A Splatter Grunge Card

 Well we have had our first official snowfall! The snow has to stay on the ground for several hours before we declare it official. This time we got about an inch of snow on Monday and we still have some on the lawn. It melted quickly on the roads though but not before there were several accidents. People just refuse to slow down in bad weather.

I've been busy making a couple of quilts that are being donated to a women's shelter way, way up North. So far North it is a fly-in community. I get so busy during the day that by night time I forget to post anything on the blog. 

 Today’s card is a little different than my normal cards. I was playing with my Perfect Pearls and/or other ones like it and this is what I came up with. I think a teenage boy or pre-teen age boy would like this one.

                           

 The background is just black cardstock. Before mounting it, I stamped some splotches with VersaMark using a Stampin' Up Grunge stamp and then adding some bright blue Perfect Pearls. Then I took another piece of black cardstock and swooshed on VersaMark ink and dropped bit of various coloured Perfect Pearls on it and brushed it around. Then I used a splatter die to die cut those funny shapes and glued them on. The ‘happy’  was die cut twice from black cardstock and glued to the splatters and then I used another large die to die cut the ‘birthday’ in bright blue. It was then mounted on bright blue card base.

That’s all for a cold Wednesday, November 29, 2023.

Cheers

Violet

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Out of This World Cards

 Mother Nature has gone berserk again! First we went for so long without rain that the fields were dry and dusty and now we keep getting flooded with downpours and thunderstorms…. and more to come.

A couple of weeks ago I had a quick trip into the Dollar Tree and just happened to walk through the craft aisle and spotted a stamp set that looked interesting…. and it ended up in my basket. Here are three cards I made using the set, including the sentiments that came with it. There were three different main images so I used one in each card. No dies came with it, so I fussy cut out the images, which I enjoy doing anyway. They are adhered with dimensional strips. The planet was just stamped and coloured.

Some of the backgrounds were sponged using Distress Inks; some were splattered; some dipped; some a combination. Here they are:

 

 

These were fun cards to make and different than my normal style. I find it helpful to break out my rut sometimes.

 That’s all for a very rainy Monday, June 26, 2023.

 Cheers

Violet

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Wolf Card Number 3

 Ahhh….beautiful summer weather. A wee bit hot if out in the sun but in the shade, lovely. We have no A/C on even and its comfortable in the house. This will likely end tomorrow as the temps will creep up into the 90F’s and even into the 100F’s next week but I’m enjoying it while it lasts. Rain would be a blessing though - so dry here.

So, today is wolf card number 3. This is the one that was sent.

                               

     Once again, the moon and sky were done exactly like the card that was posted two days back so please scroll back to read it. In this card you can see the entire die - the black rim around the moon; the trees on the left; the wolf and the hill he is standing on. This time I used that single tall skinny tree die and did a partial cutting so it left the entire tree and ground as one piece. Jennifer McGuire demonstrates this technique all the time and I’ve started to use it more and more. For complete instructions, please go to her site or any YouTube and search for partial cutting. Basically you place the top cutting platform (I have a Big Shot) where you want the cutting to stop instead of on top of the entire die. If there is no pressure over the die, it will not cut.  I had to do some trimming afterwards but that’s all right. I just wanted the tree to be part of the ground part and not separate….just because, no real reason.

    That’s all for a lovely Friday, July 15, 2022. Have a wonderful weekend; stay safe and be kind.

Cheers

Violet

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Wolf Card Number 2

 I’m loving this summer weather! It’s been wonderful, BUT we need rain! It is so dry here its awful. Areas all around us have had rain, but it keeps missing us. Maybe tomorrow! Fingers crossed.

Today I’m posting Wolf Card Number 2, that also did not get picked for our grandson.

                                   
    The sky and moon were both made exactly like the one in the previous posting so I will not go into detail here. Just scroll back to read it how they were done.

    This time I decided to cut hills from various shades of black cardstock and they were just stacked up so it looked like the wolf was on a rocky mountain. I die cut a couple of extra trees and added them where the one that came with the die was. Once again, the sentiment was computer generated.  

    The next wolf card I post is the one that was chosen to be sent. Stay tuned!

