Unity - Love Story Anniversary

 Happy Saturday!

Today I have an anniversary card to share and a craftroom organization idea.  First the card, I used Unity - Love Story background and several dies. The happy die cut is from Hero Arts Happy Stamp and cut set.  The hearts and corner accents are from a Die-namics die set Blueprint 32.

Cardstock - PaperTrey Ink White, Pure Poppy and True Black

I stamped the background script on a white panel, then cut the heart out.  The front panel is popped with a piece of red cardstock behind the cut out.  Added the Happy die cut and a fish tail flag with anniversary stamped on it (part of the Hero Arts die and stamp set).  Finished the card off with some corner details and red hearts from Blueprint 32.

I've found so many great dies I had stashed away.  In January, I attempted to better organize my craftroom. One awesome idea I saw last year was from an online card making summit.  They had stampers from all over present card techniques.  Many of them did their card presentation from their craftroom.  I love seeing other people's craft area! I saw this idea in the background and thankfully others in the online class asked about her boards in the background.  She purchased DIY magnetic car decal material from amazon and framed it, then had her dies hanging on the wall right above her die machine - Ingenious!  Here is what mine looks like...

Having my favorite dies readily available really is nice and makes it so easy to use and "put away".  I find I'm using them much more! Die-namics Blueprint 32 is on the board on the right in the upper right hand corner.  My boards are hung with Velcro command strips, so I can take the whole board off if the murphy bed needs to be used.  I purchased a 2 pack of 18x24 magnetic sheet and 18x24" poster frames, which worked perfectly.  The magnetic sheet came rolled up so I let them lay on the floor for a week or so to flatten out while I looked for frames.  I had thought of fitting the sheets in the details of the door but decided not to.  I also cleared off permanent spaces from my die cutting machine and my sewing machine.  Fingers crossed they stay clear, so I can continue to use them easily! 
      

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Blessings,

Deb

Unity - Otterly Devoted Anniversary

Happy Saturday!

Today I have the card I made for Mark for our anniversary.  The stamp set is from Unity, "Otterly Devoted".  I stamped the image on PTI Vintage Cream cardstock.  The notebook edge was created by a die from My Favorite Things. 

The image was colored with Copic Markers.

Copic Colors: E30, E34, E35, R02, R05, R08, BG11, BG43

I inked the edges using PTI Kraft ink and blending brush and matted the image with PTI True Black cardstock.  A strip of vintage old newspaper paper finished the card.

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Blessings,

Deb

Hot Air Balloon Anniversary

Happy Saturday!

Today, I have the 25th anniversary card I made for Mark.  I found this die set from InLoveArtShop which has the hot air balloon, clouds and dies to create a stunning break in the clouds.  I used PTI white, Pure Poppy, Kraft and Spring Rain cardstock.  

The break in the clouds are 2 dies.  The larger was cut from white cardstock and smaller from metallic silver cardstock.  I used silver from our 25th anniversary.  The white and silver layers were adhered together and attached to the blue base card with pop dots. 

To create the 3D balloon I cut the base balloon out of Kraft cardstock.  Then cut the top of the balloon out of Pure Poppy cardstock 4 times and folded and glued them together to create a fan that folds down to put in an envelope. The balloon was attached to the blue base card. 

I added a few small clouds to the different layers and a Happy Anniversary sentiment. The sentiment is from PTI Cut away tags Summer, stamped on Kraft cardstock that I cut as a fish tail flag.

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Blessings to you,

Deb

Taylored Expressions - Swirly Rose Wedding

Happy Saturday!

Today, I have a wedding card I made for a friend at work using a stencil and die from Taylored Expressions. The stencil is Mini Slim Swirly Roses and I used blue-green and green inks for this card. This is a really a fun stencil that produces a pretty background in very little time. I added a bit of shimmer using Cosmic Glitter Kiss Frosty Sparkle.  

The Mr and Mrs die cut was also from Taylored Expressions. one of their Framed Script line, currently unavailable.  I backed the die cut with vellum paper.

PaperTrey Inks:  

Spring Moss, Ripe Avocado, 

Aqua Mist and Hawaiian Shores

PaperTrey ink Cardstock:
White
True Black

Cosmic Glitter Kiss

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Blessings to you,
Deb

Unity - Latte Anniversary Card

Happy Monday!

