tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49338390839892756542024-02-26T02:02:11.411-05:007 CardologistsDora B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14949044622999314463noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4933839083989275654.post-34079272389026119372023-06-14T16:30:00.000-04:002023-06-14T16:30:25.165-04:00<p><span style="font-size: medium;">The Cardologists love to send cards to each other. Over the years that resulted in my storing boxes of cards that had been sent to me. In the last year, I started winnowing them out, after taking pictures of them, because one of our friends collects card fronts, has them made into new cards, and sold at their Church. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Jules, who was able to take the last lot to our friend, mentioned that they never have enough 'thinking of you' cards. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">I accumulated dozens of cards the Cardologists had made at
our Thursday night gatherings. During Covid, I had used my stash to
send cards to all the residents of the nursing home where my aunt
resided. Sadly my aunt passed away this year short of her 91st
birthday. So I will box this lot up for our friend. </span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Need I admit, I also have loads of unfinished cards or pieces of cards - the kind that I hoard to make something "later" - so I am using the card project as new motivation to get busy in my stamp room. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Today I finished off four cards. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5jGQgS9fKhV_rU4dN-vCU_AabTUpFi7b_aF2r0c5EYqz4zjMYbfFGfZOPdZPhE7tRvP7QLN_0HEd4aaDrEZLaIVpfb0R-gOFoJ9neZ4r-Jl8yIRViRcNMtAUmQRfn4aHkHsYMpQQS8834bZfrdpraSzfve4v20nUAiNm8Vctf-IrO8s7jPV9CrFUoqw/s320/For%20Mary.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="269" data-original-width="320" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5jGQgS9fKhV_rU4dN-vCU_AabTUpFi7b_aF2r0c5EYqz4zjMYbfFGfZOPdZPhE7tRvP7QLN_0HEd4aaDrEZLaIVpfb0R-gOFoJ9neZ4r-Jl8yIRViRcNMtAUmQRfn4aHkHsYMpQQS8834bZfrdpraSzfve4v20nUAiNm8Vctf-IrO8s7jPV9CrFUoqw/w200-h168/For%20Mary.jpg" width="200" /></a></span>Two are made from a pretty napkin that was taking up space on my desk. The top layer of the napkin is adhered to white card stock with double sided adhesive sheets and then embossed. After layering it on a card, I added a sentiment and sequins. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The other two cards feature a make-and-take that I did at the 2022 Stamp Convention using flower stencils from The Ton. This was cut in half and layered on an embossed pink cardstock. I added a strip of glittered cardstock, a stamped sentiment and sequins completed the cards.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I also have accumulated many cards the Cardologists made at our Thursday night gatherings. During Covid, I used these cards to send greetings to all the residents of the nursing home where my aunt resided. Sadly my aunt passed away this year short of her 91st birthday. So my current stash will also go in this box. </span></p>Dora B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14949044622999314463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4933839083989275654.post-21385011894681280412022-05-20T17:33:00.010-04:002022-05-20T18:37:53.681-04:00New Start<p> I just opened my blog for the first time in three years! It's about time, you say, where have I been? <br /></p><p>I was finding it too hard to maintain a blog as my job was taking a major amount of time and energy. Fortunately, except for the year of Covid from shut down until we all were vaccinated, the Cardologists have continued to stamp together. That helped me keep my sanity.<br /></p><p>At the beginning of this year, I finally found the idea of retirement less scary than continuing to work. So April 1 was my last day before starting this next chapter of life. After two weeks of trying to adjust to the new lack of a schedule, my brothers and sister had a house fire that resulted in a total loss of their belongings. Thankfully they are all safe and sound, and now, through the goodness of friends, they have found a house to rent until they can rebuild.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsrfQb_U1sZmiIOY5371Oh1SO390b4xHhqynDpJin5io90kSmWeNBhFAUqy9mQA6IwvBOEqMveXF--fub_coTnhzKhmMN4_wc8prJNKBRh1SqttkrPrTsnEo5XNwbZ8ZLqFfFRPrHTm_jddgYRJkJARvfBp7IarNMyVpXBZSXO2aRrx32wx_uN0R-0dg/s640/TCC175%20051122.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="469" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsrfQb_U1sZmiIOY5371Oh1SO390b4xHhqynDpJin5io90kSmWeNBhFAUqy9mQA6IwvBOEqMveXF--fub_coTnhzKhmMN4_wc8prJNKBRh1SqttkrPrTsnEo5XNwbZ8ZLqFfFRPrHTm_jddgYRJkJARvfBp7IarNMyVpXBZSXO2aRrx32wx_uN0R-0dg/w147-h200/TCC175%20051122.jpg" width="147" /></a></div><p></p><p>Tomorrow is my aunt's 90th birthday. An occasion like that calls for a party and a special birthday card. But I needed inspiration so I checked out some challenges I had bookmarked. I found color inspiration at The Card Concept <a href="https://thecardconcept.blogspot.com/2022/05/the-card-concept-175-may-flowers.html#comment-form" target="_blank">challenge 175</a>. A beautiful combination for roses, these looked like Flirty Flamingo, Daffodil Yellow, Mango Melody and Calypso Coral, and matched a picture my aunt recently finished in her coloring book. My style is clean and layered.<br /></p><p> The Retro Rubber <a href="https://www.retrorubberchallengeblog.com/my-blog/2022/05/challenge-182-flower-power.html#comments" target="_blank">Challenge 182</a>
