What I Deserve

 

Time again for dear-old-sister’s chuckle of the month. Sentiment “maybe someday I’ll finally get what I deserve, but I hope not” is from a Garfield cartoon. Image and thought bubbles were found online. After printing the sentiment I fussy cut bubbles and image. Oval is Spellbinders Scalloped Ovals, embossed border is Cuttlebug embossing borders. There are 5 different borders in the package. Normally I don’t emboss the card base nor the inside but I think it works well on this card.

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Sunflower Skeletons

 

Happy Labor Day.

For today’s I used black and calypso coral cs. Embossed layer was done with Sizzix 3-D Halloween ef. For the picture I Googled skeleton sunflower clip art. Sentiment was printed on the computer. I used my antique photo paper cutter for the picture and word strips, then used a cotton ball with black stamp pad to darken the word strips and popped them all up.

This will be entered at

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge: September Anything Halloween

Halloween Crafts All Year 'Round: AUG 15- SEPT 14 Challenge #7 REMINDER (halloweencraftsallyearround.blogspot.com)

Most Magical Time of the Year!: Challenge #12 Most Magical Anything "Halloween and Christmas" Goes - sponsored by Pattie's Creations

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Happy Anniversary

 

Hello and welcome. Today’s card is for our granddaughter & grandson-in-law’s 4th anniversary.

Patterned paper was found online, heart die is Sweet & Sassy Framelits by Stampin Up, ef used is Cross My Heart by Cuttlebug. Sentiment was printed on the computer, fussy cut then edged with Wink of Stella for a little shimmer. Center gem in the heart is Stampin Up’s Opal Rounds. All top layers are popped up.

This will be entered at 

Can You Handle The Pressure?: Anything Goes With A Twist of Stripes (cyhtp.blogspot.com)

Here’s a photo of the Pinterest card I CASEd.

Happy Birthday

 

Hello and welcome. When I saw this design on Pinterest I just knew I had to try it. I think it’s the colors that really caught my eye. Strips are 1/2″ and adhered to a piece of white cs, 3 3/4″ X 5″ then mounted on white cs 4″ x 5 1/4″. Sentiment circle was found online a long time ago. Die cut circles are Spellbinders scalloped and classic circles large.

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Cat in Pumpkin

Hello and welcome. Today’s card will be for our 2 year old great-granddaughter who has 2 black kittens. Patterned paper was found online, image is from an online coloring page colored with Copic’s. Bow and nose have Wink of Stella for a little shine and Yellow Stickles were used to give light to the pumpkin. And of course, I couldn’t resist googly eyes. Grass is from a Martha Stewart punch and I used a stamp pad and sponge dauber to kind of dirty up the grass. Image and top layer of grass are popped up. Sentiment was printed in my Hallmark card program and I cut the card stock with my antique photo paper cutter. This will be entered in the following challenges.

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge: August Anything Halloween

Halloween Crafts All Year 'Round: JULY 15- AUG 14 Challenge #6 REMINDER (halloweencraftsallyearround.blogspot.com)

Most Magical Time of the Year!: Challenge #11 Most Magical Anything "Halloween and Christmas" Goes - sponsored by LeighSBDesigns

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Foiled Christmas

 Hello and welcome. While perusing Pinterest I came across a video to emboss foil and I just had to give it a try.

Cardstock and pp are from Stampin Up, scalloped circle is Spellbinders Scalloped Circles, sentiment circle is online clip art punched with a Stampin Up circle punch. Circle is popped up. Embossing folder is Snowflakes by the Paper Studio.

This will be entered at

https://peaceonearthchristmas.blogspot.com/2023/07/peace-on-earth-christmas-challenge-44.html

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Wonky Squares

 

Hello and welcome. Feels good to be back to creating after a wonderful visit with family.

Today’s card is for our grandson-in-law. Not knowing what to do I finally decided on using wonky squares from the Silhouette. Card base is 5×5 and it took a few tries for me to get the wonky squares the right size. Pp was found online, sentiment circle was also found online but it had a swirly center that I changed to the number. Being the nasty person that I am I just had to show his age. Circle is popped up. When I set the wonky squares on the card it looked like it needed something else, so I decided to add a little texture using a crimper.

