Circle Silhouettes

Here is another one that was in my stationary kit. This was a fun and simple one to do. Lots of punching!

Stamps: Pocket Silhouettes

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

Ink: Old Olive

Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch, 1-3/8" Circle Punch, 1-3/4" Circle Punch, Scallop Circle Punch

Oval Silhouettes

This is another card from the stationary kit I made a few weeks ago. I tried to use the same colors and set through out. The background images are stamped off once.

Stamps: Pocket Silhouettes

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

Ink: Old Olive

Accessories: Spiral Punch, Large Oval, Wide Oval, Wide Chocolate Grosgrain, Old Olive brads

Honey Bees

This was a fun card to do. I love this set but do not always have time to color the images. I punched the images with the 3/4" square punch and then cut the border 1" square. The flowers on the bottom are made with the scallop circle punch and the 3/4" circle punch. I added Crystal effects to the dripping honey on the pot. I reached back a few weeks and grabbed a Sketch Challenge it was just perfect for what I had in mind.

Stamps: Just Buzzin By

Paper: Chocolate Chip, More Mustard, Ruby Red

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Ruby Red

Accessories: 3/4" Square Punch, Circle Scallop Punch, 3/4" Circle Punch, Crystal Effects, Twill Tape

Floral Olives

Here is yet another card for the stationary kit I made a few weeks ago. This was such a fun kit to make. I sponged around most of the edges.

Stamps: Pocket Silhouettes, Sanded Background

Paper: Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, Old Olive Print Pattern

Ink: Old Olive, Chocolate Chip

Accessories: Boho Blossoms Punch, Old Olive Brad, Ticket Corner Punch, Horizontal Slot Punch, Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon, Large Oval Punch, Wide Oval Punch

Top Note Scallop

Here is the first card I put in the stationary box. I cut two pieces of paper, the Chocolate Chip and the Old Olive Patterns paper at one time with the Top Note die. I trimmed the perforated edged off of the Old Olive to layer the half piece. I punched the scallop circle twice and half rotated the back one. The ribbon is two pieces. One is fastened to back of each side of the top note with glue dots and the other piece is just tied one the front around the other strip.

Stamps: Pocket Silhouettes

Paper: Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Very Vanilla

Ink: Old Olive

Accessories: Spiral Circle Punch, Big Shot, Top Note Die, Old Olive Grosgrain Ribbon

In Color Dino

I wanted to use the In Colors Today. I always get them when they come out but do not want to run out so I do not use them as often. I told myself this year was going to be different....so I am going to use them up before they retire in July. I plan on using this card for a class. The technique will be masking. This is a perfect set for this technique. I sponged around the edge of the pacific point.

Stamps: Prehistoric Pals, Sanded Background

Paper: Pacific Point, Riding Hood Red, Whisper White

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Kiwi Kiss, Riding Hood Red

Accessories: Riding Hood Red 5/8" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon

Stationary Box

My friend is very consistent in making sure she holds a workshop every year for me during Sale-a-bration. I wanted to make her a very special gift. I have wanted to make one of these stationary boxes. It has a place for 6 cards, 4 note cards, 4 tags, a date book, postage stamps, and a pen. It folds up and stays closed with the matching lid. I held the date book in with a magnet. I tried to keep the set to the same set and colors throughout. I will be posting the pictures of the cards inside over the next few weeks. I printed the words on my computer.

Stamps: Pocket Silhouettes,

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

Ink: Old Olive

Accessories: Scallop Circle Punch, Large Oval Punch, Circle Punch, Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon

Happy Thoughts

I decided to take some time (no band today, so I got to stay home!) and do a Sketch Challenge. I've been trying to use more of the designer paper and not be a hoarder. I am so stuck on these colors so my next challenge to myself will be to not use the Earth Elements. I am so loving the Texture plates and had to put the other group on my workshop order yesterday. They are so easy to use and add so much dimension to a card. The Image and sentiment I did with the markers. The sentiment is popped up on a glue dot.

Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Think Happy Thoughts

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

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Old Olive

Accessories: Ticket Corner Punch, Big Shot, Harlequin Texture Plate,

Gift Bag

So I needed to make a gift bag for my hostess and close friend last week. I wanted one that would work for different occasions. I layered some of the Big Shot Dies and punches in order to make the flower.

