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Post by gramma on Oct 2, 2023 1:37:30 GMT
Hello all - my theme for your Monday cards is "Sets", as in a set of cards. My definition of a set is 3 cards - you may use the same papers for your set with different sentiments or the same sentiment with different papers. grammadee Here are my samples - don't be put off by the number of cards I make them for "Cards for Soldiers" so I make multiples flic.kr/p/2p6yBzv |
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Post by scrapnnana on Oct 2, 2023 2:06:40 GMT
Your cards are lovely, gramma! |
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Post by Linda on Oct 2, 2023 2:38:19 GMT
beautiful cards gramma - thank you for the challenge |
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Post by azcrafty on Oct 2, 2023 2:50:51 GMT
So many beautiful cards gramma. |
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Post by nylene on Oct 2, 2023 20:43:54 GMT
Thanks, gramma for the challenge and thank you for hosting this month. I love your beautiful cards. I'd love to go scrapbook shopping with you because you find the most beautiful papers! My set is very simple, but they are prettier in real life. LOL  Thinking of you - Watercolor images |
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Post by gramma on Oct 2, 2023 21:35:21 GMT
Thanks, gramma for the challenge and thank you for hosting this month. I love your beautiful cards. I'd love to go scrapbook shopping with you because you find the most beautiful papers! My set is very simple, but they are prettier in real life. LOL Thinking of you - Watercolor images I want my "challenge" to be doable for everyone and help us build a stash of cards to have on hand. Just like you did! |
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Post by azcrafty on Oct 2, 2023 22:04:15 GMT
nylene your cards are lovely. Love the monochromatic style. If its okay with gramma I will use 4 cards from my SLoC sketch challenge for this challenge,if its not okay I will make a new set 
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Post by gramma on Oct 3, 2023 4:47:35 GMT
nylene your cards are lovely. Love the monochromatic style. If its okay with gramma I will use 4 cards from my SLoC sketch challenge for this challenge,if its not okay I will make a new set More is better - Only "rule" is minimum of 3. Great cards! |
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Post by jjpeapea on Oct 4, 2023 1:47:24 GMT
Thank you for the challenge gramma . Your cards are very pretty! I just got a paper pad with tiny flower prints, and I may use them later for inspiration. But first, Christmas cards. nylene so lovely! I love the different shades of the same color, and the focus they bring onto your floral element. azcrafty , so vibrant! The metallic matting makes them pop even more.  |
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Post by azcrafty on Oct 4, 2023 2:36:11 GMT
Thank you gramma. jjpeapea love your gingerbread people. I love how you used the colors and all the little touches. |
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Post by scrapnnana on Oct 4, 2023 16:11:49 GMT
nylene, the flower cluster on your cards is so pretty, and I love the color scheme you chose. azcrafty, your Halloween cards are fun and spooky. jjpeapea, your gingerbread cards are bright and cute. I love that one gingerbread is a boy and one is a girl. I finally got my set done. I used different papers from one of my favorite Heartfelt Creations paper collections, and used the same phrase, although each was a different stamp, font, and size. I needed some “Thinking of You” cards. Unfortunately, the colors didn’t scan quite right. They look more vibrant IRL. For those who may not be aware, Heartfelt Creations is going out of business. 
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Post by gramma on Oct 4, 2023 20:35:16 GMT
Wonderful!!
