- I stamped most of the Dec 25 Bird image on white cardstock with Tuxedo Black Memento ink . The sentiment was stamped with Catherine Pooler Skylight ink .
- The image was colored with my COPICS.
- I used a Clear Wink of Stella marker to highlight the 25, hat and red breast.
- The completed stamped image was trimmed with the Tim Holtz Tonic Deckle Torn Edge Trimmer.
- Rhinestones were placed on the hat pom-pom and the bird's eye.
- I adhered the panel to a black card base.
Thursday, April 25, 2024
Crafty Elves' Countdown to Christmas / April 2024
Monday, April 15, 2024
Technique Junkies Stamp Release / April 2024
- I stamped the Advice From a Wildflower image on a piece of vellum with StazOn Forest Green ink .
- I cut it with a Stitched Square die .
- The Wild Poppies image was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on white cardstock .
- I colored the poppies with my COPICS .
- The completed stamped panel was adhered to a red card base.
- I placed clear fairy dots at the corners of the stamped vellum.
- I used Tombow MONO Aqua Liquid Glue to adhere the vellum to the stamped image . I placed the glue exactly where the fairy dots were so you couldn't see it .
Monday, March 25, 2024
Crafty Elves' Countdown to Christmas / March 2024
- I stamped the window & snowman images on white cardstock with Tuxedo Black Memento ink .
- The window image was die cut with a Stitched Square die and the snowman was cut with the matching die that came with the stamp set .
- I colored the images with COPICS.
- I cut a piece of Sizzix "Winter Greetings" paper and adhered it to a Kraft card base.
- The completed window was adhered to the patterned paper with foam tabs.
- I used 2 foam tabs to adhere the Sledding Snowman to the window for some extra dimension .
Sunday, March 17, 2024
Coffee & Cards with Deb & Celeste / March 2024
- The Lillian images ( girl and sentiment ) were stamped on a piece of white cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink .
- It was cut with a square decorative die .
- I colored the image with my COPICS and then added some clear glitter to the wings.
- Green rhinestones were placed above the sentiment .
- A piece of floral patterned paper was adhered to an ombre' green card base.
- The completed stamped panel was adhered to the patterned paper with foam tabs.
- I adhered a piece of blue/green plaid patterned paper to a white card base.
- The cup image was stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento ink on white cardstock and the sentiment on a piece of red cardstock .
- The images were cut with their matching dies .
- I colored the cup/hands image with my COPICS and then adhered it to the plaid paper with foam tabs.
- The sentiment was placed on the bottom right corner of the card .
Thursday, March 14, 2024
Baking With Love
Today I'm here with a fun card using the Inside Out : No Good Advice stamp set from the March Release. It includes 5 snarky sentiment duos that just crack me up !! I chose to use the baking combo because it brought back lots of sweet memories of being in the kitchen with my mom as a child .. We made hundreds of dozens of chocolate chip cookies over the years - she always called them "Toll House" . And if you knew my mom, you know that she never ever met a recipe that she actually followed word for word . She always added something extra or changed it just a little - she called it "doctoring it up".. I think she would have absolutely loved this card that I made ..
And the fun part of this card is that I cut out an extra oven door and adhered it to the oven so it opens .. AND that is where I put the snarky "inside" saying !! Isn't that the cutest ?!?!?
- I stamped the "outside" saying with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on a piece of patterned paper with a cute kitchen scene.
- I cut the oven door out of another piece of paper leaving some excess below the door.
- The stamped panel was adhered to a kraft card base.
- The "inside" sentiment was stamped with Teal Zeal Memento ink on a scrap piece of the same patterned paper and then trimmed.
- I adhered that sentiment on the oven door on my card base
- I folded the bottom edge of the oven door paper and adhered it to the front of my card right over the original oven door .
- I placed a piece of removable double-sided tape at the top of the oven door so it could be opened and closed .
- Red rhinestones were placed along the pattern at the top of the card .
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
A Favorite Pastime
- I stamped the Jumping Fish Lithograph on a piece of cream cardstock with blue and green inks .
- I stamped the fish image again and fussy-cut it.
- A piece of floral wood-grain paper was adhered to a gold metallic card base.
- I adhered the stamped panel to a piece of dark green cardstock .
- The completed panel was then adhered to the wood-grain paper.
- I placed the fussy-cut fish on top of the stamped panel using a Wobble Spring .
- A Tim Holtz Small Talk sticker was placed on the lower right side of the card .
You can check out all the March Release stamps over at Technique Junkies . And if you use my code - TJ10Deb - you will save 10% on your purchases .Look for more projects from me throughout the month here and on my social media - Facebook and IG .
Monday, March 4, 2024
A Beautiful Silhouette
- The Flower and Wing Silhouette stamp was stamped on a piece of patterned Shades of Beauty paper with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and adhered to a black card base.
- 2 strips of patterned paper - from the same paper pack - were adhered to the card . The butterfly strip was adhered to the bottom and the black/gold patterned strip was adhered to the left side.
Friday, March 1, 2024
Technique Junkies Stamp Release / March 2024
Spring will finally be here soon and I'm happily looking forward to some warmer weather !! It's also time for the March Release at Technique Junkies. There are 13 new stamps/stamp sets and as always, they are 15% off through March 8 ( no code required ). You also have the option to buy them all at a special price .
