MFT - Happy Birth-YAY 2

Happy Saturday!

Today I have a birthday card for our grand-nephew who is turning 1 on Thursday.  I used the stamp set Happy Birth-Yay from My Favorite Things.  It is a different card layout from the post in August.  The Happy Birthday is from PaperTrey Ink "Keep it Simple: Birthday III"

Close Up: 

Copic Colors:
R12, R14, R17
YR12, YR15, YR16
Y13, Y15, Y17
YG21, YG23, YG25
BG10, BG53, BG57
E71, E74
W2, W5, W7, W9

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Blessings to you,
Deb 

Altenew Dotted Blooms

 

Happy Saturday,

Today, I have an encouragement card to share.  Mark's mom had some surgery last month and his sister's family are in the process of relocating.  New job, new house, preparing the old one for sale - lots to do which is exciting, exhausting and stressful. 

So, I was making a birthday card the other weekend and decided making some cards to send his mom and sister our prayers would be a good thing during this chaotic time.  I used a new set I got from Simon Says Stamp! made by Altenew - Dotted Blooms. 

Card #2:

Cardstock, inks and papers are all PaperTrey Ink.  Card 1 is Pale Peony, Berry Sorbet and Kraft.  Card 2 is Aqua Mist and Kraft.  Added some stitching with my sewing machine and a shear ribbon.

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Blessings to you,

Deb

Simon Says Stamp! - Heart Breeze Wedding

Happy Saturday!

Last week I shared a wedding card I made for a co-worker of Mark's.  This week I have the other options I made, so they would have some to choose from.  I used Simon Says Stamp "Heart Breeze" die, which I love.  The perfect die for anniversary, Valentine's Day and wedding cards.

Second version:

The "Best Wishes" are from a PaperTrey Ink set "Fillable Frames #4" and the Mr. and Mrs. is from an old Craft's Meow set.

Cardstock is from PaperTrey Ink - Pure Poppy, True Black, White and Vellum.

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Blessings to you,

Deb  

A|Muse - Seasonal Branch - Wedding

Happy Sunday!

Today I have a wedding card to share.  Mark came home last week and asked if I would make a wedding card for a young engineer in their group who just got married.  No one was invited to the wedding, but yet they thought they should have a card and gift card for him when he gets back from his honeymoon. 

So, what kind of card do you make for a male co-worker?  I went with a set I've had for years - Seasonal Branch from A|Muse, which unfortunately is no longer in business. Since it was a Fall wedding, I went with colorful Fall leaves.  Then, added a couple die cut birds (Memory Box - Resting birds) to the branch and a heart.  It was good to use things I already had and I hadn't used the birds yet either.  The Congratulations is from Our Daily Bread, discontinued, and I think they are now called Divinity Designs. 

The ink colors are PaperTrey ink - Dark Chocolate, Pure Poppy, Terracotta Tile, Ripe Avocado and Summer Sunrise.  PTI papers White, Dark Chocolate, Spring Rain (birds) and Pure Poppy (Heart).

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Blessings to you,

Deb

Your Next Stamp - Lacrosse Birthday

Happy Saturday!

Today I have a birthday card I made for my niece, who will be 21 on Monday.  She plays Lacrosse in college and also coaches in the summer.  When I saw this set from Your Next Stamp I just had to get it.  It is called Sports Fanatics Lacrosse.

Close Up:

I colored the image with Copic markers.  Both in High school and now at Purdue her colors are Black, White and Gold, so I added a bit of gold paint to the gloves, stick and shoes.  The background was stamped with all the great words in this set.  Added some black and white stripe accent as a nod to the referee uniforms.  The card came together pretty quickly.  

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Blessings to you,

Deb

Stampin' UP - Home to Roost

Happy Saturday!

Today I have a birthday card to share.  During Stampin' Ups Sale-a-bration last Spring I bought a few things and this set, Home to Roost, was free with my purchase.  

I used my Arteza watercolor pens.  I really love these pens, so easy to use and such vibrant colors.  The papers are PaperTrey Ink, Black, Hawaiian Shores and Pure Poppy.  

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Blessings to you,

Deb

Stampin' UP - By the Seaside

Happy Saturday!

Today, I have my husband's birthday card to share.  The set is from Stampin' UP - By the Seaside.  This set reminds me of a trip to the outer banks a couple years ago.  

Papers are PaperTrey Ink Kraft and white.  I colored this card with Copic markers.   I colored the whole image on the larger of the 2 white pieces of cardstock, then cut the image out with a stitched stacking die and layered it.

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Blessings,

Deb

My Favorite Things - Happy Birth-Yay Take 2

Happy Saturday!

I have a birthday card for our grand-nephew to share, who is 5 yrs old today.  Both the Happy Birthday block die and stamp set Happy Birth-Yay are from My Favorite Things. The patterned papers are MFT Dots and Stripes.

