6/24/2023 0 Comments Isn't she pretty?Same stencil as before... the dahlia one from theTonStamps.com. This time I used 3 different colors (yellow, orange and red) instead of 3 from the same color family. I was excited to see how this would turn out. I used the lightest of each of those colors on the actual card and then then the darkest of them on the yellow envelope. I do like the boldness of the envelope.
I made this a couple of weeks ago for my sister-in-law's birthday (was just waiting for the mail to get to her before I could post). Isn't it pretty? I had to put the stencil away for a while so I could play with the other toys. :) Happy birthday!
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I'm getting better at the reverse foiling. The only full plate to do this right now is an oval. I did order a rectangle so I'll have to try this out again when I get that one. I like how I can make 2 cards with one piece of foil and not waste any of the foil. Three different occasions with the same image: Birthday, Sympathy and Anniversary.
Card 11: Hot foiled with gold foil on white cardstock on a deep purple card base Card 12: Reverse foil with foil from card 11 on black cardstock; embossed the background for a sympathy card; sentiment by theTonStamps Card 13: Hot foiled with gold foil on black cardstock on lilac card base As I mentioned before, it took a few days to make all of those backgrounds/pieces into these 13 cards. It was harder than it should have been to put them together but I learned a lot and think that they all turned out pretty well. Do you have a favorite of the 13? 6/22/2023 0 Comments Cards 9 and 10More lunar paste. It is a little messy but the shimmer is worth it. This time I used yellow (shooting star), green (tropical tango), blue (clear skies) and purple (crown me) on a mod circle stencil.
Card 9: Celebrate in a turquoise/teal-ish foil on a turquoise card base Card 10: You are Loved die cut from gold metallic cardstock on vellum Once again, used Simon Hurley's Lunar Paste in Crown Me (purple) and Prom Queen (pink) and Newton's Nook's Confetti Stencil on a 6x6 piece of white cardstock. The hard part here was what to do with it after it dried. I ended up cutting it to have two rectangles, thinking I'd use them on two cards but then I still had another strip left over so I ended up making 3 cards from this one background!
Card 6: OH HAPPY DAY! is pink oxide ink embossed on vellum with clear embossing powder, all laid out on a lilac card base Card 7: BIG BDAY vibes is purple oxide ink embossed on vellum with clear embossing powder on a hot pink card base Card 8: Birthday wishes is black ink embossed with black embossing powder on a lilac card base I really like the end result from this glimmer hot foil machine! I bought this Spellbinders Geometric Optical background hot foil plate and I really love it. I foiled a white piece of cardstock in purple foil (duh!). And then I had this "leftover" foil with that pattern on it. I have watched so many hot foiling videos and all those industry experts talk about saving the scraps and doing reverse foiling. WHAT IS THAT? Well, first you need a solid foil plate to put the remnants on and then foil again. With that in mind, I got a solid hot foil oval plate. Then I ran it through the glimmer machine twice because the background was big enough to make 2 ovals. Y'all, that is 3 cards for one piece of foil! YES!
Card 3: Purple Geometric Background with "You Are Loved" in black on vellum. The purple foil is so shiny! Card 4: Purple Oval on top of dry embossed dots (all on foam tape) with silver "just because" on vellum. I love the font and size of the just because sentiment. Card 5: Much like the just because but with "happy birthday" in silver. Again. love the font/size and sentiment. What do you think? The purple and silver are good together, right? I've been making so many cards lately but haven't had a chance to post them or blog about them. But that changes today! Last week, I took my new glimmer machine and my lunar pastes over to my crafty friends' house and we just played and made a bunch of stuff. I came home with several backgrounds and spent the next 3 or 4 days trying to turn those into cards. It was way harder than it should have been! In the end, I made 13 cards from the stuff I made that day. I'll blog about them in groups based on the technique used or how they are related. ![]() Cards 1 and 2 I recently acquired Simon Hurley's Lunar Paste (don't know about Simon? Google him. Amazing story and he is my oldest son's age). Anyway, his lunar paste is really creamy and dries fairly quickly. I took this pyramid stencil I have and covered it with the clear skies (blue), crown me (purple) and prom queen (pink) lunar paste. I forgot to take the before picture but you can see the cardstock after I cut out the pieces. I got 2 backgrounds plus a sentiment out of that cardstock and probably could have used the scraps, too (I didn't because I was having a hard time figuring out what else to make!) Card 1: Hello Script in Gold Foil. I dry embossed that same stencil on a piece of white cardstock and lined it up with the circle cutout lunar paste background on top of it. Added the gold foiled hello and some bling. Card 2: Bold Hello in Silver Foil. This background was big enough and colorful enough to have it on it's own. Added a little silver metallic cord and popped up the hello foil and it's vellum shadow on some foam tape. If you are interested in purchasing these or any cards I've made, check out my store. 6/13/2023 0 Comments It's really purple, I promise.I started with a piece of white cardstock that I embossed with this 3D embossing folder, Spellbinders BEVELED DIAMONDS. It was pretty but kinda boring to be just white embossed on white. What happens if I blend yellow ink over it? That looks kinda cool. Now what? What color goes with yellow? OH, Purple does. And I do like this sentiment and font a lot. Voila! It's pretty bright and cheery and I swear it's more purple in real life.
Another color combo not in my go to bag... yellow and purple. 6/12/2023 1 Comment A commissioned piece.A few weeks, a friend asked if I'd make a birthday card for a friend of hers. The instructions were "something bright, maybe sunflowers or butterflies." Well, I'm not a flower person and have zero sunflower stamps nor do I have any butterflies but I did acquire (aka buy, LOL) this dahlia for THIS EXACT CARD. I made this card first before the red or purple ones shown on my website. Hot Pink and Lime Green. Again, not my colors but them seem to go together. I've been told that her friend really liked it. YAY!
Stencils are from The Ton Stamps. In addition to these stencils, I *REALLY* like their sentiments - such a clever way to get multiple colors and it's not hard to do! This is the easy expressions set. Leave me a comment on which you like better: a) Pink/Green b) Red c) Purple? I'll post a couple more variations in the next few days, too. I don't really do custom work because the deadlines stress me out but I do have some cards up for sale in my store. Each card is $5 and I'll be adding more as I make them. Take a look! Thanks for stopping by! 6/8/2023 0 Comments Happy birthday, Ronk!6/6/2023 0 Comments A Proper Thank You.I was recently gifted a very, very generous gift from the parents of the class of 2023 at my son's high school for the volunteer work I do. It was completely unnecessary but very much appreciated. I never expect anything for doing what I do so it was such a nice surprise and a great way to start the summer break.
So, my volunteer work... I created and continue to maintain the school's website and have done so for many years. Every single character on that website was typed by me, which makes me know things just because of that. I also like to help people and give them the "official" answer to questions so that we can all make better decisions and move forward as a community. As the saying goes, we are all part of each other villages and helping each other is so rewarding to me. I'm in an unusual position, as I get to work with the faculty and staff a lot but also get to work with many of the students, too. This class of (now) graduates are not only high achieving in their academics but many are stellar athletes, beautiful musicians, wonderful thespians, powerful scientists, awesome fire-fighters, delightful chefs, and so much more. But what I am most proud of, is that they are good humans. They will go out into the world and the world will be lucky to get to know them. I will miss them but I know they will continue to grow, love, and laugh and help people. For you card making enthusiasts, I used some of the gift to purchase a glimmer foil machine, which I have wanted for a while but was convincing myself not to get it. HA! Anyway, that's how I made the sentiment on this and it is lovely. I will be doing so much more this summer. Also, this is my 2nd stencil from theTonStamps. I love it so much and I'm so not a floral person. That must mean it's a good one, right? I tried reds since I'm not a red person. Working on that "getting out of my comfort zone". The flower is a little sparkly, too. Check out the matching envelope! Class of 2023 parents, thank you from the bottom of my heart... I will miss you all too. Stay in touch. Let us know what great things you and your graduates are up to! |
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