I found a large box of various pieces ready to made into cards.
The iris from Stately Flowers 8 by GKD, is colored with Copics: YR02, YR01, YR00,
YR0000, Y35, YG63, G21. I used the Palm Frond stencil by Honeybee to emboss the
background with a rubber mat, then lightly swiped green over the raised areas –
the green shows more IRL The sentiment, Tiny Sentiment Wishing by Altenew is
cut in Grass Green. The sentiment in the strip along the bottom reads “you the
happiest of birthdays”. You is a separate stamp and I had difficulty lining it
up with the rest of the sentiment but I was pleased with the final result. I used
Master Layouts 2 to cut the black mat. I decided a Peach Bellini card base matched
the coloring on the iris best. I’m entering this in Color Hues 84 – Peach and Green and Word Power #4

I made this card for my husband. I cut the postage die from Master Layouts 14 and used the matching stencil to brush Ocean Mist in the squares. The bunny and birdie are from Happy Spring, Colored with Copics. The sentiment is from the same set, stamped in Blue Lagoon. The duck is from Spring Fling. The squiggle in the upper left box and the flower in the lower left box are stamped in Ocean Mist – they are from the new With Sympathy set. I matted the focal panel with Blue Lagoon on an Ocean Mist CB. All products are from Gina K Designs. On the inside I stamped “Wishing you a Hippity Hoppity Easter” from Cottontail Wishes by Simon Says. I’m entering this in The Sisterhood of Crafters Bunnies and/or Chicks Challenge.

A good friend has had some not so good luck lately. Her computer was hacked and the hacker somehow got to her bank account and it has been quite horrible for her. She’s finally got that mess straightened out but she’s had some other ups and downs lately. She’s shared a lot of those woes with me and I’ve tried to give her encouraging pep talks. The sentiment is from a small set in the Premium portion of the February 2024 Hero Arts My Monthly Hero kit. The Sunshine stencil is also from the Premium kit. I centered the sentiment on the card and blended Wild Dandelion in the center and outlined with a bit of Sweet Mango, then more Wild Dandelion. After removing the stencil I blended the remaining Wild Dandelion that was on my brush over the whole panel to tone down the bright white. The cloud sentiments were stamped in Stormy Sky, fussy cut and popped up with dimensionals. Both the focal panel and mat were cut with dies from Master Layouts 2. The inside sentiment and the sunrays are from Hello Sunshine, a Simon Says Stamp kit from August 2020.

I’m going to enter this in the Word Power challenge for March.

This is the Valentine I made for my husband following a technique Gina K did in a recent video. I cut the card base 8 ½ x 11, then trimmed it to 8” and scored at 4”. The hearts are from Master Layouts 4. The black layer was left from another project. The pattern paper is from a pad of Valentine PP by Stampin’ Up – the sheet I used has LOVE in various languages. The white scalloped layer is also from Master Layouts 4, trimmed so that the card base created a nice red border. The sentiment is from Frame Flora by GKD. The hearts are from Friendship Hearts also by GKD. The white behind the heart is the envelope – it made the black layered heart show up better.

I’m entering this in The Sisterhood of Crafters – LOVE and Word Power

This is for the new Word Power Challenge to use a word as the focal point of the card. My card uses the Hello Pop Up Die by Altenew. The word is cut into a piece of pattern paper from Parisian Garden by Gina K Designs. The card base is Lovely Lavender with Wild Wisteria behind the letters. This is a fun die and perfect for a number of occasions.

This started out as a finished card I found in my stash of cards to be finished.  Maybe because it was on such flimsy cardstock I thought I would do something else with it.  I trimmed the card front and added an In the Navy Mat and put on a Powder Blue CB. The snowflakes are from various GKD sets. The sentiment is from the Sparkling Christmas kit from 2015. I was delighted to discover that it works for the Color Hues Challenge to use Light Blue and Navy. Another card for my 2024 stash.

I have been enjoying Stamp Buddy Gerry’s Fractured cards over the last few weeks. I found some instructions on Stamping on the Back Porch by Karen Titus. OMG I’m addicted. These are truly quick and easy which is what I needed to finish my Christmas cards. I used Pattern Paper from the 12 Days of Christmas 6×6 pack by G45 and from the Christmas Cheer Mega pack by Carta Bella. I tried to match the colors from the PP to colors I had on hand. The sentiment on the focal square is from Noelle Mouse (retired GKD). I cut it apart so it would fit at the bottom of the diamond. The gingerbread boy is from the same set colored with Copic YR24.  The other small images are from the Christmas Icons set from Sunny Studios colored with Copics. The ones below are just a few of the ones I created yesterday.

In my rush to finish my Christmas cards, I found two images of the large Holly spring by Technique Tuesday already colored and die cut.  Copics used G09, G14, R89, R27, E57. I cut strips of plaid PP from Tartan PP pad by Crafters Consortium. The Christmas Pine card front was embossed with the Forevergreen EF by Spellbinders. The sentiment is from Blizzard by GKD stamped in Cherry Red and cut with the matching die.  I’m going to enter this in Can You Handle the Pressure? – Anything Goes with a Twist of Holly. Thanks for looking at my card.

It has been a very long time since I’ve posted anything. I’ve made a few cards here and there but they have been mostly from scraps. This was from scraps too. I found several backgrounds that I had already made. This one was from the Hero Arts My Monthly Hero Kit from April 2022. The background stamp was colored with the matching layering stencils. I don’t remember what shades I used, but they were GinaK inks. The sentiment is from Simon Says stamp cut in Dusty Rose with black for the shadow layer. Since this card was late (sadly most of the few cards I’ve sent this year have all been late). I embossed a belated sentiment from the Stampendous Birthday Wish set in gold and trimmed out just the word Belated and attached it over the die cut. The focal panel was cut with Master Layouts 2 and the mat was cut in black. I had a strip left from the background panel  and glued it on the inside with a belated sentiment from Birthday Cheer by GinaK Designs.