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Post by azcrafty on Oct 4, 2023 21:23:05 GMT
Those papers are beautiful scrapnnana and you used them in a great way. Too bad another company is closing. |
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Post by Ryann on Oct 5, 2023 0:56:01 GMT
Thank you for the great challenge. Making multiples is always a challenge for me, lol. Your cards are so lovely grammaLast year I found a package of Halloween die cuts on deep discount at ACOT and purchased 10 packs on sale for the price of 1 at regular price! I'm very slowly working my way through them and thought this challenge would be a good use for one of the larger pieces, along with some previously made backgrounds that I couldn't get to work for me last year. The iridescent green sequins photographed neon green!  |
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Post by Ryann on Oct 5, 2023 1:10:49 GMT
Your cards are so pretty. I love the slight variation of color within the panels. It adds interest without taking attention off the focal image. This collection was a favorite of mine last year, so any chance to see something cute made from it, I'm all in! These are such fun and work so well with the sketch. I love your festive gingerbread. It's almost always a brown gingie, but I love them in color!! Your cards are so lovely. I really appreciate a pattern paper with a focal image that makes quick work of card making! |
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Post by joblackford on Oct 5, 2023 2:40:18 GMT
For those who may not be aware, Heartfelt Creations is going out of business. Oh no, I know that's one of your favorite companies! I hope you will be able to stock up on things before they are gone but I'm sure you'll miss having them around. Your cards are very pretty! Everyone has made lovely cards  So funny that your sequins came out neon in the photos RyannGreat challenge gramma I always find myself making several if I'm making a card, or at least getting started on several. I'm working on the sheetload sketch with Doodlebug papers this week. Just as soon as I figure out sentiments I'll be back to share. |
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Post by joblackford on Oct 5, 2023 22:46:04 GMT
These are the cards I have made so far using the latest Sheetload sketch and a Doodlebug fall/pumpkin spice collection. I'm not sure if I'll add sentiments to all of the cards without them - if I do it will just be a small strip saying hello, most likely. I don't have many good fall sentiments so I might print my own. I'm probably just going to keep going with this sketch until I run out of cut apart squares for the focal image.  Oct share - sets/SLOC by jo.blackford, on Flickr |
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Post by FurryP on Oct 7, 2023 0:45:30 GMT
I made my set with the intention of getting rid of some pink paper. I had a 6x6 paper pad that had like 5 different pink patterns. So same sentiment, 4 different patterns:  |
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Post by justjac on Oct 7, 2023 2:37:01 GMT
So many beautiful cards! I used a Sheetload sketch and a 6x6 paper pad from 2014!  |
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Post by Shakti on Oct 7, 2023 11:40:49 GMT
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Post by refugeepea on Oct 10, 2023 0:50:26 GMT
I used the same sentiment, different papers. SEI, Carta Bella, Dollar Tree, Fiskars punch, Spellbinders dies, and Simple Stories (sentiment) used.  |
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Post by refugeepea on Oct 10, 2023 1:13:07 GMT
gramma your cards look awesome! Dumb question, but how do you get everything to line up so nicely? nylene I love your cards; the colors and the design! azcrafty I love the touch of gold on the Halloween cards. jjpeapea Your gingerbread cards are adorable. I love the classic red and green. scrapnnana I love the soft colors on your cards. So very pretty! Ryann I'm also working my way through some cheap embellishment pack for Halloween cards too! I love the Jack-o'-lantern pattern paper. joblackford how do you get them to be so straight, perfec,t and symmetrical? A really good paper cutter? You use an electronic paper cutter for all the matts? I seriously struggle with getting things to look that clean. And the cards are adorable too! FurryP great job using up paper! I like how the sentiment is centered in the cards with the hearts expanding outwards. justjac who is the manufacturer of the yoda stamps? Too cute!
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Post by peasquared on Oct 10, 2023 2:30:09 GMT
I love all the cards you gals are making! It's fun to watch all your posts across the threads this month. Very inspiring! Thank you.
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Post by joblackford on Oct 10, 2023 3:58:42 GMT
joblackford how do you get them to be so straight, perfec,t and symmetrical? A really good paper cutter? You use an electronic paper cutter for all the matts? I seriously struggle with getting things to look that clean. And the cards are adorable too! Thanks. No electronics involved. A great guillotine style paper cutter, liquid glue (for a little wiggle time), mild perfectionism… and a lot of practice. But believe me, they’re not actually perfect. I do trim off extra bits that look uneven if I can but I also realized that once things are done most people don’t notice small imperfections. I will say that I had a terrible time with a previous (Fiskars) trimmer that didn’t cut square. Nothing will look right if the corners aren’t square. |
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Post by justjac on Oct 10, 2023 14:47:26 GMT
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Post by mbanda on Oct 10, 2023 15:10:47 GMT
 Here’s my entry for this week’s sets. If you’re in the Pea Fall card exchange you may get one of these so act surprised when you open it LOL!! Sentiment is from Newton’s Nook, Layered stencil from Photoplay and the Trick or Treater is Lawn Fawn. |
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Post by refugeepea on Oct 10, 2023 22:13:40 GMT
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Post by refugeepea on Oct 10, 2023 22:16:53 GMT
mbanda the colored stamp images are adorable! I'm new to stenciling. Was it a fairly simple process to make the candy corns?
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Post by gramma on Oct 10, 2023 22:35:04 GMT
refugeepea I use a clear ruler to line up individual elements on cards like these
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Post by mbanda on Oct 10, 2023 23:03:49 GMT
mbanda the colored stamp images are adorable! I'm new to stenciling. Was it a fairly simple process to make the candy corns? Yes! I used the Photoplay 3 layer candy corn stencil but I’ve seen other companies that have a similar stencil. It’s super easy to use. On a couple of the cards I used white texture paste for the white tops but otherwise I just used distress oxide inks. Each stencil layer covers the whole card and the companies make it easy to line them up with your paper. |
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So funny that your sequins came out neon in the photos 
