Happy 4th Anniversary

Our oldest is celebrating his 4th wedding anniversary today, this is the card I send them. Used full heart punch by SU on some sort of shimmer & textured paper then stamped the message from Anniversary2celebrate set by The Stamps of Life with VersaFine Clair ink nocturne did have to let it set aside for a few hours since the ink is pigment and somehow it wouldn't dry on this paper and yes could have used the heat gun but there is a reason I don't emboss well hate the mess but why heat set when you can just walk away LOL the little hearts are dimensional stickers by Recollections that I go at Michaels years ago I think I finally finished all of them!

25th Anniversary

Today is our anniversary, amazing how fast 25 years have gone by!! I had a different plan for Bret's card but couldn't find what I wanted and I was too lazy to do it by hand or maybe it was time as I'm one to do some cards at the last week because I keep waiting for the new fold or new inspiration any way this is what I came up for his card.

The card is over size 4.75" x 8.5" the base is gray, then mounted a layer of black then my layer of metallic silver which I ran through twice with the falling petals textured impressions embossing folder by SU because there was a bit of a mark where the folder matched I added some of the oval thin frames by Honey Bee Stamps to cover it, not sure how people is able to emboss a bigger piece of paper with a smaller folder or maybe it's just my OCD that I can see the mark any way I told Bret I needed one of his empty beer cans (at this time he is drinking Coors or the ones the oldest makes), I used bottles & bubbles Framelits die by SU for the beer & cap. For the part of the "cap" I die cut it like 4 times at least and then colored it with a black Copic marker, for the heart, the beer right now has a limited edition summer 2020 so thought it was perfect so die cut that with stitched heart by Gina Marie Designs, I can't have beer so mostly when I drink at gatherings I drink white wine which is the only thing I can have so made my shaker card with wine glass W & F die by MFT and wine glass shaker pouches for the shaker bits I used cheers silver confetti by Kat Scrappiness, silver stargazer star confetti by Honey Bee Stamps, shiny silver stars by Hero Arts from My Monthly Hero June 2020 Kit and lastly the jewel sticker I got at Michaels many years ago, it was clear but didn't like it on the silver paper so colored with dark cool gray Copic marker

Heros

Recently I watched a video with Kelly Latevola for Honey Bee Stamps I think it was around the release of the stamp set but don't quote me on that, anyway I love the card set she made for all the different heroes during the pandemic, I decided to do some for our police department since it's a small department, Algona it's a small city only 12 of them. I finally got my order from Altenew which included one of their new ergonomic brushes that had been wanting to try it. I have problems with my hands and when the blending brushes came out they said they were easy on the hand and they really weren't they still hurt my hand using them but this one was easy I was able to make all 12 cards without a break so that was pretty good I even did the Copic coloring which wasn't that much though 😁

I used the my hero set by Honey Bee Stamps, somehow the die didn't make it to my cart so had to fuzzy cut the badge which wasn't too bad thankfully, stamped it with Altenew crisp ink permanent black then colored with Copic markers and then restamped with VersaFine Clair nocturne, the message were all from the same set on the inside of the card it said thank you for your service which I forgot to take a photo before I put the cards in envelopes. I wanted to make my cards different than Kelly's so I added the US flag which were from giving back mini set by Altenew also with VersaFine Clair nocturne. On the badge I wrote with a Copic multiliner our city name.

These are the heroes in my city

Chief J Schrimpsher

Sergeant R Miller

Detective J McKay

Officer L Schreck

Officer R Bonjukian

Officer H Aponte

Officer T Coyne

Officer B Brown

Specialist J Griese

Specialist C Sanford

Reserve Officer Tunnell

Reserve Officer P Sanches

Each got a different color with hopes they didn't dislike the color they got 😀

fired brick & candied apple

peeled paint & mowed lawn

wilted violet & dusty concord

 cracked pistachio & lucky clover

tumbled glass & broken china 

 hickory smoke & black soot

 vintage photo & ground espresso

spiced marmalade & carved pumpkin 

fossilized amber & mustard seed 

faded jeans & blueprint sketch 

peacock feathers & mermaid lagoon 

barn door & abandoned coral 

Dragonfly greetings

I was working on some cards for my donation box and at the same time made some for one of my online groups. All cards were pretty much the same, it's easy when you have a stamping tool all you have to do is change the ink, I also send a different message to each of the ladies. I used 

dragonfly greetings set by Birch Press Designs, with wild wasabi, crushed curry ink, distress inks carved pumpkin, blueprint sketch and crisp dye ink razzleberry; all messages were stamped with VersaFine Clair ink Nocturne and they were from simple strips background stamp by Taylored Expressions and matching die, let’s famingle set by PinkFresh Studio, wishing you set by Mama Elephant, hello friend wishes set also Mama Elephant, just a note set also Mama Elephant, Stamps for all occasions freebie set from Simply Cards & Papercraft Magazine issue 172

