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Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Challenging Myself
I'm always afraid to challenge myself to try a new card making technique...I'm one of those people that are sure I'm going to mess it up so I don't even try. This year I've decided that that's not going to happen. Who cares if I don't make it perfect...the fact that I've tried & created a nice card makes me happy!! I've seen a lot of really pretty card backgrounds made by blending inks. This particular one I on Pinterest looked so pretty, and I had a similar background stamp in my stash so I thought I'd try to recreate it. Sorry, I don't remember the name of the background stamp. I heat embossed it on card stock with white embossing powder, and then started inking over it with the only three blue Tim Holtz distress inks I have that would go together. I felt like it came out pretty darn good, then I really goofed. I didn't want to cover the background too much & decided to just add a bold black sentiment right over the front of the card, which might have been a great idea except that the ink wouldn't cover correctly where it hit the embossed parts....duh!! Then I thought it would be awesome to just stamp the sentiment on vellum & attach it right over top of the other one & no one would know the difference. The ink kept smudging on the vellum even after I used a heat tool, so I gave up and just matted the sentiment on card stock. You can still see a decent amount of the colors, and they're much prettier in person than in the picture. Forgot to say the sentiment is from an MFT stamp set called Amazing. Well thanks for stopping by!!
Monday, February 29, 2016
Shake Rattle & Roll
Art Impressions Blog is having a Shake Rattle & Roll challenge. I'm loving all the shaker cards out there in card making land but have only made a couple of them so far! I did make this one for my hubby for Valentine's Day which was also our 40th Wedding Anniversary Day....yeah...right...how corny is that...what were we thinking picking that date for a wedding 40 years ago??? Anyway...its a very simple shaker card. The star & sentiment were stamped using a Hero Arts stamp set, I cut the pink card front using a circle die, and sandwiched a group of red/white/pink sequins & Martha Stewart stars & hearts sequins in the middle!! What was really fun was the greeting inside. I don't wish to offend anybody, but I'm a fan of punny comments, and the one I put on the inside of this card is perfect for my husband & I and probably for a lot of couple going on 40 years of marriage. I can't find the name of the stamp set right this minute but it's from the Unity Stamp Company. So without further ado...here is my card. Thanks for stopping by to take a look!!
Saturday, January 16, 2016
Happy Birhday Mom!!
My mother turned 85 years old today. She went through a very tough time over the last year. She went from being very functional in her condo & driving to social events to being very distraught and depressed & suicidal!! I'm sure many, many of you have went through this same situation. Our heads were spinning over the sudden change. She saw her family doctor, psychiatrists, etc. My sisters & I came to the shocking conclusion that she had suddenly gone from (stubborn, prideful woman that she was) to.....I'm tired & lonely & need help!! Like a whirlwind we had to sell her condo, find her an assisted living home, and secure her finances. Sound familiar to anyone??? I'm so thankful to God that once she got over the shock of living in her new home, she has now embraced her space and her new friends and participates in all their activities! We still go over every weekend to play cards with her & take her out to dinner. For this her 85th birthday..because she loves to look at pictures of all her grandchildren & great grandchildren..we made her a photo board. Anyway...here is the birthday card I made for her. The stamps are all from an Art Impressions stamp set but don't know the name.
You've Stolen My Heart
I have been planning to get a box of cards together FOREVER for the Send A Smile 4 Kids program. And then life always seems to happen, and then my craft room is always an organizational work in progress and I'm tired of making excuses & need to get on the ball. So I am dedicating this weekend to getting that special box together & mailing it!! Although the majority of cards should be everyday greetings, I wanted to finish a few Valentine Day cards to add to the box before I shipped it off. This card I fashioned after two cards I saw on Pinterest...one from Jennifer McGuire's blog that had a line of hearts like this, but she used a full die that cut across the length of the card. The other was from Nichole Heady that had a repetitive stamp across the card in different colors. The three different hearts are from a Close to My Heart Set called Whoooo's Your Valentine. I used my Misti and just eyeballed where I would overlap the hearts. That Misti is the best stamping tool ever created!! I also used it to stamp the sentiment from Recollections exactly where I wanted it. And in the corner....something new I have never used before but own plenty of (because I knew I would use them sometime & had to have them LOL!) is a section of "Say It With Bling" jewels from Want2Scrap!! Thanks for stopping by!
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Thursday, January 14, 2016
You Rock
I made this card with Valentine's Day in mind but it could be an everyday card to send to someone you love or admire!! The die is Vines of Passion from Spellbinder and I used the positive & negative and inlaid the pieces to form the heart center. I stamped the arrow & You Rock sentiment from the "Valentine" stamp set by Recollections. It was a lot of work gluing all those little pieces back into the heart but I love the result!!
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