Graduation Congratulations

The daughter of friends of ours graduated this year. Bummer of a year to graduate, but what can ya do? Her party was held recently. This is the card I made for her. The main panel was done with my JustRite Stamper. I double matted it using school colors. I embossed the top part with a Sizzix folder and the bottom part with a Cuttlebug folder. The sentiment is popped up.

I rarely stamp anything inside my cards - mostly too lazy! But I made an exception for this card. The main sentiment is from Paper Inspirations. The sentiment on the left is the last one that I made at Taylored Expressions last summer. The die cuts are from LifeStyle Crafts/QuicKutz.

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Happy Anniversary! And Another Update on my Dad

Today is our son and daughter-in-law's eighth anniversary! Sure doesn't seem like their wedding was eight years ago already.

I had to take some time last night and make them a card. I wish I had had more time, but this will have to do. I did the background with Spellbinders dies. The image is a JustRite Stamper stamp. I colored it with Copics and added gems to the flower centers. That's it:)

More news about my dad: Radiation is not out of the question yet, unfortunately. I guess what they removed was not lymph nodes after all, but cancer cells. They are not sure if they got everything or not. He will have to choose between monitoring with ultrasounds or having radiation. He will be meeting with an oncologist on Thursday and will then meet with his doctor again and make his decision.

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Lilies of the Valley Birthday

I made a card for the SplitCoastStampers Sketch Challenge today and here it is. It is the last card I need to make for April - yippee:)

I stamped the image with Memento black ink and colored with Copics. It's from JustRite Stampers. I cut it out with an oval Nestability (and trimmed a little bit) and matted with Gumball Green cardstock that I cut with a scalloped oval Nestability. I added white gel pen to the scallops and Star Dust Stickles to the flowers. I mounted on foam squares. The center strip was embossed with a SU/Sizzix embossing folder. The sentiment is from Gina K.

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Graduation

This is the card I made for our former next-door neighbor. Her school colors were blue and gold.

I used a brass stencil for the books and cap. I used sticky paper and glitter with it. I used my JustRite Stamper for the personalization. The background was embossed with a Congratulations Cuttlebug folder. The matting is all Pacific Point and I used Dimensionals for the mounting.

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Happy Anniversary, Mom and Dad!

Quick post for today. I made this card for my mom and dad for their 64th anniversary, which was yesterday.

I used my JustRite Stamper for the sentiment, a Spellbinders die for the blue "lacy" circle, Nestabilities for the other circles, a Stampin' Up! embossing folder, a sticker, a few gems, some foam squares and Pacific Point cardstock.

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Welcome, Jonah Alexander!

Here is the card I made for our new grandson. I used my JustRite Stamper for the sentiment. I used dies for the cutting. I embossed the background with a Sizzix folder. The cardstock is from a Die Cuts With a View matstack.

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Happy Anniversary, Joanne and Mark!

An anniversary card for my friend, Joanne and her husband, Mark.  Their anniversary was yesterday.


The lilies of the valley and the border were stamped with a Just-Rite stamper.  I colored with Copics and cut with Nestabilities.  The matting is New Leaf from Papertrey Ink.  The sentiment is from Papertrey, also.  I embossed the background with a Swiss Dots folder.


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Three Weddings and an Anniversary:)

 Sounds a little bit like a movie, doesn't it? LOL!  That's what I made a couple nights ago - four cards.

We are invited to three weddings in the next month.  Well, OK - five weeks, as you can see from the dates. :) I started out by making the last one pictured.  I asked my husband if he cared what card I made for his niece's son's upcoming wedding, because I thought I'd make another just like it.  He said he likes white, embossing and silver.  So, I made one of the above cards for that wedding, then made another one just like it for my niece's wedding.  

I liked the first one, though, so I made another one almost like it for some friends for their anniversary, which is on Sunday.  Happy Anniversary Diane and Jon!

For the ones with color, I used a JustRite Stamper oval with the flowers and the border.  I colored with Copic markers.  (Since I've been asked a few times what colors I've used, I'll include that information.  I used: BV02, BV08, BV11, C1, V06, V15, V17, Y19, YG03, YG13 and YG17.)  I cut the ovals all with Nestabilities.  The background embossing was done with a Sizzix folder and the cake was done with a small Cuttlebug folder.  The ovals are all mounted on Dimensionals.

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Graduation

A simple graduation card for today.

I cut the graduation cap (from Lifestyle Crafts, formerly Quickutz) from black and white cardstock. I stamped the sentiment with a JustRite Stamper. I cut the plain white circle with a Nestability and the scalloped black circle with a Marvy punch. I mounted the hat and the black circle on foam squares. The background is embossed with a Cuttlebug Argyle embossing folder and is matted with black on a white card base.  EDITED TO ADD:  I replaced the picture with a new one after I added the diploma.  I had forgotten that I wanted it on there!  The diploma is also a Lifestyle die.

