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!

November 2011 Club Projects

The two projects that we will be making this Thursday are fall cards. First, we will make an easel card using the "Warmest of Wishes" wreath and a retired sentiment. The wreath was colored with Markers, sponged and popped up on Dimensionals. The sentiment panel is also popped up to hold up the easel. The Well Worn DSP was used for a background for the wreath. This is a very simple card because the next project will take more time.
Our other project uses Well Worn DSP again. We will color with Water Color Wonder Crayons and Aqua Painters. I CASEd this idea from Karen B. Barber who is my stampin' hero. Her card is here. I did the sentiment panel slightly different, used a different button, no distressing and no faux stitching. I also used raffia instead of ribbon and Soft Suede instead of Early Espresso. I think everyone will enjoy making these two projects. Thanks for stopping by!!

Fall Wreath (CAS142)

The Clean and Simple Challenge for this week is a color challenge. The colors are Ivory, Chocolate and Red. I used Naturals Ivory card stock for the door and the wreath. I used Real Red and Chocolate Chip Markers to color the wreath stamp from the hostess set in the Holiday Mini, "Warmest of Wishes." I used the large Scallop Circle Punch and the 1-1/4" Circle Punch to create the wreath and a gold brad for the door knob. The wreath was lightly sponged and then popped up on Dimensionals. Thanks for stopping by!!

Grateful (TSC1028)

This week, Shirley (wannabcre8ive) presented the challenge on Tater's behalf because Tate has been ill. She challenged us to make a one-layer card and not to use any pink. The card is 4.25" square Naturals Ivory card stock. I used the Simply Scored board and stylus to create the embossed frame, stamped the image from "Always Thankful" and colored it using Water Color Wonder Crayons and an Aqua Painter. Everything used to make this card is from Stampin' Up! Thanks for stopping by!!!

Baby Kong (MMTPT169)

I haven't been able to participate in may challenges lately, but I sure wanted to join the tea party this week. It's all about King Kong. We were to bring things that King Kong might like. Well, meet Baby Kong. We are raising him on tea and cookies. Here he is hugging his Teddy Bear. You know how you get those emails every once in a while with adorable photos of baby animals? Well, I got one yesterday, and I thought this one was perfect for the challenge, so I saved it and printed it on card stock. The tea cups are from "Morning Cup" and really are shiny with Crystal Effects. The sentiment is from "Teeny Tiny Wishes". Thanks for stopping by!!!

Fall Leaf (CAS141)

A sketch by PH in VA was what we were to follow for today's Clean and Simple Challenge. I haven't been able to participate in many challenges lately, but I liked this sketch and just knew it wouldn't take much time at all to create a card following this sketch. I used Tangerine Tango for the base card and an unknown DSP for the vertical strips (It has two sides, so I suspect it's an old SU! paper.). The leaf from "Lovely as a Tree" was stamped on So Saffron with Black Stazon and sponged with Chocolate Chip after cutting it out. The sentiment is from "Grateful Greetings". Thanks for stopping by!

Frankie (C4C110, CCEE1142)

First of all, my camera seems to have washed out the green face and hand, so you'll have to use your imagination on that. This is for two challenges. The Crazy 4 Challenges challenge is to make a clean and simple card for fall, and the CCEE Stampers Challenge is to make a fall card, too. I chose to go with a Halloween theme. This took no time at all to make, too. I just scored a frame with my Simply Scored board, added the paper rick-rack, die cut Frank and stamped the sentiment from "Smarty Pants". I think it's a cute Halloween card to send to my grand kids. Thanks for stopping by!!!

Candy-cane Christmas (TSC1021)

Consider this one to be Friday's post since I'm not sure I'll get to post again for a while. I always do the Twisted Sistahs Challenge though, especially since this week, I presented it!!! I asked everyone to follow the sketch I found on PageMaps.com. It's the horizontal sketch at the bottom right with the birdie on it. I told them they didn't have to use a birdie though. I used a die cut candy cane with holly. It's a Sizzlit I haven't used yet. I embossed the top Real Red portion with the "Petals-a-Plenty" folder from last year. The bottom is DSP from last year which I thought went well with my die cut piece. The sentiment is from "All Holidays" and is stamped with Real Red ink. I used the Real Red Marker on the candy cane. I ran that Sizzlit through the Big Shot three times to get the white, red and green pieces. The final touch is the Real Red Satin Ribbon tied into a bow. Thanks again for stopping by!!!

