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This is definitely a card I wouldn't have made on my own, but I'm so glad I did. It's fun and I think someone will like getting it.
Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful day!
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I guess I'm excited too because there is a woman in The Angel Card Project who's going to be 100 next month and I wanted to make her a really nice card. The idea started with a sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches #692 that has three blocks. I thought the numbers 100 would fit nicely in there. I had the idea to make her a shaker card too, and when I saw the Tic-Tac-Toe challenge over at Retro Rubber #257 (#rrcb257) the idea all came together. (See the pic below for the three I chose on the card.)
I wanted to also add that this is a really large card. A friend gave me a stationary set that included envelopes big enough to hold a 5.5" x 8.5" card, and that's the size of this. I needed this much space to pull off using these large numbers. But when you're 100, you deserve a really big card!
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It's almost 1:00 a.m. now and I've got a Walmart Pick Up order for 7:00 a.m. I must get to bed! But it's been so fun playing along with the challenges!
Thanks so much for stopping by, and have a great day!
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When I saw The Paper Players One-Layer Card Challenge, I knew it was time. I combined that with the Cardz 4 Guyz Challenge, which is plaid or checks. I'm also entering thiso over at The Neglected Stuff Challenge because I don't know when I last used this Deep Red Vintage Woody stamp, if ever! It has been highly neglected for years.
I have to credit the current Stampin' Up! catalog with the idea for this one. On page 114, there is a treat box made with acetate. They took alcohol markers and made a plaid design on it. It's really cute, and that's where I got the idea to make the plaid on a one-layer card.
Here are a few pictures of how I did this:
One of my favorite sets is this floral one from Stampin' Up! After stamping the flowers, I remembered a technique that I saw on YouTube years ago. You stamp an image, then color the background black, then color the image. I don't remember who did it. It may have been Jennifer McGuire, but I'm not sure. All I remember is that it was done with little envelopes in the foreground. Anyway, I thought for an added extra zing I would try this now.
I really like how it turned out. I did the background in Sharpie Markers, which I had on hand. They really hold up to a lot of coloring.
Here are a few pictures of the process:
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| First I stamped the images, then cut the circles, then colored. That way I didn't waste ink or time. You can see the difference in the tips of the Sharpies. I couldn't have done this without both of them. |
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This was a really fun card to make! Thanks so everyone over at Try A Sketch on Tuesday for putting this together. Be sure to check out their challenge and hopefully play along!
Thanks so much for stopping by today!
This was my first time buying from them and choosing was so hard. I wound up ordering the Serene Escape Ephemera Pack and Coordinating Paper. I chose these because I have quite a bit of purple card stock that I bought at Michaels and even have some purple envelopes. So these were perfect.
Ephemera makes card making so, so easy and I just loved working with these pieces. They're so pretty and unique. I ended up making 12 cards in one afternoon and since it was just before Mother's Day I ended up taking them to church for the ladies to take if they wanted to. (See my picture below.)
The scripture fit perfectly on the card as well. I printed it at home on some light lavender card and trimmed it down. It makes a great centerpiece for the ephemera.
In addition to the supplies from Not Too Shabby, I used purple card stock from a Michael's pack, Stampin' Up!'s Basic Gray card stock and some pearls from Jolee's. Super simple!
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| Here's the card rack at church. The flowers were there already and I love how they matched! |
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| My desk just as I was getting started. I did add some of my own rubber stamp scriptures to the 12 cards I made for church. |
Here are a few other photos of the cards that I made with this set...
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Be sure to check out this challenge over at Word Art Wednesday and play along. It's always an "anything goes" challenge and you never have to use the scripture if it doesn't work. It's just fun and they would love to have you!
The blue paper scraps were laying on my desk, leftover from an earlier project. I knew I wanted to use some starts, thinking I was going to create another 4th of July type card. But after looking at the blue paper I noticed that there was yellow in it, so I went with that instead.
I stamped Stampin' Up! stars (from a couple of different sets) on SU! So Saffron card stock. After adhering the patterned papers down, I added the die-cut stars, a sentiment (which I wish was bigger now, but that's okay) and added some enamel dots for balance and fillers.
