Unusual Card

This card is made using the cardboard on the back of a tablet! Don't ask... BUT I think it is quite appealing. Great masculine card for Christmas, Birthday, Retirement, Winter! ETC.

The card base is Early Espresso and I used several framelits to develop this card. Itty Bitty Greetings supplied the sentiment.

Let me hear your opinion, suggestions, and ideas. Hope you like it 'cause it is quite different.

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Beautiful Dove

I found this while thumbing thru a box of cut outs so I decided to go ahead and make a card. I love that dove; it is beautiful

The card base is Early Espresso and the dove is on Soft Suede. I added some gold ribbon for accent.

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Jake & Scarlett's first day

I had forgotten about this school paper a friend gave me. It was perfect for this layout of Jake and Scarlett going to school on the first day.

Scarlett seems to love school and Jake does too. He's gonna watch out for her!

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Stained Glass

Don't you just love the look of the new Graceful Glass Vellum Paper. I used the Stained Glass Thinlits to cut the gold framing and then randomly colored the vellum for the stained glass.

The colors are from the SU Blends. The card base is Bermuda Bay. I stamped a sentiment from Itty Bitty Greetings then adhered little gold stars to accent the card.

I really was not sure what I was going to do with this stained glass; I just wanted to make the framed image with gold paper. Anyway... I like the way it turned out. Thanks for stopping by.

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Spirited Snowmen

This card features the new stamp set coming in the mini-Occasion catalog - Spirited Snowmen. It is so cute. There are three different snowmen and several sentiments.

The card base is the NEW Seafoam Green - so soft in color. I used a piece of Twinkle for the mat then cut the image and a scallop with the framelits. I know you'd just love that set and it is so fun to color.

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Bookworm in the making...

Yep, Miss Josie started Kindergarten today! By all reports she did well so I 'm glad and hope she likes school.

We made this layout about a year ago in a Scrapbook Class and I have been waiting to add pictures. Also Miss Josie 'loves' to read and is quite the book gal! Her mom is also creative with her lunch!

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Hampton Beach

Stephanie, Tim and Josie took a vacation to New Hampshire. Tim captured this gorgeous sunrise.

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Activities at the Beach

The beach had some exciting places to visit. These are pictures of everyone enjoying some of the activities. Jake, Scarlett, Kelly & Chris - Myrtle Beach!

This was the last vacation before starting school. Mr. Jake will go to 3rd grade and Miss Scarlett to Pre-K. My how time flies and they just grow up too fast.

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Road Trip...

Some misc pictures from Miss Josie's trip to New Hampshire. Her last vacation before school starts. Looks like she is having a great time. I'm sure Mom and Dad did too.

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Cambridge Carols

Spotlighting the main characters is the focal point of this card. Stamped the image then put a mask around the dancers. I think it makes a nice card. Hope you like it.

Night of Navy is the base with Coastal Cabana for the first mat.Then all you do is stamp the image and mask off the focal point you want to accent. Three acrylic dots help accent this card. I can't wait to color the full image.

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Pleasant Pheasants

The base for this card is Mossy Meadow which is one of the colors Stampin Up brought back and I love it. I also made the mat the same color, mounted it at an angle and distressed the edges. I think that adds to a more masculine look.

I used Blends to color the image and Natural Ivory (retired) paper for the front image. I know my hubby would love this since he pheasant hunts in Illinois. You can change sentiments to make it a birthday card (masculine), Get well, Congratulations, Happy Vacation, retirement etc and many more.

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Trip - Vermont

Miss Josie in Vermont skipping rocks. I bet it is beautiful there. Vacation before school starts next week.

I did this with 'scraps' from trimming cardstock for another project and decided not to waste it. I did a weave and added the black and white photo!

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Homemade Goodness

Homemade Goodness is the stamp set on this cute card. It is one of the new stamp sets in the upcoming mini-Occasion catalog. It is a really nice set and so full of ideas! You can even use the images at anytime other than Christmas.

The base is Basic Gray and the mat is Gray Granite embossed with the brick embossing folder.
I colored the stove and images with SU Blends which keeps enabling me to want to buy more of them.