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number to the design and coincidentally, The Flower Challenge <a href="http://theflowerchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/05/the-flower-challenge-68-use-number.html#comment-form" target="_blank">#68</a> just happens to be to use a number.<p></p><p>After blog surfing for the evening, I was ready to create. I stamped the Stamp Rosa image by PSX on watercolor paper. </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCgR7hp1TaLhEV6IlfC7U9kyF82SguHPFww2nudg68ZYfQW8XIsFhVMt6Qw4T4ORCGTmpDQy-pANEa7myVZdq6ftx1taZFlCLBgwG-m7WcFJo4E4bnnq5q3Fs_101zj9Jkd6rtDpAg4Jke29YUDLYev6W58S2KscBAQaJ19GrAjfZSnZtBvtAU_QVuYg/s2348/Cici90.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2348" data-original-width="1917" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCgR7hp1TaLhEV6IlfC7U9kyF82SguHPFww2nudg68ZYfQW8XIsFhVMt6Qw4T4ORCGTmpDQy-pANEa7myVZdq6ftx1taZFlCLBgwG-m7WcFJo4E4bnnq5q3Fs_101zj9Jkd6rtDpAg4Jke29YUDLYev6W58S2KscBAQaJ19GrAjfZSnZtBvtAU_QVuYg/w255-h314/Cici90.jpg" width="255" /></a></p><br /><p></p><p><i> I scribbled the various marker colors on a block and used a waterbrush to color the image. Unfortunately the coral looks brown in this picture. Now that I finished, the yellow didn't match the inspiration picture and should have all been mango.<br /></i></p><p><i>I could have stopped with the 5 x 5 card, but bigger is better when you are celebrating. I mounted the image to layers of Stamping Up paper, added a panel in Granny Apple Green (because green is her favorite color) that is embossed with vertical lines and features a gold '90'. The final touches are miniature brass butterflies and a mango ribbon.</i><br /></p><p><br /></p>Dora B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14949044622999314463noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4933839083989275654.post-18569045111708262602019-05-29T21:43:00.003-04:002019-05-29T21:43:43.570-04:00May 2019<br />
This week I have a week off from work, whoo hoo, and today, I had one of those rare days that I haven't had in a long time - on vacation, home, with no where I have to be. <br />
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The Twofer, a retirement card and a man's birthday card, both used the same circle dies from Sizzix. The goose is a Local King stamp. <br />
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The striped paper on the first card was a scrap of unknown origin. I used Stampin Up Pear Pizazz and Pool Party cardstock, The remainder of the paper and stamps are now sadly retired.<br />
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Thank you for stopping by my blog. I hope you found some inspiration.Dora B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14949044622999314463noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4933839083989275654.post-34159903533776582682018-10-22T10:55:00.000-04:002018-10-22T11:03:29.040-04:00Harvest TwoferGreetings from Stamp Camp 2018. All the Cardologists were here this weekend - lots of laughter, eating, and best of all, crafting. More about that later. <br />
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Last night one of my dear friends asked if I was going to enter the <a href="https://twofercardchallenge.blogspot.com/2018/10/reminder-twofer-card-challenge-10.html" target="_blank">Twofer Harvest </a>challenge this month. And when I gave the excuse that I didn’t bring any harvest stamps, all the Cardologists started digging. Of all the stuff we brought, and I am talking about carloads, we had only one set with a basket of apples. My friend had been joking, but I took it as a challenge. Long after everyone else went to bed, I was stamping and coloring....even when I went to bed, I was dreaming about these cards. I hope you enjoy the effects. <br />
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This first card was inspired by text messages one of the Cardologists was receiving from her husband. He was signing off all his text messages with food endearments....my little artichoke, my asparagus sauce, my seven layer chocolate cake...it was so cute.<br />
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No beautiful sunsets this weekend; in fact, it has been cold with snow flurries. Although most of the leaves are down, there is still a grouping of beautiful trees with reddish orange leaves outside our window. This second card is only partially inspired by our fall weather. At least we have three kinds of farm grown apples on our shelf (not that we eat a lot of healthy snacks here).<br />
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<i>I used: Inky Antics Apple Pie (basket of apples, slice of pie, sentiments), Loralie Art Stamps Jake the Baker (Jake).</i><br />
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<br />Dora B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14949044622999314463noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4933839083989275654.post-52943576174717000982018-05-27T15:56:00.001-04:002018-05-27T15:57:58.113-04:00North Carolina 2018We were getting really sick of winter and cold when my sister and I took a two week road trip to visit one of the Cardologists who had moved away to North Carolina.<br />
