Sending love & hugs

These are the last cards I made using the leftover A7 thin frames Honey Cuts by Honey Bee Stamps, these were slimline size cards. I used sending hoping wishing stamp set and die by W Plus 9 with VersaFine Clair ink Nocturne, the die I die cut a few times and added embellishments from my stash

Paper Pumpkin

This is an alternative to Summer nights July 2020 kit. I made may base with Recollections 110 lb. white cardstock and used the postcard as a layer added the printed die-cuts fairwheel & stars and stamped my messages from sending hoping wishing stamp set by W Plus 9 with VersaFine Clair ink Nocturne 

 

Cards in Motion homework Day 6

I'm taking Altenew's class with Ashley Tucker. For day 6 was a two part lesson, first part was a twist and pop-up card and the second part was to combine multiple lessons in one card. I haven't done the second part and might not do it haven't decided as nothing too special is coming up that need that much work LOL. For the first lesson, is a card I made before here and when I made it I used a Dutch tutorial which was complete different to how Ashley showed. I decided to combine a little bit of both I guess. Once again I made it fall theme. 

All inks are Altenew and I did use the mega greetings 4 set and die by Altenew everything else if from other companies.

For my main images I used autumn bounty stamp & cut set by HA with permanent black ink, colored with Copic markers and die cut with matching dies. I die cut my hope die 3 times stacked them., stamped my message with espresso and was ready to work on my front layer first mounted my stamped message then attached the hope and then added my veggies because I felt they were "flying" I found a tiny die of leaves and that solved my problem, set that piece aside and I move to the inside. I made my mechanism which was 8.5" x 2.5" score in half the long way and then score and folded in an angle the center.

I cut an additional strip of 11" x 2-3/4" and score in half then half each side to the opposite making a M or W depending on how you see the paper. This paper is wider and longer than my mechanism. I needed 4 pieces for decoration and they were 2.5" square originally wasn't going to add the hay stack paper but once again felt my veggies were flying so this way they weren't. The inside message is from onward & upward set by W Plus 9 also with espresso ink. Also added some cardstock to cover the mechanism...for my OCD

top view

side view

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

Sending happy thought

This was a quick colorful set of cards for Gray Matters Foundation. I used double stitched rectangle die by Kat Scrappiness butterfly stamp was stamped with crisp dye ink (purple) Hydrangea & Ultraviolet, (blue) Turquoise & tide blue, (green) Parrot & Olive, (yellow) Chamomile & snapdragon and (pink) Pinkaliciaus & rubellite plus VersaFine Clair ink nocturne

                

The message is from sending hoping wishing set by W plus 9 with VersaFine Clair ink nocturne. The butterflies was fuzzy cut

Paper Pumpkin

Since I cut all my card bases into half and then made them into layers there were about 1/4" pieces of scraps left over on all of them I was going to toss them at first but then decided I had some of the coordinating card stock colors of the kit that I could make cards and still had some flower die-cut stickers and rhinestones left over so this is what I made with the scraps and left overs.

For these I used old olive ink and sending hoping wishing set by W plus 9

for these ones also added Nuvo Crystal Drops bottle green

and for these crushed curry ink and Nuvo Crystal Drops gloss dandelion yellow

Paper Pumpkin

Another alternative to my a little smile June 2019 kit these went into my Gray Matters Foundation box. For this card I used the fold that Rachel Tessman showed that she learned from Ann Clemmer. I used one of the banners that came  in the kit and stamped one of the messages from the kit's set with VersaFine Clair nocturne. On my inside layer which was cut with double stitched rectangle dies by Kat Scrappiness I stamped a message from curious forest friends from W Plus 9 with same ink, I cut the yellow square with stitched stax by MFT, glued the vellum circle part of the kit and stamped from the set over the moon by Altenew with sahara sand.