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Chicken Wire Stencil

Stampin Up has this new chicken wire background sheets so I used it as a stencil to create this card. I had seen it somewhere on the 'net' and thought I'd try it. I did use the backside of the silver chicken wire so I could use the front on another card.

Sahara Sand is the base with Basic Black for the mat and the images are on the old Ivory Natural card stock which I love...but has been retired.

Hope you give it a try.

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Congratulations...

Fall is sneaking up on us soon so decided to make a Fall-ish card. The image is from the Blended Seasons Stamp Set colored with the SU Blends.

The middle was cut with the Stitched Framelits and on Dimensionals. The card base is Soft Suede and the mat, Crumb Cake.

The two leaves are cut from glitter paper and it is accented with 3 acrylic dots.

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Dashing Deer

I just received from the man in brown my pre-order from Stampin Up for the Occasions Holiday Catalog.  Dashing Deer caught my eye and I quickly made this card! I only used the matching framelits but the stamp set is fantastic too. Great Sayings!

The card base is Basic Black with a Granite Grey Mat rounded off on two corners. The deer and flourishes are from the Detailed Deer Thinlits.  Don't you just love the Broadway Bound Special Designer Paper with the gold, gray and black random dots!

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Triple Folded Halloween

A friend of mine suggested I try this card and guess what, I did! I am sorry to say I don't have many Halloween stamps so I had to improvise until I get some stamps. It folds to a 4 x 4 card.

This is cut from a 12 x 12 piece of cardstock. It's scored at 2", 4", 8", 10" - rotate paper and score at 4" and 8" then cut out the 4 corners and start folding!  It is a really cute design and later I think I may try a spring, flowered card instead of Halloween. It was a fun card to try.

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A different kinda card...

One of my Stampin Up buddies showed me this card and naturally I had to try it. I plan on adding a sentiment in the bottom and adding embellishments on the two blank folds (green mat). The base is Rich Razzleberry with Mossy Meadow as the second color. The Designer Paper is from Share What You Love and it is gorgeous.

The card is 6 x 6 and I made an envelope for it. If you don't decorate the envelope, you actually can mail this card or embellish the envelope and hand-deliver. I hope you like it as much as I do. Thanks for stopping by.

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Sympathy

This card was actually CASE'd from the catalog. I needed a quick sympathy card and it fit the bill! I used the new Stained Glass Vellum Paper Stack, Granite Gray for a card base and Basic Black for the cut out.

It's not my style of card but I do love the new Stained Glass Vellum Paper Stack. It is so easy to color using the Blends on the BACKSIDE of the paper and then the front looks like the black lines are embossed! Oh and I tried the new mats for using your framelits as embossing tools ... note the gray strip above the black cut-out. It is embossed using the same framelit.

In order to get the vellum on the mat, I painted the Mono-glue on the back side fully covering the picture and that way the glue does not show. Don't know who came up with that but it sure does work.

Have a great day!

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Oldies...

Well ladies I found this card base (color unknown) and the mat and the frame I cut from the new Stitched Seasons Framelits. It's all dressed up with the Various Vases. I cut the Tranquil Tide 'leaves' from those Framelits as well.

The vases are Cajun Craze; the mat is Sahara Sand and I found this matching printed piece to complete the look. I did NOT put a sentiment because I think it would do well as a birthday, sympathy, note card, etc. But there is room for one.

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Bokeh Background stamp!

This is our third Stamp A Stack Card (Saturday, Aught 18). We'll make 4 of these and it would be beautiful in different colors too.

These are two of the new colors at Stampin Up - Gorgeous Grape and Highland Heather. I used the Various Vases (by Mary Fish). There a number of vases you can use and sentiments and flowers!

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Another Sample

Again using the Broadway Designer Paper this card can be a note card, a masculine card or just to say I'm thinking about you.

There are so many classy designs and the gold foil sets it off!

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Happy Birthday

This card is made from the new Broadway Bound Designer Paper. It is gorgeous and very classy! I cut the front about 3/4" off and put Whisper White inside. There is plenty of room to right a note, send as a birthday card, masculine card - all by changing the sentiment.

This will be one of our August Stamp A Stack cards and we'll put different designer paper on the front for different occasions. I used gold paper for the Happy Birthday Framelit.

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