A quick and easy card

 

This is the start of our Thanksgiving weekend. We have been enjoying above warmer than usual temperatures for the last few weeks although cold at night. We even had a touch of frost the other night. However, we are saddened by the destruction from the hurricanes in the USA. The damage was incredible.

Last month I treated myself to a paper pack from Stamperia and I just love it. I bought the Lavender one. Here is one card I made from it.

 

I cut the background from one of the 8x8 pages and glued it to the brown card base. The butterfly is from my stash. The butterfly trail is gold peel-offs; as is the sentiment. This was such a quick and easy card to make…once I got over the shock of cutting into the paper!

That’s all for a lovely October day. Happy Thanksgiving to my Canadian readers and happy Friday to everyone else. Have a wonderful, safe and creative weekend everyone.

Cheers

Violet

Ps: To save a card to your Pinterest account, simply over over the image until the “Pin It” symbol appears and then click …. be patient, it sometimes takes a few seconds. This will take you to your own Pinterest account to save the card.

 

A Rescued Card

 

I’m back again with a ‘What should I do next” card to share. I had found a free download on the Internet of an old Singer sewing machine and decided to print it out and make it into a card. Unfortunately, I forgot to hit ‘print to size” and my printer cut some of it off. Grrr. I hated to throw it out so after looking at it for awhile I decided to cut out the sewing machine part and go from there. Here is the result.

Besides the sewing machine, I also hand cut some flowers and buttons and the spool of thread from other parts of the card. I found this pretty background paper in my stash and inked the edges in pink to pick up the pink in the flowers. It was mounted on a 4.25x.5.5 card base. The sewing machine was added with dimensional dots and strips. Then the flowers, buttons and spool were added; some flat, some on dimensional dots. I found the sentiment in my stash of odds and ends; inked the edges in the same pink and added it with dimensional dots as well.

As I belong to the local quilt guild, this card will come in handy.

That’s all for a dreary, rainy Tuesday on October 1, 2024.  I cannot believe its October already. The year has flown by.

Cheers

Violet

Ps: To save a card to your Pinterest account, simply over over the image until the “Pin It” symbol appears and then click …. be patient, it sometimes takes a few seconds. This will take you to your own Pinterest account to save the card.

 

 

 

 

Another flower card

 

Predicting the weather has been a challenge this year. The other day it was calling for beautiful warm weather with zero chance of rain until October…..we had a massive thunderstorm and pouring rain in the middle of the night last night. Crazy, loud thunder, lightning and pouring rain, which my husband slept through. Unbelievable!

Here is another card using that boot die that I used in the last posting.

The background is from a 6” paper pack cut down to 4.25 x 5.5. I kept seeing this paper in the pack and had no idea how to use it so a background it became. Then I die cut the boots….still with no plan in mind. Then I found this frame already cut and decided to use it. It needed something in the frame and after auditioning a few pieces of paper, I chose this striped one. Then came the fun part – making and adding the flowers. These are all die cut coloured and assembled. Yes, every tiny bud is a separate die cut. When I explained the process to a couple of non-card making friends, they both roller their eyes and said I was nuts. Yup, I am but I love making these. They come from different die sets. Once they were glued down, I added the punched butterfly and called it done.

That’s all for a warm Saturday, September 21, 2024.

Cheers

Violet

Ps: To save a card to your Pinterest account, simply over over the image until the “Pin It” symbol appears and then click …. be patient, it sometimes takes a few seconds. This will take you to your own Pinterest account to save the card.

 

flower card

 

It’s hard to believe that it is the middle of September already. We have had beautiful days and no rain. In fact, this is the driest September on record so far and no rain is in the forecast until October. Unfortunately, I got hit with another trigeminal neuralgia attack about 10 days ago and just not starting to feel better. So, I thought I should post a card while I can.

The background is a recycled old greeting card….nice but plain. So, I die cut the boots from reddish paper and sponged on brown to make them look old and lovely worn. The flowers in the boots were all die cuts as well. I love making them. The butterfly is from an old punch. The background was cut down to 4x5.25 to fit on a standard A2 card which is 4.25x5.5. It was mounted on the black card base. I didn’t add a sentiment and left it blank inside as it could be used for many occasions.