Wishing you

I was making cards for my donation box for Gray Matters  Foundation and wanted some manly cards as I seem to make mostly feminine not on purpose just because it's easier LOL anyway this was the cards I made used curious forest friends by W Plus 9 with HA intense black

Monoprinting Class Homework 2 cards

For this page and all the pages that I did here for my alcohol homework I cut the pages which were 5" x 7" in half which gave me 3.5" x 5" pieces

and made these cards using tropical2stamp set and toucan2stamp free set both by The Stamps of Life and hello lovely set all stamped with W Plus 9 pure color black ink. Also added Nuvo Crystal Drops morning dew

Happy Labor Day & back to school

Most schools in this area are going back to school either tomorrow or Wednesday depending on their excuse of why they shouldn't go back on Tuesday after being out of school since the end of June. And for this school year I made our oldest grand-daughter this card. Amazing how fast the year went, can't say the same about the summer though.

The image is little nibbler by Stampabilities stamped with Altenew Crisp permanent black colored with Copic Markers, my layer was cut with hexagon stitched label, the message is from school days set by Altenew and stamped with W Plus 9 Pure Color dye black ink, it's a nice black not Copic friendly and very permanent so it stains the stamps 😕 cut my layer with stitched rounded rectangle layers and mounted on foam

New Home

A couple friends move recently, one moved out of state and the other just farther up away than where she was so wanted to make them a card. New home cards are a bit hard to make specially because it's a big change in their lives, personally they are harder than a sympathy card LOL
I kept going through all my stamps and none were calling my name then I saw the recent set by W Plus 9 or I think it was recent and decided that was the one I wanted to use but of course it was out of stock that's why I thought it was recent as both places I normally shop at was out for so long and by the time the stamp was in stock the dies weren't. Normally I don't buy dies as usually they don't match right, my OCD I guess, anyway the idea I had originally was cutting too many pieces and as much as I hate dismatching dies I hate fuzzy cutting so decided to wait for the dies by the time the dies were available I changed my idea LOL but still used the dies and ended up fuzzy cutting as only The Stamps of Life gives you two options of cutting your images which is great love that! anyway this is the card I made.

I used for my front layer half of sheet of the Concord & 9th hues starter cards, my images are were colored with Copic Markers and the set is called neighbors, the washi tape I believe I got at Impress, and the messages in the front and inside are from Technique Tuesday set home is. All stamping was done with Hero Arts intense black another ink I'm trying to see if I like. It's Copic friendly not very black unless you stamp a couple time and again it stains the stamps.  I added Spectrum Noir sparkle crystal clear on the house I wanted a little glitter but this time you can see it as somehow I press the barrel I guess too much and a lot came out LOL I do like this glitter brush better than Wink of Stella, you can see the glitter better even with a lighter touch

Shoebox Thursday

For today's project I decided to do a little more complicated. Except for one lady the others are more advance and I do a lot of the prep work to make it easy. It's a pop-up shadow box card using the new Gina K Design card kit elegant aster. After I did my cutting and scoring I realized I sort of messed up so my card is bigger than a regular A2 card but since I normally use A6 envelopes I don't care LOL the final cards ended up 5-1/2" x 4-1/2" The message was stamped with VersaFine Clair nocturne ink from the set forest friends by W Plus 9, the rest of the stamping was with blue lagoon ink. The opening was done with double stitched rectangle dies by Kat Scrappiness The card folds flat for mailing BUT it still a bit bulky so personally I would at the extra postage just in case or one of those non machinable stamps

Hello rainbow

This was a fun card for my donation box to Gray Matters Foundation. I cut the die several times to make my rainbow so each card ended up different as I mixed and matched the colors for my message I used W plus 9 set hand lettered hello with tuxedo black ink

Paper Pumpkin

This one was another card made with the flora & flutter December 2017 kit and was donated to Gray Matters Foundation. I used the kit's set to stamp with rose bud ink I glued my sale-a-bration glimmer paper on back then cover with glossy accent as I hated that paper, each time I got it out glitter was everywhere so with the glossy accent I avoided that. The butterfly was stamp with berry burst, the message is from W Plus 9 sending hoping wishing set with hybrid ink

Shoebox Tuesday by Darlene

For today's project, Darlene had a lovely thank you card with lots of bling. We used W Plus 9 trellis dies which are two dies that stack and then we added Elizabeth Craft Designs thank you steel die. Darlene had put random pearls, I decided to add a rhinestone to pretty much every diamond that was empty. I also added glossy accent to the thank you

