Grammy's Attic: Gina Marie Dies

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Thursday, June 1, 2023

Night Owl

Guess what? The QKR Stampede challenge is back! Although the new store is not yet fully stocked, the challenge is ready for you to join in. We've missed seeing all of you while we were on a break.

As usual, our theme is always "Anything Goes" and our challenges begin on the 1st and 15th of each month. We offer two prizes each challenge; one for those who use either a QKR Stampede or Eureka Stamps digital image (3 image prize) and a second for those who use any other image (2 image prize.)

On my card today, I used a fun image called "Night Time Owl" and I colored him with ProMarkers. I used a die from Gina Marie to cut the image, then inked the edges with a ProMarker. The sentiment was printed and cut with an Avery Elle die. The background dp is from a DCWV stack. The bow is one of my hand-sewn, signature bows, 'dyed' with a marker to get the exact color I wanted.

Colors from My Favorite Things

We're so happy to be back! We really hope you're going to come and play in our challenge these next two weeks. We've missed seeing your creations and visiting your blogs. :-D

Challenges:

Pammie's IP (dp/image/ribbon)

There's a Stamp ...

Happy Crafting. NanaConnie

Friday, April 14, 2023

Just Like Daddy

I have big news! I'm now part of the DT over at Crafty Catz. We have weekly challenges which go live every Friday morning and they are nearly always "Anything Goes" with an optional theme if you choose to use it. Our optional this week is "For a Child."

This is my first post for Crafty Catz and I was lucky enough to get to use an image from our sponsor, Conie Fong. Most of you will know that I'm also on Conie's DT so this is a really delightful card to post and I'll be posting it on the Conie Fong April challenge as well.

This fun image from Conie Fong is called "Just Like Daddy." I colored it with ProMarkers (including the smudge on his t-shirt - typical boy thing, right?), and I cut the image with a Gina Marie die. To cut it as a long, narrow rectangle, I had to cut once, then move the die and cut it a second time. The die I used is actually about half again as wide. That's just a tip for how to make your framing dies more versatile. :-D

I used a blue dp from a Recollections stack and the solid blue CS background has been embossed with my 'Linen' EF. I added a wrap of baker's twine as the finishing touch on this CAS and masculine card.

I based this on the sketch from My Favorite Things.

Challenges:

Creative Fingers

Creative Inspiration

Creative Inspirations

That's all I have for today. Happy Crafting NanaConnie

Saturday, March 18, 2023

Spring Madness

Everyone is talking about March Madness in the midst of the basketball playoffs, but since I rarely follow basketball, I wanted to share a card celebrating simple Spring Madness! Maybe this will hurry it along and get this crazy winter behind us. :-D

This darling bunny is an image drawn by Mariola Budek (I love, love LOVE her images), and I think it's a perfect reflection of how every bunny must feel when spring makes the clover grow and the sky is blue beyond all imagination. I colored the image with some of my new markers by Sanjoki, a brand I'm trying out for comparative purposes with both ProMarkers and Copics. So far, I find them to be comparable in everything but price since the Sanjokis are far more affordable. I have a set of 120 so finding the exact color I want for blending purposes isn't a problem. I'm still adjusting to the brush tips because they seem to be a bit more flexible than Copics and, since I've been a dedicated ProMarker user for nearly a decade now, I need to hone my skills when it comes to brush tips anyway.

Once colored, I cut the image with a Gina Marie die, then layered it onto my card front. I printed and fussy cut the sentiment, added it to the top of the image and called it finished! :-D I think it's cute enough to use for an Easter card. What do you think?

Challenges:

Taylormadecards ...

There's a Stamp ...

That's all I have for today but I have more bunnies and more Easter card to post this week. Easter isn't that far away and I still have several more cards to make for family and friends. See you later and Happy Crafting. NanaConnie

Monday, February 6, 2023

Banner Heart

My card today was really quick to put together. I used one of the images by Jan's Digi Stamps, from their Valentine Wishes set. I printed the image in black and white, then colored the entire thing with red ProMarker.

I cut the image with a Gina Marie die, perfect with the little 'quads' of hearts all around the edges. I used a scrap of Recollections dp for the background and simply by added the image piece on top. Voila' - done in less than 15 minutes!

Happy Crafting. NanaConnie

Sunday, January 1, 2023

Take a Peek !

