Twelfth Day of Christmas

Feliz Día de Reyes & Twelfth Day of Christmas, last day of Christmas always sad for this day to come as decorations have to come down at least most of them as we still have one more holiday to do.

For these cards started by die cutting with the 2011 Heirloom ornaments die set by Spellbinders then stamped using wisemen ornament precut stamp set by Heartfelt Creations with VersaFine Clair nocturne a couple times. The die doesn’t match complete, so used a Copic marker to cover the rest of the areas that were not cover completely then attached to another layer of white pearl premium cardstock by Core’dinations then die cut twinkle frames layer A & B by Birch Press Design with silver & blue glitter cardstock, die cut inverting the colors wasn't sure which one I like more and since I needed two left both

Craft the Year Away

For New Year’s Eve I spent the evening at in a Zoom event with Altenew educators Bridget & Amy called Craft the Year Away. It was 7 hours; we received the year from the East Coast to Hawaii.

All white cardstock is Accent Opaque Digital International Paper 80 lb. cover smooth white cardstock except for the A2 card base that is Recollections 110 lb. white card stock

This is another of the cards we made. On a layer of white cardstock using the Glimmer Hot Foil System and string art frame hot foil plate by Birch Press Design with Altenew enchanted gold hot foil did the background then die cut it with Cindy Echtinaw Designs Card Creator Perfect Layers B and mounted to a layer of Metallics foils mat stack by DCWV die cut with Cindy Echtinaw Designs Card Creator Perfect Layers A then mounted to an A2 card base, for the message I used Yana Smakula Sentiments Glimmer hot foil plate die cut 4 more times for dimensions. Finally added some metallic pearls gold by Pinkfresh Studio

12th Day of Christmas

Can't believe it's the last day of Christmas! Feliz Día de Reyes for those that celebrate it. We are having family over to celebrate the holiday and cut the rosca. 

For this card, card base is Recollections 110 lb. white cardstock all other white cardstock is Accent Opaque Digital International Paper 80 lb. cover smooth white cardstock. Started by grabbing a piece of white cardstock stamped a few times with wisemen ornament precut stamp set by Heartfelt Creation with VersaFine Clair nocturne ink mainly because one of the wisemen wasn't stamping well LOL magic of having a stamping platform. Then die cut it with coordinating nestabilities die Heirloom ornaments 2011 because of my OCD and the die left a white spot here and there I used a black marker to cover all the edges with it to cover the white. With a gold metallic cardstock cut just the top of the ornament and using mini scallop paper edgers by Fiskars cover the top. Die cut a few more ornaments for dimension and glue them together. 

Grabbed another piece of white cardstock and using the polished brass (I think) from the Glimmer hot foil variety pack and gilded grace hot foil plate & die set by Birch Press Design did hot foil my background then die cut it with Cindy Echtinaw Designs Card Creator Perfect Layers A then mounted to an A2 panel of gold metallic cardstock and finally to my A2 card base then added my ornament which I added a gold cord I found in my past kits or something LOL. To the ornament, on the star that the wisemen were following added a metallic pearl gold by Pinkfresh Studio and to each of the other stars added a rhinestone jewel from my stash

Don't forget to VOTE

 I'm one of those that don't really care if I vote or not, yes it a right I don't always use but I always complaint about the waste of tax payers money for a vote here or there, that we shouldn't have so many for things that don't even make sense, that it should only be once a year or when we have to vote for people so whatever we need to vote on keep it to then so we don't have to mail so many ballots and also make it easier to read & understand and never put two things on the same question so we don't have to decide do if we want to help veterans but don't want to help something else and then we say yes or no because helping one helps the other. The most important I hate politics so all the annoying phone calls BUT this year is important to vote since we are voting for President and in some cases for Governor like in our state so make your voice count.

In the stamping side which is why you are here for, these were done with my January 2020 Paper pumpkin I'll bee yours kit using the smooch technique. The first card with rococo rose spot ink, the printed die-cut hearts are from kit, stamped on one of them from kit set with VersaFine Clair nocturne ink and used some sequins from kit on the center of flowers, the enamel dots are from past kit, message is from dragonfly greetings set by Birch Press Desing with VersaFine Clair nocturne ink

for this card all was the same except I used lavender lace spot ink for the smooching technique

Gatefold stable door card

 This card was inspired by Flutter by Heidi's blog. I was going to make it as a shoebox but somehow it got buried and now it will take time before we do shoe boxes again so might as well post card.

