tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33290606665719344572024-03-12T18:55:14.106-05:00Life with a Wiener DogAngela Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10336511482443523206noreply@blogger.comBlogger564125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329060666571934457.post-13175950461647321052018-03-17T15:30:00.000-05:002018-03-17T15:30:02.606-05:00Happy St. Patrick's Day Birthday!<br />
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How are you? The flu has hit our house hard! We just cannot seem to get over it. My parents both got it first back in February. I got sick a week after they did and it just keeps hanging on and on and on! I finally felt better for two days this week and thought I had finally kicked it. I was wrong! The terrible headache, body aches, exhaustion and nausea are back today, but I'm going to power through and show you a card I made for a dear friend this week!</div>
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I made this Happy St. Patrick's Day Birthday Card for my dear friend, Chris. You may have seen her sweet comments on my blog as Chris R. from Iowa. Chris is the best. She is so thoughtful. She frequently sends me care packages just to let me know she's thinking of me. Did you remember that 2017 was my year of the flying pigs because I was going to do things that I had thought would only happen at the same time that would have previously started "when pigs fly?" As in, "When pigs fly, I'll get to make and put cards on my blog every day for more than a week!" Well, I did do that, but to remind me that I was going to see flying pigs, twice my dear Chris sent me flying pigs! In every care package, she sends treats for Gunner. When he arrived, she even sent him his own package complete with a stuffed pig, which he sleeps with every night. Chris tolerates me not writing as fast or often as I should and always responds to my emails right away. She is always encouraging and supportive. Everyone should be so lucky to have a friend like Chris! </div>
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Today is not only St. Patrick's Day, but also Chris R from Iowa's birthday! When I saw this stamp set with the leprechaun, this sentiment, and other St. Patrick's Day icons from Your Next Stamp, I knew it was perfect for Chris. I've been patiently waiting for March to roll around when I could finally use it and make her this card. Even with a touch of the flu that day, I was going to make this card and get Chris' birthday present to her on time! The making of the card is pretty straightforward. I colored my leprechaun with Copic markers, adhered him with foam tape and stacked gold sequins next to him for his little pile of gold. (They are not black like they look in the picture. They are just reflecting something dark when I took the picture. They are also not cannonballs, which is what my Dad thought they looked like in the picture, either! This is your average happy leprechaun who wants to wish my friend a happy birthday. He does not have anger issues! HA!) </div>
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I hope Chris is having a wonderful birthday and that the rest of you are enjoying your St. Patrick's Day. I definitely hope you are not fighting the flu!</div>
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Stay tuned for more cards coming soon. I'm going to do my best to not allow the flu to keep me from stamping anymore. There are cards celebrating spring, Easter and a very special announcement all coming soon!</div>
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Happy Stamping!</div>
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Irish Hello Dies by Your Next Stamp </div>
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Stitched Square Scallop Edge Frame Die-namics by My Favorite Things</div>
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Tiny Hearts Bright 6 x 6 Paper Pack by My Favorite Things</div>
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Angela Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10336511482443523206noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329060666571934457.post-47251590214253782772018-02-02T01:00:00.000-06:002018-02-02T01:00:16.961-06:00Cupid's Happy Valentine's Day!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's hard to believe it's February already and that Valentine's Day is just around the corner! For my first Valentine's card I'm sharing with you, I used this fabulous Cupid Stamp from Art Impressions. I've had this stamp for a while and my back finally cooperated around Valenentine's Day so I could use him! I love everything about this guy- from his chubby bald head to his heart boxers! I actually colored Cupid at the beginning of Kathy Rascoosin's 30 Day Coloring Challenge in the middle of January. I've been coloring a lot and have all kinds of images to share as I make them into cards! </div>
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The card itself is pretty straightforward, so I won't explain how I made it. However if you have any questions, feel free to leave them in the comments section and I will answer them right away! </div>
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I will take this time to ask a question however!</div>
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Some companies spell their thicker paper</div>
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like My Favorite Things and Gina K</div>
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while others spell it</div>
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Which is your preferred spelling? I try to use the spelling that the company uses in my list of supplies. However, sometimes, like today the two different companies use two different spellings. It looks like I spelled one wrong, although it's hard to decide which one it is! :)</div>
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<a href="http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/2018/01/pp378-sketch-challenge-from-nance.html">The Paper Players</a> Sketch Challenge: PP378 provided the sketch I used for my card. <a href="http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/">Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday Challenge</a> is Anything Goes. <a href="http://addictedtostamps-challenge.blogspot.com/2018/01/challenge-277-make-your-mark.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AddictedToStampsChallengeBlog+%28Addicted+to+Stamps+Challenge+Blog%29">Addicted to Stamps and More's</a> Challenge is Make Your Mark. This challenge is to color in an image on your card using markers, pencils, paints, chalks, etc. You could also use a technique to color. In my case, I colored my sweet little Cupid with Copic Markers. Finally, the challenge at <a href="https://just-add-ink.blogspot.com/2018/02/just-add-ink-394romance.html">Just Add Ink</a> is to Just Add Romance. I think my Cupid ready to shoot his sparkly arrows at a love interest is romantic, so I'm entering it there, as well. </div>
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Stay tuned for more Valentine's Day cards as well as other creations coming in the future from my colored images!!</div>
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Angela Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10336511482443523206noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329060666571934457.post-66794834143663039642018-01-21T00:00:00.000-06:002018-01-21T10:42:24.143-06:00A Neat and Tangled Christmas Card<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have another card to share with you! I won this stamp and die set named "Christmas Pageant" from Neat and Tangled back in November. You can find in on the Neat and Tangled website <a href="https://www.neatandtangled.com/collections/all-stamps/products/christmas-pageant">here</a>. I wanted this set the second I saw it, so when I won it for free, I was super excited! I could hardly wait to get these stamps inky and start coloring them! Unfortunately, I had to wait a lot longer than I wanted but as soon as I was able, I started coloring these guys- even before the girl and her puppy that I showed you yesterday!</div>
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I had big plans for my card using this set. I wanted it to be awesomely cute. I wanted the design to be great and really show off these wonderful stamps and their matching dies. I wanted to use the adorable font for the "Merry Christmas" and add "to all and to all a good night." I wanted to make a card that I could really be proud of to do these stamps justice! </div>
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You see, not only do I love Neat and Tangled stamps, but the owner, Danielle, is wonderful! I've only talked to her through email a couple of times, but that was more than enough to know that she is a sweetie! I wanted my card to be something she could be proud of, as well!</div>
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I colored my images as part of Kathy Rascoosin's 30 Day Coloring Challenge. That part went well. I even added extra touches like polka dots on the snowman's scarf and highlights with my white gel pen. </div>
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Then, it was time to put my images onto a card. I sat down at the table to get started. My brain said, "this is going to be great." My back said, "OOOOOWWWW! Don't sit here! Get up! This chair hurts me!" </div>
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As always, my stinking back won. Instead of getting to make my wonderfully designed card, ready to show off these fabulous stamps, I had to resort to a much more simple design. I used a white card base and added a cute red patterned background to the entire front of the base. I cut two frames for my card. One was cut out of white card stock and the other out of turquoise. This way, I had my white scalloped frame and a turquoise square that fit inside perfectly. I added my snowman boy and my ornament girl inside the square with foam tape so they would stand out from the card. That was all I could stand to do at the table, so I had to consider my card completed.</div>
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I thought about waiting until I could do more for my card, but I really wanted to share these images with you and tell you about the wonderful lady who owns Neat and Tangled. I have no idea when I'll be able to sit at the table to make a more complex card. I decided I'd go ahead and share this card and then make another when I can do more like I had intended. </div>
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Please <a href="https://www.neatandtangled.com/">click this link</a> to take you to the Neat and Tangled store. You'll see all kinds of goodies like great stamp sets, dies, stencils, and sequins. I really like to support brands who have caring people behind them and believe me, </div>
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Neat and Tangled fits the bill! </div>
