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

Hugs and Kisses Card

Yet another card I made using the versatile template that I learned from Boxer Scrapbooks at a make and take. It uses coordinating papers a white gel pen and silver peel offs that are colored in with a Sakura gel pen.

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Diane

Live Laugh Love Together card

Here's a card I made for my niece for her anniversary. It is very simple and basic but I think she'll like it without the extra fluff. I used American Traditional Designs textured cardstock and an embossing folder. After that use some fine sand paper or a sanding block to reveal the white core of the paper. I added a Sakura glitter pen on the hearts and then matted it with some metallic paper.

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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

Christmas ATCOTM

Here's the ATC I made for the Stampers Corner Yahoo group for the ATCOTM club. Someone (sorry I can't give you credit since I don't remember who) sent me this snowflake background paper with a swap. I layered that on top of to pieces of blue cardstock. On top I stamped the busy shopper and embossed the image. I colored in portions of the image with Sakura glaze pens.Three blingy snow flakes complete the piece.

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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

Happy Halloween Preview

Halloween is a few days away so I thought I'd take the next few posts to show the various cards I made for my family. This one is a very simple layout using a combination of patterned and solid papers. I stamped and embossed with white powder the Jack-O-Lantern image. I stamped the Studio G pumpkins then cut them out and raised them with pop dots. I finished the card with a bit of faux stitching on the brown cardstock and the peel off trim accented with a Sakura gel pen.

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Diane

Stampers Corner Collage Image ATC

Debi, our list Mom at the Stampers Corner Yahoo Group just started this new ATC idea. Each month she'll post a collage image and we make an ATC out of it. Each person can size it and tailor it to their creative juice so even though they are the same they'll all be a bit different. To me the gal in this image looked guilty of something carrying that gun so imagined she had just heard sirens and needed to make a quick get away. I cut around the collage image and glued it on to K&Co background paper. The two stamps in the corner are by Studio G and I accented them with the clear Sakura stardust glitter pen.

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Diane

Two flower card

I made this card at a class where the focus was on alcohol inks. For this card we inked an embossed background and then assembled the pieces to create two flowers. The paper flowers were folded in half and then in quarters with mini glue dots to hold them together. I used a bit of Sakura glaze and glitter pen to add some dimension to the leaves and grass.

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Diane

A Stitch In Time card

Here's a faux stitching type card that I made using stamps by Impression Obsession for the background. I used three different background stamps with three different inks and alternated them. I used a Sakur gel pen for the faux stitching. The phrase is a stamp from Club Scrap and the ruler is by Hero Arts.

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Diane

Flower Card

I sent this card with an ATC I made for a swap recently. This one is made using K&Co paper. I made a border with a punch by EK Success. The stamps are by Inkadinkado. The main one I colored with Sakura pens and the other is imbedded in the red portion of the border.

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Diane

Travel theme card part 2

This is a card I sent with an ATC swap recently. Like another a while back it uses K&Co Life's Journey paper. The stamped image and the "Enjoy the Journey" are Tim Holtz designed stamps by Stamers Anonymous. The collage stamp was inked with a Ranger Adirondak hand made ink pad (can't remember which one) and the Enjoy the Journey was embossed with Ranger Distress Embossing Powder. I used a Sakura clear glitter pen to highlight the words in the Victoria Hotel Amsterdam portion of the paper but it is hard to see on the scan.

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Diane

Artist's Choice ATC Swap

I recently completed an ATC swap for the Creative Block - Stampers Anonymous Yahoo Group. This one was pretty open, you could use any Stampers Anonymous stamp. I used a new(ish) Tim Holtz designed  stamp and stamped it on 6 different colored card stocks. I cut them up and reassembled them into a rainbow style presentation. I added bling with a clear glitter pen and a glaze pen then outlined some of the words with the Inkssentials white pen. My final touch was to add a colored square paper clip with Glossy Accents and ink the edges in black.
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Diane

Merry Christmas to one and all

This was the first time I've made a handmade Christmas card. I'm not organized enough to make as many as I send out so it is Hallmark or whatever I find on the clearance aisles on the day(s) after Christmas. This year my husband asked if I'd make a card for his niece and nephew out west. He was out there in the fall and wanted to get them a gift card or cash so a card would be an extra little something. These two shaker cards have an Inky Antics snowman as the focal point that I colored in with Glaze pens by Sakura. The borders are stamped with Brilliance Inks using either Hampton Arts (left) or Studio G (right). The sentiment for both is Hampton Arts colored with the Glaze pens. The shaker contents are micro beads, glitter and sprinkle fibers (left only).

