Monday, December 2, 2024

White, Mostly

 
Holiday Greetings,

Here is the card that was sent off to Connecticut. As you can see, I used the color suggestion. Just had to add a teeny bit of color, however. Can you see the Encore! silver ink I used for the sentiment? 


The while cardstock for all this whiteness is PTI. The snowflake embossing folder is a really old SU one that I don't have the name for. If anyone reconizes it, please let me know.

Anyway, the star die is from a retired SU set called So Many Snowflakes. I embellished it with a single rhinestone.

The sentiment is from SU's cling stamp set called Peaceful Moments. It is retired also, sorry to say. Inside, I stamped another phrase from the same set. Done, a really simple card to make and I am pleased with it.

I have a good bunch of my Christmas card stamp and die sets out ready to make my cards. Just am not in that grove quite yet. I will now that Thanksgiving is over. 

Did you have turkey? We didn't, had salmon with lots of sides. My two college age grands are home, so that made the day special.

Theme Options: Nativity / Steampunk / Friendship



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Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Peace, Love and Joy

Holiday Greetings~

My card joins the November Woodblock Wednesday challenge. The woodblock I chose is a really old one from Hero Arts. Sorry, it does not seem to be available anywhere. I sure love it. 

So here is my card, another one ready to send out this season.

It is hard to see, but the tree and greeting are both stamped with Encore! gold ink. I used an un-labled small design element to decorate the tree.

The tree die cut came from my recent card making evening with my demo Kelly Duncan. It is from Stampin' Up! I placed an extra one behind for some dimension. 

The sparkling green background is also SU's Glimmer Paper placed on a Very Vanilla top folding card base.



Love, joy and peace to our world and all of my visitors. 🕊 

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Monday, November 18, 2024

Joyful Snowflake

 Hi~

After watching Mindy Eggen's video on the blackout embossing technique, I just had to try it as blue is my favorite color. She used dark blue instead of black. So here is my card CASEing hers.

In this photo, the colors look dark aqua and pink, but in real life my card is SU Blueberry Bushel and retired Bashful Blue with a touch of Disress Oxide Seedless Preserves which came out looking pink. So I ran with that for my focal point and sentiment strip.

I started with chosing an embossing folder. This one is an older SU one, but I don't know the name. If anyone knows it, please leave a comment. The e f pushed down on the colored paper so when I dragged the darker blue pad acrossit it the backfround and some areas became colored. A magical technique! 

The pink star was cut from Pretty In Pink c.s. with a die from the old So Many Snowflakes die set and I added a dot from my stash. The sentiment is from redired Peacful Moments SU set.

My first holiday card for this season. I like it. Texture, blue and pink, how can one go wrong! :-)

It is getting colder here late this week, but that is okay by me.

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Saturday, November 2, 2024

Hello Friend

Hello!

My CCC card for October went to New Jersey and used the Friendship and Plaid ideas shown below.

Here is my card:

 
I made the flower by playing with an old Turnabout stamp from Concord & 9th. I cut out it with an SU die from the newer Spotlight on Nature die set. To finish  I used a resin dot in pale pink. The plaid papeer is from an old paper stack probably also by SU and the blue paper is from my "UFO" bin. My greeting is from the older Inked & Tiled stamp set. With hindsight, I should have stamped it several times to darken it. 

Inside I added a stip of the plaid paper and wrote a note. 

Theme Options: Bears / Transylvania / Friendship

Product / Technique Options:  Needle and Thread Plaid
 


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Wednesday, October 2, 2024

Hello Pup

 Greetings!

My Card Chain Challenge card has flown over to Greece this month. I chose to use the color options plus two of the other options. I am highlighting my love of Shih Tzu dogs. So here he is, done up in SU embossing powder Cooper, the closest I have to bronze and he has paws, right? 


Theme Options: Egypt / Paws / Friendship

Product / Technique Options:  Embossing Powder / Inlaid Die Cut

The pup wooden stamp is from Rubber Hedgehog Stamps and the hello is by SU from the Let's Chat set. I masked him and a cloud stencil then lightly sponged Distress Inks for the sky and ground. Notice his red bow. A friendly message inside completed this card.

What do you think? Another senior moment came when I realized I hadn't taken a picure, so had to redo the envelope. I opened the side 'cuz global postage was already on. That worked out fine. Whew.

We had lovely Fall weather temps the final week in September, but back to the 80's for the next week and on to October.

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Wednesday, September 25, 2024

A Special Card

 
Hello Stampers

Adding this card to the September Edition /Woodblock. I found an old Hero Arts wood block stamp from 2012 in my stash. It did not stamp very well as you can see. This is the best of many tries and many pictures. 


I think this is a fun stamp and the card will be sent to one of my adult grandchildren soon. 
I used VersaMark and VersaFine Onyx Black for the stamping. The little pumpkin is part of an old Hampton Art stamp. The cardstock is SU, am not sure of the color name, maybe Pale Papaya.

Hopefuly I will finish the other Halloween cards before time to mail them. The one for my great granddaugher won't be scary! 

Summer weather here is sticking around here in MN. Me, I am ready for Fall and cool temps.


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