So Sorry for Your Loss

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Hi, Friends.....

I'm back with a sympathy card to share. Seems like I rarely use my Hero Arts stamps, but I saw ABNH's Sympathy-themed Challenge. I am low on these kind of cards and this was a good chance to make one or two before one is needed. 

I used a very pretty (but ancient) HA stamp I found at a thrift store. I heat embossed the image in white and watercolored with Distress Markers. Turned out that I liked this card so much that I made two of them for my stash!

Supplies used include:
Hero Arts - Ribboned Iris F699 (retired)
Versafine ink
WOW! Embossing Powder - Opaque Bright White Regular
"So sorry for your loss" from Unity - Beautiful Life, Blessed Memories (Feb. 2015 Sentiment Kit)
Versafine ink in Smokey Gray
Distress Markers for watercoloring
Winnie & Walter - Essentials: Audrey Cutaways die set
Winnie & Walter - Essentials: Katharine Cutaways die set
Canson - Mixed Media Paper
Misc cardstock from stash
Ribbon from stash

Hope you liked my card. Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by for a look.

🖤
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. ABNH June Challenge - Sympathy

 
2. Butterfly Challenge - Butterfly + H is for... (I used Heliotrope, Hot pink, and Heat Embossing)

3. Cards und More Shop Challenge #37 - Florals

4. Three Amigos Challenge #28 - Summer Mood Board

5. Stamplorations Summer TAGplorations - Include a tag

'Tis the Season to be Jolly

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Hi, Friends.......

I am back with another pair of Christmas cards for Jo's Christmas Kickstart challenge with her theme of Your Hot Beverage of Choice. I am using more of the super-cute patterned tissue gift wrap I decoupaged onto cardstock for my card duo HERE. I also used the same neglected stamp set. Yay!!!

Supplies used include:
Winnie & Walter - Essentials: Katharine Cutaways die set
Sizzix - TH Texture Fades - Sparkles
Simon Says Stamp - Kelly Purkey "Cheers" (retired)
Versamark Ink
WOW! Embossing Powder - Opaque Bright White Regular
Patterned tissue gift wrap
Mod Podge - Matte Finish
Striped ribbon and twine from my stash
Snowflake confetti from stash
DCWV scraps from stash
Core'dinations/Darice cardstock for card base

Thank you for stopping by today. I appreciate your visits and kind comments so very much.

🖤
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this pair of cards in the following challenges:
1. Christmas Kickstart Challenge #14 - Hot Beverage
2. Allsorts Week #526 - Perfect Pairs (I hope a pair of cards counts!)
3. Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Stars &/or Stripes
(I used striped ribbon and there are stripes on one of the mugs and the candy.)
4. Paperbabe Stamps Challenge #96 - Spots and/or Stripes
(I used striped ribbon and there are stripes on one of the mugs and the candy.)
5. TCP Tuesday Challenge #359 - Christmas in July
6. Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #444 - AG Christmas opt. Snowflakes
7. Word Art Wednesday Weeks #394-395 - Anything Goes
8. Stamplorations Summer TAGplorations - Include a tag

Eat, Drink, and Be Merry

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Hi, Friends........

It's Christmas in July over at Jo's Christmas Kickstart! Actually, it's ALWAYS Christmas on that challenge blog....hehe...but this time her theme is Your Hot Beverage of Choice. She just put this challenge up, so you have lots of time to join us!!!

I used a couple of neglected supplies to make a card duo. I had this fun Christmas cocoa tissue gift wrap in my Coffee/Tea/Cocoa stash. I can't remember if I snagged it out of a package of assorted tissue or upcycled it from a gift.....but I think it is super-cute. I decoupaged it onto cardstock for making cards. :)

The other is a neglected stamp set, retired and part of a long-ago prize from Simon Says Stamp, called "Cheers!". It has a champagne-type theme....(which isn't exactly my "cup of tea", if you get what I mean! LOL)....so it tends to not get used. I got it out hoping to make use of some of the sentiments during Christmas in July. I didn't want to hide any of the fun background on these cards, so I stamped and heat-embossed my sentiments on vellum. The frosty translucent look of vellum coordinates perfectly with the gray background of the printed tissue.

