gift cards...

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Since I mostly give gift cards for Christmas...

I decided to make some cards to put them in...

I'm also showing with the bottom pic what they look like inside...

This great tutorial helped me with making these cards...

https://www.jansstampingcreations.com/2015/11/gift-card-holder-from-one-12-x-12-piece-of-designer-series-paper-easy.html

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

and in case I don't get back to my blog till after Christmas...

I want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas...

Blessings,

Jill

Yes, More Christmas cards again

More Christmas cards and I'm again trying to make them quick...because of the time crunch.
I used Kaisercraft designer paper and a pack of their collectibles for embellishment!

Thank you for visiting my blog today
Blessings
Jill

Christmas cards using Kaisercraft paper

Since I was so behind in getting my Christmas cards made and in the mail I used some Kaisercraft Designer paper and Kaisercraft "collectables" to help me make some quick cards and cards that hopefully would need only one stamp to mail...

Thank you for stopping by my blog today
Blessings,
Jill

More poppy cards

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I had posted a pink poppy card a few weeks back,  and now here comes my purple poppy card, and my yellow poppy card.

I used a stamp by stampendous...Pretty Poppies  CRS5096

colored the cards with copics.

I gave these two cards as Christmas gifts, I forgot to take pics of the little sentiment cards that I enclosed inside the cards. For each of the cards.  I made up three sentiment cards...each with a different sentiment, One for a Birthday card, one for a Sympathy card, and sentiment that could be used for everyday.  I put strips of removable tape on the back of the sentiment squares so that they could pull off the tape liner and put down which sentiment they wanted to use for their card.

Speaking of Yellow

I made the above card for a former classmate of my daughter.  We were talking at my daughter's Christmas party when I told her that I could not participate in some of the games because I have vertigo right now.  She asked how I got that because she told me that she had the same problem.  I told her how my hubby at to take me to the emergency room a few weeks ago because of it and some other problems.  I thought that when he took me to the emergency room that they would treat me, maybe keep me for the night!    But No, they kept me for a few days and while I was there....because of the dizziness, that I was feeling, I wasn't allowed out of bed.

My daughter's friend looked at me, and said "Did they give you the yellow socks?"  

I said "Yes!"   And that's how I found out that was the code for me not being allowed to get out of bed.  When my mother was in the hospital she always came home with slipper socks but they were always blue or another color.  I don't ever remember her having "yellow" socks!

To me that was a perfect opportunity to make a personalized card for my daughter's friend.

I made the card to read...

The stockings were hung...

and on the inside

by the chimney with care.

knowing that there would always be

yellow socks to wear.

Hope she got a chuckle out of it.

Thank you for stopping by my blog today

Blessings,

Jill ---Who always has cold feet

and is wearing her yellow slipper socks.

More Christmas cards using oxide ink

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I have the link for the tutorial that I used for these cards in my previous post.  These were fun to make and I want to try this technique again...making something other than Christmas cards...  I added a sentiment to all of my cards before I mailed them out.  I just realized that I forgot to retake the pics.

Besides using ranger's oxide ink...I used dies from Impression Obsession, Penny Black, and Memory Box for the frames...

Thank you for visiting my blog today,
Blessings,
Jill

Christmas cards using Oxide Ink

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I made these cards using Ranger's distress Oxide ink,

for my background.

and used a tutorial by Jennifer Mcquire...

which can be found here...

https://www.jennifermcguireink.com/2018/11/distress-monoprint-over-25-card-ideas-want-a-card.html

My church dies were from Cottage Cutz, and my star die cuts are from SweetNSassy.

And my frame dies were from Memory Box...

Thank you for visiting my blog...

Blessings,

Jill

Finally getting some of my Christmas cards done

I'm finally getting some of my Christmas cards done and some also managed to make in the mail.

This is one card that I know was received.  My hubby colored the image with copics (that shows inside the card).  I wanted to add something more, the inside seemed so plain.  I didn't want to go overboard with embellishments ( like I sometimes do...smile)  because I'm trying to keep my cards as flat as possible this year so I don't have to put on extra postage like I usually end up doing.

The image was stamped using a SweetNSassy stamp.  The inside of the card was made using the same technique I used for the previous card I posted...(found the fold at Jennifer Mcquire blog).

Thank you for visiting my blog today.
Hope to get back tomorrow to post some more...
Blessings
Jill

Masculine Birthday card

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I think I actually made this card this past June...and I'm finally getting around to posting it.
Yikes!  Where does the time go???????

I made the card using a stamp from Our Daily Bread Designs...Artistic Outpost...The stamp name is Gatsby.  I made the inside of the card using a technique from Jennifer macQuire's blog   I like how the inside reminds you of a book.   So I stamped "The Great Gatsby on the side of the card.

