tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48153735874302123532024-03-12T21:29:46.790-05:00Mary's TalesMary Cavalierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10436627706954748074noreply@blogger.comBlogger564125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815373587430212353.post-72293536859888960782024-02-05T21:23:00.003-06:002024-02-05T21:25:10.168-06:00Uneven Foursquare<p> I have done similar cards but these are from a video and pdf by Really Robin Stamps. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/RNdk7i50nQo?si=QbMZYWzwYjWFJj3E" target="_blank">You tube video </a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsyVw9N-B4JF1gsrRBDa6he5Iq950B98qf_aYwQbydb71ZH6EzvNF0DeX8S42zbzwqoDyZfUS6OFad-qonXpPOWKIvO6Kefz_TM_5mhJYViwB0QfSuABMbSndMIhx3VlsP1yQwFF4k1HGIFnkm7dIloEyhEKEeiO3xufuNUpIlOIPDrSLNyKvpYdXMchHD/s5712/IMG_0101.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5712" data-original-width="4284" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsyVw9N-B4JF1gsrRBDa6he5Iq950B98qf_aYwQbydb71ZH6EzvNF0DeX8S42zbzwqoDyZfUS6OFad-qonXpPOWKIvO6Kefz_TM_5mhJYViwB0QfSuABMbSndMIhx3VlsP1yQwFF4k1HGIFnkm7dIloEyhEKEeiO3xufuNUpIlOIPDrSLNyKvpYdXMchHD/s320/IMG_0101.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>I used some retired DSP called Tea Boutique. It works very well with this layout since the back side coordinates so well. </p><p><br /></p><p>I also played with a design from TxStampin Sharon’s Mystery Stampin group. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/NabvgYVPgAs?si=CNUzvGIBUl6Rsx7M" target="_blank">You Tube Video</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggbdmXeXfN1VcX60tVF9NWJRDixnPyXJazUfb-uU-c52k0rI4GoYlj9zwkNSC_QCdmBEdEn7Tqk_UU4SWhbLso-_Yb7a7uus7AKR3xnSaCSZElPYG7LL73f7Yh_MmPVQydDoHoa20RFUC03bq7r0lWuvdw7ul8t9pMcnkgDpal6hFfcXw6Wt9KNhCNpWIs/s5712/IMG_0100.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5712" data-original-width="4284" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggbdmXeXfN1VcX60tVF9NWJRDixnPyXJazUfb-uU-c52k0rI4GoYlj9zwkNSC_QCdmBEdEn7Tqk_UU4SWhbLso-_Yb7a7uus7AKR3xnSaCSZElPYG7LL73f7Yh_MmPVQydDoHoa20RFUC03bq7r0lWuvdw7ul8t9pMcnkgDpal6hFfcXw6Wt9KNhCNpWIs/s320/IMG_0100.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div>These are using the last of Well Worn and the last of Pick a Pattern. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlQ6lBRPh5RGf_SzndTusf1qf0hqWaNKfBZHc5cxpUmLNFrZWqc4Ap-IxBlDs1zlxWSkG0LgqQsIBisyJPRu9wjHVlL7HLrbUnPVSWCSbjGxvYL3cOCgfxc_W8txUMXwNQPgpOPeuLppvaGuNLkq4FAD1-V2_fGD0QVDqCJgJFm5EXqrNsTDWGQJfpSLVV/s5712/IMG_0099.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5712" data-original-width="4284" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlQ6lBRPh5RGf_SzndTusf1qf0hqWaNKfBZHc5cxpUmLNFrZWqc4Ap-IxBlDs1zlxWSkG0LgqQsIBisyJPRu9wjHVlL7HLrbUnPVSWCSbjGxvYL3cOCgfxc_W8txUMXwNQPgpOPeuLppvaGuNLkq4FAD1-V2_fGD0QVDqCJgJFm5EXqrNsTDWGQJfpSLVV/s320/IMG_0099.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>More using Tea Boutique. Since most of these designs were straight up and down I changed up the layout. <div><br /></div><div>Here are more cards using the Well Worn DSP. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkgJdoTbySHejVl2t7lN-Q19loN0-B4kDvX-qBZnKOq1XWUMYsywtdU59jtQ5raG-5pZ2IQFC-9Hl-yD8lRYNxmdwWg189uGcUVOp5TWVJ8fHSEVoarGnN-O4cWLJLO8hnTgWOuAD0qCFxj9zKD5bnYewRJeKwz9I3PyvZNj90SrxcqLGaoQMeOgkDR7l2/s5712/IMG_0098.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5712" data-original-width="4284" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkgJdoTbySHejVl2t7lN-Q19loN0-B4kDvX-qBZnKOq1XWUMYsywtdU59jtQ5raG-5pZ2IQFC-9Hl-yD8lRYNxmdwWg189uGcUVOp5TWVJ8fHSEVoarGnN-O4cWLJLO8hnTgWOuAD0qCFxj9zKD5bnYewRJeKwz9I3PyvZNj90SrxcqLGaoQMeOgkDR7l2/s320/IMG_0098.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div>I’m sorry to finish that pack off but I have some new DSP to open that will be great for the guys too. <div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN0IOQ2sXJvefuezAneI8yjdjrpYXTR56O5xKZLFooN7wKgqzB4dhNb4M1WF5DDZZOT0E-_51O29ZRCQu-TFFEUc7ewsPaOHcaKB_AciY7dMTo55w2eNrFBMI79zzbwASaHqE9QOmTUmBBYdzvDRDo_FYM0GphsTwYEv5m30TUIgRTZl2z03Ir_yjK6Vmb/s5712/IMG_0096.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5712" data-original-width="4284" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN0IOQ2sXJvefuezAneI8yjdjrpYXTR56O5xKZLFooN7wKgqzB4dhNb4M1WF5DDZZOT0E-_51O29ZRCQu-TFFEUc7ewsPaOHcaKB_AciY7dMTo55w2eNrFBMI79zzbwASaHqE9QOmTUmBBYdzvDRDo_FYM0GphsTwYEv5m30TUIgRTZl2z03Ir_yjK6Vmb/s320/IMG_0096.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">And I got all of these from the Pick a Pattern scraps. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">And then I decided I needed to clean up some of my skinny card stock scraps. They are getting out of control. So here are the cards truly made from scraps. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0OAJaRnWzD4sAQ0STCDMN7l8mPFni991xzoxvp5XYJ9nhsPHGAIU1_B4u3wkgjfMPGjna1mMHz8fLFu9gCEXz0rkjxtfHj34VkLPke-CnPs55Gp4LMBskxCVbdtN9ND19REcOlAOJH-Eg0BuxERukF2ohIL343vkp0hVOcMQaiYNsxjIeJgT0JWFhJ7sW/s5712/IMG_0097.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5712" data-original-width="4284" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0OAJaRnWzD4sAQ0STCDMN7l8mPFni991xzoxvp5XYJ9nhsPHGAIU1_B4u3wkgjfMPGjna1mMHz8fLFu9gCEXz0rkjxtfHj34VkLPke-CnPs55Gp4LMBskxCVbdtN9ND19REcOlAOJH-Eg0BuxERukF2ohIL343vkp0hVOcMQaiYNsxjIeJgT0JWFhJ7sW/s320/IMG_0097.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div>It was a good weekend plus Monday. <br /><div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div></div>Mary Cavalierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10436627706954748074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815373587430212353.post-46525954543412491152021-01-30T14:43:00.003-06:002021-01-30T14:43:30.814-06:00Three panel cards<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thanks to Connie Stewart at Simply Simple Stamping for the inspiration for these 3 panel cards. You can see her video <a href="https://youtu.be/w81o-OWVdQE" target="_blank">here</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcLf3LXoaMqOqYZFosVRuAe4ifq1_97pmpy7bwB5LdisM8eVJRwfqVAu-xJbcyVZrf0bSVF_S2LLy-s5iaCnlXbCIofB5jMG-wjJRKab16mArpzBowFnskCukwnMo61hCg76MjcYJlTCU_/s2048/5B54B997-A0AF-4EA1-AD3B-E120A94AC90F.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcLf3LXoaMqOqYZFosVRuAe4ifq1_97pmpy7bwB5LdisM8eVJRwfqVAu-xJbcyVZrf0bSVF_S2LLy-s5iaCnlXbCIofB5jMG-wjJRKab16mArpzBowFnskCukwnMo61hCg76MjcYJlTCU_/s320/5B54B997-A0AF-4EA1-AD3B-E120A94AC90F.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Darling Donkeys celebrating. I used some burlap paper I found to add a farm touch. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkRMuEiP1aHPPOrc_i227zMxhYn-jSco3EqP_YAT4MPxw7U5VqIppOvk_rRNg473Q8vOThmsL3FGnY9mCqEtm83SESqmG86QhKQ5MT5SQyZYhoySkTuT6RRoc9sOq2l-j8_VNQiEOFFLtc/s2048/47A4366B-D767-40FB-BB54-D084A6AE615E.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkRMuEiP1aHPPOrc_i227zMxhYn-jSco3EqP_YAT4MPxw7U5VqIppOvk_rRNg473Q8vOThmsL3FGnY9mCqEtm83SESqmG86QhKQ5MT5SQyZYhoySkTuT6RRoc9sOq2l-j8_VNQiEOFFLtc/s320/47A4366B-D767-40FB-BB54-D084A6AE615E.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Another Darling Donkey card. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgju4ZGap7ye_Nd6HZhgSMOtzugD40cieLzjBeIuuuOG420Vgqei868HHWn48GZOfBEov4NXRCCI7xC8D6S-eUD-y3qOoEgVZfmlR5_26xYnMkOU4rz26-aA2Csii1LCpgZ5wVw8KPNXXdU/s2048/24325449-86C7-474C-B916-C145C041A688.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgju4ZGap7ye_Nd6HZhgSMOtzugD40cieLzjBeIuuuOG420Vgqei868HHWn48GZOfBEov4NXRCCI7xC8D6S-eUD-y3qOoEgVZfmlR5_26xYnMkOU4rz26-aA2Csii1LCpgZ5wVw8KPNXXdU/s320/24325449-86C7-474C-B916-C145C041A688.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Inside is a donkey on a wobbly spring. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4WiCJW5C81pbLI00LniuMBu8LdRr_Oe2lvvC-gW4Exg0v7luuN0Iys2jQR800v163YPbwUiHXaSJbJVqMIYe36txJDWVe0X7H9312mwC3IqP_H7FjCLiUU5SVpiaYWnIExYrYd_4jiiKK/s2048/A3FD8A53-2A58-4CF2-92CF-D250B91205CB.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4WiCJW5C81pbLI00LniuMBu8LdRr_Oe2lvvC-gW4Exg0v7luuN0Iys2jQR800v163YPbwUiHXaSJbJVqMIYe36txJDWVe0X7H9312mwC3IqP_H7FjCLiUU5SVpiaYWnIExYrYd_4jiiKK/s320/A3FD8A53-2A58-4CF2-92CF-D250B91205CB.