Top 10 cards of 2012

It looks like some of my favorites didn't make it to the top ten. It was hard to pick.

                         #1 This is a personal card made for my granddaughters 19th birthday.

 

           #2 Stamps by Stamp In the Hand. A Goodwill purchase. Colored with Distress Inks

 

                                                #3 Another pear stamp from the same set.

 

                        #4 Colored with Copics. I spritzed the background with Walnut inks.

 

#5 A La Blanche stamp colored with Copics

                                       #6 Another La Blanche stamp colored with Copics.

                                                            #7 Colored with Copics

                                                              #8 Colored with Copics

              #9 Distress inks directly to stamp. I can't remember if it was pads or markers

     #10 This is one of the cards I made with the Reverse Iris fold tutorial from the Stars and Stamps blog. I really enjoyed doing these.

I love you-End of the year group two!

The above cards were all part of the design of a sheet of very shimmery paper.

That's it folks! All of the love cards out of the folder.

I love You end of the year

It is time to get these on this blog so I can empty the card folder out a bit. So many I love you cards, lots of them valentines. Here goes.

The last pieces of this pad of Basic Grey used on the above cards.

Enough. I still have a couple left.

I miss you

Same basic design, different papers. I wanted to showcase this contemporary paper.

Personal Christmas cards

The bird images are a digi from Doodle Pantry. The carolers are a digi from Dearie Dolls. I embellished the cards with Glossy Accents, a Glaze pen, and because they were not going in the OWH box I also used Stickles and  Copic Spica Glitter pens.

ODBD challenge for December

 

 

 

 

 

 

The challenge is for a card with flowers. I made some cards using chipboard flowers. I tried to get a very contemporary look. Some I added gems to, others I used crystal lacquer. Some of the papers used I have had for years. Yes indeed, one has citrus fruit. I thought the flower was perfect as a center for that lime. On the last card it looks like I forgot to do some color correcting. Too Late! The paper is really much more colorful.

I love you times five

My folder of cards to be blogged is getting big. Time to do more than one. I was using up scraps or what someone referred to as the orphans of a big sheet.

Let it snow

This week at Operation Write Home the mid week throwdown is for a winter card.

Darice embossing folder
Recollections white glossy cardstock
Bazzill cardstock
Stampendous dot stickers in silver and black
Copic markers
    E23, BG0000, BG000, BG13

ODBD November challenge

On OWH the Our Daily Bread Design challenge was to use a technique or tool you hadn't used for some time. I got out a stipple brush and used a Brick Red Distress Ink on the focal point. The heart is a Tim Holtz stamp and the sentiment is from one of the Hero Arts & OWH stamp sets. The papers are some leftovers from my stash. I finished the card with We are Memory Keepers bakers twine. I popped up the focal point with Scotch foam tape.

I am working on masculine love cards. I made 3 with these papers. More to come with different papers, same design

Owl Always Love you

I seem to have a mental block with the valentines so I did a love card. I have so much colored cardstock I decided I would start using it for the base instead of white. We will see how that works. I trimmed down one of the Michael's card bases that are pretty light weight and added to the inside to firm up the card.

I will give a shot to doing the card deets. Not accustomed to doing that at all.

Scotch ATG
Bazzill cardstock-Hillary
dotted paper-Cosmo Cricket
plaid paper-Sassafras
owl and sentiment-Darcie's
Memento Tuxedo Black
Sakura clear glaze pen
Copic markers
  crown & wings-E33
  face-E81
  eyes-Y19 plus a yellow green Sharpie
  bottom tiers in order-Y61, G21, BG11, oops I forgot to write down the last color