Pumpkin Girl (TSC1014, SUO29)

Our Twisted Sistahs Challenge for this week was presented by Sillyfilly. Sylvia asked us to make a fall card with something metallic on it. I used retired Pumpkin Pie brads on mine. The image is from "Greeting Card Kids" and the leaves are from "Lovely as a Tree". I used Water Color Crayons and an Aqua Painter to water color the main image. The base is Pumpkin Pie, the main image was stamped on Naturals Ivory with Black Stazon, and the leaves were stamped on More Mustard with Early Espresso ink. The mat behind the main image is also Early Espresso. The DSP is retired and so is the Felt Ribbon. I used the Pinked Hearts Border Punch on one side of the main image panel. This is also for the SU Only Challenge #29. Everything used to make this card is from Stampin' Up! Thanks for stopping by!

I know I haven't been posting a lot lately, but I'm care giver for my 96 year old mother with Alzheimer's. She was in the hospital last week and is not doing so well. She requires much more attention than she used to, so I've been very busy tending to her needs. I'm sure I'll be back on a more regular basis eventually. Thanks for your patience and understanding.

Our Thanksgiving (TSC1007)

Our Twisted Sistahs Challenge for this week was presented by 101Airborne. Kathy asked us to make a Thanksgiving card with some kind of swirls on it. I had these glittered flourishes in my stash, so I used those. The sentiment is from "Grateful Greetings". The card stocks are Naturals Ivory and Island Indigo. I used a retired DSP; I think it's called Autumn Splendor. Thanks so much for stopping by!

2011 October Club Project #2

Well, I finally got around to completing our second project for tonight's club. My ladies will have options as far as the sentiment goes. They might prefer "Happy Thanksgiving" or "Happy Fall", but I chose to use "Happy Halloween" from "Teeny Tiny Wishes". After all, our other project is the treat bags. There's retired DSP on Chocolate Chip on Naturals Ivory. The pumpkins were made using Pumpkin Pie and Old Olive card stocks. I used the Small and Large Oval Punches as well as the Scribbles Swirls Sizzlit. The leaves were punched with a MS leaf punch. This could have been for this week's Twisted Sistahs Challenge because of the swirls, but that challenge calls for a Thanksgiving card. I'll just make another one with a different sentiment. Everything is from Stampin' Up! except for the leaf punch. Thanks for stopping by!!

About those treat bags

I've gotten another question about the treat bags I made. Carolyn wanted to know how much candy fits in them. I put two mini candy bars in each or a sucker and another candy, but I think there's room for more in there. I can only afford two candies per trick-or-treater though!! LOL! I hope this answers your question, Carolyn!! Have fun making some of your own!!!

Joy to the World (TSC0930)

Our fearless leader, wannabcre8ive, issued the Twisted Sistahs Challenge for this week. Shirley asked us to make a card with any theme using blue, white and gold. I haven't had time to get online as much lately, but the TSC is so dear to my heart that I try not to miss it. The base card is Night of Navy with a Whisper White layer. The words to "Joy to the World" are in the shape of the star in the "The Sounding Joy" stamp set. The star was stamped with Night of Navy and "Joy" was stamped with Versamark and embossed with Gold EP. I just added gold half pearls in the corners of the clean and simple card. Everything came from Stampin' Up! except the pearls. When I have time, I'll post the other project for next week's club. Oh, and this is very similar to a card we made for the last stamp camp, too. Thanks for stopping by.

October 2011 Club Project

On page 5 of the Holiday Mini Catalog, there's a hostess set that includes this trick-or-treating owl. Also on that page, are little brown treat bags kind of like this with the punched owl and yellow moon. Monika Davis (no relation) is in one of the Yahoo Groups I'm in, and she made these too. She used the paper that comes in the boxes with our Stampin' Up! orders. Now, that's recycling recycled paper! Talk about being green!! Here's the link to her blog post. I decided to do the same thing. I CASEd her idea to use that paper plus use the Scallop Square Die to make the bags. The excess paper cuttings went into my compost bin. After putting the candy into the bags, I stapled them closed and covered the staple on the backside with my Stampin' Up! Demo label. That way, they know where the candy came from AND that I'm a Stampin' Up! Demo! A little advertising can't hurt!!! I hope to post our other project that we will be making next week by tomorrow. Thanks for stopping by!!!

Edit: I've been asked if I ironed the paper to get it smooth. Yes, we cut it into 4 to 5 foot lengths, and then I ironed them. After that, I folded the pieces into thirds and put it through my big table paper cutter, cutting into about 10 inch pieces. I folded those in half and was able to get two cuts with the die which yielded six squares each. Actually, after unfolding, they were rectangles with scallops. I folded those in half matching the scallops and applying adhesive to the two sides. After that, I crimped the two sides, added the punched pieces and then put the candy inside.

