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More Stars

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Ugh, I can see coming up with titles for each of my 4th of July posts is going to be tedious. Thankfully I’m sure you’re only here for the cards and not the witty banter.

This card was created using a Fall-to-Layout (ftl87).

After getting all the cards into the mail I decided I really like mostly-flat cards like this one. Most of the cards I use are ones that get mailed and mailing bumpy cards always seems to be hit-or-miss when it comes to needing extra postage or special handling. When you mail cards do you tend to create flat cards?

Happy 4th of July
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Star Prints, Vintage Picnic;
Colors: Enchanted Evening, Pure Poppy, White;
Other: star punch (SU/EK Success); Poppy ribbon; Spring Rain Bitty Star DSP;

4th of July Stars

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Here is another July 4th card. This one was done using a Fall-to-Layout (ftl89). I wanted to use a diamond embossed background, but I don’t own one, so I used what I had.

This particular label stamp is actually 3 dotted outlines on one stamp. The one that fit the die I used was the outside one – so inking was actually pretty easy.

Happy 4th of July
Stamps: Star Prints (PTI), Let Freedom Ring (PTI), Vintage Labels 4 (Waltzing Mouse), Trendy Greetings (TAC);
Colors: Pure Poppy, Enchanted Evening, White (PTI);
Other: Labels 4 die (Spellbinders); texture plate (Sizzix);

July 4th

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I actually got my act together this year and stamped a bunch of 4th of July cards to send to family. Over the next few days I’ll share some of them with you.

This card was created for a past SCS CAS challenge (cas72) which was a sketch. It took me a long time to figure out what I wanted to do. Once I decided all my 4th of July cards were not going to be 1-layer cards, this one came together pretty quick.

Next time I’ll use a light color ink for the stars in the background, and I’ll mat that layer with dark blue.

Happy 4th of July
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Star Prints, Let Freedom Ring, Vintage Picnic;
Colors: Pure Poppy, Spring Rain, Enchanted Evening, white;
Other: star punch (SU/EK Success);

Tropical Partings

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A woman in my hubby’s office is moving away. The office had a party the other day, but no card…so I made one. 🙂 I don’t have StampinUp’s Tropical Party set yet, but my mom was very kind to stamp and mail me some images. She even sent me a strip of the umbrella pattern paper so I could cut out colored umbrellas for the drinks!

The Hawaiian’s have a great saying: a hui ho – which (roughly) means ‘until we meet again’; it isn’t goodbye. That is definitely the right feel for the purpose of this card.

The card came together pretty quickly. One detail I want to highlight is the flock that I added to the coconuts. I love this extra tactile detail.

Since this is a card for the office folk to sign, I added an extra piece of cardstock inside so there are 3 writing surfaces. I added a stamped jungle leaf (CTMH) to those pages to help carry the theme.

A Hui Ho
Stamps: Tropical Party (SU); Fresh Alpha (PTI);
Ink: Tempting Turquoise, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Rose Red, Soft Suede (SU);
Paper: So Saffron, Tempting Turquoise, White (SU);
Other: Oval dies (Spellbinders); flock (Doodlebug); rhinestones (Kaiser); texturz plate (SU/Sizzix);

Sad News

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The last few weeks have NOT been good for my brother and sister-in-law. They lost both their pets within a few weeks of each other. Both from old age, but still, to have both go is sad. I’m sure their home feels empty! I made this card for them.

Casey, the cat, was a mancoon with attitude. Also the first female cat my brother ever owned. Bear, the dog, was a bull dog and was very well loved. My brother and SIL both had their animals when they met and merging their household may not of been easy, but everyone figure out how to live together. Heck, the loss of Casey a few weeks ago may have contributed to Bear’s rapid decline (but I may be just a sentimental fool).

I send my sincerest sympathies to them.

A note about the card. The sentiment I chose fit in the Fillable Frame 5 image, but I didn’t feel the dots added the right feel to the card, so I ended up using a StampinUp green so I could use a marker to ink the frame stamp and leave off the dots.

Pet Loss
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: With Sympathy, Loss of Pet, Fillable Frames 4;
Ink: Scarlett Jewel; Always Artichoke (SU);
Paper: Rustic Cream, Vintage Cream;
Other: Fillable Frames 4 die;

Going for a Ride

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I really love serendipity. I would never have planned this card (at least not without seeing someone else do it first). I have a piece of cheap cardstock that I have cut to 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 that I use as a template. If I’m designing a card I lay the pieces on the template and move them around or make sure they fit (it was what helped me realize my butterfly card would have to be on a different size card).

