Sunday, March 17, 2024

Five Cards Today

 It’s the start of another week …of unpredictable weather! Last Monday we walked in the bush with just a light sweater on and then the temperatures dropped to the freezing mark. Today we had snow showers - short lived thank goodness! More snow predicted for tomorrow and Tuesday and the weather is going to stay just around the freezing mark.

 I made about 20 or so cards for our local hospice. A friend who is a Stampin’ Up dealer, The Pampered Stamper (who can sell in Canada and the Netherlands….. she flies back and forth every few months) left me with a box of paper, ribbon and a couple of stamps to use for the hospice last time she left for Holland. Some of the paper was pre-cut so I pulled out five pieces that were the same and decided to use them - but in different ways. I don’t know why I keep giving myself challenges….as if life itself is not enough of a challenge some days. But I did it. Here are the five cards…..pretty simple cards so I think it will be easy to figure out how I made them.   

                                              





That’s all for a weird-weather Sunday, March 17, 2024.

Cheers

Violet

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Sunday, March 10, 2024

Anniversary Card

 What a week, weather wise. We had those two gorgeous days that felt like it was late May: then rain for a couple of days but not as much as they predicted, thank goodness; and then we woke up to snow on the ground today: and tonight there is a very strong cold wind blowing. I made lemon pie today and took a piece over to our neighbour who is a recent widower and barely cooks let alone bake and I thought I was going to get blown away. It was definitely a winter day today!

Because of the nasty weather this weekend, I hustled down to the lower studio (aka the basement) and made a few cards. A friend requested a anniversary card for her hubby. No problem. Here’s one I made for her consideration.

                                          

 While looking for something in one of my many stashes, I found this package of pre-cut, stamped images and matching paper. I remember picking this up at the thrift store along with other goodies and forgot all about them. Time to use them.

I traced the stamped image onto a piece of black cardstock and hand cut it and rounded the corners so it matched the one from the pack. The designer paper was cut down to 5.25 x 5 to fit on the black card base I made. I tried laying it on a white card base but it looked better on the black. I really like putting one piece of cardstock on a slight angle and then the focal piece on top.  I really liked the saying “I love us” so I rummaged through a pack of ephemera and found that two birds on the flowery branch. It had another long branch between the birds but it covered the saying so I carefully hand cut out just the parts I wanted and glued it down. I decided it didn’t need anything else.

That’s all for a very cold wintery day on March 10, 2024.

Cheers

Violet

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Friday, March 8, 2024

Fractured Cards

 It’s a rainy Friday! So rainy we are under a weather alert with possible flooding later on. Last Monday, it did indeed get to a high of 18C (65F) but by Tuesday night it dropped down to the freezing mark again. We did enjoy a lovely walk in the bush on Monday and saw a huge flock of robins - first of the year - a muskrat - first butterfly of the year - and a Downy Woodpecker. There were also dozens of large clumps of snowdrops along the first path. So pretty.

This week I felt like making some cards using a new technique - the fractured card technique. Man, this could be addictive. Loved making these. Here are the first three I made. Just go to YouTube or Pinterest and type in Fractured Card Technique and you will find many sources.

 This is the first one I made. Its okay but I didn’t like the white on white in the middle…but didn’t dislike it enough to toss it. I found that multicoloured flower in my flower stash and decided it would work well with the tiny purple flowers in the one designer paper. I do not own that die that cut out the flower. It was given to me from the seller I bought something from on Marketplace. The sentiment was stamped.

 

Then I made this card. I had one piece of that bunny paper and found the striped paper that had the same colours in it. Bonus. This time I used a light blue centre square on the white square and I liked it much better. The butterfly is again from the butterfly stash.  The sentiment was stamped using the same stamp as the other. I needed some get well cards so I thought it would suffice.

 

I had time to make one more. I had a couple pieces of that bright pink paper on the desk….I used the back for another project…and I found that sticker that also had pink in it. The centre square was cut from the bright pink as well knowing that the sticker would cover up most of it. Using this bright pink in small amounts works better for me so I just rummaged through the stash and found the other green paper with bright red/pink dots and decided it would work very well. This will be a nice card for someone who had surgery or an accident.

That’s all for a mild but very wet Friday, March 8, 2024.  Have a wonderful, creative and safe weekend everyone….and remember, where ever you go, try to sprinkle some kindness whenever you can.