Today, we are celebrating our wedding anniversary and this is the card I made for Mark this year.  I used Unity Thanks-a-Latte stamp set which was the March stamp of the month.  I joined their Uniquely Unity stamp club in January so I get a newly released stamp set each month.  

The coffee cup is stamped with black ink on 3 different PaperTrey Ink cardstock colors, cut out and pieced together to create a pretty realistic looking coffee cup.  The lid was stamped on smokey shadow cardstock, the base cup is Classic Kraft and the band is Fine Linen.

The sentiment is stamped in PTI ink Pure Poppy.   The coffee ring stamp is stamped using Classic Kraft ink on Fine Linen cardstock and matted with smokey shadow cardstock.  The patterned paper is Simple Stories "Documented" that I had in my paper stash.  The sentiments on the paper are things like 'happily ever after'; 'this is the life'; 'cherish the moment' which I thought worked really well for this card along with the color palette. 

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Blessings to you,

Deb

PTI - Feathered Friends #4: Anniversary

Happy Saturday!

Today I have the anniversary card I made for my husband to share.  It uses PaperTrey Ink Feathered Friends #4.  This is a multi-step stamp to create the bird and comes with 2 great sentiments for only $4.50.  I love their "mini" stamp sets.  There are 9 separate stamps to create the bird.  You could definitely get creative with the colors if you wanted to.  I stayed in the blues mostly.

The image and stamp was stamped on a 2-3/4" square and mounted on a 5.5" square base card, with some patterned layers.  A bit of white cord to finish, it came together pretty quickly.

Inks:  PTI Spring Rain (body) 

Enchanted Evening (wing) 
Dark Indigo (head/tail/feet/beak/eye/feather detail) 

and Honey Nut (breast feathers)

Cardstock: PTI Enchanted Evening

Patterned Papers:  PTI Blueberry Sky and AMuse clouds

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Blessings,

Deb

Spellbinders - Geek Chic 20th Anniversary

Happy Saturday!

Today, I have the card I made for a friend's 20th wedding anniversary.  It uses 3 sets from Spellbinders - Geek Chic, Grid Paper Stamp and Birthday with Numbers die set.

I love this circuit board heart.  I embossed it with gold embossing powder like the traces on a printed circuit board.  I added some black Crystal drops for the components, like a microprocessor looks on a pcb.

Cardstock: Papertrey Ink White, Black and Blueberry Sky.

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Blessings,

Deb

My Minds Eye - Anniversary Card

Happy Saturday!

It has been a while since I posted a new card.  

I was able to stamp a bit the last couple weekends. 

This card is for some friends who celebrate their 

20th wedding anniversary Wednesday.

I made this card from scrap paper.  

The polka dot paper was literally on the floor of my craftroom.

Both are from a My Minds Eye paper pack "On the Bright Side",

 I found on clearance at Hobby Lobby.

I used a new die cut from Stampin' UP - Stitched So Sweetly.

The row of heart die is one I found on Amazon.

The sentiment is from PaperTrey Ink - Fillable Frames #4.

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Blessings

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

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

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

Simon Says Stamp! - Heart Breeze

Happy Saturday!

Today, I have two really simple cards that highlight some dies I've had for some time.  I've been collecting dies for the last couple years.  There are so many out there and I'm drawn to ones that have stitching incorporated.  

The heart swirl is a called 'Heart Breeze' and is from Simon Says Stamp!  Such a sweet die. It does not cut, other than the hearts and dots, so I combined it with a My Favorite Things 'Stitched Basic Edges' die.  This is a really neat die, it has stitches on both sides the cut, so you end up with 2 panels which are mirror image of each other.

The ink, cardstock and patterned papers are PaperTrey Ink Pure Poppy and white.  I created a second card with a stitched edge at the top also.

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Blessings,

Deb

Happy Anniversary

Happy Saturday!

Today, I have a card made on my Scan N Cut machine.
I saw something similar on Pinterest but did not have the dies, so
I created the heart cut pattern on my machine.

I used notebook cardstock from Amuse Studios and cut

3 hearts of various sizes using my Scan N Cut machine.

I added the stitching around the hearts with a black pen and

the Happy Anniversary sentiment.  Then backed the front panel

on red polka-dot paper with pop dots.  

One last embellishment of a ribbon and the card with finished.

I used this same design for Mother's Day cards too.

Challenges:
Crafting With Dragonflies - Spots and Stripes
Jo's Scrap Shack - Anything Goes
Polkadoodles - Anything Goes

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Blessings,

Deb