Pink Get Whale Soon

Today's card uses stamps by Clearly Besotted using Hero Arts shadow inks.

The patterned paper was in two small pieces but I was able to piece them together to look as though it goes together. 

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Dalia For You

For You card could be and probably will be used for a birthday card but really it could be an encouragement card, thank you, get well and so on. I really like this sentiment a lot. That and best wishes are good cards to keep in your collection. 

The kraft background cardstock is by Oriental Trading Co. There are three layers of  Dalia die cuts by Spellbinders. The outer yellow is dry embossed by a Cuttlebug folder and machine. Then the circle punch in the center is home for a Stampin Up flower stamp with matching punch. 

The sentiment stamp is by Fiskars and I stamped it onto a Sizzix tag die. The shear ribbon is wrapped around the background cardstock. The brad is set into the background paper before taping it to a 4 x 5 1/2 card base.

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Butterflies want you to Get Well Soon

 I realize that some papers I've been hoarding for years really need to be used. I love this piece small of butterfly pattern paper and decided to let it go.

So for today's card, the patterned papers in my card are by The Paper Studio and Basic Grey. The cardstock is by; Color-Aid, Creative Memories and Provo Craft. The brown is dry embossed with a Cuttlebug folder. The sentiment is by Lawn Fawn.

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Recovery Cards

The cards today are recycled sentiments from American Greetings cards. The rest of the cards were pulled together with scraps from my stash.

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Manly Monday Camping Life Cards

These ATC's were part of a swap with a camp theme. 

The word camp is a dry embossing folder is by Darice.

I embossed it on blue cardstock and cut the letters out. 

I then outlined each letter with a Creative Memories gel pen.

I inked the bottom with tea dye distress ink and the top with different blue inks.

The fire, dragonflies and tent brads are by Eyelet Outlet.

The second card uses a sticker by Pebbles.

I'm not sure about the patterned paper and different camping type pre-made die cuts.

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Butterfly Thinking of You

I had all the parts and pieces to this card already made when finally all those pieces landed on my desk at the same time. Background paper by Die Cuts with a View that has been sprayed with Glimmer Mist. The white cardstock has been painted with paint mixed with powdered chalk. Butterfly and matching die by Recollections. I stamped the butterfly with different colors of Colorbox pigment ink. I adhered the body of the butterfly to the sentiment strip of cardstock and then put dimensional adhesive under the wings. Sentiment stamp is by TPC Studio.

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Glitter Happy Birthday

I made the background for this card like this other birthday card I posted in April.

Purple and Kraft Birthday Card

I used black ink by Versa Color and the gold is by Tsukineko

I inked the edges with white and then black

The black and gold glitter cardstock is by Recollections

The happy die cut is by Clearly Besotted and the birthday by Papertrey Ink

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Bird Sympathy card

This simple card was so nice and easy to put together. It makes me wonder why I don't approach all my cards this way. 

The bird is a K and Co pre-made die cut that I inked the edges with distress ink. I layered it onto a Spellbinders die cut. The sentiment is a Stamping Scraping stamp in brown Stampin Up ink onto a strip of brown cardstock.

The patterned paper is from my stash AKA I don't know the manufacturer-Sorry.

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Sending Warm Thoughts

Pretty in pink card today. Floral paper by Flair Designs and the diagonal stripes paper might be by Recollections. The sentiment is a Hero Arts stamp with Stampin Up ink on off-white cardstock. 

The flower stamps are by Stampin Up. The two light pink flowers have been stamped with Umbrella pink ink and punched out with matching punch. The burgundy flower is the same punch out without being stamped.

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Floral Vase Cards

I made a set of cards using the same Papertrey Ink stamp set. I don't think that the stamp set is still in production. This patterned paper is by Die Cuts with a View. The cardstock is by Recollections. The inks used are by Stampin' Up.

The patterned paper is by The Paper Studio and I inked the edges. The stamped image die cut is called Dahlia by Spellbinders. The other patterned paper is by Creative Memories. The sentiment is by Stamping Scraping on SU cardstock.

This last card is simple. The patterned paper is by Provo Craft and it's very old. The cardstock is by Stampin Up and Recollections.

Here they are all together.

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Be the Change Card

My card today is for a graduate. The sentiment stamp is by Unity Stamp Co. Stamped onto a 

Gina Marie Die Cut

with black Hero Arts ink. I colored in some circles with Liquid Pearls. The patterned paper may be by Reminisce and the copper sparkle paper is from my stash. Corner rounder by Creative Memories.

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Manly Monday Hockey at the Cottage

This is a simple layout for the cottage calendar. 

Stickers are by Creative Memories.

I'm not sure about any of supplies.

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Out in the Forest Frame

I made this frame for my niece's 1st birthday present. The colors and die cuts (that I cut with my Cricut) match her room decor. I really liked the way it turned out. I listed some of the supplies. A lot of the cardstock is by Recollections and the dark brown is by Stampin Up.

This wood grain patterned paper is by Bella Blvd. The acorn die cut is from the Autumn Celebrations cartridge.

The below patterned paper is by My Mind's Eye. The white die cut is by Spellbinders.

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Road Trip cards

ATC's with the theme transportation.

The arrows I cut out with my Cricut.

I painted them in with paint and powdered chalk.

The car stamp by TPC Studio was inked with Colorbox and Versa Color pigment ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder.

