This is Monday’s posting on Tuesday! I was too tired last night to even turn the computer on. We are under another heat wave and it feels like about 100F with the high humidity factored in.

         Today’s card features another one of the tole paper card projects.

                                          

 So this one is based on a Hummel image so it could be for a woman who collects Hummels or for a young girl. I could not decide what kind of a card to make so I just went for the ‘Especially for you’ sentiment. Once again the dimension does not show up well in the photo but it does in real life as each section is raised up bit by bit. I think the hair has three or four levels on its own. It was glued to a green card base and I added a silver ribbon down the side and a flower with a gem in the centre. The sentiment is adhered with a dimensional tape.  

         That’s all for a hot and humid Monday, June 29, 2021.

 Cheers

Violet

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Cards on a Rainy Day

          Raining! Hard! And a lot! And next is a thunderstorm! Repeat for at least a week! Wow! Looks like I’m going to get a lot of quilting and card making done this week.

         Sometimes when I sit down to make a card I just want to pick a random item or a piece of scrap paper and then decide what kind of card I can make from it. Here is one of them.

                                           

I think for this card I found that flower cluster in my flower stash and decided it was time to use it. To keep the flower cluster as the focal image it was simply adhered to a die cut stitched circle. It was placed on the pink cardstock that was mounted on the deep burgundy card base but it needed something behind it. So, back into the stash I went and pulled out more burgundy cardstock and the designer paper. That looked better but it needed something else. I have some ladybug embellishments (thrift store find) and added one of those. Still needed something else. A butterfly that hung over the stitched circle was perfect for it. Done!

         That’s all for a very rainy Friday on June 25, 2021. Have a wonderful, safe and creative weekend everyone.

Cheers

Violet

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A Paper Tole Card

 

         The A/C is still off and the windows open. In fact yesterday it was really chilly because a north wind was blowing. Today was a beautiful day and tomorrow should be too and then they are predicting about 5 or 6 days of rain. We better get the grass cut tomorrow.

         While I was attempting to clean and organize my stamping area – much more fun to just create – I found some sheets that were paper tole images for cards. Instead of putting them away again, I decided to make some cards. Here’s one of them.

 

So the first layer in the entire image; then you peel off the face and add it on tope, then the hair; then the bow, and on and on. It’s a little time consuming but rather fun. It looks pretty flat in the photo but in real life it is quite dimensional.

         All the paper and tags are from my stash. The sentiment was stamped in red ink and a glitter flower was added – the flower has a lot of red in it but it doesn’t show well in the photo.

         That’s all for a lovely Wednesday on June 23, 2021.

Cheers

Violet

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An Iris Card

 

         The hot and humid few days came to and end today. The A/C is off and the windows are open. Saturday was raining at the lake so we stayed home but logged another 20.5 km on the bikes yesterday. I love summer!

         Once in awhile I go out and take some photos of my flowers….and occasionally I decide to turn them into cards. Here is one of them.  

 

         This iris was blooming beautifully and I just had to photograph it. I trimmed it down and placed it one a smaller piece of mossy green cardstock and then ran a gold peel-off strip down the side. It was then mounted on a blue card base that was very close in colour to the iris. The sentiment is a gold peel-off that was placed on a die cut fancy circle and mounted with dimensional tape.

         That’s all for a very cool Monday, June-21-21.

 

Cheers

Violet

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

 

 

Cards on a Rainy Day

 

Happy Anniversary to us! Joe and I were married 33 years ago. It is pouring rain today unlike 33 years ago when it was hot and humid. Last night I asked him where were we going to celebrate – front yard or back yard? (Our restaurants are still closed for indoor eating) That got a good laugh …. But we’ll be celebrating in the eating area thanks to the weather!

Last week I was sorting through some of my stash and decided instead of filing it away, USE IT! So here’s one card I made using a sticker.

                              

I needed some cards for babies or toddlers so this one fit the bill. I seldom use stickers on my cards but occasionally they come in handy. While rummaging through my pink paper stash, this pink cardstock matched perfectly with the pretty card base I had chosen. It needed a splash of colour behind it though, so this oddly shaped burgundy worked just fine. But the bear needed something to stand on or it would look like it was floating – pink and black ribbon to the rescue. The cupcake she is holding was also on the same sticker sheet, so it was first stuck to a piece of cardstock to make it sturdier and then attached with a dimensional dot. The sentiment is a gold peel-off.

         That’s all for a rainy….and now thunderstormy…day on Friday, June-18-21. Have a wonderful, safe and creative weekend everyone.

Cheers

Violet

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Flowers in a Jar Card

 We’ve had a few days of beautiful weather with the A/C off and the windows opened. It may start creeping back up tomorrow but that’s okay.

I was playing with some older dies last week and came up with this idea for a card.

