Butterfly Birthday Wishes

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WOW!!  Has it been a long time or what???  I'm happy to say that after approximately 5 years of shoulder issues I finally stamped a few cards recently :)

One of my favorite new images that I couldn't wait to use is our new Filigree Butterfly.

It's hard to tell in the picture but I stamped the butterfly in black on 3 different colors of pink paper and after fussy cutting them I attached them to my sponged rainbow background.  After stamping the Birthday Wishes greeting in black I mounted it on a folded black card.

Thank so much for stopping by today and hopefully I'll be posting again soon!

Sue

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Turkey on the Run

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I know Halloween is just around the corner, but I was in a mood to work on Thanksgiving cards this week.  And I decided to add a little humor to my stamping as well :)

This ended up being a very simple card to make.  I started by stamping the Running Turkey on the lower right side of white card stock and then masked it.  I also masked the top portion of my card so I could sponge on some green ink for grass.  I left the turkey mask in place, but I reversed the 2nd mask and had it cover the grass so I could sponge on my sky.  I removed both masks and colored in my turkey using markers.  I stamped the Turkey on the Run saying using a medium blue ink and thinking the card still needed a bit "more" I stamped just the Gobble from our Gobble till you Wobble greeting using orange ink.  To finish it off I layered it on orange and then a folded yellow card. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Sue
 

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Thanksgiving Sunflowers

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What is better on a cool fall afternoon to be warm and cozy inside sitting at my stamping desk?  It definitely inspired my card today

 

I started my card today by making getting out my Woven Plaid stamp and my yellow and orange stamp pads. I used the plaid that I had previously cut into 3 pieces and used the largest 2. Next I stamped our new Sunflower Bucket on a scrap of white card stock and colored it using a combination of  watercolor pencils and alcohol markers.  Next I stamped our Happy Thanksgiving Arc on white and die cut the oval and sponged the edges in yellow. I attached everything to a folded orange card.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Sue

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Rugged Cowboys

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A relatively quick and easy card for you today.  I stamped just the mountains from our new Mountains and Trees 2 in 1 Background using the right side of the image for the top line of mountains and the left side for the bottom line.  I masked off the sky area so I could sponge on the brown ink and once I removed the mask I used a blue alcohol marker to color the sky.  I stamped the fence from our Fence and Rocks 2 in 1 Background and then put the card in my misti so I could stamp the cowboys several times ensuring a solid black image.  Once I added the greeting from our Western Word Square I layered it on black and then a folded blue card.

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Thanksgiving Porch

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Fall is truly here in the northeast, but we do have a bit of Indian Summer going on the past 2 days :)

A perfect time to get outside and decorate without freezing!

I started my card by stamping our new Autumn Harvest Chair and Bucket of Sunflowers at the bottom of white card stock using black ink.  I masked both and stamped our Floor image on the bottom and our Wood Grain Background 3 times to cover the card.  Leaving the masks in place I sponged on some black ink on the edges of the "walls" and covered the floor.  After removing the masks I colored the chair and sunflower images using a combination of watercolor pencils and alcohol markers.  For the "picture" hanging on the wall, I stamped our Wooden Frame Collection and added the Thanksgiving Greeting in the center.  I sponged on the yellow and colored the frame.  I used a black marker and a ruler to add the nail and wire before I attached the frame (Thanks Julie!! I loved the look on her fishing card :)

Thanks for visiting!!

Sue

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Pumpkin Patch Scene

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Is it just me or is time flying by?  There's been a definite chill in the air lately :)

I've been having a great time using our new 2 in 1 background stamps.  I keep trying to see if I can come up with new combinations.  

I started my card by stamping our Pumpkin Pile and Pumpkin Patch images on white card stock and masking them.  Next I inked just the trees in our New Mountain and Tree 2 in 1 Scene using vintage green ink and stamping them mostly above the pumpkins.  I inked just the fence from our Fence  and Rocks 2 in 1 Scene and stamped it slightly below the trees.  I added a mask to the trees so I could sponge on the grass and sky.  Once I removed the masks I used a combination of watercolor pencils and alcohol markers to color in the pumpkins.

Thanks for stopping by!