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Greenhouse Garden - one of my favorite stamp sets but haven’t used it in ages. Magenta Madness, Bumblebee and Misty Moonlight flowers with Just Jade gingham ribbon. I stamped the flowers then cut into the 3 strips. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIaUrfh34hrowoYShgqXSemX8IGMfkTLtuT7DKMN3_xYEWleG5ELJOhfNEBq4ayxEwlD2Bk_pRUie2Ovs5wDnxq8nA0W-H_QLRzHSMxETMSjst_TVNtV482u3VVUxWLgwRVPqFp-6CvXPB/s2048/21D35EB0-B0DA-4763-B9DB-D0203DDF29BB.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIaUrfh34hrowoYShgqXSemX8IGMfkTLtuT7DKMN3_xYEWleG5ELJOhfNEBq4ayxEwlD2Bk_pRUie2Ovs5wDnxq8nA0W-H_QLRzHSMxETMSjst_TVNtV482u3VVUxWLgwRVPqFp-6CvXPB/s320/21D35EB0-B0DA-4763-B9DB-D0203DDF29BB.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> The same stamp set and colors but this time I cut the strips and then stamped. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR1V5GVFvwv2t8NAvEuGqNOTOQYlErD5IG9Ci6EQU-LouGLQaP7xvj3aRaymDq4Toidol51jx9iX4wgWr36JJREpHEP9AKl5GWfvd6B5TZliMb33ITkwSn4QgUvfAslh4FxbHgGRxJB3Eq/s2048/E18BC16E-E987-40AD-8D2A-2759B3AF6196.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR1V5GVFvwv2t8NAvEuGqNOTOQYlErD5IG9Ci6EQU-LouGLQaP7xvj3aRaymDq4Toidol51jx9iX4wgWr36JJREpHEP9AKl5GWfvd6B5TZliMb33ITkwSn4QgUvfAslh4FxbHgGRxJB3Eq/s320/E18BC16E-E987-40AD-8D2A-2759B3AF6196.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bumblebee flowers stamped on the strips. A bumblebee from an old Paper Pumpkin kit and black rhinestones. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was sure fun using stamps to decorated the three panel card fronts. Another time I will play with die cuts.</div><br /> <p></p>Mary Cavalierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10436627706954748074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815373587430212353.post-14847042185945778532020-07-30T15:08:00.002-05:002020-07-30T15:15:36.137-05:00Chocolate Fun Folds<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I played with a new stamp set and coordinating dies the past couple days. I can’t get enough of the Nothing’s Better Than bundle. <div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeVDCBChzIKS6Htfrzc0mfEs2FELc9xCnl92157ghCJqhyk7O9xPYJ5NdZs1aLayxnVL8znMHWJsQ1bIJGIC2WMa-co42i3CfgZav7sRyoLAb1lHNp4swk8LnB27ZgOLq4q016Typv1VLM/s2048/F41B2812-2D6D-4191-9339-58B5AE97D28F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeVDCBChzIKS6Htfrzc0mfEs2FELc9xCnl92157ghCJqhyk7O9xPYJ5NdZs1aLayxnVL8znMHWJsQ1bIJGIC2WMa-co42i3CfgZav7sRyoLAb1lHNp4swk8LnB27ZgOLq4q016Typv1VLM/s320/F41B2812-2D6D-4191-9339-58B5AE97D28F.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I played with some Fancy Folds too. The one on the left is a W card (#1) and The right is a box card (#2). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJMrHUDtVsfLFgSRttz0x9ltyqlzqpTVKRkYgSHwYIsTNKaQEzruMv_2kL-UkMlqXmVRkNuiH7VLdbGWyafm7frIrGZkvAxP5QtQ5cl6RgXsCMI2dAYByGIZ-szbIz6AAusqLKX11tQHX0/s2048/46ABC68D-9831-4E00-B159-48B9AB260A7E.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJMrHUDtVsfLFgSRttz0x9ltyqlzqpTVKRkYgSHwYIsTNKaQEzruMv_2kL-UkMlqXmVRkNuiH7VLdbGWyafm7frIrGZkvAxP5QtQ5cl6RgXsCMI2dAYByGIZ-szbIz6AAusqLKX11tQHX0/s320/46ABC68D-9831-4E00-B159-48B9AB260A7E.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here I have a flip flap card (#3), diorama card (#4), and a portrait step card (#5) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggRAw92EicdCKHCcVvakhcO1G1DxMnZ2ANBBhUeFKv-3DXWGlG9G_Ulr7r7pIYYC0G5cDC2QaKkOGDlODZQVgiGhsbZiJIjmL16CTk-45NmnT67ABPO-v0cC298slJYFyYvBkoRNEU_VQA/s2048/3904AF48-2EEA-4693-9EED-ECE743848FE1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggRAw92EicdCKHCcVvakhcO1G1DxMnZ2ANBBhUeFKv-3DXWGlG9G_Ulr7r7pIYYC0G5cDC2QaKkOGDlODZQVgiGhsbZiJIjmL16CTk-45NmnT67ABPO-v0cC298slJYFyYvBkoRNEU_VQA/s320/3904AF48-2EEA-4693-9EED-ECE743848FE1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Added a few cocktails today. Left to right, book fold (#6), portrait window card (#7), basic card (#8), landscape window card (#9), </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and landscape step card (# 10). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Below I have posted individual cards so you can see more detail. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvT3eP-UzNnF0TKTX9We1bT9XsVXzePD1oafCrbTKStxjhn1_MpBXn_Fh1jnfvXC7jzIrLPcXP-8DwEavYYVVrOVqlaowVru-hA6en58l1eT9qQULT3vmWCe7iEkmLcPQBAXV2-Oy22Ngy/s2048/73455D86-1318-4CE6-9D2B-37F78E9E40BC.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvT3eP-UzNnF0TKTX9We1bT9XsVXzePD1oafCrbTKStxjhn1_MpBXn_Fh1jnfvXC7jzIrLPcXP-8DwEavYYVVrOVqlaowVru-hA6en58l1eT9qQULT3vmWCe7iEkmLcPQBAXV2-Oy22Ngy/s320/73455D86-1318-4CE6-9D2B-37F78E9E40BC.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">#1 - W card</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I used all 4 of the ‘C’ words on this one. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh56ae_3g8IPVNEiUKKwHyZVohfMKffxnr6S5E5CUfeKhasBlyCq5gRYcQzmteRF6KKFj-E-gZJ0Ukuqi3cHse5Z4KXblcFrRPpo5RmTvBK7hyJVihDlFKrpRHMbK8U3k8MLoMIhic4baoC/s2048/AB967271-FCD5-4C9A-9884-E525D7A90855.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh56ae_3g8IPVNEiUKKwHyZVohfMKffxnr6S5E5CUfeKhasBlyCq5gRYcQzmteRF6KKFj-E-gZJ0Ukuqi3cHse5Z4KXblcFrRPpo5RmTvBK7hyJVihDlFKrpRHMbK8U3k8MLoMIhic4baoC/s320/AB967271-FCD5-4C9A-9884-E525D7A90855.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">#2 - box card. This card folds flat and fits into the standard envelope. If you aren’t mailing it but maybe leaving on someone’s desk, you could put some chocolate candies in the box. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8E0ksLfAp7cRrGIHVt58CJq-tyI1xaMSVX2D0FTBzmn_g7cvzVHknfVLGNCuIFWKmrG5b2ocFXZJxtKzLzvyDdOt3cUmsBJ1Rla1m57OzQ_W5z1SvYfrcEfSzBi5For4ze0wBpOukS5qs/s2048/C931DCB4-65EF-4A91-9C3A-2EEFCF448BD8.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8E0ksLfAp7cRrGIHVt58CJq-tyI1xaMSVX2D0FTBzmn_g7cvzVHknfVLGNCuIFWKmrG5b2ocFXZJxtKzLzvyDdOt3cUmsBJ1Rla1m57OzQ_W5z1SvYfrcEfSzBi5For4ze0wBpOukS5qs/s320/C931DCB4-65EF-4A91-9C3A-2EEFCF448BD8.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">#3 Flip flap card. The square with the chocolates is a flap that will flip when you pull the ribbon. </div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3aOXD29EYR11LXf41InuhuRvN9AeBWCQDEM-DvuI5RujdwCps9A2h2AN_kzyi0K1_vT48ncEPEQX-KzSjtuNlSLlWy6h-TTUeFt5Konw59Vv5q6f3K_gURqY1OZ-CWHHE9icJGkFHwW7L/s2048/8060E7B4-756C-41AF-8AAF-F6FAFE9AB2C0.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3aOXD29EYR11LXf41InuhuRvN9AeBWCQDEM-DvuI5RujdwCps9A2h2AN_kzyi0K1_vT48ncEPEQX-KzSjtuNlSLlWy6h-TTUeFt5Konw59Vv5q6f3K_gURqY1OZ-CWHHE9icJGkFHwW7L/s320/8060E7B4-756C-41AF-8AAF-F6FAFE9AB2C0.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> The flap flips over and reveals the sentiment. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJe7rSeOvsIq2WB-Jo0NU0ZcHhmGvZZ-xpjI-RPw_gPdDYM3lH4k0Ke8lHX07fTtKGflwyCgIiyL7pNyrtejZyiXz1v-Khqktls7_BteWw80v3lWEFQpsAvRSZZrearA5lridWF9DGufvw/s2048/F9120820-A4DF-4D2B-B86D-B5FBBDFC361A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJe7rSeOvsIq2WB-Jo0NU0ZcHhmGvZZ-xpjI-RPw_gPdDYM3lH4k0Ke8lHX07fTtKGflwyCgIiyL7pNyrtejZyiXz1v-Khqktls7_BteWw80v3lWEFQpsAvRSZZrearA5lridWF9DGufvw/s320/F9120820-A4DF-4D2B-B86D-B5FBBDFC361A.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">#4 diorama card. Very easy to make </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinA_JybLYHES0VUCBXoTzHbEEtLCFvZNuTfEgOQM1E8CbhYh0ipZjfNX0a4PSLG7BnjzzyrUR7-CajODmDFOALg3n-WC2E8R20uA4wE3imzJQUlOoCtla_nVsmoURemrBRipx3j5YofRTs/s2048/77704925-D0EE-4BB6-9D70-A23E1826A48A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinA_JybLYHES0VUCBXoTzHbEEtLCFvZNuTfEgOQM1E8CbhYh0ipZjfNX0a4PSLG7BnjzzyrUR7-CajODmDFOALg3n-WC2E8R20uA4wE3imzJQUlOoCtla_nVsmoURemrBRipx3j5YofRTs/s320/77704925-D0EE-4BB6-9D70-A23E1826A48A.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"># 5 portrait step card Just some scoring and cutting. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir7aKWk8kx6yLAmXAh8XtgGX9hhBh5h6Sv2xyV_IfZcLBqTLtDRbAJMsMa8MUbiBUFxe2ZBmi54gVoVWXhctmygErHZqVqsvwFBqVsyVYPl3jKyYRuaDO0pdNDyxw_rKMdlHSfcaF_SM17/s2048/86F00251-E8C6-4E2C-BD48-58B711DAF394.