Thank you for visiting my blog today
Blessings,
Jill    <---who busy="" cards="" christmas="" font="" is="" make="" to="" trying="">

Birthday card for my Daughter...

Today is my daughter's birthday...and this is the card that I made for her...
She loves to bake and cook...(Probably got the "cooking" gene from her father...
(not me)  smile...

The stamps that I used were from "Sweet N Sassy" stamps.  I colored the images with copics.
My sentiment was computer generated.

Hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving.  I did...My daughter cooked for us!  It was great, as always.

Thank you for visiting my blog today.
Blessings,
Jill

Poppy card from craft night

 Card Inside

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Front of card

I realized especially this past week...

How much I have missed my crafting buddies...

They really help to get me inspired to try making cards again.

It's been for a variety of reasons that we haven't been able to get together as much.  When we are able to get together I really appreciate how special the time is and, of course, how special they are.

This past week I called it project poppy, because three of us were coloring the poppy images.   I had these stamps with the matching dies for at least two years and they have just been  sitting in a drawer in my craft room.  I thought it was way past time they got used.

I colored my poppies with copics.

YG61, YG63, 100, N4, R22, R21, B91

My stamps are from Stampendous!

(Cling Pretty Poppies  CRS5096

I used an embossing folder that I borrowed from one of crafting buddies (forgot to write down the name) to mount my poppies to the front of the card.

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Blessings,

Jill

Birthday Card for my neighbor

 Here it is a month again since I last posted 

Yikes!  Where does the time go?

I made the above card for someone who moved into my 

Neighborhood last year, and to add to my joy...

She has become one of our weekly crafting buddies.

I've been a bit under the weather...so I have not

done too much crafting, but I knew I had to try

and make a card for her.

This card was quick and easy and at least it has

gotten me back into card making again.

The stamp is from Julie Nutting,

I paper pieced it, and did some simple coloring

with copics.

Hubby bought me these lovely "Get Well" flowers...

and yes they did help to brighten my spirits.

Thank You for stopping by my blog...

Blessings,

Jill

Birthday Card!

I made the above card for Carol of...
http://ourlittleinspirations.blogspot.com/

Since she kindly let me know that she received her card...
I can post it now.  This is another card that my hubby colored for me using copics.  (Not sure where he found the image)

Carol, you may be about the only one who received one of my cards on or before their actual birthday.  I did not do well this year.  Most of my cards have been late or never even made it to the mailbox.  Hopefully, I'll do better from here on in...
How did life get so busy?

If you have the chance stop by and wish Carol, a Happy Birthday!

Thanks for stopping by my blog...
Blessings,
Jill

At Last I'm posting again...

Oh where does the time go...

I can't believe that it's been almost a month since I last  posted...

Anyway...below is the card that I made for my husband's birthday!

Which is today...

I know it's kind of a strange card...

But my hubby seemed to like it.

I got the inspiration for the card design from a magazine

(no longer in print)  Card maker magazine.

I think my Iris folding got a little wonky in this card.

If you have a chance could you please stop by his blog and wish him a Happy Birthday.

https://irishdreamweaver.blogspot.com/

I know that his birthday is almost over...

but we were away for the day and this is the first chance I had to post his card.

We managed to go to a restaurant that will give you a free meal on your birthday.  It is usually about a 45 minute drive from our home.  Today we could add about another 30 minutes to our drive due to all the detours that we had to take getting there.  Lots of bridges and roads out...some being repaired others may be because of all the rain that we have had this summer.

When I think about the inconvenience of that...I also think about about all the hardships the people are experiencing in the Carolinas right now due to the weather.  My heart and prayers go out to them.

This was one of the walk ways at the restaurant.

It just looked so pretty to me today...walking under all those trees.

Thank you for visiting my blog today

Blessings,

Jill

PS.  I will try and play catch up tomorrow with my

commenting on blogs.

Card made for this week's Featured stamper Challenge

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I made this card in honor of this week's featured stamper at Split coast Stampers.."NerdyBeth"

This is the card that I cased

https://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/2367720?&cat=500&ppuser=157841

I like how Beth used her Designer paper in the background

 ( I used Graphic 45 on my background.  Beth mentioned in the comments that the image she used on her card was the very first Stampin' Up image that she had purchased.

  It made me think back to which stamp was my very first stamp that I purchased through Stampin' Up and it was the "Chef" stamp.  I purchased it to make cards for my hubby (who is a great Chef) (In my kitchen) 

  I showed this card to my husband and he said "It looks like he's wearing Fish net Stockings!"  I guess he does, now that I took another look on the card.  Oh well, I hope I get an A for effort.

I made this caard with Graphic 45 paper for my background, and paper pieced my stamped image...