That’s all for a lovely Wednesday on September 18, 2024.

Cheers

Violet

Ps: To save a card to your Pinterest account, simply over over the image until the “Pin It” symbol appears and then click …. be patient, it sometimes takes a few seconds. This will take you to your own Pinterest account to save the card.

 

I'm Back...with 2 cards

 

I’m back! My neighbour finally found a way to remove One Drive completely, but it was not easy. Thank goodness we have a neighbour who we call our computer guru!

Here’s a quick update – August would be hot and humid with thunderstorms and would then switch to very cold for a few days and then back to hot and humid. So, basically same weird weather. We are enjoying very hot weather for September right now and the rest of the month will be the same, and no rain in the forecast at all. We could use a good, all-day rain.

I turned 77 on the labour day weekend and had a lovely birthday week. Two of my daughters and family members came the week before for a picnic and visit at Rondeau Provincial Park which was lovely. Joe and I then celebrated my birthday on our own. I got my daughter’s camping trailer quilt finished just in time to give it to her at the picnic. She loved it. Whew! Here’s a photo of her and I at the picnic. Double click to enlarge.

I did get a lot of cards made in the last few weeks. Here are two of them. I’m posting two as they are the same design with different elements.

I needed a couple of anniversary cards. I was in a “use up the scraps” mode and found these two green strips left over from other projects and decided to use them. I cut a piece of white cardstock 4” x 5.25” and glued the strips down the middle. Then gold peel-off strips were added along the edges. The sentiments are gold peel-offs as well. The butterflies were very plain, so I covered them with clear glitter. I had a whole package of butterflies, but they were just very blah looking so I sat one night and glittered them all. The butterfly body is from an old Memory Box die. Then some gold flower peel-offs were added.

On the other card I used this hand-cut bird from a package of ephemera bits and popped it up with dimensional foam. Small gold gems were added to the centres of the flowers in the strip of paper and a few by the sentiment.

That’s all for now. Take care all.

 Cheers

Violet

Ps: To save a card to your Pinterest account, simply over over the image until the “Pin It” symbol appears and then click …. be patient, it sometimes takes a few seconds. This will take you to your own Pinterest account to save the card.

 

On Hold

   I hate having to do this, but my blog is going to be on hold for a couple more weeks or more. We decided to go with Windows 11 and unfortunately, One Drive, on my computer decided to cause major problems. If you are new to Windows, I DO NOT recommend One Drive. It is going to take some time to get this sorted out so that's why I have not been posting.

In the mean time, please feel free to browse over under 'LABELS' and check out the earlier posts under which ever category you are interested in.

Take care, stay safe, be kind, and keep on creating.

Cheers

Violet

You Da Man Card

 We are finally getting a break from the terrible heat wave that lasted much longer than they thought it would. We went from it being so hot outside you could hardly breathe to having to wear a long-sleeved shirt within 24 hours. We have had a contractor doing some much needed renovations here, including a new floor in the kitchen and eating area, so its been a bit frustrating with everything moved and very noisy at times. He should be finished today! Yay! He did a marvelous job so we are very pleased with his work. And, my computer has been acting up and some nights I just give up on it. I did a virus scan and it did find a couple of odd things to correct so it seems better today. 

 So today’s card is a humourus card….at least I think it’s funny…its featuring one of Tim Holtz paper dolls.

 

The background is just leftover bits of paper taped together at the back. I added the blue strip so the fellow had something to stand on and wouldn’t be floating. The sentiment is computer generated, die cut into a circle and mounted off-set onto a dark blue circle, which is the same as the blue strip. Then I just stamped the old car on a die cut circle. The edges of the circle are inked and I smeared ink under the car so it wouldn’t be floating.

 That’s all for a sunny Monday with a cool wind blowing.

Cheers

Violet

Ps: To save a card to your Pinterest account, simply over over the image until the “Pin It” symbol appears and then click …. be patient, it sometimes takes a few seconds. This will take you to your own Pinterest account to save the card.