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir7aKWk8kx6yLAmXAh8XtgGX9hhBh5h6Sv2xyV_IfZcLBqTLtDRbAJMsMa8MUbiBUFxe2ZBmi54gVoVWXhctmygErHZqVqsvwFBqVsyVYPl3jKyYRuaDO0pdNDyxw_rKMdlHSfcaF_SM17/s320/86F00251-E8C6-4E2C-BD48-58B711DAF394.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"># 6 Book fold. Basically just adding a score line 3/4 inch from the center fold. The narrow strip on the left is adhered to keep it flat when the card is Opened. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjriBG86BGq9HsYYiEoRogAAJYWbUBxHKg4nrSl7IF3FgwxmtUnS0pLdlQ0OapKu4ni2tItth2LCm2BGrrnNuc2dXF5cTylRWk73OreqMg623b9DFj2FFuT6H1V64MnJb_p0lo6T-6dKUNm/s2048/21E8DD61-A2D4-4DD6-88D8-7A897D99F9EA.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjriBG86BGq9HsYYiEoRogAAJYWbUBxHKg4nrSl7IF3FgwxmtUnS0pLdlQ0OapKu4ni2tItth2LCm2BGrrnNuc2dXF5cTylRWk73OreqMg623b9DFj2FFuT6H1V64MnJb_p0lo6T-6dKUNm/s320/21E8DD61-A2D4-4DD6-88D8-7A897D99F9EA.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">#7 portrait window card. The window allows you to see the chocolate candies ....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcomLuLs1nHnVLdRGDyqZuRno-AbFMXNPV_KLkqm04euuv6fMMqSOwNcBBqNxPmc8_DInEhESeaVPfZX0BJvOoG8GWYE28XTj76Fl_SuMxvKZpzLGrqvgb6Z0Rc0t_-1at1axNCU0WmR-A/s2048/CCBD2ED7-EEFD-4C57-8DDD-8C50715A814C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcomLuLs1nHnVLdRGDyqZuRno-AbFMXNPV_KLkqm04euuv6fMMqSOwNcBBqNxPmc8_DInEhESeaVPfZX0BJvOoG8GWYE28XTj76Fl_SuMxvKZpzLGrqvgb6Z0Rc0t_-1at1axNCU0WmR-A/s320/CCBD2ED7-EEFD-4C57-8DDD-8C50715A814C.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Which are on the inside of the card. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKVLLd8o94-mXRTNFxGLJqRYYBeJScN-KnlCaxEDDzvoa6Ke1Lqgf44nhyzVc9Ub5KIFZnWia7QCr3_QrS3D1S4gngAnhk-qdQPOktukGU7Y2KeendN7rZtja_U57RppXax7iX_c6-S-mQ/s2048/A90E495C-330E-494E-9779-D296BEBDE1F3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKVLLd8o94-mXRTNFxGLJqRYYBeJScN-KnlCaxEDDzvoa6Ke1Lqgf44nhyzVc9Ub5KIFZnWia7QCr3_QrS3D1S4gngAnhk-qdQPOktukGU7Y2KeendN7rZtja_U57RppXax7iX_c6-S-mQ/s320/A90E495C-330E-494E-9779-D296BEBDE1F3.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"># 8 basic portrait card</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6JzsNWUDlPHdzQj540dRvLk-g8wHrUSWxrp9lXpFtqdaTGEyeiEx0mSzM4WrwbeZo7U24r6LDqd4aO0To8GCa80nF0fFHZowwph5Z18rN5QfrydRrDga0bzMh6aAyX30zZlmiS0clSKH7/s2048/DC7BED08-A08C-40EC-9B89-69871AAFA85D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1535" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6JzsNWUDlPHdzQj540dRvLk-g8wHrUSWxrp9lXpFtqdaTGEyeiEx0mSzM4WrwbeZo7U24r6LDqd4aO0To8GCa80nF0fFHZowwph5Z18rN5QfrydRrDga0bzMh6aAyX30zZlmiS0clSKH7/s320/DC7BED08-A08C-40EC-9B89-69871AAFA85D.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A nice touch to stamp on the inside too. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguXn0i2NjKVDClQQmrYOmk2v9N6sr95FVlqCoy_Vt_f3KTbxruICqzkYeW-1l35G8BdKiV2afd9QEUfSZ0PrQ5E2ggP8K4G_i5E7F5MdfZULenU-KaqqLYjlqXJWoKhC0Kl2I3ndGPMVPC/s2048/AF2FF982-74EE-4B84-8731-7DF4631FBB4F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguXn0i2NjKVDClQQmrYOmk2v9N6sr95FVlqCoy_Vt_f3KTbxruICqzkYeW-1l35G8BdKiV2afd9QEUfSZ0PrQ5E2ggP8K4G_i5E7F5MdfZULenU-KaqqLYjlqXJWoKhC0Kl2I3ndGPMVPC/s320/AF2FF982-74EE-4B84-8731-7DF4631FBB4F.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">#9 landscape window card. 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I have made myself templates for both portrait and landscape and plan to cut/score some card bases to have on hand for a quick WOW card. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div>Mary Cavalierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10436627706954748074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815373587430212353.post-78902671783167530012020-04-19T20:58:00.001-05:002020-04-19T20:58:42.719-05:00Fun Flap Card<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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This is Daffodil Delight card stock base with Bermuda Bay and Pumpkin Pie DSP. The greeting is mounted on Pumpkin Pie card stock. <br />
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The flap is opened. I’m thinking I might put a second square of Pumpkin Pie to cover up the back of the flap.<br />
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The card fully opened. Plenty of room to add a personal note and the stamped confetti is a good guide to keep from writing where it could be seen from the card front.<br />
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Love this DSP - Best Dressed. The card base is Petal Pink. I stamped a few Old Olive leaves and added flower a flower I had cut from the DSP. </div>
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Opened it reveals about fussy cut flower. I think this is my favorite of the 3.<br />
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Another Best Dressed card. The card stock is Blackberry Bliss and Sweet Sugarplum. The images are from the Haute Couture stamp set. The sentiment is from Fabulous Phrases.<br />
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<br />Mary Cavalierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10436627706954748074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815373587430212353.post-524682728732425352020-04-18T21:19:00.001-05:002020-04-18T21:19:19.321-05:00Step it up cards<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I made up some card kits for the neighborhood kids (and adults) to make and send. These were simple cards but then I decided to make some myself and step it up. </div>
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The simple card uses Smoky Slate for the card base, Mango Melody and Crushed Curry for the scalloped circles. The stamps are from the March Paper Pumpkin kit and I used Smoky Slate ink.<br />
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To step it up I mounted it on a Crushed Curry card base and popped up the scalloped circles using dimensional.<br />
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To step it up again, I placed it on a white card base with the crushed curry mat. I added the Crushed Curry crushed seam binding and out dimensionals between the scalloped circles, I also added some clear raindrop embellishments from the paper pumpkin kit,</div>
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The simple card is on Crushed Curry and uses Island Indigo and Sahara Sand card stock with some Island Indigo DSP. The sentiment is from the Beautiful Moments Stamp set.</div>
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To step it up I mounted it on a Sahara Sand card base. I also popped up the sentiment with dimensionals. </div>
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To step it up again, I cut the DSP diagonally and added the Crushed Curry seam binding tied in a bow. I also added some piercing to the corners on the right edge.<br />
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To step it up again I added Tangerine a Tango ribbon and some glittered dots. I also embossed the Sahara Sand mat with the fan embossing folder that coordinates with the design in the DSP. I added dimensionals behind the DSP also.<br />
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Mary Cavalierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10436627706954748074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815373587430212353.post-12497609486572392112020-04-15T13:57:00.000-05:002020-04-15T13:57:07.592-05:00Accordion Fold CardsSaw a video on this at Shall We Stamp and had to try it.<br />
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Here are the two cards I made. The one on the left was the first and I used the dimensions from the video. The other is my own dimensions.<br />
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Using the dimensions from the video.<br />
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Here is the card expanded. I tried to cut the DSP so it all matched up but made an error so just put them on as I could. I wasn’t found of the skinny strips on the three folded sections so started figuring out how to use the full 11 inches of a piece of card stock. <br />
