The Greeting Farm masculine card creepin crew

This card was made using a creepin crew stamp from The Greeting Farm. I colored his hair, face and inner shirt with copics. The guitar is paper glazed and the shirt and pants are paper pieced. The paper line is from DCWV. The metal letters are from my stash, I believe they were from making memories, I have had them quite awhile. The strips are from the same paper line I was trying to do faux washi tape since I do not have any. The image is cut out will a spellbinders die that I had also used on the inside. The little box was made using the sizzix box #2 die that I had used the same paper line on and added a sentiment from Stampin Up.
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Greeting Farm Creepin Crew friend card

This A2 size card was made using "Harlow" from the Greeting Farm Creepin Crew stamp set. The papers used are from My Minds Eye. "Harlow" is paper pieced with My Minds Eye paper and colored in using alchohol markers. The sentiment is from the same stamp set and punched out with the Stampin Up wide oval punch. The bow is white seam binding from Hug Snug. The goggles are glossy accented.
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Teacher Easel Box Card

Here is an easel box card that was made for my daughter's teacher. The card and box are 5"x5" square. The notebook background paper was plain white cardstock that I had used a ruler and drew lines on and then stamped with an assortment of stamps. I used the Stampin Up spiral punch for the notebook edging. The girl is a C.C. Designs "Honey Teacher" stamp that I paper pieced and colored in with alcohol markers and matted with spellbinders. The "Just for you, Teacher" sentiment stamp is from the "More Gift card sentiments" stamp set  from My Creative Time. On the drawer of the box I had stamped and colored the pencil and apple separately and added glossy accents and then adhered them to the front of the drawer. The drawer pull is a Tim Holtz hitch fastener. The red and green designer paper is from Stampin Up. Inside the drawer we placed some sticky notes and shaped paperclips.
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Birthday Card

This card was made for my daughter using a couple of retired sets from Stampin Up (little girl and balloons). The clouds are from a CTMH stamp. The butterlies are from the Stampin Up sizzix beautiful wings die which I have placed a pearl in the center of the butterflies. The grass is from a TAC stamp set which I stamped in wild wasabi ink from SU and sponged around the bottom edge in the same ink color. The clouds and girl were masked and sponged with SU sky ink as well. I then cut the image out with my nestabilities and layed with another nestabilitie die. The balloons were stamped on different patterened papers and cut out. I then placed them on foam dots to add dimension. I adhered some white floss for the strings of the balloons and attached them to her hand, I added the button for a little added interest. The girls overalls and top were paper pieced and shaded with markers.

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Magic birthday card

This card was made for a friend's birthday. I used a stamp from Stampin Up and colored it with copic markers and cut out with square nestabilities. that was layered on a square scalloped nestabilitie. Using a stamp-a-ma-jig, I stamped the image on a piece of acetate to match up with the colored image and adhered both pieces with a Stampin Up round tab punch (I adhered one end to the back of colored image and the other end to the front of acetate so that it created a hinge). This is a 5x5 card with two background layers, the acetate and image are sandwiched between a layer of cardstock that is mounted to the card with dimensionals, when you pull up on the tab the colored image is revealed under the acetate. I framed the image with a scalloped square nestabilitie with a square cut from center and embellished the corners with brads.

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Paisely birthday card - hula hoop dog

This card was made using the Paisley cartridge that my daughter and I made for her friend's birthday. She picked out the colors that she thought her friend would like. The background papers are from the Flower Shower stack from DCWV. I used Scribbles glittering crystal 3d paint on the collar and hoop for some added sparkle. The sentiment is from a Hero Arts stamp set embossed with white embossing powder ad placed a bling on each side with my i-rock.
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Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Here is a card I made for Thanksgiving. The turkey is a D.O.T.S. "Terrific Turkey" stamp and I stamped it with stazon ink on watercolor paper and used my Stampin Up markers to color him in. I then cut some leaves with a cuttlebug die and adhered them on my image.  I used the I-Rock to attach the bling on the leaves and on the card. The background paper is some old paper I had in my stash. Each layer was matted on dark brown cardstock and then added to a crumb cake A2 size card base. And then I added a ribbon bow. Thanks for looking and to my family, friends, and fellow crafters THANK YOU!!! for inspiring me each and every day.

Birthday card

Here is a birthday card that I had made for a friend. I used an oval frame and the birthday cuttlebug folder for the background and sprayed with some homemade glimmer mist and used my sponge dauber with ink to outline the cuttlebug image. I stamped the cake and sentiment using a Stampin Up set and colored in with my markers. I then placed some beaded trim around the oval with glossy accents (this was tricky since the beads kept moving, I should have used my glue gun for instant tack but you know how it is when you want to use something you cannot find it). I then tied a bow on the front and mounted the card front onto my card. I then added some bling and sparkle to the candles.