 

Cheers

Violet

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Wolf Card Number One

 It was a lovely day today so we headed out to Rondeau Provincial Park with the bikes and did 21.52km this afternoon. First we enjoyed a veggie burger and fries at the store there. I’ve had insomnia for the last three nights and I just didn’t feel like BBQing. Hopefully the bike ride will encourage sleeping!

One of our grandsons is having a birthday and he loves wolves. He has since he was about a year old and his dad bought him a stuffed wolf. He now has many! So, I made three wolf cards and let hubby pick out the one he liked best. They are very similar, but different. This is wolf card number one, which did not get picked.

                       
    For each of the cards, I die cut a circle that fit perfectly behind the black trim that is part of the die out of a piece of masking paper which was also die cut to A2 size.  The wolf and small hill he is standing on, outer ring, mountain in the distance and a couple of trees are one die. Not much room for variation but I did manage some.

    First I put the A2 card mask down and sponged two shades of yellow to form the moon - first Distress Oxide Lemon; then Distress Mustard Seed and then Distress Wild Honey to add some shadows. Then a bit of Distress Villainous Purple on the edge of the dabber to add in some clouds. Then that mask was removed and the moon mask was placed over the moon. The background was then inked with various blue and purple ink and then Distress Black Soot around the edge. I tried on a practice piece to add stars but they looked like snow so I gave up - for now!

So for this card, I hand cut some hills to go behind the wolf and die cut a couple more trees to fill in that left hand corner. It just looked unfinished. The sentiment is computer generated and adhered with a dimensional strip.

That’s all for a beautiful July 7, 2022.

Cheers

Violet

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Stars and Grunge

     Our hot and humid days lasted two and a half days …. and then the storm hit! It was a doozy of a storm too! Lots of trees and power lines down and a few thousand without hydro… but luckily no injuries. We escaped the worst of the storm but just the other side of the city got hit hard. Since then, the windows are open and the days are just lovely!

    Today’s card is one I made as a ‘possible’ for my grandson’s birthday but Grampa picked a different one for him.

                         
     The background was just white cardstock and the first thing I did was sponge some ink along the bottom left corner - light orange (likely Spiced Marmalade) and some darker one which I think was Distress Rusty Hinge. A Stampin’ Up Grunge stamp was used to add some texture - I think that is the blue blobs and some small stars using Distress Tumbled Glass. Then I picked the colour of the stars and banners I wanted and die cut them all out. The edges were inked with Distress Black Soot to continue with the grunge theme. Then some ink using splattered some of the same ink as used on the background. The banners were stamped with a variety of birthday sentiments. Once I liked how the stars and banners looked, they were all glued down. It was glued to a card base made from the same dark wine as the banner and stars. Then I decided it needed a little more and the three glass dew drops were added to the top left corner.

     That’s all for a lovely Friday, June 3, 2022. Have a safe and creative weekend all. I’ll be back next week with more cards.

Cheers

Violet

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Two different cards, same background

 Our wacky weather continues - from cold to very, very hot, to cool and rainy, to sunny, and tomorrow back to rain. This afternoon was grass cutting and working in the garden….the weeds were getting too aggressive and needed removing. Joe was cutting the grass and it was still wet from yesterday’s rain so it was harder work than normal…but we couldn’t leave it another day or he would never get through it. The joy of owing a home!

 I’m back with a couple of cards today. I had two pieces of cardstock with the same design that I stenciled on but never used them. I decided to once again give myself a challenge and to make two completely different cards using the same background. Here is the first card I made.

                               
I had this cute little digital image of the boy with a frog all coloured up and ready to use so I went with it.  Cut the stenciled paper into three strips of different widths and glued them to a green background paper and then onto a light green paper and then on to a white card base. Lots of layers but it called for it. Then the coloured image was glued on and the banner sentiment added with a dimensional strip. This ended being a 5.5 inch square card.

 And here’s the next card.

 This time I left the stenciled image in one piece but glued it to another green layer; then the light green layer; and then onto the 5.5 inch card base. A strip of green was added across the middle and a flower was added to the left side. The sentiment is a gold peel-off. Sparkly gems were added to the flowers.

 There you have it. Two totally different cards for two different age groups and genders using the same background. I find it is a good brain game to challenge myself once in awhile…..and besides, I don’t like making the same card twice.

It was raining yesterday so I did get some more very cute cards finished. I'll be posting them next so stay tuned.

