2022 Resolutions - Send those Cards!

Yes!  I made resolutions last year, and kept them!

This year I plan on keeping the one resolution I am going to make.

I showed this one at club a year or two ago and still just love it so much.  It's an easel card.  

Birthday cards!

I already have them in the works - and will be sending out birthday cards this year.  So many of the card makers I know produce a lot of cards - and don't send them!  My resolution this year is to send out those birthday cards!

Who's with me? 


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I didn't list any of the colors I used - choose your own, or contact me and I'll let you know what I used!

 

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Timeless Tulips Bundle (English) [153793] $32.25

2021 Favorites - Make Your Own DSP

This post is going to be very busy!  I made SO many of these "Make your own DSP" cards.  I still want to make more, but I just have other things that need to get done!

How do you make your own DSP?  You need a stamp set that can make backgrounds.  It should have lots of elements to make a scene or grouping.  Use ink colors that work with your stamps.

For example, for these cards I used:  Crumb Cake and Early Espresso for the pinecones and Evening Evergreen and Soft Succulent for the pine needles.  I used either the browns or some Real Red for the dots.

Read down a little further - there's a special technique.

These two cards were made using the Split Card technique.  Cut your background twice as long as a card base: 10.5 inches.  Draw a very light pencil line vertically at 5 1/4 inches.  Concentrate your stamping to cover the line at the center of the card.  When finished, cut the card at 5 1/4 inches, and you have two cards!

I added a lot of other stamping to fill the space - I just kept going!  

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Christmas Season Photopolymer Stamp Set [156293] $22.00	Christmas To Remember Cling Stamp Set (English) [156300] $22.00	Holly Jolly Wishes Cling Stamp Set (English) [156362] $21.00	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116] $7.50
Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [147114] $7.50	Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin' Pad [155576] $7.50	Soft Succulent Classic Stampin' Pad [155778] $7.50	Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad [147084] $7.50
Evening Evergreen 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [155574] $8.75	Evening Evergreen 3/8" (1 Cm) Open Weave Ribbon [155573] $7.00	Soft Succulent 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [155776] $8.75	Soft Succulent 3/8" (1 Cm) Open Weave Ribbon [155780] $7.00
Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [102482] $8.75	Real Red 3/8" (1 Cm) Double-Stitched Satin Ribbon [151155] $7.50	Tailor Made Tags Dies [155563] $22.00	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $9.75

A Few 2021 Christmas Cards

Life gets in the way is about all I can about my lack of posts from last June.  

That being said, here are a selection of my favorite Christmas Cards using the Pinecone Dies.  They're incredibly intricate, but EASY to use!  They make beautiful card fronts and as you can see can be cut up to make 3 additional cards.

Here you can see the greetings die from Pretty Pillowbox and my favorite Merry Christmas stamp.  For this piece I used bronze cardstock and some patterned paper on the top.  It gave a really beautiful effect.

Here are the three cards I made with the cut pinecone dies.  Each is embellished in its own way.  One uses the whimsy dies, one uses the contour dies, and is embossed. 

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Christmas To Remember Bundle (English) [156806] $60.25	Stitched With Whimsy Dies [155314] $29.00	Scalloped Contours Dies [155560] $35.00	Stitched Greenery Die [155451] $32.00
For Unto Us Cling Stamp Set [153335] $21.00	Wintry 3 D Embossing Folders [155433] $10.00	Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [102482] $8.75	Gold 3/8" (1 Cm) Shimmer Ribbon [156470] $8.00
Real Red 3/8" (1 Cm) Double-Stitched Satin Ribbon [151155] $7.50	Gilded Gems [152478] $7.00	Evening Evergreen 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [155574] $8.75	Soft Succulent 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [155776] $8.75
Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [120953] $8.75	Early Espresso 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [119686] $8.75	Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad [147084] $7.50	Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin' Pad [155576] $7.50