The stamps; road trip, exit  and go! are by Sizzix.

The other words are unknown rub-ons.

I inked the blue and the black edges with distress ink.

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Gina Marie Stencil Happy Card

A new card today using a Gina Marie stencil. I applied black embossing paste to the stencil as well asFx Metallic powder. The card uses some of these supplies:

Gina Marie Designs Chic Style Stencil
Scallop Frames Die
Happy Die
Leaf dies

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USA Card

I found this flag stamp in a box and thought it was perfect for the red, white and blue theme for the ATC swap this month.

I colored the flag and Lawn Fawn letter stamps in with distress markers before huffing on them and stamping on white cardstock. I did try to do the same thing with the fireworks stamps but it's not very noticeable. What else isn't very noticeable is the dry embossed star background on the white cardstock. Oh well. The corner is blue vellum that I ran through the Xyron sticker maker. The large red circle is a corduroy brad. It's huge, which I love using on ATC's rather than cards or scrapbook layouts.

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Bright Birthday greetings

Here are some very bright and busy birthday cards. For all of them I used a brayer over multiple colored ink set by Tsukineko. The also all have ribbon by May Arts with an Around the Block brad in each one. 

1st and 2nd cards have a square punch (CM) dry embossed with a Cuttlebug folder.

Then I colored in the present with powdered chalk and paint.  

Behind the squares is a purple (Bazzill) die cut by DO Objectives.

Then this last one the Stampemndous butterfly

 was stamped with Tsukneko black ink

 and colored with Copic markers

The die cut behind the butterfly is by Dreamweavers Stencil

the circle behind is Making Memories patterned paper 

that is dry embossed with Darice folder 

all of that is on top of a white Spellbinders die (Beaded circles die)

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Butterfly All Occassion Card

This card is way too busy but it's a good reminder to me of what not to do. 

Background and butterfly are Hero Arts stamps. 

Background heat embossed with white powder and inked with blue distress ink.

Dies under butterfly are by Spellbinders from all different sets.

Corner dies are uknown.

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Bloom Flower Card

My card today is for my monthly ATC swap and the theme is flowers. The patterned paper is by Making Memories. I punched out the patterned paper and also a piece of yellow fun foam with a  the scallop circle punch by Stampin Up. I adhered the patterned paper to the foam and then to the brown cardstock. The foam layer gives some dimension between the patterned paper and the cardstock. The patterned paper has been inked with distress ink and then dusted with gold Perfect Pearls. 

I found some stamps in my stash. The first is a rounded stamp with the word bloom and the second is a small dragonfly. I stamped both with brown Stampin Up ink. The word bloom is stamped around the scallop circle four times. I couldn't believe how perfectly it covered the outside of the circle. The gold flower is by Recollections.

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Shadow Stamping cards

I changed these cards from 

THIS

to

the following cards.

The first card sentiment is a heat embossed Hero Arts stamp

White embossing powder

On a brown Spellbinders die

Which is layered onto a white die.

2nd card:

Sentoment stamp by Cloud 9

Die cuts by Spellbinders

paper by Making Memories.

Inside stamps by Hero Arts.

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French Manor Cards

I heat embossed different elements of a Stampendous stamp set with different colors of embossing powder by:

Ranger Industries

Stampendous

Stamp N Plus

Hero Arts

Stampin Up

Word stickers are by Creative Imaginations

Other sticker by Fiskars and K and Co

A few misc die cuts by K and Co.

Center border is vintage ribbon....for lack of a better word

Rhinestones by The Paper Studio.

The background is inked with distress ink with an ink blending tool

And edges inked with black distress ink.

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Manly Monday Deep Red Stamps Catch You Later

I wanted to share another one of the "Catch you Later" cards. 

This one uses a Deep Red Stamp called 

Large Mouth Bass Stamp

I stamped it with Versa Mark ink

Heat embossed it with white embossing powder

Inked the paper with multiple distress inks.

Die behind the fish is a Spellbinders die

That I inked while still inside the die

Sentiment die is by Cricut

Cartridge: Just Because Cards

Dry embossed waves on the left created with Fiskars embossing plate.

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Deep Red Stamps Peacock card

Another ATC theme for July is Peacocks. I actually had two peacock stamps in my stash but the one I used on these cards is the

 Peacock Stamp by Deep Red Stamps.

I pounced different distress ink colors onto the stamp before stamping it onto off white cardstock that I inked with black distress ink. I dry embossed the background cardstock with a Fiskars texture plate and inked it with blue and green distress inks. I inked the edges with black distress ink before I brushed the background with Perfect Pearls. 

The sentiments are misc vellum pieces from my stash. I run all of my vellum through the Xyron sticker maker. It's the only way I adhere vellum to projects. I embellished with blue and green rhinestones and I also used a Ranger/Tim Holtz tiny stapler.

A Good Friend Card

I made this card using

Gina Marie Designs Geometric Pattern Stencil

I applied black embossing paste (I think Glossy)
The shimmer on top is Perfect pearls (Ranger)
The sentiment and the swirls are Hero Arts stamp
Flowers from my stash

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Graduation Layout in Orange and Black

Even though graduation season is over I still want to share a fun scrapbook layout. 

Graduationm die cut-Cricut Locker Talk cartridge

Stickers at the bottom by Reminice

Striped paper by Basic Grey

Background paper by Creative Memories.

The rest is unknown stuff from my stash.

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