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Monday, June 24, 2019

May Birthday cards

Please pardon my tulip cards from mid-May birthdays getting posted now in late June. My insomnia is affecting my blog post writing! It seems that I am on a hamster wheel with early hours at the gym, home to freshen up the house and me, tending my roses, card crafting and noon meal prep for our main meal of the day. Then, because I awoke before 5 a.m., a 30-60 minute afternoon nap before more hobby time with evening news, baseball or reading to finish the day. I have little energy to find card challenges, write and edit a blog post and thus card photos pile up in my computer photos.

Card #1

Card #2

Card #3

PTI Card Supplies:

Tulip Time stamp/dies;

Sentiments from Infinity Frames, Keep It Simple: Thinking of You, and Ruby Rose

Dies: Cover Plate: Stripes Horizontal, Tag Sale: Quilted, Scallop Stackers: Large

Linked to Seize the Birthday: Cover the Card

Addicted to Stamps and More: Anything Goes

Tuesday, May 28, 2019

You're Amazing! Yes, you are Julian!

Between April 29 and May 29 my three grandsons celebrate their birthdays, convenient but also a challenge! The oldest, Julian, shares a birthday on 5/29 with his Uncle George, my childhood friend Juliann, and President JFK. He's a busy pre-teen, plays trumpet and basketball, gracefully rides a snowboard, kindly teases his younger brother, and adores his Portland Trailblazers. Boy, do I love him!! At 12 he inspired a star-themed birthday card!

I stamped a white Bristol panel with distress oxide inks using Concord & 9s Marbled Turnabout stamp. The colors and pattern remind me of the Blazers team logo. The panel was cut with a large star die and also a second star in black for a shadow effect. The sentiment from SSS's Amazing set is white embossed on a black strip. The background stamped in black reinforces the celebration!

Linking this to a new challenge: AAA Birthday Card Challenges

To Infinity and Beyond! HB, Luca

I recently combined the Hero Arts "Sunburst Bold Prints" cling stamp and PTI's "Boy Basics: Out of this World" stamp set for my grandson's 9th birthday card last week. He thought it was spectacular and that I could make millions selling cards!! Bless his heart!

The blue panel rests on an orange frame created

with the largest PTI "Pierced Feature Frame". The

rocket was colored with Copics and cut with a PTI

"Keep It Simple Frames" die.

Linking this card at AAA Birthday Card Challenges with the theme of Anything Goes and the current SSS Monday Challenge: Frame It

Saturday, May 25, 2019

May Blossoms

A month goes by quickly when spring arrives with flowers and weeds to admire and eradicate along with many birthday cards to make. The birthday cards will be posted soon but today I'm sharing two cards made with Altenew's Book Club stamps and dies.

Card #1

The first card's floral image was inked in green, re-inked with VersaMark ink and clear embossed. Using Altenew alcohol markers, I colored the flowers and leaves and then die cut the floral image. The center circle was stamped with a PTI Walk by Faith sentiment. The floral die cut was attached with temporary tape to a lavender panel covered with a strip of Altenew's Gilded Ombre washi tape and then adhered to a white side-folding card. The focal point may be removed and used as a bookmark.

Card #2

This time the focal image was stamped with VersaMark ink, embossed with Ranger Fine Gold EP, and the center removed with a die from the Book Club set. Another floral image was cut from PTI vellum and a Butterfly Blooms sentiment was gold embossed in the center. Once more Altenew's Gilded Ombre washi tape was added to a card stock panel which was trimmed with a SSS Stitched Rectangle die. Gold sequins were added to complete the panel which was directly adhered to a PTI autumn rose card.

Cards linked to Altenew May 2019 Inspiration Challenge and SSW: Bright Colors My photos from the yard and a bouquet.

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Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Twofer April Card Challenge

I'm having a craft week it seems! I needed four birthday cards this week, another for our middle grandson who turns 11 next week, and many May birthdays to come. On Sunday I shared Altenew zinnia cards and today found more time in my craft space.

This month's Twofer Card Challenge: Zoo Animals ends Thursday and nothing was inspiring me among the few animal stamps I own. I finally remembered Hero Arts MMH African Safari set that I purchased two years ago. The elephant stamped in two ink shades made a fun thank you card. Its matching die and other items from the HA kit worked for my grandson's birthday card.

Card #1

Card #2

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Sunday, April 21, 2019

Easter Afternoon Cards

Today I stamped several die cuts creating a set of three cards

and found a fun wood stamp suitable for CASology's challenge.

First the card set featuring a gorgeous Altenew zinnia!

PTI Scallop Stackers: Medium die

Pierced Feature Frames die

Altenew Build-a-Flower: Flourishing Zinnia stamp/dies

Impress sentiment

PTI Mix & Mat: Plaid die

PTI Butterfly Blooms sentiment

Altenew Build-a-Flower: Flourishing Zinnia stamp/dies

Altenew Vintage Roses

PTI Scallop Stackers: Large die
PTI Wet Paint III sentiment
Altenew Build-a-Flower: Flourishing Zinnia stamp/dies

Linked to: SMS Challenge: Beautiful Blooms

And now for my "leaper"

House-Mouse Designs (1999) Giddyup (Friend)

PTI Bunny Basket sentiment

Linked to: CASology: Leap

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Monday, April 8, 2019

Rennie Flowers medley

Sunday afternoon I played with a recent Altenew purchase.

Rennie Roses is unlike any other floral set I own and boy, is it versatile! I created three different panels: 1) using embossing resist with DO ink blending, 2) masking with a stenciled chevron strip behind the focal point, and 3) stamping off the edge on opposite corners with a scary (for me) splattering under a die cut sentiment.

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