Name Frame - Heidi

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas!!!!

We had another baby in our church. She is about a month old now. I usually give one of these as a baby gift. I am just finally getting caught up. I hope she enjoys it!

Stamps: Water Color Vine Jumbo Wheel, Petals Jumbo Wheel, Print Pattern Background, Paisley Background, Flannel Background, En Francias Background, Dotted Background

Paper: Rose Red, Regal Rose, Very Vanilla

Ink: Rose Red, Almost Amethyst, Certainly Celery, Regal Rose, Bashful Blue, Apricot Appeal,

Accessories: Hodge Podge Hardware, Rhinestone Brads, 5/8" Regal Rose Grosgrain Ribbon, Very Vanilla Taffeta Ribbon, 1/4" Certainly Celery Grosgrain Ribbon, White Gel Pen

Flannel Flower

Today's Challenge on SCS was the Ways to Use it Challenge. The challenge was to use a pin. I love the New Pretties kit but I hate to use it. I'm a hoarder, I think it is great but always want it to be there. So today I used one of the hat pins. I stamped the star in craft ink and embossed with clear embossing powder. The Chocolate Chip is roughed around the edges. I used the mat pack from the tool kit to do the piercing around the Creamy Caramel. I left the pick in the hole and turned just a notch to keep them lined up. I used the same thing with the scallop punch. I lined up the corner of the mat with the edge of the scallop. The flower head is stuck down with a pop up glue dot. I used the corner rounder to do the scalloped edge and roughed up the rest of the sides. The Wish Big is embossed. My flowers on my deck are so pretty in the morning I cannot help but share them along with this card.

Stamps: Starstruck, Flannel Background, Baroque Motifs, Short & Sweet

Paper: Chocolate Chip, Ruby Red, Creamy Caramel, Very Vanilla

Ink: Ruby Red Craft & Classic, Chocolate Chip Craft and Classic

Accessories: Pin from Pretties Kit, Clear Embossing powder 3/4", 1", 1 1/4" Circle Punch, , Scallop Circle Punch, Double Rectangle Punch, Corner Rounder for Scalloped edge, Cutter Kit for roughing edges, Rhinestone brad from Pretties Kit

Cut Out Bronc

So today's Technique challenge on SCS was to do a cut out card. These are so fun to do. I love this new bronc set so just had to grab it again. The horse and words are embossed. The words I tapped off extra hard because I did not want a pure look. I wanted it to look a little roughed up.

Stamps: Bronc Buster, Flannel Background, Define Your Life

Paper: Basic Black, Basic Gray

Ink: Craft- Basic Black and Whisper White, Classic-Basic Gray

Accessories: Gray Taffeta, Silver Brad, Coluzzle Oval, clear Embossing Powder, White Embossing powder

Step it up!

So today I took a simple card and stepped it up a notch. This was fun to do. The first card is great for a beginner and for those who need to add "more" here is a great way to do it!

Left card:

Stamps: Bronc Buster, Flannel BG, Starstruck

Paper: Basic Black, River Rock, Wild Wasabi, Whisper White

Ink: River Rock, Very Vanilla (Craft), Wild Wasabi

Accessories: River Rock Dbl Stitched Ribbon, Pop up glue dot, 3/4" Circle Punch

Right Card:

Stamps: Bronc Buster, Flannel BG, Starstruck

Paper: Basic Black, River Rock, Wild Wasabi, Whisper White

Ink: River Rock, Very Vanilla (Craft), Wild Wasabi, White Stazon, Versamark, Clear Embossing powder

Accessories: River Rock Dbl Stitched Ribbon, Pop up glue dot, 3/4" Circle Punch, Black Brads, Window Sheet, Wild Wasabi Dbl Stitched Ribbon, Hemp Twine, Ticket Corner Punch