For my first card of this Release, I combined 2 stamps - Faith Requires Trust and Flower Border .I was looking through some older Technique Junkies stamps to pair with the sentiment and then happened to look over and see Flower Border . I immediately thought it would be perfect and I'm very happy with how the card turned out .
- I stamped the Flower Border in Tuxedo Black Memento ink on a piece of white Mixed-Media paper.
- The Faith Requires Trust sentiment was stamped above the border with Nautical Blue Memento ink.
- I colored the image with my COPICS .
- On a 5x7 Kraft card base, I adhered a piece of gold-foil cross paper.
- The completed stamped panel was adhered to a piece of navy blue cardstock and then placed on the card base.
I hope you will check out all the new release stamps for March . For inspiration, you can check out the projects from the rest of the Design Team at the links below :
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Thanks for stopping by my blog to see the March Release stamps from Technique Junkies !! Remember to use my code - TJ10Deb - when you shop. It will save you 10% on all but the new releases.They are always 15% off through the 8th of the month . I hope you are enjoying some nice weather wherever you are. If you aren't, stay cozy and do some stamping !!
Sunday, February 25, 2024
Coffee & Cards with Deb & Celeste & a Crafty Elf / February 2024
- I stamped the letterbox from the Stamped With Love set by Stampin' Up. I used Tuxedo Black Memento ink on red cardstock and white cardstock.
- I fussy-cut the letterboxes from the red cardstock and then cut the envelopes from the white .
- The envelopes were adhered onto the red letterboxes and then a red sparkly heart was placed on each envelope.
- I used a Pierced Chain Rectangle Die to cut some mats for the letterboxes.
- I cut the patterned papers to fit my 5x7 Kraft card bases and adhered them to each card.
- The die cut rectangles were adhered towards the top of each card .
- I placed the letterboxes on each die cut rectangle with foam tabs.
- Ephemera sentiments from the Letters To Santa collection were placed at the bottom of each card.
Monday, February 19, 2024
Nurses Are Angels
One of the new release stamps from Technique Junkies for February is Nurses Are Angels . I have been an RN since 1984 and spent most of my career in Intensive Care Units. I absolutely loved taking care of my patients and also their families - it is a rewarding, challenging and many times heartbreaking profession. I'm no longer in direct patient care, now looking forward to retirement I certainly don't see myself as an angel - I just hope that the care I've given to others has made a positive impact and made a scary situation a little less traumatic for my patients and their loved ones..
- I stamped the Nurses Are Angels image on white mixed-media paper with Tuxedo Black Memento ink and Catherine Pooler Peppermint Scrub ink .
- The stamped image was die-cut with a square scalloped die.
- I adhered a piece of pink polka-dot patterned paper to a white card base.
- A strip of paper was trimmed from a piece of patterned paper and adhered at the bottom of the polka-dot paper as a border.
- Red rhinestones were placed in the center of every other flower on the border.
- The completed stamped image was adhered to the card with foam tabs.
Sunday, February 4, 2024
Sisters
I grew up in a small town in northeastern Pennsylvania . I had one brother who was 6 years older than me. My mother had 9 brothers and sisters, so there were lots of cousins who lived nearby that I saw quite often. My best friend was from a large Italian family too - she had 9 younger brothers and sisters. But I always wished for a sister of my own ; had a picture in my head of a wonderful relationship with someone who just would get me, love me and my quirky side no matter what .. When I saw this Sister Therapy stamp from the latest Technique Junkies Release, it took me back to my childhood when I wanted to have a sister so very badly !! And I could also hear my mom's voice telling me - "Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it ." LOL I made this card for my friend Xenia to send to her sister in New York . I asked her their favorite colors ( black and gray !!! ) . And then I also used my favorite color - RED . I hope they both like it as much as I enjoyed making it.
- I stamped the Sister Therapy image with 3 colors of Memento ink - Black Tuxedo, Gray Flannel and Lady Bug - on white Mixed-Media paper.
- I cut a piece of red patterned paper to fit an A2 card and adhered it to a pink card base.
- The Sister Therapy image was die-cut with a Rectangle Swirl die.
- I cut a strip of black patterned paper to fit lengthwise down the red paper and adhered it to the left side of the card.
- The Sisters image was popped up on the card base with foam tabs.
- Small red pearls were placed on the strip of black paper.
Thursday, February 1, 2024
Technique Junkies Stamp Release / February 2024
- I stamped the Greek Tapestry image on cream cardstock with Cranberry Fizz ink from Catherine Pooler.
- The heart was fussy-cut from the stamped panel.
- I adhered a piece of scrap wood-patterned paper to a red card base.
- The sentiment was stamped on a piece of gray patterned paper that already had the heart on it . Perfect !!
- I adhered the fussy-cut heart to the center of the card .
- The sentiment from African Proverbs was adhered near the bottom of the heart with foam tabs.
Tuesday, January 30, 2024
Pray On It
- I stamped the Pray On It image with Tuxedo Black Memento ink on various scraps of paper - patterned and cardstock .
- The stamped image is 1.7" x 3.6" - I trimmed the images, leaving a small margin around the saying.
- I adhered the stamped panels to scraps of patterned paper.
- The completed panela were adhered to coordinating colors of cardstock.
- I colored PRAY with my COPICS.
- The backs of the cards have ledger paper for notes.
Thank you for visiting Meticulosity . Creativity and my circle of friends have been my stress relief, my support; especially over the past 2 years. I appreciate all of your kindness and comments .. Until next time - Stay Creative.