Simple Pleasures

The sentiment and the chair stamp are both from Repeat Impressions. I fussy-cut the chairs for all the cards after stamping them on patterned papers. I added a little bit of shading with Copic markers and popped them up. For this first card, I just added it to a die-cut square. This is one of my favorite simple layouts.

For these other two, I took a piece of white card stock, scored it with a score board and then dragged a few colors of ink across it. I thought I would look like wainscotting, but it looks more like flooring. Whatever! I used Gina K stencils for the background on the tops of them, with a thin strip of brown in between.  I matted the sentiment on this card.

Different paper, different stencil and different placement of the sentiment. Otherwise the same thing. :-)

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Birthday Irises

The image on this card is an unmounted rubber one from Repeat Impressions. I was on Wendy's Design Team for many years and I still have all of the stamps. I colored this one with Copics and matted it. Then I used a square die and embossed the background for it. The sentiment is from Gina K.

Just a "bonus" card since these two pieces were on my desk, too. Not really any different from a previous post, but new nonetheless, so here it is!

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You're the BEST

The flowers were stamped with an old wooden stamp from Inkadinkado. The sentiment was from another ancient wooden stamp from Studio G. The background on this first one is a wooden stamp from Inkadinkado. I think I'll leave this stamp out for a while and use it again.

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My right hand is still healing, but I've been able to put together some more simple cards. My mission is to use up all the parts and card fronts that were on my desk in that recent photo. I only have one more card front and a few more parts to use - maybe 4 - 6 more cards. 

These cards were done with a very old wooden stamp - probably from the dollar bin at Michael's or Joann's from 20 years ago! I stamped, colored and matted them, and placed them on panels from my card parts book.

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Simplicity

Four more cards done with one sheet of patterned paper, stamps, and in the case of this first card - some card parts and stencils. The stamps and stencils are all from Gina K.

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Three More Super-Simple Cards

 

Three more cards using card bases I had previously made. I simply stamped sentiments on the patterned paper. I did the orange ones first and then the black. I think the black is probably better.

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Thinking of You - Times Three

Three more simple cards using patterned paper card bases and My Favorite Things sentiments. I added a die-cut butterfly to this first one.

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One Down, Several to Go

Well, there is not much I can do in my stamping room with my wrapped-up hand. But, I was able to finish up this card. The background was made a few days ago. I simply added a multi-layered die cut to it.

My fingers are still quite swollen, but I think I'm making progress. On Sunday, I get to remove the wrap. Yippee!

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Surgery Update

Thanks for all of your good wishes! The surgery went well. I ended up having three fingers done! No pain medication other than ibuprofen. My hand is just very uncomfortable this morning. It's SO swollen! I'm wondering if it's wrapped too tightly. I'm waiting for a call-back on that.

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Accumulating Card Parts

I am constantly setting things aside as I come across them. I was looking at an 8 1/2 by 11 inch matstack and pulled out some papers to put on card fronts. Here they are - ready for the (simple) finishing touches.

The first one here was done with a new stencil (for me) from Picket Fence. The second here was done with strips from the tops of patterned paper pages.

And these are some items that I stamped with stamps that I happened across and also left-overs from my calendar pages. Hopefully they will make it onto cards soon.

Just a little update. Today is my fingers surgeries. Thanks for the good wishes. Also, my calendars for 2025 are all finished. Yahoo! Now, as I get together with friends, I can deliver their calendars!

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