Supplies used include:
Winnie & Walter - Essentials: Katharine Cutaways die set
Winnie & Walter - Essentials: Audrey Cutaways die set
Vellum from stash
Simon Says Stamp - Kelly Purkey "Cheers" (retired)
Versamark ink
WOW! Embossing Powder - Opaque Bright White Regular
Christmas gift wrap tissue
Mod Podge - Matte Finish
DCWV scraps of cardstock
Star and round confetti from stash

Ho-ho-hope you enjoyed this pair of cards and that you will join the fun over at Jo's Christmas Kickstart. Thanks so much for stopping by today.

🖤
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this pair of cards in the following challenges:
1. Christmas Kickstart Challenge #14 - Hot Beverage
2. Allsorts Week #526 - Perfect Pairs (I hope a pair of cards counts!)
3. Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Stars &/or Stripes
4. Tuesday Throwdown Challenge #435 - Anything Goes
5. Lost Coast Challenge #79 - Celebrate It
6. Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #444 - AG Christmas opt. Snowflakes
7. Word Art Wednesday Weeks #394-395 - Anything Goes
8. MFT Sketch Challenge #444

Monochrome Embossed Merry Christmas - June Rudolph Days

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Hi, Friends........

Rushing in here with the fastest card I have ever made! True statement. I already had these embossed strips in my Christmas odds and ends box. They only needed to be trimmed slightly and glued in place. Whew!! I am tickled to have a quickie this time because I really didn't want to be up all night struggling with a Christmas card that wouldn't cooperate.....just so I wouldn't miss the June Rudolph Days over at Scrappy Mo's!!  :)

The black strips are chalkboard paper that has been dry embossed with a border folder and sanded. Love that velvety feel....like the back of kitty ears! Purrr.... The vellum strip is dry embossed with another border folder from the same set, brayered with Versamark ink, and then heat embossed with white embossing powder. I cut a zig-zag edge on the vellum with craft scissors. 
(We all have some of those around, but we rarely use them!!  They really are super-handy for cutting a fancy edge in a few moments, though.)

Supplies used include:
DCWV Chalkboard paper
Darice Translucent "Vellum" Paper
Darice - Seasonal Border 3-pack
Core'dinations Sand-it Gadget
Versamark ink
WOW! Embossing Powder - Opaque Bright White Regular
Fiskars Pinking Craft Scissors
Core'dinations/Darice black cardstock for card base

And that's that! I am totally thrilled to not miss the June Rudolph Days!!! Hope you liked my snowy card!! Thank you for stopping by.

🖤
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. June Rudolph Days at Scrappymo's
2. Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #444 - AG Christmas opt. Snowflakes
3. Word Art Wednesday Weeks #392-393 - AG
4. Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
5. ABC Christmas Challenge - L is for Little (I have lots of little snowflakes on my card.) \
6. DL.Art June linky
7. Crimbo Crackers Challenge #187 - AG Christmas
8. CARDZ-TV Anything Goes Challenge #92

Graphic 45 Patriotic Card

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Hi, Friends......

I had a diagonal strip of flag stamp background leftover from THIS CARD. You can follow that link to read how I made it. In a rare moment of clear thinking, I decided to go ahead and make a second card right then, rather than let this narrow strip lie dormant in my stash for a couple of years before finally using it! lol...
(Please tell me you know exactly what I am talking about here. Ha!)

I grabbed elements from two Graphic 45 collections, Good Ol' Sport and Place in Time, and also used an old Mark's Finest Papers stamp (sadly, now out of business). You know how the backs of commercial greeting cards are a bit glossy and have lots of blank space? I have a big stack of these and so I cut one for my sentiment panel. Many inks do not dry well on glossy stock, so I heat embossed it....and colored it with a red Ultra-fine Sharpie.

Supplies used include:
Winnie & Walter - Essentials: Katharine Cutaways die set
Mark's Finest Papers - USA Heroes stamp set (discontinued)
Versafine ink in Majestic Blue
Clear embossing powder
Sharpie Marker - ultrafine in red
Graphic 45 - Good Ol' Sport collection (background)
Graphic 45 - Place in Time (border strips)
Distress Ink in Walnut Stain to ink edges
Core'dinations/Darice cardstock for card base and mats.

