The Greetery - Song of Christmas

     
It's Christmas Eve Day!

Today, I have this year's Christmas card to share.  It is the most detailed card I've made in years, 6 die cuts, several stamps and a bit of coloring.  I saw this collection of stamps and dies at The Greetery.  It was their October 2022 release "Song of Christmas collection" which I got 4 sets in October, but of course I didn't start playing with until December.  I was really worried I would not get them done, but with some help from Mark, a Sunday and couple evenings after work and I had the 60 cards I needed this year.

Heaven & Nature Sing Stamps and Stencils

Heaven and Nature Sing Dies

Noted Die

Sing a Song of Christmas Stamp

The stitched jumbo fishtail banner die is from Die-Namics, cut from white cardstock and stamped with the greenery and flowers from Heaven and Nature Sings stamp set.  Inks are PTI Scarlet Jewel and Ripe Avocado.

The Treble Clef (Heaven and Nature Sings Dies) was cut from white cardstock and colored with E57 and YG95 Copic markers. The notes are from Noted dies and cut from black cardstock.   The staff is cut from Kraft cardstock.

Close Up

There were several Christmas song stamps to choose from in the Sing a Song of Christmas stamp set.  I chose 'O Come O Come Emmanuel", stamped in PTI Scarlet Jewel.  

The Inside sentiment I borrowed from a Dayspring card...

"This Christmas, may God open

our hearts to His love…

our minds to His wonder…

our ears to His voice…

Our lives to His presence."

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Wishing you a Blessed Christmas 

and Happy New Year!

Deb

Spellbinders Especially For You - Birthday

 
Happy Saturday!

Today I made another card using the glimmer Hot Foil set from Spellbinders - Especially For You. This set is a combination of hot foil plates and dies.  I used gold foil for the "For You" plate then used the flower and foliage dies in the set to add some color.  

This time I made it a birthday card in several different colors.  Above used PTI Raspberry Fizz.  Below PTI Hawaiian Shores.

The last one uses PTI Sweet Blush for the base card and flowers aand the foliage is PTI Spring Moss. Hot foiled the flowers and die cut them.  I also added a background from Spellbinders called Diamonetta and fashion gold embellishments .

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Blessings,
Deb

Birthday Cake Shaker Card

                

Happy Saturday!

Today I have a shaker card to share.  I made it for our grand-nephew who turned 2 years old last week.  We look forward to meeting him next month.

 I found this birthday cake shaker die and fun filler on Amazon.  I think it turned out really cute. The patterned papers are from My Favorite Things - Party Time.

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Blessings,

Deb

Spellbinders - Especially For You

 
Happy Saturday!

Today I have a card I made for a friend going through chemo, so I wanted something lovely, elegant and feminine.  I used the glimmer Hot Foil set from Spellbinders - Especially For You. This set is a combination of hot foil plates and dies.  I used gold foil for the "For You" plate then used the flower and foliage dies in the set to add some color.  

The base card and flowers are PTI Sweet Blush and the foliage is PTI Spring Moss. The ribbon is some crushed white ribbon I had from AMuse.

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Blessings,
Deb

Spellbinders - Sweet Blooms

 

Happy Saturday!

Today, I have a hot foil card using Spellbinders - Sweet Blooms Hot Foil Plate and Teal Foil.  This is a great any occasion card.  The flowers were colored with Copic markers and paired with PaperTrey Ink Hawaiian Shores cardstock and patterned papers.  

Close Up:

Copic Colors: BG11, BG13, BG15, BG18, YG21, YG23, YG25

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Blessings,

Deb

A Day For Daisies - A Special Flower

 

Happy Saturday!

Today, I have a birthday card for our grand-niece to share.  It uses a digital image from a Day for Daisies - A Special Flower.  I'm excited to say A Day For Daisies web-shop is back up.  I had posted in May and it was down for maintenance. 

I colored the image with Copic markers and paired it with Basic Grey "Kneehighs" patterned papers I found in the cupboard.  

Close Up:

Copic Colors: R32, R35, R37, R39, YR21, YR23, YR24, 

YG03, BG23, BG34, E00, E02, E11, E21

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Blessings,

Deb

Hot Foil - Butterfly Birthday

 Happy Saturday!