Thank you for visiting my blog today

Blessings,

Jill

Card made for This week's Feature Stamper Challenge

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I made this card for this week's feature Stamper Challenge at Split Coast Stampers..
Dani D is this week's featured Stamper.  She has a lot of wonderful cards in her gallery.
This is her card that I chose to case...

https://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/2799541?&cat=500&ppuser=155555

If you looked at Dani's card...You will see that my card does not really look anything like her lovely card.    But her card, sure did inspire me to take out this stamp set (from TPC Studio) 
The stamp set has occupied space in my craft room for quite some time.  Until last night,
the stamp set had not touched ink.

After my long dry spell where I could not seem to  get inspiration to make even one card.
I challenged myself to get back into crafting by using a 12 X 12 pack of designer paper (Used it down to snippets of paper left)   That Challenge worked for me.

My new challenge for this month is to use rubber stamps that have yet to see ink.
Well now there is one less stamp set in my craft room that has NOT seen ink...
Hopefully, I can follow through with challenging myself to use more UNUSED stamps.
And as Darnell would say NBUS stamps.

Thank you for visiting my blog today
Blessings,
Jill

Card for this week's Featured Stamper

I made this card to case this week's featured stamper at Split Coast Stampers.

Here is the card that I cased from Jenny's gallery..
https://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/2873679?&cat=500&ppuser=430631

I liked Jenny's card layout...It's one that I will definitely use again...

My card was made using Boo Bunny Designer paper.  I fussy cut out a flower from the designer paper.  I stamped my sentiment using a stamp from SweetNSassy.

I needed to make a sympathy card and I knew Jenny's layout would work for my card.
I also made a matching memory bracelet to go along with the card.

Hope Jenny enjoys her week as featured stamper.  I know that I did last week...I think I still feel like I'm 6 feet off the ground.

Thank you for visiting my blog
Blessings,
Jill

Okay, Carol, thank you for the nice comment on this card... and I tried to enlarge this picture so you could see it better..

I always thought that if people clicked on my photos they would get larger for them...am I wrong?

3d card

I made this card for my dear crafting buddy, Kathi...
It's a 3d card.  This is one of the techniques that I started me card making.  When I was on the Circle of Crafters forum (Now, it's sadly closed)  This was one of the most popular techniques.  A lot of people would share 3d sheets that you print.  The one thing with the sheets is that it required a lot of fussy cutting.  Fortunately, it's one thing that I like to do.  However, this card above was made with a sheet that I purchased at a craft store.  One of the advantages of this craft sheet is that I did NOT have to fussy cut.  Just pop the pieces out of the sheet and layer them with dimensionals in between the layers.  Obviously, my friend Kathi has cats...smile.

Thank you for visiting my blog today
Blessings,
Jill

This is a spirelli card that I made for a friend.  I have a spirelli punch that I used to cut out my
spirelli circle to  wrap my  embroidery thread around.  I layered it on top of a spellbinder's die  "Beaded Circles" added a brad and a ribbon.  My sentiment was stamped with a stamp from Stampendous!

Thank you for visiting my blog today.
Blessings,
Jill

Stained Glass Technique

Anniversary card for my neighbors.  It's not the greatest pic...but I already given them the card so I can't take another picture.  I made this card using the Stained glass technique.  I had made a card using that technique a few weeks ago and posted the card at Split Coast Stampers...until I posted my card there...   I didn't realize the name for this technique...  So here is the directions for making a stained glass card.
https://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/stainedglass1/

My card was made using a stamp from SweetNSassy...colored with copics.  added an oval cut out with a lacy die and added ribbon and lace.

Thank you for visiting my blog today
Blessings,
Jill

Made this at my class yesterday

I made this necklace at a beading class yesterday.  This was my very first beading class.
I really enjoyed myself.  It was held at a big box store, by an instructor who told us it was her very first class.  If she hadn't told us that....we would have never known.  She was really 
good, and I learned a lot.  She didn't seem to mind answering my million questions...smile.
If you're reading this Cynthia...Every word is true...(she might be reading this post because I gave her the link to my blog...smile.)

I have made one other necklace from a beading kit...and my Thursday night buddies helped me with making it.  ( With Cindy's instructions...I did make more of this by
myself).  Thank you Cindy...It was a fun class, and I am signing up for me...

Thank you for visiting my blog today
Blessings,
Jill

Iris folding card

 The above card was made using a free pattern that I had found at the card forum "Circle of Crafters"  sadly that forum no longer exists.  I was on that forum for a number of years and that is where I learned how to do Iris Folding, Tea bag folding, and 3D cards.  
Those are the card techniques that I used when I first started making cards.  I still enjoy all those techniques...but don't use them as much anymore.