I used close to the heart set by Birch Press with crisp dye ink deep iris, field flowers set by SU with crisp dye inks lavender fields and just green; painted petals set also by SU with same inks; rounded the top corners with mini corner rounder punch by EK and to close the "stable door" I used classic label punch. 

I changed my card, the inside panel Heidi only made it 2/3 I wanted it to be a full panel, the closure I didn't like the hole this one latches in the other side in between the foam so both sides are with foam but on one side it latches and on the other side the foam holds the label and also I made it a full card to have an area to write a message

Faux tie-dye

This is another try on the Sunday tip or technique I had on one of my online groups for faux tie-dye using crayons. I didn't have regular crayons so I played with the reinkers. For this background I used Posh Rainbow Ink Luminous Metallic: metallic teal, metallic violet & metallic pink and regular awful watercolor paper. I forgot to take a photo of the backgroud before making the card on which I close to the heart set for the small butterflies by Birch Press VersaFine Clair nocturne ink added some Wink of Stella glitter brush black, and uplifting thoughts set by Concord & 9th same ink and Honey Bee Stamps' oval thin frames, embellished with faux enamel accents black

Cards in Motions homework Day 3

I'm taking Altenew's class with Ashley Tucker. For day 3 it was pop-up cards. Another fall/sympathy card. Ashley gave us 3 ways to do the pop-up card I normally don't use neither one of these ways but since these are what she used guess we were supposed to use these ways at least for the homework 😀 

For my front I used I set by Taylored Expression which it reminded me again why I hate so much this set, when I bought it I thought it was great, multi-layer leaves 3 different leaves BUT it's red rubber and with my bad hands I have to use a stamping tool and even with a stamp positioner it's a pain to use specially when you want to stamp the whole layer, messages are great and the solid stamp would be great for kissing technique but as a layer set it's awful...to me that I have OCD and want perfect alignment and you will see I didn't get it in a couple as my stamp positioner moved on the MISTI or maybe my shaky hand either way it wasn't too much off so decided to let it be since I'm not giving it to anyone, this card is just for the homework anyway all the stamping except message were done with Altenew inks. The little dots are from delicate peony by Birch Press, the message on the front and inside are both with VersaFine Clair pinecone and from Altenew's beautiful inside set. For the pop-up I used Gina K's stitched leaves mini stamp kit. I die cut the leaves, then did smooch technique with the same inks I used on the front leaves and when dry I used a dauber to add some rocky shore ink on all the edges then I stamped the matching stamp with VersaFine Clair pinecone

I used Neenah 80lb. for the layer and card base and seaside 65lb by Recollections for the inside pop-up part and the front layer

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

Heroes

These cards went to Taylored Expressions card drive. I used rose wonder set by SU, the messages are combination of two sets the thank you is from dragonfly greetings set by Birch Press Design and the rest is from Lovely legs military strong set by Colorado Craft Company all stamping was done with wild wasabi, crushed curry, distress ink carved pumpkin, distress ink blueprint sketch & crisp dye ink razzleberry. For the green card I used distress oxide spray peeled paint for my splatter and also added some Nuvo mica mist midnight horizon for the other cards I added some of the same ink on my glass mat sprayed with water and then used paint brush to add the drops and lastly I added some Jot pop-up stickers to match the cards

Paper Pumpkin

This was one of my alternative for the August 2019 the gift of fall kit but mainly their add on kit. I donated the cards to the Taylored Expressions card drive. I used elementary cardstock by Recollections for my base, then I cut one of the cards from the add on kit in half to use as layers where I stamped my image by Rubber Marbles and can't remember the name will have to edit the name but since the store and company went out of business doesn't matter too much I guess 😏 my messages are from two sets the first one is simple strips background stamp by Taylored Expressions and cut with matching die and the other dragonfly greetings set by Birch Press Design cut with classic label punch by SU everything was stamped with VersaFine Clair ink Nocturne  

Feliz Día de las Madres

Happy Mother's Day! this year mother's day falls on our mother's day in Mexico except for Mexico City as for selfish politicians, the Governor in that state decided since she couldn't see her mom due to the pandemic she was changing the holiday to July JUST in Mexico City so she could celebrate the holiday on a later day when the biggest flower market and all that is going on is hopefully back to normal so she could celebrate it with her mom. For the rest of the people we get to celebrate on our homes on our own mostly. Wishing all the STEP moms, foster moms, and moms a wonderful day.