That's all for a sunny, but with a cool wind, Tuesday, May 17.

 Cheers

Violet

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The Skater Card and a Quilt

 I had warned you that postings would be sporadic for awhile. During the nice weather we are outside a lot, gardening, biking, hiking and bird watching and I sometimes don’t even turn the computer on for days at a time. If you happened to vote for my card (see previous post) I thank you.

Today was a great day! My older sister had some very risky heart surgery performed and is already sitting up and out of ICU…..a wonder woman for sure!

Besides that it was our youngest grandson’s 11^th birthday today. This is the card I made for him and following that is the gift I made for him.

                             
    The skater was made using an old Sizzix die - lots of little pieces but rather fun to put together providing you like puzzles. Each piece has ink sponged around the edges to give them some dimension - even that little pocket on his shorts. Once I had the skater finished it was “now what?”…and “How do I finish this card?” So, I just went for it with no plan. The background sky was sponged on a piece of white cardstock that was cut to 4 x 5.25. Then a piece of beige paper was ripped to look like hills and green ink was sponged along the top and here and there to make it look more hilly. Then another piece was heavy inked for the foreground. It needed more so I die cut some trees and added them to the background and die cut some grass for the foreground. Before gluing the green piece down I stamped the sentiment with black ink. Once I liked the background I glued the skater down. And then it was all glued to a black card base.

And here’s the gift I made!

                      
    He loves trains, especially steam trains, and has since he was a baby. The panel is the same design as the quilt I made for my hubby who also loves trains….scroll down to see it… but the rest of it is entirely different. He loved it.

That’s all for a very cool Wednesday, May 5, 2021.

Cheers

Violet

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Frog Card

        I feel like we moved to the tropics! This is the longest heat wave I can ever remember and it’s not over yet. In fact, the long term forecast has it in the high 90s and even over 100F well into the middle of August. It’s too darn hot to do much outside.

        Today’s card was made using up some scraps and it turned out okay.

                        

         I found some coordinating green paper and taped them together at the back. Then I ran it through the birthday embossing folder. The circles were die cut from more scraps of green as was the lily pad. The frog was stamped;  coloured' and die cut. The balloons were die cut; coloured; and attached to the frog and then Glossy Accents was used to make them shiny. It was a pretty quick card to make really. The hardest part was allowing the Glossy Accents to dry without smudging it.

        That’s all for a hot and humid Monday, on July 20, 2020.

Cheers

Violet

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The Big 13 birthday

        We had another ‘day off’ today and had a BBQ at the lake. It’s always just that bit cooler by the water that makes it nice to just sit and read. We are in for another two weeks of very hot and humid weather though so there may be more trips to the lake. Posting to the blog may not be very regular this summer.

        This weekend is another grandson’s birthday…the big 13! This is the card I made for him.

        This was a fun card to make. First I dug out a 6” paper pack with green paper because green is his favourite colour! I cut some strips on an angle from a few pieces and glued them to a piece of white scrap paper. Then I ran it through a star embossing folder. Once it was cut down to size it was glued to the front of a green folded card….just a regular 4.25 x 5.5 card with the front folded over in half. But the stars did not show up as much as I expected them to do. So I took a VersaMark pen and went over each star with it and then poured clear embossing powder on them and heat set it. Some of them I did twice. It’s amazing what a difference it made. Then some more stars were cut from more of the same paper – but the big one was mounted on cardstock first because the paper was too thin. The sentiment is a black peel-off – the last one I have I think. I used to order these peel-offs from Paper Wishes but their delivery cost to Canada got ridiculous so I quit ordering anything……insert big sigh here! The star on the inside right side is only attached on the right because the large star on the front of the card hooks into it to keep the card closed. I wasn’t sure it was going to work or not but it did. The inside of the card had more green paper glued on and more stars and the large number 13. I wrote a personal message to him on the inside flap as well.

Here is the card opened up.

               

        That’s all for a hot and humid day on Friday, July-17-2020. Have a wonderful weekend everyone. Stay safe; be kind to others; and enjoy life to the fullest.

Cheers

Violet

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A Star Card

        The hot and humid air has returned with a vengeance….but it did bring some much needed rain! We could be looking at temperatures well over 100F Friday and Saturday…could even be as high as 112F….hey, this is Canada, the cold north!...not in the summer months!

