Hello Butterfly...

Ok, This one I did not make...my 7 yr old daughter wanted to make some thank you cards for her friends for her birthday gifts. So she was looking in the gallery, saw this one by toknighton and decided she wanted to make it. I think she did I pretty good job!

Stamps: Flight of the Butterfly, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Paper: Chocolate Chip, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Pink Pirouette

Accessories: Taffeta Ribbon-Whisper White, Pretty in Pink, Chocolate Chip, Pretty in Pink Brads, Chocolate Chip Corduroy Button, 1" Circle Punch, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, Scallop Square Punch

Scallop Square Silhouettes

The last full card that was in the stationary box. I love the simple!

Stamps: Pocket Silhouettes

Paper: Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Old Olive Print Patterns, Whisper White

Ink: Old Olive

Accessories: Scallop Square Punch

Harvest Sketch

Today's sketch challenge was perfect for something I have been wanting to try. I have seen so many that have layered color on color to get a faux matted/embossed look. I am sure there is a technique name for it so let me know if you know what it is.

I stamped the gourds and leaves with Basic Brown and colored with re-inkers in the lids of the ink pads and Aquapainters. The leaves are popped up with pop up glue dots. Of course I had to sponge around the edges of the card front. Do you think I should of added a ribbon between the olive and tangerine card front?

Card details to be posted very soon!

Easy Boys Cards

I had a friend from church contact me about having her 3 boys (ages 6, 11 & 13) come over to make Thank you cards. I designed 3 very simple ones that they would be making by themselves. So these are the ones I came up with. I tried to keep it to 2 colors with a neutral, one stamp set each and one ink pad each. She wanted to keep the cost to a minimal so I left out the embellishments. My little kids always try to do the "wow" cards and get carried away. I wish sometimes they would take a step back to just do the simple.

edited to add: I was not happy with the first one so I took a redo and used the photo corner punch.

Stamps: Prehistoric Pals, Spot On Jumbo Wheel, Short and Sweet

Paper: Tempting Turquoise, Taken with Teal, Whisper White

Ink: Taken with Teal Accessories: Large Oval Punch, Small Oval Punch

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Stamps: Bronc Buster, Four Square

Paper: Handsome Hunter, Sage Shadow, Very Vanilla

Ink: Handsome Hunter Accessories: Scallop Square Punch

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Stamps: Winds of Grace, Think Happy Thoughts

Paper: Pacific Point, Baja Breeze, Whisper White

Ink: Baja Breeze Accessories: 1 1/4" Circle Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch

Calendar

Today I needed to finally take time and work on my calendar project. I will be holding a class for these the first week of December. This is from the calendar kits that we have right now in the Holiday Mini on page 3.

We will be taking the kit and turning it from a loose leaf calendar into a free standing scrapbook calender. I'm still working on the inside pages, but they will be ready to see at Stamp night on Thursday. I've used the On Board Book Basics (small) on page 180 of the catalog to make the front and back. You will have to shorten the calendar pages a bit to make them fit, but not enough to make a big difference.

Supplies:
Create a Calendar 09 Kit
Bashful Blue Patterns Designer Series Paper
Old Olive Patterns Designer Series Paper
Pumpkin Pie Patterns Designer Series Paper
Chocolate Chip Cardstock
Whisper White Cardstock
Bashful Blue Cardstock
Pumpkin Pie 1/2" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon
Old Olive 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon
Bashful Blue 1/2" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon
Riding Hood Red 5/8" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon
Corner Rounder Punch
Scallop Square Punch
Spiral Punch
Bashful Blue Craft ink to die the edges of the Chip Board
On Board Book Basics (small)
Rubi Coil Binder

Shabby Cowboy

Well, today I woke up in a shabby mood. After hardly any sleep for the last few days. Hubby's surgery went well and now he is home and I need to keep him still, not an easy task for him! So I decided to use a set and do some things that I haven't done in a very long time. I really had the faux leather look in mind first. My boys love browns and blues together so that was my next decision. I then took a look at my sets and saw my poor Bronc Buster on the lower half of the pile. Which meant it hadn't been played with for a very long time. I thought it wold be great with the leather look.

I ran the creamy caramel through the crimper a dozen or so times and then just wrinkled it up in a ball. Before I crimped it I had already done my faux stitching around the edge. After it was all wrinkled I sponged around the edged and across the raised areas.

