Snowflakes (SC361, TSC1202)

This week's sketch is a clean and simple design. This is also for this week's Twisted Sistahs Challenge which was presented by wannabcre8ive. Shirley asked us to make a card with colored snowflakes on it. The dp scraps all have snowflakes in their designs plus I stamped the little snowflake from "Every Little Bit". The snowman is from "The Jolliest Time of the Year". The base card is Naturals White, the main image panel is Whisper White and the mat is Cherry Cobbler. Thanks for stopping by!!

December 2011 Club Projects

We did an easel card with a calendar on it last year, and everyone loved them. I like to send these as a New Year's greeting. The calendar can sit on people's desks all year. I used "Sense of Time" and stamped the clockwork gears all over the front panel before adding the matted clock. The second hand clock was stamped again, punched out and popped up with a Dimensional. The card stocks are Naturals Ivory and Real Red.

More details on this gift card holder may be found in the post below or just click here. The card stocks are Bravo Burgundy and Whisper White. The "Dasher" stamp was used. These are great for last minute gifts or for those far away. Thanks for stopping by!

Dasher Gift Card Holder (LNS149)

This week's challenge for our Late Night Stampers Yahoo Group is to make a gift card holder. I made a regular A2 card using Bravo Burgundy for the base and mat and Whisper White for the embossed background and main image panel. I used an SU! Border Punch for one side of the mat. I inked up the "Dasher" stamp with Versamark and then with Bravo Burgundy and stamped it on the Whisper White panel. I embossed it with Clear EP. I added the Bravo Burgundy Grosgrain Ribbon and would have added Basic Jewels Rhinestones had this been for a female, but it's going to my grandson who is a teenager.
I had this DCWV dp in my stash, and it matches the Bravo Burgundy very well (IRL). I used that to create the actual holder for the gift card. Everything except for the dp came from Stampin' Up! Thanks for stopping by!!

Christmas Tags

Here's what I've been doing for the past couple of days in between laundry, cooking, cleaning, babysitting, and taking care of my mom. I've been making tags for our Christmas gift packages. I bought some 3-D stickers at WalMart for $1.50 a package. Each package contained from 5 to 7 stickers. They are made from chip board and have foam dots between layers. I just cut my SU! card stock with various dies or punched out the smaller ones with the Large and Small Tag Punches. I used SU!'s Gold Cord for the ties so I can easily tie them to the bows on my packages. The backs have white paper on them. I recycled the papers that came in my boxes of catalogs. This was a fun project, and I know everyone will enjoy their gifts even more with these home made tags on them. Thanks for stopping by!

CASEing Queen Dawn (QFTD88)

This week's Queen for the Day is DawnL. Dawn has lots of beautiful cards in her gallery done with Our Daily Bread Designs products. I happen to have some of the same stamps because I won a $15 prize, plus a wonderful online friend gave me a gift certificate for ODBD. I CASEd her SC323 This is the Day card. I used the same stamps and Spellbinders die, but I changed the layout so that it wouldn't be the same as the sketch, and I changed the orientation. She used Copics to color her daffodils, but I used Water Color Pencils and a Blender Pen with baby oil. I stamped the frame with Pretty In Pink and sponged the outside of the die cut piece with Barely Banana (retired). I used the same MS punches, but I also used SU!'s Scallop Border Punch on the Whisper White piece (second piece in the layered strip). The plaid paper is KMA Perky Plaids and the third layer in the strip is from DCWV. The die cut piece is popped up on Dimensionals. Thanks for stopping by!!

For Neil (MMTPT173)

For this week's Teapot Tuesday Challenge, we will be sending cards to a man in Canada who was in a motorcycle accident that left him a quadriplegic. Although he will never ride again, he still loves motorcycles. I used Tempting Turquoise, Basic Black and Whisper White card stocks along with a piece of silver metal sheet which I embossed with the CB Diamond Plate EF. I punched the gears out of Brushed Silver card stock with the Gear Punch. The image is SU!'s "Motorcycle" single stamp, and it was stamped with Black Stazon and colored with Tempting Turquoise Marker and Silver Zig Painty. This card makes me think of Tim Allen and his manly growl! LOL! Thanks for stopping by!