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My card fits the <a href="http://merrymondaychristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2018/01/merry-monday-273-red-and-turquoise.html">Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge</a> this week, which is to use red and turquoise on a Christmas card. This challenge is also a great reason to make Christmas Cards now! I'll be ahead for Christmas 2018 and get to use Christmas images all year long, since I missed out on getting to use them this past year! I am also adding my card to the "Just Add Something New" <a href="http://just-add-ink.blogspot.com/2018/01/just-add-ink-392blog-hop.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FkHRyA+%28Just+Add+Ink%29">Just Add Ink Challenge</a> since I (finally) got to use my new Christmas Pageant stamp set and dies. I had never used the paper pad for the red patterned paper, either. </div>
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I'm going to start posting my coloring projects on Instagram since making cards is not as easy as I'd like. Then, you can still see that I'm alive and well!</div>
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I have a small number of 17 followers on Instagram, so I would love to have you join me! There will be Gunner pictures there as well!</div>
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Happy New Year! I realize we're actually more than halfway through January, but this is my first post of 2018. So, I'm going to wish you all a </div>
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Happy New Year even though it's not that new anymore. </div>
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As you probably guessed from my absence, I have been having a lot of problems with my back. There is nothing that can be done right now to help. I just have to live with the pain in my lower back and down my legs. When my back hurts so much, stamping and card making are out of the question. As a result, I missed getting to make, share and send Christmas cards this year. That was a huge disappointment because I look forward to making and sending Christmas cards a lot! Luckily for me, there are Christmas Card Challenges that go all year long so I can still get those stamp sets inky!</div>
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This past week, my back finally started to feel a little bit better. While I was trying to catch up on email, I saw that Kathy Rascoosin was starting her <a href="http://www.thedailymarker.com/2018/01/day-1-sharpie-markers/">30 Day Coloring Challenge</a> again on January 15th. I try to participate in it every single time she does it. I usually make it a few days and them I'm out because of my back. I'm not a quitter, though, so I decided, once again, I'd give it a try! I am able to tolerate sitting in my "spot" on the couch and coloring images with my Copics pretty well. I've been able to color 7 different images that I wanted to put to use, including the one above since January 15!</div>
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The first card of the new year that goes on my blog is always special to me. I like it to have an extra special meaning. It didn't take much thought at all to decide this year's card should feature Gunner James! </div>
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Gunner is a sweetheart. We've almost had him for four months. He is my shadow! He rarely leaves my side. Gunner is definitely my dog, much to the dismay of both of my parents who would like to be able to pet him and hold him like I can! Gunner isn't willing to do this yet, but he's better with them than when he first got here, so we are making progress!</div>
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No matter where I am, I can guarantee you Gunner will be very close by. Even if I have to stay in bed most of the day, Gunner stays right with me. He knows when I am really hurting and snuggles up right beside me to comfort me. I'd prefer he'd go downstairs than stay in bed all day, but he will not. The one time my Dad took him downstairs, as soon as his feet hit the floor, he ran right back upstairs to me. </div>
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Just like the dog in the stamp, Gunner loves to be held and he loves to give kisses. I am more than willing to hold him as much as he wants considering all he is willing to do for me. My favorite part of the day is when he takes an after dinner nap in my arms with his little head on my chest right near my heart. It is the sweetest thing! Since Gunner wants to be held several times a night, this makes it more difficult to color stamped images! However, I am not complaining! When you have a chance to hold a puppy, you should always hold the puppy!</div>
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With all of this in mind, it was easy to pick this image from the My Favorite Things Birdie Brown stamp set, New Best Friend, to use for my first card of the year. One of my goals this year is to add finished cards to my stash that I have on hand so I have a variety to choose from when I need one. That's why I picked this "pawfect birthday" sentiment. I chose my colors for the girl's clothing from the patterned paper which came from Echo Park's Fashionista 6" x 6" paper pad. Of course, the dog is colored to look similar to Gunner.</div>
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My design came from <a href="http://freshlymadesketches.blogspot.com/2018/01/freshly-made-sketches-320-sketch-by-kim.html">Freshly Made Sketches 320th</a> sketch. The <a href="http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-add-sentiment-2/">Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge</a> this week is to Add a Sentiment. I tried putting my sentiment across the bottom of my frame like it shows in the sketch, but it didn't look good at all. So, I decided to stamp it on the black cardstock and emboss it in white inside the frame instead. </div>
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The Pink Pirouette cardstock base by Stampin' Up looked a little plain next to the framed image. I cut another piece of the same card stock 1/4" smaller than the base on all four sides. Then I used my Lil' Inkers Quilted Stitched Pattern Die to cut the little stitching lines into my card stock. This gave it a very subtle pattern that didn't overwhelm the focal point of the card. After I adhered everything together, my card was complete. </div>
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I was able to honor my Gunner Boy in my first post of the year and add a birthday card to my stash! </div>
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What I learned from making the card is that my back is a lot better at sitting on the couch coloring than it is at sitting at the table putting the pieces of a card together. As a result, be prepared to see a lot of very clean and simple cards with nice coloring on my blog in the near future! That's better than no cards and no coloring, though, so I will be happy with that accomplishment!<br />
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I am also entering my card in the "Just Add Something New" <a href="http://just-add-ink.blogspot.com/2018/01/just-add-ink-392blog-hop.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FkHRyA+%28Just+Add+Ink%29">Just Add Ink Challenge</a>. The Birdie Brown New Best Friends stamp set and matching dies, Quilted Stitched Pattern Die and the Our Family Frame die I used were all brand new before this card! </div>
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I pray your New Year is off to a great start!</div>
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Birdie Brown New Best Friend Stamp Set by My Favorite Things</div>
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<span style="color: red;">He's got his Christmas jammies on and</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">has been a very good boy</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">guaranteeing that Santa will have</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">visited our house by the time you read this.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">given to this sweet little </span><span style="color: red;">angel </span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">we have living in our home!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;">we will receive in 2017, however. </span></div>
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This month, it was my turn to decide on our challenge. With Christmas coming right around the corner, I decided our challenge should be to take a stamp set that wasn't designed to be a Christmas stamp set and </div>
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If you're like me, you love to find ways to make your stamps or dies more versatile. If you can use a birthday set to make some Christmas cards, that's a fun way to challenge yourself and stretch those products!</div>
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I used My Favorite Things Birdie Brown Birthday Bears stamps for my card.</div>
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Birthday presents can easily be turned into Christmas presents just by the colors you choose to use when coloring them. I chose the traditional Christmas colors of red, green and added turquoise for my presents. Most of the cards I have seen with this stamp set has the bears colored in different browns. By leaving my bears white with some gray accents for shadows, they look like more like Polar Bears which are seen on Christmas cards more often than brown bears. That being said, I think brown bears would have also been cute, I just decided to leave them white.</div>
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By using patterned paper that could also be used for Christmas cards, I also added more of a Christmas feel to my Birthday Bears. Although the red, green and turquoise dotted stripes could also be used for other cards than just Christmas, the lighter red with snowflakes behind the bears definitely brings Christmas to mind! </div>
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it would remain green on the patterned paper, it looks darker in the picture. The rest of the colors are spot on, so I'm not sure why this is a bit darker. In real life, the green sentiment goes along very well with the presents and patterned paper to continue the traditional Christmas colors.</div>
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I love the Stitched Rectangle Scallop Edge Frame dies from My Favorite Things that I used to make the red frame for my bears and snowflake patterned paper. The stitched scallops are so fun and cute! After all of my card front was finished, I added my bears with 3D foam tape, which is another love of mine! It gives the bears just a little bit of dimension and adds interest to the card!</div>
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I haven't seen her card yet, but I have no doubt that it will be cute!!</div>
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It was so much fun to make a card again! Being a new mom with a puppy who likes my undivided attention doesn't leave as much time to stamp as I would sometimes like. However, when a sweet little puppy wants you to hold him, you definitely hold that adorable little guy! I'm certainly not complaining! As Gunner gets more and more comfortable, he doesn't mind being a few feet away from my side, so hopefully, I'll be stamping more often soon!</div>
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Thanks to Kim for doing this month's challenge with me! </div>
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It's something I've come to look forward to every month!</div>
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Happy Stamping, Friends!</div>