Stamps: Baroque Motifs,

Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie Patterns Paper, Summer Sun, Ruby Red, Old Olive

Ink: Summer Sun, Pumpkin Pie

Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch, Scallop Circle Die, Scallop Circle #2 Die, 5 Petal Flower Punch, 1/2" Circle Punch, Photo Corner Punch, Naturally Serif Alphabet Die, SU Gift Bag

Yard Film Strip

This card is a full size card. It is made from a full size piece of cardstock folded in half. For those who do not know I make the Thank You cards for those who come and speak to our Home School group. We had a falconer come and showed the kids his Red Tail Hawk and told us how he hunts with her. They love to spend time in the woods so I thought this set would fit right in. I stamped the back with the Sanded Background and sponged around the edges. The images are colored with the markers directly on the stamps. I also sponged around the edges of the images.

Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Think Happy Thoughts, Sanded Background

Paper: More Mustard, Basic Black, Whisper White, Always Artichoke

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Always Artichoke, More Mustard,

Accessories: Spiral Punch, Jumbo Eyelets, 1' & 1-1/4"Circle Punches

Top Hive

I actually did this card for a sketch challenge awhile back but never posted it and forgot what sketch it was for. Cutting that bee out was more work than anything else on the whole card. The section that the hive is on is a sliver from the Top Note Die. I did do some sponging around certain edges.

Stamps: Just Buzzin' By

Paper: Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip, Garden Green, Very Vanilla

Ink: Garden Green, Baja Breeze, More Mustard

Accessories: Top Note Die, Big Shot, 5 Petal Flower

Celebrate

Well, I have a workshop in a few weeks so I have been working on cards. I try to keep them simple while I am showing so I do not take much time. That gives them more time to play. I lined the scallop circle punch up on the end to make the design after the celebrate.

Stamps: Baroque Motifs, Celebrate Everything

Paper: Chocolate Chip, Riding Hood Red Patterns Paper, Whisper White

Ink: Riding Hood Red

Accessories: Top Note Die, Big Shot, Serif Essentials Alphabet Die, Scallop Circle Punch

So this one I needed for a friend's birthday and I decided to take the last one and dress it up a bit. I layered the Top Note and added the Jumbo Eyelet and Rhinestone brad.

Stamps: Baroque Motifs, Celebrate Everything

Paper: Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, Old Olive Patterns Paper

Ink: Old Olive, Chocolate Chip

Accessories: Top Note Die, Big Shot, Serif Essentials Alphabet Die, Scallop Circle Punch, Jumbo Eyelet, Circle Ice Rhinestone Brads

Train for Dylan

We have a birthday party this weekend. The little boy loves trains. I thought this set would be a hit with him. I embossed the train with Whisper White embossing powder on Basic Black paper. The orange I ran through the Big Shot to add the dots. I even went out and used the Bold Brights. I hardly use that color family, but I wanted this card to be bright and colorful.

Stamps: Happiness is a Journey, Short & Sweet

Paper: Brilliant Blue, Really Red, Only Orange, Basic Black

Ink: Whisper White Craft Ink, Brilliant Blue

Accessories: Large and Small Oval Punch, Whisper White Embossing Powder, Big Shot, Texturz Plates, Ticket Corner Punch, 1/2" Real Red Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Jumbo Eyelets

Stars

I got this concept from a card I saw in Paper Crafts magazine. It was a card made by Eleonor McGarry. Hey, I did not use the big shot for anything on this card. That is a challenge in itself for me. I cut the squares 1" x 1".

Stamps: Classic Stars Jumbo Wheel, Heard from the Heart

Paper: Apricot Appeal, Old Olive, Patterns Designer Series Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Riding Hood Red, Old Olive, Bashful Blue

Ink: Old Olive

Accessories: Small Star Punch

Baja Blues

Well, I made this card a few days ago but got so busy I forgot to upload it. I was going to drop it in the mail and almost realized it too late. Of course I had to use the Texturz plates! This card was so simple to do. I think I may use this for a make n take in a few weeks...

