Thanksgiving

Every year our church puts together Thanksgiving baskets for the elderly (our Senior Saints) and the shut ins that we minister to. I volunteer to make cards from the church for the baskets. I've learned not to rely on my health and I hate procrastination so I wanted to get to them right away. I decided this year not to make the cards the same but to make a variety of them. I kept them simple this year, as last year I did not and made over 70 of them. SO here are my 3" x 3"cards for this year.

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Stamps: Pocket Silhouettes, Sanded Background, Bella's Border Wheel

Paper: Tangerine Tango, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White

Ink: Tangerine Tango, Chocolate Chip

Accessories: Scallop Square Punch,3/4" Square Punch

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Stamps: Pocket Silhouettes

Paper: Not Quite Navy, Whisper White

Ink: Not Quite Navy

Accessories: Bashful Blue Grosgrain Ribbon

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Stamps: Pockets Silhouettes

Paper: Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White

Ink: Old Olive, Chocolate Chip

Accessories: Wide Oval Punch, Double Circle Punch

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Stamps: Pocket Silhouettes, Holidays & Wishes

Paper: More Mustard, Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze, Whisper White

Ink: More Mustard, Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze

Accessories: Wide Oval Punch, Key Tag Punch

Graduation Thank You Card

So my friends informed me I had to make a wow card for a Thank you (Thanks Julie & Lisa!). Two of my kids graduated from Kindergarten this week. So I was wondering if I had to send two thank you cards to everyone who gave them each a gift? This is how I decided to cover all on the bases. I consider this a wow card and I can put Seth's thank you on the top (since he is a year older) and Shelby's on the bottom. That way it is like two cards in one....do you think I can get away with that? You can find a tutorial on how to do the slider cards here. They are so much fun to make. If you have any troubles either e-mail me or ask in the comment section.

Stamps: Elementary Essentials, Classic Stars Jumbo Wheel, Short and Sweet

Paper: Taken with Teal, Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White, Cameo Coral

Ink: Taken with Teal, Tempting Turquoise, Basic Gray, Cameo Coral

Accessories: 1 3/8" Square Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, Spiral Punch, Corner Rounder

Have a WONDERFUL Weekend!

Sky Blocks

Today was the Color Challenge. The colors were Soft Sky, Purely Pomegranate and Basic Black. I used the 1 1/4" square punch to make my blocks. I love the new Tombo-multi glue. The wide applicator made putting the blocks down so much easier than the other adhesives I used. It was easy to put all over without too much. Just remember to put it where you want it the first time because it sticks!!! I could not decide which color to go with behind the sentiment so I just used both of them. I just kept thinking it needed just a little more and could not figure out what it was. That is were the piercing comes in again. I colored the image with re-inkers and the aqua painters. Just clarify....I glued down all of the squares before I stamped my image.

Stamps: Summer by the Sea

Paper: Purley Pomegranate, Soft Sky, Soft Sky Print Patterns, Basic Black

Ink: Black Craft Ink, Purely Pomegranate reinkers to color

Accessories: Photo Corner Punch, Circle Ice Rhinestone Brads, 1 1/4" Square Punch, Mat pack for Piercing, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, Designer Lable Punch, Sitched Purley Pomegrante Ribbon, Black Brads

Fall Flowers/Boxed Set

I love this Fall Flowers Designer Paper. The colors are my favorite colors! This was made for today's Limited Supplies Challenge. This card was also made for my daughter -in-law who was in a car accident last night. She is banged up pretty bad but is ok. Their car was totaled. Please keep her in your prayers! I also tried to use the colors and paper I used for today's extra project below. This is what we were allowed to use for the challenge:
A) Use 2-3 stamps - one should be a heart image or sentiment.

B) Choose one designer paper pattern OR one embellishment.

C) Choose one specialty tool. (Optional)

D) Limit the layers.

E) Use any coloring tools.

