postage wild flowers

 Faux postage wild flowers

stamps used:  Waffle Flower postage collage wild flowers

It's that special time of year where we celebrate handmade cards in all their beauty - World Card Making Day 2024! This year, our favorite card making holiday is on October 5th. That is today!

I am enjoying making faux postage with all the Waffle Flower company dies, and stencils.  This one is called Postage collage Wild Flowers.

Here is a close up of one of my cards.  The postage die cuts out the card with all the blocks with holes to create the faux postage.  Next you use the layering stencils to add flowers.  I have some other postage images like cancellation lines that I haven't added to these cards, yet.  I will before I mail them out to family or friends.

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