Here it is, a New Year, and I wish you health, wealth, and happiness throughout 2023!

At QKR Stampede, we're starting another challenge today and it will run through the 14th of the month. We have two challenges per month and they always start on the 1st and the 15th of each month. Our theme is always Anything Goes and we have 2 prizes each month; one for those who use a QKR Stampede (or Eureka Stamps) image and another for those using an image from another company.

My first DT card is for a birthday, and this year I'm determined to have an entire year's worth of birthday cards completed for family and close friends before the first birthdays fall in February. We'll see how that goes. In any case, here's my first one using a sentiment image from QKR Stampede called "Take a Peek."

I used ProMarkers and gel pens to color the sentiment piece then cut it with a Spellbinders rectangle die. I think that set of rectangle dies were the very first dies I ever purchased and they certainly have cut their share of paper and card stock. The cat was cut with a die from Poppy Stamps, and the mice were cut with a Gina Marie die. The papers were scraps from the basket which sits on my desk, collecting left overs.

Challenges:

I hope you'll come and play with us in this challenge. And, if you played with us in December, be sure to check out the new challenge post to see if you're on of our winners or Top 5 DT favorites. Happy Crafting. NanaConnie

Tuesday, December 20, 2022

A Special Noel

I have loved House Mouse stamps since I first discovered them more than a decade ago, I know they had been around for quite a while even back then but I was slow getting to the card making game. I especially love their Christmas images and have several which I use nearly every year. This is one of them.

With my recurring (and somewhat permanent) vision problems, I'm finding new ways to color images. For this one, the stamp was a bit smaller than I needed so I stamped it, photographed it with just the uncolored stamp, then used my photo editing software to enlarge it to a size I could see easily for coloring.

I used ProMarkers to color the image, then photographed it again in order to reduce the size to what I needed for a square card. A time consuming, multi-step process, but it allows me to still enjoy the pleasure of coloring for my card making.

Once the colored image was reduced, I cut it with a Gina Marie die. I made the background for the card using dp scraps (K & Co.) and a CS scrap (DCWV) which I ran through my Linen folder. I cut those diagonally and layered them one on the other, then added the image piece. The metallic ribbon is wired and glittered, and I used it for both the wrap around the card front and for the hand tied bow.

Challenges:

That's it for today but hopefully I'll have another post tomorrow. If not then, perhaps on Friday. Happy Crafting. NanaConnie

Wednesday, November 23, 2022

Q is for Quilt

Ok, finally! The card for Letter "Q" in the 30 Days of Holidays at Beccy's Place is finished ! It took me the best part of 3 days to complete it, with lots of breaks to take care of the respiratory issues, but it's done and I'm so happy.

My "Q"s are: Quilt, Quilted, Quarter card, Quatro fold, and QuicKutz die. My tutorial for the Quatro Fold came from Beccy's Place and it's such a simple one. Thanks, Beccy. :-D

The papers cut for the quilt were all scraps and I used a Gina Marie quilting die. The quilted deer inside is one of Beccy's pre-colored images and it was cut with a QuicKutz die. The card folds to easily fit into an A2 envelope. Here are photos to show you both the front when folded and the inside when open.

Front when Folded

Inside when Opened

Challenges:

12 Months ... Christmas

Happy Crafting. NanaConnie

Friday, October 14, 2022

Happy Haunting

I have 2 posts today; this one celebrating Halloween and my DT card for Conie Fong, which will be posted later this morning. This card features another image from Anji's Antics and I truly believe she has closed her shop since I can't find any current trace of it through my search engine.

The Haunted House image, with spooky eyes glaring from the windows, was colored with ProMarkers and the eyes are colored with gel pens. I used a Gina Marie die to cut the image. The background paper was a scrap from a Recollections stack. The sentiment was printed and fussy cut with scissors.

This is also my Day 14 entry for the
LeighSBDesigns 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop.

Challenges:

Pammie's Inky ...

Happy Crafting. NanaConnie

Monday, October 3, 2022

Sweet Autumn Kitty

This sweet image from Conie Fong is called "Sweet Autumn Kitty" and it's on sale for only $2.00! I used it for one of my DT Inspiration cards this month. I admit I fell in love with the kitty, knew right away it had to be a black cat for Halloween, and started coloring with my water color paints. I was able to use my favorite Halloween colors, black, purple, and orange.