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I used the following products to make this card:</div>
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BB Birthday Bears and Trim the Tree* Stamp Sets by My Favorite Things</div>
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<b>The Story of How Gunner Came Into Our Lives</b></div>
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In August, we began thinking and talking about getting a Dachshund. Our veterinarian gave us the name of Theresa, who is a dachshund breeder in our area. About a month later, we decided to call her just to see if she had any puppies or if she was going to have any puppies anytime soon. Theresa said that she had an 8 month old long hair miniature dachshund named Gunner who needed a home. We weren't sure if this would work out or not, because my Dad has a lot of allergies. Long-hair dogs make them worse than short hair dogs, but we decided we would go ahead and meet Gunner.</div>
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Even though we were going to meet Gunner, my Dad said that we couldn't just fall in love with him instantly. We would need to see how things went before we could make a decision. I wanted to take pictures of him, but my Mom said we should wait until we knew if he was going to be ours or not. I know me quite well and knew that I would fall in love with Gunner and would be sad if it wasn't going to work out, so I stayed upstairs while my parents met him. If my Dad was instantly itchy and got a stuffed up nose, we would know it wasn't going to work and I wouldn't meet Gunner. </div>
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It was a loooong 40 minutes, while Theresa and Gunner got to know my Mom and Dad better. Finally, my mom came upstairs <b>with pictures on her phone</b>, to show me Gunner. She told me how beautiful Gunner was and what sweet and wonderful personality he had. She also said I had to come down and meet Gunner! I didn't have to hear that twice before I headed downstairs! </div>
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I remember holding Gunner for the first time as clear as a bell. </div>
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<span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Gunner is an English Cream Miniature Dachshund. This kind of Dachshund is much more rare than the red or black and tan dogs that most people thing of when they think of Doxies. Gunner's family is quite distinguished. His relatives lived in Canada before they were adopted by Theresa in the United States. </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">His Great-Great-Great-Great Grandpa was the Grand Champion at a dog show in Canada that is similar to our Westminster Dog Show in the US. Gunner definitely has show dog blood in him! He walks with the same gate as the dogs in the dog shows walk! He also holds his tail out to a point just like show dogs! I always wondered how they trained dogs to do that! Now I know some of them are born that way! </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Dogs like Gunner are not cheap if you have purchase one. It would be a bargain to get a Cream for $3,000. Most of them cost at least $5,000. Thankfully for us, Theresa was willing to give Gunner to us as long as we were willing to give him a good home! I had seen cream doxies on Pinterest and always thought they were gorgeous, but knew how costly they were and figured I would never be able to own one. Thanks to Theresa, we now have this gorgeous dog as our family pet. (I'm only telling you this so you know I have not recently won the lottery to be able to afford this dog!) </span></span></span></span></span></span>While Gunner is gorgeous, his wonderful personality far outshines his looks. </div>
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Needless to say, our first visit went well! We set up more visits with Theresa and Gunner throughout September to see how he liked us and how my Dad's allergies handled a long-hair puppy. My Dad does get a little itchy with Gunner, but decided it was worth it to have this wonderful dog in our family!</div>
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Remember when my Dad said that we couldn't just fall in love with Gunner instantly? After our first meeting, it was obvious that my Dad was smitten with this little puppy so I asked him, "When did you fall in love with Gunner?"</div>
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On Monday, September 25th, Gunner came for what was supposed to be a three or four day visit. Those first few days were pretty hard for Gunner. He obviously missed Theresa and all the other dachshunds that he lived with, including his sister Lilee (pronounced Lily). We all decided that it would be too hard on him to go back and forth between homes a few more times like we had originally planned. We didn't know it at the time, but on that Monday night, Gunner had found a forever home and a life with another wiener dog began. </div>
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<span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Gunner is his own dog. He is not a replacement for Frankfurter. Frankfurter was one-of-a-kind and can never be replaced. We all still miss Frank every moment of every day. We still shed tears when we remember Frank because he was so special to each of us. With Gunner, our hearts have grown to love another dog. </span></span>Our love has not changed for Frank, except possibly that we continue to love him and appreciate him more and more each day. <span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">You may be wondering why I didn't tell you about Gunner a month ago! Because of my Dad's allergies, I've been very afraid during this whole time that something was going to happen and we would have to give him back to Theresa. As hard as that was going to be, I knew it would be even more heartbreaking to have to post that Gunner was not going to get to be our dog after all. So, I waited until after we were sure my Dad would be okay with him and his first vet visit to make sure he was okay before I made the big announcement. Please don't have your feelings hurt that I kept this a secret for so long. I just wanted to be absolutely, positively sure that this was all going to work out. </span></span></div>
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Angela Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10336511482443523206noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329060666571934457.post-61580274340050615502017-10-15T03:00:00.000-05:002017-10-15T09:01:50.142-05:00Curtain Call Cuddle Your Worries Away Challenge Card<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The card I have for you today was so much fun to make because it was also a part of a really big honor! When my <a href="http://www.lifewithawienerdog.com/2017/09/reverse-confetti-dream-catcher.html">Dreamcatcher Card</a> won the Lead at the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge blog in September, I was invited to be a guest for another challenge on the Curtain Call blog. Swoon! I was super excited. I was also a little nervous, truth be told! I silently prayed that I would have a good stamp set I liked a lot that would fit the challenge. </div>
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I instantly knew what stamp set I would use for my card because the My Favorite Things Stamp Set Playful Pups has one of their puppies cuddling his toy dog. It even had a sentiment which included the word "cuddle!" </div>
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This is the card I created!</div>
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The card is pretty easy to see how to make. One thing I did to up the cuteness factor was to cut the "blanket" out of patterned paper that matched the other papers I was using. I could have colored it with Copics like I did the rest of the image, but I thought this was more fun. I also put the die-cut image onto the pale aqua card stock with foam tape, so in person, you can see that sweet little puppy cuddling his friend. </div>
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The other thing I did was changed the sentiment that My Favorite Things had put together for their stamp set. The original cuddle sentiment said, </div>
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"You're the Best Cuddle Buddy." </div>
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I wanted to be able to use this card sometime and I don't have a lot of Cuddle Buddies! So, I looked at the other sentiments and liked the one that said, </div>
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"Let's Snuggle Our Worries Away." </div>
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I liked the idea of getting rid of worries for someone who was having a hard time, but all of my friends live in different cities and states. Again, we're not really Cuddle or Snuggle Buddies, either!</div>
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"Sending Wags Your Way."</div>
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So I stamped and embossed all three sentiments and then cut them up, in a fun and whimsical fashion, to make a sentiment that I could send.</div>
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"Cuddle Your Worries Away."</div>
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Now, I can send this card to a friend who owns a dog that is having a hard time and write on the inside of the card, "Grab (name of the person's dog), cuddle up with him or her, and try and forget about all your worries. </div>
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I know first hand that cuddling with your favorite four-legged friend definitely can help things look better. It's also relaxing to watch your friend fall asleep in your arms or on the couch beside you! </div>
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<b>Thank you so much, Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge Bloggers, </b></div>
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<b>for choosing my Dreamcatcher card as your Lead </b></div>
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<b>and for inviting me to be a guest designer for this challenge. </b></div>
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<b>I can't begin to tell you how much it means to me!</b></div>
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<b>Also, I would love to see my blog followers create cards for this Cuddle challenge! You can enter them up until October 25th at </b></div>
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Happy Stamping, Friends!</div>
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Playful Pups Stamp Set by My Favorite Things</div>
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Playful Pups and Stitched Circle STAX Die-namics by My Favorite Things</div>
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Memento Tuxedo Black and VersaMark Ink Pads by Tsukineko</div>
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Angela Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10336511482443523206noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329060666571934457.post-18826570124369597582017-10-09T03:00:00.000-05:002017-10-09T03:01:23.000-05:00Challenge Winners<div style="text-align: center;">