Happy birthday

Today is our adoptive uncle's birthday and this is the card I sent him. I used frames4sunglasses set by The Stamps of Life with crisp dye ink lagoon and lens4sunglasses set by The Stamps of Life with crisp dye ink orange cream then added the two stripes from pop out: straight stripes stamp by Pinkfresh Studio with crisp dye ink chamomile & parrot. The tope message is from the set ornamental butterflies by Poppy Stamps with VersaFine Clair ink Nocturne and the bottom stamp is from onward & upward stamp set by W Plus 9 same ink. Decided to add glossy accents by Ranger on the lens so they would look more like glasses

for this version I didn't add glossy accents because it was too hard on my hand and couldn't stop until one lens was done otherwise there was a line. The top message is custom made and the bottom is from Spanish sayings by My Pink Stamper both with VersaFine Clair nocturne

Feliz Cumpleaños

Another card made with the rainbows I cut last month give or take. This card went for my dad I used standalone die cuts color block rainbow by Pinkfresh Studio with foam, then added the pasture grass steel craft die by Memory Box partial foam the rest directly on rainbow same as the cloud borders honey cuts by Honey Bee Stamps, the little clouds are puffy clouds steel crafts die by MB and the bigger clouds are marshmallow clouds steel craft dies also by MB. The message is a combination of two set Spanish messages set by Stampendous (Feliz) and happy to be friends Spanish sentiments set by CTMH (cumpleaños) both with VersaFine Clair ink Nocturne  

Rainbow Hello

I was making a card for a friend just to say hello during the quarantine and decided to make some extra cards for birthday cards, makes it easy having the stamping tools as you just stamp with the different inks clean then move stamp and then again do the same until you finish all the rainbow stamping and then just add the different messages as you need.

The rainbow was done with brush strokes set by HA, the orange was done with crisp dye ink orange cream and the rest were premium dye inks lipstick, wild dandelion, grass green, blue lagoon and wild wisteria; the message as well as the splash are from brushed by Avery Elle with VersaFine Clair ink Nocturne, cut my layer with stitched rectangle die by The Stamps of Life; added some Nuvo Jewel Drops limoncello on the splashes

for this card I used happy to be friends Spanish sentiments set by CTMH

Smile

For this card I used Slim fancy diagonal stripes essentials slim cuts standalone cuts by PinkFresh Studio, then stamped my message with smile set by Gina K Design with distress ink faded jeans and added some Jot pop-up stickers from Dollar Tree

You & me forever

This is one of my alternative cards for my January 2020 I’ll bee yours kit. I used standup4sentiments set by The Stamps of Life with wild wasabi ink, one of the paper bag from kit, printed die-cut bees from kit colored with Zig memory system pure black pigment ink fine pen and Copic marker B0000 on the wings and added Spectrum Noir sparkle Crystal clear glitter brush and a small faux black pearl by Recollections; then added two printed die-cut hearts from kit one I stamped with lavender lace spot ink and the other with rococo rose spot ink the messages from tree hugs set by Concord & 9^th

Paper Pumpkin

This is an alternative to my Aug. 2019 The gift of fall kit. For my base I used red punch cardstock by Recollections that is very similar to merry merlot cardstock, the layer is half of a card base from the gift of fall add-on kit and used the kit's set to stamp the background with crumb cake ink added a scrap of pretty peacock cardstock, I grabbed one of the die-cut circle elements from paper pumpkin Jan. 2019 be mine Valentine turned it on the white side and stamped with the a little smile paper pumpkin set Jun. 2019 and merry merlot spot ink my message then added my cluster of die-cut leaves from kit and bow made with linen thread from kit

Paper Pumpkin

These cards were done with the rest of my May 2019 Hugs from Shelli kit, I still a few things left on this kit but the main things are used up. For these I used the other envelopes with the kit's set for the background with pretty peacock spot ink stamped off and the message with bold botanicals paper pumpkin set Aug. 2016 same ink but full strength