Sue

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Sunflower Oval

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I thought I'd change my stamping up a bit this week by not stamping a scene :)

My card today is actually very simple and only uses 2 images.  On a piece of white card stock I stamped our new Sunflower Bucket 8 times, colored just the flowers with a combination of watercolor pencils and alcohol markers and then fussy cut them leaving the non colored buckets attached.

Next I stamped our new World Has Changed Thanksgiving Saying (leaving off the last line) using black ink on ivory card stock and die cut it with an oval die cut and then die cut a slightly larger orange oval.  Once I taped the 2 ovals together I taped my 8 sunflower images on the back and adhered all to a folded green card.

Thanks for stopping by!

Sue

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Relaxing Scarecrow

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Have you ever scared yourself with a card design idea?   That's my card today as I designed it in my head :)

I will also admit that I really didn't think I could pull it off, but in the end I was pleasantly surprised at how quickly and easily it all came together.

I think it was just the sheer number of stamps I was dragging out of my collection that made me nervous, but once I decided to stamp the background as a scene and fussy cut and attach the cabin, stonewall, scarecrow and leaf pile it all went quickly.

To start I cut out my "path" out of scrap so I could sponge on yellow and brown.  I covered the path with the piece I cut out and sponged on the grass and sky and stamped just the fence from our New Fence & Rocks 2 in 1 Scene using black ink. 

On a separate piece of card stock I stamped (using black ink)

Laid Out Scarecrow (New Image!!)

Autumn Leaf Pile

Stonewall with Gate

Cabin

I colored all using a combination of watercolor pencils and alcohol markers and fussy cut them and then attached them using some double sided tape.  I finished it off by stamping our Happy Fall Y'all in the sky and then layered all on black and then a folded yellow card.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Sue

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Thanksgiving Mountain and Lake Scene

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Been a long time, right?  Too long if you ask me!  I'm just so pleased with our new images that I HAD to sit down and stamp.  Mother Nature even cooperated and handed me a rainy Sunday to make sure I got to stamp all day long :)

I'm going to warn you that most of the stamps on my card to today won't be available for purchase until September 5, but that will be here before you know it!

I'm most excited about our new background images.  We're coming out with 2 new images, but each stamp actually has 2 separate images on it, giving you 3 options per stamp.  Sadly I can't do the math of how many combinations you can get when you use both stamps together :)

Our first new combo background image is Mountains and Trees

as you can see there's plenty of room to ink each image individually.

Our second new background image is a Fence and Water's Edge w/Rocks combo

Both of these stamps are a full 6 inches from left to right and my card today uses 3 out of the 4 images on the 2 stamps.

I started my card by inking the mountains in black and the trees in vintage green and stamping them towards the top of my card.  Next I inked up just the rocks from the 2nd image in black ink and stamped it towards the bottom.  I made masks of all three images so I could sponge on my sky, mountain, lake and grass.  I stamped our "soon to be released" Sunflower Bucket on a separate scrap of card stock and colored and fussy cut it and attached it to my scene.  I added our Give Thanks greeting and layered it on black and then on a folded yellow card.

Thanks so much for visiting!  Come back often and see more cards using our newest designs!

Sue

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Under the weather...

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Between the large quantities of rain we've had lately, the directives to stay inside and so many ill in the world, this card just kind of worked itself out....

I started my card by stamping our Country Window in the center of a white piece of card stock using black ink.  I used a blade to remove all the window panes and then masked the image to stamp our Wood Grain Background across the whole card using grey ink. I sponged grey ink around the edges, added the top 2 lines of our Under the Weather Greeting and set it aside.  On a separate piece of card stock I stamped our Lightning image and masked it.  I used a couple of different blue inks to dab on my colors.  Once it was dry and I removed the mask, I taped it behind my window and attached everything to a folded blue card.

Stay Healthy and Stamping!
Sue

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Stained Glass Birthday

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Have you ever seen an old card that you made and thought "I can do better?"  That was me last week the night before teaching a stamping glass using our stained glass stamps :)




This is one of the cards I've used as a sample when I teach a stained glass class and as I took it out I decided to change it up a bit.  

