Found some cards that while uploading pictures from my phone to my hard drive. I've recently discovered a need to document my cards, cardmaking supplies, and who I send them to - if I actually do and not add to my stockpile. This last is super important because sometimes I make one card for a specific person or specific reason. And other times, I make two or three of the same card. So I may have a few sitting around ready to send and if I don't recall who I've sent them to, I might accidentally send a card off that someone has received before in a previous year. I really want to avoid that if I can. So I'll be going over my old cards to see if I can jog my memory and document them here (might as well). If I can remember my supplies, I'll add them below the picture.
This one was a pretty simple get well card for my father's girlfriend back in 2016 because... well I don't remember. I think she might have hurt her ankle? I have no clue as it was 5 years ago. Yes, I know how much I've been remiss about putting card pictures up. But life gets in the way a LOT. This was back when I still had very few supplies. I used patterned paper for the front panel and embossed circular cut-outs for interest. This is a flat card so it was easy to mail.
Supplies:
Flower Frenzy embossing folder by Darice (SSS)
Intense Black ink by Simon Says Stamp
Craft Tacky Glue by Simon Says Stamp
miscellaneous sequins, cardstock, and patterned paper
This next one was a birthday card for my niece for December 2016. This card is a slider card where I attached a penny to the back of the polar bear and it slides back and forth along the cut out track. I used the coordinating dies with the stamps I used so I didn't need to cut anything out with scissors. Copics were used to colour the trees and the bear's scarf and skates. The trees were from a different stamp set called Prehistoric Fun by MFT. I used Tumbled Glass Distress Ink to colour the front panel and used a die called Snowfall Vertical to make 'snow' so that you can see the white from the card base through the little holes in the front panel. Miscellaneous sequins adhered to the top.
Supplies:
Polar Bear Pals stamp set and dies by MFT
Prehistoric Fun stamp set by MFT
Tim Holtz Distress Inks in Tumbled Glass (SSS)
Clouds for Days stencil by Simon Says Stamp
Snowfall Vertical die by MFT
Slider Channel Builder die by MFT
Intense Black ink by Simon Says Stamp
Copic markers
Craft Tacky Glue by Simon Says Stamp
miscellaneous sequins and cardstock
Here's a birthday card for my daughter, Teagan. This was done in December 2016 so she was just turning 12. This one I just ink-blended the background using Distress Inks in Tumbled Glass, Picked Raspberry, Grout Gray, and Broken China. I then splattered the panel with Black Soot Distressed Ink combined with water. When the front panel was dry, I stamped a circular Happy Birthday sentiment called Circle Sayings by SSS. I fussy cut the little cat and balloon because I don't think there's a die for these stamps. Copics were used to colour the cat and balloon and then I popped them up on the panel with foam tape.
Supplies:
Purrfect Day stamp set by Penny Black (SSS)
Circle Sayings stamp set by Simon Says Stamp
Tim Holtz Distress Inks: Tumbled Glass, Picked Raspberry, Grout Gray, Broken China, Black Soot (SSS)
Intense Black ink by Simon Says Stamp
Copic markers
Craft Tacky Glue by Simon Says Stamp
miscellaneous cardstock and foam tape
Here are some Christmas coffee cards I was fooling around with. I love coffee and love making coffee cards. These were probably two of the first coffee stamping sets I acquired. Since then, my collection has grown exponentially. I used Cement Gray to stamp the cup outlines. For the Coffee Cup Tags stamps, there's a patterned stamp cup - I think I used MFT's Electric Red for that and just let the white of the card base show through. The holly leaves on all three cards are from the Coffee Cup Tags stamp set and I used Pine Needles Distress Ink for the colour on one and Mowed Lawn on the others. I also used a Snow Marker for the whipped cream on one of the cards. That stuff is neat - apply some heat to it and it puffs up!
The one on the right is the Joy to Go set from Unity and I used Copics to colour the design and coffee sleeve. Patterned paper for the three layers on top of the card base and green and white cotton cord for the one in the middle. The layers were cut out with the Stitched Rectangle die set by Simon Says Stamp. I glued all the paper layers down but popped the cups up with foam tape.
Inside I stamped a sentiment from the Coffee Cup Tags stamp set and used more holly leaves and some washi tape with snowflakes to adorn the bottom.
Supplies:
Coffee Cup Tags stamp set and dies by Hero Arts
Joy to Go stamp set by Unity Stamps
Stitched Rectangles by SSS
Ink Cubes by MFT: Cement Gray and Electric Red
Tim Holtz Distress Inks: Pine Needles and Mowed Lawn (SSS)
Snow Marker by Marvy (SSS)
Embossing Heat Tool (SSS)
Craft Tacky Glue by Simon Says Stamp
miscellaneous cardstock, patterned paper, washi tape, foam tape, and cotton cord
I thought this little fuzz ball was super cute so I wanted to make a holiday card with him. I stamped the Sending Warm Fuzzies stamp by Unity Stamps in Cement Gray and coloured him in with Copic markers. For the two largest layers for the background, I just used coloured card stock, one in dark red and one in tan, that I stamped with snowflakes and presents from the Merry and Bright stamp set by Simon Says Stamp in green, red, dark gray, and gold. The smaller layer behind the white panel is just some striped patterned paper.
I used Copic Markers to colour the little fuzz ball and used the Snow Marker to put a dot of 'snow' on each snow mark on the stamp pattern. I also used it to make snow at the bottom. The picture below shows how much it puffs up.