Cheers

Violet

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Sunday, March 3, 2024

Scrapbook Page Layout

 We are supposed to get some very warm, very unusually warm, weather for the next few days. It could be close to 70F if it happens as predicted. I’m pretty much a wait and see person when it comes to weather this year. Mother Nature is having “one of those days” for months now...just throwing out temperatures at will.

Well, the quilt I made is on its way to New Brunswick. After quilting like crazy for days to get it finished, I decided to switch to card making over the weekend. I’ve made about 18 cards to be donated to the hospice but I usually make 24 at a time so I think I’ll keep making a few more before dropping them off.

 So, today I’m posting the complimentary page to the one I posted last week. They are only related because Finn ran in two different races so the theme is the same, but the dates are different. Works for me. If you notice the white splotch it is were I erased the name of the city for posting purposes only.

 

 After he ran the kid’s race, and won a medal, he wanted to climb on the podium where the winners of the adult marathon will stand. He has dreams I think! After the race he was happy to be home with his dogs. This boy loves his dogs.

 


And here are the two pages, side by side.

That’s all for a mild but damp Sunday, March 3, 2024.

Cheers

Violet

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Friday, March 1, 2024

A Quilt and a Card

 I’m back and everything is fine! I’ve just been busy. I asked my granddaughter if she thought the elderly man they befriended when they moved to New Brunswick would like a quilt. He was pretty much a recluse until they moved there. No one can resist that girl’s charm. He now knows someone cares about him for no reason other than friendship. It turns out he was just recently diagnosed with cancer so he definitely needs a quilt. So, I was on overdrive getting the quilt finished for him. My granddaughter had requested a shiny, sparkly sun dress to wear to a Taylor Swift concert so that had to be made as well. So instead of posting the complimentary page to the last scrapbook layout I posted, I’m posting the quilt I just made. I made him a thinking of you card as well so it’s a double posting today.

Here’s the quilt.

                                          
He is a great outdoors man so I thought the deer panels would be a good choice. I had no pattern and just pulled some fabric from my stash and designed as I went. It didn’t photograph well but it was already mailed before I realized it. I hope he likes it.

Here is the card I made for him. I didn't have my proper Ott lighting when I took this photo so the colour is a bit off.  The sentiment was stamped with black ink on white cardstock and was premade and in my stash and as I was in a hurry, I used it. The sky is actually blue. My Ott light was upstairs and I didn't realize what a difference it would make using a standard light. Never again. 

                              
I thought this deer die would compliment the quilt so I die cut it from black cardstock, added a piece of blue paper from the blue stash behind it for the background. I liked it so much I made several more that I will be donating to the local Hospice. I always seem to struggle to get the masculine thinking of you cards for them.

Although this card had that sentiment the others I made for the hospice were a bit different. I had more time for them so the sentiment was stamped and embossed with white embossing powder right on the card.  Quick and easy.  

That’s all for a very mild Friday, March 1, 2024. March came in like a lamb and I hope it leaves the same way. Take care all and have a safe, happy and creative weekend.

 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.

 

Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Mud Run

 We are back to a mild day here in Ontario. Mother Nature is just adjusting our temperature like throwing out Power Ball numbers. Oh well, we just enjoy these nice days as they come.

Its been awhile since I’ve posted a scrapbook page. This is one of my favourite layouts. Hope you like it.

Our youngest grandson loves the outdoors including doing children’s obstacle courses and marathons geared for young children. On this particular day, the race was scheduled for a day after a major rain storm. There was no cancellation….. but there’s nothing a boy likes more than getting dirty. Luckily my daughter knows how to take just the right photos to tell the story - hence the muddy knees photo.

The photos were computer generated on a template and then printed out. I used the royal blue cardstock as the background to pick up the blue in his jacket. The beige cardstock was smooched with brown and blue ink and the edges were frayed for even more grunge look. Then splatters were stamped in brown using Stampin’ Up grunge stamps. Some brown ink was watered down and that was splattered across the page as well. Then the photo layout was mounted on brown and glued down. The title was some die cut a few times and glued together for some dimension and painted brown. The journaling was computer generated; mounted on the same brown cardstock and glued down. The tag on the bottom was stamped on green cardstock; mounted on brown as was his name and the year tags. This picked up the green grass colour. I did make a companion page which I'll post next time. 