        Today’s card was almost picked for Seth’s birthday card but in the end we picked another one….to be posted on Friday.

 

         The background was made with a Happy Birthday embossing folder. Light blue ink was rolled on one side so the embossed words stayed white but the background is light blue. The stars were die cut from a piece of cardstock that was sitting in the stash….no idea where it came from. They were glued on and if you look carefully you can see the word ‘happy’ in the middle of the bottom star. Green bakers twine was wrapped around the embossed cardstock before it was glued to the card base. This was definitely a quick and easy card. Next week I’ll post the card that I made from the piece of green that the stars were die cut from.

        That’s all for a hot and humid Wednesday, July 17, 2019.

 Cheers

Violet

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Another Frog Card

It’s hard to believe it’s the middle of July already! May and June were cold and rainy and then July tried to make up for it by being very hot and humid. I feel sorry for the farmers. First they were late getting the crops in because the fields were so wet and now they are crying for rain. I don’t miss living on a farm!

        Today’s card is another frog card. So darn cute!

 

      I bought a set of 6 dies from Aliexpress and when they came I wasn’t sure how to use them. I thought they were for making decorative edge cards. It took me a couple cuts to realize that they cut at opposite angles….cool! So the cardstock was plain white and were die cut just past the middle on the left; matched a little further down. The star paper is from a paper pack and only the small strip was needed. The top and bottom were then glued to the stars and then it was trimmed down to 4” x 5.25” so it fit on the standard A2 card with a small edge showing. Ink was sponged on the top using a handmade cloud stencil and the bottom was sponged with green. The sentiment was stamped in green using my Tim Holtz stamp positioner to make sure I got a good impression. The frogs were stamped; coloured and die cut and glued on….the top one was die cut again from white foam so it sticks up a bit. The bottom frog was not attached with the extra foam as I wanted the top frog to be the star. The grass behind the bottom frog was die cut and then dipped in green inks to colour….it was from another die set. The little flies are part of the frog set and there are dies to die cut them but I found it quicker to do so by hand. Once they were stamped, Glossy Accents was applied to their eyes and Stickles were added to wings. This really made a difference. They are just glued on flat.

        That’s all for a hot Monday, July 15, 2019. I’ll be back on Wednesday with another card.

        Cheers

Violet

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A Frog Card

            We are having an overcast day today, no sun but thankfully no dreaded humidity either. I love hot weather but not when it’s humid. In fact we were able to turn the A/C off and open the windows again. I’m sure it’s a short lived situation but we’ll take it.

       One of our grandsons is turning 12 this month and I started creating some cards that would be suitable for him. I have no problem making masculine cards or cards for younger boys under about 12 but ages 12 and up is tricky for me. Here’s one I made that I rejected for him.

 

         I like the card but decided it was too juvenile for my 12 year old grandson. One of my friends will have a need for it though so its in the stash. The frog was stamped and coloured with Tombow markers that were scribbled onto a stamp block and the colours picked up with a Stampin’ Up blending pen. The frog was then die cut with matching dies. The balloons were die cut from white cardstock and coloured with alcohol markers….that I picked up at Dollarama that work great….but limited colours….anyway, once they were coloured I went over them with a VersaMark pen and heat embossed them in clear embossing powder, dipped them quickly back in the embossing powder and heat them again. I wanted a nice shiny coating on them. Then the strings were made black with a black marker.

        The frog needed to stand on something so the sentiment was stamped on a piece of white cardstock using Stampin’ Up Handsome Hunter green ink and then a green marker was used to outline the edges. The background paper is from my stash and once I liked the layout it was all glued to a light green card base.         
       That’s all for a cooler Friday, July 12, 2019. Have a wonderful, safe and creative weekend all. I’ll be back on Monday with a card.

        Cheers

Violet

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Canada Day Greetins and a Card

Happy Canada Day to all the Canadian readers. We have had a very hot and humid long weekend here but no rain so that was good. There were all kinds of festivals in most cities and the rain sure puts the damper on the fun so hot and humid is way better than rain. However, it was too hot (close to 100F) and too crowded at our city’s festivals for Joe to attend so we headed out to Rondeau Park yesterday for a veggie burger lunch and a relaxing afternoon….. and ending the visit with an ice cream cone….can’t go to Rondeau without having an ice cream cone. It was also much cooler at the lake than here in the city.

