Prized Peony Sympathy Card

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Another sympanthy card for my stash.  Still using my new supplies...

The stamp is from Stampin Up...Prized Peony, and my desinger paper is Peony Garden.

I used a die cut from Our Daily Bread designs for the border. 

Hubby colored my flower for mewith copics.

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Hope everyone is safe and healthy

Blessings,

Jill

Card for my Neighbor

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I made this card for my neighbot who was one of my crafting buddies.  I so miss crafting with her!

This card is supposed to be her and her hubby.  They go walking almost every day.  If it's a light rain they are out walking, and if it's hot they are out walking with the umbrellas (they're goft umbrellas)

Jim I noticed them last year using the umbrellas on hot days, and we thought it was a great idea so now we sometimes do that too.  Yes, we get strange looks...but I must admit, it does help keep the sun's hot rays off of us when we walk.  Our neighbors are much younger then we are...and I thought it the young people could do that...It's probably even better that us OLD people do that.

My card was made using a stamp from Stampin Up  (From our house to yours)and a stamp from Sweet N Sassy  I made the card using the Double Z Fold!

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Blessings,

Jill

Perfect Peacock

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This is another image that my hubby colored for me to make into a card.

I just love his copic coloring  (I am not good at copic coloring)

It may be that I don't have much patience with it.

So all I had to do with this card...Is make a card base, and glue.

You might be seeing this same card on his blog too.  

This fabulous image is an image from Stampin Up called Perfect Peacock

and the stamp was a gift to Jim from a generous friend of ours Em

(Em thank you again so much)  I forgot to get a link to your blog...

but a link to Em's fabulous cards is on my side bar.

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Blessings,
Jill

Prize peony bridge card

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I'm still trying to use my new Stampin Up goodies.  

I know that this card seems a bit strange, a flower in the front and a tree  that looks like it has snow.  I showed to my hubby and he said,  "Well, sometimes we get a late snow when flowers are blooming..."   Ok, I'll take that as my story...for this card.

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Keep safe,

Blessings,

Jill

TLC Carved wood Background

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When I visited Splitcoast Stampers this morning...I really liked the cards using this weeks Technique.  The challenge is called The Carved wood technique.

This is the link at Split coast that showed the video on how to do it.

https://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/technique-lovers-challenge-f44/tlc808-~-carved-wood-background-~-08-17-20-a-t634847.html#post21986088

Hopefully that link works.  It was a video showing Gina K demonstrating the technique.  Really like her videos.  I have learned so much from them.

I entered this card at Split coast for this week's TLC challenge,

and I am going to enter this in this month's NBUS challene.

My NBUS item is the stencil that I used for my background.  I had forgotten that I even had that stencil.  I really enjoyed doing that technique and I KNOW I will trying it again.

It's easy!

And I like easy.

My stencil is from TCW,

I sponged my background with Memento ink and and then scored it with  my scorepal

I added a fence sticker which had been in my craft room for a long time.  And I also die cut a bird house which was a die from Impression Obssession.

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Blessings,

Jill

Sympathy card

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I made the above card for one of my neighbors who recently lost her mother.

Today would have been my Mother's birthday...It's been 10 years since I lost her...

so ...while I was making this card I felt a little teary eyed for my neighbor,  and also for remembering what today was...

Sorry, I was trying to think of a way to make this post a bit more cheery...but I kind of failed.

I do feel a bit better lately that I am back making cards again.

It has definitely helped my morale  (ecept today...smile)

At least it was NOT another opressive hot day today.  I was definitely thankful for that.  I actually sat out in my favorite reading place (My back porch)  Reading while wearing a sweater.  A nice cool breeze was blowing.

My card was made using the Prized Peony designer paper, and die from Elizabeth craft, andSpellbinders (Gilded Gate)

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Hope you have a great weekend.

Blessings,

Jill

Prized Peony in red

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This makes the third prized peony card I have made.  And yes, another one that had been colored with copics by my hubby.  He has actually, so far, colored 7 images for me.  So I have a few more to go.  And as you can see, it has definitely inspired me to get back to card making again.

This one was colored with copic colors R29, R39, G46, and YG0000.

I used my A2 curved matting dies to die cut my background.  I used an embossing folder to give it some texture. Stampin up Fancy Fan, 

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Blessings,

Jill

Prized Peony in Yellow

Yes, Another card made with my Prized Peony goodies.  I told you there would be more.  

I can't take too much credit for this card.  I made the card base, and stamped the flower.  My hubby colored the flower, colored the background with copics, and also used wink of stella on the bottom of the card where the lace is.

As I said before, He loves to color  using copics...but I also think he's bored since we don't go out too much these days.  But it makes me happy that he is helping me with the coloring....I've been able to get more cards done that way.

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Hope you have a great weekend!
Blessings,
Jill

Prized Peony

Since so many of the stores that I used to shop out have closed...I decided to treat myself to a Stampin Up order.  I really like the Prized Peony stamp set.  So I purchased the stamp set, matching paper, and the matching dies and ribbon.  So You might see a lot of cards being posted here using those materals.

My hubby colored the flower for me with copics.  I used the sentiment that came with the set, and heat embossed it. 

So far, I don't think I've had a problems with the new blogger yet.  When I logged into my blog the new format came up and I changed it back to the old one.  I know that it will automaticly change soon and I will have to use the new format.  Not looking forward to that...I'm not good with changes.

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Blessings,
Jill

My daughter's Anniversary card

 My daughter's Anniversary is this week, and this is the card that I made for her
I didn't give it to her yet...but  she rarely looks at my blog, so I double very much she would see it before I give it to her...
It was made using Stampin' Up's Embrace Each Moment's stamp.  I wish I had been patient enough to wait till my hubby had time to color this stamp, I think he would have done a much better job of coloring this with copics... (he's the expert in the family... smile

This isn't the greatest picture taken of the happy couple on their wedding day, but it was quickest one I could find.  It was photographed from a scrapbook page, so It didn't photograph too well.
My daughter made her wedding dress.

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Blessings,
Jill

40th Birthday card

Anyone who has been on my blog before would know how much I like to try fancy fold cards.  I think the above card is called a double z card.  I found the instructions for the card on Pinterest.
It's the first time I tried this one.  I know I want to try another one...so this might help to inspire me to keep on making cards.

My car stamp is from "our Daily Bread Designs"

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Blessings,
Jill