Quick Friendship Card for The Paper Players

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Hooray! Today I found time to play with my friends at The Paper Players! The talented Nance is challenging us to create a clean and simple project featuring butterflies! This time I truly kept it clean and simple while creating this quick friendship card. Enjoy!

Quick friendship card made with Lovely Friends

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When folded, this card measures 4-1/4″ wide x 5-1/2″ tall.

This quick friendship card is so easy!  I simply stamped the saying from Lovely Friends in Basic Black Archival Ink onto Whisper White cardstock.  This was layered onto Cajun Craze and Basic Black cardstock before adhering it to the card base

Quick friendship card - Lovely Friends

If anything on this quick friendship card wasn’t so quick, it was snipping out the butterflies.  But even then, it really didn’t take that long.  These critters are from the In This World stamp set. They were colored using  Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, and Basic Gray Watercolor Pencils.  After coloring with the pencils, I used Blender Pens to activate the colors.  If you look very closely, you can see the shimmer from the Clear Wink of Stella which was applied on the edges of the wings.

Quick friendship card close-up of butterfly

The smaller butterfly is actually the same image as the larger one.  I simply snipped off the outer margin of the wings.  It was colored in exactly the same way. Although it does not show up in this picture, Clear Wink of Stella imparts a subtle shimmer to the body.  The butterflies are the perfect finishing touch.

Quick friendship card close-up of smaller butterfly

Clean and simple cards are always a challenge to me.  I usually don’t know when to stop adding things.  With the Lovely Friends stamp set and it’s bold graphic sentiments, there really isn’t a lot of space left to “pile on”.  This makes it the perfect set for me when I need a card in a jiffy!

I hope you enjoyed this quick friendship card as much as I enjoyed as making it.  As always, if you ever have any questions about the cards I create or the techniques I use, I am only an email away! Until next time…

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Retiring Stamp Sets Spotlight

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I am such a softie.  Sad movies can start the waterworks flowing.  Even commercials can make me weepy. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that I have been known to shed a tear over retiring stamp sets.  During  these final days of May, I want to revisit some of my favorite retiring stamp sets from the 2016 – 2017 Annual Catalog, while there is still time for you to purchase them. Today, the spotlight is on Traveler (134510 W, 134513 C).  These cards allow you to see the versatility of this set. Now keep in mind, many of these cards date back to 2014, and feature products which have since retired.  But let your creativity soar…and envision them updated with fresh products!

Traveler Train Card retiring stamp sets This card was created for my husband to celebrate his retirement from the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Rail Road.  He still has it, tucked away safely in the top drawer of his dresser.  You may recognize the trees, which are from one of my all-time favorite sets, Lovely As a Tree (128655 W, 127793 C).  Lovely As a Tree was one of the sets in my Starter Kit when I became a demonstrator.  I’ve often jokingly said, when Lovely As a Tree retires, so will I.  The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes (128748 W, 127802 C). It is still available, too.

traveler train retiring stamp setsMy poor husband probably grew tired of train cards. He received one for his birthday.

traveler banded card retiring stamp setsInside of Banded CardAnd my son, Brady, probably grew tired of me inspiring him to “Live the Life You Imagined”, which was my favorite sentiment from the now retired set, Really Good Greetings.  They were indeed really good greetings, and oh how I wish I had never sold that set. Yep, I have “seller’s remorse”.

Traveler card 4 retiring stamp sets

Brady was the recipient of this card, too.  He and his father learned long ago to put up with my obsession for pearls, even on masculine cards.

These last three cards were part of the June 2014 Lesson of the Month Club.  Many of you who still follow me today were part of my lessons of the month.  CLICK HERE if you would like to see what my “students” experienced as a part of their lessons.

Today was not a great day for Brody.  This evening, he started drooling excessively.  Of course, you know me.  Off to the Internet I raced.  Of course, I found information which noted excessive drooling as an indicator of horrible things, like kidney failure.  This was not what I wanted to read.  I was just innocently hoping that maybe he had found a toad in the yard.  I also checked his mouth to see if he had been injured.  I looked for signs of a sting or bite, and thought I noticed a slight swelling on his lip.   Hedging my bets that he had been engaging in a rousing game of “Bite the Bee” (I found two dead bumblebees on the back porch),  I gave him Benedryl.  The drooling has stopped, and he is sleeping soundly while I type away!

He did have a great time on the grooming table this afternoon, however. He played “Kiss Mom”:

Brody kissing Mom

Brody kissing Mom 2

I played “Kiss Brody”:

And we both enjoyed a hug!

Brody hugI hope you enjoyed today’s spotlight on Traveler.  It’s a wonderful masculine set….but it is only available through this month.  As always, if you ever have a question about the cards I create or the techniques I use, I am only an email away.  Until next time…

Note: For information about my annual catalog product shares, CLICK HERE.  Space is limited this year, and only a few spots remain.
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Cute Friendship Card – Crafting Forever

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Sometimes you need a cute friendship card for that one special friend.  You know…a card which can be used to celebrate the relationship that exists between the two of you.  Today’s card is all that with just enough detail to make it special.  Enjoy!

Cute friendship card

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This finished card measures 5-1/2″ wide x 4-1/4″ tall.

Color those “cutters” with Blender Pens and ink! After stamping the scissors image using Archival Basic Black ink, I colored the handles Real Red, the blades Smoky Slate, and outlined the entire image with Soft Sky…all using a Blender Pen. A few speckles were added using a stamp from the Touches of Texture set.  For a touch of glitz, I used Clear Wink of Stella and a single rhinestone.

cute friendship card scissors close-up

Be selective…when it comes to inking your sentiments.  I used Basic Black and Real Red Stampin’ Write Markers to ink this one.  A Stitched Shape Oval was used to punch it out.  A simple Real Red Enamel Heart was used to emphasize how special this friendship truly is.

In keeping with the special touches, a Night of Navy banner was embossed with the Oh My Stars Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. It coordinates perfectly with the adorable printed paper from the Delightful Daisy Designer Series Paper collection.

This card was designed for my good friend, Gena.  The scissors are very appropriate since Gena cuts and sews Jackie the Boxer’s “cool coats”. Cool coats are made from Spandex and lined with a chamois material.  They are called cool coats because they are soaked in cold water, wrung out, and then placed on the dogs to keep them cool.  Because Boxers are sensitive to heat, they are the perfect candidates for wearing them.  Here is Jackie modeling one of Gena’s creations at the American Boxer Club National Specialty dog show.

Jackie in Cool Coat
I hope you enjoyed today’s cute friendship card.  If you would like to measurements and step-by-step directions, please CLICK HERE for a link to the tutorial.  To find the links to my latest three free card tutorials, CLICK HERE.

Cute friendship card close up

Of course, if you ever have any questions about the cards I create or the techniques I use, I am only an email away.  Until next time…

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