Close Up: 

Copic Colors:
R12, R14, R17
YR12, YR15, YR16
Y13, Y15, Y17
YG21, YG23, YG25
BG10, BG53, BG57
E71, E74
W2, W5, W7, W9

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Blessings to you,
Deb 

My Favorite Things - Roses All Over

Happy Saturday!

Today, I have another Anniversary card.  This one is for some friends.  They had peach roses at the wedding, so I colored just one rose in the background stamp.  The rose background stamp is from My Favorite things - Roses All Over.  

Black and white stripe papers from PaperTrey Ink.  Happy Anniversary sentiment is an Angel Company stamp.

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Blessings to you,

Deb

Die Cut Anniversary Card #2

Happy Saturday!

Today I have a second card using the inexpensive heart dies I found on Amazon a few months ago.  This one using this heart die.  

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Blessings to you,

Deb

Stamping Bella - Blown Away Birthday

 Happy Saturday!

Today I have a birthday card I made for our niece.  It uses a Stamping Belle stamp - Bentley gets Blown Away.  The stitched clouds are a die set by Poppy stamps - Stitched Cloudline. The sentiment is a PTI stamp Birthday bash Sentiments, which I bought when it was retiring.

Close up:

Copic Colors: RV21, RV23, RV25, RV29, 

YR21, YR23, E00, E11, E21, E31, E33, E35, B000

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Blessings to you,

Deb

Die Cut Anniversary Card #1

Happy Saturday!

Back in January, I found a bunch of inexpensive heart dies on Amazon.  I thought they would be great for Valentine's Day and Anniversaries too.

This card uses a heart from a set of dies I bought.  
I removed some of the hearts in the large heart. 
Super simple card.

More cards to come....

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Blessings to you,

Deb

Stamping Belle - The Graduate

Happy Saturday!

Today is graduation day for my niece.  Last year she graduated with her Bachelors, this year her Masters from Notre Dame.  She is so amazing.

I bought this new stamp from Stamping Belle - Uptown Girl Grace the Graduate.  I thought it was perfect and is was really fun to color. 

Close Up: 

I colored her with Copics:

Skin: E01, E11, E21, R02

Hair: YR21, YR23, YR24

Gown: N3, N5, N7

Grass: YG21, YG23, YG25

Roses: Y32, Y35, Y38, B000, B04, B14

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Blessings,

Deb

Mother's Day 2019 - PTI Simple Sunflower

Happy Saturday!

Happy Mother's Day too!  This is the card I made for Mother's Day this year.  I used a few new things I got this year.  The embossed background is from Stampin' UP! called Tin tile embossing folder.  It makes a beautiful backdrop.  The sunflower stamp set is from PaperTrey Ink - Simple Sunflower Mini Stamp Set. 

The inks are PTI Bright Buttercup, Dark Chocolate and Ripe Avocado.  I cut the flowers out by hand, sadly my Brother Scan N Cut could not recognized the yellow ink.  It was too light to pick up.  

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Hope your day is blessed. 

Deb 

Anniversary Card 2019

Happy Saturday!

Monday was our 19th wedding anniversary and this is the card I made for Mark.  He loved it.  I used the new gear die from Stampin' UP! and paired it with some stitched heart dies. It was a neat idea I saw on Pinterest.

Cardstock and patterned papers from PaperTrey Ink.

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Blessings to you,

Deb

Hero Arts - Dress Up

Happy Saturday!

Today, I have a great birthday card for a girl using Hero Arts "Dress Up".  It's a really fun set with stamps and 3 dies for the skirt.  

I made a few different versions in blue and pink and a MFT die cut "Scalloped Rectangle Scallop Edge Frame".  The Happy birthday is a PTI set "Keep it Simple: Birthday III".

Close Up:

Card 2 is a pink version.

Version 3 uses the pleated skirt die.

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Blessings to you,

Deb

Stampin' UP - All Geared Up Birthday

Happy Saturday!

Today I have a masculine birthday card to share.  A friends had a Stampin' UP party and I ordered a few things.  This card uses the All Geared Up Garage bundle, which was the stamp set with coordinating dies plus gear dies.

I used Bazzill metallic bronze cardstock for the gear die cut.  The muscle car was stamped with Memento black, colored with Copic markers and cut out with my Brother Scan N Cut.

There was an oil spill or smudge stamp which I used VersaMark watermark ink on both the PTI Smokey Shadow base card and the PTI Kraft banner.  Then stamped a few nuts and the "All Geared Up to Celebrate" sentiment in Black Memento Ink.

Close Up:  

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Blessings to you

Deb

My Favorite Things - Happy Birth-Yay!

Happy Saturday!