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Here is my modified card using 4 1/4 by 11 inch piece of cardstock. I scored it at 1 1/4, 2, 2 3/4, 3 1/2, 7 1/2, 8 1/4, 9, 9 3/4. Once the card is folded it is a really tight fit in the envelope because of the added bulk. The next ones I make will use 4 x 11 inch piece of cardstock so the card will fit better. <br />
The DSP is cut 1/8 inch less than the sections. I will do a tutorial and add all the dimensions there. <br />
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Here is my card opened and if you look closely the design is all lined up between the sections. That took a little caution when cutting the DSP and keeping them all lined up but it was worth it to get that continuity in the finished product.<br />
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And I wanted to share my painted storm door. </div>
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I used a recipe I found on Pinterest for the paint. Of course I modified it a little 😊</div>
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I used 2/3 cup flour, 2/3 cup of water, and 1/3 cup Dawn detergent. I divided into 6 cups of a muffin pan and added paste food color. </div>
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This is the inside of the glass where I taped the window and painted. I used makeup wedge sponges to do the painting and the muffin pan was perfect as I could place the sponges in the empty cups. I dabbed the paint on the glass but had some of it too thick and it kept running. I had to keep dabbing it with paper towels to keep them from running together. </div>
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I saw a video on YouTube the other day with a technique that is new to me. It is called Wax Paper Resist. I tried it first without checking the video. Needless to say, I missed an important step.</div>
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To do the technique, you crumble up waxed paper and them emboss it with an embossing folder Then sandwich the waxed paper between 2 sheets of cardstock, cover that with printer paper and run a hot iron over it for a few minutes. Then rub ink over it an it makes a beautiful design. Well, I forgot the iron piece and thought she had run it through the Big Shot again. Result in green above. So no design (I do use these later in the post. Nothing goes to waste :-)<br />
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So then I checked the video and realized I need to use an iron. I have this cute little craft iron I won many years ago from a scrapbook store that used to be here in town. The owner had a drawing each month of everyone who had made a purchase (maybe over a certain amount) and the winner got a gift certificate. I bought the iron with the gift certificate. I had let it warm up while I worked with the waxed paper and it was warm but not super hot. In the video I watched, she said she used a Low setting so I figured the iron was ready. Result is in red in the photo above. Still no design.<br />
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I had to stop at that point and check something in the oven. When I got back the iron was HOT!!! So, one more try.<br />
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That time worked. As I rubbed on the ink the design came alive. So much fun! This was the Beautiful Brocade folder, but you can use almost any embossing folder that you have. I used sponges to ink my paper but you could use blending tools, brayer, or whatever you have. </div>
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The ink colors are Mossy Meadow and Merry Merlot.</div>
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A closeup look at the design. The photo does not do it justice. </div>
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And here are the cards I made with the successful waxed paper distress technique.</div>
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and I love the sentiment for the inside. I was pleased with the cards but needed to find a home for the 'flop' pieces. Not to worry.</div>
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I thought I would try some heat embossing. The medallion is heat embossed. I stamped the design in Versa-Mark. Sprinkle on the embossing powder, and heat. It really looks good on the sponged background.<br />
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This closeup shows the sheen from the heat embossing. </div>
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I used the green piece to make this card. I heat embossed the leaves in black. I also heat embossed the sentiment </div>
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Adhere the large rectangle of DSP to the base. Fold the long strip of card stock over the top edge of the base so it wraps over. Adhere the narrow strip of card stock to the back of the card base. Decorate the front of the strip with the 2 inch strip of DSP, trimming to fit. Add sentiment to the front. </div>
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Over the weekend I grabbed a couple sheets of English Garden DSP and the remainders of my Hello Honey card stock and ribbons. I’m trying to clean out some of the retired colors and this would be a good one to start with since I did not have a lot of anything. </div>
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I started with a couple pocket cards and made an error on cutting the DSP so I improvised. These are not the 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 that would fit in an envelope so I put tags on them that had room to write the recipient’s name. </div>
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With the extra pieces of DSP, I made a couple cards, using the Hello Honey ribbon on all of them. </div>
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So s couple more cards. The large piece on Hello Honey had been cut wrong for the pocket card and I just frame it up with Shaded Spruce. </div>
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So one last card, I had to grab some scraps out of the trash pile for the sentiment. The twine is just a little bit of contrast on the card front. The DSP is from the set named Farmers Market.<br />
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And I had one piece of one of the English Garden DSP laying there begging to be featured on a card. I didn’t have any idea what I was going to do but just kept adding things to this card front. </div>
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<br />Mary Cavalierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10436627706954748074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815373587430212353.post-45815836778519463722020-01-27T23:43:00.001-06:002020-01-27T23:43:29.040-06:00Watercolor CardsA little while ago I pulled out my aqua painters and some water color paper and played around a little. It was very therapeutic and I liked the results.<br />
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I stamped random leaves using 2 different stamps. For the water color I put a couple drops of Garden Green on an acrylic block, then used an aqua painters to pick up a little ink and painted away. The flowers were stamped but then watercoloredbut it washed away the details on the petals. </div>
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Here are all the cards I water colored. I think I’ll be doing more soon. </div>
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Mary Cavalierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10436627706954748074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815373587430212353.post-6774382099688538562020-01-27T23:27:00.000-06:002020-01-27T23:27:07.370-06:00Leap year cardsOne of the great things about cardmaking is you can come up with something for any occasion. Recently a friend asked me to make a leap year birthday card - all of the store cards had frogs on them and she was wanting something different.<br />