This was a really easy pair to make. My hope is that they're masculine enough to send to a guy.
Well that's it for today. Thanks so much for stopping by, and have a wonderful day!
Needing some quick inspiration, I turned to Freshly Made Sketches #690 to give me a starting point. My supplies were very limited as I only have this one stamp that says Happy Father's Day. The images I have for men are limited too. Thankfully this guy likes fishing so I think I've got a good combo.
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I still have yet to make (or find a previously made card) for my hubby by tomorrow. I've spent way too much time cross stitching today and now I really have to hustle. I've even procrastinated on the gifts so we have to open them tomorrow night. Where were we before Amazon!?
Anyway, I hope you have a wonderful day whether you're celebrating a special guy in your life or not. Thanks so much for stopping by!
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Much of this card was pieced together with torn card stock and a die for the sun. I forgot to emboss or stamp the "sand" and "water" before I taped them down, so I left the sand blank, as there wasn't a lot of room showing anyway. For the water I used a light blue Copic and hand drew little waves on. That way it was easy to work around the already-taped-down edges.
I always love the challenge of making guy cards and I'm so thankful to everyone over at Cardz for Guyz for creating these great challenges!
If you’re not on their email list and would like this pattern be sure to sign up before the end of the month. It may be available after that, but not for free. Here’s the link to sign up:
https://primrosecottageshop.com/blogs/free-stitch-friday/q-a-with-aldo-vacca-1
I’m excited to see what next month’s freebie is!
Thanks so much for stopping by today!
I love word dies that also have backgrounds, and this is one of my faves, but I've never used the whole thing because I feel it should have a sun on the card somewhere. Usually I just use the part that says "Hello" as it's easy to cut away the "Sunshine" part. But as I hopped around on other blogs this morning I saw some summery cards and really wanted to make something using the whole "Hello Sunshine" sentiment. But alas, I have neither a sun die (only little ones I bought premade on eBay) or a sunburst die. So, taking Darnell's cue, I made both!
I started by creating my own sun using a round die and a diamond die strip then cutting the diamond shaped pieces apart and gluing them around the circle. Then I created a sunburst by cutting four pieces of paper into triangles. You can see in the last picture that the pieces of patterned paper didn't line up perfectly, which is why I cut strips of orange to over up the gaps.
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I tilted the sentiment to give it a fun feel and hopefully the placement of the diamonds lead the eye up to the little bee. Had I planned this better I would have made his placement more pronounced, but he's still visible so I'm happy.
In addition to Darnell's I.D.E.A.S. Challenge, I'm also uploading this to Love Those Pretty Papers Challenge and The Four Seasons Challenge, both perfect summer challenges.
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Thanks so much for stopping by and have a sunny day!
My biggest difficulty was determining exactly what color turquoise is. I used to have a Stampin' Up! Tempting Turquoise Ink, but that's been discontinued and now I have Azure Afternoon, which is the one I decided to use in this challenge. The picture below shows the three inks that I do have that I thought would be considered turquoise, but none of them really captured exactly what I was looking for. Pinkfresh Studio makes a turquoise ink and refill that I want to get, but I had to make do this time.
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| Hmmmm.... turquoise? |
I created the middle section first, following the Freshly Made Sketches Design, then decided that the size of the card would need to be 5.5 x 5.5 in order to accommodate the design. This will be a hand-cancel mail anyway so the larger envelope size shouldn't be a problem.
This was so much fun to make. And if you're up for a challenge be sure to check out these two. Thanks so much to everyone over at those blogs for making creative time a bit more challenging! Hugs!
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I hope your summer is off to a good start and that you're enjoying the things you love most about summer. Thanks so much for stopping by, and have a sweet day!
I got the idea for this after seeing the colors in the challenge. I wanted to combine those colors with the lap blankets that I'm making for some people at my church who are going to give them to nursing home residents this coming Christmas.