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Well, I didn't have the stamping weekend I had planned. A nasty headache sidelined me for the weekend. So instead of a new card, I'd like to show you some of the honors that my cards, mainly from September, have won.</div>
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This may be the most arrogant looking post I have ever posted on my blog. I don't think I'm an arrogant person. I hope not because I'm usually not a big fan of people who are arrogant! </div>
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Some of the cards I have made have won different challenges that I entered them into, much to my surprise! I'd like to share the winners with you because each win is such an honor! It means so much to me to have other stampers say, "Good job," especially when I haven't been able to stamp for so long. </div>
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This post is much more of a "thank you" to the challenges that chose my cards as winners than it is a "look how great I am." </div>
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Back in May, I created this card I called <a href="http://www.lifewithawienerdog.com/2017/05/watercolor-may-flower.html">Watercolor May Flower</a>. It was chosen by Happy Little Stampers as the Watercolor Challenge Winner out of 93 other cards! I couldn't believe that my card was chosen as their favorite! At the time, I was so sad about losing Frankfurter that I didn't share this honor with you then. It truly was and is an honor, so I wanted to share it with you now. I received a $20 gift certificate for stamps from the Happy Little Stamper Store and a badge which I have put on the side of my blog. </div>
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My regular blog followers know that I have been making and posting my cards here for years! Seven, to be exact! However, over the last four years, I have been battling a severe back injury that has left me disabled. Until recently, I was unable to stamp with any regularity because of my back. One way I kept in touch with stamping during the long time I wasn't able to do it myself was to follow other people's blogs. I quickly developed favorites that I couldn't wait to arrive in my Inbox so I could see the latest creation that each stamper had made. </div>
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You may already be familiar with Kim's cards because she is on a bunch of different design teams including Merry Monday Christmas Challenge (which you've seen me participate in the last two weeks), Addicted to Stamps and More, The Card Concept and Cupcake Inspiration. She also participates in challenges and has been a guest stamper for Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday Challenge Blog!</div>
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I've admired Kim's work for years! In September, I decided to be brave and ask Kim if she'd like to do a Dual Post with me where we both used the same colors, sketch, technique or theme to create a card. Much to my surprise, Kim admired my blog and said, "Yes!" </div>
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For our first post, we decided that we would use the same colors to make a card and then would share what each other created. </div>
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Kim picked these gorgeous colors! </div>
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Aren't they fabulous?!!</div>
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We both loved that they were colors you could see in fall, but they weren't just the usual red, orange, yellow, green and brown.</div>
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It took me a while to decide what stamp set I wanted to use with these rich, beautiful colors. I knew I wanted my card to be a way to thank Kim for her encouragement over the years on my blog, so that had a huge influence on the set I chose to use. </div>
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In addition to being a fabulous stamper, if you follow Kim's Instagram Account, you know she's also an amazing seamstress. She "whips" things up that would take me a month to make, like cute little travel bags and now gorgeous shirts!</div>
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With that in mind, I finally decided to use Lawn Fawn's Sewn with Love Stamp Set and Dies for my card. I wasn't sure if they would work, but after I stamped, die-cut and began coloring my images with Copics, I was relieved to see that they all came together perfectly! My sentiment, from the Sewn with Love set, was an easy choice because it fit Kim perfectly! I used Lawn Fawn's Watercolor Wishes Petite Paper Pack for my background, so if you noticed the variation of blues in the paper, you're not imagining things! That's what the Watercolor Wishes papers look like! Although you can't tell in the picture, I adhered the spool of thread on top of the sewing machine, the scissors, and the jar of buttons with foam tape so they stand up from the card a little bit for some extra interest. I used the Reverse Confetti Lacy Scallop Frame Die to frame the little sewing scene I had created which seemed to bring all the different pieces together nicely. Everything is attached to a white card base, which you can see through the Lacy Scallop Frame.</div>
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Her card features one of my very favorite things at this time of year! </div>
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Take some time to look around at her cards while you're there. </div>
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I have <b><i>always</i></b> wanted to participate in one of the card drives that collects cards for the elderly or children in hospitals. In fact, I had just emailed a card making friend and told her that I wanted to participate in one of those drives when I received an email about one later that evening. </div>
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I had planned to make one of this card for the Merry Monday challenge, however when I received the information about the Caring Hearts Card Drive, I decided to start making multiples of my Christmas cards now so I would have cards ready to participate. On Tuesday, I die cut and stamped the Christmas trees. I used the MISTI to stamp everything on my cards except for the bows on the presents, which I did myself using an acrylic block. For the Christmas trees, there are three separate stamps used to make each tree and a fourth to stamp the trunk. The tree is made up of so many different stamps so you can use three different colors on your tree, if you would like. They can be stamped in fun, bright colors for a whimsical look, or darker colors for a totally different elegant look. After stamping the green portions, I stamped the tree trunks. I also stamped the garland in red pigment ink and embossed it with clear sparkle embossing powder. As always, you can't see the sparkle in the picture but it's there and it's cute! I also cut my card bases and my Dad die cut the red frames. After laying out where the frame would be and the tree would go, I figured out where the sentiments should be on the cards and stamped them. After all of that, I was worn out and had to stop!</div>
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It was important to me to participate in this card drive because my Grandma was in the nursing home before she died right around this time last year. She always enjoyed looking at the cards I made. When I would show them to her, the other residents enjoyed looking at them, too. If I can bring a little bit of joy to their days, I absolutely want to do so. </div>
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This card had a lot of steps which probably was not ideal for a card drive. I'd like to make as many cards as I can for this drive, so making ten cards that took two full days for me is probably not the best choice. However, I also want the cards to look special and not like I just slapped something together really fast. I'll try another design and keep both of those goals in mind when I plan it. </div>
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I'm back! After my card making spree, I needed a bit of a rest! So I took some time off to clean, organize and work on some other projects that you'll see here soon! This past week, we've had company at our house and I didn't want to be rude by dragging out all of my crafting supplies and getting into my stamping zone! Sometimes, I get so focused on what I'm doing that I miss whatever else is going on around me! So I waited until I just couldn't wait to stamp anymore!</div>
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The first challenge that inspired this card was the <a href="http://merrymondaychristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2017/09/merry-monday-258-penguins.html">Merry Monday Christmas Challenge #258: Penguins!</a> I love penguins, so I had to make a card for this challenge! <a href="http://freshlymadesketches.blogspot.com/2017/09/freshly-made-sketches-307-sketch-by-jen.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+FreshlyMadeSketches+%28Freshly+Made+Sketches%29"> Freshly Made Sketches 307</a> provided the design for this card. As you can tell from the sketch, I didn't follow it exactly, so you'd be able to read the words under those cute penguins. </div>
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Speaking of words, I wasn't sure what I wanted this card to say, however <a href="http://justusgirlschallenge.blogspot.com/2017/09/wild-card-week-413.html">Just Us Girls Week #413</a> challenge gave me the idea to use word die cuts on my card. Because the penguins are all standing in a line in the show, I decided to use the words "Let It Snow" for my sentiment. This was the first time I had used any of the dies on this card and the patterned paper. This meant it also qualified for my dear friend, Darnell's <a href="http://www.djkardkreations.com/search?updated-max=2017-09-25T00:00:00-07:00&max-results=1&start=5&by-date=false">NBUS Challenge #12</a>. Don't you just love the name "Never-Before-Used-Schtuff" that Darnell created? </div>
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I wanted to be sure my penguins really stood out from each other, knowing they'd be colored in grays and black Copic markers. If you emboss first and then color with your Copics, it can mess up the tips, which are also called nibs. I've read this and heard it on a video. I haven't tried it myself, because if it's true, I didn't want to mess up my markers. So I used a trick I learned that still allowed me to emboss those cute little penguins! First, I stamped my penguins in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink using my MISTI. When I was finished, I left the stamp on the MISTI. I used Memento inks because they are Copic friendly, so I could easily color in my penguins. Since I kept my stamp on the MISTI, after I was finished coloring, I stamped the same image on top of the first, this time with VersaMark Ink. Then, I heat embossed the image with black embossing powder. These embossed, raised, shiny outlines really made each penguin stand out. I used a Clean Color Real Brush marker to make the sky. I didn't color it in perfectly because I wanted it to look like a blue, but snowy sky. I did move the ink around a little bit with my Clear Wink of Stella pen to make the sky sparkly. Then, I colored in the snow under the penguins with the same Wink of Stella pen to make the snow sparkly, too. Unfortunately, the camera never picks up the sparkle, but it is there!</div>
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And with that, I'm back to stamping! Making a card everyday isn't something my back will allow very well, so I'm hoping to post on my blog three times a week, some might be more, some might be less. Either way, I am so thankful to have the strength to make each and every card I can! </div>
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<b>Be sure to check my blog on Friday, October 6th!</b></div>
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Unfortunately, he was killed in an automobile accident twenty years ago this coming Tuesday. I often think of him when I look at some of my cards and that comment. I will admit, though, that sometimes I have had to make a card I wasn't completely happy with because of my back being done before I was. It's great to be able to look at all these cards and to be able to say </div>
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I made today's card for the 2017 Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop. For this hop, a whole bunch of people make cards, this time related to coffee, tea or hot cocoa and fall and then all link them to the <a href="http://coffeelovingcardmakers.com/2017/09/2017-fall-coffee-lovers-blog-hop/">Coffee Lovers Blog Hop</a> page. I'm writing this on Friday night, the hop just started this morning and there are already 230 entries! The hop runs from Friday, September 15th through Friday, September 22nd. The hop has tons of sponsors giving away prizes that will be drawn after the hop is over. When you have a chance, be sure to check out some of the cards. (Looking at all of them would take days which is why I said "some!") </div>
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I used the stamp, Ellie Loves Lattes, by Your Next Stamp, for my card. I think Ellie is adorable! As soon as I saw this stamp, I knew I wanted to use it for the Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop. I didn't know which fall hop that would be. 2017? 2018? 2025? Thankfully, it was sooner rather than later and I got to put it to use for this hop just a few months after I it! I thought Ellie was just dressed warm enough for Fall, although she would also look cute dressed for Christmas, too. </div>
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Happy Friday! You made it! While your week might have been rough, it probably didn't compare to what the people in Texas, Florida and other areas that were touched by Hurricane Harvey and Irma faced this week. You, probably, got to go to sleep in your own bed in your own house. Don't take that gift for granted! Please reach out with hugs, prayers and support for the people that cannot have that luxury any more!</div>
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This card was made for a dear family to me who have had a very hard time lately. I've known them since my first few days as a college Freshman! When I went to college, I moved 9 hours away from home. So, if I wanted to get away from campus I had to go home with someone who lived a lot closer to school than I did! Luckily for me, I had a dear friend who's family adopted me. So, I'd drive us to her house and we'd spend the weekend with her family. They were the perfect surrogate family with wonderful parents, two brothers, a lovely home and home-cooked food! If you saw what we had to eat in the cafeteria, believe me, you'd be quite thankful for that home-cooked food! I still remember her parents telling my parents the next time we were all together how much we ate that first weekend we went to her home! :)</div>
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Recently, the Dad of that family was diagnosed with an illness that would take his life within the next two years if he didn't have a stem cell transplant. This is a man that the world needs 100,000 more of, not one less. We all began praying like crazy for him to be accepted as a donor candidate (due to his age, it wasn't automatic) and for a donor to be found, quickly. Our prayers were answered positively when he was accepted as a donor recipient and his brother was a match to be the donor of the stem cells. After several rounds of chemo, the father began to receive his stem cell transplant from his brother this week. So far, everything is going as well as can be expected which is a big answer to our many prayers. However, he will have to stay in the hospital for a total of two weeks to continue to receive the transplanted cells. He will also have to be monitored very closely, including lots of painful tests during that time. There is also the chance that his body could reject these cells, even though they are there to heal him and not hurt him. When he gets to go home from the hospital, he will have to stay home for 100 days to try and minimize the chances of him getting sick.</div>
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As I'm sure you can imagine, this has been an exhausting, stressful and scary time, even though we all know God is in control. God is not a genie in a magic bottle that gives us three wishes and sometimes, no matter how many prayers are prayed, things do not go as we have hoped. Things are looking good right now and I wanted to let the family know that I love them and am continuing to pray for them. </div>
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I created this card by stamping this background stamp by Simon Says Stamp, called <a href="https://www.simonsaysstamp.com/product/Simon-Says-Cling-Rubber-FLORA-BACKGROUND-SSS101735-Mothers-Fathers-Flowers-SSS101735?currency=USD">Flora</a>, in Versamark Ink which I embossed in silver embossing powder. </div>
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Isn't this stamp incredible!? It is so beautiful! I colored it with a pink and a green Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers. Because the silver embossed area created a raised little border, it was super easy to color. When I was done coloring a large area, I die cut it with a heart die. I took the Lawn Fawn Lawn Cuts Scripty Hugs die and cut that word out of the center of my heart. I replaced it with fun foam and two layers of white card stock cut by the same hugs die to replace the word! My card looked a little simple and like it was missing something, so I cut out four more hearts from the paper that was left over from my background sheet that had already been colored. I adhered them around my heart. Now it felt like the card was complete! </div>
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Inside I will remind this family that I love them and I am praying for them daily!</div>
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I am entering my card in <a href="http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/2017/09/pp361-color-challenge-from-jaydee.html">the Paper Players #361 challenge</a>. Although I didn't use the exact colors of pink and green in my card, I used the closest to each that I had. I really would like to learn how to use my Zig Markers better since I've seen lots of gorgeous cards made with them. This gave me a chance to get a little bit of a feel to them while coloring a stamp I couldn't really mess up!</div>
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This is Madge. At least that is what the stamp's name is so I can only assume it is her name as well. Madge was one of the stamps I had planned to color during the 30 Day Coloring Challenge. When I saw the <a href="http://artimpressionsstamps.blogspot.com/2017/09/new-interactive-halloween-sets-plus.html">Art Impressions challenge</a> for these two weeks was Off Kilter, I thought this poor lady would be perfect and moved her up in my coloring. Let's face it, she looks a little off kilter, herself! The focal point of my card, the lady and the frame around her are both off kilter as well, which is what the challenge was really supposed to reflect! </div>
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While the card itself is pretty straight forward, I will tell you about Madge, the focal point. First, I colored her with my Copics. Then, I stamped her shirt onto a piece of patterned paper and fussy cut it out. To make her pants match a little bit better, I put red polka dots on them. I also went over the red dots on her shirt with the same marker to be sure they matched exactly. </div>
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Isn't this stamp wonderful? When you're a kid, you just want to be older. </div>
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This card fit this sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch Challenge #238 which you can see <a href="http://casethissketch.blogspot.com/2017/09/case-this-sketch-238.html">here</a> perfectly! I made if for a dear friend who was recovering from surgery. Actually, I made her a get well soon card first, but she never received it. We still don't know what happened to it! So, by the time I was ready to send her another card, it was kind of too late to say get well soon, because she was in much better shape. Since she's a fellow stamper, I made her this card instead. Hopefully it put a smile on her face!</div>
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I hope you are all enjoying a wonderful day! No, this is not deja vu. You're not seeing the <i>exact </i>same card from yesterday. It's just pretty close! There is a funny story behind this card. I originally made it for this week's Papertrey Ink Make It Monday Challenge #296: Small Images on Repeat and the Addicted to CAS Challenge Code Word: Apples. However, as I began to write about it for my blog, I realized had forgotten some major points of both of the challenges! </div>
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For starters, I was supposed to repeat the same image three times. While I did stamp an apple three times on this card, I didn't stamp the <i>same</i> apple three times. It was also supposed to be a CAS card. CAS stands for clean and simple, which usually includes white space. Now white space doesn't have to be white but it definitely isn't supposed to be black and white polka dot! There's not supposed to be a lot of embellishments and I used black enamel dots. There also shouldn't be a lot of layers. As you can tell, this card has a lot of layers. So needless to say, I made another card for both of those challenges which was very similar to this card but much more clean and simple! </div>
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On the bright side, I also made this card for the <a href="http://colorthrowdown.blogspot.com/2017/09/color-throwdown-459.html">Color Throwdown Challenge #459</a>, which is to use red, black and white on a card. Thankfully, I did remember that correctly and got it right! :)</div>
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That is why I used a piece of Doodlebug paper that was black with white polka dots on it for my background. Next I stamped and die cut each little apple. I used 3 different apple images because I wanted to use the little apple on the end that I could stamp a heart into the center. It went along perfectly with the sentiment I had already chosen, "I pick you." Each apple was mounted on a white die-cut stitched square which had been mounted on a slightly larger square of red card stock. I used foam mounting tape behind the apples so they'd stand out from the card a little bit. The little apples are all from the retired Papertrey Ink stamp set, Back to School. The sentiment came from a current PTI stamp set, Apple Prints. After using enamel dots on my first card ever last week, I decided to finish my card with three enamel dots placed on each square. The top of my card was complete!</div>