Snowbuddy (TSC0923)

I haven't been able to make cards all week. Life's been getting in the way. Anyway, our Twisted Sistahs Challenge was presented by Marleygo. Lesley asked us to make a Christmas card with glitter or Stickles representing snow or stars. I used the short snowman from "Snow Much Fun" and water colored him. I added plenty of silver and white Stickles. The base card is Poppy Parade and so is the matting and ribbon. The embossed panel which is embossed with SU!'s newest embossing folder is Whisper White. I'm sure liking this new set! Everything is from Stampin' Up! except for the Stickles. Thanks for stopping by!!

Pumpkin Leaves (CAS136)

Recognize the pumpkin? Well, the Clean & Simple Challenge has a theme of "Leaves" today, and I had all the stuff on my table to make a pumpkin with leaves, so I did. The base card (4.25" square) is Naturals Ivory, and I scored it on my new Simply Scored scoring board. I used the Large Oval Punch and Pumpkin Pie card stock (from scraps) to make the pumpkin. I ran some Old Olive (more scraps) through the Big Shot with the Scribbles Swirls Sizzlit, and I punched a couple of leaves with the Martha Stewart Leaf Punch. The pumpkin is popped up on Dimensionals, and the sentiment is 2/$1 stamps from Michael's a few years ago. They didn't say the leaves couldn't be attached to something! LOL! Everything except the leaf punch and the stamp came from Stampin' Up! Thanks again for stopping by!

With Thanksgiving (ODBDSLC77)

Our Daily Bread Designs Shining the Light Challenge is to use fall colors or fall theme. Everything is from the scrap basket except for the base card which is Tangerine Tango. I also used scraps of Peach Parfait, Basic Black, More Mustard, Pumpkin Pie and Lucky Limeade. For the pumpkin, I used SU!'s Large Oval Punch and sponged with Pumpkin Pie Ink. The vines are from the Scribbles Swirls Sizzlit and the leaves were done with a Martha Stewart Punch. The designer paper is from DCWV Fall Stack. The verse is from Our Daily Bread Designs Scripture Collection #4. I hope you all had a wonderful weekend, and thanks for stopping by!!

Driving by... (TSC0916)

This week's Twisted Sistahs Challenge was presented by Brat Cards. The Brat Girl asked us to make a clean and simple card that has or implies sky by using stars, clouds, etc. Other than the Bashful Blue base card, this was all done with scraps. I used "Loads of Love" for the truck and sentiment, a half inch strip of Old Olive, a fence punched strip of Whisper White, the clouds are also Whisper White and were punched with the Cupcake Builder Punch. The truck was stamped on More Mustard, cut out and popped up on Dimensionals. The wheels and tail light were colored with Basic Gray and Cherry Cobbler Markers, and the door handle and hub caps were colored with a Zig-Painty (Silver). Everything except the fence punch came from Stampin' Up! Thanks for stopping by!!

September 2011 Stamp Camp Projects

My next Stamp Camp is this coming Friday. The next three Stamp Camps will be all Christmas projects. Project #1 is this Narrow Center Step card. I used both water coloring and coloring with markers on this tall snowman from "Snow Much Fun". The card stocks are Naturals White, Pool Party and Calypso Coral. The punches I used were Modern Label, Scallop Oval and Scallop Dotted Ribbon Border. There are two Basic Pearls on the sentiment panel.Project #2 is a Gift Card Holder. The water colored fox is from "Forest Festivities". The sentiments are stamped with Whisper White Craft Ink. The DSP is retired from a couple of years ago.
Here's the view of the inside of the Gift Card Holder.
Project #3 is a Clean & Simple card. The star is stamped with Concord Crush and the "Joy" is stamped with Versamark and embossed with Silver EP. Both stamps are from "The Sounding Joy". I scored around the square about 1/4" from the edges and added Basic Jewels Rhinestones. The base card is Concord Crush as well.
Project #4 is kind of Clean and Simple except for the water coloring. This image from"Beautiful Season" is stamped on Water Color Paper. The ribbon is Cherry Cobbler Ribbon Seam Binding and the card stocks are Garden Green and Cherry Cobbler.
Our last project (#5) is a Treat Tube Holder (or Test Tube). I used "Deer Friends" hostess set from a couple of years ago that has never been used. They will make two of each project and can use a long and a short test tube for this one. The only candy I had on hand was Yogurt Covered Raisins, so I thought we could add the Snowman Poop poem if we wanted! Thanks for stopping by!!

