How distressing when the camera skews my colors! Honestly, the tulips match the backing paper.

These flowers were a line drawing from a bulb catalog. It was drawn with blue line on glossy paper which made it perfect for coloring. I used Sharpie markers in three tones of each color and blended with the lightest tone. They are layered on a printed scrapbook paper and then green cardstock base. 

The corners and the greeting are gold peeloffs.

Ddd

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A magazine photo of the fall forest floor sets a peaceful scene. I used various patterned scrapbook papers in complementary colors to frame it out in layers and ended by placing on a colored card base.  

I added two stickers and added handwritten text between them.

Ddd

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I started this collage card with a lighthouse photograph. Then I added scraps of maps, lace print paper, denim print paper, and a pink paper to echo the color given off by the lamp. I roughed the edges of each, used 'weathered wood' Ranger distress ink, and then applied a little Stickles on the raw edges and on the lighthouse light.

Here you can see the glitter a little better.

The text is a sticker and I added glittery Stickles to the letters.

Ddd

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Imagine that - another card with calendar illustrations! This sweet little bird was paired with scrapbook paper featuring whimsical  clouds. I used a Tonic distressing tool to rough up the edges of both and another background paper. All were toned with Ranger Distressing Ink (tea dye). I punched a couple of holes to thread a pin from Idea-ology (in teeny tiny print it says "treasure". Then I added a sticker "cherish" through it and a metal text plate "memories".

I added three square brads to the top and glued all to a cream card base.

Ddd

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This card started with the fishing illustration and I went through my piles of scrap paper and pulled out three with complementary colors. I used distress ink to tone the edges of all of them plus the 3D sticker.

After gluing all to one another I added the heart brad before attaching all to the card base.

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I plucked this pair of birds from a calendar page, trimmed one right around with sharp scissors and craft blade and the other was punched with a circle punch. The circle bird was distressed with Tea Dye Ranger Distress ink. This was also used on the pre-printed frame and the background pink paper.

The frame and background were held together with pink flower brads at the 4 corners.

Ddd

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Not only do I like making cards from calendar illustrations, but it pleases me to know that I'll never run out. They'll make more next year!

This is from a week-at-a-glance desk calendar. I found a scrapbook paper that complemented the picture and then made a mitered-corner frame out of a striped scrapbook paper. After layering all I used watercolor marker to sketch a doodle line around the picture.

I added a sticker for text.

Ddd

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This card front does not show all I added. Every snowy rim has Stickles added giving this a wonderful shimmer. 

I added a fabric text sticker.

Ddd

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Four old cards were used to make this one. 1) The metallic greeting 2) the stack of presents 3) the stars on the packages 4) Santa. The little guy came with glitter on his red hat and suit. I added Stickles to his beard, tassel, and added dots between the red glitter dots.

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This was a simple card - just a little cardstock matching for an image from an old card and the addition of a 3D greeting sticker on the top. 

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These three snowmen were on one of last year's cards. I used a circle punch to cut them out, Rimmed each with a golden watercolor marker and attached them to an irridescent cardstock base. Then I used peel-off sticker waste to create hangers for them.

The text is a peel-off stickers.

Ddd

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This one is NOT made from scraps. I used black cardstock to free-hand a pot and trimmed it with peel-offs. I arranged a bunch of holly stickers and then added four 3D poinsettia stickers to make a potted plant. 

Peel-off waste was used to band the top and bottom of the card and a gold sticker greeting was added to the pot.

Ddd

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The snowflake panel if from a card front but the text panel is the inside liner of an envelope! Very odd coloring so I had a hard time matching cardstock for it. I did find this seafoam that worked, though. I added silver stickers over top of four of the snowflakes. 

What with the text covering the whole background I didn't even need to add a greeting.

Ddd

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I cut this gold poinsettia off an old card front and backed it with poinsettia stickers on a gold metallic cardstock base. The sticker sheet came with a matching greeting block so I used that at the bottom, blocked out the last of the greeting and placed a peel-off over the top. 

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I saved my Christmas cards from last year and used some to make my own cards this year. 

For this card I used a flat front and ran it through the Cuttlebug for embossing.  I used Stickles on the tree to make it shimmer (sorry it doesn't show) and added a gold punched out star to the top. I added a 3D 'celebrate' sticker to the upper left and then placed a gold peel-off under it.

The whole thing was mounted on a blue folded card base.

Ddd

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I had an inspiration the other day while eating my yoghurt for lunch. We do LOTS of crafts for the preschoolers and many of them use scraps which we ask people to save for us. I looked at my container and envisioned turning it into a little penguin!

I drew up paper patterns, added a 2 inch styrofoam ball, and google eyes and this is the result. 

I formalized the patterns and turned them over to the craft lady - along with this sample.

Ddd

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These were the last of the kits I had left - 11 meander books. The 8 1/2 x 11 page that this begins with is printed with the days of the year - one month per page - where the owner can write in birthdays and anniversaries. The last three pages list birthstones, birth flowers, and traditional and modern gifts for anniversaries. I made these with covers of mat board and spines of scrapbook paper. These are the simple books I taught my grandkids to make. 

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I had more of these kits left than any other. I sat down and made 16 bracelets in one day. These are the 'Christ's Story' bracelet and will be boxed along with a card that tells the story with the beads. 

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I used to have al lot more of these leftover kits. Then my darling grandkids came to visit this summer and we used up 5 of them. So this week I finished up the last 3. 

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 Next in my kit-finishing spree I make up these 11 stitched pamphlets. They are designed after a card I was taught and I added a fancy liner paper and more pages. There is a metallic card insert in the folded point and it tucks into a double slit in the square cover.

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