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Another friend saw the birthday card when I shared it on Facebook and asked me to do a wedding card. I was even able to incorporate the wedding colors of dusty blue, cream and gold accents into the card. What a unique special card for their very special day. </div>
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Mary Cavalierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10436627706954748074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815373587430212353.post-77635299064723272672020-01-26T10:14:00.001-06:002020-01-26T10:14:12.032-06:00And a year has passed ........ It’s been over a year since my last post! I’m going to try to post regularly, mostly with cards I’ve made or food I’ve cooked. <br />
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Today I want to share a quick and fun one sheet wonder that I found on Deb Valder’s Blog. You can see it <a href="https://stampladee.com/unique-one-sheet-wonder-using-springtime-hello-with-deb-valder/" target="_blank">here.</a> I like it because her template prints at scale so as you cut your pieces you can pay them on the template. You wind up with only 3 different size pieces so less to keep track of when you assemble the cards. And the little triangle pieces add some interest to the card layout.<br />
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Here are some that I made ( with a little variation).<br />
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This is actually the last set I made. I have lots of Night of Navy card stock so the cute little butterflies with embroidery on the reverse was a perfect design. I found a couple big packs of 6 x 6 DSP squares on E-Bay and love the variety. </div>
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This was the first set I made. This DSP was also in an EBay package. It went well with Blushing Bride and Shaded Spruce. I used Poppy Parade on the stamped flowers to pick up the little splashes of red in the paper. </div>
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I was trying to come up with a class idea and I think this would be a good one. The EBay stack had 3 pieces of the gingham paper and I have the Gingham Galas set of DSP and matching ribbons so I made a couple changes to allow me to add ribbon to the schedule card. I like the basic black and white with the gingham. </div>
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The argyle print is from a color collection several years ago (probably longer than I think) and the banner is from a package of 'sweater' prints. The embossed background card stock is some that my sister, Jane, embossed for me several years ago (again probably longer than I think). A great way to expand your designs. I asked Jane if she had some of the embossing folders that I would like to try and for those she did, I told her which colors I wanted done with which folder. For the most part, I did a color collection per folder - like Regals with this folder. So she took a sheet of card stock in each color in the Regals collection and cut it into 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 pieces and embossed them for me. When she came to visit next, she had a shoebox full of embossed pieces. I replaced the card stock from my supply at that time. I still have about 3/4 of embossed pieces to use up!</div>
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The angled strips interested me on this card design. I have lots of strips in different widths and this would be a way to use up some. At first, I tried to find strips that were all from the same DSP package so they would coordinate, or at least use common colors. I soon decided that would make it too complicated and I would wind up with more scraps that I started if I cut from larger pieces of DSP. So I just started grabbing strips and playing with them. I like the graph paper as the background on this one. </div>
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I came up with so many combination of strips that I made 6 more cards based on that design. Not sure which one I like the best but the upper left corner really catches my eye. I'll have to remember this design. It could be used for ay theme depending on DSP used or colors. I want to try it with baby prints for a New Baby card, or maybe some strips of birthday prints for a birthday card. So many possibilities!</div>
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<br />Mary Cavalierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10436627706954748074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815373587430212353.post-11972110012490255252019-01-13T11:24:00.000-06:002019-01-13T11:24:08.179-06:00Snow Day Fun - my styleWe got hit with about 7 inches of snow Friday night so Saturday was a snow day. I don't care to play in the snow - plus I have been battling a persistent cough so didn't feel I needed to be outside anyway. Thankful I did not have to go anywhere and could just spend the day in my jammies and binge on McLeod's Daughters on Amazon Prime. But I did get quite a bit accomplished.<br />
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I organized my DSP. I took all the partial sheets and cut them into sets of a 6 x 6 inch square for an envelope liner plus a piece to use on a card. For those that were not large enough for the 6 x 6 square I cut a 3 x 6 strip to use to cover the envelope flap. So now I have a big stack of DSP all ready to make cards with coordinated envelopes. I also divided them into three categories - Flowers/Feminine; Basic/Masculine; Colorful/Juvenile. Doesn't mean I would not use a Colorful piece for something other than Juvenile or a Basic (polka dots for example) for something other than Feminine. It just gives me a place to start if I am looking for something to make a particular card.<br />
I also sorted the 12 x 12 sheets (and numerous unopened packages) into similar categories. I had a few extra categories for those - single color, specialty papers, holiday papers, etc. <br />
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After lunch, Bekah and I worked together to get the Christmas tree down and everything boxed up. Tom planned to shovel the driveway when he got home from work, but a couple young men came by about 30 minutes before I expected Tom home and gave me a decent price to clear the snow, so I hired them. They were just finishing when Tom got home and he agreed it was worth the price. So he helped me finish up the Christmas stuff instead, carrying the larger boxes to storage in the basement or garage, cleaning up the needles, and getting furniture put back in place. It was nice to get that done - but my snowman decorations and snow village will stay out through February.<br />
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After supper, I found some time to make some cards. I took some of the kits I had left from my last card workshop and used them to fill up my birthday and anniversary stash. I figured it was appropriate to use a few snowman kits to make some birthday cards. So I guess you could say I made a couple snowmen without getting in the snow.<br />
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To change this kit from a Christmas card to a birthday card, I just trimmed of the sentiment and then adjusted the blue card stock to match. </div>
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I plan to write Warm birthday wishes inside the card. But on one of the card I forgot to trim the sentiment so had to do a little modification. So I turned the card horizontal and added the DSP at the bottom.</div>
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I could not get the snowman image off the darker blue card stock so I punched the circle through both layers, then mounted on a scalloped circle. I added a little ribbon and voila! I kind of like this card, especially since there is limited space to write inside (just the top half ) so it will be fine to just write Warm Birthday Wishes and sign our names. </div>
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Before going to bed, I pulled out the Gryffindor quilt square. Haven't done any cross-stitching for about a month! I didn't get a lot done but it was good to at least do that. </div>
