Happy Birthday to me, miss your face

I am bless and grateful be celebrate another birthday on this rainy cold day. This year has been a difficult year for most and for me guess the hard part was when we stopped our play day towards the end of March when our Governor shut down the state for good reason and measurements to control COVID19 as I couldn't see my friends, the not going out was a little hard but got used to it and I'm fine with it. My friends and I used to meet each week mostly to stamp, make cards but some time we just chatted for 4 hours about everything and anything except politic and religion the two subjects that can make you lose friendships. At least my dad always told me when growing up so that was my rule to keep the peace in our meetings...no politics or religion for those that couldn't accept other opinions but theirs.

I am high risk and because of my COPD can't wear a face mask so going out or being around other people was/is not possible or safe, so Bret started thinking on a way we could meet safely and finally, he did something for over our dinning room table, there are 4 individual spots completely seal except from the top of course and it gets sanitized after each meeting. We have some extra rules but I am able to meet again with my friends and we were able to meet yesterday, well we have been meeting for a few times now but yesterday we it was to celebrated Judy's birthday which is Sunday and mine that is today and that could only have been possible thanks to my amazing husband and his creation it might not be 100% COVID proof but since we keep our distance and each of them don't move from their space without a face mask we are as safe as we can be for a few hours

It was a bit hard to do a safe distance photo of all of us but here we are all. The birthday ladies are in the center

Back in August I sent a card to the ones I hadn't seen since March to let them know I was hoping we could meet soon as Bret had said he was working on a project and these are the cards I sent them. For all cards I stamped words background stamp by Local King with amalgam ink whisper 2-3 times depending on the color of the cardstock I just wanted a hint of the image but enough that you could see; for all the mask I used marina mist taffeta ribbon by SU and mounted with a cotton ball in the center to keep it from flatting

For this card I used distress oxide peeled paint with life changing brush to frame my message which was printed from share sunshine SU PDF

For this card I used distress oxide scattered straw with life changing brush to frame my message which was printed from share sunshine SU PDF

and for this card I used distress oxide broken china with life changing brush to frame my message which was printed from share sunshine SU PDF

 

Monoprinting

 While I was playing with my class homework I also made this background and cards. For these I did use the gel plate used distress wilted violet spritz with water and used the reduction technique with baby wipe and B&J's Art Stamp pigment pad maple cream on Neenah 80lb paper. Second background I added more water not to waste the ink that was left over.

For the cards I used stitched rectangle die by The Stamps of Life to cut my layer, Asian essence set by Local King with VersaFine Clair nocturne ink, messages are from best sentiments set by Altenew same ink and embellished with faux black enamel accents

Father's Day - Día del Padre

After watching Rachel Tessman's lived class I knew what would be my father's day card for our two boys, my brother and Gary. It was a pretty simple card to make, I made a little change as I didn't like the folded message but that's just my OCD I'm sure no one else have the same problem and neither the recipients.

I used some of my Harper’s Boutique paper pack by The Paper Studio that don't seem to finish after all the cards I have made it just keep going and going 😹 for all cards I used play time stamp set by Local King Rubber Stamp with VersaFine Clair ink Nocturne and the matching die

for my brother's card, I used saludos entre amigos set by SU with VersaFine Clair ink Nocturne 

for the boys, I used man day set by Technique Tuesday and awesome Family set by Pink & Main both with 

and for Gary, man day set by Technique Tuesday, sophisticated script upper case set & sophisticated script case by Concord & 9th all 3 with VersaFine Clair ink Nocturne  

and the "inside" message in this case back was thought of on father’s stamp by Endless Creations also in VersaFine Clair ink nocturne

Happy Birthday

Quick male birthday card. First I stamped my background with Egyptian wall background stamp by Local King Rubber Stamp with Amalgam ink whisper then die cut my layer with stitched rectangle die by The Stamps of Life and stamped the car from Route 66 stamp set by Local King Rubber Stamp with distress ink fired brick and using dual marker tuxedo black cover the tires then used a washi tape I got at Impress. I stamped my message from happycalligraphy2stamp set by The Stamps of Life with VersaFine Clair ink nocturne

Happy Birthday

These cards were done again with left over background pieces from spray pieces I did with distress oxide ink. I stamped my images with vintage rambler stamp & die combo set by Local King with VersaFine Clair ink fallen leaves the Spanish was with global greetings Spanish set by Papertrey Ink and the English was with itty bitty greetings stamp set both punched with SU's word window punch and stamped with the same VersaFine Clair fallen leaves

Red & white hearts

This was another clean and simple card, I saw the idea on Pinterest a while back. I used the hearts from adorning accents set texture impressions embossing border folder by SU; Classic heart dies by Spellbinders; faux pearls by Recollections; Words background stamp by Local King with love letter ink; Valentine’s Day ribbon by Celebrate it

Birthday card

Today is the birthday of another of my adoptive aunts and this is the card I made for her. The piercing was done with Avery Elle rectangle die, the rose stamp is by Local King with rhubarb stalk, the message is by Endless Creations, the ribbons are two ribbons by SU

Happy Birthday

Love black and white and making male cards with black and white is always easy :0) For this card I made it fit a business envelope, it's smaller so it was either making a custom made envelope or just stick it on a regular #9 or #10 business envelope so that's what I did :0)

