Stamps Ahead

A card that I have made for the ladies (sorry, no men in the class) in the community group where I lead cardmaking classes. I realised when I finished that it did include a couple of rules in Calvinball 2022. I was inspired by a card that I saw on Pinterest - unfortunately the link no longer appears so I am unable to leave some love for the designer.  I used some old patterned paper from Stampin' Up! that I had in my stash.   Why not head to this link    http://scraphappy.org/calvinball  to find out more about Calvinball. Scrapbook layouts, Mini albums, Art Journal pages, Decorated daily planner pages and more are projects that you can share. Thank you for looking, Margaret

I have made 30 thank you cards that are to be given to volunteers at our local hospitals to say thank you for all that they do.  Here are just a sample of some the cards I made multiples of: Believe it or not these cards are the same size! Techniques - blue card made with embossing paste and watercolour paint. Butterfly card made with Distress Oxide sprays onto a mat then butterfly stamp pressed into the sprays.    Dark pink card made with Distress Oxide Inks sprayed onto watercolour paper, the light pink/mauve card uses Distress Oxide Inks "smooched" onto glossy cardstock and then buffed off. Blue card made with Distress Oxide Inks (can you see I love them!) applied over embossed flower images.  The top right card I made using one of my all time favourite stamp sets (no longer available) Gorgeous Grunge by Stampin' Up! (r).  The bottom card is one of my new favourites after designing this card the stamps (excluding the Thank You) are from Kaszazz Cla...

What do you do when you have lots of scraps of paper that you have left over from your cardmaking or scrapbooking?  One suggestion is to make small gift cards - quick and easy they measure 3" x 3". Here are some I have just made. I have used a stamp from Kaszazz set - Succulents-uncut set and I have watercoloured the images. My sister came out of a short hospital stay yesterday and she gives a small gift to the staff when she is discharged....I gave her one of my cards to put with the shortbread biscuits she gave them. I am entering these cards in a challenge over at Soul Scrappers to create a Thank You card. And I am making a bunch to put into packs for a fundraiser. And THANK YOU for visiting my humble little blog. Margaret