No one is sick. I just don't seem to have a get well card available in my stash of greeting cards.
The A2 card blank is a die by Sizzix. I cut out the rest of the card elements using the same set.
On the front of the card, I stamped the leaves in Vivid Aqua and Spring Green. I stamped the butterfly in Raspberry. The stamps are made by Crafter's Companion and called Butterfly Dreams.
On the inside the of the card, I stamped the sentiment (Stampin' Up!) in Versafine Onyx and the butterfly again in Vivid Raspberry.
I am sharing this card with:
Splitcoast Stampers
Sunday Stamps Weekly Challenge - SSC235 Bright and Beautiful
With this card, I started with a green A7 card blank, measuring 4 1/2" by 6". The floral layer is 4" by 5 1/2", and the blue layer is 2 1/2" by 4". It was sewn into place through all of the layers, including the band, which measures 1/2" by 4".
I cut the pinwheel (Sizzix) out of white card stock and assembled it. I attached a green plaid brad at the center and popped it up using a small square of dimensional foam tape.
I am sharing with:
Splitcoast Stampers
Double "D" Challenges - Stitches Challenge
Today we celebrate the life of Franklynn. We had to euthanize him today, and we are sad. I made a card to honor him, and I gave it to my wife. It made her cry. This is him in his better days...blepping (tongue sticking out slightly).
And, here is the card:
I started with an A2 white card blank. I cut the green cardstock to 4 1/4" by 5 1/2". Then, I took a ruler and laid it corner to corner going both ways and marked it with a pencil. After that, I cut it using my paper trimmer. I adhered the two green triangles to the card blank as shown.
I stamped the cat from the Stampin' Up! set called Nine Lives on a piece of white cardstock using my Misti. I lined up the next image of the spots and stamped it. Then, I used the coordinating punch to cut the cat out. I glued it onto the bottom triangle. To finish it off, I stamped the sentiment on the white part of the card. I gave him green eyes by using dots of green Smooch.
I am sharing with:
Splitcoast Stampers
Freshly Made Sketches #443
Over at Splitcoast Stampers, the challenge for Thursday is Asia. Since we can't visit, we'll go there in our stamping and card-making. I've made two cards for this challenge.
For the Singing Crane, I used a stamp without identification for the crane and Hero Arts for the chops design. I stamped the crane in Versafine Onyx ink and the chops in Colorbox Lipstick Red. I adhered the panel to black cardstock and adhered that to a Bazzil red paper card blank measuring 4 1/4" by 5 1/2".
For the Thanks card, I stamp Hero Art Chinese characters on white cardstock with Versafine Onyx black and placed it askew on the red Bazzil paper. The large character, also by Hero Arts, was adhered to black cardstock. It is translated to mean "Thanks".
Crafting Happiness Challenge 56
For today's challenges, I made a tag. It's been ages since I've made a tag! Using this format was a nice change.
I started out with a manila-colored Tim Holtz Distress Tag. I inked it up directly on the tag using Distress Inkpads and a make-up applicator brush. I stamped the background curly-Qs using a stamp from the set. I stamped it three times across only inking on the first impression.
I used different Distress inks for the cat on a white sheet of cardstock. I stamped the cat's head and the triangles using other stamps from the same set. I die cut the head, body and tail and glued it to the tag. I stamped the sentiment, cut it apart and glued it in different areas of the tag. The stamps and dies are by Stampendous for Laurel Burch.
To finish it off, I used a Gelly Roll pen in "Clear Star" and drew over some of the curly-Qs in the background and a few of the triangles of the cat's body. Then, I cut lengths of yarn and inserted them into the hole and tied them off.
I'm sharing this tag with:
The Sisterhood of Crafters - "Ink It Up" Challenge
Tag Tuesday - "Put a Sentiment on It" Challenge
613 Avenue Create - "Anything Goes w/Optional Twist - The Sentiment As The Focal" Challenge
Love to Scrap Challenge Blog - #135 - Anything Goes
Mix it up Challenge - Anything Goes + Open Technique (mine is Direct to Paper)
Crafting Happiness Challenge 56
My celebration of our Independence Day (USA) continues with another one-layer card. For the other one that was for my cousin's Fourth-of-July birthday, see here.
This card was made using Hero Arts Quatros (Stars & Stripes) and Stampin' Up! (Send a Celebration) rubber stamps. I used Colorbox Chalk Warm Red and Vivid Bermuda Blue ink pads. I guess that I can also add that the A2-sized card is also CAS (Clean And Simple).
I am sharing this card with:
Hero Arts Challenge 11
Crafting Happiness Challenge 56
Seize the Birthday - Red, White and Blue
While I was in the studio, I made another card for some other challenges.
I started with a yellow cardstock A2 card blank. I used a stencil and Distress Inks to make the light pattern on the white cardstock. Then, I die cut the panel with the faux stitched tag. After that, I stamped the sentiment (PSX), which is the focal point, in the lower right-hand corner.
There's truth in that sentiment! When people say I can't wait until the next day, hour, minute, second, or whatever, I say, "Don't wish your life away."
I'm sharing this card with these challenges:
Double "D" Challenges - Faux stitching
612 Avenue Create - Focus on the Sentiment
Fusion - Focus on the sketch or the photo or both 
Crafting Happiness Challenge 56
Well...I decided to enter a few challenges. It's been awhile, and I'm a bit rusty. But, I'm back in the craft room, and I'm trying.
This was a very simple card. I started with an A2 white card blank. I used a Pilot V7 in black to make a faux stitching curly line. The lady bug is from a Jolee's corner sticker. I removed the lady bug from the corner piece and adhered it to my card.
I'll be sharing this card with the following:
Splitcoast Stampers
Double "D" Challenges
My cousin Rhonda's birthday is on the fourth of July, so I made this card for her.
This is a single-layer A2 card. I used Hero Arts Stars and Stripes stamps for the stripe across the bottom. I added a border digitally so the edges of the card can be seen. I scan in my cards, for the most part, and the white doesn't show up well on a white background while constructing this blog post.
Sharing with Simon Says Stamp blog
Well, shortly after my last post, I went into the hospital with a partial blockage of my small intestine. After removing about a meter of my small intestine, I was mending until the early part of 2020. I had home health care for my wound, which finally healed. It makes me look like I have a butt on my front belly, but I deal.
So, maybe I'm back.
I have been dealing with some depression. I don't know if it's the Covid-thing and being cooped up or not. I'm pretty much a homebody, so I don't think that's it. Anyway, I have a call out to the psychiatric nurse practitioner who is going to call me on Friday. I'll see if she has any suggestions.
I have visited my craft room, but I haven't made much...nothing I'm going to post on this entry along with my butt-belly. So...check out the next post, because it's ready now.