I used route 66 stamp set by Local King with tuxedo black ink. I stamped several images one time as I wasn't sure what I wanted to do and then I just did this card, I remember I saw something a while back on Pinterest with parts of a bike or maybe a car so I use the bike :0) since I didn't remember the card and didn't want to go look it up I just did my own thing I cut my squares with Stamps of life stitched squares dies because I wanted a good size part of the bike showing my squares have to be big enough so then I cut another square the same size for the message, I used one of the stamps from SU's gorgeous grunge and London fog ink to add some color and texture the squares, and finally, added the message. The one in Spanish is by SU from the SAB set elegancia esencial and the one in English is by My Sentiments Exactly both stamped with tuxedo black

Bike Dia del Padre

I had to work on a card for a mingle (aka swap) with the theme vehicle or transportation and also on my brother's father's day card so decided to use the same card for both as I've been having a hard time coming up with ideas.

My brother has a motorcycle so this is the card I came up with. The background was done with timeless textures SU's set with London fog ink...used two of the stamps from the set, the bike is from Route 66 by Local King stamped with tuxedo black and added a little Copic marker to anchor the tires. For my brother's card I added the message from the set el mejor papa del mundo with tuxedo black and for my mingle I used the message that was on Route 66 set also with tuxedo black

Old car

Today is Jacob's 29th, his our little boy and of course not so little anymore :0) his card was a quick and easy male card. Used the same set as his brother's route 66 set by Local King but different image with tuxedo black ink and a little Copic marker under the tires just to anchor the car so is not flying :0) the tire tracks paper was in my stash from an old paper pack I got at Joann's

Bike

Today is Josh's 36th birthday! man if we don't feel old normally when we think how old the kids are that sure make us feel old LOL He likes bikes and used to have one, not sure if he still does as he was thinking of selling with the baby coming and haven't asked if he did or not, after all is not of our business as is his choice :0) decided this would be a good card for him.

The background was done with Spellbinders M-bossibilities kicking rubber, the image is from route 66 set by Local King stamped with tuxedo black, I die cut it with Stamps of Life rectangle stitched dies

Our thoughts and prayers

This is another card for my donation box also using petal power by Penny Black and Altenew inks

The words background stamp is by Local King stamped with weathered wood, the flower was stamped with caramel cream and buttercream with forest glades; the message is from prayers set by Hero Arts with tuxedo black the banner was done with triple banner punch

Antique car

I was working on some male cards and I knew I was going to need cards for some of my groups for mingles (aka swaps) at the end I donated all but one because Send A Smile 4 Kids needed some cards for the teens so figure these were good for them

I stamped the cars which are from a set by Local King then I die cut my squares with stitched squares by The Stamps of Life then did my card base which was one of my new favorite fold but not so much as it's hard for the message :0) otherwise love it

On the nineth day of Christmas

For today's shoebox project I have my last Christmas project for now :0) The idea was from Pinterest but sorry to say I don't know from whom as I wasn't planning on doing this now but ran into some images that I had pre-stamped so decided to do it.

The background stamp is by Local King stamped with London fog, lovely as a tree by SU stamped with mowed lawn and rich cocoa, message by Sweet Impressions stamped with tuxedo black. The ribbon on the first card is from JoAnn's and ribbon on the second card is by SU

Happy Birthday

For this card I used fish tales stamp set by Local King stamped with rich cocoa, I cut my layers with stitched squared stax by My Favorite Things, the message in English is wishing you the fishiest by Endless Creations stamped with ground espresso and in Spanish Sentimientos nostálgicos a Sale-A-Bration stamp set by SU

Sunflower

Since I still had the sunflower stamp by SU out decided to make another card with it, this was totally simple stamped the sunflower with fossilized amber and walnut stain inks and then used Egyptian wall background stamp by Local King with Sahara sand on the outsides. The ribbon is by SU

Blue bird thank you

This is another of the designs in the box. I used Asian essence Local King stamp set with blue bayou ink the message is from wild blossom Gina K Designs stamp set also stamped with same ink, stitched rectangles die by MFT

Shoebox Tuesday

For today I did a summery card. Summer will be over just around the corner at least in calendar as it has been gone already at least to me :0)

I used scrapbook papers for my main layer. The beach chairs are from Local King's dock desolation stamp set with rich cocoa, the message is from a Crafter's Companion's Mulberry Wood relax stamp set with tuxedo black and the crab is from Denami with Morocco and Copic Marker E97 and multi liner

While I was doing this card made an extra card for a new member in one of my Yahoo Groups but on this one, I used hand lettered hello stamp set by W plus 9 with tuxedo black

Red wedding thanks

This is another of the designs for the wedding gift.

The image is part of Asian Essence stamp set by Local King Rubber Stamp stamped with poppy parade ink, the message was also stamped with same color and the stamp is from brushed greetings stamp set by Clearly Besotted, used stitched rectangles STAX for the two layers on top and horizontal stitched strips for the side panel, both by My Favorite Things, the message (from the bottom of) on bottom is part of the stamp set by Honey Bee Stamps, the message (our) is part of the stamp set perfect couple by Popcorn the bear Crafter's Companion

Sunday Tip or Technique

This was another Sunday TT the original tutorial was in Dutch and paper size was from over there so I played with it with our size paper and 8.5" x 11" worked pretty good

The front image is by Fiskars

These images are by SU and Local King