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The azaleas and mini rhododendron were blooming even in the mountains and they were already cutting grass in her development. Was it mean of us sending pictures of our picnic back to folks dealing with a late spring snow shower?<br />
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On the way home we spent most of one day traveling a leg of the Blue Ridge Highway. <br />
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Yes, even with all there was to do in sunny Asheville, we two squeezed in some time to stamp together.<br />
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Just before I went on vacation, I learned how to make a butterfly push-through card at a Stampin' Up party. I don't know if that is the official name of the card where the butterfly is mounted on the inside of a card and put up through a hole in the top. We tried coming up with our own design.<br />
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Of course we didn't have a die to make the rectangular cut through the three layers of card and our Stampin' Up punch didn't reach. So we punched one layer and used an X-acto knife for the other layers. (Please don't look too closely at the rough edges of the opening.)<br />
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Now as I post this, we are back home enjoying our own sunny day. A bunny is standing motionless in my driveway, probably because he sees my cat. Lucky for him the cat already has a mouse to play with. Now I have a funny story about another mouse - but that is for the next post.<br />
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Have an enjoyable weekend. But please keep in mind our servicemen this Memorial Day.<br />
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<br />Dora B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14949044622999314463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4933839083989275654.post-60973579327651571572018-05-20T23:02:00.000-04:002018-05-20T23:02:07.594-04:00CC's 86th birthdayMy auntie's favorite pastime is coloring in her coloring books so often when we visit her in the nursing home we are urged to take up the pencils and a book too. All the staff have nicknamed her "CiCi" after her initials CCC. <br />
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Tomorrow is her 86th birthday so we took her out to dinner today and she had her favorite fried shrimp and a Switchback beer. She gets a lot of good-natured teasing about the beer.<br />
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She loves pigs, so of course I had to make her birthday card with This Little Piggy from Stampin' Up. <br />
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The windows were cut with a Paper Cut die set that cuts all three holes together. One of the other Cardologists contributed the "happy birthday" diecut so I apologize for not knowing the company that makes the die. <br />
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Dora B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14949044622999314463noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4933839083989275654.post-20154313214138064462018-02-20T22:15:00.000-05:002018-02-20T22:15:50.844-05:00Scribble HeartsWe have been riding the weather roller coaster that is the bridge between winter and spring. Last Friday it was almost 60 and then we had five inches of snow Saturday night. Today I woke up to bright sunshine before my alarm went off and tonight the wind is blowing in the rain. Whew. <br />
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Since this is the third week of February, the second <a href="https://twofercardchallenge.blogspot.com/2018/02/twofer-card-challenge-2.html" target="_blank">Twofer Challenge</a> is drawing to a close. I love the idea of using the same stamp or die on two cards for different occasions. Since the challenge prompt is “hearts” this month, my<br />
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And now, I am off to spend a couple hours putting the stamping room to rights. <Sigh> Making the mess is more fun than cleaning up but of course you know that or you wouldn't be here.<br />
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There are so many ways to use cling wrap to get a design on paper. I applied dots of ink from Stampin Up reinkers and gold Liquid Pearls onto a piece of the cling wrap then smooshed glossy paper down on top of the ink. I flipped it over and wrinkled the cling wrap. After it dried and I had carefully pulled off the cling wrap, I had some interesting designs.<br />
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The insides of the flower and the bottom layer of the butterfly were die cut from the magenta and orchid dyed paper. Unfortunately, it doesn't show the gold highlights as well as some of the later experiments did. If I had a do-over on this card, I would have glued all the parts to a light blue cardstock instead of a white layer that I ended up watercoloring because it was too stark. <br />
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Now I am off to play with my kitty who is very disgusted I have been at my computer so long. I am getting some long looks and loud sighs from that guy.<br />