The pattern is one that I made up as I went along. Basically I started with a chain 7, joined it then worked in sets of 3 double crochets. As I went along I could see when it was getting too wavy, and I just cut back on the next row. But basically it's a bunch of double crochets. Pretty easy!
One thing that this piece gave me the opportunity to do is to add beads to my work. I've always wanted to try doing it and it's really easy. Just pull the yarn off the hook and while it's folded, string a bead on, then put the yarn back on the hook and stitch like normal. (See pic below.) The only thing with the beads is that you need to make sure the hole is big enough. Mine were 3 sizes, and on the smallest ones I had to stick the yarn through with a toothpick, but it worked. These beads became the "pearls" in this project. And I know that pearls don't float on top of the waves, but it was a fun concept to create.
I have a whole new respect for pattern makers and those who create crocheted pieces on YouTube. There is so much work that goes into creating, and in my case, I had to pull out so many rows and try again until I got just the right look that I wanted. And while I'm pleased with it, I think something a little less ruffly would maybe be better. It was a hard balance to strike. It seemed like the waves were non-existent or too wavy. I think to get it 100% perfect it would have taken me a year! From now on, unless it's something really simple, I'll let someone else do the difficult work and just follow along!
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| The idea behind the lap warmer is to give nursing home residents a little something fuzzy to keep them warm, cozy and feeling loved. |
For my supplies, I used the following items pictured below. The blue yarn is from Walmart. The white fuzzy yarn and the beads came from Michaels. The third picture shows how I crocheted the beads on.
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I wasn't planning on putting the white yarn in the project, but my mom suggested it and it I'm glad she did. She said that the foam is always white and she was right, even if it did add an extra $10.00 to the project!
I'm not sure if I'll keep it or pass it on to someone in a nursing home. But this was a great project to create, and I really have Colorful Options to thank for stretching me and helping me create something unique.
If you're not familiar with their challenge, be sure to check them out at challenge HERE. Their challenges are so fun! I'm already thinking about what I can do for next month. I hope to see you there, and happy crafting!
The first Taylored Expressions item that I used is one of my favorite stamps called Big Delivery. It’s perfect for masculine cards and coloring the truck is so fun. The second TE product is the Frame in Frame 2 die cut set. I love how easy it makes it to frame an A2 card.
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Even though my products are retired, Taylored Expressions has a wonderful lineup of great products that are currently available. So be sure to check out all the wonderful cards over at Word Art Wednesday. And if you play along you’ll have an opportunity to win a $30.00 gift certificate from Taylored Expressions. Taylor’s line has so many cute designs that it will be hard to choose!
Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great day!
First I started with the sketch. I went looking for a stamp that was vertical. Originally I was thinking of a tree, but when I was digging around in my Close
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This was a really fun card to make and I'm looking forward to sending it out for the 4th this year. I even stamped the matching envelope too.
I hope you can get in on the fun and play along with these challenges too! Thanks so much for stopping by today!
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| David and the stamp set. |
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| Three cards I made with this set. |
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| This was our reality back in the day! |
I tried to keep the colors retro when making these cards too. I think that a young girl will like the look and I'll keep my eyes open for just the right people as I look around on the Angel Card Project.
I hope this post brings back some early stamping memories for you as well. Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful day!
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This one was really fun to make with all the little details on it. I'm hoping to find just the right person to send this to. Hopefully it will even be a 4th of July birthday for a guy. That would be fun!
Thanks so much for stopping by, and may we all "be the stars" that we were meant to be! Hugs!
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| It's just a scrawny tree now, but it will be more beautiful each year. |
These three cards were super easy using mostly Photo Play's materials. They are just 12 x 12 sheets of scrapbook paper. One one side are 12 different designs (like the states map) and on the other side there are patterns. This makes creating "no stamp" cards super easy. I also like the fact that I can just make one or two cards with the designs and I don't get tired of them.
I still have lots of leftover patriotic paper and I'm ready to create more. And I'm ready for summer. I've got my first watermelon on order from Walmart today. Hoping that will be good. It's not officially summer in my mind until I take my first bite.
Hoping your days are blessed, and thanks so much for stopping by today!
