Name Frame and Cards with Printed Paper

I'm sharing 2 views of the same name frame.

Above, it is in the frame, but with a bit of glare.

Below, you see just the paper insert.

I try to remember to buy the frame first, then cut the paper to fit.

This was approximately 8 x 10 inches.

I used printed paper from a 12 x 12 DCWV pad called Posh & Pink.

I hand wrote the meaning of Vivian's name, "full of life"

with a black Zig permanent marker.

Stamps: 

Stampin' Up! and Inkadinkado/Studio K

Versafine black onyx ink

Cuttlebug/Provocraft Hippie Chick Alphabet/Numbers Dies

Here is the birthday card I made for Vivian.

Stamp from Savvy Stamps

Sizzix scalloped heart die

Number from Cuttlebug/Provocraft Hippie Chick Alphabet/Numbers Dies

Added punched flowers from the printed papers.

Here are two cards made from the printed paper scraps.

These black outlined flowers are part of the printed paper.

Sentiment from Stampendous.

Sentiment from Stampin' Up!

Fussy cut a glittery flower from the printed paper.

Also added punched flowers.

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Distress Oxide Anniversary Cards

Here are two anniversary cards I made today using wrinkle free distress technique

with distress oxide inkpads.

Materials:

 Textured "watercolor like" paper from my stash

Torn corrugated paper with white gesso painted on top

fibers

Inks:

Distress oxide picked raspberry, fossilized amber and abandoned coral

Black onyx Versafine

Stamps: Michael Strong mini cloisonne heart

Hero Arts DC184 Ribbon Messages Stamp & Cut

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Sweet Girl Tags

I was inspired to make these two tags after finding Rays and Clockwork stencils

by Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous on clearance at Michaels recently. 

Materials

 #8 manilla tag by Ranger

6-1/4 inches (16 cm) long by 3-1/8 inches (8 cm) high

Stamps: Sweet (girl) SBB567 by I Brake For Stamps

The Mind Determines GG0137  by Prickley Pear

Distress inks: fossilized amber, vintage photo, oxide faded jeans

Also used muslin fabric, 2 yellow eyelets and fibers drawn through tag opening.

Closer look at fibers.

Variation using the clockwork stencil with distress inks:

candied apple, fossilized amber and twisted citron.

Added a Stampin' Up stamp also.

View showing entire tag including fibers.

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Twas Her - Bird Stamp Set

I decided to make this card after seeing Carol Read's sweet bird card here.

My version is quite simple. I'm sorry this first image is blurry.

I like how there is extra space inside the card for stamping
and for a hand written note.

I made two of these and used them as thank you cards for my daughters.

Stamps used:

4 Printworks stamps-

Birdie-B4086

Nest-called Shelter-B4085

Egg-called A Good Egg-P4083

Sentiment-called Twas Her Thinking-E3432

and 

Hero Arts Ribbon Messages Stamp & Cut set

Distress inks: broken china, tumbled glass, gathered twigs

Swiss Dots cuttlebug embossing folder

Nestabilities Oval dies

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More Mixed Media Thinlits Cards

I have been having fun with my Sizzix Thinlits:

 Mixed Media #1 - 660220

and Mixed Media #2 - 661185.

You can see through the Mixed Media #1 die cut to my home made background made background. I used the "embossing folder stamping" technique that I shared in April 2016. Here I also stamped with a Stampin' Up! flower on top of the green pine needles with distress dried marigold. Used the Michael Strong Mini Cloisonne Butterfly and a Stampin' UP! Sentiment in the dried marigold ink on the front layer.

Used the Mixed Media #2 thinlit die on a piece of watercolor that I made previously. Sentiment  and matching die are from Hero Arts. Stampin' Up! flower stamped in mint then fussy cut.

Used the Mixed Media #2 thinlit die on white cardstock, with a pink layer underneath. Sentiment and matching die are from Hero Arts. Butterfly is cut from a Martha Stewart punch. Leaves are an old Stampin' Up!/Sizzix embosslit called Sweetest Stem.

Here is the Mixed Media #1 thinlit die used on an alcohol inked piece from my stash. Flowers are cut from Wildflowers #2 thinlits. Sentiment from Tim Holtz.

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Panda Thank You Cards

Made these panda thank you cards after being inspired by Hetty's cards at her Craft Chaos blog.

This background was made with a Tim Holtz harlequin stencil and these distress inks: 

fossilized amber, broken china and ripe persimmon.

The pandas were stamped in Versafine black onyx ink.

Stamps: Michael Strong, Stampin' Up!

Distress inks: ripe persimmon, twisted citron

Panda stamps: Michael Strong

Thank you stamp and die: Hero Arts.

Bamboo background made with distress cracked pistachio, fossilized amber

(stamped off to for softer color), tumbled glass, dried marigold

Panda stamps: Michael Strong

Thank you stamp and die: Hero Arts.

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Wishing you a wonderful 2018 filled with 

JOY, HAPPINESS and GOOD HEALTH!