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<br />Dora B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14949044622999314463noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4933839083989275654.post-69306278703495823582018-01-21T21:38:00.000-05:002018-01-21T21:38:17.100-05:00Another twoferWith only three days until the end of the first <a href="http://twofercardchallenge.blogspot.com/2018/01/twofer-card-challenge-1.html" target="_blank">Twofer Challenge</a>, I am posting a second entry. I know, I am just as surprised that I had two posts in one week. Both cards are made with the Carmen’s Veranda crane.<br />
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The first card was made using a Misti to stamp the different colors; the verse is a Penny Black stamp I have had for years.<br />
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The first card I envisioned as an encouragement card and so the inside is has a computer printed saying I took to heart this last year that I have been in Weight Watchers. <br />
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The second card is stamped with a Technique Junkie verse making this a best wishes card.Dora B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14949044622999314463noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4933839083989275654.post-43071884220718778522018-01-17T12:54:00.000-05:002018-01-17T15:46:38.560-05:00Twofer challengeI took a long break from blogging. I was not intending to be away so long, but rearranging my stamp room led to finding a roof leak which led to roof and siding repairs. Now that some order is returning to my stamp room my mojo is back.<br />
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It just is providential that my friend Susanne had wonderful news to share with the Cardologists this month. She was asked to be a guest designer for a new card challenge and so of course I had to check it out the <a href="https://twofercardchallenge.blogspot.com/2018/01/twofer-card-challenge-1.html" target="_blank">Twofer Card Challenge</a> and enter this month.<br />
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Twofer was a phrase coined by Darnell which means two cards posted on the same day. Now she has turned it into a challenge which runs from the 1st of the month until the 24th. I hope that you will check out the challenge as well as both <a href="http://www.djkardkreations.com/" target="_blank">Darnell's</a> and <a href="http://keepintouchcards.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Susanne's</a> blogs.<br />
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My first card is the sympathy card on the right. It was inspired by a memorial that was posted in our local paper: A feather, a robin, a butterfly too, are all signs your ANGELS are standing with you - Mary Jac. The second card, uses the same feather stamps with coordinating dies from Stampin Up as well as the same color scheme in a birthday card.<br />
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DoraDora B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14949044622999314463noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4933839083989275654.post-63305882769933009322016-06-13T23:09:00.003-04:002016-06-13T23:42:22.260-04:00Furry FriendsSurprise, I'm back. I had cataract surgery last month and silly me, I asked for far vision. That's great for walking around and driving without glasses, however, it is not great for stamping. The good news is that with new glasses I will be able to get my mojo back. In the meantime I am making due with a pair of reading glasses/computer glasses I got from the drugstore.<br />
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And I am just in time to enter a challenge at <a href="http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/impression_obsession_news/2016/06/new-impression-obsession-challenge-furry-friends.html" target="_blank">Impression Obsession entitled 'furry friends</a>'. Now they have some great kitties and bunnies that are very friendly, furry animals, however, they are not what I was looking for to make a Father's Day card.<br />
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Dora B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14949044622999314463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4933839083989275654.post-73669577969610737912016-01-17T22:27:00.000-05:002016-01-17T22:27:07.625-05:00DecemberTwo posts in one weekend - are you amazed? I have to catch up. <br />
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When the paper dried I removed the cover from the double stick paper and added ultra fine glitter to the star. Unfortunately you can't see the glitter in the photo. I layered the image on a Bashful Blue and Forest Foliage paper, both retired colors. The sentiment 'Joy' is a Stampin Up die.</div>
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Dora B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14949044622999314463noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4933839083989275654.post-68703334810347926572016-01-17T22:13:00.000-05:002016-01-17T22:13:14.451-05:00NovemberProbably you are wondering if I dropped out of blog land I was gone so long. After my last post in October, my aunt decided she was moving into a nursing home full time. It was left to my sister and I to clean out her apartment. It is hard to sort through all of someone's belongings, wondering if each item is, if not necessary or valuable, something that been saved because it has meaning. My aunt was more okay leaving everything behind than we were. I am happy to report she is thriving in the nursing home.<br />