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Two Anniversary Cards

Here are two anniversary cards I made on Monday.  They are quite similar, so you get them at the same time:)


On both cards, I used my JustRite Stamper for the sentiment. I punched a hole in some scratch paper to make a mask for stamping the rose.  I colored the rose stamp (from Inkadinkado) with markers and stamped it in the sentiment using the mask.  I used a white gel pen on the scalloped circle mat.  For this first card, I embossed the background with my Swiss Dots folder.  

I did the main image the same for this card, except for no dots on the scallops.  For the background, I brayered Versamark on the D'vine Swirls Cuttlebug folder before embossing, then I used Iridescent Sparkle embossing powder on it.  I added matting and a ribbon.  Here is a different angle so you can see the sparkle a little bit better.


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SplitCoastStampers Sketch Challenge - Baby Girl

This card is for this week's SplitCoastStampers Sketch Challenge - #275 and also for this week's Flutter By Wednesday, which is to use sparkle and a butterfly. It is for the birth of our new granddaughter. (It also works for the CAS challenge - to only use stamping for the sentiment.)

The papers are from Debbie Mumm's Baby Girl cardstock pad. The solid pink is from Stampin' Up! I think it's Positively Pink. The bottom patterned paper had a little sparkle, but I added Stickles over the existing sparkled spots so they would show more. The sentiment is done with my JustRite Stamper. (In real life, it has her last name on it:) ) I added tiny pearls on each scallop. It is mounted on Pop Dots. The butterflies are punched with a Martha Stewart punch and have pearl bodies and Stickled wings. The larger one is on a Pop Dot piece.

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JustRite Stamper Anniversary

I made this card as a special order for a "customer."  (Thanks so much, Nancy!)  I was going to ask if she minded if I posted it, but I forgot, so I'm just going to upload it.  I hope it's all right.:)

The sentiment was done with my JustRite Stamper.  The flower is an Inkadinkado stamp that I colored with Stampin' Up! markers.  I did the cutting with Circle Nestabilities.  The image/sentiment panel is mounted on Pop Dots.  I embossed the background piece with a Swiss Dots folder.  The scoring is done with my Scor-Pal and the border is done with a Martha Stewart punch.  The blue matting is SU!'s Pacific Point.

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Christmas Cards

Here are the rest of my Christmas cards - yippee!! (I actually have one more to make and one Hanukkah card, and then I'll be done.) I thought I would just upload them with no explanation, because they are fairly basic and I have other things to get done:)

Also, I may be "gone" for a while because my next project is to get my calendars made. I won't be posting them since I'll post them on the first of each month. So, don't give up on me - I'll be back!

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SCS Color Challenge Anniversary

This card is for SplitCoastStampers Color Challenge #238. The colors are Stampin' Up!'s Sage Shadow, Going Gray and Pretty in Pink. It's also another card using Natasha Trupp's Fall-To Layout #61.

I used a JustRite Stamper stamp from Damask Borders for the border and a Papertrey Ink stamp from Mixed Messages for the sentiment. I stamped the JustRite Stamper with Sage Shadow and stamped the sentiment with Going Gray. I cut and embossed it with a circle Nestability. The matting is cut with a scalloped circle Nestability from Going Gray cardstock. The border is embossed with a Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder and matted with Sage Shadow. The butterflies are punched from Pretty in Pink with a Martha Stewart punch and then pearls added to their bodies. The circle and the butterflies are mounted on Pop Dots.

Today is the last day for you to take advantage of my Stampin' Up! demo discount. See Monday's post.

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Crocheted Flower Anniversary

An anniversary card for another Yahoo! group member. Their anniversary was on July Fourth.

Not too much explanation necessary, so this will be short. The flower is crocheted using directions from Nichole Heady’s blog. You can find them here. I did the “one-layer” flower for this card. I added a brad in the center, and attached it to the base which I had stamped with my JustRite Stamper. The leaves are punched with an EK Success punch. I sponged the edges and mounted it on a scalloped circle, also sponging the edges. The border is embossed with a Cuttlebug border embossing folder and I added some lines with my Scor-Pal, both on the border and on the card base.

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Graduation Card #2

This is sort of a continuation of yesterday’s post, with my second graduation card.