I printed the sentiment with the image and, once I finished coloring, I cut the image with a die from Gina Marie. I layered it onto a black card and did no embellishing at all. I wanted the image and the die cut frame to be the focus of attention.

This is also my Day 3 entry into the

LeighSBDesigns 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop.

Challenges:

4 Season

Double Trouble (all 3)

LeighSB 31 Days ...

Pammie's Inky ...

There's a Stamp ...

Check out our October/November challenge at Conie Fong where you can enter either 'coloring only' or 'completed projects' entries which use Conie Fong images. We'd love to see what you create and you could win some of Conie's fabulously fun images. :-D

Happy Crafting. NanaConnie

Wednesday, February 9, 2022

Bunny Love

One more card which I'm using as a Valentine but which has great general appeal as well. This is an image from Gerda Steiner Designs. I started by coloring the bunnies with ProMarkers, then I fussy cut them and added a hot pink CS mat which is also fussy cut. I used one of my Gina Marie quilt dies to cut 4 different scrap papers from the basket on my desk, then mounted the fussy cut image (using dimensional tape) on top of the quilt design.

I chose a soft pink CS for the background, cut it to size for an A2 card, and wrapped sheer, golden ribbon around it before adding the quilted design and image. I printed and hand cut the sentiment, then tied a bow from some pink lace, adding it above the sheer ribbon.

Challenges:

Colouring in Scrapland

Happy Crafting. NanaConnie

Tuesday, February 8, 2022

Wanna Be Your Valentine

This is one more Valentine as I'm getting ready for a Valentine themed vendor event on Saturday. I used an older image from Lemon Shortbread. I colored it with my ProMarkers, and added tiny, die cut, red hearts to the stars to make it feel more like a Valentine. The sentiment was printed at the same time as the image. I cut the image piece with a pinpoint, rectangle die from Memory Box.

The framing piece was cut from some Neenah Products dp using a Gina Marie die. The tiny hearts I used on the stars were the bits which fell out of the die cut. I’ve had the Neenah papers for at least 5 years! Everything was put onto a deep burgundy card base.

I used one of my signature, hand-sewn bows which I make up by the dozens and toss into my stash for future use. I have come to the point where I only make them from white satin ribbon and then I use markers to "dye" them the colors I want for a particular card.

Challenges:

Art Impressions

Creative Inspirations

Taylormade ...

Happy Crafting. NanaConnie

Monday, February 7, 2022

Valentine Wishes

We've started another new challenge at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and since we're back to the first Monday of the month, our theme is "Anything Goes." Our wonderful sponsor this week is Lawn Fawn. On my card, although it's rather simple, I've used Lawn Fawn papers.

The background paper was trimmed to fit a 6" x 6" card, and then I began playing with the dies. I used scrap pieces of Lawn Fawn paper for both the butterfly cut and for the sentiment paper. The paper for the sentiment was cut with a Gina Marie framing die, filled with tiny hearts. The butterfly corner was done with a die from Memory Box and I carefully put back in place all the little bits which are intended to fall out. There were a few which went astray but I simply used a black marker to fill in those open spaces in the butterfly wings. The deep pink ribbon came from my stash and was an end-of-the-roll scrap.

This is a pretty CAS card made to look complex with the die cut. But look at all that open space! :-D

Challenges:

Art Impressions

Aud Sentiments

Creative Inspirations

It would be great if you'd come play with us this week! We really look forward to seeing what you have to share. Happy Crafting. NanaConnie

Tuesday, November 23, 2021

Quilted Christmas

It's time for the dreaded "Q" day at 30 Days of Holidays - Beccy's Place and I'm doing another "Quilt" theme. Last year, I used an image of a quilted stuffed animal for this card but this year I decided on the spice-filled mitten, one of Beccy's images, and a Quilt die from Gina Marie to make the background.

I have a crafting friend who loves making quilts (as did I for many years) and she has even made quilt-pattern stencils for her scrapbooking. I don't have that kind of patience and would much rather use a die (especially since I only have less than half a dozen stencils in my entire collection!)

I cut two different colors of CS, plus two different scraps of Christmas dp which I had in my stash. Unfortunately, one of those scraps was only big enough for a single cut and I needed a total of three full die cuts of each dp to complete the background. Consequently, the left side of the card has more of the lighter dp in places where I would have used the darker dp if I'd had enough of it. Sigh...