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In the midst of that chaos I managed to make my Thanksgiving cards and a birthday card for a dear friend. My Thanksgiving card had to be simple because of time constraints, as in 'last minute'. I have seen this technique using glossy paper in several places, but always with clear or white embossing as a resist. To emphasize the fall colors I used a Claret embossing powder from Rub a Dub Dub and am very happy with the way it came out.<br />
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Dora B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14949044622999314463noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4933839083989275654.post-20250882459922600392015-10-21T14:07:00.000-04:002015-10-21T14:08:22.833-04:00Happy Halloween<div>
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The Cardologists woke up early and used translucent embossing paste with a Stampin Up stencil to make stars on navy card stock. While we waited for it to dry we cut out all the other parts and pieces.<br />
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We used a die to cut trees on a hill and an orange moon. The witch on the moon is a "retro" Inkadinkadoo stamp. The houses and ghosts are from the Stampin Up Holiday Home set. We took advantage of the photopolymer stamps to make the crooked houses, and then fussy cut them.</div>
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Linking to <a href="http://www.retrorubberchallengeblog.com/my-blog/2015/10/challenge-25-get-your-spook-on.html#comments" target="_blank">Retro Rubber</a> challenge 25 'Get your spook on' and <a href="http://themaleroomchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/challenge-21-theme.html#comment-form" target="_blank">Male Room</a> challenge 21 'Halloween' Check out all the wonderful Halloween inspiration on the sites.</div>
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Dora B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14949044622999314463noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4933839083989275654.post-32142623737531997862015-10-20T22:08:00.001-04:002015-10-20T22:27:58.673-04:00Greetings from Stamp CampHello, a short post to show that we are still going strong at stamp camp although we are down to only four Cardologists. Most of the leaves had blown off the trees in that snow squall but it was still a beautiful fall day. It was so warm we had to go for a short walk after lunch. <br />
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This is one of the cards we colored this afternoon. We are using Technique Junkies Vintage Daisy Collage stamp and Peerless water colors. <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">The sentiment by Inkadinkadoo is copper embossed on vellum.</span><br />
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Dora B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14949044622999314463noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4933839083989275654.post-34542536379211354052015-10-19T19:37:00.001-04:002015-10-20T22:27:12.314-04:00Stamp Camp<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
The Cardologists have a tradition every fall called Stamp Camp. We have been meeting for the last twelve years at a resort for a week of stamping. We pack our cars to the hilt with supplies and food and meet at checkin. After the the tenth trip from the cars to the unit, Melba suggested we take up knitting since yarn is lighter!</div>
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This year we were greeted by snowfall. In the evening it briefly whited out the view of the mountain. We told Molly it was in her honor since she would not have a white Christmas in her new home down South. Inside we had the warmth of laughter.</div>
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All of our cards are collaborations...this is a gatefold Halloween card that we made today with a belly band holding our black glittery Raven.</div>
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Now we are working on a card that takes some coloring. How are you doing on the thirty day color challenge? I hope you leave a comment so I can visit your site and see what you are doing.<br />
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Dora B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14949044622999314463noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4933839083989275654.post-69525937921904513102015-10-14T23:02:00.000-04:002015-10-14T23:04:09.194-04:00More RaccoonsHello, so how are you doing with meeting the 30 day color challenge? I have to admit I am not doing so great except for our Thursday stamping nights. I wish I could say I have been spending my time on other interesting projects but no luck there either. <br />
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My time has been spent reducing clutter and reorganizing the stamp room. So why does the work in progress look worse? Sigh. <br />
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At least I have some cards to show you. These are the raccoon cards made by the other Cardologists as promised in the last post.<br />
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The first two were made by Melba and Bob using the same layout and great fall colors. Melba went with the name of the raccoon "Ginger" and made brown stripes on her raccoon. Bob's black backgroundand star embellishment make it look like night in the pumpkin patch.<br />
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Then we have Jules' card. I love how she grounded the racoon with the fence and the leaves.<br />