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Diane

Children ATCOTM

This was the last ATCOTM (ATC of the month) for this year at the Stampers Corner Yahoo Group. I stamped a Tim Holtz designed Stampers Anonymous stamp on marbled paper I made a while back. I outlined the crown and number with Sakura Glaze and Stardust Markers. The "future king" was stamped with Just Rite stamps and outlined with the Sakura clear Glaze pen. The Heidi Swap clear crown was colored with alcohol inks and a Krylon gold marker. I mounted the marbled paper on Rock King paper by DCWV and then on a piece of light blue card stock.

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Diane

Monochromatic ATC for Stampers Corner

The theme for this ATC was Monochromatic. This ATC really looks better in person. Most of them do but this one more so than others. I started with some lightly patterned paper and stamped using the Doodle Flower set by Inkadinkado. I colored the images using both watercolor and regular colored pencils. Next I used some Tim Holtz masks and Distress Inks. On top of those images I added some emphasis with Glaze markers by Sakura. That's the part that looks much better in person, the scanner didn't capture the subtlety. I added some flower brads in the corners and a dimensional flower embellishment.

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Diane

Got the idea from a book -- can't remember which one

I like to give credit to those I get inspiration (or copy things) from. They might not be the one that actually created the design or came up with the idea but at least I'm not saying my little chunk of grey matter thunk this up all my myself.

Anyway I got this idea from a book but can't remember which one. I've had this card in my stash for a while. When I made it, it was the first time I'd ever seen an example with a stamp I had. I didn't have anywhere near the number of stamps I have now so that was neat. The book idea used a square card and had a little dimensional flower in the middle. I'm cheap and don't like paying the extra postage to send a square card so I used a pre-made one and then layered the blue DCWV paper on top. I used the stamp from Anita's and embossed with gold powder then colored in the images with Sakura Gel Pens and used a Krylon pen on the borders. A bit of layering completes the card.

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Diane

Ouch...this one is BRIGHT!!

I hope this one doesn't hurt your eyes too much. Don't change the settings on your monitor it hasn't gone crazy it's the ATC. This past week the theme at the Altered Designs Yahoo group was Bright Colors. I think I got a bit carried away but no one can accuse me of not meeting the requirements of the theme.

The stamped image is from Anitas and I colored it with Sakura Gelly Roll pens in Moonlight colors. The paper is from Marcella and the stickers are by Nicole.

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Diane

Stampers Corners Birds ATCOTM

Birds was the theme for the Stampers Corner ATC of the month. I used stamps from the Bluebird collection by Artistic Outpost. I stamped with a waterproof ink then used watercolor markers to color in the main image. Something was missing so I stamped and cut out these these birds on a wire and colored them with blue glitter using my Quickie Glue Pen by Sakura - it worked great. The last step was to color the edges with glitter using that same glue pen.

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Diane

Love, love you, love you more

Last month along with trading ATC's Sid and I sent a magazine across the pond. I sent him Sommerset Studio and he sent me Craft Stamper in honor of his getting published in that magazine. The Craft Stamper magazine came with a free stamp that I used to make a birthday card for my hubby. The stamp could also be used for Valentine's Day but I thought it was a good choice for a birthday card for my special guy. My card is a compilation of a few ideas I saw in the magazine. I cut the mini hearts apart from the main stamp and used it as a border. It was tough to see so I colored over it with a Sakura Gelly Roll pen. The rest of the stamping is done with Color Box chalk inks since they work well with clear stamps. I outlined all the "tags" with a Stardust Gelly Roll pen but it is hard to see in the photo. It gives the card a bit more bling.

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Diane