Holiday Woodcuts Card Set

More cards for Operation Write Home,

this time I used old stamped images I came across

stored in my holiday Woodcuts stamp set

from Stampin' Up!

The decorative papers came from an old

Die Cuts With A View Christmas Paper Stack. 

Thanks for looking =) 

Snowflake Embossed Sticker Paper Cards

Embossed silver sticker paper ! 

I stamped it with snowflakes first. 

It was run through the die cut machine /

embossing folder on the release paper,

not stuck to the card stock first.

It removed easily from the release paper

and as you can see, still has crisp embossing

after being applied to the smooth card stock.

These were pretty simple and yet pretty.

They are being donated to 

Operation Write Home. 

I think I may make a bunch to send out

myself this year, I really like how they turned out !

Huh, I discovered something interesting that may be known

to most of you - but I had no idea:

you can emboss facial tissues with an embossing folder !

I would assume you could do paper napkins, how cool !

I found it out by accident, placing a tissue over the silver sticker paper

before running it through the embossing folder since I wasn't sure

how it was going to work, I didn't want to have silver or sticky

residue left on my embossing folder. It worked wonderfully ! 

The shiny cream piece to the left in the photo is the backing paper

from the sticker - I may try to do something with those, too !

This is the sticker paper I found recently at

an art gallery "trash to treasure" sale.

Thanks for looking =) 

I Will Never Forget ..............

http://www.911day.org/about/

 I   WILL.... work on Any Hero cards today to be included in the box of hand made cards I am donating to Operation Write Home. It isn't much, but it is something that I can do and enjoy doing. 

Christmas Cardinal Cards

 

Two more cards I am sending to Operation Write Home. 

The cardinal stamp image was from Stampin' Up! 

as are the card stocks and inks.

 

The snowflake embossing folder is also from Stampn' Up!

 

The embossed leaves on the green card is a Cuttlebug folder.

 

The top card has faux brads to make it mail friendly.

 

 The bottom has a bumpy bow so I may

end up keeping it for personal use.

I try to send nearly flat cards to OWH

so it is more likely to make it back home

to the intended recipient.

Sometimes bulky pieces of mail get damaged

so I don't want to take a chance that one of my cards

would and then not make it "home".

Thanks for looking =) 

Season Of Joy Card

Images colored with markers.
Stamp images, card stock, ink , Texturz plate all from Stampin' Up! (retired).
Strip of decorative paper, unknown, leftover from the paper pieced cards I previously posted.
I only made one like this to send to Operation Write Home.

Peekaboo!

My kitten immediately claimed this nice shopping bag 

with cord handles as her own as soon as I emptied it out.

It was two toys in one for the curious kitten - a bag and strings !

Here she is peeking through the hole she chewed into the bottom.

I guess she thought she needed a "back door" to her new playhouse.

Thanks for looking =)

Holiday Basics Cards

Three more cards I made to send to 

http://operationwritehome.org/

Stamp images and inks from Stampin' Up!,

 decorative paper from a DCWV Christmas paper stack. 

Teeny, tiny faux brads made with paper punch and

Crystal Effects. 

 

 

Thanks for looking =)

Sympathy Card

This is the last non holiday cards I'll be posting for a bit. After today, it is back to the holiday cards I've made for the troops to send to Operation Write Home. I have quite a few of those to share still !
As of todays post, I have nearly 100 cards ready to go to this wonderful organization ! I hope to get a few more done in the next month, my goal was to try to fill a small cardboard box to mail out at the first of October. I don't think I will make that goal, but at least I have some ready to go to meet the holiday deadline !


Stamp images from Stampin' Up! and colored with markers then lightly spritzed with water before stamping   (Pear Pizazz, Always Artichoke, Marina Mist, Night of Navy)
yellow rhinestones
scoring board
embossing folder
white and navy card stocks





I liked this card so well, I made one similar for Operation Write Home (not a sympathy card though).

Look at all the lovely papers I won from Stampin' Up!

Which one to cut into first and what to make................... !

 

 

Thanks for looking =)

Welcome Baby Card

Baby shower card I made for a cousin expecting a little girl.

Stamp image from Stampin' Up!, Feathered Friends (retired)

 White card stock

scrap of light purple card stock

watercolor paper

Basic Black ink

various colors of ink to water color image

aquapainter

Texturz plate (large polka dots)

polka dot grosgrain ribbon, from a dollar store

dimensionals / pop dots

Nestabilities die, scallop edge rectangle

Platinum ink lightly sponged on edges of polka dotted layer

I also stamped a piece of vellum to line the inside of the card

and here is the white plastic garbage bag I stamped

using Stazon inks and the Rubber Ducky stamp set

by Stampin' Up! I knew I'd use it for something sometime....

it was full of assorted sizes diapers.

Thanks for looking =)

I'm A Top Pick!

http://www.catherineandcathycreate.com/2013/09/august-top-picks.html

Woohoo! 

My Pop Open Umbrella card was chosen

as a Top Pick for August

at Catherine And Cathy Create =)

I'm so very honored, ladies ! 

Silver Anniversary Card

Silver Anniversary card I made to mail to some friends.

I have two more to make this year for two different sets of cousins

that will be celebrating their Silver Anniversaries, too. 

All supplies, other than the ribbon and oval die cut, were from Stampin' Up!

I stamped French Script with Silver Encore ink onto the Whisper White card stock.

Once it was dry, I ran it through the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder

in my Big Shot machine to give it texture.

This will be layered onto silver metallic card stock.

The 25 and oval are cut from silver metallic card stock.

I used the Typeset die set for the 25 and 

a Nestabilities oval die.

The Apothecary Accents die was used for the white label die

behind the 25. I spritzed it with a home made shimmer spray.

Silver eyelets for the silver ribbon (Offray) to run through. 

The hearts dies are from two different sets. 

Happy Anniversary is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set.

Thanks for looking =)