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Today I am headed back to the craft room to make a few masculine birthday cards. Seems like I am always running out of those. </div>
<br />Mary Cavalierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10436627706954748074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815373587430212353.post-74905864298648063572018-12-26T18:30:00.002-06:002019-01-01T15:15:04.722-06:00Wehrheim Family Ornaments 2017 - 2017 was the 40th anniversary of our family ornament tradition. It was also the year that our sister Jane who started the tradition died. So the ornament had to be special. The beehive was especially for Jane as bees were her trademark. I know she would have loved these! I found a Sizzix die to make cutting the felt so much easier. Carol and I each had to make trips to our local Joann's store to get enough buttons.<br />
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The 2018 ornaments were stars made from squares of fabric, folded into triangles and secured with a button. We made 51 for the family and Carol made several more for friends. </div>
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<br />Mary Cavalierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10436627706954748074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815373587430212353.post-86328069167402860732018-09-05T23:18:00.002-05:002018-09-05T23:18:41.252-05:00I've been busy!It's been a while - but I've been busy. I have been planning another charity card workshop. I have 14 different card designs made into kits and ready to just be put together. A portion of the purchase price of each card will be donated to Mosaic Pregnancy Center this time.<br />
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Here are some of my favorite designs -<br />
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Laced up - a design I got from my niece. </div>
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Beehive - using a die cut I bought last year to make our beehive ornaments. </div>
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Tri-fold - this is a fold I learned from my sister but haven't used for a while. </div>
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Fold Flat - this card folds up flat to fit in the envelope but when you take it out ...</div>
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I put a piece of white card stock on the back for a note and signature. </div>
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trying to use up some of the retired colors and DSP that I have. </div>
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Tangerine Tango, More Mustard and Tempting Turquoise. </div>
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Wisteria Wonder and Elegant Eggplant</div>
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These are folders with pouches inside that will hold 2 packets of spiced cider mix. </div>
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The ribbon needs trimmed but I will do that after I have added the spiced cider packets and tie the ribbon (and won't have to re-tie it again). </div>
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If you would like more details, here is my tutorial - <a href="https://marystutorials.blogspot.com/2018/09/spiced-cider-gift-folders.html" target="_blank">Spiced Cider Gift Folders</a></div>
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Mary Cavalierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10436627706954748074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815373587430212353.post-75801129583980298502018-07-02T00:25:00.001-05:002018-07-02T00:25:30.275-05:00Weight loss journey - post #2On my third week of WW tracking and down 6 lbs. For the most part, I have planned out my day's food and stuck to it. A few evenings I got the munchies and at least once really pigged out. But that just made me more determined to do better the next day.<br />
Summer has it pluses and minuses when it comes to eating better. Lots of fresh fruits and vegetables - and produce stands pop up all over. But also barbecues, graduation parties, carnivals - all have their own temptations - and ice cream to cool off in the heat. Do I need to say more? <br />
I've tried to be creative with the menus to make it more interesting and satisfying.<br />
Here are a few of my favorites -<br />
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Chicken with Corn and Tomato Relish, Sauteed Spinach</div>
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Flatout Veggie Pizza with Grapes</div>
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Fish stick tacos with assorted fresh veggies</div>
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Egg with bacon on 1/2 English muffin, strawberries and blueberries</div>
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Chicken fajitas (there are some pieces of chicken under those peppers and lettuce)</div>
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Grilled Chicken with roasted squash and tomatoes</div>
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And my current favorite snack is some Jello sugar free instant pudding topped with fat free Cool Whip. I usually eat a few graham crackers with it. </div>
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First the exercise- I’ve been using virtual races at yes.fit to motivate me. In the last week I have ridden almost 50 miles in the stationary bike, completing 2 races. Cinderella with a cute blue t-shirt that says ‘Cinderella is proof the right pair of shoes can change your life’. Also completed King Arthur with a bright red t-shirt saying ‘Straight outta Camelot’. My next one is Edgar Allen Poe’s The Telltale Heart and the shirt says ‘If you still think me mad, you will think so no longer’. I have learned that 30 minutes of high intensity earns me more WW points than 60 minutes of medium intensity. So I’ll be pushing myself more to increase the intensity.<br />
I’ve also been planning and tracking my meals. I have to plan out the day’s meals and snacks - and stick to them - if I want to be successful. I’ve been using some of the Wildtree freezer meals from the Get Your Grill On workshop.<br />
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Tonight's supper was Lemon Pepper Balsamic Chicken, Roasted Zucchini and a pre-packaged salad. 7 points - and most of those points were from the salad! Have to watch those pre-packaged dressings. Had enough points left this evening to have some potato chips and dip made with light sour cream. And I weighed out 1 oz of the potato chips - hard as that was. I noticed I was inhaling them so forced myself to stop about halfway through the chips and then ate one at a time, pausing after each chip. I did lick the last of the dip off the plate - every bit! </div>
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Last night part of supper was my own creation - Cranapple Waldorf Salad. It was pretty good - lettuce, scallions, apples, dried cranberries and a mayo based dressing using Strawberry Balsamic Vinegar. Topped with some glazed walnuts. 3 points!</div>
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The salad was a side for the Sage Citrus Pork Roast and Birds Eye Steamfresh Black Rice and Edamame Superfood. The frozen vegetables and rice mix is actually meant to be one serving but we split it three ways. The whole meal was 11 points (pork alone was 7) but by making some free food choices for the other meals it was okay.</div>
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Earlier this week I made Chipotle Lime Shrimp with Minute Rice Medley and Roasted Asparagus. I thickened some of the marinade for the shrimp to serve over the rice since it is plain.</div>
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And here is my find for the week. This Canadian bacon is only 2 points per serving - and a serving is 22 slices (these are small slices like pepperoni for pizza). I only used 6 slices in my eggs. I like these grabbing a few slices for a snack too.</div>
