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quick and simple thank yous

Posted on January 4, 2024 | Leave a comment

Happy Thursday! Today I am sharing some thank you cards that I was behind on getting in the mail. I wanted them to be company/product-specific, so I kept the designs simple to easily make them all with different supplies. My first card uses Avery Elle’s Be Zesty and coordinating dies.

Next, I used Gina K Designs retired Hygge Time for a sweet snowy card.

Here I used Lawn Fawn’s Cerealsly Awesome set & Dies. You can see the ATC that I previously made with these Here.

Nic Magnuson from Magnuson Custom Stamps is the best to work with for custom stamps! He did the cute snowman here for our Stamp & Swap event’s theme and I designed the sentiment.

I love MFT stamps and their Alpine Friends and Alpine Friends Die-namics are adorable!

I used Pink & Main’s Pocket of Sunshine (retired) and Layered Scallops A2 Rectangle Dies for the next card. These layered scallops are fun!

I used some rainbow striped paper to coordinate with the sentiment and image from the Prickley Pear Scalloped Oval stamp set.

And last, I used the Inked & Tiled stamp set that I purchased through Amy K, SU! demonstrator to create the following thank you card.

We appreciated each of these donors, plus My Sweet Petunia and Scor-Pal, for helping us to have a successful event!

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lots of thanks

Posted on January 21, 2023 | Leave a comment

Today I am sharing a bunch of thank you cards that I made for the companies who donated to our all-day stamping event, the 7th annual NEPA Stamp & Swap. These companies were all SO very generous and helped to make our event a fun, successful one! Since we had quite a few donations this past year, I kept the cards pretty simple. I’ve added the cards in ABC order…lol, I can’t choose a favorite!

The first card was for Art Impressions, using one of their sweet freebie stamps. Bonnie designs the cutest images for those! I placed him on a gate-fold card with some MFT paper.

My second card is using the Altenew Extra Special Stamp & Die Bundle. Altenew has the BEST florals!

Next, I used the Avery Elle Cherry on Top stamp set. (I also purchased the dies to match!) Instead of coloring the cherries, I paper pieced them! The background embossing folder is by SU!

This sweet, little mouse is from Colorado Craft Company. I placed her onto a gate-fold card and made a few duplicates which were sent to Scor-Pal and Marci Snee (Stamp Junkies).

Here I used a Clearly Besotted set with Christmas crackers. I also paper pieced the candy on this card and covered it with Stickles.

Next is a flamingo stencil by Erin Lee Creative. I need to check out her store some more, this is a fairly new to me company. Looks like some fun things over there!

I purposely offset the stamping on these silhouettes in Gina K Designs Friendly Silhouettes. Such beautiful stamps…I am anxious to use them again!

A small window was cut from the front of this card so that the little sloth from Lawn Fawn Slow Down and Enjoy. could peek through. His backside is on the inside of the card…so cute! (I forgot to take an inside pic).

Nic from Magnuson Custom Stamps is completely awesome to work with! He helped design a set just for our event to coordinate with the theme. Go check out his site and let him help you create the stamp of your choice! Tell him I sent you. 🙂 This sweet embossing folder (Park Lane- Bloom) used on the background is one that I picked up from JoAnn’s some time ago.

MFT Stamps Backyard BBQ and the picnic table dies from their Picnic in the Park Die-namics were used on my next card. The sentiments in this set match perfectly! The grass is retired MFT dies.

Here I used Pink and Main Glossy Dots and a free Pink and Main flower image from this Digi Stamp Bundle. The window was cut with MFT Square Peek-a-Boo Window Die-namics.

Last one! I colored the sweet Chillin’ image by Unity Stamp Company to resemble a cranberry drink with orange slices. It will make an awesome glass of lemonade, too!

Stay warm and happy crafting!

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Posted in Altenew, Art Impressions, Avery Elle, cards, etc., Colorado Craft Company, digital images, Gina K, Lawn Fawn, MFT, Pink and Main, Scor-Pal, Unity Stamps

2021 catch-up

Posted on December 28, 2021 | 1 comment

Hello! Today I have several cards that I made throughout the year but never shared here (Five of them go back to April!). The first two were made with some Art Impressions Matchbook sets for two of my friends’ birthdays. I customized them to their hobbies and business. One friend likes to quilt as well as make cards. The other friend owns a stamp store, so I added her logo as a sign and made sure Fuzzy the cat was included! These fold up so tiny and cute.

Ai- 5317- MB Template Dies, 5318- MB Envelope Dies, 5321- MB Craft Room Set, 5323- MB Wall Accessories, and 5324- MB Cat Accessories.

