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Floral Scraps

Today's card is being featured at my Patterned Paper Extravaganza class. I love finding new ways to use up paper scraps laying around. For this card, I created a variety of banners from the dsp and adhered them to an embossed piece of cardstock. From there, it was just a matter of adding some coordinating ribbon and a sentiment.

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  • Stamps: Dragonfly Dreams
  • Inks: Blackberry Bliss (retired)
  • Cardstock: Wildflower Fields DSP (retired); Calypso Coral; Crushed Curry; Basic Black
  • Accessories: Blackberry Bliss Ribbon (retired)
  • Tools: Petal Burst Embossing Folder; Triple Banner Punch; Washi Tape Punch (retired)
tags: Embossing Folder, ribbon, Dragonfly Dreams, Wildflower Fields DSP
categories: Birthday Cards
Wednesday 02.28.18
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

October and November 2017 Memory Planner Pages

I finally got around to finishing out my 2017 Memory Planner pages. I didn't do December as I put December's photos into my large Family Project Life album. To help complete this project, I kept my decorations and embellishments simple.

October:

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November

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And with that, my 2017 Memory Planner is complete! Next week I'll be posting my January 2018 spreads and how I've changed up the process this year.

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categories: Memory Planner
Tuesday 02.27.18
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

The Four Seasons

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card featuring the theme "Back to Nature." I'm so glad I had a few more stamped images from Sheltering Tree hanging out in my scrap box. I created a four seasons panel by adhering my stamped images to a piece of Crumb Cake. From there, I added it to a piece of DSP. Finally, I added some ribbon and sentiment tag. 

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  • Stamps: Sheltering Tree
  • Inks: Crumb Cake; Wild Wasabi; Basic Black; Soft Sky; Blushing Bride; Real Red; Pumpkin Pie
  • Cardstock: Petal Garden DSP; Crumb Cake; Whisper White
  • Accessories: Shimmer Ribbon Pack (Bermuda Bay)
  • Tools: 
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tags: Sheltering Tree, Petal Garden DSP, ribbon
categories: Misc- Cards
Monday 02.26.18
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

Unicorn in the Clouds

Today's card was inspired by one of my stamp club ladies. She wanted something sparkly, so I made her a sparkly unicorn card! I colored the piece of iridescent glimmer paper with the use of Pool Party reinker. This takes awhile to dray, but basically you can make this piece of glimmer paper any color you want! From there, we stamped, colored, and cut a fun unicorn and put her frolicking in the clouds. I finished the card with a great sentiment and some rhinestones.

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  • Stamps: Magical Day; Sunshine and Rainbows
  • Inks: Island Indigo; Basic Gray; Daffodil Delight; various Blends
  • Cardstock: Myths and Magic Glimmer Paper (Iridescent); Daffodil Delight; Pool Party; Whisper White
  • Accessories: Rhinestones
  • Tools: Magical Mates Framelits; Rainbow Builder Framelits
tags: Magical Day, Sunshine and Rainbows, Iridescent Glimmer Paper
categories: Misc- Cards
Friday 02.23.18
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

December Daily 2017 - Part 2

And here's the second half of my December Daily pages from last year...

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tags: December Daily
categories: Project Life
Thursday 02.22.18
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

Coffee Cups for You

Today's card is being featured at my birthday cards class. I loved the idea of repeating shapes and so I modified the idea for a birthday card. I die cut a ton of small coffee cups from the awesomely bright Picture Perfect Party DSP stack and created my focal grid. From there it was just a matter of adding some texture via embossing folder and a nice birthday sentiment. 

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  • Stamps: Picture Perfect Birthday
  • Inks: Berry Burst
  • Cardstock: Picture Perfect Party DSP; Lemon Lime Twist; Bermuda Bay; Basic Black; Whisper White; Myths and Magic Glimmer Paper (Lemon Lime Twist)
  • Accessories:
  • Tools: Simple Stripes Embossing Folder; Stitched Shapes Framelits; Coffee Cups Framelits
tags: Picture Perfect Party DSP, Picture Perfect Birthday, Embossing Folder, Lemon Lime Twist Glimmer Paper
categories: Birthday Cards
Wednesday 02.21.18
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

December Daily 2017 - Part 1

Finally I finished my 2017 December Daily pages! I decided once again to not do a separate album, but include special pages in my family Project Life album. For this year, I used Stampin' Up and Project Life's collaboration card set from last year. I hoarded all these card sets, but forced myself to actually use the sets soon. Beyond the journalling cards, I kept my embellishments fairly simple. 

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tags: December Daily
categories: Project Life
Tuesday 02.20.18
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

Mermaid in the Sea

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a shaker card. I immediately knew that I wanted to make a fun mermaid in the sea shaker card! I took a piece of DSP that reminded me of the sea and stamped on a few bubbles and seahorses. From there I stamped, colored, and die cut my mermaid. I propped her up on dimensionally and added a ton of sequins. I kept my overall piece simple with a piece of patterned paper, a sentiment, and a few sequins for embellishments. 

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  • Stamps: Magical Day
  • Inks: Island Indigo; Basic Black; Rich Razzleberry Blends; Pumpkin Pie Blends; Ivory Blends
  • Cardstock: Myths and Magic DSP; Naturally Eclectic DSP; Soft Sky; Island Indigo; Whisper White
  • Accessories: Silver sequins; Bermuda Bay sequins; random sequins
  • Tools: Magical Mates Framelits; Layering Cirlces Framelits
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tags: Magical Day, Naturally Eclectic DSP, Myths and Magic DSP, sequins, shaker
categories: Misc- Cards
Monday 02.19.18
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
Comments: 1
 

Wintery Tree

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a Winter Blues card. I'm grateful to live in the San Francisco Bay Area where the temperature rarely goes below 50 degrees. That said, I grew up in Indiana and know what it's like to live through winter. For this card, I stamped a common sight in winter, a bare tree, and added some fun color swooshes. I layered my stamped image onto some coordinating cardstock and them embossed a piece of Whisper White. A simple, but nice card for today.

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  • Stamps: Sheltering Tree
  • Inks: Basic Black; Tempting Turquoise; Wild Wasabi
  • Cardstock: Pacific Point; Marina Mist; Whisper White
  • Accessories: 
  • Tools: Softly Falling Embossing Folder
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tags: Sheltering Tree, Embossing Folder, Softly Falling Emboss
categories: Misc- Cards
Friday 02.16.18
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
Comments: 1
 

Repeating Hearts

Today's card is another featured card at my Pattern Paper class. I love the idea of repeating shapes on a cards. For this one, I pulled a ton of coordinating purple papers and started punching out hearts. After adding those, I picked some coordinating ribbon and added a cute tag for a sentiment. 

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  • Stamps: Happy Happenings (retired)
  • Inks: Rich Razzleberry
  • Cardstock: 2016-2018 In Color DSP (retired); Petals and Paisleys DSP (retired); Pop of Pink DSP (retired); Rich Razzleberry; Whisper White; Random scraps
  • Accessories: Glitter Enamel Shapes; Sweet Sugarplum Ribbon (retired); Blackberry Bliss Ribbon (retired)
  • Tools: Sweetheart Punch; Scallop Tag Topper Punch; small heart punch
tags: Happy Happenings, 2016-2018 In Color DSP, Petals & Paisleys DSP, Pop of Pink DSP, ribbon, Enamel Shapes
categories: Misc- Cards
Wednesday 02.14.18
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 
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