Stamps: Pocket Silhouettes

Paper: Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy

Ink: Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy

Accessories: Large and Small Oval Punch, Double Stitch Baja Breeze Grosgrain Ribbon, Button Bouquet Button, Big Shot, Texturz Plates

Thanks So Much

It seems like my time frame to stamp right now is once a week. I guess that is better than never. My Big Shot texture plates came in today and I made sure my chores were done this morning so I could play this afternoon. They are even better than I had thought they would be and soooo easy to use. I love the look of dry embossing but hate the work, this is the answer to that. I get the look with just a few cranks of the handle. I needed to make some Thank You cards, so I just had to use these plates. To do the leaf and the tree I first stamped the stamp in the Mellow Moss pad and then used the markers to accent.

Stamps: Lovely as as Tree, Think Happy Thoughts

Paper: Apricot Appeal, Very Vanilla, Mellow Moss, Always Artichoke, Chocolate Chip

Ink: Basic Brown, Mellow Moss, Always Artichoke

Accessories: Ticket Corner Punch, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, Backgrounds 1 Texturz Plate-Harlequin, Chocolate Chip 1" Double Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon

Buzzin' By

This card took me forever to get to work the way I wanted it to. I knew the colors I wanted but could not get them to go together right. IF it had gone together faster I would of added a few extra things. I would of done some sponging and piercing. I have some of the Big Shot Texture plates coming in from an exchange and I think one of them would of worked great, especially on the small Tangerine layer. For now it works for the time I had and the materials I had to work with. I may have to re-play this one later on through just to see. :)

Stamps: Just Buzzin' By

Paper: Tangerine Tango, Chocolate Chip, Summer Sun

Ink: Basic Brown, Tango Tangerine, Summer Sun

Accessories: Ticket Corner Punch, 1" Double Stitched Chocolate Chip Ribbon, Large Oval Punch, Small Oval Punch, 5 Petal Flower Punch, 1 1/4" Circle Punch

Christmas Card

Here the month of January is almost done. I just now realized that I never showed you the Christmas card I made for last year. I took the idea from the catalog. I really wanted to use a color scheme that was not traditional colors. Let's see if I can remember...I cut the cards stock 12" x 5.5". I scored every 4". I wheeled the background before I scored. In order to make the ribbon I found a loose thread and pulled until gathered. My finger still hurts from my thumb nail digging in ;). The images are layered differently. Over all it was a very simple card to do. My Stamp-a-ma-jig was very handy in the making of this card. Before I did any rolling, scoring or stamping. I ran the cut card stock through the printer with the color set to match the SU Chocolate Chip and printed the signature part.

Stamps: So Swirly Jumbo Wheel, Season of Simple Grace, Holiday & Wishes

Paper: More Mustard, Chocolate Chip, Tango Tangerine, Very Vanilla,

Ink: Basic Brown, More Mustard, Tango Tangerine

Accessories: Photo Corner Punch, Very Vanilla Taffeta Ribbon

Garden Dinos

Today I got to stamp! I hope you all got to spend wonderful times with your friends and family!

I went back and grabbed a sketch that I did not have a chance to do. When I decided in my mind what I wanted I did not think about how hard it would be to cut around the dinos. There is really nothing complicated about this card, but if I did happen to over look something you do not understand feel free to leave a question in the comments or send me an e-mail.

Stamps: Prehistoric Pals

Paper: Garden Green, Chocolate Chip. Really Rust, Very Vanilla

Ink: Basic Brown, Garden Green, Really Rust

Accessories: Pop up Glue Dots

Retirement list

I have just posted the retirement list on the Newsletter page of my site.

Sketch Card

Well, I actually got to stamp today. I found that my Stamp-a-ma-jig is my favorite new best friend! I just could not let another sketch challenge go by no matter how I feel. I, obviously, kept it pretty simple. I did use my faithful sanded on the background. I used the ticket corner punch on the outside corners and the mat pack for the piercing. For the sentiment I stamped and them punched out with the Tag Punch. The layers are just punched and cut in half so they they can layer out. The star brad was rubbed in the Not Quite Navy craft ink and after it had dried I wiped off the top layer. The sentiment is popped up with pop up glue dots.

Hopefully I will get another chance to stamp on Friday this week! If not I hope you have a nice weekend!!

Stamps: Holy Triptych, Sanded Background, Holidays and Wishes

Paper: Pacific Point, Baja Breeze, Basic Gray

Ink: Pacific Point, Not Quite Navy Craft for the inside of brad

Accessories: Hodge Podge Kit, Ticket Corner Punch, Key Tag Punch, Basic Gray Taffeta Ribbon, Mat Pack for piercing