Card Parts Birthday

I found this stamped panel with the tree in my "card parts," along with the punched and scored fence attached to the embossed grass. I just put them together, added the sentiment, mounted the panel on foam squares and added it to a card front. The tree stamp is from Gina K and I stamped it using the "thumping" technique. (You can see a very simple video I made on thumping here.) The fence punch is by Martha Stewart, the sentiment is from Papertrey Ink and I used a Fiskars texture plate for the grass.

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Lovely as a Tree - #2 (Times Two)

My second (and third) card using the Stampin' Up! set called "Lovely as a Tree." I inked up the tall evergreen with Old Olive ink. Then I added the brown for the trunk. I "thumped" on three other colors of green and then stamped the image on the panel. I matted with Old Olive cardstock. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink. (I cut the sentiment stamp in half before stamping.)

For this card, I misted the stamp with water after stamping the first image. I again matted with Old Olive. I mounted on foam squares and used the same stamp for the sentiment. I also added Wink of Stella over the entire tree.

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September Calendar Page

Goodness - another month has flown by! I'm not quite sure how that happens:)

Here is this month's calendar page. I used thin, speckled, off-white paper and two Gina K stamps. I used Stampin' Up! markers to color the tree and a technique called "thumping."  I first used the lightest color marker and then just "thumped" or "bounced" the darker colors on it before stamping.

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"Thumping" Technique Video

Several people have asked me about the "thumping" technique that I used on this card. It's very simple, and I thought I would do a very short video to show you how I do it. You can view the video here. The tree stamp is from Gina K. (Not professionally done, by any means, but you can see how easy it is to do it!)

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SplitCoastStampers Free 4 All Challenge

I hadn't uploaded a card to SplitCoastStampers since last April! I didn't have Wyatt today and took the opportunity to do a challenge and upload my card. The challenge was to confine your "art area" to a space less than two and a half inches square.

With this card, I am also continuing my mission to use all of my Stampin' Up! stamps. Both stamps on this card are from the set called "Happy Harmony." I colored the flowers with markers and used the "thumping" technique. (Color with one color, and then lightly "bounce" or "thump" over the colored area with a darker marker.) I embossed the frame with a square Nestability.

Edited to add: Here is a simple video I did on this technique. I hope it helps!

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Warm Wedding Wishes

This is the card I made for the wedding that we went to on Saturday. I made the card to match their invitations. I did this for her sister five weeks ago, and she noticed(!) so I thought I'd do that for this couple, also.

The leaves are stamps from Could 9. I inked them up with Crushed Curry ink from Stampin' Up! and then I "thumped" with a Dusty Durango marker. I used a Really Rust marker to draw the lines around the edges. I printed the sentiment on the computer. (I even dared to do it AFTER everything was stamped, and it worked out!) The leaves were punched from Crushed Curry cardstock with a Tonic punch, sponged with Really Rust ink, and mounted on foam squares. The matting is Real Red. The card base and image panel are ivory.

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