That’s all for a mild Monday on February 20, 2024.2.20

Cheers

Violet

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Monday, February 19, 2024

Thinking of You Card

 Today is FAMILY DAY in Canada. It’s a statutory holiday created for families to spend the day together….but in reality I think it was created for a break between Christmas and Easter. We are retired and no family live near us to spend a day with in February so its just another day for us ….we hate driving in the winter in case a snow storm blows in so we seldom visit family by car in the winter. There is an area called “the snow belt” between here and our family which means they get a lot of lake effect snow storms that no one else gets and those storms can be brutal. That’s another reason why I’m looking forward to spring and then summer….no snow!

 So today’s card was simple to make but I really like how it turned out.

                                              
 I found that pretty paper in the stash and decided to use it instead of re-stashing it. There was another piece of paper in the same paper pack that I used as the background paper which I glued onto to a white card base leaving a thin border. Then I cut the designer paper into two strips and glued them to the background paper. A piece of dark blue cardstock…also from the stash… was cut to fit in the middle but was glued to a white piece of cardstock that as just a little bit larger. The sentiment was heat embossed in white onto the blue cardstock and a few gems were added. I donate cards to our local hospice and I’m thinking this style would be easy to make.

That’s all for a sunny but cold Monday February 19, 2024.

 Cheers

Violet

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Thursday, February 15, 2024

Winter is Back

 Its winter again! The nice milder than normal temperatures are retreating and the darn cold winter weather, along with snow, has returned. The only good news is the ground is warm enough that the little bit of snow we got pretty much melted very quickly. However, even a little snow is too much snow for me. I want the warm weather.

 Today’s card is one of my favourites to colour. It’s a Poppy Power stamp.

 


It was coloured with pencils and blended with gamsol. The background was sponged on chalk. The sentiment is a black peel-off. I die cut the frame by putting two dies together. The background papers are from my stash. It was a quick and easy card once I had the colouring done.

 That’s all for a cold, snowy and windy winter day on February 15, 2024.

 Cheers

Violet

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Friday, February 9, 2024

A Purple Card

 Another week has flown by and it was one of the mildest weeks we’ve ever seen in February. I went out to get my hair cut this morning and I just had on a blue jean jacket over a light sweater. Its going to drop down to below freezing again in a couple of days…..then the winter coats come out again! But we have really enjoyed the mild weather.

 Today’s card is one of those “lets use up some left over paper”.

 


 I found this die cut shiny purple label (from an old Spellbinder die set) so I rummaged through the purple left over stash and found that stripped paper with almost the same dark purple in it. Then I found that light purple for the background.  I laid them down on each other and liked how they looked. So, the next step was to find some focal image. I had just bought a package of ephemera from Stamp Art in London (sight unseen but I trusted her judgement) and this dream catcher and butterfly were in with the package. That was almost too simple but I liked it and decided to go for it. Once everything was glue down I stamped the ‘hello’ in purple ink on a die cut banner and glued it on. It needed more bling so shiny faux crystals were glued on. They came from the dollar store but they are quite pretty.

That’s all for a mild Friday, February 9, 2024. Have a 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.

 

 

Saturday, February 3, 2024

 It has been awhile since I posted and that’s because my sister-in-law passed away January 23. She didn’t have much quality of life, especially near the end, so this is one of those, “it’s a blessing” scenarios.   

However, life has to go on so I am trying to get back into the normal rhythm of life. I am posting two cards today as they were both re-made from one old greeting card someone gave me.

                                  

This bird photo was so beautiful and bright I just had to use it on a new card. After thinking about it for a bit, I decided it would look nice framed in green so I die cut a green panel and glued the photo behind it. The card base was made from a matching piece of cardstock. The paper the photo is mounted on is from my stash. Once it was all arranged a tiny double bakers twine bow was added. I didn’t put a sentiment on this one as I wasn’t sure what occasion I was going to use it for.

 This is the second card made from the same old greeting card as the top one.

                                
 This part of the greeting card was much smaller but I just had to use it. The sentiment was part of the original card so I used a rectangle die to cut out the bird and then rounded the corners. Then I die cut a bit larger piece of green cardstock to mount it on. The card base is the same green as what the photo is mounted on. I needed something else for the background and I found this splattered piece that I made and never used and decided it would work fine. Before gluing the mounted photo down I die cut another piece of cardstock the same size as the focal image and glued it on an angle behind. It didn’t show up as much as I hoped it would but it is what it is. Once its glued, its down and you just have to accept it. Another bakers twine bow was glued on as well.

 That’s all for a very mild Saturday, February 3, 2024. Okay, we are into February! Once we get through February, it a short slide into spring!

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.

 

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