The image was cut with a QuicKutz die and layered onto the quilt. I added a hand tied bow made from lace and wrapped with satin ribbon in the middle.

Challenges:

As You Like It

Christmas Kickstart

Crafty Creations

Creative Inspirations

Digi Choosday

Outlawz Festive Fri

TTCRD

We're getting close to the end of the 30 Days challenge and I still haven't done all the letters of the alphabet but I keep plugging away. I'll get as many of them as possible before the daily challenges close including the 4 with no alphabetical letter to follow. Beccy gives us the theme for those as we go along so it could be anything.

In view of playing catch up, I'll have a second post later today nd I hope you'll stop by to see that one, too. :-D Happy Crafting. NanaConnie

Monday, September 13, 2021

Mousers (Meow-sers) on the Hunt

When I saw these two adorable felines over at Kinda Cute, this card idea popped into my head instantly! So I decided to use them for the monthly progressive challenge on their FB page. :-D

I colored them with my ProMarkers and cut the image with a die from Dare 2B Artzy. I cut another circle with a smaller die from that same set and added the two, tiny, mice cut with Gina Marie dies. The background dp was a left over from a large piece of scrapbook paper which has been in my stash for longer than I can remember and it was definitely time to use it. I printed and then cut the sentiment with an Avery Elle die.

What looks like a strip of polka dot ribbon is actually washi tape, but I used 1/16" satin ribbon to tie the double bow.

Challenges:

That's all for today. Happy Crafting. NanaConnie

Thursday, August 26, 2021

Hard Days Knight

We're starting a new weekly challenge over at Creative Knockouts and our theme this week is "Funny Cards." Our fun sponsor is Dr. Digi and they provided images for the DT to use on our sample cards. I used an mage called "Hard Days Knight" and I think the brief, one-word sentiment says it all. :-D You do need to look closely and check out the knight's lance. The poor dragon can't even read his morning newspaper in peace. I'm sure the knight was trying to impress a fair lady but I doubt he succeeded.

I colored with my ProMarkers, then cut the image with a Gina Marie die. I used my Linen EF on the blue, CS background and found a scrap of starry night dp in the basket. The addition of sparkle twine was all the card needed to look finished.

Challenges:

Crafty Sentiments

Colouring in Scrapland

That's all for today. Edited to add: I'm still suffering from the after effects of my second COVID vaccine (but marginally better - the nausea has stopped) so I'm squirreled away under the sheets for at least another day or two.

Happy Crafting. NanaConnie

Friday, August 13, 2021

Best Friend's Birthday

Today I'm sharing another card which features a Mariola Budek image. She has become one of my favorite artists. :-D It doesn't hurt my feelings any when those images have adorable kittens in them.

This image is in gray scale which makes coloring it an absolute dream! I used ProMarkers and pencils, then cut the image with a Gina Marie die. The background is made from scraps that were in the basket of pieces to be either used or tossed and, since the basket was getting full to overflowing, many were going to be tossed.

The dark green CS was dry embossed with my "linen" EF. The lighter green piece was cut with a Memory Box die, used to add a bit of texture from the stitching. The butterflies were cut with the edge of a Spellbinders die and the little cat at the bottom was cut with a Cheery Lynn die. It's amazing what you can get out of few bits of scrap paper, isn't it?

The sentiment piece is nothing more than some left over (and rescued) table confetti from a birthday party 3 years ago.

Challenges:

Butterfly (Russian green)

Hope you enjoyed seeing this card as much as I enjoyed making it. :-D Happy Crafting. NanaConnie

Tuesday, August 3, 2021

Driving Your Enemies Crazy

Here it is, time for another new challenge at Paper Funday. Our theme this month is "Cute Critters" and we have two delightful sponsors: Eureka Stamps and Polkadoodles Stamps. I used an image from Eureka Stamps called "Leaning Cat." Isn't that smile fantastic?