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Halloween series #4 Puss and boots halloween

This card was made using the Cat and Friends stamp set from Inkadinkadoo. This cat reminds me of Puss and Boots. I stamped the cat on watercolor paper and colored in using Stampin Up markers and a water brush and then distressed the edges. The stamped layer was layered onto a orange layer which had the edges distressed and the they were layered onto a purple patterned paper layer. The dotted background was layered on a purple patterned layer and added to the black card. A 1/2" strip was cut from the purple patterned paper and attached diagonally to the card front layer. I used my dymo label maker to add the trick or treat. I finally added sparkle to the leaves, patches and buckle on the hat.
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Halloween series #3 Ravens

This card was made using Stampin Up's "Aviary", "Graveyard Gala" and "From the Crypt" stamp sets. The purple background paper was stamped with the skull in From the Crypt and embossed with clear embossing, then crinkled to get the aged effect. I tore the edges of one side and sponged around all the edges. The black background was embossed with the swiss dots cuttlebug embossing folder and the edges were distressed. I stamped the birdcages and ravens and cut them out. I attached the birdcages with dimesionals and placed a brad in the top of each cage. I strung some beads on a corsage pin for the stick pin and placed it into the ribbon. The orange tag was a Studio G stamp clear embossed and then cut out and attached to the ribbon. I added some black brads around the corners of the purple layer and added some sparkle with Scribbles glittering crystal 3d paint (great alternative to stickles).
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Stampin Up Fishing card

This card was made for a co-worker who loves to fish. I first stamped the fishing lures on the card in crumb cake for a background, then I took glossy white cardstock and added ink and alcohol on a sponge to add the marbled effect on top of that I stamped the fishing stamp using black stazon ink. I matted that on a piece of yellow cardstock that had the lures stamped in gold and then matted onto a piece of old olive cardstock. The sentiment was stamped on yellow cardstock with the lures stamped in gold on the background and punched out with the word window punch and layered on the modern label punch and brads were placed at both ends. All stamps are from Stampin Up.

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Stay tuned, I will have a Halloween series coming up with a few Halloween ideas running through my mind.

Brayered Deer Birthday card

This card has to be one of my favorite cards. I used the brayer in Marina Mist and Night of Navy for the sky and water. The stamp set is from Stampin Up.  I mirrored image the stamp to reflect in the water. I used SU weathered background stamp for the background on the card and also on the photo corners that were stamped and embossed and then popped up with dimensionals. With my white gelly roll pen I did some highlighting in the tree and water. I am very pleased at how this card has turned out. Thanks for looking

Fairy "Thank You" cards

I was recently RAK'd a set of Studio G Series 28 stamps "Fairy Set" from an awesome crafter on the Splitcoast messageboard.  Although Studio G stamps are not of the highest quality stamps (sometimes you need to condition them to stamp well), I think this set is awesome. I made a set of four 3 1/2" x 3 1/2" cards. I used four images of fairies from the set and colored them in with watercolor pencils and waterpen.  The pixie dust circle around the fairies are from the cuttlebug cut and emboss die fairy dust I found at Big Lots.  The "Thank You" stamp in the corner is from a stamp set from The Angel Company. I used Scribbles glittering crystal 3D paint on the wings (This is a cheap alternative to stickles).  I cut a one inch strip for a belly band and embossed with  the "Textile" cuttlebug folder. The pixie dust circles and belly band were misted with some homemade glimmer mist (would love to try the real glimmer mist just can't afford it) and lightly brushed across embossing with a gold ink pad. I layered some paper flowers from Michaels dollar bin and placed a brad in the center. I used the "Tiny Tags" stamp set to stamp the sentiment and the Jewlery tag from Stampin Up to punch out the tag and placed that on the flower with the brad. There are some really awesome, kind people out there who get overlooked by all the negativity in this world.  I am so glad that I have had the opportunity to meet with some of them. Thank you!! and thanks for looking at my creations.

Stampin Up Wedding Card

This card was made for a friend who recently got married.  I used the Cuttlebug embossing folder "birds and swirls" for the background and stamped an image from an older Stampin Up wedding set colored with a blender pen and Stampin Up inks.  The ribbon is Stampin Up's white organza (gorgeous ribbon). The "Mr & Mrs" is an older Stampin Up set "Fancy Flexible Phrases", I use this set alot.  The colors are Baja Breeze and White. Used the flower from Stampin Up's Itty Bitty Shapes Punch pack for the added flowers and placed a pearl bling in the centers. Love the elegance of this card. Thanks for looking.

Spongebob card

This card I had made for my grandson who loves Spongebob. I used the Spongebob cricut cartridge and I must say this was one of the hardest cuts that I've had to do with my cricut, there are so many small pieces and this was a fairly big card. Even though it was time consuming I was pleased with the outcome. Thanks for looking.

Retirement pockets

So I was asked by my co-workers to create some pockets to put inside a book for each person retiring this year. I made each pocket unique to the person. The pockets are 4x5" and will be filled with a gift card, they wanted to keep the packaging on the gift card for the recipient that's why the pockets are a bigger size than the normal credit card size. My favorite is the Elvis pocket. I took apart a floppy disk and used the inside as the record and cut out a silhouette on my cricut using scal. The music paper was from the Elvis song "Love me Tender" which I had printed on my computer and distressed.


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Evelyn