Next I made an Accordion Lock Fold card. These are so fun! I used SU! Watercolor Wings, Butterfly Gala, Bold Butterfly Framelits, Butterfly Thinlits, and the sentiment is from A Touch of Ink. The pretty paper is The Paper Studio- Violet Bouquet. Ink colors- SU! Mauve Mist, Marvelous Magenta, and Eggplant Envy.

I LOVE the Anita Jeram stamps at Colorado Craft Company! I used the Gina Marie Scalloped Stitched Rectangles and Sizzix Falling Hearts dies with them to make an anniversary card.

Here I used Lawn Fawn’s Foursquare Backdrop: Portrait and Critter Concert with matching dies.

I played with a friend’s Gina K stencil set to make these pretty cards. Not sure what the name is!

Blue Iris card- here I used SU! Inspiring Iris and Heirloom Frames, SNSS Sentimental Mash-Up, and the tiny dots are Stamps by Judith. Paper- SU! Lost Lagoon and The Paper Studio- Eucalyptus. Ink- Soft Sky and Certainly Celery.

A few masculine cards with SU! Nature’s Beauty and Morning Meadow (sentiment), Stitched Nested Labels Dies, and Plaid Tidings dsp. I also used Paper Pizazz- Barnwood paper. Cardstock- Confetti Cream, Crumb Cake, and Early Espresso.

Next up is a pretty floral card using the SU! Pierced Blooms dies and Here’s A Card (sentiment). Colors- Night of Navy, Old Olive, Petal Pink, Rococco Rose, and Soft Seafoam.

Here’s a bunch of alternate cards I made with the April 2021 Paper Pumpkin kit.

Seahorse card- SU! Seaside Notions and Hero Arts Jellyfish Party Bold Prints. The background was done on Watercolor Distress Cardstock with Distress Wilted Violet and Peacock Feathers (Distress Smooch). Images were colored with Copics. I used Night of Navy, Island Indigo, Highland Heather, and Pool Party on the images stamped in color.

Lastly, I made this card for a friend who had a new grandbaby. SU! Treasures of Life and Scripty embossing folder, Sizzix Floral Frame 3-D Impresslits, and MFT Die-Namics Stitched Traditional Tags.

Thanks for popping in. Have a great week and wishes for a happy & healthy New Year!

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Posted in Art Impressions, baby, cards, etc., Colorado Craft Company, Gina K, Hero Arts, Lawn Fawn, masculine/boy, Paper Pumpkin projects, Stampin' Up!

a few thank you’s

Posted on January 8, 2019 | Leave a comment

Good morning! I mentioned before that we (our local stampers) had a shoebox event in the beginning of November. We all get together to swap and make each other’s projects….such a fun day! We had several companies that were generous and sent products for door prizes so I wanted to make special thank you cards for each of them. I already shared the card I made for Art Impressions. Here’s the rest of them…

The first one was for Unity Stamp Company, using Lil’ Smartie Pants. Love that bird! I put Crystal Effects on his glasses. I also used the Stitched Arch Stax dies by MFT. The paper is Pebbles- Garden Party.

The next one was for Gina K. , using her fabulous Wreath Builder set. So fun to create with! Her stencil works great the MISTI!

Here’s one for MFT with a retired image that I still love…Because You’re Special from the Pure Innocence line. I also used their Stitched Rectangle Frames and Blueprints 20 dies.

This card was for Paper Smooches. I love the snowy guy from Warm Hearts! It’s fun and easy to create CAS cards with Paper Smooches!

This cutie is called Bunny Balloon (which also may be retired) and was for Whimsy Stamps. I also used MFT’s Stitched Scallop Basic Edges and Taylored Expressions’ grateful die.

Many thanks again to these great sponsors! It truly helped make our event a success!

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Posted in cards, etc., CAS (clean & simple), Gina K, MFT, Paper Smooches, Unity Stamps, Whimsy Stamps

the best birthday ever

Posted on April 3, 2018 | Leave a comment

Just popping in quick with a second post today. I had a little time yesterday to stamp just for fun again and I was anxious to try some new happy mail! This is my first time using Gina K stamps (I know, I know!) and my first card with her fabulous Wreath Builder Kit.

GinaK wreath builder 1 diane zechman

The kit includes 2 templates to use in your MISTI which help get perfectly aligned wreaths (or any other images you want to stamp in a circle). Instead of a full wreath, I stamped my images in just 2 corners.

I’ve also been a bit unhappy with my red inkpads over the years and so I am trying two of Gina’s red ink cubes. Love them so far!

stamps- Gina K Wreath Builder Kit; paper- white, black, SU! Pool Party; ink- Memento Tuxedo Black, Gina K Cherry Red, SU! Certainly Celery, Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight; accessories- MISTI, pearls.

 

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