Non-Traditional Christmas (CAS145, LNS148)

The Clean and Simple challenge is a Christmas/Winter theme. The Late Night Stampers (Yahoo Group) challenge is Non-Traditional colors on a Christmas card. I used the Designer Frames Impressions Folder on Whisper White to create the frame. I matted the white panel on Basic Black and the base card is Pool Party. I used "Pennant Parade" for the tree using Pool Party ink and punched it out with the Pennant Punch. It's popped up with a Dimensional over the little pot that was stamped with Black Stazon. The sentiment, also from "Pennant Parade", was stamped with Pool Party ink and punched out with the Tiny Tags Punch. I used a Basic Jewels Rhinestone on the end of the tag for a tree topper. Everything used to make this card is from Stampin' Up! Thanks for stopping by!!

CASEing Queen Carol (QFTD87)

Well, I did last week's Queen for the Day Challenge, so now I'm doing this week's. Our queen for this week is BobbiesGirl. Carol has a lot of very artsy cards in her beautiful gallery, and I chose to CASE this one. If you clicked on the link, you'll know what I mean about artsy. Mine is kind of plain after you look at her beautiful card. Her pressed flowers are just gorgeous. I used Naturals Ivory for the base card and the Top Note. I sponged the Top Note with Chocolate Chip. I used the Beautiful Wings Sizzlit and cut the butterfly out of Tangerine Tango and then sponge it with Chocolate Chip as well. The flowers are from Simply Soft, the ribbon is 1/8" Vanilla and the pearl on the butterfly is from the Basic Pearls collection. The Top Note is popped up on Dimensionals. Everything used to make this card came from Stampin' Up! Thanks again for stopping by!!!

CASEing Queen Karen (QFTD86)

Last week's Queen for the Day was Karen B. Barber. Now, Karen is my stampin' hero, so I couldn't let the chance pass me by to CASE one of her beautiful cards. I know I'm over a week late, and she's already passed on her crown, but I've been trying to get to this all week, but babysitting a toddler can cramp your style sometimes. Anyway, HERE is Karen's card that I CASEd. I just changed the colors, embossing folder and the sentiment (same set though). Also, I don't have a circle die, so I used my Coluzzle. I do have the Scallop Circle Die though. This card is 5-1/8" square. The base and embossed circle are Blushing Bride. The square embossed panel is Very Vanilla. I used the Petals-a-Plenty folder to emboss both panels. The scallop circle is Pear Pizzazz. I used Blushing Bride and Pear Pizzazz ink pads and Markers. My ribbon is Pretty in Pink Wide Striped ribbon. I did a lot of fussy cutting and used a lot of Basic Pearls on this one. Everything used here is from Stampin' Up! Thanks for stopping by! Maybe I'll get to THIS week's QFTD Challenge today as well. After all, my grand daughter isn't here! LOL!

Thanks (SUO32)

This is for the SUO Challenge (Stampin' Up! Only). The challenge is called "Thankful", and we were to make a card to express our thankfulness for anything or anyone. I have a friend who has been very supportive during some trying times, so I will send this card to her. I went out of my comfort zone with this color combo which I found on the Baja Breeze card in my Color Coach. Baja Breeze, Cherry Cobbler and More Mustard; interesting. I used Cherry Cobbler for the base card and for the ink for the sentiment from "Perfect Punches". The DSP is from the retired Greenhouse Gala. I used "Fabulous Florets" for the flowers and leaves because they look very similar to the flowers on the DSP. I stamped with More Mustard and cut them out. The sentiment panel was punched out with the Scallop Oval Punch and the die cut piece behind it was done with the Lots Of Tags Label 2 Sizzlit. I used several Dimensionals to pop up everything and made a "Mary Brown" bow with Baja Breeze Ribbon Seam Binding using a Round Ice Brad. I think I should have stamped the sentiment with Baja Breeze and used Cherry Cobbler for the die cut piece. Maybe next time. Thanks for stopping by!!