Hope you liked my card. Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by and leave your sweet comments!!

🖤
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. Graphic 45 - June Selfie Challenge #G45Selfie
2. Paperbabe Stamps Challenge #96 - Spots and/or Stripes
3. TCP June Challenge #358 - Summer
4. The House That Stamps Built - Anything Goes Challenge #J2619
5. Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - June
6. Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
7. Word Art Wednesday Weeks #392-393 - AG
8. Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
9. Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Stars and Stripes  
10. Double D Challenges - Pick a Pattern (I chose stars and stripes!)

 

Masculine Patriotic Card - Stamped in a Different Way

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Hi, Friends......

Do you like stamps? I do. I'm not talking about rubber stamps...I love those, too, but I mean postage stamps! I save them all.....but that probably should not surprise you, since I keep pretty much everything that I might be able to use to make a card.

I have been collecting flag stamps for some time with this very idea in mind: to collage them for a patriotic card background. I tore the excess paper away from the stamps and then smooshed them around in some watered down Distress Ink to age them. After gluing them onto some cardstock, I dry embossed them with the pattern inside the folder inked up with red ink. The foiled stickers added to the fun.

Supplies used include:
Winnie & Walter - Essentials: Katharine Cutaways die set
Stamps from my stash
Cardstock from my stash
Distress Ink in Walnut Stain
Darice - Assorted Stars embossing folder
Versafine ink in Satin Red
Foiled Stickers from a thrift store
Baker's twine from my stash

Hope you liked my "stamped in a different way" card. Thank you so much for stopping by today.

🖤
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Stars and Stripes
2. Paperbabe Stamps Challenge #96 - Spots and/or Stripes
3. TCP June Challenge #358 - Summer
4. Let's Create June Challenge - AG w/ opt. Masculine
5. Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - June
6. Simon Says Stamp June Work it Wednesday - Foil it! (The stickers are foiled.)
7. Word Art Wednesday Weeks #392-393 - AG
8. Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
9. Double D Challenges - Pick a Pattern
(I chose stars and stripes!)

Music Speaks - Graphic 45

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Hi, Friends......

I am here to share a pretty card I made with some upcycled items. You might already know how much I love Graphic 45. I happen to be on their mailing list and occasionally receive magnificent brochures in my mailbox. They are waaaaaaaaaay too gorgeous to throw away, so I did what any thrifty papercrafter would do: I made a card with one of them! :) This one happens to be advertising their elegant "Love Notes" collection.

I also scavenged a beautiful gold embossed liner from the base of a bakery cake. This coated foil surface peeled away perfectly in one piece from the heavy cardboard the cake had been sitting on. I glued the foil onto cardstock and made a die cut for this card. LOVE!!!

Do you like the little birdie sitting on the foliage?  Awww....

Here's a shot that shows how I used the advertising brochure:

Supplies used include:
Winnie & Walter - Essentials: Katharine Cutaways die set
Graphic 45 advertising brochure
Foil from bakery cake base
Sizzix - Fancy Labels die set
Distress Ink in Walnut Stain
Verve - Sprightly Sprigs die set (retired)
Memory Box - Resting Birds die set
Flowers, Adhesive pearls, Satin ribbon, and Off-white lace from stash
Core'dinations/Darice kraft cardstock for card base

Hope you enjoyed my card today. Thank you for all your sweet comments. Don't forget to enter my giveaway HERE. Have a lovely day!!

🖤
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. Graphic 45 - June Selfie Challenge #G45Selfie
2. CARDZ-TV Anything Goes Challenge #92
3. Simon Says Stamp June Work it Wednesday - Foil it!
4. Creative Inspirations June Challenge - Glitz and Glamour
5. Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - June
6. DL.Art June linky
7. Word Art Wednesday Weeks #392-393 - AG
8. Three Amigos Challenge #27 - Things with Wings
9. TCP June Challenge #358 - Summer
10. Cards und More Shop Challenge #37 - Florals
11. Mod Squad - Use a Flower
12. Stick it Down - June Card Sketch Challenge
13. Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes