Inside of card

Inside of card
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This is the inside of the Happies card. I inked up a white piece of Bazzill with Antique Linen from the Distress Inks set by Tim Holtz.

~Cynthia

BIG SALE

If you love rubber or clear stamps, Joann's is having a 40% off sale on their website! Don't think I didn't score some GREAT stamps!! ;-)

~Cynthia

Beach-flavored Birthday Card

Beach-flavored Birthday Card
Originally uploaded by HikerCynthia

I used some awesome paper from K & Company's paper pad called Sea Glass. This page had several different wood siding patterns, so I cut it to use coordinating colors. I added a bit of Peeled Paint Distress Ink from Tim Holtz on the edges. The circle is punched using a Marvy paper punch, then I used Just Right's 2 inch round stamp and a border for the Road Trip sentiment. I added a bow of blue ribbon (The Paper Studio), which I also distressed with Peeled Paint. For a bit of added bling, I used a glitter pen to outline the Road Trip circle and to highlight the 'nail' on the bottom right corner. This is all attached to a blank card (ivory) with a Glue Runner. The circle is attached using a glue dot from Fiskars.

This card is going to my mom. We take lots of crafting road trips together and usually end up spending lots of money! ;-)

Thanks for looking--have a wonderful day!

~Cynthia

Inside of Beach-Flavored Card

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Part 2
This is the inside of the birthday card. I distressed the side panel and used Peeled Paint Distress Ink (Tim Holtz) on the edges. The Happy Birthday stamp is from Stampabilities!

~Cynthia

New Goodies!

I'm so excited that I found a 'new' (to me!) scrapbook store. It's about a 45 minute drive, but hey...you gotta do what you gotta do to support the economy, right?? ;-) It's called Stamps and More By Eleanor, in Piedmont, SC. TONS of rubber stamps. I bought a few of those. She also carries TONS of cardstock and designer papers that I haven't seen before, including Rusty Pickle designs. SO exciting! PLUS, she has the largest section of Cuttlebug items I've seen in an actual store. Eleanor herself was there--a very nice and helpful lady!! I got a quick tut on Copic markers too. I hope to get a few cards made today with some of the new goodies. I'm sending the latest two cards off to their recipients today.

Thanks for stopping by. Happy creating!

~Cynthia

Hi There

Hi There
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I used a Fiskars border punch for the bottom of the card blank. I used Dusty Concord Distress Ink (Tim Holtz) on the edges. I cut a piece of Bazzill cardstock and added a Fiskars corner rounded Carolees Creations designer paper called Green Daisies. I used the Hero Arts set ('Thinking of You') to stamp the 'Hi There!' greeting and the flowers. I stamped them with Versamark and clear embossed both. I distressed the sentiment paper with a seam ripper. I added a little bling: glitter pen on the flower centers and a clear rhinestone near the top left. I sandwiched a strip of funky fringe between the Bazzill and the designer paper that I found in my ribbon stash.

Have a wonderful day!

~Cynthia

Thinking of You

Thinking of You
Originally uploaded by HikerCynthia

The Chalkboard Technique
I stamped the image (Martha Stewart: leaf and branch clear stamps) with Craft Smart White Pigment Embossing Ink on black Bazzill cardstock. Then I tapped Inkadinkado chalks over the image, kind of like chalk embossing. You don't have to wait for the ink to dry to do this. I corner punched the cardstock with a Fiskars rounder. I added black ribbon (Bobbin Ribbon) and attached both to another piece of Bazzill. To finish, I stamped 'thinking of you' from Hero Arts' Thinking of You set in Versamark and embossed that with clear embossing powder. I used a Glue Runner to attach it to a card blank from Michael's.

This card is being sent to a friend's daughter who is going through chemo.

Thanks for looking!

~Cynthia