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<br />Mary Cavalierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10436627706954748074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815373587430212353.post-6872015330786853042018-01-21T20:57:00.000-06:002018-01-21T20:57:23.704-06:00Christmas CountdownI have seen a lot of ideas of wrapping up 24 books for kids so they can open one each day in December to count down to Christmas. I put a little different twist to that. I wrapped up 24 little gifts for the grandkids so they could open one each day leading up to Christmas.<br />
They recently moved so they are about 10 hours away from us and although they did make it home for a few days between Christmas and New Year's, I knew they would not be here on Christmas Eve like usual.<br />
When they moved the end of November, I sent the first 6 gifts with them. Since my daughter and I were going to drive out to help them unpack once the moving van arrived, we took the rest of the gifts with us to save them space in their vehicles for other things. <br />
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Some others things were books, Christmas socks, bath towels, puzzle books, toothbrushes, and flashlights. </div>
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The next year we bought some engraved ornaments for everyone and hung them on the mantle. And in 1979 we found some small wicker baskets in a variety of shapes and put some candy in them for everyone. Then she got married and moved to Michigan and I took over playing Santa. Since Jane and her husband would not be home for Christmas, I decided I would make an ornament for everyone in the immediate family (parents, siblings, their spouses and children) as well as our aunt that lived with our parents and an aunt and uncle that spent the holiday at our home.<br />
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That is how it became an ornament tradition. I would find some pattern or kit and work on them throughout the year - making about 20- 24 over the years.<br />
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In 1988, I got married in November and did not have a lot of time to work on them so made some little cardstock boxes from a kit and filled them with candy. In 1989, I had a baby in December. Jane and I both worked on some cross stitched ornaments. In 1990, I was pregnant with my second child and I decided I did not have the time for making the ornaments - plus the family had grown to over 35 by then. When I announced at our Christmas gathering that this was the last year, my sisters had another idea. The three of us would work on them together - and we did for the next 26 years!<br />
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Quite a few of those years we got together for a Sisters' Weekend retreat and either planned the year's ornaments or actually worked on them. Some years we planned our ornaments on Christmas Day - looking ahead to the next year. Some years it took us a couple months of tossing ideas back and forth to decide. A couple years other family members pitched in and made the ornaments. But every year we had ornaments for everyone. It became a much anticipated part of our Christmas gathering.<br />
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This year I found an idea and Jane was going to play around with it to come up with a prototype. However, that never happened. Jane died in May after battling breast cancer for the last 10 years. That left just 2 sisters to make 50 ornaments! And we had to come up with an idea in June. I'm not sure how it started but I got the idea of some sort of beehive ornaments since Jane collected bee/beehive items and her trademark on her handmade cards was a bumblebee. Some searching on Pinterest, a trip to Joann's to check out their novelty buttons and a search for Sizzix die cuts and the plan came together. A stuffed felt beehive ornament with a couple bee buttons attached.<br />
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Isn't it cute? And is just perfect to honor Jane. It was so much fun making these.<br />
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And each one is a little different. The position of the bees or the paths for their flight are unique for each one.<br />
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This is our tree before the family party on 12/30. The day before we took all the ornaments off and packed them away. Then once we distributed the beehive ornaments, the tree was all ready to have the lights taken off and packed away before New Year's Day.<br />
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So thankful for this tradition and we will be continuing it. We already have next year's planned and supplies purchased. And I suspect when we sisters aren't able to do it any more, a few of the nieces may step up to carry on the tradition. (Or at least I hope so)<br />
<br />Mary Cavalierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10436627706954748074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815373587430212353.post-51930849767880846702018-01-06T20:56:00.001-06:002018-01-06T21:03:46.417-06:00New Year GoalsBoy - it has been quite a while! One of my goals for 2018 is to use the stash of Stampin Up tools and supplies that I have sitting aside - things I have ordered but never used yet. So hopefully I will have some techniques and ideas to share here. Over the past week I have concentrated on using up some of the Designer Series Paper (DSP) that I have accumulated. I chose several layouts from Pinterest and one evening while we were watching a movie I sat and cut up about 8 sheets of DSP into the shapes needed to complete the cards. Then over New Year's weekend I put the cards together - making a few changes of course :-) Today I grabbed a few more sheets of DSP and cut each sheet up to make 3 envelope liners (6 x 6 squares) and then with the last section I cut into shapes to use on the front of cards. I cut a 2 inch strip from one side and then cut the remaining 4 x 6 into 2 equal rectangles of 4 x 3.<br />
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And I got 3 unique cards with coordinating envelopes. So quick and simple.<br />
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And from some of the scraps I had in the package of DSP I made these cards. I had a bunch of arrow die cuts from the colors in the designs stuck in the package from a previous project.<br />
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I also purchased a Rival CrockPot Express multi-cooker before Christmas.<br />
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I had 2 crockpots and did not like the smaller one as it did not have a Warm function. The handle cracked and fell off in pieces in November and I found this model on sale at Amazon.com - so I am now venturing into Instant Pot cooking. Last night I made <a href="http://cavmaryrecipes.blogspot.com/2018/01/spaghetti-express-cook.html" target="_blank">Spaghetti</a> with meat sauce and it was a big hit! Tom especially liked that there was only one pot to clean up afterwards - and it cleans very easily! I included the brand names in the recipe because several in a Facebook group I follow said they made it but there's was watery. Mine was not - so may be the brands that make the difference. I also hope to be adding to my recipes blog as I find 'keepers' for the instant pot. My recipes blog is my online cookbook :-)<br />
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Other news - we hosted my family Christmas on December 30. It was a good time with about 40 people ranging in age from 2 to 77. Lots of good food and fun. And of course, our traditional ornaments. I'll be posting about that tradition and some other Christmas ideas. Here is a picture of the siblings - one less this year :-(<br />
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So hope all you who are following will enjoy my posts. Feel free to share them with friends or pin on Pinterest. And if you use any of the ideas/designs - please leave me a comment or photo of yours.<br />