Anyway, I have a bad habit of doodling on said template – but I try to keep it to one side so I always have one clean side. Last week I traced a spellbinder rectangle die with a copic. Being a copic on cheap carstock, it bled through – but only very very lightly and normally I don’t even notice it…but today – today it was a lifesaver! I had die cut and stamped the car, but that was all I had figured out. As I was moving the car around I saw the frame and instantly this card formed.

I have the hardest time with solid stamps – from every company. I rub with an eraser to remove the residue, I use padding / I don’t use padding, I ink up until my test comes out clean, I hold my tongue just right – but I never get a good solid image. I would love to buy SU’s Medallion but I just know I’ll never get a good impression…so why spend the money? I stamped this image until my scratch paper was perfect (about 8 times) and as soon as it hit the real paper…I get that. ARGH. Any suggestions are welcome.

Despite the inept stamping, I like how the card turned out. It is for my hubby, hence the lack of anything fun girly.

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Days
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Enjoy the Ride, Up Up & Away, Wonderfully Whimsical;
Ink: Enchanted Evening, True Black, Fresh Snow;
Paper: Kraft, Spring Rain, New Leaf, White, Black;
Other: Car & Balloon dies; Copics (color balloon), black pen (stitching & birds), white gel (road markings);

Summer Sunflower

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This week’s Clean & Simple challenge on SCS is all about summer (cas68). Usually summer means sleeping in for me and more tv time for the girls. Not exactly something that you need a card for 😀 One thing I miss from back home are the giant sunflowers mom has in her garden. Sunflowers are my favorite flower.

This card was pretty simple – just a few die cuts and a sentiment. The label is actually a Canvas Cut from StampinUp that I grabbed from their clearance rack for just a few bucks (what a deal!!). The flower center is a giant brad that I added dots to using my Galaxy Marker.

Smile
Stamps: Say it With Style (PTI);
Ink: Burnt Umber (Palette);
Paper: Aqua Mist, Summer Sunrise (PTI); Kiwi Kiss (SU);
Other: Canvas Cut label (SU); Woodgrain impression plate (PTI); Leaf die (SU); Flower die (CB?); brad (SU); Galaxy Marker (Am.Crafts);

Thank You Flower

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I needed a card to send with the goodies for my latest round of DSS contest winners. I went simple because I needed four cards. I chose this stamp set because I had already embossed the Kiwi background and I needed something that would “go” (my original idea being to complicated to do four cards).

The rhinestone started out clear, but I colored it with a Copic. I am really starting to enjoy using these markers!

Thank You
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Art of Life, Curvy Verses;
Ink: Orchid Opulence, Rich Razzleberry, Kiwi Kiss;
Paper: Kiwi Kiss, Rich Razzleberry, Naturals Cream;
Other: Weave Impression Plate; Rhinestone (Kaiser);

Winter Wishes

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I created this card for a past Clean & Simple Sketch (ftl86). This is a great sketch.

I chose to go the winter route because I wanted to use an image that wasn’t already over-used with this sketch (flowers, butterflies, etc.). I thought about a few options, but when I thought snowflakes this card popped right in. I love this Christmas Tree set.

Merry and Bright
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Merry & Bright;
Ink: Hawaiian Shores, Berry Sorbet; Burnt Umber (Palette);
Paper: Hawaiian Shores, Berry Sorbet, White;
Other: Frosted Lace Stickles (Ranger);

Have a Hoot

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I made this card for the CAS challenge (cas66) which was to use Kelly’s card as a sketch.

After perusing my stamp sets, I settled on the owl image and everything else just fell in place. I stamped the owl on PTI Rustic paper before I thought about how I was going to color it. I opted to use my Copics. Unfortunately I don’t have any brown markers yet, so I used the Artichoke trio.

The moon is Lemon Tart paper that has white sponged on one side and orange (whatever color was on my “orange” sponge) on the other side. I also used the Wood Impressions plate along the top, but you can’t see it in the picture. I had a hard time coming up with a sandwich since I don’t have PTI’s mats.

Hoot on Your Birthday
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Wise Owl, Background Basics – Diamonds;
Ink: Burnt Umber (Palette), White, Orange;
Paper: Kraft, Lemon Tart, Orange Crush, Rustic White;
Other: Copics;