Did you know that next Sunday, August 8, is International Cat Day? My cats are already planning the biggest party of the year, with cans of tuna and packets of fishy treats included! lol While I am truly an animal person, I tend to make many more cat than dog cards and I think it's because they come in such a wide variety of colors. I know this one is pretty simple in his black fur with pink nose and mouth, but I love coloring calicos and tabby cats! Who ever saw a calico dog? lol

Colored with ProMarkers and white gel pen, then cut with a QuicKutz square die. The die cut CS piece behind the image was cut with a die from Gina Marie. The satin ribbons are both from Really Reasonable Ribbon and I added flower/sequin to the hand-tied bow. I really love how the black and pink color combo worked out.

What I love most about this card is that everything on it (including the CS on which the image was printed) was put together all from scraps. Even the flower bit inside the sequin on the bow was a leftover from punched holographic CS! The bow was tied from a scrap bit of ribbon and the ribbon 'wrap' around the card front was a scrap barely long enough to tuck behind the image piece. If you notice the pink die cut piece has a flat edge because the scrap wasn't big enough to fill the entire die.

I used sketch #554 from Sketch Saturday,

turned to better utilize the shape of my image and die cut.

Challenges:

I hope your week is going well and that you're looking forward to the weekend. Hopefully, you'll have lots of "me" time and then you can craft up a card with a cute critter and enter it into our challenge. :-D Happy Crafting. NanaConnie

Tuesday, June 22, 2021

Fairies & Ladybugs

I'm playing around today with two things I've not done for a long while: a bendi card and a mini (4' x 4") card, combined into one. The image was only about 2" x 2.5" which made coloring it a major task in itself. :-D

I colored with ProMarkers and water color pencils, then used a Gina Marie die to cut the image. I used a Spellbinders curved border die to cut the two flaps of the bendi card which tuck in. The sentiment was cut with an Avery Elle die. I used a ProMarker to ink the edges of both the bendi flaps and the sentiment.

The cute image is from Bugaboo Stamps. I used the color board #449 at Color Dare and chose blue and brown in addition to the required purple. Note that the fairy's skin was colored with a 'Praline Brown' marker.

Challenges:

That's it for today and probably for tomorrow, too, but I'll be back with a new post on Thursday so check back then. Happy Crafting. NanaConnie

Tuesday, June 1, 2021

Thinking of Dad

Lots of news in this post! I've joined the DT at Paper Funday after playing in their challenges since Day 1! The monthly challenge always starts on the first Wednesday of the month (11 p.m. on the first Tuesday night if you are in my time zone out here on the West Coast - USA) and our theme is always "Anything Goes" but there's always an Optional Twist. This month we have two marvelous sponsors, Colour of Love and Jan's Digi Stamps, and our optional twist is "Sparkle/ Shine."

I'm using an image from Jan's Digi Stamps and it can be found in the #1 Dad set. If my dad was still living, this is the card I would have done just for him. He was the dad who always had time for his family and was happiest when he could share time and hobbies with his kids. Thanks, Dad, and I still miss you after all these years.

Colored w ProMarkers

Image and dark background cut w Gina Marie dies

Gold 'leather' paper cut w Die-namics

Shiny brown CS from Recollections

Sentiment cut w Gina Marie die

Gold paper was a scrap

Challenges:

Addicted to Stamps ...

Come play with us this month. It's "Anything Goes" but you can use the "Sparkle/ Shine" twist if you so choose. Hope to see you there. NanaConnie

Graduating Bear

I need to begin with an apology. I had prepared this post, pre-scheduled it to go live at the proper time and the entire post just disappeared! It didn't revert to a draft - it simply disappeared altogether. I have no idea what happened but I'm betting on yet another Blogger glitch. Sigh...

In any case, this is my second post of the day and I'm sharing my DT card for QKR Stampede. I used this sweet Graduating Bear image to make a card for my youngest grandson who leaves the world of middle school and next fall starts high school. How did that happen? It's not possible that he's old enough for that!

Just a quick update - back in January I undertook a personal challenge to not purchase or use any new products that entire month and to use only things already in my stash of craft supplies. Not only did I manage to do that successfully in January, I have continued to do that each month since then and this card is another made only from things in my stash. I haven't purchased any new supplies since late last fall ! I had no idea my stash was that large. lol

Colored w ProMarkers

Cut w Gina Marie die

Sentiment cut w Gina Marie die

Linen EF on card base

Black CS is a scrap

Jute cord and blue fiber twine

Challenges:

Addicted to Stamps ...

Lil Patch of ...

Happy Crafting and come play with us! NanaConnie

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