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The final card is by Lola. Don't you just love the way she colored her raccoon so it looks like fur and the punched leaves she added to the pumpkin?<br />
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<br />Dora B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14949044622999314463noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4933839083989275654.post-35790108363315875872015-10-03T09:22:00.000-04:002015-10-03T09:33:20.599-04:00Day 1October signals another <a href="http://www.thedailymarker.com/" target="_blank">30-Day Coloring Challenge at The Daily Marker</a>. Yes, for thirty days we are challenged to color something, even for 10 minutes, every day, for thirty days. I haven't been doing a lot of stamping lately because I am reorganizing my stamps... maybe that is part of the reason the stress level seems to be rising. So I look at this coloring challenge as needed therapy.<br />
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The background paper is a gorgeous gold and black piece from Recollections Midnight Magic pad. I didn't think it needed an embellishment, but I may add a gold banner with a vertical sentiment before I send it.<br />
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I am going to enter the following challenges as well:<br />
<a href="http://thecardconcept.blogspot.com/2015/09/card-concept-40-forest-friends.html" target="_blank">The Card Concept #40 Forest Friends</a> inspired by clean and layered, and the raccoon<br />
<a href="http://virginiasviewchallenge.blogspot.ca/2015/10/virginias-view-challenge-19.html" target="_blank">Virginia's View #19 Color It </a>where the color challenge is on<br />
<a href="http://themaleroomchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/challenge-20-theme.html" target="_blank">The Male Room Challenge #20 Autumn</a> where they are also celebrating my favorite season<br />
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Hoping to be back soon with a card made from the snippet I colored yesterday! And as soon as the other Cardologists have finished their cards and send me pictures I hope to share them with you too as we all went in completely different directions with the stamp.<br />
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Have a wonderful day.<br />
<br />Dora B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14949044622999314463noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4933839083989275654.post-42705205809942313952015-09-18T01:14:00.000-04:002015-09-18T01:35:13.015-04:00September SnippetsI was cleaning (no that's not the right word) I was moving some stuff around on my desk to take a picture for the last post and uncovered this card that I started a few weeks ago. I thought ' how hard would it be to finish and post it tonight'. Ha Ha. Well finishing it was not as hard as taking a clear picture of it. No matter how many times I tried, the camera wobbled, so apologies that it is blurry. <br />
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A while ago I gave this background die by Die-namics to Jules for her birthday and she kindly cut out one for each of the Cardologists to make a card. I am envious of the beautiful monochromatic card that Susanne made; you can see it on her blog <a href="http://keepintouchcards.blogspot.com/2015/09/lots-of-bling.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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Mine was colored with a product similar to Twinkling H2Os that I purchased many years ago. It languished because I didn't know what to do with all those colors! Until I was trying to get all my cling and newly converted to cling stamps sorted by category and found this word stamp I had purchased this summer. I love the saying by The Artful Stamper but am a little disappointed that I couldn't seem to get a good imprint. Too much ink and pressure and I had grey marks all around it, yick. Too little and the words didn't all stamp. I tried more cushion and less cushion; I changed ink pads and that helped. By the eighth try I had trouble finding even one snippet of bright white paper left to use for the sentiment. I finally had the saying with only one little wobble (don't look to closely) and had to make do with a Sharpie. Now she says to herself....that is what you bought the Misti for...duh.<br />
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Since this is a NBUS stamp, I am making this my second entry to Darnell's <a href="http://www.djkardkreations.com/2015/09/its-here-nbus-challenge-5.html" target="_blank">NBUS Challenge 5</a>. But since I also used snippets from the scrap box to punch the leaves and butterfly, I am also going over to Pixie's Crafty Workshop where Di is celebrating her birthday with <a href="http://pixiescraftyworkshop.blogspot.com/2015/09/pixies-snippets-playground-week-194.html" target="_blank">Pixie's Snippets Playground - week 194.</a> She would love it if you would play along with your snippets.<br />
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Happy Birthday Di!Dora B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14949044622999314463noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4933839083989275654.post-34967444773556717432015-09-18T00:38:00.000-04:002015-09-18T00:38:09.861-04:00September NBUSWhen I look at the date on my last post, I have to wonder where the time has gone. I just finished my first card in three weeks! I have been busy cleaning out and managed to take a load to Good Will this last weekend. Also I have begun changing some stamps from wood mount to cling to save room. I am finding stamps that I didn't remember I had. More about that later. <br />
