When you’ve been making cards as long as I have, you learn to make a quick card in about 10 minutes. Since the card was for an older gentleman (in his 80’s) who was recovering from a fall (broke his hip), I thought that I would make him a simple yet vintage card. I printed out the vintage car from the Timeless Stamp Brush Set using My Digital Studio (love… Read More »
Today’s card is for my son-in-law, Gary. I used a digital stamp I found at Digistamp Boutique. I would have preferred to use something from Stampin’ Up! but there wasn’t anything that had hiking in it. I chose the hiking image because next week he and his Dad are going to Africa to climb Kilimanjaro. What an achievement and I am so proud of him! I printed out the image… Read More »
Today’s card is for a friend who had heart surgery. We’ve known him over 40 years and I wanted something to make him laugh. This image is from Bugaboo Digi Stamps. I didn’t do a lot of coloring to the image – just colored the hair with Smokey Slate, colored the polka dots on the gown with Marina Mist and shaded around the uniform with Smokey Slate. The banner is from… Read More »
Trees, glorious trees! With a variety of trees to choose from, the Lovely As a Tree set offers so many options. Stamp a solitary tree or stamp an image multiple times to create your own forest. I also used Teeny Tiny Wishes Stamp Set – love it – contains a greeting for almost every occasion. And of course, a little grunge wouldn’t hurt so I used the Off the Grid Background Stamp… Read More »
Technique Tuesday: Masking And so my masculine cardmaking-athon continues! Three down and four to go! Card for David Card for Michael Card for Bob (see below) Today’s card features the Walk in the Wild Stamp Set and the technique is called masking. What is masking? Masking makes it look as though one image is behind another, creating the illusion of depth. The image you stamp first is the one that will appear… Read More »
This vintage timepiece complete with inner workings is just the thing for nostalgic cards and scrapbook pages! In this case, I decide to make my brother a birthday card using the vintage clock images. I have to make seven masculine cards this month for my brothers, son-in-law, nephew and grandsons! I made my husbands here – so I guess I’m not too far behind. I cased this from Amy O’Neil… Read More »
When it’s a picture of Poppa & Rachel! Since the Film Strip in the On Film Framelits Dies, from the Occasions catalog, reminds me of the film for cameras that still use 35MM still format, I decided to use a picture of them and make a negative out of that picture. This card is for David’s birthday. It’s on 21 February 2014 so I am way ahead of the game – usually… Read More »
I think that anyone whose birthday is on 23 December gets cheated for either their birthday or Christmas! But I do think Jimmy’s mom tries to make up for it. I’m glad mine is in May! Is your birthday close to Christmas or even Mother’s Day? Today’s card is for my BFF’s son. I’ve been close to Becky since high school and as a result I’ve stayed in contact with her… Read More »
At John Sanpietro’s Stamping is my Business Live Event. Variety of topics from Skillset and Mindset to Leverage your Business with Integrated Marketing to Communication and Leadership. While doing errands before my trip to New Orleans, I ran across this beautiful tree with fall colors! When I got home, I decided to make a card using Lovely as a Tree to see if I could duplicate the colors. I decided that… Read More »
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