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