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But tonight, stamping with the Cardologists, I shared my Penny Black 'party time' stamps. I love these hedgehogs. Lola shared her happy birthday die which sparked the inspiration for this card and her embossing folder that made the dots. <a href="http://www.djkardkreations.com/2015/09/its-here-nbus-challenge-5.html" target="_blank"></a><br />
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It looks a little funny in the picture, but that is a layer of sparkly paper which makes the card a little more festive. <br />
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And since this is the first time I used this set, I can enter this card, just under the wire at the Darnell's <a href="http://www.djkardkreations.com/2015/09/its-here-nbus-challenge-5.html" target="_blank">NBUS Challenge #5. </a> This challenge to use 'never been used stuff' is great fun and hugely popular. I hope you check it out if this is the first you are hearing of it.<br />
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Thanks for stopping by.Dora B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14949044622999314463noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4933839083989275654.post-76614346259702765562015-08-26T22:26:00.000-04:002015-08-26T22:26:24.316-04:00Mrs. B's BdayHello there, glad you stopped in.<br />
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Do you sometimes catch a glimpse of a color scheme or pattern and have to run home and try something similar for a card? That happened to me Sunday when a woman walked by with a beautiful knit sweater. It was layers of pastel colors with a white knit pattern. That day I went to the stamp room and layered distress inks on a glossy sheet of paper. Then I embossed with a white background stamp that as far as I know was NBUS (never been used stuff). I think I bought it at a stamp show years ago from Stamp Camp.<br />
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The cupcake is a Martha Stewart punch, also NBUS. I scored the colored paper after it was punched. Then used the same punch on a strip of white sparkle paper to make the icing. All the confetti was punched from left over snippets.<br />
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The saying that I used just came in the mail and was laying on the table. It was a free gift that came with a <a href="http://stores.purpleoniondesigns.com/" target="_blank">Purple Onion</a> order.<br />
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This card is going over to the <a href="http://www.asyouseeitchallenge.com/challenge-100/" target="_blank">As You See It Challenge </a>where they are celebrating their 100th challenge. The theme of course is CELEBRATE. The challenge ends tomorrow so be quick to check them out. <br />
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Tomorrow night the Cardologists will be celebrating with Mrs. B (you know who you are)! Cake, stamping and laughter.<br />
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<br />Dora B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14949044622999314463noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4933839083989275654.post-27099525267205648952015-08-22T22:19:00.000-04:002015-08-22T22:23:44.215-04:00Inkspirational ChallengeExciting news....my friend, Susanne is the guest designer for the <a href="http://inkspirationalchallenges.blogspot.ca/2015/08/challenge-89-word-prompt-melt.html" target="_blank">Inkspirational Challenge #89.</a> She so deserves it because she makes some awesome cards. You can see them on her blog, <a href="http://keepintouchcards.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Keep in Touch. </a>And of course, she inspired me to post a card for the challenge which is the word prompt "Melt". <br />
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I thought at first I would be melting because it has been so hot my stamp room has been a sauna. But this weekend , thankfully, the heat wave left us and it has been gorgeous. While I might have used ice cubes melting in my cold drink on a hot day, my thoughts instead turned to candles that melt.<br />
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The candle and sentiment stamps are from a retired Stampin' Up set called Poinsettia Greetings. I stamped the candle in Crumb Cake ink and then used colored pencils. I got to use my new Stampin Up dies Lots of Labels. I found a patterned paper in the Trim the Tree DSP pack and went with the colors Garden Green and Cherry Cobbler. There is a layer of White sparkle paper in there too.<br />
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I hope you visit the Inkspirational Challenge; you have five more days to post your own creation.<br />
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<br />Dora B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14949044622999314463noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4933839083989275654.post-77117730199403102192015-08-12T23:28:00.000-04:002015-09-18T01:20:56.979-04:00MollyOne of the Seven Cardologists has moved away. Today Molly is in her new home in North Carolina. <Sniff Sniff> We were sad to see her go, especially since it seems it took less than a month to sell her house, pack up, and leave, giving us with little time to adjust to the thought that we won't see her again until October Stamp Camp. We managed to get much celebration in that short time so I have two cards I made for our Molly.<br />
