642

Six hundred and forty two?

That is how many photos I had printed

and need to get into albums !!! 642!

Obviously I haven't printed photos for quite some time ;)

I also went a bit overboard documenting the historic flooding

we experienced last year.

Needless to say, I will be a bit busy working on this project

for a while. I also still need to finish older photo albums

as well as scrap road trips!  

I may as well spend leap day getting started on this project :)
First things first, writing the dates on the backs of all of these
since Walgreen's doesn't print anything on the backs now.
Ack! 
Enjoy your bonus day this year!

The year is March-ing right along, isn't ? 

Grungy Gears Mach

I used a bit of brown acrylic craft paint to

make "rust" on the gears cut from black card stock.

Images, card stock and inks from Stampin' Up!

Embossing folder, Foundry Tim Holtz

Enamel dots 

Thanks for looking =) 

Framed Sympathy Card

Images, card stock, inks, embossing folders
and dies are all from Stampin' Up!

This card was inspired by a sample I came across
a while back and kept in the back of my mind.
Sorry, I do not know by who or where I saw it.
I do know that it did not use Stampin' Up! images
and had several fancier die cut details.
I knew I could make a similar card with the basic layout
and the supplies I have. 

I of course had to make this project more difficult
for myself by cutting apart the frame then
reassembling it. I wanted the wood grain to
look like it would on a real frame. Had I left it 
in one piece in the embossing folder, there would
have been short sections of plank on each side.
So I cut it apart at the corners diagonally then
placed the pieces vertically in the embossing folder
so they would each have wood grain running the
length of the piece. I reassembled them
by taping them together on the backside
then mounting it to a piece of fun foam I
cut into a frame to pop it up from the card base.


Thanks for looking =) 

Sweet Pink Gingham Baby Girl Card

Image, card stocks and inks from Stampin' Up!
Various dies from various companies
Gingham ribbon, unknown
Image watercolored with inks and an aquapainter

Thanks for looking =)


The ground hog was correct:
we are still seeing winter weather here
with another 2" snow overnight.
Wind chills in the 20s today, too. Brrr.

Baby Boy Card Trio

image, card stocks and inks from Stampin' Up!
various dies
gingham ribbon
corner punch
paper piercer

image, card stocks and inks from Stampin' Up!
scalloped rectangle die
polka dot ribbon
polka dot Texturz plate

image, card stocks and inks from Stampin' Up!
paper piercer
edge border punch, Fiskars
button punch, Martha Stewart 
congratulations stamp, unknown

All three of these cards are very similar to cards I've made

for a baby girl. I'll share the gingham card tomorrow.

The other two are oldies:

Feathered Friends baby girl

Sweet Feet Baby Girl

Thanks for looking =) 

Baby Card - flip

A somewhat "gender neutral" baby card.

I used:

a flip card die 

patterned paper (unknown)

image, card stocks and inks from Stampin' Up!

Thanks for looking =) 

Coral Blossoms Thanks Card

image, card stocks, inks, embossing folder and "hardware" from Stampin' Up!

The stamped top portion was actually a small card from long, long ago
that I never used. I decided to add it to an embossed leaves background.

Thanks for looking =) 

Wedding Card Duo

image, card stocks, large scallop square Bigz die from Stampin' Up!
Encore silver ink
flower, rhinestones and swirly die cut are all unknown

Stampin'Up! image and paper punches

Floral Edgeabilities die

Encore silver ink

rhinestones

shimmer paper, white card stock, silver card stock

shimmer edge organdy ribbon

Thanks for looking =) 

Celebrate Card

Similar to a Christmas card I made years ago.

Colored with an aqua painter and inks

from ink pads.

Rhinestone details

Thanks for looking =) 

Butterfly Die Cuts Card

I saw this basic idea some time ago 

and finally got around to making a similar version.
Mine isn't nearly as cute as I recall the original being.

I ended up with three cards since I cut the bottom butterflies

layer from three different colors of card stock.

It was tricky, but I do like the results.

Thanks for looking =)