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Happy 6th Birthday

 

Hello and welcome.

Today’s card is for our youngest great-grandson. Background panel was embossed with Cuttlebug’s Happy Birthday ef. Patterned paper was found online. Large number 6 is from the Silhouette, small circles were punched from the pp. All images are popped up. This went together in a very short time.

I won’t be posting again very soon, we’re going to MN to celebrate our 60th anniversary with our kids. We’ll also be celebrating our daughter & s-i-l’s anniversary and our daughter’s 50th birthday. There will be a lot celebrating going on. Lots of fun time catching up with kids, grandkids & great grandkids.

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She sells seashells

 

Hello and welcome.

Oh my, looking at this photo I realize I spelled seashells wrong. I’m thinking that’s ok because each line has 4 words. (I can justify any mistake).

Background paper is was found online, umbrella is from the Silhouette, beach babe is from an online coloring page colored with Copic’s, earrings and bracelets have Gold Stickles, seashell bucket is computer clip art, sentiment was printed on the computer. Umbrella is popped up.

This will be entered in two challenges

Double D Challenges: The Great Outdoors Challenge (daranddiane.blogspot.com)

"Just Us Girls" Challenge: Just Us Girls # 687 Word Week (justusgirlschallenge.blogspot.com)

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Boiling Pot

 

Hello and welcome.

Card base is Stampin Up’s Cajun Crase, for the background paper I Googled patriotic background papers. To kind of spook it up a bit I used a cotton ball and black stamp pad. Sentiment was printed with my Hallmark card program. Boiling pot with skeleton and fire border are from the Silhouette. Fire is popped up, bubbles are Opal Rounds from Stampin Up, and of course I just had to use googly eyes. I’m not real crazy about it but I think it’s ok.

This will be entered in

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge: July Anything Halloween

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Faux Lattice Anniversary

 

Hello and welcome. Today’s card is another experiment for me. While going through some You Tube videos for lattice cards I came across a Faux Lattice video by Rita Holmes. Sorry, I didn’t save the page and now I can’t find it again.

The double-sided pp used is from a (not so recent) 6×6 Stampin Up book. Stamped die cut image is Gina K’s Tropical Blooms. My not so good coloring was done with Copic and Stampin Up’s Stamp and Blend markers. Sentiment was printed on the computer. Not really knowing what to do for a little interest on the top panel I tried using a small circle punch to punch out the center of the flowers on the scrap piece of the floral side of the pp. I think they look ok. I like the idea of the pp on the top inside flap.

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50th Birthday

 

Hello and welcome. Today’s card is for our daughter’s 50th birthday. I had made one of these peek-a-boo cards for our son’s 50th so our daughter gets one too.

Papers are all The Paper Studio from Hobby Lobby, ovals are Spellbinders Scalloped and Classic ovals. Numbers are from the Silhouette, doubled with Glossy Accents on them. Photo corners are from a hand punch then I ran them through a dots embossing folder. Inside sentiment was printed on the computer then fussy cut with a decorative scissors. Her 50 year picture is a selfie.

The video I followed is on Splitcoast Stampers here 

Peek-a-Boo Card Tutorial - Splitcoaststampers

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Halloween Trellis

 

Hello and welcome. Since I’ve really enjoyed making trellis cards, I thought that design would could make a cool Halloween card. I found the patterned paper across the top panel online then saved it to my Halloween file. For this card I just resized it. I started thinking the “planks” would look pretty cool cut from distressed wood pp. So of course I Googled Distressed wood background paper and found just what I wanted. Skull is a sticker I found in my stash, bats, spiders, ghost are die cuts also found in my stash. I added red stickles to the bats, yellow to the spiders and black to the ghost’s eyes. Top of ghost is popped with double pop dots, other images just have single pop dots.