Peace (TSC1118)

The Twisted Sistahs Challenge for this week was presented by Brat Cards. Terri asked us to make a card with white, green and silver and/or diamond gems. I used Garden Green for the base card and Whisper White for the Top Note piece. I used "Lovely as a Tree" and "Four the Holidays" stamps and embossed with Silver EP. I added the silver metallic bow because it looked too plain. Thanks for stopping by!!

November 2011 Stamp Camp

I surfed the net to get ideas for my next stamp camp which is going to be on Friday. I have to get busy! This is a CASE of Erica Cerwin's lovely "Oldie but a Goodie" (Color combo) card. I just loved this design! I used Naturals White for the base card with a layer of Brights DSP (Pacific Point). Then I used Whisper White, Bashful Blue, Marina Mist and Pacific Point for the squares and circles. The snowflakes were stamped with Pacific Point ink and are from "Every Little Bit". I wrapped Silver Cord around twice and tied it in a bow. Thanks, Erica, for the inspiration!! Oh, I will add the rest of the Stamp Camp projects as I get to them.

ETA: Project #2

This card is made with traditional Christmas colors of Glorious Green (retired), Real Red and Whisper White. The center package is from last year's Christmas Specialty Paper. I punched out the packages with a 1-1/4" Square Punch and then trimmed off about 1/8" off the bottom. I also embossed the red and the green packages with the new Stripes EF. The Snowburst EF was used for the background layer. The bows were made with the Triple Layer Blossoms Punch out of Brushed Gold card stock. The tree is from "Season of Joy". Everything except the Nesties is from Stampin' Up!

ETA: Project #3

I used Baja Breeze for the base card and scallop oval. The background layer is Crumb Cake stamped with Chocolate Chip using the Woodgrain background stamp. The main image and sentiment panels are Naturals Ivory. The image from "Tidings of Joy" was stamped with Black Stazon and water colored with the Crayons and Aqua Painter. The ribbon is Baja Breeze 1/8" Ribbon. Again, everything except the Nesties is from Stampin' Up!

ETA: Project #4

This is not a card, but it's very simple. I used recycled packing paper from my SU! orders, straightened it out (ironed some of it), and then I cut it to 7" X 9" pieces to wrap a package of popcorn. I saw something like this from someone in my Yahoo Group. Hers was more detailed. I cut some DSP to 2" X 9" strips and then some Whisper White to 3-1/2" X 9" strips. I punched the white with the Eyelet Border Punch, added the DSP strip to the punched white strip and wrapped them around the bag. I used the "Got Merry?" gingerbread man from "Got Treats" and colored him with markers before stamping on white. I punched that out with the 1-3/4" Circle Punch and die cut the scalloped circle out of Real Red. Everything used here except the Scallop Circle Nestie came from Stampin' Up!

ETA: Project #5

Project #5 is the card I did for the last Sketch Challenge. I posted it here. I know everyone will like doing that one.

That's it for the next stamp camp. Now, all I have to do is cut everything out which I will do tomorrow because I won't be babysitting my grand daughter. You can't get anything like that done when you have a toddler around! Thanks for stopping by!!

Thanksgiving (TSC1111)

What is Thanksgiving without pumpkins? We'd have no Pumpkin Pie, no Pumpkin Bread, no Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars, no Pumpkin Pecan Cake, and the list goes on! This card is for the Twisted Sistahs Challenge which was presented by Pat Smethers. Pat asked us to make a Thanksgiving themed card with eleven punched "thangs" on it, in honor of it being 11/11/11. I punched nine Small Ovals and two leaves. The Fanciful Flourish is a metal die. The sentiment panel was also cut with a Nestie and then cut again to make it the right size. The dp is from a DCWV Fall Stack, and the base card is Soft Suede. Thanks for stopping by!!

