2023-03-24; Hello!
This week in my craft group the challenge is to use die cut letters. I die cut the letters for hello, twice and then glued & stacked for added strength.
I glued the top portion of the letter to the card front and then again at the bottom.
I added tiny little gems to each of the flowers on the decorative scrapbook paper (DSP)
And one more look at the card before you go on about your day…
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2023-03-22; Top Koalaty
Today’s sample was made using an embossing diffuser. The white brick background and the oval were all done by using a plastic sheath to cover the embossing folder. It left the oval un-embossed in the center. I went though my dies and found an oval that was close to matching in size and then hand embossed it to make the oval stand out a little more.
Just a look at the cute koala
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2023-03-20; Handmade background
Today’s sample is a fun fold. I used the mini clothes pin to hold it in place for the photo. Once it goes through the mail, it should lay down just fine.
I made the background using color burst concentrated pigment powders. Once that was dry then I went over it with a couple of stencils.
The sentiment is a thick unmounted red rubber; sadly as of right now I can’t remember who the manufacturer was.
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2023-03-19; Hello Spring
This past weeks Craft Roulette was a size of card I don’t care for. But if I just put something in the middle with a big border, it was doable.
Here is the card. The card size is 5×7; Spring colors and the element that starts with G is Green. The items that are outside the lines are the butterfly and the flowers.
These are some flowers that were purchased and given to me. I’m working my way through lots of supplies on hand
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2023-03-18; Hello Spring Wreath
Spring is supposed to be here but I think the weather will pull a few more tricks.
Today’s sample was made with the Stampin’ Up(SU) set Circle of Spring. The butterfly’s were fussy cut from some SU decorative scrapbook paper (DSP).
See the little flower border? This is a die that I found at the dollar store.
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2023-03-17; Happy St. Patrick’s Day
Just a quick card with lots-o-green. The large glittery shamrock is a dollar store sticker
I believe the sentiment is by Stampin’ Up from the set Teeny Tiny Wishes
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Yesterday I made a card using scraps and arranged in a sunburst pattern. I still had lots of the scraps left and added them to this card.
With the dollar store shamrock sticker and also some St. Patrick Day themed stickers, it finishes off the card.
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2023-03-15; Good Luck
For today’s sample I took assorted green scraps of paper along with the few pieces of St. Patrick’s Day themed paper and arranged them into a sunburst pattern. I had lots left afterwords, I made sure to tape them together before trimming making it easy to add to the next card. You’ll see that one tomorrow.
The sentiment was something that I computer generated. I don’t have much in the way of St. Patrick’s Day themed sentiments.
And one more look at the card before you go on about your day. And this image shows the one of the rubber stamps I do have, good luck!
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2023-03-14; Wreath builder Good Luck
Here is my clumsy version of a Wreath Builder card for St. Patrick’s Day. Whenever I make a wreath builder card it always amazes me how terrible they look until the piece is mounted. I used the woven background that one of my friends sent me.
The images (leaves, flowers and tiny bugs) are mostly by Stampin’ Up from the set Jar of Love (retired in 2017). The sentiment is from their set Nature’s Harvest (retired in 2021).
The Shamrock is actually a 5 petal flower punch. I trimmed the 5th petal into a stem then using a stylus drew in vein lines for the shamrock..
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This card qualifies for the challenge over at the Retro Rubber Challenge Blog, #202 – Anything goes. You just need to use stamps older than 1 year, and that is certainly the case. The Jar of Love set is about 6 years old and the Natures Harvest is about 2 years old.
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2023-03-13; Hoppin in to Easter
Now that St. Patrick’s Day is nearly here, it’s time to start thinking about the next holiday; Easter. I pulled out this cute wreath set by Stampin’ Up called Circle of Spring.
A close view of the medallion
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