Today, I have another birthday card I made with 2 Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil plates - Butterflies and Birthday Hugs & Wishes.  

This card is my version of a card I saw using the Glimmer Butterflies set online.

  I watched a lot of YouTube videos to learn how to use the Hot Foil Machine, before diving in.  

The videos really paid off.  I was able to get great results right away.  It also gave me a list of items I needed...like the best cardstock to use, best cutter for foil and tips for lining up the foil plate so it is straight.  Plus, it featured these 2 plates which I ended up buying so I could make this card.

I used a variety of foils - Spellbound 4 pack 

    The machine came with gold and silver.  I added "skybright" which is a light blue also.

The white cardstock is Hammermill 110lb weight cardstock.

Close Up:

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Blessings,

Deb

Hot Foil - Honeycomb & Bee Birthday

 Happy Saturday!

Today, I have a card using hot foil.  It uses a couple sets - Honeycomb & Bees is a set I found on Amazon. The sentiment is a Yana Glimmer Spellbinders set. 

I used gold foil and Spellbinders Glimmer Machine.  I've been really happy with the machine, really easy to use especially with the Spellbinders Platinum Die Cut Machine. machines vary, but I've been lucky no extra shims needed to get a good impression. If you are unfamiliar with Hot Foil, it came out a few years ago.  It uses both heat and pressure to transfer the foil to the cardstock. 

I use Hammermill 110 lb weight cardstock for Hot Foil, it is inexpensive very smooth and the transfer is very clean and crisp.

The outer border is gold metallic paper cut with a My Favorite Things Stitched Rectangle Scalloped Frame die. 

I colored the flower and some parts of the honeycomb with Copic markers. 

Copic Colors: Y32, Y35, Y38, E33, E35, E37, W5, W7 

Cardstock: PTI Smokey Shadow

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Blessings,

Deb

MFT - Mice Time to Celebrate Shaker Card

 Happy Saturday!

Today, I have a shaker birthday card for our grand-nephew to share.  The cheese background die cut is one I found on Amazon.  I glued a piece of acetate behind the die cut to create the clear front for the shaker.  Then, I added thin foam tape around the 4 large holes, filled them with clay sprinkles and added the base card.

The Mouse and sentiment are from a My Favorite Things stamp set - "It's a Mice Time to Celebrate".  I colored the image with Copic Markers and cut it out by hand, then added it to the front.

Close Up:

Copic Colors:
YR09, Y32, Y35, Y38
W1, W3, R01, R46, BG05

Cardstock: PTI Bright Buttercup & Orange Zest

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Blessings,

Deb

Spellbinders Hot Foil - Peony Anniversary

Happy Saturday!

Today I have an anniversary card to share.  I like to send anniversary cards to all my siblings, nieces and high school friends, so about 8 cards a year.  

The last few years, I've just made one design and then personalized it with colors from their wedding...purples, pinks, peach, yellow, blues and burgundy so it makes a really nice variety.  I even googled peonies colors and they come in so many colors, so I though this was a great hot foil plate to use this year.  The plate is from Spellbinders - Peony and I paired it with another Spellbinders glimmer plate Yana special sentiments plates with dies.

I've made 3 versions so far...purple, pink and peach.
Purple was the 1st one I made into a card, for a May anniversary.  

The hot foil is gold with pearl accents.

Copic Colors: V12, V15, V17, YG61, YG63, YG67
 
Close up:

Next anniversary is June - Pinks, Silver foil and dew drops...

Copic Colors RV02, RV06, RV09, G40, G43, G46

Lastly - July is Peach, Silver foil, Teal leaves and dew drops...

Copic Colors: R01, R02, R05, BG10, BG11, BG13, BG15

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Blessings,

Deb

A Day For Daisies - Flower Maiden 1

Happy Saturday!

Today, I have a couple cards I made with a digital image from A Day For Daisies called Flower Maiden 1.  This is one of those images I purchased over 4 years ago and I don't think I ever used until now. I love the whimsy and elegance of this image, all at the same time.  I think it makes a perfect image for a birthday card.

I colored a few of these images, different hair colors and different dress color.  Above, I colored a blonde maiden in purple.  I tries to match hair color and favorite colors of the person I was making the card for.