This card is for my niece who is graduating from college. I’m really proud of her! Her college colors are red, black and white. I embossed the bottom of the card with a Cuttlebug Congratulations folder. The top was embossed with a Sizzix triple dot folder. I used my Scor-Pal to add two lines between the embossing, mounted it on red and then onto the card base. I again used my JustRite stamper for the sentiment. I used Versafine Onyx Black ink on a semi-glossy cardstock. The graduation cap is by Hero Arts and is also stamped with Versafine. I embossed them with clear embossing powder. I used a Coluzzle to cut the white circle so that I was able to have the tassel sticking out. The black scalloped circle was cut with a Marvy punch.

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Graduation Card #1

I had two graduations to make cards for this year – a light year :). Normally I would probably post them both on the same day, but since I’m a little short of cards to post, I will spread them out over two days!

This first one is for the son of a good friend, who is graduating from high school. As you can probably guess, his school colors are black and yellow. I used the Cuttlebug Congratulations embossing folder on yellow cardstock. I sponged black lightly pretty much over the whole thing to highlight the embossing. The sentiment was stamped with a JustRite Stamper with Versafine Onyx Black ink on white and sponged with yellow around the edge. The white and the black circles were punched with Marvy punches, and the yellow was cut with a Nestability. It is mounted on Pop Dots. The yellow is matted with black and mounted on a white card base.

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Golden Birthday Card

Today’s card is for a very special neighbor. (I did daycare for him and his sister for many years.) He is turning eleven on the eleventh – hence, his “Golden Birthday.” He actually saves all the cards I give him – that is so awesome!

I started with the JustRite Stamper. I stamped with Versamark and embossed with Detail Gold embossing powder, then cut it out with a Marvy circle punch. I cut out the gold scalloped circle with a Marvy punch, also, and added white dots with a Signo gel pen. Hmmm … what next? I brayered with Versamark on a Diamonds in the Rough Cuttlebug embossing folder, used it to emboss white cardstock, then sprinkled it with the gold embossing powder. It was really hard not to get Versamark where it didn’t belong, so I had to brush off a lot of it from between the diamonds. But, I think it worked all right. (This technique is called “Negative Effect” on SplitCoastStampers and here is a link to a former Technique Lover’s Challenge with instructions.) I did nearly a full page, but it was just too much gold for a birthday card for an eleven-year-old! So, I thought and thought. Then I remembered some really awesome textured paper that I had gotten over a month ago. I’m not actually sure it’s paper – it feels more like VERY thin plastic. I thought red would look great with the gold. So, I cut the diamond piece in half, matted it with gold shimmery paper, then added the red texture to the card base. Of course, the round part needed some red then, too, so I cut a circle out with a Nestability – just the right amount of red, I think. The circle medallion is mounted on Pop Dots.

Sorry there are so many pictures. I wanted you to see the shiny gold, the true color of the red, and the portion stamped with the JustRite Stamper.

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JustRite Stamper Christmas

I stamped again! I’m always so excited to get to stamp something when I’ve been a while without. It’s the addiction, you know! I’ve been under the weather for a few days, and it feels wonderful to feel wonderful (or at least pretty good), if you know what I mean.

I did two things today – I finished another month of the calendar. Woo-hoo! I have decided that starting in January, and even perhaps in December, I will share my calendar page on the First of each month.

The other thing I did was make a Christmas card using my new JustRite Stamper and Christmas Ensemble. How fun! The main focus of the card was made with the JRS. I stamped the holly border with Versafine Onyx Black ink and colored the leaves and berries with Stampin’ Up! markers – Always Artichoke and Real Red. I cut it out with a scalloped circle Nestability. Then I stamped the Merry Christmas for the inside using the same two colors of markers. I apologize for the stamping not being done very well. I did it with an ink pad earlier, and it stamped very nicely. For some reason when I used the markers, it didn’t stamp as cleanly. But I was too impatient to do it again, and besides, I like the "weathered look." I cut and embossed that part with a plain circle Nestability. I used a Martha Stewart border punch for the bottom of the card, then cut a slice of Real Red and placed on the inside. It doesn’t go quite down to the bottom of the card, but you can’t tell that, since I had to set the card on the bottom of the red. I scored lines with my Scor-Pal on both sides of the ribbon that I added, and also on the top of the card. I mounted the JRS panel on Pop Dots. I sponged red (before adding the red strip on the bottom) around the edges of the card. It still needed more, so I used a little stamp from PaperTrey Ink’s Borders and Corners - Ovals to stamp the holly in the corners with Always Artichoke and colored the berries with Real Red.

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Lucky Me!!

Looky what I won! Michelle Rodgers of Stamper’s Dream had this post on her blog. And guess who was the lucky winner – me! Thank you so much, Michelle! (I just realized that post was on our anniversary – how cool!) I just emailed her on Tuesday and I received it today – how’s that for speedy.
Here is a picture of what I won. I’m so glad my Christmas cards aren't quite finished yet!

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