Not sure what possessed me to sponge on the rainbow, but I kinda knew by the 3rd color that I was on the right track.  Once my rainbow was finished I stamped our Sm. Stained Glass using black ink and then stamped our Silhouette Butterfly right on top using the same black ink.  Since I wanted to see more of the rainbow I choose to just trim the edges instead of fussy cutting the glass/butterfly combo and layered it it on black.  Since it was for a class I wanted to keep the background simple so I trimmed a piece of white cs and stamped our Happy Birthday using purple ink along the bottom and layered all on an embossed piece of acetate and attached that to my folded pink card.

Thanks for stopping by!
Sue

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Luck of the Irish

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Wow has this past week flown by!  I couldn't believe the weekend was upon us again as I sat down to stamp last night!  I'm also thankful I've been diligently pumping out my St. Patrick's Day cards since it will be here before I know it.

Here's my latest - a darker card than what I've been doing lately, but it really sat well with me :)

I started by stamping the Shamrock Swag on white paper, coloring and fussy cutting it.  I stamped the St. Patrick's Day Greeting on ivory using black ink and after figuring out the added spacing for the swag I trimmed and sponged the edges.  After layering all 3 layers together I decided my folded card was a bit too plain so I used the Shamrock Swag around the edges.

Thanks for stopping by!
Sue

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Shamrockin' Day

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I sat down last night to make a fast card - which I did.  The surprising part and definitely something that's never happened to me before is that I was finished so quickly that I was actually able to add a few extra touches - go me!!!

I started my card by stamping our Shamrock Scroll around the perimeter of my card using green ink.  I stamped our Shamrockin' Day Greeting on a piece of scrap and after adding a bit of shading I masked off the four side and added some extra green ink.  Once it was all trimmed and layered I was shocked at how fast it had gone so I was able to take the time to color in all the shamrocks and when I still had a few more minutes I added the yellow around portions on the scroll!

Thanks for stopping by!
Sue

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Plaid St, Patrick's Day

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I'm not sure what gremlins possessed me as I sat down to stamp the other night, but I really need to do a couple of Valentine cards for my boys, but somehow I ended up going with Irish.

Ever since Julie posted her beautiful Cherry Blossom Thank You card a couple of weeks ago I've been dying to do something similar.  Thanks for getting in my head Julie - I can use all the help I can get!!

I started by stamping a diagonal plaid on a scrap of card stock using our Woven Plaid and spring green ink.  I then used just the 1/4" strip of plaid (see our tutorial on our "Cut Apart Plaid") and added some yellow ink between the green stripes.  Wanting to add a bit more I then used the smallest strip to add some more yellow directly on top of the fattest green sections.  I layered it on green card stock and set it aside.

I stamped, colored and fussy cut our Everything Irish image and then used just the center of our St. Patrick's Shamrock Scroll by applying masking tape to the scroll parts, inking it in green, removing the masking tape and stamping on a scrap of white.  Once I had all my pieces I layered it on white and attached everything to a folded green card.

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Sue

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Argyle Valentine

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I was so happy that I finally found some time to sit and stamp last night!!  As soon as I sat down I decided to keep my card relatively simple and uncomplicated yet I still wanted a lot of color.  Our Argyle Stamp immediately came to mind.

I started by stamping our Argyle across my white card stock using red ink and then stamped it a second time above my first image and then a third time above that.  I used our Diamond Fill-in stamp and raspberry ink to fill in the solid diamonds of the argyle and was having so much fun I kept going with soft pink ink in all the white diamonds that were left :)

I stamped our Valentine Scroll Oval on a separate piece of white card stock using the raspberry ink and after trimming and sponging the edges with the soft pink ink I adhered it to the center of my argyle and then attached both to a folded white card that I also sponged with the soft pink.

It was a fun, relaxing hour that I'm hoping to repeat asap!!

Thanks for stopping by!
Sue

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Candy, Hearts, and Rabbits

Don't you love to play with new stuff?

I finally broke down and bought some more Distress Oxide inks this weekend.  I immediately made a sheet of ink/spray/smash page, and then made these fun creations from it.

I used a previous sheet of green ink/spray/smash paper to make my hills on this Easter card. The die cut bunnies are from Impression Obsession and the greeting is the DRS Designs Happy Easter Everybunny.