I used the last of the scrapbook designer paper that I purchased at Paper wishes  (the Hot of the press 12 pack called "Charming"  I managed to make 21 cards using it. (Down to tiny scraps of paper)

It was a good decision on my part to challenge myself that way.  Or I would never have made that
many cards to fill my almost empty stash box.

The pic below is some of the cards grouped together.  They are not all shown because some of them have been given out already.

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Blessings,
Jill

pop up box card

lI made this card using instructions that I found here...
https://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/popupboxcard/

I found making the basic box fairly easy.  Where I had a difficult time was trying to put my flowers inside the box.  This card was my second attempt...

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Blessings,
Jill

Quilt Card

I made another card with the snippets left from the designer paper I purchased...Hot off the Press, 12 count paper pack (Charming)  I'm getting to the end of the cards to show you made with this designer paper pack
.
I think my next way to challenge myself...Is either to start with new paper...or start using all the rubber stamps I have that have not touched ink...(That would keep me busy for a long time).

I added vellum to stamp my sentiment using a stamp from North woods rubber stamps.  I heat embossed it with black embossing powder...added brads and a ribbon.

Thank you for visiting my blog today
Blessings,
Jill

Inchies Card

I made this inchies card using scraps from my designer paper...I punched out the square tiles using Two punches...One from EK success, and the other one from paper shapers.
I die cut the hello sentiment Using a die from Our Daily Bread Designs.  Added a ribbon

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Blessings,
Jill

Easel Card

Not sure how I feel about this card...I like Easel Cards...so I wanted to give this card fold another try...And it's done in my favorite color combo... and I'm still using up my designer paper that I purchased from Paper wishes...(Hot of the press, Charming paper pack)
I'm finally getting down to end of the paper...I only have three more cards to post.

I'm so glad I tried using it for inspiration.  After weeks of not being able to make a card...It, obviously, inspired me.

Thank you for visiting my blog today
Blessings,
Jill

Inlay Card

I made this card using a tweezers to inlay the tiny pieces inside  the teapot.
I die cut out the Serendipity Teapot and put it on Sticker paper first for the pieces to adhere inside the pot.
I used an Our Daily Bread die to cut out the word Hello.  Added lace and a ribbon. My card base is made with more of my Hot of the press Designer paper (Charming)

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Blessings,
Jill

Stencil Card

I made this card using a Dreamweaver Stencil for my Umbrella...
and yes, Again, some more of my same Designer paper...(that I used in my last couple of cards)!

I used my Spellbinder Grand Nestabilities round die for the frame...which I cut out of Stampin' Up Wood grain paper pack.  I added two stickers made by Jolee,   I cut a cloud out of a die by SweetNSassy.  I used a pre colored piece of vellum for my sand, and I colored some vellum with Tim Holtz Distress ink for the ocean in the background.

Thank you for visiting my blog today.
Blessings,
Jill

Side Step Card

I found the instructions to make this side step card here...

https://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/sidestepcard/

This is one of my favorite folds.  I have lost count as to how many cards I have made with this fold.

I again used my same "Hot of the press" designer paper (Charming)  One thing you may have figured out if you've seen any of my last eight cards.     Is that, I like to make cards using designer paper.
Considering how much designer paper I have left in my craft room.  I could probably make cards with it till about 2030?

I used three dies on this card all made by Impressions Obsession.  bench die 244-H,
Dog die 142-J
Tree die-084V.  I also added an embellishment from Graphic 45,  and some twine, 

Thank you for visiting my blog today...
Blessings,
Jill

Vellum Card

I was trying to straighten up my craft room and get it more organized  (A Lost Cause)
As soon as I make another card...well, I think some of you may know what I am talking about...smile

While trying to straighten up things...I found a pack of vellum paper that I didn't know I still had.
So naturally, I had to try and make something using it.

My vellum was stamped with gold embossing powder, and then colored on the other side of the paper with copic pens.  I die cut the flower with a Spellbinder oval die cut.  Added  a strip of lace and a ribbon...

My stamp set is from SweetNSassy stamps...My paper was purchased from Paper Wishes...Hot off the press designer paper  Called Charming.

Thank you for visiting my blog today.
Blessings,
Jill

Twisted Pop Up Card

I found the instructions to make this card here...

https://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/twistedpopupcard/

At Split Coast Stampers it's called Twisted Pop Up Card...
But I have seen it on the Internet as Pop and Twist...or
Twist and Pop..

I lost count as to how many I have made of these cards...I think this one makes number 8.

My card, again, was made using some of my Hot of the press designer paper, Charming.

I added some butterflies that I fussy cut out of designer paper (forgot to write down the name)
I used a Spellbinder die for the White trim inside the card.  I wanted it to look like a Trellis.  The die I used is called Crisscross.  I stamped my sentiment on the front of the card using  a stamp from SweetNSassy.

Thank you for visiting my blog today
Blessings,
Jill