This will be entered at

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge: June 2023 Mid Month Reminder

Halloween Crafts All Year 'Round: JUNE 15- JULY 14 Challenge #5 (halloweencraftsallyearround.blogspot.com)

Most Magical Time of the Year!: Challenge #9 Most Magical Anything "Halloween and Christmas" Goes - sponsored by LeighSBDesigns

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You're The Zest

 

Hello and welcome. I found the idea for today’s card on Pinterest.

Lemons are from an online coloring page colored with Copic’s and fussy cut. You’re the zest image was also found online then cut with Die-namics stitched circles die. Circle is popped up. Since my brain doesn’t do well with measurements and spacing this took me a couple tries but I’m very happy with the end result.

This will be entered at https://daranddiane.blogspot.com/2023/06/lemon-ade-color-yellow-challenge.html

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Skeleton Witch

 

Hello and welcome. Embossing folder used is from The Paper Studio, drippy goo is a Martha Stewart border punch, skeleton, hat and sentiment are all from the Silhouette. First, I colored the ef with a black stamp pad but didn't really like the result so then I rubbed the stamp pad all over the embossed piece. It looks kind of messy and weird, but I like it. After cutting the skull I backed it with black paper. Sentiment was cut from red cs so I colored the bat with a Copic then used a cotton ball and black ink to dirty up the words. I also used the cotton ball on the drippy goo.

This will be entered in three challenges

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge: May 2023 Mid Month Reminder  

Halloween Crafts All Year 'Round: MAY 15-JUNE 14 Challenge #4 (halloweencraftsallyearround.blogspot.com)  

Most Magical Time of the Year!: Challenge #8 Most Magical Anything Goes (Halloween and Christmas) - sponsored by Mirtillamente!  

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Exercise

 

Hello and welcome. That time again, DOS chuckle of the month. Ef used is Zig Zag by Stampin Up, circle is Spellbinders classic circles, ovals are Stampin Up punches. After finding the sentiment online I searched for just the right clip art image. Inside says “I feel 10 years older already.” Dear-old-sister liked it.

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Thinking Of You

 

Hello and welcome. Lately I’ve had an itch to create a card with yellow tulips then I spotted this lattice cut card on my desk and a lightbulb went off. Sentiment is from Gina K’s Dazzling Dahlias stamp set, tulip border was created with Martha Stewart’s Grass border punch and a small tulip hand punch I’ve had forever. After punching both yellow and green tulips I cut the green stems and adhered them to the yellow stems. I hadn’t thought of embossing the lattice part till after the border was on but it worked just fine. For that I used a Cuttlebug Woody ef. This will be entered in two challenges.

https://cyhtp.blogspot.com/2023/05/anything-goes-with-twist-of-floral.html

http://cardz4galz.blogspot.com/2023/05/198-mothers-day-us-or-flowers-for-friend.html

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Passing Out Treats

 

Hello and welcome. Again, my background paper was found online. Silhouette images are from the Silhouette, ghosts are from a very old Provo Craft metal multi-images die. After getting the Silhouette images sized right it was fairly easy to make. 

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New Home

 

Hello and welcome. Today’s card is for my nail gal and her hubby who are just moving into a new house. Since most homes here in the desert are stucco, I went online and found a stucco background paper. Window is Small Madison Window die by Memory Box. Curtains are edges cut from a paper doily, cactus plant is online clip art and fussy cut. Sentiment strips were cut on my paper trimmer then I hand cut the ends. I’ll be giving a small cactus plant with the card.

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Strawberry Shortcake

 https://daranddiane.blogspot.com/2023/05/fresh-picked-challenge.html

Hello and welcome. Remembering how much my daughter and her friends used to love playing with Strawberry Shortcake Dolls I thought I could fit that into the current Double D challenge. So, this will be entered in the challenge then sent to my daughter. It’s about time I send her a ‘just because’ card.

Background paper was found online, and Strawberry Shortcake and strawberries are from online coloring pages. Images were colored with Copic’s and fussy cut. The idea for a lattice card came when I looked at the last lattice card I made. I hope this will bring fond memories to my daughter.

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