Travel Dreams (TSC0909)

This should have been done this past Friday, bur I've been kind of busy lately. Our Twisted Sistahs Challenge was presented by patsmethers. Pat gave us a short list for this challenge:

1. Travel Dreams

2. Must have Critters

3. Needs a piece of twine

4. Absolutely NO PINK

As far as the theme goes, "Travel Dreams", I've always wanted to go to Australia. Now, this might not make sense until you remember that, when it's summer here, it's winter down there. They don't get a lot of snow down there except for places like the Victorian Alps in the southern most portion of the country, and also in Tasmania. So, that's why I did a snowman (from "Snow Much Fun"). I probably would go down there in January or February when it's warmer though. My critters are the birdies, and my twine is made into a bow. There is NO pink here either. The colors are Ballet Blue (retired), Cherry Cobbler and Naturals Ivory. Everything used to make this card is from Stampin' Up! Thanks for stopping by!!!

Tissue Box Cover Instructions

I went to a Foster Care training for two days (so far), and I have to go for one more day next Saturday in order to get my 27 hours of training before applying for my license. I haven't posted anything since Friday. I have received a couple of requests for instructions for the Tissue Box Cover like I posted on Friday, so I have put the video tutorial found on Splitcoast Stampers on my blog. Please go down to the bottom of this page to find that video tutorial for the Tissue Box Cover.

The last cover I made is embossed with Elegant Lines Impressions Folder on the sides and I cut 4 strips, 1" X 4-1/2", and embossed them with a Cuttlebug Borders Folder. Use a bigger oval Nestie on the lid than the one you use to cut the opening in the 4-1/4" square piece on the top. Embossing that square piece is also nice. Sometimes I make my own flowers to decorate the top, but on my last one, I used flowers that were purchased from Michael's. I also line the insides with more card stock to make it sturdier or I add embossed panels to the outside. I just don't think one layer of card stock is going to last that long. One, more tip: Use Sticky Strip or other strong adhesive to put it together. You don't want to give a gift that will fall apart in a week or so! Have fun, and if you have any more questions, please feel free to email me at davis4him517@sbcglobal.net

Thursday Project

Here's what I was doing yesterday and this morning besides taking my mother to the Senior Center for Penny Bingo yesterday. It takes a while to cut, score, emboss and decorate all the pieces for these, but it's worth it. This one goes to one of the secret sisters at my church who's having a birthday later this month. Her colors are sage and rose, so I used the retired Sage Shadow card stock. I embossed the sides with Elegant Lines Impressions Folder and the strips around the lid with a Cuttlebug Borders folder. The flowers are from Michael's. The pearls are SU!'s Basic Pearls. Thanks for stopping by!!

More Fall Leaves (SC349)

The examples for this week's Sketch Challenge on SCS were with leaves, so I went with the leaves as well. I could see using this sketch with snowflakes, too. The base card is River Rock stamped with "Itty Bitty Backgrounds" (retired) using Cajun Craze ink. The DSP is "Well Worn" and the card stocks for the matting are Cajun Craze, So Saffron and Soft Suede. I stamped leaves from "French Foliage" using So Saffron and rolling the edges on Soft Suede. After cutting out the leaves, they were popped up with Dimensionals. Everything is from Stampin' Up! except the brads. Thanks for stopping by!

Christmas Center Step Card

I'm back from California, but I still have a busy day ahead. I made this card with the idea of using it for a stamp camp, but I think it will just have to be for my club. It's a little complicated for stamp camp, I think. Actually, I CASEd this card from this card made by Serenity_Stamper. I liked the idea of the Center Step Card with the "Beautiful Season" stamp set and the fact that she cut the birdie out and popped him up. I changed the color of Soft Suede to Old Olive but still used Cherry Cobbler with it. Instead of ribbon, I used punched pieces using the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch. I used Basic Pearls on both Ivory panels for embellishment. Everything used to make this card is from Stampin' Up! Thanks for stopping by!!

Thankful (TSC0902, CCEE1135)

I had a very busy day yesterday, so there's no new cards to post for Thursday. Today, I managed to do some stamping though. The Twisted Sistahs Challenge for this week was presented by irishgreensue. Greenie asked us to make an easel card in shades of purples and greens with white or ivory. We had to have three layers or more on the front, and Nesties were welcome. I used Rich Razzleberry Textured Card Stock with Whisper White and Pocketful of Posies DSP. The leaves that were die cut were from a scrap of Lucky Limeade and sponged with Early Espresso. The stamped leaves were from "French Foliage." The sentiment over the stamped leaves is from "Grateful Greetings" and the other sentiment is from "Always Thankful." This is also for the CCEE Stampers Challenge which is to make a fall card with something die cut on it. The whole card is die cut using the Clear Scallop Square Die, plus I used Nesties and the Little Leaves Sizzlit. Everything except the Nesties came from Stampin' Up! Thanks for stopping by!