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Post by scrapnnana on Oct 18, 2024 2:05:45 GMT
grammadee, your gnome cards are adorable! jjpeapea, your cards are very cute, but now I am craving sugar….. I love candy canes in every sense of the word. joblackford, your animal cards with that background are gorgeous. angel97701, your bright and cheery Christmas cards are lovely. Shakti, I apologize for accidentally posting to your thread instead of this one. I was tired, and trying to get too many things done before we left town. Thanks for letting me know where it was actually posted. Your cards are cute, but I would love to see a slightly larger image. They are hard to see well. I clicked on the image, but it took me to an enlargement that seemed blank. I know there was an image, but either the site or my computer weren’t cooperating. gramma, I assume that we were supposed to use different sentiments as in different types of sayings, such as birthday, sympathy, etc., but I need mainly birthday cards right now, so I used different birthday sentiments. I’m not playing for points, so I figured that I can cheat a bit. I loved your examples, and I really liked this sketch and challenge. 
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Post by Shakti on Oct 18, 2024 10:14:32 GMT
At first, I read this as a design critique and thought, "But that's the size my cutaparts were!" Caffeine is a wonder drug  ! Fixed the images. I'd say I was under-caffeinated when I accidentally posted thumbnails instead of hotlines, but really I was just rushing too much |
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Post by angel97701 on Oct 19, 2024 17:41:16 GMT
scrapnnana Your birthday cards are great! I'm sure the different birthday sentiments work, and the idea is to build your stash according to gramma!
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Post by angel97701 on Oct 19, 2024 18:21:57 GMT
jjpeapea "Sweet" Christmas Cards grammadee Building your stash too with what you already have and love to send, gnomes! joblackford You really rock this collection of animals! Shakti More Christmas ready to send!
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Post by joblackford on Oct 19, 2024 22:35:08 GMT
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Post by scrapnnana on Oct 20, 2024 2:27:13 GMT
joblackford, your penguin cards are delightful! I love the coloring you used for your cards. They are very distinctive.
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Post by joblackford on Oct 20, 2024 19:48:03 GMT
joblackford , your penguin cards are delightful! I love the coloring you used for your cards. They are very distinctive. Thanks! Almost everything I used is paper and ephemera from Paper Rose Studio’s Animal Kindgom collection so I can’t take any credit. They use some really beautiful color palettes. |
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Post by gramma on Oct 21, 2024 16:56:41 GMT
Sorry this is late - the site was down last night and I'm just plain slow this morning. Your challenge is to use the same set of papers for four cards. You can use a variety of sentiments or all the same. You can make your main focus piece from a printable download from the internet, a die cut, a paper piecing or whatever. Thats it hope you have fun with this one.  CARDTOBER #21 CUT TEMPLATE
And the samples
 IMG_20241021_094924378_HDR by CLAUDIA LOVELESS, on Flickr by CLAUDIA LOVELESS, on Flickr |
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Post by grammadee on Oct 21, 2024 23:33:02 GMT
Thanks, gramma. I have my set completed, but it is too dark to photograph and post them this evening. |
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Post by Linda on Oct 22, 2024 0:57:34 GMT
I did all 3 challenges today during the online crop #7  #14 - hope using 4 different stamps with the same words is okay  #21  |
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Post by scrapnnana on Oct 22, 2024 2:14:41 GMT
Linda, your cards are lovely, and I’m impressed that you got all 3 sets done today. The green paper on the vertical strips of the butterfly set is really pretty. Your birthday set is fun and cute, and your poinsettia set is beautiful. I love the music and poinsettia papers. Great job!
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Post by scrapnnana on Oct 22, 2024 16:09:36 GMT
Here is my set of cards. The background is more cream than it looks in the photo, and the card fronts haven’t been mounted on the plain card bases yet, but the card bases will be cream colored.  |
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Post by grammadee on Oct 22, 2024 22:32:43 GMT
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Post by jjpeapea on Oct 23, 2024 12:22:53 GMT
Linda Wow you did so much. Your cards are lovely. You'll have so many great cards ready to go. scrapnnana tags instead of a panel - that's cute and clever. What beautiful tags. grammadee each card so unique with special features. Nice! gramma thank you for the multiples sketch. These came together nicely. My images are from a cut apart calendar that I was determined to use. 