        I just can’t stop making these Ninja cards. So darn cute.

        This time I simply die cut that sunburst and glued it to the green card base. My sister had given me a package of very large green cards and envelopes but I didn’t want one that large so I just cut it down to the normal A2 size. I used a piece that was cut off for the sentiment. The Ninja was die cut out of black cardstock and again out of black foam and glued together and then glued to the middle of the sunburst. Definitely a quick and easy card but I think a young boy will really like it.

        That’s all for a hot and humid Monday, July 1, 2019.

Cheers

Violet

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A Ninja Card

        It’s another dull day here in Ontario but at least they are not calling for rain today….for a change.

        Here’s another Ninja card I made awhile ago and never posted.

 

         I always associate Ninjas with green so I pulled out an old favourite Memory Box Happy Birthday die and die cut it out of lime green. The paper behind it is from the stash. The Ninjas, bought from Aliexpress, were stamped and then die cut. The faces and hands were the only colouring needed. Then I die cut a piece of black foam and glued the cardstock die cut Ninjas on top of the foam, and then glued them to the card. I really like die cutting foam to fit behind the pieces. Much more solid than dimensional bits.

        That’s all for a cloudy Monday, June 17, 2019.

Cheers

Violet

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Another Ninja Card

        Another mostly sunny day here but the wind is still blowing cool air to remind us that it’s not quite time for shorts and T-shirts yet….but soon I hope.

        This card is the first Ninja card I made and although it turned out alright in the end, it took a few tries.

 

        Both the Ninja and the rectangle cut-out frame are from Aliexpress. Love the Ninjas but this frame die is a challenge. Instead of being 5.5” x 4.25” it’s just a wee bit larger than that so it doesn’t fit on a standard card. The first one I cut was out of that darker brown. I set the stitched rectangles to one side and my thought was to mount this on a blue card base and then add the Ninjas. It was when I placed it on the card base that I realized that it didn’t fit and overlapped just enough to look awful. So, I decided to trim off a little bit on each side but…..didn’t work! I did the top part okay but when I put the long side in, it was too large and flimsy to stay in place and it bunched up and when the blade came down, it took a chunk out of it….off it went to the recycle bag. So, I decided the best thing to do was to use a larger white card base and trim it down so that is what I did. Then I had to die cut another frame so I did it in the light Kraft colour and simply inserted the darker brown pieces….and now I have light brown rectangles to use in another project.

The Ninjas were stamped and embossed in black and the faces and hands were coloured in with a Tombow marker and the swords were coloured in with a silver pen. They were then die cut with the matching dies and each one was then die cut out of black foam. The stamped Ninjas were glued to the foam and then onto the card. I stamped and embossed the “wish Big” in black. The large Happy Birthday started out as a gold peel-off but I went over it with a black BIC pen to tone down the gold and make it look tarnished – more boyish looking that way. I think this card is going to my youngest grandson whose birthday is in a couple of weeks.

That’s all for an almost-spring day on April 24, 2019.

Cheers

Violet

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HIYA! A Ninja Card

            Not much news to share today….weather hasn’t changed much…so I’ll get right to posting the card for today. I recently saw this Ninja stamp set and matching dies on Aliexpress and it was so stinking cute I couldn’t resist them. I’ve already made three cards from it. Here's one of them.

 

        This is just one of six stamps and dies. There are a lot of little stamps too but I haven’t figured out how to use them yet. The Ninja was stamped on white cardstock using VersaMark ink and then black ink and then sprinkled with black embossing powder and heat set. The face and hands were coloured in with a Tombow marker. Then I used the matching die to die cut it….I don’t have many of these so I need practice lining them up correctly. On the first card I made I tried attaching the Ninja by cutting bits of dimensional tape but it was awkward...then I got a brain storm of an idea. I die cut a piece of black foam using the matching die…..cut just fine; glued the die cut stamped Ninja onto the matching black foam and then glued it to the card…so much easier and more stable.

The circle sentiment is from Memory Box…I think…I’ve had it for a few years now. I was going to just die cut a red circle to fit just behind the yellow circle but when I laid down the die cut yellow on a pre-cut red circle I found, I liked it so much better I just used that one instead of cutting a smaller one. The polka dot paper is from the stash. It was glued to a light green card base.