The cowboy was stamped in Baja Breeze and I used the marker to do the swooshes. Then I just rolled the edges with my fingers. I separated the one corner and then sponged around the edges I used my piecing tool an made 2 holes to run the twine through. I tied it off in a knot and frayed the edges of the twine. I sponged Chocolate Chip around the edge of the Baja Breeze and rounded the edges of the Chocolate Chip with the Cutter Kit.

To do the Happy Birthday I stamped it in Baja Breeze and rolled the edged in Chocolate chip before stamping. I cut it out with the paper scissors. I punched the frame out with the Scalloped Square Punch and then roughed the edges up with the Cutter Kit.

Stamps: Bronc Buster, Four Square, Sanded Background

Paper: Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip, Creamy Caramel, Very Vanilla

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze

Accessories: Hemp Twine, Scallop Square Punch, Mat Pack for Piercing, Cutter kit for distressing

Happy Birthday Lisa

Today was the Ways to use it Challenge and the challenge was to use Monograms. I have never found someone to give a monogrammed card to so I thought I would do a birthday card. Tonight a few of us girls are taking a friend out for her birthday. So I tried to use this challenge to make her card. I started out by adhering the Designer paper to the chipboard before I ran it through the Big Shot. I did some sponging around the edging of the letters. I tried to add some dimension by crimping the back ground. I saw the tab somewhere but cannot remember which blog it was. She had taken the square punch and just trimmed the edges. The last time I used a stamp that just said HB no one could figure out it stood for Happy Birthday so I decided to stamp the actual words on the letters. I added the faux stitching on the left side to accent the stitching on the ribbon.

Stamps: So Swirly Jumbo Wheel, Everyday Flexible Phrases

Paper: Bravo Burgundy, Parisian Summer, Pink Pirouette, Chipboard

Ink: Bravo Burgundy

Accessories: White Gel Pen, Piercing template, Big Shot, Serif Essentials, Ticket Corner Punch, Scallop Square Punch, Pearl Halves from the Pretties Kit, 1-1/4" Pink Pirouette Grosgrain Ribbon, 1" Chocolate Chip Double Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon, 5/8" Bravo Burgundy Grosgrain Ribbon

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

T-Rex Thank You

So for today's card I went and randomly grabbed a Sketch challenge number. Since I had 2 sons have birthday's last week I have lots of Thank you cards to make. This is the first card in a very long time that I am happy with. When I went to layer the pterodactyl the circle punch I grabbed was too big. So I decided to trim it down by running it through the Big Shot, nope I could not go a day without using it.... I am loving the new In Colors, especially the Kiwi Kiss and the Tangerine Tango. No, I did not step out and use a non-Stampin' Up product to do the Scallop Rectangles. I've seen people attaching a few of the squares together and making the size they wanted so I decided to do this. Each of the dino rectangles are 2" x 3" so I ened up using 6 Scallop squares for each. Boy did my Stamp-a-ma-jig come in handy for this card!

Stamps: Prehistoric Pals, Think Happy Thoughts

Paper: Kiwi Kiss, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla

Ink: Kiwi Kiss, Tangerine Tango, Chocolate Chip, More Mustard

Accessories: Big Shot, 1 1/4" & 1 3/8" Circle Pinches, Scallop Square Punch

Happy Birthday Julie

Oh, I am so far behind. September is a busy month for birthdays in this family. I am just getting around to making cards for September and I am already at least 5 behind. So this one is for my good friend Julie. (Sorry Julie it is late!)

I stamped the stamp in the Pink Pirouette and then did each edge in the Chocolate Chip and in the Bravo Burgundy. I used the Scallop Square Punch for the background. I sponged around the edge of the designer paper.

I love the fact that I can color the Filigree brads any color. I just dip them in the Craft Ink and heat dry. I may have to do it a few times to times to get the color depth I want. When it is still hot I dip it in the Clear Embossing powder to seal. I also used White Craft ink to stamp on the Ribbon.

Stamps: Pocket Silhouettes, Four Square

Paper: Bravo Burgundy, Chocolate Chip, Parisian Summer DSP, Whisper White

Ink: Pink Pirouette, Bravo Burgundy, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White Craft (to die the brad-Craft-Bravo Burgundy, Pretty in Pink) Whisper White Craft Ink on Ribbon

Accessories: Filigree Brad Scallop Edge Punch, Scallop Square Punch, Chocolate Chip 1" Double-Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon