Queen for a Day card

Here's another card made using the Boxer Scrapbooks layout. I used stamps by Crafty Secrets and some extra coordinating papers. My accents are a white pen and Fiskars border punch.

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Diane

You're only a kid once card - another version

I have used this phrase on another card but this one uses the image that came with the mini stamp set by Inkadinkado. The design is... you guessed by Boxer Scrapbooks that I learned at a make and take.
I used some left over papers and then added my accents of Sakura gel pens, corner punches and a peel off.

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Diane

Calendar Card

Here's another card I made with the Technique Junkies Waxed Cuttlebug technique. This one is a bit different since I didn't stamp on it before I ironed the embossed waxed paper. I used stamps from Inque for the outside and Fiskars for the inside. The inside says "Happy Birthday" "may all your wishes come true".

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Diane

If you find it in your heart card

Here's a card I made using paper by WeR Memory Keepers. I used a Fiskars punch on the borders of the background and blue accent paper. The sentiment came as a free download by PaperCrafts magazine. I put it in the Silhouette as a .jpg and then added a trace around the edge so I could cut it out with the machine. I then added an offset and cut it out again and adhered it to the white paper for a bit of definition.

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Diane

Happy Valentine's Day

Here's a sample of the cards I made for Valentine's Day. I used paper from WeR Memory Keepers and some cut outs I made or downloaded with my Silhouette. On some I used a Fiskars corner punch, bling or brads. It is difficult to see with the scan but I added a red Sakura glaze pen to certain portions of the cards to highlight the heart the bunny is holding or the dots on the diagonal stripes.

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Diane

Friends and cookies

Here's another card I made using the template from Boxer Designs. I used corrdinating cardstock and patterned paper and a stamp by Inkadkinkado. I also used a Fiskars border punch and some peal offs filled in with a Sakura Gel pen.

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Diane

Fall Colors Card

Here's another card I made using the Glimmer Lace Technique Junkies technique from their Aug 2010 issue. The stamp is by Hero Arts. I used a Fiskars border punch for an accent on the black cardstock.

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Diane

Live Well card

Here's another card I made using an easy template. I had some left over patterned paper that I coordinated with some solid cardstock. I used a Fiskars border punch and some faux stitching on the punched flowers and where the sentiment is. The stamped sentiment is by the Paper Company. The finishing touch are some metallic gold peel off stickers on the edges.

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Diane

Paris ATC

Paris is often used for ATC themes. Recently the Altered Designs Yahoo Group used Paris as a theme for one of their weekly TGIF mingles. I wanted to do something a little different but that is difficult. I started with a piece of Mrs. Grossman sticker paper that I've had for a while. I stamped two images with an Inque set called French Fancy. On top of that I used a portion of a piece of scrapbook paper that is laid out almost like inchies. I cut with Fiskars Stamp scissors to give it the illusion of a large postage stamp. My embellishment is a disc called The Little Classic Sealing Wax. They came in a package of 10 wafers and you just heat them up and them press your seal. Since I had a seal of the Eiffel Tower I knew I had a great matching embellishment.

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Diane

Turning 21 Birthday Card

It's been just a few (OK...more than a few) years since I turned 21, but the clock stopped for me at 29. Here's a card I made for a young woman that is really turning 21. I used my Cuttlebug and some patterned paper that I punched with a Fiskars punch. The Happy Birthday image is by Crafty Secrets.

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Diane

Wake up little sushi card

This is another in my series of using the faux mother-of pearl technique with Anne Taintor playing card images. This color is bundled sage, one of the new Ranger Distress Ink colors. I used a Fiskars punch for the corners and cut out two swirly things (that's a technical term) with my Silhouette for the accents.

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Diane

Bad Hair Day card

Here's a card I recently sent with an ATC swap. The backround paper is by K&Co, the image is in the Women ATC Collection pack by Leisure Arts. I also used a Fiskars border punch.

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Diane

Happy Birthday Hero

I made this card for a young man that graduated high school last year and is now in the USMC. I used a background stamp by Just For Fun and cut out stamped images by Artistic Outpost with Fiskars scissors to make it look like stamps. The sentiment is by Fiskars too.




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Diane

I do card

I have trouble making cards for certain events like weddings. I used the Graffitti technique from the December 2004 Technique Junkie newsletter. The wedding I'm attending is an afternoon wedding but not formal. I thought the card would look a little classier in a black and white style. I stamped (Just Rite stamps) a black piece of cardstock with words like: bride, groom, rings, vows and such using Brilliance inks in silver, gold and platinum. After that I used a Fiskars border punch on the top and bottom. I finished the card with a heart I cut out and stamped "I Do".

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Diane

Happy Mothers Day

Here's two cards I made for Mothers Day. One is for my Mom and the other for my mother-in-law. They both use a bit of embossing. One with a Cuttlebug folder and the other usind a Spellbinders Impressability that I inked before embossing. They both use new stamps by Hero Arts. One uses a Fiskars corner punch and the other a bit of lace ribbon.

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Diane

Housework Stinks card

Here's a quick card I made using paper by K&Co and an image by Crafty Secrets. I used a Fiskars border punch and ribbon by DCWV as background elements and finished it off with a few flowers and a flower brad.

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Diane

Sweetie Pie card

I grew up in the Northeast and we didn't insert words like honey, sweetie, or cutie into our vocabulary. It is one of the things that I still smile and chuckle at living below the Mason-Dixon line when folks say those things to me and I barely know them. I haven't lived in the Northeast for over thirty years but things are ingrained into you when you are growing up and those words still don't creap into my speach unless I'm talking to my husband or my cat. The image on this card came from Crafty Secrets and I thought it would look good paired up with this K&Co paper. I used a Fiskars border punch in the background and a few flowers and flower brad to complete this card. Now all you honeys, sweeties and cuties out there have a nice day!

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Diane

Happy Easter

Here's the cards I made for my family for Easter. I used images I got from various blogs or downloaded from free sites on the web. I got the layout from Sheetload. The papers are a variety of plain and patterned. I used Fiskars corner punches and corner rounders and finished off each one with two brad flowers.

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Diane

Happy St. Patricks Day!

"My" family has no Irish at all but I still send a card to my Mom for the holiday. My husbands family is part Irish so I like to send them all a card. I made these using the Tartan Cuttlebug embossing folder as the background. I inked the inside of the folder with Ranger Distress Ink and then embossed it. I got the images from various free online sources. I made the border using a Fiskars border punch and some of the images are mounted on K&Co paper. A little piece of ribbon finishes off each card.

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Diane

Old train card

Here's another card I made using the K&Co Life's Journey collection. The background paper is a collage of ticket stubs with went great with a Tanda Stamp I had. I used an dimensional embellishment from the K&Co collection and then used a Fiskars corner punch to finish off the card.

Until my next post,
Diane