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<br />Mary Cavalierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10436627706954748074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815373587430212353.post-18349309626171989272017-06-22T06:16:00.000-05:002017-06-22T06:16:31.214-05:00Miscellaneous stuff<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
A fun thing I have done a couple times is to post a cross stitch project in progress on Facebook and ask my friends to guess what I am stitching. I usually get quite a few guesses and always amazes me what others see in the stitching. Recently I posted this series.</div>
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Believe it or not, someone actually guessed correctly from these few stitches. <br />
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Added a few more stitches. Lots of random guesses. Even knowing what it is, I have trouble 'seeing' the picture here. </div>
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And a few more on the other side.<br />
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Taking shape here. <br />
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Pretty obvious now. <br />
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The finished piece. I actually stitched two of the same design for some lap quilts. These are for a couple gentlemen that are roommates through a charity, Quilts for Older Children and Adults. <br />
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This is another project - a baby blanket. Loves the colors in the "Sundae Stripes" yarn. I'm making two of these also - twin girls. How fun!<br />
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And I have to post some sort of food picture :-) This was a weight watchers recipe - <a href="http://cavmaryrecipes.blogspot.com/2017/06/salsa-stuffed-peppers-weight-watchers.html" target="_blank">Salsa Stuffed Green Peppers</a>. Mary Cavalierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10436627706954748074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815373587430212353.post-77470274706196132822017-04-21T10:00:00.001-05:002017-04-21T10:00:17.934-05:00Cooking, cards, and cross-stitchNeed to update on some recent recipes and cards. <br />
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Added some new recipes to my Recipes blog. Check them out. The <a href="http://cavmaryrecipes.blogspot.com/2017/04/bacon-wrapped-apple-bbq-chicken-breasts.html" target="_blank">bacon wrapped chicken breasts</a> were a big hit. Tom said I can make it any time I want. It is a freezer meal and really pretty simple but looks like you slaved away in the kitchen :-)<br />
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<a href="http://cavmaryrecipes.blogspot.com/2017/04/slow-cooker-beef-stroganoff.html" target="_blank">Slow Cooker Stroganoff</a><br />
<a href="http://cavmaryrecipes.blogspot.com/2017/04/skinny-southwestern-goulash.html" target="_blank">Skinny Southwestern Goulash</a><br />
<a href="http://cavmaryrecipes.blogspot.com/2017/04/sauteed-zucchini-and-carrots.html" target="_blank">Sauteed Zucchini and Carrots</a><br />
<a href="http://cavmaryrecipes.blogspot.com/2017/04/greek-yogurt-pancakes-ww-2-pts.html" target="_blank">Greek Yogurt Pancakes</a><br />
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I've also been playing in the craft room. Here are some of my favorite cards that I've made recently.<br />
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I call this one "Rob Peter to Pay Paul" It reminds me of that quilt pattern. I tried to find an image of the pattern my mom did by that name. The photo below is pretty close.<br />
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This card uses my new stitched shapes framelits. The framelit cuts the circle and also makes the little stitching design around the edge. </div>
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Another stitched shape framelit. The sets has various sizes of circles, ovals and squares. I think I'll be using them a lot!<br />
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Here I used some paper piecing. I stamped the dress on the Very Vanilla and also on the piece of DSP. I cut out the dress from the DSP and glued it to the design on the Very Vanilla card stock. It is one of my favorite techniques.<br />
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I've also completed a couple cross stitch quilt squares recently. I have to limit my cross stitch time because of tendonitis in my elbow. Gripping the fabric with my left hand aggravates the tendonitis. I think I'll be looking into some sort of frame to hold my stitching so I don't have to use my left hand :-)<br />
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This is a piece I found in the drawer that was half done. I finished it up and it can go in the Dogs theme stitch-a-long too. Mary Cavalierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10436627706954748074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815373587430212353.post-32303646640964290412017-04-21T09:27:00.001-05:002017-04-21T09:27:51.856-05:00Easter weekendI spent Easter weekend in Minnesota with my sister Jane and family. My daughters, grandkids, and I took a road trip - stopping off at my niece Jill's in Iowa on the way there. Such a good time - the kids did very well. It was so much fun to see them get better acquainted with these family members.<br />
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Story time with Cousin Jill. Derek sat there for about 2 seconds :-) </div>
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Saturday donuts at the local bakery. </div>
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Red Leaf breakfast - Chef Josh is peeping out from the kitchen.</div>
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I'll gotten serious about cooking again. I have been pretty lazy this winter and not really planned my menus, just grabbed something from the freezer. And at least once (usually twice) a each week we have picked up something. And my clothes are telling me it is time to stop that nonsense and plans some healthy meals. So I've been browsing Pinterest and Wildtree and have a plan for this week at least. </div>
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Last night was <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3613921072189401988#editor/target=post;postID=1449749069244850769;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=1;src=postname" target="_blank">Pork Medallions and Mushrooms</a>. Sliced pork tenderloin is browned in a skillet while mushrooms are roasting in the oven. Both are combined in a the oven with some Wildtree Piccata Sauce. Served over rice and I make some quick and easy frozen broccoli for our side.<br />
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I've also developed a fondness for an online pearl harvesting show - Shuck It is the name of the company. People order the pearls - sight unseen - and the ladies shuck the oysters on a live feed. It is really fun to watch. There are several but Shuck It is my favorite. You prepay for the number of oysters you want - discounts on larger orders. They let you know what evening they will be opening your oyster. I never realized there were so many natural oyster colors. These are not dyed like some are. </div>
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This is a screen print from my phone of some one person had purchased. The lower right is a dark lavendar - not very common. These were all for the same person. In the center column, the two side by side were from the same oyster - twins! If you happen to get twins in your oyster, it's a bonus. And if the oyster is empty, they pull another one for you. I have watched several times and have never seen an empty one. There are a good number of twins though.<br />
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<br />The bottom one here is called a 'gold nugget'. It was such a dark gold and it very rare. The gal that was shucking just kept saying "Oh my malanta!". She couldn't get over how dark it was. </div>
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