Lots Of Happy Card Kit

I bought this pretty card kit refill recently on clearance

from Stampin' Up! 

It didn't have the rubber stamp images and such,

but I thought I could make it work with what I have.

Below are the first set of cards I made,

following the kit directions, for the most part.

Two of the cards have been altered to 

be larger sized cards (they were mini's).

I water colored all of the images with

an aquapainter and ink from my classic ink

Stampin' Up! ink pads. 

I do not know the stamp set name 

used for this tag, but I do know it

 was from Stampin' Up!

I found it at a yard sale this past summer.

This card is like the card kit sample

aside from the different sentiment.

I do not know the stamp set name 

used for this tag, but I do know it

 was from Stampin' Up!

I found it at a yard sale this past summer.

This card is like the card kit sample. 

I do not know the stamp set name 

used for this tag, but I do know it

 was from Stampin' Up!

I found it at a yard sale this past summer.

This card is like the card kit sample. 

It looks a bit bare in that lower corner of the tag.

I do not recall the stamp set name , but I do know it

 was bought from Stampin' Up! years ago.

Luckily I did have a couple of sets that fit the tags

in this card kit since I don't have the stamps

that were made for it ;) 

The above card, and the card below,

were made with the card fronts of the mini cards

from the kit attached to a regular sized card base. 

I will have two more posts showing 10 more cards 

that I made using pieces in the kit in different ways.

It's been fun figuring out variations of them.

Not that I don't like the pre-designed cards,

they are really pretty, but I wanted to do something

else with some of them. The smaller cards in particular.

I also had some "help" with this project.

Thanks for looking =) 

Leaves of Sympathy

We were in need of another sympathy card recently.

All items used came from Stampin' Up!,

many of which are no longer available.

Lasting Lily stamp set

Climbing Roses stamp set

Foliage Frame die set

Circles dies

Layered Leaves embossing folder

Pistachio Pudding, Sage Shadow, Whisper white

and gold metallic card stocks

Vellum

Encore gold ink

Succulents Card Kit

I mentioned previously that I have been busy making cards.

Well, I  finally got around to putting together a few of the cards

that came in a Paper Pumpkin kit a year ago!

I wasn't very fond of them I suppose since I 

was in no rush to make them ;)

These are created following the kit instructions.

I have leftovers that I think I'll do something 

different with - at some point. 

MORE snow and rain on the way

over the next few days, ugh.

I'll keep myself occupied in the craft room,

working on more card kits 

(although I should be scrapping)

and listening to music as I watch the snow fall.

Yesterday I drew up revised plans

for my dream of raising the house

in case of future floods.

Thanks for looking =) 

Geared Up To Celebrate

Finally, a full day of sunshine and blue skies here yesterday!

I won't complain about the frigid temps ;) 

I spent a big part of the day in the craft room,

enjoying the sun streaming in the windows

while making a few more assorted cards.

I'll be sharing them soon. 

I made this card for a gearhead uncle.

Although he is a Chevy guy,

I think he might appreciate this card.

Stamps, inks, papers, dies all from Stampin' Up!

Geared Up Garage

The car image was colored with colored pencils.

It also has some silver and white gel pen accents

plus Crystal Effects on the glass.

Thanks for looking!

Masculine Metals Card

I've been busy making cards the past week, mostly working with some "card kits". 
It's the first time I've been crafty since the new year. I'll be sharing them throughout the rest of the month (there are a lot to share!). 

This is the first one I made; it's not from a card kit.
It's for a young man's 21st birthday. 
He's a welder, so I thought he might like this.

I lightly rubbed walnut stain distress ink over the silver card stock after it was embossed.

The "rust" is made by stippling on clear drying liquid glue then sprinkling cinnamon over it. Tap off excess.


Supplies:
Tim Holtz Foundry 3D embossing folder
Numbers dies from Stampin' Up!
Metallic silver, black and textured black card stocks
Clear drying white glue, stipple paint brush and cinnamon
Distress Ink Walnut Stain


Thanks for looking =) 

Shimmery Textured Snowman Card RAK

I received this lovely card

from a long time "pen pal" yesterday !

What a nice surprise on 

day six without sunshine.

Not sure when I'll see blue skies again......

Definitely not today.

We are socked in with heavy fog.

Blech.

Snow, rain, plummeting temperatures

on tap over the next few days

so no sign of sun for a while yet.

I need chocolate, ha , ha.

Rustic Quote Piece

This is a project that I made months ago, originally intended to use as 
a design team project. I since decided to step down from the design team
to free up some time for personal things this year.

The background is metallic silver card stock run through an embossing folder.
I glued some cinnamon around the edges to make it look rusty.

Flowers were made with a spiral flower die and vintage dictionary
pages. The leaves were hand cut from a scrap of fabric.

The quote was printed. 

It's all adhered to a piece of chipboard.
Supplies: 
Tin Tile 3D embossing folder from Stampin' Up!
Spiral Flower die from Stampin' Up!
Metallic silver and Close To Cocoa card stocks, SU!
Vintage dictionary pages
Clear drying white glue, stipple paintbrush and cinnamon
Printed quote from randomolive.com
Scrap of fabric hand cut for leaves
Chipboard
Thanks for looking =) 

I'm entering my project in the Love To Craft Challenge Blog
January Anything Goes.

Edited to Add  2/25/2020:
this project was a Favorite of the Week at Splitcoaststampers !

Happy New Year, New Decade 2020

“Here's to a bright New Year and a fond farewell to the old; 

here's to the things that are yet to come, 

and to the memories that we hold.”

After the trying year we had
(and many other friends/family members),
I want to change the wording in the above quote ;)
And oh the memories,
some I don't really want to recall.
Sniffle. Dabbing of the eyes.
No matter how bad things got,
I always found something to be grateful for though.
I know they could have been so much worse.....
Smiling now!






 I've "retired" from all of the design teams 
I've worked with over the past year.
I want to concentrate on finishing 
photo albums and scrapbooks this year
rather than making projects
"just because" for challenges.

I will continue to craft, but with less frequency.

Thank you for following along
with my crafty adventures
these past 10 years! 
Wishing you a very happy, 
healthy and crafty New Year!
A New Decade!




Digital image created with the 
A New Year kit by Kimeric Kreations

Inspirational New Year's Quotes from the Shutterfly website:

• “Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson
• ”Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.” -Oprah Winfrey
• “Tomorrow, is the first blank page of a 365-page book. Write a good one.” -Brad Paisley
• “One thing with gazing too frequently into the past is that we may turn around to find the future has run out on us.” -Michael Cibeuk

• “Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us.” -Hal Borland
• “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” -C.S. Lewis
• “This is a new year. A new beginning. And things will change.” -Taylor Swift
• “Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, Whispering ‘it will be happier.” -Alfred Tennyson
• “For last year’s words belong to last year’s language and next year’s words await another voice.” -T.S Eliot
• “We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day.” -Edith Lovejoy Pierce
• “Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God that it can go.” -Brooks Atkinson
• “The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul.” -G.K. Chesterton
• “Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man.” -Benjamin Franklin
• “The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.” -Michael Altshuler
• “Although no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.” -Carl Bard

50th Birthday Digi Card

I created this sort of digital card with a kit by

Day Dreams N Designs. 

The Happy Birthday text was from

Design Bundles.

The 50 is a text layer using Impact font,

 beveled, color matched to the ribbon.

Farmhouse Country font was used on the tag.

Thanks for looking =) 

Glittery Stenciled Snowflakes Card

I received this lovely card from a blog friend. 

See how she made it here

The photo doesn't do it justice,

it is so shimmery in real life

and the snowflakes have a dimension to them.