Inside I stamped the sentiment that came with the Sending Warm Fuzzies stamp onto some scrap papers and cut them out and glued them to the inside. I also included some holly leaves from the Coffee Cup Tags stamp set from Hero Arts as I made a ton of them when I was doing the coffee cup cards above. I just glued some of the left-over striped patterned paper to the bottom for added interest.
Supplies:
Sending Warm Fuzzies stamp by Unity Stamps
Merry and Bright stamp set by Simon Says Stamps
Coffee Cup Tags stamp set and dies by Hero Arts
Ink Cubes by MFT in Cement Gray
Tim Holtz Distress Inks in Mowed Lawn (SSS)
Copic markers
Snow Marker by Marvy (SSS?)
Embossing Heat Tool (SSS)
Craft Tacky Glue by Simon Says Stamp
miscellaneous cardstock, patterned paper, washi tape, foam tape, and cotton cord
I think this was my first New Year card that I made. I really like the idea of sending out cards to celebrate the New Year. By that time, I feel like all the holiday jolliness has died down and most people are dreading going back into work. Christmas decor usually gets taken down just after January 1st and holiday cards are most likely tossed. I take my holiday decorations down some time in January (usually later in the month). The lights are just so pretty and the tree takes forever to put up and I'm pretty much the only one that does it so I keep it up for a while regardless if anyone else likes it or not.
This stamp came from Unity Stamps Kit of the Month subscription for November 2016. I did some very simple colour blending with Distress Ink for the background and I used Copics to colour in the image. There are little specks around the image and over her arm and hand so I dotted them with a VersaMarker and embossed them using WOW Metallic Silver Sparkle. This top image looks like I used the same embossing for her hat and glasses but it's a trick of light.
As you can see from the image below, her hat and glasses are different. For them, I used WOW Black Twinkle embossing powder. This is a very flat card as I did all the stamping and embossing right on the front panel.
For the inside, I stamped a sentiment from the same Unity Stamps Kit of the Month in After Midnight. The stars in Grout Gray around the outside are from a different KOM from October 2017.
Supplies:
Unity Stamps Kit of the Month 11/2016
Unity Stamps Kit of the Month 10/2017
Tim Holtz Distress Inks in Blueprint Sketch (SSS)
Ink Cubes by MFT: Grout Gray and After Midnight
Intense Black ink by Simon Says Stamp
WOW Metallic Silver Sparkle embossing powder (SSS)
WOW Black Twinkle embossing powder (SSS)
Copic markers
VersaMarker (SSS)
Inkadinkado Embossing Magic Powder Bag (SSS)
Embossing Heat Tool (SSS)
Craft Tacky Glue by Simon Says Stamp
miscellaneous cardstock
This
card was made for a friend of mine that had a birthday coming up and I know that she loves cooking. This is what I meant about usually making very specific cards for specific people. Anyway, I was trying to reverse engineer what I did for the windowed top. Nearest I can figure, I used the Stitched Strip die and embossed patterns into some cardstock without cutting all the way through. Then I used the Gift Box Cover-up die to actually make the windows. Honestly, that seems way too complicated for it to be intentional so I must have just been playing around with the dies and was happy with what happened.
I did some very simple colour blending with Distress Ink on the front panel for the
background of the windows in Ripe Persimmon and Broken China. I used Copics to colour the little chefs and their cooking equipment. I also embossed a sentiment from the set unto the windowed border with Detail Silver by Stampendous. I placed three of the chefs behind three windows and popped the last chef on top of the remaining window.
Then with all the chefs in place I added some foam tape to the windowed border and plopped it down on the inked background panel. You can see the dimension the foam tape gives the windows below. I then added a little pot and spoon from the set.
I wish I could remember where I get the little spoons from (below). I did a cursory check through my supplies and didn't see the dies for them off-hand. If I remember, I'll edit. They were coloured with Copics though. I can see where I used a Copic Colourless Blender to make the little dimples. The Happy Birthday sentiment comes from the It's No Secret stamp set from Simon Says Stamp. I stamped it in After Midnight Ink by MFT.
Supplies:
Recipe for Happiness stamp set and dies by MFT
Gift Box Cover-Up die by MFT
Stitched Strip die by MFT
It's No Secret stamps by Simon Says Stamp
Tim Holtz Distress Inks: Ripe Persimmon and Broken China
Ink Cubes by MFT in After Midnight
Intense Black ink by Simon Says Stamp
Copic markers
Detail Silver embossing powder by Stampendous (SSS)
VersaMark watermark stamp pad (SSS)
Inkadinkado Embossing Magic Powder Bag (SSS)
Embossing Heat Tool (SSS)
Craft Tacky Glue by Simon Says Stamp
miscellaneous cardstock and foam tape
This was a Christmas card for my mother-in-law. She likes tea. A lot of tea. So I made a tea-themed card using the Teacup Trio stamp by Stampendous. It's a rather large stamp so it took up the entire front panel. This is a flat card where I stamped the image, coloured it with Copics, and then glued it to a front panel of patterned paper, then glued all that onto the card base. Perfect for mailing.
Supplies:
Cling Teacup Trio by Stampendous (SSS)
Intense Black ink by Simon Says Stamp
Copic markers
Craft Tacky Glue by Simon Says Stamp
miscellaneous patterned paper and cardstock