Evan's Concentration Game

 April 6, 2008

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My daughters class has sort of "adopted" her teacher's friend's two year old grandson, Evan, that has leukemia.  Every morning the class logs onto the computer and checks out how Evan is doing. The family has a blog set up.

He is set to do an awful lot of treatments so I thought that I would make him a little game to take with him to help pass the time.

This is a set of 20 cards that were quickly made and covered with clear contact paper so he wouldn't get any paper cuts, and that could be wiped off and disinfected if by chance that he got sick on them. The clear contact paper has also made them pretty darn sturdy.

I hope he likes them!

Thanks for looking.

P.S. If you know the name of this car and truck stamp set, please let me know. I received this set from my sister-in-law and she has no idea of the name of the set, nor when she bought it. Thanks.

Blossoms Abound for Genie - Cased Card

Original post date was April 6, 2008

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I soooooooo cased this card from page 99 of the 2008 Stampin' UP! catalog. I changed it up just a hair though. It's for one of my co-workers whose 90 year old aunt just passed away.

The mellow moss dotted cardstock... the embossed dots were created using the mat pack and my Crop-A-Dile, not a task that I will use in abundance like this again!

Blossoms Abound Stamp Set

 Originally posted on April 6, 2008

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I was playing around with my new stamp set and started thinking about how much this stamp looked like a "weeping willow" type of tree. This is what I came up with.

I just love these sets...they're so versatile!

For My Twisted Swister...

Originally posted on March 17, 2008

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Priceless

 Originally posted on:  January 18, 2008 

Cased this card from SCS - ShellStampsALot... but changed the stamp image and removed the ribbon that wrapped the card.

The above image is the 3" X 3" prior to doing the "Cracked Glass" technique on it.

 Above is the finished card with the "Cracked Glass" technique.

NOTE:  31 August 2010 - This card was duplicated over 50 times to use in a card swap at the Stampin' UP! Regionals in Anaheim, CA on February 1, 2008. 

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Time Worn

 Originally posted on:  January 18, 2008 

Cased this card from SCS - ShellStampsALot... but changed the ribbon and how the ribbon was added to the card.

The above image is the 3" X 3" prior to doing the "Cracked Glass" technique on it.

Above is the finished card with the "Cracked Glass" technique.

NOTE:  31 August 2010 - This card was duplicated over 50 times to use in a card swap at the Stampin' UP! Regionals in Anaheim, CA on February 1, 2008. 

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Jonet's Card

 Originally posted on November 1, 2007

My co-worker...who is fast becoming a friend bought me a rubber stamp of pumpkins for me yesterday. I wanted to thank her for it so I used it on a thank you card and gave it to her this morning.

She's so thoughtful, I can't believe she got me the stamp. I just love these whimsical lil pumpkins!

1. Embossed pumpkins on watercolor paper.

2. Masked them with painters tape.

3. Sponged on bashful blue and barely banana for the sky line. Sponged on certainly celery, then old olive, then handsome hunter for the ground cover.

4. Watercolored the pumpkins with watercolor wonder crayons starting with apricot appeal, then barely banana, then only orange, then pumpkin pie, then really rust.

5. Watercolored the swirlies with one of my greens

6. Lightly traced the outlines of the pumpkins and the swirlies with a clear glittery Gelly Roll pen.

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Pumpkins

Originally posted on October 26, 2007
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Cherishing Time Well Spent

Originally posted on October 21, 2007

I actually was able to get my husband to sit down with me today. He stamped the 'Circus Train" image and watercolored it with watercolor wonder crayons.

Although it took him only about 10 minutes to complete, it meant so much to me that he spent the time doing something that I love doing.

I decided to combine the two images that we worked on. Just to have a little reminder of a special time that we spent together. I am hoping to have it laminated so that I can use it for a book marker for my text books.

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Acetate Card

Originally posted on October 8, 2007

This is a card that I created for my husband's Great-Uncle for his 95th birthday. What an amazing man he is! He used to own his own train car...him and his wife used to host dinner parties on it. Sometimes they were hooked to an engine...sometimes they weren't during those dinner parties.  I thought this would be a nice reminder of days gone by for him.
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First Attempts at Watercoloring and Free Hand Drawing

Originally posted on September 21-22, 2007

I didn't have some of the tools and supplies that were suggested when casing Kittie747's tutorial art.

• I used my watercolor wonder crayons in place of the reinkers. 
• Using my heat gun to dry the colors in between "coats".
• I used make-up sponges in place of the sponge daubers.
• I used a Zig calligraphy pen in place of the artist pen.

This was so much fun. Thanks for the GREAT tutorial!

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NOTE:  31 August 2010 --
Kittie Caracciolo has inspired me from the first time I ever saw one of her creations and has continued to inspire me over the years.  Okay, I'll admit it... I stalk her... her art work that is... and I stalk it heavily!  =o)