Sympathy frame

With grandma's passing there was several cards that had to be made so for her siblings I made them this card, clean and simple I use one of the papers from JoAnn's that are like shaving cream technique without the mess, marbled look, just cut the paper in 1/4s

then I used a W plus 9 die small butterfly frame mounted in foam, the die comes with an extra butterfly so I glue that to the bottom butterfly and bend the wings but obviously for mailing they flatten; the message is from flourishing phrases set by SU with VersaFine Clair nocturne

Shoebox Tuesday

For today's shoebox project I made a simple black & white card with a tint of another color as I needed to make a card with a brad or eyelet so checking in my stash the easiest thing to use was a brad and this my take to the mingle I had to make.

I stamped off twice the starry flowers with London fog ink as the first time was too light but straight ink was too dark so I stamped off twice so it was light enough to show but not too dark then I stamped on my top layer with VersaFine Clair nocturne, cut my panel and mounted on black cardstock and mounted on foam. The message which is from W Plus 9 was also stamped with VersaFine Clair nocturne ink

Shoebox Monday

For today's project I had a simple fun fold card. I had to work on a card using big words or those big verses as the main focal point for a mingle aka swap so decided to also use it as my shoebox project since it was simple enough project.

Other than the main image which was done with a W plus 9 sending hoping wishing set and adding glossy accents to the big words, it was just background papers and cardstock so pretty simple fold...ah and some enamel dots from my stash

Paper Pumpkin

This is another card I made with the layered leaves September 2017 kit that also went into my donation box to Gray Matters Foundation.

I embossed my based with a QuicKutz leaves folder then glued one of the leftover pieces of papers just big enough to cover the notecard that came in the kit that was embossed and added one of the leaves. Pretty clean and simple. The thank you is from the set curious friends by W Plus 9 with brushed corduroy

Sunday Tip or Technique

Today is my birthday, it is my privilege to celebrate another year so I always take it. No matter how good or bad the previous years today is my day to celebrate as tomorrow is not promise.
Recently I saw on Facebook a sweatshirt that says "all women were created the same but the best were born in November" what are the odds our grand-daughter and I were born in the same month 😋 and also there was a t-shirt that said "I'm a November girl, I was born with my heart on my sleeve, a fire in my soul and a mouth I can't control, thank you for your understanding" Bret just laugh and said that I wouldn't be serious to wear something like that, after thinking about it told him and I would LOL but of course didn't order neither one but did think about it as I like both messages.

This card is using one of the Sunday Tip or Technique, card in a card, which was a fun card to work on. The idea came from Srushti Patil. Her card was square and it had the seven layers opening all the same side but I decided to have my card normal A2 size and alternate my openings right to left and left to right, my seventh layer is for my personal message and being that today is my birthday I decided to make this TT a birthday card. She used magnets to keep the card closed and thought about doing that but at the last minute decided that it really didn't need that extra step, yes card doesn't closed completely but after mailing it might. I made it very colorful being is a birthday card, her cards were only two tones

For the top layer I used the stamp & cut set Happy by Hero Arts, I die cut the happy twice, the birthday was stamped with tuxedo black ink, the butterfly is from small butterfly frame by W Plus 9 steel designer die, pearls from stash

the inside of the first card was done with happy balloons set by Concord & 9th with Lulu lavender & grape jelly inks, and birthday bundle paper pumpkin set May 2015 with grape jelly

for the second card I used sprinkles turnabout set also by Concord & 9th with tuxedo black, desert sand, angel pink & rose bud inks; I used Copic Marker to anchor the cupcake

for the 3rd card, I used Sale-A-Bration set big day by SU with black licorice hybrid ink and colored in with Copic Markers

for the 4th card, I used balloon adventures set by SU with tuxedo black ink, cantaloupe and dandelion ink

for the 5th card, I used wishing you set by Mama Elephant with tuxedo black ink, sparkled with love paper pumpkin set May 2017 with bamboo ink

and for the 6th card, I used balloon adventures set again by SU with tangelo ink coloring in with Copic Markers and ink blot set by CTMH with potter's clay ink

Again, for the 7th card I decided not to decorate or anything as this would be used for the personal note