This is the card I made for my mom. I used papers from my Harper’s Boutique paper pack by The Paper Studio the front message is custom made stamped with VersaFine Clair ink nocturne and used the washi chomper by We R Memory Keepers to do the banner the butterfly is sparkler butterfly dies by Birch Press Design added a jewels basic rhinestones by SU and the message in the back is from con amor, mamá set by SU with VersaFine Clair ink nocturne

Showering birthday wishes

A dear friend is celebrating her birthday and this is the card I sent her. I used raining frame die by Poppy Stamps and well this die was perfect for a shaker cards as it die cuts the umbrella  and since I'm still into shaker card had to make one hahaha so I covered the opening with acetate and added foam and my beads that were gifts from another friend, for the message I used dew drop ink Danube blue with two stamp sets, the showering you with is from wishing you the best by Birch Press Design and the birthday wishes is from elegant asters card kit by Gina K Design

Paper Pumpkin

Another card I made with the September 2017 layered leaves kit for my donation box, these went to Gray Matters Foundation.

I used the set from the kit with crumb cake and cajun craze, also close to heart set by Birch Press Design with crumb cake; the gold thread is left over from previous paper pumpkin kits

Shoebox Thursday by Darlene

For today's project we used one of the multi-layer butterfly dies that are so cold I believe it was Birch Press Designs. Darlene had different colors for us to choose as well as words, I chose teal and decided not to put any words on my cards so I could let all the design to show maybe next time I use my dies I will add words but this time I wanted it to show how it was. The dies are 3 different plates whice each die can be use individually or together to give dimension

OSW 12x12 red flowers

Another one sheet wonder this time I used Michele's idea but decided to just cut the paper in 3 strips of 4" then 5.25" and in half so ended up with 4 pieces of each and 3. All pieces were mounted on black cardstock and messages stamped with tuxedo black ink

so I had 4 cards like this with million & one set by SU

4 cards like this with big greetings by Avery Elle and thanks stamp & cut set by Hero Arts

4 cards like this with halftone thanks by Altenew

2 cards like this with time of year hostess set by SU and close to the heart by Birch Press Design

and 1 card like this with big greetings by Avery Elle and thanks stamp & cut set by Hero Arts

OSW 12x12 flowers

One more one sheet wonder using Michele's template and ideas. All cards were with black cardstock and tuxedo black ink. Because I didn't pay attention on the paper when I grabbed and cut it had some wording that is not meant for reading but it does have a direction so  most cards were on the opposite direction as the other cards I had done

Sending you set by Avery Elle

Peace stamp & cut set by Hero Arts

Wishing you set by Mama Elephant

Hello stamp & cut set by Hero Arts

Diamond thanks thin steel die by Clearly Besotted

Thanks stamp & cut set by Hero Arts

Sending you set by Avery Elle

Thanks stamp & cut set by Hero Arts

Prayers stamp & cut set by Hero Arts

Happy Stamp & Cut Set by Hero Arts

Color layering goldfish stamp set by Hero Arts

Thanks Stamp & Cut Set by Hero Arts

Sending you set by Avery Elle

Make a medallion Sale-A-Bration set

Joy Stamp & Cut set by Hero Arts

Halftone Thanks stamp set by Altenew

Hand lettered hello set by W plus 9 Design

Thank you set by Clearly Besotted

Thanks set by Honey Bee Stamps

Happy Anniversary set by Clearly Besotted (our)

Sending you set by Avery Elle

Thanks stamp & cut set by Hero Arts

Sending you set by Avery Elle

Close to the heart set by Birch Press Design

Duet banner punch by SU