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All the images are retired Stampin Up stamps watercolored with Peerless
watercolors. I matched the colors with scraps of paper from my snippet
collection. The sea creatures were also covered with Crystal Effects
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company. The sentiment continues on the inside "Moments spent with a friend are
the kind we wish would never end".<br />
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I will link this card at the <a href="http://crazy4challenges.blogspot.com/2015/08/crazy-4-challenges-c4c298.html" target="_blank">Crazy 4 Challenge C4c248.</a> Although the challenge is to use lighthouses, if you don't have a lighthouse you can use anything by the sea. <br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwuMmc2q02weD92yxd9nnwfKDM22XXMVTHdG2kVQGaDeGOEF_HBDGFEOjhqUYakfOfEUr0EKTqOXxr_xUoWqefMmNWTqHU5w0zSh4l_k1M9mGpZpK5z-kkveO-O9RuxYdVd-JYa2LfYZis/s1600/HBday+Molly.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwuMmc2q02weD92yxd9nnwfKDM22XXMVTHdG2kVQGaDeGOEF_HBDGFEOjhqUYakfOfEUr0EKTqOXxr_xUoWqefMmNWTqHU5w0zSh4l_k1M9mGpZpK5z-kkveO-O9RuxYdVd-JYa2LfYZis/s320/HBday+Molly.jpg" width="276" /></a>This next card was made for Molly's birthday which we celebrated this last Thursday. I owe someone a big apology. Usually when I find an inspiration for a card I will save the page so that I can give credit when I post. This time I didn't and my search has been fruitless tonight. I will keep looking and when I find it, I will come back to link it.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW-tK1ty1WmgA7q3DTaoZbYjJEk7A-KuecXMPC1NnmwkBMhFLiV923NZS7LaKsCbS6N8a8ev788rI62cX7M1zl0v6CDHDyHEYWRgxvM69qam16uLkM7sMa7ZL7lSXfOX5AGRVbuYFvLAog/s1600/HBday+inside.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW-tK1ty1WmgA7q3DTaoZbYjJEk7A-KuecXMPC1NnmwkBMhFLiV923NZS7LaKsCbS6N8a8ev788rI62cX7M1zl0v6CDHDyHEYWRgxvM69qam16uLkM7sMa7ZL7lSXfOX5AGRVbuYFvLAog/s320/HBday+inside.jpg" width="246" /></a>I started by masking a strip on the white panel stamping the leaves in gray and midnight muse (stamped off), then sponged the whole strip with sky blue. The flowers from Stampin Up Just Believe set were stamped in blackberry bliss. The panel was layered on a grey scrap and then mounted on a blackberry bliss card with a short front. <br />
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A sentiment by DRS is popped up and overlaps a short front to form a latch. Inside the card is a panel the same size as the front with another sentiment, company unknown. There are three score lines beside that inside panel that make it possible to bend the card so that the front can be tucked under or untucked easily from the latch on the back. A couple butterflies from Papillon Potpourri and some pearls are the final embellishment. <br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">[And here I return as promised to say that Dina Kowal has a tutorial for the Latch card on Splitcoaststampers.]</span>
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Thanks for visiting. I hope you also have a sweet and sunny day.<br />
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Dora B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14949044622999314463noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4933839083989275654.post-20803684290292146222015-07-28T22:38:00.000-04:002015-07-28T22:38:16.488-04:00Welcome GnomeI started this card several weeks ago when Lola kindly gave all the Cardologists the Gnomegrown and Garden Wheelies sets from Peachy Keen Stamps. At the time I didn't really like the scribbled background I gave the card and I left it aside on my desk. But this week I was inspired by the<a href="http://just-add-ink.blogspot.com/2015/07/just-add-ink-272-butterflies.html" target="_blank"> Just Add Ink challenge</a> to Just Add Butterflies.<br />
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Lo and behold, on my desk was a lone Stampin' Up butterfly languishing from another card I did not use it on and a butterfly body left over from another project. And they worked perfectly to put the little gnome and his wheelbarrow in perspective. <br />
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Since I used snippets of white to stamp and cut out the flowers and the gnome head I am also linking this to the challenge at <a href="http://pixiescraftyworkshop.blogspot.com/2015/07/pixies-snippets-playground-week-187.html" target="_blank">Pixie's Crafty Workshop</a>. Di, the author of the Snippets Playground challenge is also the guest designer on the <a href="http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/week-234-recipe.html#comment-form" target="_blank">Less is More blog</a> this week where the challenge is to use snippets. Alas, I fear this card is not CAS enough for that one. Another reason not to like my scribbles filling in all the beautiful white space <sigh>.<br />
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This card will be used to "Welcome Gnome" a friend to her new home.<br />
Thank you, friends, for stopping to visit.Dora B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14949044622999314463noreply@blogger.com8