Cards by Nia

Catch-up cards:
Here are a few cards that my 10-year neighbor, Nia, has done.
The first card has a matching envelope. This was also her FIRST hand-made card! WOW!!!!
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Cards by Serene

Catch-up card:
This is a Valentine card my 13-year neighbor, Serene, did for her friend. This is also her FIRST hand-made card!!
Serene did an AWESOME job!!! My first card definitely didn't look half as good as this!!
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Thank you owls!

Catch-up card.

I made this for one of my good friend's husband who was buying his wife some new stamps and he bought me some stamps too! It was such a sweet and thoughtful surprise! And of course I loved everything - I didn't already have any of them! :)

The inside reads: You shouldn't have but I'm glad you did!

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Happy Birthday owls

Catch-up cards.

Here are a couple of cards that are similar and yet different. I just love how us card makers have such options to make so many different cards with the same items to make them different in such ways.

On the first card with the fence, everything is slightly raised except for the background paper.

On the second card, I'm not sure about it...the leaves are just sitting there by themselves! LOL
The sentiment, owl and balloons are all slightly raised.

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So Sorry

Catch-up card

I needed a sympathy card but was still into my new owl punch. What do you think??

The owl and sentiment were slightly raised.

Inside reads: Keeping you close in thought and prayer.

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Happy Birthday

Catch-up card.

I received my much wanted owl punch and I love it! So watch out for more owls coming up! They were all so much fun to make!

The owl and sentiment are slightly raised.

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Happy Birthday

Catch-up card.

I needed to make some masculine birthday cards. I think this passes. What do you think?

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Non-Traditional Christmas card

This is my second of two for my holiday card - pink and black theme - swap.

The top and bottom ornaments are raised. The middle ornament has a 3-D look with the middle portion crimped and also has a little gem stone on each side of the inside part of the ornament.

The inside reads: Christmas is love, with all the trimmings.

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Non-Traditional Christmas card

The next 2 posts are for a Christmas swap I'm in. The theme for this month is Pink and Black and the requirement is 2 cards. The hostess thought this would challenge us. It did...at first. Once I had my idea it was smooth sailing till they were both completed. Even though I thought the color scheme was a little off for Christmas I have go admit, I really like how these turned out. I hope you like them too!

The inside bottom says: May your home be warm with Christmas cheer, and peace abide throughout the year.

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Thank You Gems!

I made this for friends who had given me a night of much needed relaxation and shown me so much hospitality between a homemade dinner, movie and meeting wonderful friends of theirs.

The front says: Just had to write to say

As you might have noticed I like matching my envelopes to my cards in some form or another. So I did something different and embossed it! I think it turned out awesome! What do you think?

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Happy Birthday!

I made this for a friend's birthday. She loves sunflowers. Hope there are enough on this for her! LOL

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Red, White & Blue

This is my September submission for my ATC group. The theme is Red, White & Blue.

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Got color?

This was my August submission for my ATC group. The theme this month was Colored Pencils.

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Coasters

Here is a set of coasters for someone who has a Bassett Hound. Thought they would make a nice birthday gift. What do you think?

They say: There is nothing better than to end a bad day in dog slobber

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(Thanks For Looking)

Coasters

These are coasters I made for a friend who had seen other coasters I had made and wanted a set - "with trees on them", so I came up this design.

I then matched a note card and envelope to go along with the coasters.

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Coasters

This I sent off to an online friend that had won an online contest in a online group I belong to. I got to pick the prize this time around. I was glad to know she liked what I chose.

Again I made a matching note card and envelope to go along with them.

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Holiday Tags

This was for another holiday card swap but the theme this time was actually "tags" rather than a card.
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Merry Christmas

Hello friends,

I have been absent much too long. My deepest apologies - my life, let's say, has suddenly taken a different turn in life. I'm still trying to sort through things but I will try and get caught up here a little.

Here is a card I did for a Christmas swap. I really had fun with this one! Made extra for myself. With the way my life has changed and all the upcoming changes still to come, it's a good thing I've made extras for myself from the different swaps. I'll definitely have all my Christmas cards done when it will actually be time to send them out.

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ATC / Barnyard Animals

Catch-up card

This was my ATC submission for this past March. The theme was: Barnyard Animals.

The barn, fence and cow were all raised slightly.

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ATC (Sports)

Catch-up card

This was my ATC submission for last December - "Sports". I popped the golf ball for a 3-D look.

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ATC (Red)

Catch-up card

This was my ATC submission for last October. The theme was "Red". As soon as I know the theme, I knew what I wanted to do...RED HAIR! I looked everywhere for red hair. No one had any, but I was still determined - one way or another to do my red hair idea. What finally worked was DH's "expensive" red spray paint! Wasn't it sweet of him to volunteer it?

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Too Wild??

Catch-up card

I think my wild side was coming out on this one! LOL

The background paper was sitting on my work station and I just had the urge to use it. I knew I had the ribbon and the colors were there. Before things were totally put together, I was looking at it and thought: well I want to use it...I'll call it "My Wild Side". What do you think?

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Sunflower, Happy Birthday

Catch-up card

This sunflower birthday card was made for one of my good friends. Two of her favorite things are: sunflowers and the color - lime green. She was so happy to see two of her favorite things and exactly what she was asking for on her birthday card! She loved it!

The middle of the sunflower is fuzzy as in the real thing. The leaves and sunflowers are also raised.

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Thinking of you

Catch-up card

Here's a sweet thinking of you card for your sweet friends.

I made this while visiting a very good friend. We visited one of her friends who has a shop that's attached to the front of her house. Such a nice lady and to have such great toys to play with while shopping! Does it get any better than that...play and shop all at the same time???

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Thank you

Catch-up card

What can I say but...isn't DSP (Designer Series Paper) just FAB? They're such a help with all the different styles, patterns and textures that are available for creating our cards and with it, its the perfect addition to help bring everything together.

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Christmas scene

I did this card for a Christmas swap over the weekend, I've got 2 more started for myself. Just need to put them all together. Had a little trouble at the beginning, but once the issue was figured out it went smooth sailing. The sleigh and horse were raised for a more 3-D look.

The inside reads: Christmas Is Love, With All The Trimmings. (opposite side) Merry Christmas

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Pup Sympathy

I made this for friends of ours who recently lost their sweet Dixie.

Its a little hard to see as I made the dog black as Dixie was a black mutt. I made the nose the "crusty slick" nose that they sometimes have. The eyes are green.

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Snow Friends

This is my July ATC submission titled: Snowmen. I added Dazzling Diamonds (sparklies) to the snow.

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Thanksgiving (3)

A Season Of Giving is raised.

I think I'm just speechless with this set. LOL