Oldie Moldie Monday

 It is Monday - time to make a card using your old supplies.

I found this image in my watercolor supplies and I colored it up and made a card.  One more Christmas card for 2023.

Remember to show some love for your old supplies.

Oldie Moldie Monday

It is Monday - time to show some love for your old supplies.

I found this stamped image in some of my card making images.  It needed to be made into a card.

Sympathy cards are so hard to make sometimes that I find it a good idea to keep some on hand.

Thanks for stopping by and remember to show some love for your old supplies. 

Oldie Moldie Monday

 It is Monday, time to show some love for your old supplies.

I am making some collages to be sent into an organization that is collection for their patients.

As I was cleaning (I have found marvelous things as I cleaned) I found a card I had made.  It had been damaged but the focal point of the card was still in good shape.  I trimmed it out and made it into a collage.  I hope it brings a sparkly smile to someone's face.

The collages are four inch squares.

Here is a close up of the flower made from book pages.  It looks like it was sprayed with a glittery spray.  More gel glitter was added around the edges of the flower and the center.  I fussy cut the butterfly out and added to the flower.

Remember to show some love to your old supplies or old creations.

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Happy Little Stampers May Stencil Challenge

It is May and time for a new Stencil Challenge at Happy Little Stampers.  The challenge is always Anything Goes so very easy to play along.

My stencil card used a rice paper image from Joggles.  I loved the beautiful design and colors. I used two different stencils for the background.  The dots are scattered around the entire card and the leaves are clustered around the image.  Oxide ink was used for the stenciling.  I die cut a thank you sentiment with the same card stock used to mat the card front.

It went to a very special friend who sent me a piece of her lovely artwork.

Here is a close up of the focal point with the leaves stenciled around it.

Dig out your stencils and join us for our May Stencil Challenge.  

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May Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge

It is May and time for a new Christmas Challenge at Happy Little Stampers.  The challenge is always anything goes but there is an optional twist so this gives you the opportunity to get a head start on your Christmas/Holiday cards for this year.  The optional twist this month is Trim the Tree.  I chose to go with the tree and it is trimmed.

The image is a stamp from Colorado Craft Company.  I have had it a couple years and decided I needed to use it.  I cannot lie it was a little difficult to stamp because of the fine lines in the image and I was trying to heat emboss the image.

The purple background was made by painting gesso on newsprint and after it dried you add watercolor.  I did manage to get lots of variation in the color purple for my background.  I take my backgrounds to a copy place and copy them so I will always have this background to use in the future.  I stamped the image with VersaMark Ink and embossed with a super fine embossing powder.  I stamped the sentiment and backed the purple strip with vellum so it would stand out from the tree design.  I matted it in purple and added to a white card base.

I even stamped the image on the envelope in purple ink.  I finished the inside of the card also with a sentiment and a strip of the purple patterned paper.  I made two of this card.

Here is another version of the same card.  The background rainbow paper is recycled packaging from a stencil set I bought.  I know who is getting this card and she loves rainbows.

Please join us at Happy Little Stampers May Christmas Challenge.

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May Happy Little Stampers Birthday Challenge

It is the beginning of May and time for you to participate in the new Birthday Challenge at Happy Little Stampers.  The challenge is always Anything Goes so easy to participate.  I know you have birthdays coming up that you need a card for so why not get ahead on your to do list of cards to make.

My card this month does not have any sort of Happy Birthday greeting on the front of the card but it is a birthday card.  I did not want to distract from the words that were on the front of the card in the image.  The card went to my great niece who is a beautiful artist.  I do hope she likes the color purple.

The image is from Woodware Stamps.  It was colored with copics.  The background was done with a stencil and oxide inks.  I thought it turned out so fun.  She loves cats.

Please join us for our May Birthday challenge at Happy Little Stampers.

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Oldie Moldie Monday

 It is Monday - time to show some love for your old supplies.

I found this paper when I was cleaning - I believe the penguin was talking to me that he needed to be made into a card - I made him into a card for 2023 holiday season.

Remember to show some love for your old supplies.  They still make great cards.

Thanks for stopping by.