Patterned Papers: My Minds Eye Graceful

Copic Colors: V12, V15, V17, YR21, YR23, YR24

E00, E01, E11, E21, E31

Below, a brunette in teal. 

Patterned Papers: My Minds Eye Hattie

Copic Colors: BG45, BG49, BG57, YR21, YR23, YR24

E00, E01, E11, E21, E31, E35, E37

Thanks for stopping by...

Blessings,

Deb

Sweet Blooms Border - Mother's Day

Happy Saturday!

Today, I have the Mother's Day card I made this year.  I used my Glimmer Hot Foil Machine for this card.  The Hot Foil Plates are "Sweet Blooms Border" and "Yana Sentiments & coordinating dies" by Spellbinders.  

The white cardstock is Hammermill 110lb weight cardstock.  I've had great results with this cardstock, perfect impressions.  The Glimmer hot foil system uses a combination of heat and pressure to transfer the gold foil to the cardstock.  

I colored the flower border with Copic markers.

Copic Colors: RV14, RV17, RV19, YG61, YG63, YG67, Y35, Y38, E55

If you missed the post were I got into Hot Foil see the post from May 7.

Thanks for stopping by...

Blessings,

Deb

The Greetery - 2022 Graduation Card

Happy Saturday!

Today, I gave a graduation card to share.  This card started a whole obsession.  It all started when a craft company called The Greetery had this 2022 Graduation Bundle 50% off in April.  It was quite the bundle - sentiment stamps, die, hot foil plate and 3 stencils. The "Congrats, Grad" is from the sentiment stamp set, red is the die cut, the silver 2022 is done with a hot foil plate and the silver stars uses one of the stencils and silver embossing paste.

So, I received the bundle within a couple days and played the die cuts and stenciling...but the hot foil plate - I wasn't sure what to do with that plate.  I have the Spellbinders Platinum die cutting machine.  Spellbinders makes the Glimmer Hot Foil machine, so I ended up researching and purchasing it.  

I spent about a week watching how to videos on YouTube and taking notes on tips, techniques, the best cardstock to use and how to get great results. 

Hot foiling uses a combination of heat and pressure to transfer the foil to the cardstock.  The Glimmer machine has a base plate that you heat which replaces you normal die cut base.  You heat the metal plate on the glimmer base, add spellbinder foil, then your cardstock and 2 glimmer plates to the sandwich. Then run the heated sandwich through the Spellbinders Platinum die cut machine.  Here is a short video showing the Hot Foil process. 

My machine works great without extra cardstock shims or anything other than the plates provided.  Every machine is different, so I was excited I didn't have any experimentation...it just worked.  And...the obsession began.  

The cardstock recommended online is white Hammermill 110 lb cardstock.  It is not very expensive and works great for hot foil.  You need a very smooth cardstock for a good transfer.  I had already made the red die cut using PTI Pure Poppy cardstock.  It is a heavy and smooth cardstock, so just used it and it worked really well.  I have lots of PTI cardstock so I look forward to trying more colored cardstock in the future.  

I made quite a few cards using hot foil, which I will post in the coming months.  Next week, I will post the Mother's day card I made with a hot foil border and sentiment.

Until next week, thanks for stopping by...

Blessings,

Deb

Stampin' UP! Dragonfly Garden

Happy Saturday!

Today, I have a birthday card I created with Stampin' UP! "Dragonfly Garden".  The flowers were colored with Copic markers and a block patchwork layout was used for this card.

Cardstock: PaperTrey Ink Spring Rain, Plum Pudding and Black

Copic Colors: BG000, Y32, Y35, Y38, B60, V12, YG93, R22

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Blessings,

Deb

A Random Fan - Summer Scent Birthday

 

Happy Saturday!

Today, I have a birthday card to share that uses a lot of different techniques, die cuts, embossing folder, digital image and Copic coloring.  I started this card back in November when some friend came for a stamping weekend.  We were trying out some new embossing folders and die cuts.  The embossing folder is from Stampin' UP! Scattered Sequins, which was on clearance.  The die cut Happy Birthday banner is from Spellbinders, also on clearance.

It is a fun die, although a lot of separate pieces and folding them over to string on the twine.  I think it is a neat effect though.  I glued the bottom half so the letter spacing was adjustable.