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The black and white background presented a bit of a problem when it came to actually being able to read the sentiment easily. I layered the word "you" on top of each other a few times so it would stand out from the card a little bit. (This is actually a "thank you" die. I liked the size and font of the word "you" on it, though. Since the two words were connected, I cut it apart and just used what I needed.) Layering the word still didn't help it show up enough. It didn't look right on a plain red rectangle, so I mounted it on a pierced flag die cut from My Favorite Things, which is also apparently retired. That's too bad because it's a very handy set which I will continue to use. The fishtail flag was actually a lot longer, but I was able to shorten it up by cutting the front of the banner with the straight edge towards the middle of the die. Then, I moved the paper down to the end of the die so I could cut the fishtail much sooner than the original die intended. This gave me the perfect little banner to bring attention to my sentiment. I attached it to my card base. I then stamped and cut out the words "I pick" in red ink on white card stock. I mounted it on a tiny piece of red card stock, stuck it to my card with foam tape and my card was complete!</div>
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Before anything, I ask that you please pray for all of those in Hurricane Irma's path as well as those who are dealing with the terrible storm surge because of it. I pray that God will keep them safe. I pray that He will provide for these people just like He provided for the ones in Texas. I pray that people will open their hearts and donate again, if it is possible, to the people who will be hurting because of this terrible storm. From someone with a very limited budget, I understand if you have already given what you could. However, if there is any way you can manage more, I know the people of Florida will greatly appreciate it. Even a few dollars or a few bottles of water will make a difference to the people who receive them. <br />
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Can you believe there's another post to talk about today? </div>
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I'm here and I can barely believe it myself!</div>
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Do you remember my first <a href="http://www.lifewithawienerdog.com/search/label/Stamping%20Bella%20Parker%20the%20Pig">blog post of 2017</a>?</div>
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I colored Parker the Pig from Stampingbella. I said that the phrase "when pigs fly" applied to me a lot because there are so many things which only seem like I will be able to do when pigs fly. I also said that I wanted to see flying pigs this year as I did things I didn't think were possible. In January, I would have told you that I'd be able to make 10 new cards in 14 days when pigs fly! Well, look out, because there are flying pigs circling above as we speak! You'll see card number ten tomorrow that I made on Saturday tomorrow. I have to stop and thank God for blessing me so much this year and giving me the strength to become a stamping machine over the past couple of weeks!</div>
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I made this card for two challenges. The first is the Papertrey Ink Make It Monday Challenge #296 Small Images on Repeat which you can see <a href="http://nicholeheady.typepad.com/capture_the_moment/2017/09/make-it-monday-296-small-images-on-repeat.html">here</a>. For this challenge, you were to repeat the same small image from a stamp set on a clean and simple, CAS, card. I stamped the same apple image from the Papertrey Ink stamp set, Back to School, three times. This apple actually requires 3 stamps, the apple, the heart in the center and a stamp that has the stem and leaf on it. To get the green and brown leaf and stem, I used my Memento Dew Drop Ink Pads. </div>
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As you can see from the picture I included, it's got a pointy little top to it which was perfect for getting those tiny little stems or leaves inked without contaminating the other piece which is so close. (These ink pads are also Copic friendly meaning you can stamp with them and then color with your Copics and the ink won't run. They're pretty cheap and handy to have in your stash!) I stamped each of these pieces onto a stitched square shape which I ran through the Big Shot twice, once to cut out the square and once to make it smaller into a rectangle shape. I tried just putting these rectangles onto the red background but the card just looked too plain, even for a clean and simple card, so I added a small strip of gingham paper I had left over from another card which turned out pretty cute! I stamped and embossed the words "I pick" from Papertrey Ink's stamp set Apple Prints. Then I die cut the word "thank you" from white card stock. Since I only wanted the word "you," I trimmed off the "thank" and adhered it to my card. Ta Da! It was finished- three repeated images on a CAS card!</div>
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One of the other challenge I made this card for is the Addicted to CAS Challenge #119 Code Word Apples <a href="http://addictedtocas.blogspot.com/2017/09/addicted-to-cas-challenge-119-apples.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AddictedToCas+%28Addicted+to+CAS%29">here</a> to create a clean and simple card with apples on it. If you receive my blog by email, you won't get this until Monday but I'm actually posting it on my blog on Sunday. This meant I got it done in time to enter it in the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Stamp It <a href="http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/?p=10376#">here</a>. </div>
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You can see the Addicted to CAS challenge <a href="http://addictedtocas.blogspot.com/2017/09/addicted-to-cas-challenge-119-apples.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AddictedToCas+%28Addicted+to+CAS%29">here</a>. There are already a lot of cute apple cards entered into it, so be sure to check it out! You should check out the Papertrey Ink Challenge, too. There are lots of cute cards with repeated images! These cards are great to have in mind when you need a card in a hurry!</div>
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Apple Prints and Back to School* Stamp Sets by Papertrey Ink</div>
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<br />Angela Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10336511482443523206noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329060666571934457.post-45254186244006517482017-09-09T20:30:00.000-05:002017-09-09T20:49:31.376-05:00Reverse Confetti Dreamcatcher<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today I have a card for you that is made with lots of goodies from Reverse Confetti. I have been a 'Fetti Fan since shortly after I moved back to Illinois 4 1/2 years ago when I first found them. You're going to see more and more of their products here which include stamps, dies and stencils. Recently, they added ink pads, card stock and pattered paper to their collection, as well. They have a lot of super cute animal stamps, which for those of you who have been following my blog for a long time, know I love! I've made cards with their products before. If you'd like to see them, you can go to my blog, look on the left side and find the Reverse Confetti listings under "labels." The stamp set I used today was a bit different than what I am usually drawn to, but I really, really liked it when it was introduced a few months ago. It is called Boho Vibes. Here is a picture of it and a <a href="https://reverseconfetti.com/shop/boho-vibes/">link to it in the Reverse Confetti store</a>. </div>
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I thought this set was pretty and offered so many different possibilities! I loved the dreamcatcher, the different feathers, arrows and sentiments! </div>
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When I saw some challenges that this set would work for, I got right to work! One of the things I liked was that there was also patterned paper that matched the feathers, as well as other gorgeous neutral colored patterned papers. </div>
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You can see from the card I used lots of layers of patterned papers and card stock. I googled dreamcatchers to see what a traditional dreamcatcher looked like. I used one that had lots of browns and grays in it for my inspiration. I knew I wanted to emboss the dreamcatcher, but it isn't good for your Copics to color where they might touch embossing as it will ruin the tips. (I learned this in a Copic Marker class!) So, using the MISTI, I lined up my stamp with the die cut. I stamped it in Memento Desert Sand Die Ink. This ink pad is Copic Friendly and a light brown so I could see where the lines would be. I colored in the feathers and the dreamcatcher hoop. When I was done, I put it back in the MISTI and stamped it again in a gray pigment ink. It lined up perfectly and now I could emboss the gray ink with clear embossing powder. I embossed the word "dream" and the dreamcatcher just to make things a little more interesting! I also added three drops of Glossy Accents to replicate the three circles in the Reverse Confetti Sketch Challenge. It took a while for them to dry, but it was worth it to get the pretty little clear drops. I adhered the final layers of paper and cardstock and attached my dreamcatcher with foam mounting tape so it would stand up from the card a little bit. This completed my card!</div>
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I am entering my card in a few different challenges. First, I used the Reverse Confetti Sketch Challenge #52 <a href="https://reverseconfetti.com/2017/09/01/sketch-for-you-to-try-53/">here</a> for my design. I used the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge <a href="http://curtaincallchallenge.blogspot.ca/2017/09/curtain-call-inspiration-challenge.html">here</a> for my theme. </div>
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The challenge at Just Add Ink seen <a href="http://just-add-ink.blogspot.com/2017/09/just-add-ink-376just-add-d.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FkHRyA+%28Just+Add+Ink%29">here</a> is to add something to your card that starts with the letter "D." I've got that covered with my dreamcatcher! Finally, the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge <a href="http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/?p=10376">here</a> is Stamp It. I stamped my sentiment and dreamcatcher, so it qualifies for this challenge as well.</div>