Today, I have a birthday card for our grand-niece who is turning 3 next week.  Both the Happy Birthday block die and stamp set Happy Birth-Yay are from My Favorite Things.  I thought the combination made a fun card.  The patterned papers are MFT Fun and Frolic and Dots and Stripes.

Close Up: 

Copic Colors:
R12, R14, R17
YR12, YR15, YR16
Y13, Y15, Y17
YG21, YG23, YG25
BG10, BG53, BG57
E71, E74
W2, W5, W7, W9

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Blessings to you,
Deb 

Arteza Watercolor - By the Seaside

Happy Saturday!

Back in October, I bought Arteza watercolor pens with grand plans to try them out over the Christmas-New Years break from work.  That didn't happen, however I found a weekend in February to try them out.  If you haven't seen the videos on Facebook, here is one, they looked so fun and easy and they actually were!  They have real brush tip with the watercolor pigment in the barrel, like a marker.  Apply full color to the page or dip in water or wet your water color paper to create the water color effect and to blend.

I found an un-used Joann's gift card in January, so I decide to get some new stamps.  This one was picked out for this Arteza watercolor pen experiment.  The rubber stamp from France, Carabelle Studio "En Bord de Mer" (By the Seaside).  

I was kind of blown away by how easy and well these Real brush pens worked.  I used Tim Holtz water color paper and used my We R Memory Makers Precision Press and Memento Black ink to stamp the image.  

The base card is 5 x 7 so a larger card than I usually make.  It is a large stamp.  The precision press allowed me to re-ink and re-stamp, since the water color paper is textured.  So hard to get a full image on the first try.  I made several cards, some with the stamped image on the smoother side of the water color paper and a couple on the textured side.  The image I'm showing today is stamped on the smooth side of the watercolor paper.

Close-Up:

Arteza Real brush Colors: 
Sun: A128 Bumble Bee Yellow, A121 Honey, A156 Sunset Yellow 
Boats: A169 Orange Rust, A190 Rouge Pink, A101 Red, A195 Punch Pink, A182 Wine Red, A181,  A162 Lavender, A125 Orchid Purple 
Water: Spearmint Blue 
Sky: A159 Cyan Blue 
Lighthouse:   A178 Ginger, A115 Smoke Gray


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Blessings to you,
Deb 

Farm Fresh Take 2

Happy Saturday!

A few months ago, I made a card with a PaperTrey Ink stamp set "On the Farm".  Today, I have a landscape version of the 1st card and dressed up it up a bit.

I created this card with PTI inks Summer Sunrise, New Leaf, Americana and True Black.  PaperTrey Ink Cardstock is PTI White, Smokey Shadow and Americana.  I added some vellum, cut with a stitched die and cotton twine to dress it up.

This card I made a birthday card for my friend's mom, who turned 90 on Wednesday!  Roni had an awesome and huge garden, corn, cucumbers, zucchini, peppers, beans ... any type of vegetable you could think of, which she shared with friends and family.  All through high school and college, quite often I would bring home fresh vegetables to my mom.  It is a great memory and very much appreciated then and even more now as I reflect on her generosity and vibrant go-go-go spirit.  She is still on the go even at 90.  Happy Birthday Roni!  

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Blessings to you,

Deb

Your Next Stamp - Perfect Chemistry

Happy Saturday!

Today, I have another birthday card.  I made a few of this design for all my math and science people this year.  This set is from Your Next Stamp, Perfect Chemistry.  It is a super cute set.  The scientist and Eureka are from this stamp set. The birthday hat diagram is Tim Holtz and the HB2U is from a CC Designs set "HB2U" by Amy R.  

The distressed patterned background is a stamp I found on Amazon.  I was searching from stamps and ran across from really inexpensive sets,  They are straight from China so they take time to receive but low enough cost to take the chance on the quality.  I was pleasantly surprised by this Shoresu Clear stamp set.  I stamped the background in VersaMark Ink.

The scientist image was cut out with my Brother Scan N Cut. 

This first version in PTI Enchanted Evening blue, has the patterned paper from Simple Stories Urban Traveler.

Close Up

This is version 2:

Cardstock is PTI Pure Poppy red with 

pattern paper Simple stories Smarty Pants.

 Close Up:

Version 3 is also in Red, with red graph paper.

Close Up:

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Blessings,

Deb

2 Cute Ink - Birthday Turtle

 

Happy Saturday!

I have a new post, a birthday card I made for our grand-niece who turned 2 on Thursday.  I had some time last Saturday to make January birthday cards.  It was so nice to stamp and color, first cards for 2019.

This card uses a digital image from 2 Cute Ink - Birthday Turtle. It is colored with Copic markers and the patterned papers are Simple Stories "Summer Fresh".  The image was cut out with my Brother Scan N Cut. 

Close Up 

Copic Colors: 

Turtle: G40, G43, G46 and E21, E23

Balloon and Hat: R17 and R29

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Blessings in 2019!

Deb