Stamps: Double Line Doodles

Paper: River Rock, Really Rust, Fall Flowers DSP, Groovy Guava

Ink: Groovy Guava, Really Rust, Black Stazon, River Rock

Accessories: Scallop Circle Punch, Large and Small Oval Punch

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I got an e-mail from a friend yesterday asking if I had a pattern for a box to put sets of cards with envelopes in to give as gifts. The only one I had was for a tote. I knew I could make one with a lid to give as a gift box from that pattern. Last weekend I had made the cards below with the one-sheet-wonder pattern. So I decided I needed to make a box to match the set of cards.

Stamps: Sanded Background

Paper: Really Rust, Old Olive, Fall Flowers DSP, Groovy Guava

Ink: Really Rust

Accessories: Scallop Circle Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch

These cards are made with a one-sheet-wonder template. I made them all in under 1 hour. The idea is to make a set of matching cards. For these 11 cards I used one sheet of 12 x 12 Designer Paper, 4 colors of card stock including the Very Vanilla, 1 ink pad and 1 stamp set.

Stamps: It's Your Birthday

Paper: Fall Flowers DSP, Groovy Guava, Old Olive, Really Rust, Very Vanilla

Ink: Old Olive

Accessories: Scallop Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch

Stamps: It's Your Birthday

Paper: Fall Flowers DSP, Groovy Guava, Old Olive, Really Rust, Very Vanilla

Ink: Old Olive

Accessories: Large Tag Punch, Small Tag Punch, 5/8" Old Olive Grosgrain, 1 3/8" & 1 1/4" Square Punches

Stamps: It's Your Birthday

Paper: Fall Flowers DSP, Groovy Guava, Old Olive, Really Rust, Very Vanilla

Ink: Old Olive

Accessories: 1 3/8" & 1 1/4" Square Punches

Stamps: It's Your Birthday

Paper: Fall Flowers DSP, Groovy Guava, Old Olive, Really Rust, Very Vanilla

Ink: Old Olive

Accessories: 1 3/8" & 1 1/4" Circle Punches, Scallop Circle Punch, Designer Label Punch, Groovy Guava Double Stitched Ribbon

Stamps: It's Your Birthday

Paper: Fall Flowers DSP, Old Olive, Really Rust, Very Vanilla

Ink: Old Olive

Stamps: It's Your Birthday

Paper: Fall Flowers DSP, Groovy Guava, Old Olive, Very Vanilla. White Envelopes

Ink: Old Olive /Envelopes- Old Olive, Groovy Guava, Really Rust

Accessories: Scallop Circle Punch, 1/8" circle punch

Sleigh Sketch

Sorry, yesterday we were off to another Doctor appointment. By the time we got home I had a major headache and went straight to bed. So I thought I would combine yesterday's Color Challenge with today's Sketch Challenge. As you can tell I just got this set so it is being used a lot lately. I have yet to color in the whole picture so I decided that was what I was going to do today. I started with the colors from the color challenge and used them as much as possible. I used the aquapens and re-inkers to color. I used Ruby Red on the bricks. I just diluted it to begin with and then went full strength for the accent brick. I did the same for the blankets. I had meant to put some crystal effects on the pond but forgot before I took the picture. I am too pressed for time to re-take so use your imagination! ;)

Stamps: Aida Cloth BG, Sleigh Bells Ring

Paper: Soft Sky, Ruby Red, Wild Wasabi, Soft Sky DSP,Whisper White

Ink: Soft Sky, Ruby Red, Wild Wasabi, Creamy Caramel, Basic Gray, Black Stazon

Accessories: 1 3/8" Square Punch, Green Rhinestone Brads, Soft Sky Double Stitched Ribbon

Film Strip

This is for today's Sketch Challenge. I have been meaning to do one of these filmstrip ever since I got the Spiral Punch. Have a great stamping day!!

Stamps: Sanded BG, Wild About You

Paper: So Saffron, Petals and Paisleys DSP, Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White, Basic Black

Ink: Basic Grey, So Saffron, Always Artichoke

Accessories: Always Artichoke Ribbon, Scallop Punch, Spiral Punch, 1 1/4" Square Punch