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Welcome back! At least this little hiatus wasn't as long as they usually are! <span style="background-color: white;">I was on such a card making roll last week until a terrible headache sidelined me. It started on Monday afternoon and didn't let up until Thursday afternoon. It was one of those where you don't want to have the lights on or any sounds to be made because your head hurts so badly. As soon as it was gone, I got busy stamping! I have a few cards to share with you. This is the first!</span></div>
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One of the challenges I've missed doing a lot is the Merry Monday challenge. It's a Christmas Card challenge and if you do it every week, by the time Christmas rolls around, you'll have a bunch of Christmas cards. Well, if you're like me, you can also start in September and have some Christmas cards ready in December! This card is for Merry Monday Challenge #255 Joy which you can see <a href="http://merrymondaychristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2017/09/merry-monday-255-joy.html">here</a>. As a bonus, I can now say I've officially started making Christmas cards for this year! </div>
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I made my card with the word "joy" on it, first by stamping the phrase "to the world" diagonally over and over on my card base. If anyone knows a trick to doing this, I'd love to know it! I used my MISTI for the grid to help know where to start each line, but used a clear block with the stamp on it to actually stamp it over and over in Versamark Ink. This is a watermark ink that makes the stamp show up a little bit darker than the actual cardstock itself. I wanted my words to be evident, but I didn't want them to take away from the word "joy" in the center. </div>
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I used Altenew's Bold Alphabet Dies to cut the word joy out of my stamped card stock. I didn't have a snowflake that was the right size for my "o" so I just stuck with the real letter. To make sure they ended up perfectly, I used another piece of scrap card stock that was the same size as my original to measure and find the exact center. I arranged my letters and measured again to make sure they were still centered. They were, so I used washi tape to tape them to my sample piece. Then I ran it through the Big Shot. This was just one extra test to be sure they looked correct and were centered. I didn't want to stamp my background again, so I had to be very careful! </div>
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My planning had worked, so I took the sample piece of card stock and put it right on top of my red stamped piece. I put the dies back in the sample piece, this time so they would cut the red stamped piece I had planned on using. I carefully put them in the Big Shot and thankfully, everything turned out great when I removed them! </div>
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Next, I made my red piece of paper with the letters cut out of it into a shaker card. I attached a piece of acetate over the holes where I had cut my letters to make a window you could see through. I used foam tape all over the back of the red piece of card stock to make individual spaces around each letter to put the sequins inside and to make the whole piece the same height. I poured two different sizes of sequins into each letter. Then, I attached a piece of white card stock to the back where the letters were to hold the sequins inside so I could flip it over. Finally, I attached the entire red stamped shaker piece onto my white card stock base. I glued the center of the "o" back into place on the front of my acetate window. I also added three randomly placed sequins to the outside of the card. Christmas card number one was complete! </div>
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I am also entering my Christmas card into two other challenges. This week, the Monday Simon Says Stamp Challenge <a href="http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/?p=10376">here</a>. I stamped a lot on my background so I believe my cards fit the bill! I am also entering it into the Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge September 2017 which you can see <a href="http://www.happylittlestampers.com/2017/09/hls-september-christmas-challenge.html">here</a>. It's an anything goes challenge with the optional twist of sparkle and my sequins are pretty sparkly!</div>
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I can hardly believe it is September! It seems like just a few weeks ago we were celebrating the arrival of spring and now fall is approaching! August and September always hold a very special place in my heart </div>
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I loved teaching. My favorite years were when I taught first and then second grade. I loved getting my classroom ready. I loved new textbooks and freshly sharpened pencils. I loved the calendar on the wall we would put the date each day and the weather section where we would talk about the day's forecast. Most of all, I loved the excitement of meeting a new class. We would be spending a lot of time together over the next year. They would become my kids and no matter how many years pass, I still care about them all! Thanks to Facebook, I can still keep in touch with some of them which is exciting to see where their lives are headed! I only left teaching because I believed God was calling me to a position where I could teach kids the importance of having Him in their lives, something I believe is even more important than reading and writing. While I enjoyed that as well, I always reminisce in August and September about those years I spent teaching. They always bring a smile to my face!</div>
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So, with those years in mind, I made today's card. Since I don't particularly have anyone to send "back to school" cards to, I made this card a little more general so it could go to any special friend. The stack of books definitely reminds me of the back to school theme, though. My favorite part is probably that cute little bookworm ready to help our little friend with her reading! </div>
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I am entering this card in three challenges. <a href="http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/2017/09/pp360-theme-challenge-from-claire.html">The Paper Players Challenge PP360</a> is a Back to School theme challenge which is perfect for this card I was planning. <a href="http://colorthrowdown.blogspot.com/2017/08/color-throwdown-458.html">The Color Throwdown Challenge 458</a> was a perfect match for my theme. Finally, the <a href="http://www.cardchallenges.com/2017/08/wednesday-sketch-challenge-sketch-348.html">My Favorite Things Sketch Challenge 348</a> was perfect for my little girl on the stack of books, especially since they are the company that manufactured her! </div>
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Also, did you know Kathy Rascoosin is doing her <b>30 Day Coloring Challenge </b>again this month? You can find out all of the details on her blog, the Daily Marker, right <a href="http://www.thedailymarker.com/2017/09/day-1-the-coloring-challenge-is-here/">here</a>. I try to do it every time she has one. So far I've been more successful than ever. There's no pressure and it's just for fun. You can jump in anytime, so feel free to start coloring for at least five minutes a day and you're in!</div>
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It's a miracle! I haven't been able to post five cards in five days on my blog for years, literally! No matter how much pain I am in, I have missed stamping and it's been great to find ways so I am able to enjoy this hobby again! </div>
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Back on August 1st, Altenew published this color challenge on their blog, <a href="http://altenewblog.com/2017/08/01/august-2017-inspiration-challenge/">here</a>. I loved the colors the instant that I saw them and was determined to make a card with them! It was close, but I was able to complete the card I had in mind!</div>
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Altenew is a company that I can't wait to share more of their products with you on my blog now that I am able to stamp more. They make the most beautiful flower stamps ever. Of course, they also make fabulous other stamps, amazing dies, stencils, embossing powders and fantastic ink pads, too. </div>
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One of their amazing dies is this Layered Kaleidoscope Cover Die A. It is fabulous on it's own, as you can see. It has a partner, Layered Kaleidoscope Cover Die B. As the name suggests, they can be used separately or layered together to create amazing cards! </div>
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For this color challenge, I just used one single die. I knew I wanted to color the different geometric shapes with the colors from this challenge, so they looked as though you were truly looking through a kaleidoscope and this was your view. To do this, I started with a piece of white card stock. I used the die with an embossing pad which I ran through my Big Shot. This embossed the images onto the white card stock so I could tell exactly where the shapes were making it super easy to color them in with my Copics. You can't see the glitter in the picture, unfortunately, but I also used Wink of Stella over the whole colored front. This is one sparkly card in person!</div>
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I wanted to add a fun sentiment to this card. I thought this would be great as a "congratulations" card, whether it would be for a new home, new job or other accomplishment. Then inside, I could write congrats on all of the new amazing things you will see in this new phase of your life! </div>
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For that sentiment, I used Altenew's "Script Words Die Set" to cut the word "congrats" from another piece of "gold" card stock that I made with the Versamark technique again. Finally, I adhered it to the card with foam tape. I wanted the word to stand out a bit from the card, but not take away from the over all image. </div>
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I am also entering this card in the Wednesday Simon Says Stamp's Anything Goes Challenge on their blog <a href="http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-anything-goes-41/">here</a>. Finally, I am adding it to the Addicted to Stamps and More Make Your Mark Challenge <a href="http://addictedtostamps-challenge.blogspot.com/2017/08/challenge-257-make-your-mark.html">here</a>. </div>
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This card was inspired by Betsy Veldman in every way possible! If you are unfamiliar with Betsy's work, I encourage you to check out her blog <a href="http://scrapbookgirl.typepad.com/">here</a>. Betsy not only makes gorgeous cards, she designs amazing stamps and dies for Papertrey Ink, too! Betsy designed the beautiful stamp set I used to create this card, called Humming Along. </div>
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It's not iron. Betsy's challenge for Stamp-A-Faire taught us how to make this faux iron embellishment! Isn't it incredible?! I knew I wouldn't get to participate in most of the challenges so I looked through all of the different ones listed. This one caught my eye right away and luckily, I had all of the supplies needed to do it except for one, which I was able to do without. This technique is surprisingly simple, as the video I watched showed showed! <br />