        That’s all for a bit warmer and a bit less wet Wednesday, April 17^th, 2019. Its quilt guild meeting tonight and it will be so good to get out seeing my quilting friends. I missed both February and March’s meeting because I was sick. I’ll be back on Friday with another card.

Cheers

Violet

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A Knight Card

There was no post yesterday because I wasn’t home! My sisters and I went to Toronto for the Canada Blooms show. This flower show is huge! We all like gardening so we made the trip down for a “Sister Day”….our first and likely last as Bette is moving to another province. Bette and I got the 6:18 am train to Aldershot where we met Pearl and switched to the GO train (think subway above the ground) to Toronto. They have agents that make random checks to see if you have a ticket or not and we were checked. We had tickets of course but the agent didn’t believe we were all seniors. Flattering but we like the discounts so we finally convinced him we were indeed seniors but it took awhile…and much laughter! It was a long day of walking and more walking and then another three hour train ride home so I was too tired to post anything.

        So, here is a Tuesday card instead of a Monday’s card. 

        This old stamp is always popular in a card for young boys. It was coloured with pencils and blended with gamsol. The rectangles and small flourish on the banner were die cut with Spellbinder dies; the banner with a Hero Arts die; the stitched die behind the image is a Die-Namics die and the sentiment is a Sizzix die. When I die cut letters I like to put double sided tape behind them so I can just peel it off and stick them down. So much easier than trying to get small drops of glue on the back of those skinny letters. The background paper is from the stash.

        That’s all for a snowy and then sunny then snowy and then sunny Tuesday! March 13, 2018. I’ll be back tomorrow with another card.

Cheers

Violet

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A Huge Candle Card

The weather outside is a changing by the hour. Someone posted this on Facebook and it pretty much says it all.

A friend of mine asked me to make a card for a pre-teen boy – something pretty plain of course. I finally decided to make a huge candle card. Here is what I came up with…and she loved it.

I took a piece of left over cardstock and ran it through the Swiss dot embossing folder and then trimmed it to the size I wanted and inked the edges with a darker blue. Then I hand cut another piece of blue to look like wax dripping and glued it on the top. I hand cut the candle flame from yellow and orange cardstock stacked together; then switched the pieces over to make one flame. They were then sprinkled with yellow glitter. The wick is just a little piece of black cardstock.  The background was in the stash and it looked great with the candle glued to it. It was then glued to the yellow card base. The sentiment was stamped onto a hand cut banner and was attached with dimensional glue strips. Glossy Accents was then added to the dripping wax piece and set aside to dry. I always have to do that last or I end up smudging it.

        That’s all for a cold and damp Friday, February 16, 2018. Have a wonderful and safe weekend everyone. My heart aches for those involved in that Florida shooting. So sad.

Cheers

Violet

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Snowing Again....and a Card

Snowing again! We woke up to at least another 4” of snow again this morning. Yesterday morning it was less than an inch and I was able to shovel the driveway myself but today we had to get the neighbour to do it with his snow blower – more money spent on having the driveway cleared this winter than on anything else….and it’s only February 7^th. Another six weeks at least of winter to go.

A friend of mine asked if I could make her cards for a couple of young boys so of course I said sure. Then when I got home I couldn’t remember exactly the boys’ ages but I knew they were between 7 and 13. So here’s one of the cards I made. 

I took a piece of white cardstock and die cut some stars out of it – a new Stampin’ UP die set I just bought. I also have a small star punch so I punched a few of those two.

I knew I was going to wrap twine around the card so first I put it in my Tim Holtz’s card positioner and stamped the two sentiments – they are from old and different sets. Love my stamp positioner!

 Then I took some green baker’s twine….love bakers twine and yesterday at the thrift store I bought a huge bag of many colours of brand new bakers twine for about $3.00!....ooops, sorry sidetracked again….back to the card…..I wrapped the twine around three times, taping it at the back. Then I threaded a button with the twine and glued it in place. This keeps the twine from moving.

Then I took a lime green card base and glued the white piece on top and glued some white stars over the larger green stars.

          Making cards for young boys are much harder than those for girls but I think this one turned out okay. They are, after all, miniature men who don’t want flowers, glitz and fancy bows. That's all for a cold and snowy Wednesday, February 6th, 2018.

Cheers

Violet

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