I used a new die to get this fun hunter, dog, and bird die cut I used to cover this $1 candy box.  I had theDRS Designs On My Mind greeting out so I used it.   

Lastly, I made a Valentine's card using the Hugs, Kisses and Valentine Wishes greeting.  I cut a few hearts out of my leftover background paper.  

I love the pink and yellow colors on these creations, they work really well for Valentine's Day and Easter. 

Hope your week is going well!

Hugz, 

Nancy

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Homemade by...

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Did you check out Julies Gift Tag post yesterday?  Are they adorable or what? 

I have another tag for you today - I just came at it from the opposite direction... I am so completely far behind I don't even have time to sit down and make a whole card so I went the gift tag route to attach to some of my home baked treats that I hand out at Christmas :)  At least I'm ahead on something!

I started by stamping our Woven Plaid using red, green and yellow inks. I stamped our Handmade Santa on a scrap of white, colored it  and trimmed it to fit my plaid with just a bit of green layer behind it.  Everything was layered on handmade green tag with 2 holes at the top for my ribbon.

Thanks for stopping by!!
Sue

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Santa Line-up

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One of the fun things about moving my stamping stuff to a new location was cleaning it all out and finding things I hadn't seen in years.  I found quite a large stash of odds and ends that didn't work for whatever reason and now I'm doing my best to clean them all out and put them to good use.

My Santa Line-up came from the pile.  It's not 5 separate Santa's, it one long line of masked Santa Face images that I had previously fussy cut along the bottom.  Last night I finished fussy cutting along the top and colored the hats in red.  I layered it on green and then red before attaching it to a white layer and then on a folded green card.  I stamped our Especially to You greeting as shown using green ink.  My last step last night was to apply some liquid applique on the hat band and pom pom and let it dry over night so I could puff it up today.  Sadly, it's not as white as I would have liked so I'm off now to shop for a new tube :)

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Sue

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Thanksgiving Pumpkins

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It is so good to be back to stamping - especially at my favorite stamping time of year!  One of the things I noticed about my fall stamping is that I tend to be a bit repetitive when it comes to backgrounds.  I either do plaid (my all time favorite :) or leaves.  So I challenged myself to not use either for my card this week.

So I ended up deciding on pumpkins!

I started my card by stamping our Pumpkin Pile in the bottom left corner and then 3 more times on scrap so I could create some masks.  Once the cutting was finished it was pretty easy to create this large pile of pumpkins.  Just stamp and move the masks.  One I finished coloring them with my alcohol markers and watercolor pencil combo I put the masks back on so I could sponge in the blue sky.  The Hayrides Greeting was stamped on white, sponged with yellow and layered on blue and everything was adhered to a folded black card.

I was having so much fun with the Pumpkin Pile I decided to try a "no color" version.  I switched to orange ink and filled the entire card and then sponged the edges with orange ink.  My Thanksgiving Greeting was again stamped on white using brown ink and layered on orange.  For the focal pumpkins I went back to the Pumpkin Pile and stamped it on scrap and fussy cut the 2 smallest pumpkins on it.  After coloring I coated the first one with some glitter glue and when dry I assembled it as shown.

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

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Filigree Pumpkin

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Can you believe I'm back?  It's been so long since I have been able to stamp, but I just couldn't let fall go by without making a Thanksgiving card! 

Here's the funny part.... I've had so many stamping ideas running through my head but when I sat down to actually stamp, my mind was a total blank.  It was like I'd never stamped before!  Once I decided on the stamps I wanted to use things got a bit better :)

I started by inking our Filigree Pumpkin using orange ink and using the corner of my green pad for the stem and leaf and stamping it on white card stock, trimming and sponging the edged with yellow ink.  I also tapped the edges on my orange ink pad for a very fine line border.  I was a bit lost until I found a scrap of plaid paper I made last year using our Woven Plaid and yellow and butterscotch inks.  All that was left was to add the Happy Thanksgiving in orange ink and layer it all on a folded orange card.

Thanks so much for stopping by!!  Fingers crossed I'll be back next week :)
Sue

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