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After my faux iron embellishment was complete, I die-cut and stamped the hummingbird and flowers from Betsy's set Humming Along. Each piece has several pieces to create the final image but they are pretty easy to line up and stamp, especially with the help of the MISTI. </div>
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Isn't her card just gorgeous? She used ink blending for her background. I tried, but mine did not look good! So, I moved to a layered background instead. She added the Berries stamps and leaves, which she also designed, and a sentiment. I added my Hummingbird and Flowers with foam tape so they would stand out a little bit. I left my card blank because I don't know who will receive it at this time. It would work for a birthday card, get well soon, thank you or thinking of you. I can either add a sentiment on a banner coming from the flowers or just stamp it inside when I get ready to use it. </div>
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One thing you may notice- Betsy remembered to stamp the inside of her flowers yellow! Mine are white because I forgot that step! This was actually the second card I had made the day I created it, so I was tired and trying to finish up. I didn't notice I had forgotten this step until I saw the picture. I'll add those too before I send it! </div>
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As you can tell, I loved this challenge!</div>
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I also got to use lots of supplies I had never used before, including ink blending tools! I think ink blending is beautiful but it always scared me! It's not as hard as it looks although it will take some practice. My Perfect Pearls were new, also. Yea for using supplies! You'll be seeing more of both of these in the future, I'm sure!</div>
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Angela Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10336511482443523206noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329060666571934457.post-13507076034576052152017-08-30T02:00:00.000-05:002017-08-30T03:02:34.399-05:00Praying and Helping <br />
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I wanted to post this card on my blog as a message to those in Texas who may somehow see this that they are in my prayers. I mentioned it yesterday in my sunshine card post, but it bears repeating again. We have seen a lot of the coverage on the different news channels about the damage done by Hurricane/Tropical Storm Harvey. It has been absolutely heartbreaking to see what these people have lost and the difficulties they are now facing. Some have lost their homes, their workplaces, their possessions and as the death toll rises, people are losing friends, loved ones and pets. </div>
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In all that sadness that I saw, there were also moments that brought tears to my eyes for other reasons. On Tuesday afternoon, there was a gray-haired man, who I would guess was in his 60s, helping rescue people in his boat. He said that until that morning, he and his wife had been staying home, like they had been told. Now, though, the water had come to their house and there was nothing left to stay in for safety or to protect. </div>
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For some reason, those words just struck my heart like an arrow when they came out of his mouth! Due to water damage and mold this man most likely will lose his home and other possessions that may or may not be able to be replaced. He wasn't focused on that today, though. There were others in distress and he had a way to help! He was smiling while he did it, too! If I could, I'd love to give him a big hug and thank him for being such an inspiration to me and others who were watching tv as he was being interviewed. </div>
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Can you imagine what a different world this would be if we all decided that now it's time to get out and help and then did it with a smile on our faces, no matter what we were facing, personally?!</div>
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I never once heard him ask if the people were Democrats or Republicans before he let them in his boat. I didn't hear him ask anyone about their religious beliefs either. Race didn't matter. Bank account balances didn't matter. Age didn't matter. Nothing else mattered except the two things he already knew. </div>
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There were people who needed help and he had a way to help them. </div>
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Texas has so many needs right now! Whether you can help physically or financially, they need it. The financial burdens are going to be there much longer than the news cameras will. </div>
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I pray that you, too, will be inspired by the man on tv and think of a way that you can help others. Unfortunately, Texas is not the only state and Houston isn't the only community with needs. I can guarantee wherever you live, there are people and pets who need help! Whether you make a meal for someone recovering from surgery, listen to someone who is hurting, send pizza money to a college student or send a card just to let someone know you are thinking of them, I can tell you, those things will be remembered and valued! I know, because someone has done each of those things for me and each of them still mean the world to me and make me smile when I think of them! </div>
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I wish I could get out and help in all the ways that flooded my mind after hearing that sweet gentleman say "Now it's time to get out and help." There's a lot I can't do, but I can still make cards. So, I made this card to send to a lady in my Dad's Sunday School class who has been having some health problems lately. I hope it reminds her that someone cares and is praying for her recovery! It's not a lot, but every little act of kindness helps! </div>
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This card was based on Papertrey Ink Stamp-A-Faire 2017 Take Ten Warm-Up Challenge which you can see and read more about <a href="http://nicholeheady.typepad.com/capture_the_moment/2017/08/saf-2017-ten-minute-warm-up-challenge.html">here</a>. I chose this photo as my inspiration both for colors and stamp sets.</div>
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Angela Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10336511482443523206noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329060666571934457.post-40701598725763891492017-08-28T16:15:00.000-05:002017-08-31T00:09:19.126-05:00Sending Sunshine to You!<div style="text-align: center;">
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Here is another card I created to share with all of you! I knew coming back to my blog, my first card would feature a wiener dog to honor Frank. I also knew my second card would be one I'd like to send to each of my followers for their love and support over the years. While I'd love to be able to make and send a card to each of my blog followers, that isn't possible. So, I made this card for all of you instead. I hope it brightens your day!! Ironically, the sun didn't want to come out for my picture, so it's not as bright and cheery<br />
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Speaking of not very bright and cheery out, I ask you to join me in continuing to pray for the people in Texas who have been hurt by Hurricane and now Tropical Storm Harvey. They have suffered terrible losses over the past several days. If you can, please consider donating to organizations, such as <a href="https://www.samaritanspurse.org/">Samaritan's Purse</a>, who will work to help the many people hurting there right now. </div>
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My card was designed for a Papertrey Ink Challenge. They always have a special stamping weekend each year called Stamp-A-Faire. Stamp-A-Faire 2017 is continuing the 10th Anniversary celebration of Papertrey Ink's business. Each of the challenges are based on the list of traditional gifts for Anniversaries. Lots of the challenges are wonderful, but based on time and supplies, I knew I'd only get to do a few of them. When I saw the 1st Anniversary Challenge featuring the gift of Paper by Laura Bassen, I knew I wanted to use it as a jumping off point for my card.</div>
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Laura's challenge, which you can see <a href="http://nicholeheady.typepad.com/capture_the_moment/2017/08/saf-2017-guest-laura-bassen.html">here</a>, was to use up scraps of card stock that we had from making other cards. She accomplished this by using the Mighty Bloom Cover Plate die. It is one of my favorites! Here is her card. </div>
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Laura used the die to cut out the entire image from white card stock and removed the white petals. Then she used the die again to cut petals from different colors of paper. On top of a white card base, she arranged the colored petals and glued or sewed them into back into the negative spaces. She also added vellum petals in some places. There's a video <a href="http://nicholeheady.typepad.com/capture_the_moment/2017/08/saf-2017-guest-laura-bassen.html">here</a> which shows her making this card. Isn't this beautiful?! </div>
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I knew I wanted to make a card like this because I think a lot of the cover plates end up looking like quilts when they are made into cards, which I love! I also knew I wanted to use the colors from <a href="http://colorthrowdown.blogspot.com/2017/08/color-throwdown-457.html">the Color Throwdown's Challenge #457</a> which I liked as soon as I saw them. I wouldn't usually pair a very bright yellow with the other two softer colors, but I wanted to give it a try! </div>
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I used the Papertrey Ink Harlequin Cover Plate Die, which you can see <a href="https://www.papertreyink.com/pti-dies/papertrey-ink-cover-plate-harlequin-die/">here</a>, to cut a solid background from PTI's dark gray card stock. Then, I removed each of the dark gray diamonds, leaving only an outline of the original design. Next, I used the same die to cut out the diamond shapes in three more colors of card stock. I used the Papertrey Ink Happy Harlequin Stamp Set, which is designed to coordinate with the Harlequin cover plate, to stamp a different pattern on each color. I covered a white card base with adhesive, glued the dark gray outline to it, and then just filled in the other colors of diamonds in a pattern like a puzzle!</div>
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I cut out "Sending Sunshine" from the same yellow card stock three times and the dark gray card stock once, so I could stack them for more impact. The words didn't show up as much as I wanted them to, so I added a rectangle behind them to make them easier to read. I also covered the top yellow layer with Wink of Stella, which seems to be my embellishment of choice lately! After the rectangle with the sentiment was adhered to the card base, my work was finished.</div>
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