03-03-22

 Hello-

More from the MFT card kit.  I am still in love with it. 

This sweet little square card is going to Simon's Wednesday challenge and Addicted to Stamps and More.

  

 

I remembered why I don't like the regular slimline size cards anymore....they are a pain to photograph. This one is going to Festive Friday Challenge. (Green, Encouragement, and Birds)

 

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03-02-22

 Hi There -

I am glad to have the distraction of a new card kit.

Today I play with the houses.  I cut them from cardstock, and used a darker shade of copics to darken the accent pieces. I had cloud outlines left from previous cards and added them to the upper card for some more texture but to leave the card fairly clean. 

The card is inspired by the colors at CAS Colours and Sketches. I am using black as a neutral and have limited the colors to those prescribed by the challenge. All dies and sentiment are from MFT.

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03-01-22

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Today I let my card speak.

 This card goes to Color Hues and Less is More.

 

 

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02-28-22

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I fell in instant love with the MFT Sweet Tweeting Card kit. I don't often get the kits, but this one just grabbed me. I don't care for birds particularly...but this kit...I had to get it.  It arrived Friday, and today I opened it and got to work die cutting. 

 I am sending this card to the galleries at Cupcake Inspirations -Anything Goes and of course NBUS, though it is a bit un-aged.

 A bit of inking and then lots of die cuts. The birds were fairly easy to put together with the help of tweezers. 

  

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02-17-2022

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Its a nice day here, but I think the cold is coming back soon.  Today I am doing laundry and making a card or two. I was fascinated with the cards at CAS Mix Up Challenge - Faux Cloisonne. I have at least one jewelry piece that is Cloisonne so I had to try it out. I am also linking up at Stampin Sensations -February things with wings or tails.

  

I don't subscribe to any magazines, so I was at a loss.  Then the Costco Connection arrived.  Flipping through it, I found a charcuterie board and thought the section of grapes might work... 

I powdered the page and stamped and cut it out roughly. Then using a piece of double sided tape sheet added a stiff piece of card stock behind it. I stamped with versamark added gold ep and heated it up. Now for me, the magazine paper was very static-y, so in the small spaces the ep was not quite so precise. But I think it looks cool. I fussy cut the dragon fly and finished the card with a center panel on a colored card base. I love this sentiment, that came in a SU set (Flowing Flowers).

 

Here is a close up of the dragon fly.

So I used a die cut, some stamping and the Faux Cloisonne technique for this card.

If you haven't already give it a try, it was fun. 

Thanks so much for visiting.

02-15-2022

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Hubs and I had a mini Valentine celebration on Friday when we learned our delivery was delayed until Monday.  Which meant that we'd be working Monday through the evening. So we are celebrating with dinner and our card and chocolate exchange tonight.  

I thought I'd make hubs a second Valentine, this one more romantic than silly as my smooching gnomes were.  There are a couple of challenges that helped inspired me for this card: AAA Cards, and Tic Tac Toc Challenge.   For AAA Cards its Black and White plus 1 color - I chose red.  For Tic Tac Toe I chose the left column red, heart, sentiment.

 I hope you all had days filled with love.  Thanks for stopping by.

   

 

PS-A little collage of our outing to Solomons Island. I love the water and hanging out on the boardwalk was a perfect respite from cabin fever.  We started the drive with a stop at Dairy Queen for a shared strawberry sundae and ended it with a lovely sunset over the river.

 

02-13-2022

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I was so late to the Greetery Game, but I have caught up with several die and stamp sets.  They are getting their own bin I think.  I spent 45 minutes looking through my stuff for the crepe paper streamer dies for this card. 

Marcia loves yellow as much as I do, and I do think shes a fan of The Greetery as well.  So I hope she enjoys this mini slim line card. At the moment this is my favorite stamp and die set, so lots of birthday cards will feature it this year.

Thanks for visiting and Happy Birthday Marcia!

02-12-2022

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Here is a birthday card for one of the first online crafty friends I made many years ago. I am so glad we still keep in touch. She loves pink...

 Happy Birthday dear Greta!

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02-09-2022

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I figured I needed to get Hub's Valentine made.  I found these cute gnomes from Stamping Bella and had a good giggle.

That sentiment can be used for any number of occasions, I'm choosing Valentine's Day this time.

The card is visiting CASology, where the theme is Affection.

 

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02-06-2022

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While I am watching the Olympics I still want to make a few cards.  I am adding this one to my Christmas stash---which is at 10 now, fully in line with my goal of 5 per month.

 Since my attention is somewhat divided I needed and easy and quick card. This fit the bill and will be visiting Christmas Kickstart Challenge and Addicted to Stamps and more.  The sentiment is the star and its definitely a quick card to make.

 The ribbon, embossing powder and evergreen sprig are from Stampin Up, the sentiment is from Hero Arts.

 

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