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Post by Shakti on Oct 27, 2024 12:19:40 GMT
Here's my set for last Monday (21?):  |
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Post by gramma on Oct 28, 2024 4:41:53 GMT
Last one from me. This time you can make this two different ways. One is to just make the front - and you're done. Second you can make the inside and include a pocket on the lower half for a sentiment card or a gift card. If you choose to do this way remember to only apply adhesive to the side and bottom of the piece leaving to top part open so you can insert your item I hope you have enjoyed my simple cards and were able to build yourselves a small stash. Thank you for playing along.  CARDTOBER 28 by CLAUDIA LOVELESS, on Flickr |
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Post by grammadee on Oct 28, 2024 14:04:13 GMT
Your pocket card looks really fun to put together, gramma. Thinking that it would be fun to make with a strip of cs and a couple of folds, just gluing the sides... My fingers are itching to get started on this, but all my cutting equipment is still out in the vehicle waiting to be dragged back into the house after the crop. Thanks for this and all your other CARDtober challenges! |
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Post by scrapnnana on Oct 28, 2024 17:37:13 GMT
Cute Christmas cards, grammadee. Lovely florals, jjpeapea. Shakti, nice holiday cards. I really like the snowflake paper you used, and the silver die cut snowflake. Your bee themed pocket card is super cute, gramma . |
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Post by Linda on Oct 30, 2024 0:36:49 GMT
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Post by Shakti on Oct 30, 2024 9:51:20 GMT
I am still not sure I grok this challenge. When you say we can do just the front, does that mean just make a sort of overlapping gate fold? Or an uneven front? I was hoping that I'd "get" it more when more people posted their examples, but so far, no dice.
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Post by scrapnnana on Oct 30, 2024 12:15:32 GMT
gramma, it’s a really cute card, and I love your bee theme. I love anything to do with bees. I did have a bit of trouble with this one, since I had to figure out the measurements myself. I did one, then realised that I had messed up, so I am going to try again. I’ll add my cards later. Linda , your bee card is also very cute!
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Post by scrapnnana on Oct 30, 2024 14:33:38 GMT
 You don’t know how tempted I was to use bee papers, too, but I decided to do a baby card instead. So, if I understood the card design correctly, the top is just a flap that opens, and the inside has a pocket. Anyway, this is my version. |
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Post by jjpeapea on Oct 30, 2024 20:24:13 GMT
Linda Everything! Your card has so many nice details. scrapnnana aww precious ... lucky baby gramma Thank you for all the multiple challenges! I've made a dent in the Christmas card list and have some sendable notes for my pen pals as well. 
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Post by Shakti on Oct 31, 2024 17:36:21 GMT
I never did quite figure out what it meant "to just make the front - and you're done," but I don't care for pocket cards particularly and also have an irrational beef against cards that don't stand on display. So, here is my extremely loose interpretation:  I guess I sort of did the opposite of the example -- not making the pocket, I wanted more white space on the inside for sentiment and message. |
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Post by gramma on Oct 31, 2024 19:39:03 GMT
I never did quite figure out what it meant "to just make the front - and you're done," but I don't care for pocket cards particularly and also have an irrational beef against cards that don't stand on display. So, here is my extremely loose interpretation: I guess I sort of did the opposite of the example -- not making the pocket, I wanted more white space on the inside for sentiment and message. Nice interpretation |
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Post by gramma on Oct 31, 2024 23:38:30 GMT
You don’t know how tempted I was to use bee papers, too, but I decided to do a baby card instead. So, if I understood the card design correctly, the top is just a flap that opens, and the inside has a pocket. Anyway, this is my version. You got it and so did Linda. Nice job, both of you. Linda |
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Post by scrapnnana on Nov 1, 2024 14:16:58 GMT
I just realized that I left off a piece on the front of my cards. Oops. I may fix it later. Right now I’m too tired. jjpeapea , your dragonfly and butterfly cards are lovely. Shakti , I like how you rotated the card and adapted it for your pretty Christmas cards. gramma , thank you, for all your hard work and beautiful examples. |
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Post by angel97701 on Nov 1, 2024 19:21:15 GMT
Yeah! I have two more to share and show that I got caught up  #21
Hot of the Press ancient papers and one labelled Pixie Paper. Studio G and Taylored Expressions sentiments. Versa Fine Flair Green Oasis ink. and #28 Deja View papers from a long time ago, just the left overs that needed to be used up! Spellbinders Snowflakes and Stitched Circles by Elizabeth Craft Designs. Taylored Expression Christmas Simple Strips.
Yippee
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Post by scrapnnana on Nov 1, 2024 19:27:42 GMT
angel97701, your mitten and holly card cards, as well as your snowflake cards are all very cute.
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Post by grammadee on Nov 1, 2024 22:04:49 GMT
Here are my pocket cards, gramma. These are 5x7, so the pocket is big enough to hold my Christmas letter, especially since I followed the advice angel97701 gave me this morning to use foam strips to glue the edges. I can actually see myself making more of these.  Ct 28 30 31 by Gramma Dee, on Flickr |
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