 

A Repurposed Card

 So hot and humid here it’s ridiculous! I swear it’s like walking into a furnace if you go outside - around 100F and not a breath of air. More thunderstorms expected as well.

I know some card makers have a favourite type of card they make - multi-layers, mixed media, clean and simple, quick and easy, etc. I do not have a favourite and I make what ever appeals to me that particular day. Today’s card would be considered clean and simple maybe or quick and easy? Not sure what category it would fall into but here is.

 

The flowers are from a greeting card that I repurposed. The two small butterlfies were part of the design. I die cut the frame and placed it over the greeting card to get the best interesting part and then hand cut the card to fit under the frame. It was then glued to a white card base. The larger butterfly was up higher in the card so I hand cut it and glued it partly over the frame and partly on the focal image just to add some interest. The sentiment is a gold peel-off.  

 That’s all for a hot and humid Wednesday, July 31, 2024.

Cheers

Violet

Ps: To save a card to your Pinterest account, simply over over the image until the “Pin It” symbol appears and then click …. be patient, it sometimes takes a few seconds. This will take you to your own Pinterest account to save the card.

 

Mixed Media Magic Card

 We are under another heat wave….along with thunderstorms. What a weird summer! The heat wave will continue all week with temperatures hot and humid and nearly 100F. Thank goodness I have indoor hobbies to keep me busy.

 It was one of my daughter’s birthday this week and this is the card I made for her.

 

 The background started out as a piece of 12x12 ugly striped cardstock that I knew I would never use. So, it was time for some mixed media magic to transform it into something I would use. I like to make the family cards really special and I thought Janette would like this one….and she did.

Sorry, I don’t keep track or photo each step when I do mixed media. This was several layers of paint, spray, ink, gesso, stamps and stencils. I just keep layering until I like it and then I stop. Once I cut it down to fit on a A2 card which is the light purple, I added the die cut butterfly (Memory Box die) and sentiment (no idea of manufacturer, sorry)…which is the same paper as the card base. I no longer worry about cutting up the cardstock. When I need a matching piece, I cut! The dots for the butterfly trail was stamped in black. I thnk its an old Technique Tuesday stamp. The butterfly was popped up with dimensional tape.

That’s all for a hot and humid Tuesday, July 30, 2024.

Cheers

Violet

Ps: To save a card to your Pinterest account, simply over over the image until the “Pin It” symbol appears and then click …. be patient, it sometimes takes a few seconds. This will take you to your own Pinterest account to save the card.

 

Birds and a Card

 We had a very pleasant weekend but today is another scorcher….hot and humid. So we packed up a lunch and headed to Mitchell’s Bay for the afternoon. The wind comes off the lake and it is so much cooler there. I always take my camera with me “just in case” and I’m so glad I did. We noticed a very small bird under a bench and wondered what it was. It turned out to be a baby Cedar Waxwing. I don’t think it fledged but fell out of the nest. Here are a couple photos of it.

 

 Here's a video of it trying to fly and the mother happened to show up to feed it. Hope it opens. 

I was very busy in my ‘lower studio’ last week but not crafting! I was purging! I have a whole box of crafting supplies that I decided I was not going to use and they are going to sold or donated.

I do have a couple of cards ready to post though. Here’s one.

                               

 This is an old Art Impression stamp (I think) so not sure if its available anymore. I had a stack of old greeting cards someone gave me and this one with the funny flowers was one of them. I decided to repurpose it. Not all the flowers had stems so I added stems and gems in the centre of each one. The lady was stamped, coloured and then I hand cut her out and attached her with dimensional dots. The two sentiments were stamped - the top one from my stash and the one by her came with the stamp set.

That’s all for a hot and humid Monday with hurricane Beryl expecting to hit us tomorrow with torrential downpours. Stay safe everyone!

Cheers

Violet

Ps: To save a card to your Pinterest account, simply over over the image until the “Pin It” symbol appears and then click …. be patient, it sometimes takes a few seconds. This will take you to your own Pinterest account to save the card.