Bowl of Apples Card

The image is water colored with inks from my dye ink pads

and an aqua painter. It's from a really old stamp set

called Country Comfort. The inside border was made

with the old Gingham Stampin' Around wheel

and the outside with the Buffalo Check background stamp.

All supplies used were from Stampin' Up!

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Gee, Thanks Card

This is the last of the chalkboard type stamp images

I made cards with recently.

Everything other than the yellow dimensional dots

(used to hide some smudges!)

came from Stampin' Up!

I inked up a portion of a word bubble stamp

with water based markers for the "gee, thanks".

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There's You Card

I'm not sure about this card. . . . .

Another chalkboard image,

but this one I tried to color over some of

the white craft ink with metallic pencils.

The die cuts are lightly colored with chalks.

Everything other than the patterned paper inside

and the old craft sequins came from Stampin' Up!

Yes, even that wide organdy ribbon that they

sold about 15+ years ago. 

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Little Something Card

I lightly rubbed a Craft white ink pad

across textured black card stock

to create the background

for this chalkboard image stamp.

I stamped the tag twice then cut out the word

SOMETHING and popped it up with dimensionals.

Ribbon from the dollar store,

Prima paper flowers, rhinestones,

die cut leaves from a newer Stampin' Up! set

Patterned paper inside, unknown

ink, papers, stamp image all form Stampin' Up!

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Happy Birthday, Human Card

Images, inks, papers, dies were from Stampin' Up!

The image is water colored in

with dye inks and an aquapainter.

Foundry embossing folder, Tim Holtz 

The yellow chevrons were pieces punched

out from a border punch by SU!

I added them after the card was done.

It seemed to need something and they

happened to be in the same bag of 

die cut leftovers the screw heads were in.

I trimmed them to fit then glued them in place

around the banner that was already adhered

to the card front. 

Certainly a different detail,

normally I would use gears, screws,

something mechanical like. 

The tiny screw head accents are little pieces

that were leftovers from a gear die cut.

I pressed a screwdriver into them to create

slight indentations. 

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HAPPY Birthday Card

I think I spent nearly two hours on this card ! 

I was determined to make something similar

to one I saw in an old Stampin' Up! catalog.

Trial and error, rooting through supplies,

redoing parts that I got smudges on, etc.

All inks, card stocks and stamp images

were from Stampin' Up!

I inked up a portion of a larger stamp

with a water based maker to get just

the word BIRTHDAY.

I made my own background paper

with a sponge dauber and ink.

The balloon die was from 

The Stamps of Life.

HAPPY was created with letter dies from 

Little B

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Partying Iguana Card

First time I've ever inked up this stamp!

I used water based markers directly

on the rubber to create the multi colored image.

It is an old one from Stampin' Up!

The balloons on the inside were from 

Technique Tuesday

All inks, card stocks, button, baker's twine

and ribbon were from SU!

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Pink Party Hats Card

This card took longer than I planned!

I could have simply stamped party hats,

but I decided to find punches to make them.

I used a double pennant punch from Stampin' Up!

I'm not sure of the name, but it has a triangle and 

a slightly larger scalloped triangle.

I used a portion of the scallop for the 

glittery bottom edge of the hats.

The glittery pom top is the center of a

really old snowflake paper punch from SU!

Assorted embossing folders, rubber stamps,

brads, patterned paper, dimensionals

 and inks finish it off.

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Glittery Princess Card

Once again, inking up some old stamps 

from Stampin' Up! for this sweet

- and glittery! - card.

It's difficult to see in the photos, 

but I used some diamonds Stickles

on the crown and wand.

Rhinestones finish off the crown.

There are also strips glitter paper

on the front and inside.

The images are water colored in

with inks from my classic dye ink pads

and an aquapainter. 

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Birthday Candle Trio Cards

Putting to use some old Jolee's stickers

to make these bright, somewhat CAS cards.

I custom cut the die cut stitched rectangle,

making it smaller than the original die

to fit the images better.

The background is embossed with a

Cuttlebug folder.

The rubber stamp images are oldies

from Stampin' Up! 

I water colored them in. 

The card stocks are also from SU!

and match the colors of the candles

well in real life. 

Thanks for looking =)