Praying

I was just notified this morning by email that one of our SCS friends is having some health issues with her hands. This lady was one of the first people I ever communicated with on SCS, and she was very kind to me as I was a newbie back then. We were asked to just get a card out of our stash to send it to her for encouragement and Get Well Wishes. I just didn't think I had an appropriate card in my stash, so I made this one. It was quick to make. The Lavender Lace oval was already cut because I had cut out a hole in a tissue box cover and kept the cut out piece. I just had to cut out the scallop oval. I embossed the "Praying Hands" (unknown origin, possibly Dollar Tree) image with Gold Embossing Powder. The background paper was in my stash. I think it came from WalMart several years ago in a big tablet I got from my kids for Christmas. The base card is Naturals White. The flowers are from Shabby Chic and came from Dollar Tree. The leaves and fern were punched with Martha Stewart punches. The whole main image panel was popped up with Dimensionals. Thanks for stopping by!!

Merry Polar Bear (SC358)

I like this week's Sketch Challenge so much that I might use it for my stamp camp next week. I tried to follow Jojot's sample fairly closely. My oval is larger and my sentiment smaller, but I did the paper piercing and used the same border punch. I had something else in mind for my ribbon treatment, but it didn't work out, so I just crossed the ribbon ends and taped them down. The base card is Marina Mist with an embossed layer of Whisper White. The DSP is Frostwood Lodge from the Holiday Mini. The bear is from "Polar Party" and the sentiment is from "Short & Sweet". I used the new Dazzling Details on his hat and for snow on the ground. Everything is from Stampin' Up! except the Nesties and the border punch. Thanks for stopping by!!

Diva Kitty (MMTPT171)

We were to bring cats and/or bling to this tea party. This stamp was given to me a long time ago, and I don't know the name of it. It was in a CD case with a couple of other kitties and the sentiment shown. This is a 5-3/8" square card. The base card is Cherry Cobbler with a layer of Brushed Gold and then the Whisper White main image panel. There are Basic Jewel rhinestones in the corners and on her collar. There's a red stone hanging from the collar and there's even bling in her eyes! Now, I have to go see where I'm supposed to send this card. Thanks again for stopping by!

Tissue Box Cover 1 of 4 more

I just have four more birthdays of secret sisters this year. They're all next month. This is the first of my final four tissue box covers. I've been making them for all of the secret sisters in our program at church. I'm the Secret Angel, so I am the only one who knows who they all are. I look up on their information sheet to find out what colors they have in one of their bathrooms. This lady said she has purple/lavender in one bathroom. I used the retired Lavender Lace card stock plus Whisper White. The flower on the top was made per instructions I found on Valita's blog, "Valita's Designs and Fresh Folds". The flowers on the sides were from "Fabulous Florets". Thanks for stopping by!!

Moments (CAS143)

The Clean and Simple Challenge for this week is a sketch by stagccva. VERY simple. I used a Wild Wasabi base card and Naturals Ivory for the main image panel. I stamped the flowers from "Elements of Style" in Wild Wasabi ink and rubbed the whole panel over the ink pad to kind of distress the edges like she did. I used gold embossing powder to emboss the sentiment. That's it! Everything used to make this card is from Stampin' Up! Thanks for stopping by!!

Jolly Santa (TSC1104)

Our Twisted Sistahs Challenge for this week is actually not due till tomorrow, but I might be too busy then, so I made my card now. The challenge was presented by irishgreensue. Greenie asked us to make a boy card and use at least two punches. I re-created one of the cards from my last stamp camp. This time I used Marina Mist for the base card, Frostwood Lodge DSP (love those plaids for Christmas!), Cherry Cobbler for the red and Whisper White. I used Petals-a-Plenty, Elegant Lines and Snowburst EF's. The punches used here were Wide Oval, Large Oval, Ornament, Bird Builder and 1/4" Circle. Everything except the little pom-pom on Santa's hat is from Stampin' Up! Thanks for stopping by!!!

Mosaic (MMTPT170, SC357)

I had to combine challenges, but at least I made a card. The Teapot Tuesday Challenge was to make a mosaic and/or use flowers and pearls. I did both. I used this week's sketch for the layout. The "tiles" are 3/4" squares stamped with "Tiny Tags" flowers. The center rectangle was embossed with Tiny Mosaics CB EF. I added Pretty in Pink Satin Ribbon for the horizontal strip. The flower and leaves are from Mike's and the die cut piece is a CB die that is lightly sponged with pearls added. Thanks for stopping by!