                           
 The background was done on glossy paper using a huge background stamp and an ink resist pad. I haven’t used is for years and it was dried up so I bought a reinker. Once the stamped image dried, various inks were sponged over top. It leaves a watermark affect. Cool although hard to see in the photo. It was glued to an orange card base.

The mason jar is a stamp that was stamped on velum and cut out and then the edges were inked. I flipped it over and ran an alcohol pen across the bottom half to look like water. A piece of wide double sided tape was glued to that area. The flowers were stamped, coloured and die cut as was the flourishes. Once they were glued in place the double sided tape on the jar was removed and it was glued into place. The top of the jar was glued and a bow covered that area. Stickles were added to the centre of the flowers. The sentiment is a peel-off.

That’s all for a lovely day on Wednesday, June 16, 2021.

Cheers

Violet

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The Scarlet Tanager Card

 We enjoyed a pretty good weekend. Saturday I was able to get my second Covid-19 vaccine shot and Sunday we went to Rondeau Park and had a BBQ and then an almost 20km bike ride. It was a beautiful day at the park - very hot and humid in the city though so we were grateful living just a 45 minute drive from the lake. We had a couple thunderstorms come through today but that’s okay. We needed the rain.

I took some of my favourite bird photographs and turned them into cards. Here’s one of them.

 

This is a Scarlet Tanager - my husband’s favourite migratory bird. I wanted the bird to stay as the focal point so I picked up the other colours in the photograph for the embellishments and mats. It was matted on that green cardstock that was so close in colour to the leaves in the photo it was uncanny and then onto a mottled bluish-grey card base. Before gluing the photo to the first mat I took a two-toned ribbon; added double sided tape to it and wrapped it around the photo; stuck it down and tied a bow; let the other end switch colours and cut the end at an angle and added a glue dot under the cut edge to hold it in place. The sentiment is a silver peel-off.

That’s all for a cooler day that we’ve had for several days on Monday, June 14, 2021.

 Cheers

Violet

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Love Birds

 We are still experiencing a heat wave here in Ontario - hot and humid. The most often expressed statement is: “It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity”. You hear people saying that most of the summer.

Today’s card is another repurposed one. I absolutely could not toss the original card in the recycle bin…..it needed to be given a new life.

 

 

The circle of birds is what was part of the original card. It was die cut with a Spellbinder’s die. I used the background from another card for the background for this card. Once the circle was glued on, scalloped silver peel-off lines were added, including one silver peel-off tiny flower. After I posted this, several other tiny flowers were added. The sentiment is also a peel-off. The ribbon came from yet another card and it just happened to match perfectly.

That’s all for a hot and humid Friday, June 11, 2021. Have a safe and creative weekend everyone and if possible, perform a random act of kindness.

Cheers

Violet

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A Bird Card

 We just had a very hot and humid few days and now its raining….more rain along with thunderstorms for the next few days too. We did get a 20km bike ride in on Saturday though because it was much less humid at the lake.

Besides card making, scrapbooking and quilting my other hobby is photography. I love to photograph the migratory birds that fly up to Canada from Mexico, South America and the Southern States of the USA every spring. One of my favourites is the Prothonotary Warbler which is a rare visitor. I believe there is only about 12 mating pairs in Ontario and luckily for us, some are at nearby parks. Here is a photo of one of them I made into a card. I have a friend who has months of rehabbing ahead of her so this card is for her. 

     This time the card was simply cut down and mounted on black cardstock and then onto a yellow card base. I wanted the warbler to be the main vocal point. A banner was die cut from black cardstock and adhered with dimensional foam strip. The sentiment is a peel-off.

     That’s all for Monday, June 7, 2021.

Cheers

Violet

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A Blue Jay Grunge Card

      The heat wave has started! Temperatures will be in the 90F range and feeling like over 100F with the humidity. It may be even too hot to go on a bike ride but we shall see. Its usually a little cooler by the lake where the provincial park is where we ride.

     Today’s card features the Blue Jay, a very common but beautiful bird that lives in Ontario year round. 

 I’m trying to use up all the bits and pieces in my 6” packs. I’ve found that they make excellent backgrounds. So for this background I simply pieced together, taped at the back some left over pieces that had the edges inked with dark ink before adhering in place. The circle and the oval were die cut, (Spellbinders) and inked with dark ink. The bird was die cut, stamped and coloured with alcohol markers….from the dollar store and they actually work quite well. The branch was die cut from another die. The sentiment is a peel-off. I deliberately kept the inking splotchy to give it the grunge look so it would be suitable for either a man or a woman.   

      That’s all for a hot and humid Friday, on June 4, 2021. Have a wonderful, safe and creative weekend everyone and if possible do a random act of kindness….it just may turn a person’s life around for the better. 

Cheers

Violet

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