I added the image months later, closer to my grand-niece's birthday in March.  I was going through my digital images and found this one from A Random Fan - Summer Scent.  I hadn't used a digital image in awhile so I printed several different images and started coloring while watching TV. 

Close Up:

Cardstock: PaperTrey Ink Raspberry Fizz, White & Black

Copic Colors: RV02, RV04, RV06; YG13, YG17; 

N3, N5, N9; Y32, Y35, Y38, 

YR21, YR23, YR24; E00, E01, E11, E21, E31

Thanks for stopping by...

Blessings,

Deb

A Day For Daisies - Flowers in Bottles

Happy Saturday!

Today, I have a card using a digital image from A Day For Daisies - Flowers in Bottles.   I hadn't used a digital image in awhile so I printed several different images and started coloring while watching TV.  I should do that more often it was very productive.  

A Day For Daisies was one of my favorite digi shops, they closed a few years ago and it doesn't seem like they ever reopened.  You can find images on pinterest and the blog is still up. They gave a lot of free images if you went to their blog and joined their challenges. 

To use a digital image, I use Word to size the image and get multiples on the page.  Then print.  I have a laser printer, which works best.  The ink is heat set so you don't have to worry about ink smearing when coloring.   I use X-Press it cardstock in the printer for these images to color with Copic markers. 

Close Up:

Cardstock: PaperTrey Ink Aqua Mist & Smokey Shadow

Patterned Papers: Pebbles Seen & Noted

Copic Colors: BG000, BG10, R21, R22, R24

YG23, YG25; Y32, Y35, Y38

Thanks for stopping by...

Blessings,

Deb

MFT - It's a Mice time to Celebrate!

 Happy Saturday!

Today, I have a birthday card using My Favorite Things "It's a Mice Time to Celebrate".  I made a couple versions varying the color of the mice, present and cardstock.  

This is a cute set, love the dancing mice, which were colored with Copic markers.  I added some stitching as a border and some sequins to make it a party scene.

Version 2:

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Blessings,

Deb

My Favorite Things - Being with You Valentine

Happy Saturday!

Today, I have the Valentine I made for Mark.  I used My Favorite Things "Being With You" clear stamp set.  It is really a sweet stamp set with several cute images to choose from bunnies, bears, turtles and birds. 

Close Up: 

I stamped the images on X-Press It cardstock with Mementos black ink.  The birds were stamped on a separate piece and cut out.  I colored the images with Copic Markers and applied light blue chalk to the background.  The birds were added with pop dots.

Copic Colors: E57, Y38, R30, R32, R35, B01, YG05, YG07

Cardstock: PTI Spring Rain & New Leaf

Patterned Paper: Pebbles Seen & Noted

Pebbles Chalks

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Blessings,

Deb

Unity - What a Buck Birthday

Happy Saturday!

Today, I have a masculine birthday card to share using a stamp from Unity called "What a Buck".  I paired it will PaperTrey Ink patterned papers called "3-piece suit" and cardstock Dark Chocolate, Kraft and Vintage Cream.  

The layered die is a really old one from Clear Dollar Stamps - Designer Label set of 3.  I'm not sure where or when I bought it, possibly a craft show over 10 years ago.  I think it really dressed up this card with the layers and eyelets.  

The sentiment is from My favorite Things - Itty Bitty Birthday.  I inked the edges of the stamped image and sentiment label with PTI inks Honey Nut and Dark Chocolate. 

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Blessings to you

Deb

Simon Says Stamp - Even More Spring Flowers Birthday

Happy Saturday!

Today, I have a birthday card I created for my niece who turned 25 this month.  I used a stamp set from Simon Says Stamp! - "Even more Spring Flowers" for her card this year. The sentiment is PaperTrey Ink "Signature Greetings II", retired set.

 In November some friends came and we stamped and colored all weekend.  They wanted to learn how to color with copic markers so these flowers were used as practice images.  We stamped several of each image on a sheet of X-press It cardstock and used the Brother Scan N Cut to cut them all out.

Close Up:

Copic Colors: RV21, RV23, RV25, G21, G24, G28, YR21, YR23

Cardstock: PTI Berry Sorbet, PTI Green Parakeet, 

PTI Pale Peony patterned paper

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Blessings,

Deb