Monthly Archives: September 2012

A Halloween Treat

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This is a little treat holder in which a little chocolate bar fits perfectly.  I googled seed envelope templates and found this one, which I loved because you can print out two envelopes on one sheet of card stock.

I hope you’re enjoying your weekend!  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Googly Ghouls, Toxic Treats
Ink:  Basic Black
Paper:  More Mustard, Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Tangerine Tango, Howlstooth & Scaringbone dsp
Embellishments:  Finishing Touches Edgelits, 1/2″ Striped Satin Ribbon, Decorative Label punch, Googlies

A Pleasant Surprise

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Don’t you just love it when you have a vision for a project and it turns out better than you thought it would?  That’s what happened to me with this project.  I started out knowing I wanted to participate in the sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches.

And then I decided I really wanted to try the color challenge at Color Throwdown, as the inspiration picture is just gorgeous.

But when I pulled out the card stock in these colors, I was a little stumped.  So I just picked a stamp set off my shelf and focused on the sketch, and the colors kinda took care of themselves.  I ended up liking this combination of colors a lot!  What a pleasant suprise!  I love it when that happens!  That’s one of the reasons I like participating in these challenges — sometimes you end up pleasantly surprised at what you like.

Enjoy your Friday!  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Betsy’s Blossoms, Curly Cute
Ink:  Summer Starfruit, Crumb Cake, Pumpkin Pie
Paper:  Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Pumpkin Pie, Neutrals Designer Series Paper Stack, In Color Designer Series Paper Stack
Embellishments:  Chevron embossing folder, 2-1/2″Circle punch, Scallop Edge Border punch, Pearls Basic Jewels, In Color Dahlias

Embrace the White Space

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I still struggle with white space.  I’ve been trying to get comfortable with it, but it doesn’t come naturally to me.  It doesn’t help that whenever I show a card with considerable white space to my husband, he usually says, “It needs something right here,” as he points to the white space.  But sometimes, nothing looks right there — it’s better just white.

Well, I struggled with the white space on this card.  I tried placing little banners made of patterned paper up in the top right corner, and I thought about adding brads…  But in the end, I liked it best with just white space.  Do you ever struggle with this too?  I think we just need to embrace the white space sometimes.

Enjoy your Thursday!  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Everything Eleanor, Fabulous Phrases
Ink:  Pool Party, Cajun Craze, Summer Starfruit, Midnight Muse
Paper:  Very Vanilla, Comfort Cafe, Champagne Glimmer Paper
Embellishments:  Pearl Basic Jewels, Regals Designer Buttons, Linen Thread

Simple Sympathy

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I tend to have a pretty big stash of birthday cards and thank you cards, which comes in handy.  But I never seem to have sympathy cards on hand when I need them.  My husband needed a sympathy card for a gentleman in his Bible study class last week and I had to scramble around to make one for him quickly, as I have a rule of not buying cards in this house.  So today I decided I needed to make one to have available when the need arises.  And unfortunately, that need arises more often than I’d like.

This card uses an unusual color combination I got from the Color Coach — Baja Breeze, Elegant Eggplant, and Summer Starfruit.  I would never have put these colors together on my own, but I like how it turned out.  I have learned to trust the Color Coach!

Enjoy your Wednesday!  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Layered Labels, Loving Thoughts
Ink:  Elegant Eggplant, Summer Starfruit, Baja Breeze
Paper:  Baja Breeze, Whisper White
Embellishments:  Fancy Fan embossing folder, Apothecary Accents framelits, Regals designer buttons, White Baker’s Twine

Fall Gratitude

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I’ve been making a real effort to pull out some stamp sets that haven’t seen ink in a while, especially Fall-themed sets.  This is a set that I really love — I like all of the images in this set.  I used the sketch at the Paper Players site for this card.  I love this sketch.

This was a quick and easy card.  I haven’t had much stamping time lately, so it seems like a lot of my cards have been that way recently.

Enjoy your Tuesday!  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Day of Gratitude
Ink:  Island Indigo, Raspberry Ripple, Lucky Limeade, More Mustard
Paper:  Very Vanilla, Island Indigo, Orchard Harvest dsp
Embellishments:  Fancy Fan embossing folder, Apothecary Accents framelits, Island Indigo Baker’s Twine, 3/16″ Regals brads, Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack, Brushed Bronze Designer Buttons

 

Pleasing Poppies

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Here’s a super simple card for you.  I just got this stamp set, Pleasant Poppies, and I thought it would be perfect for the sketch challenge at the Retro Sketches site.

I used watercolor paper, and I used a blender pen and re-inkers for coloring.  Very easy!

Have a great Monday!  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Pleasant Poppies, Sweet Essentials
Ink:  Black Stazon, Cherry Cobbler, Lucky Limeade, Bashful Blue, More Mustard
Paper:  Watercolor, So Saffron, Pool Party, Cherry Cobbler
Embellishments:  Subtles Designer Buttons, Cherry Cobbler Baker’s Twine, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch

I Couldn’t Help It

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I mentioned a couple of days ago that I’ve had my pre-order of Christmas stamps for a couple of months now, and they’ve been patiently waiting for attention.  Well, I couldn’t help but make a Christmas card today because this set, Scentsational Season, is so cute.  I love all of the images in it, and when you consider that there are matching framelits, well…I couldn’t help it, but I had to use them today.

For the green polka dot frame, I used one of the Window Frames Collection framelits on both ends of the paper.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Scentsational Season, Sweet Essentials
Ink:  Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake
Paper:  Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, Be of Good Cheer dsp
Embellishments:  Chevron embossing folder, Holiday Collection Framelits dies, Window Frames Collection Framelits dies, Perfect Pennants Bigz die, Regals Designer Buttons, Cherry Cobbler Baker’s Twine, Cherry Cobbler 1/2″ Seam Binding Ribbon, Cherry Cobbler Dazzling Details

It’s the First Day of Fall

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Well, here it is — the first day of Fall — and the weatherman says it will get up to 97 degrees here today.  Oh, well.  It will start to feel like Fall before too long.

Nonetheless, I was inspired to make a Fall card today.  I was inspired by the challenge over at CAS-usual Fridays , which is to create a clean and simple project inspired by Autumn and by the challenge over at the Friday Mashup.

So I pulled out a beautiful stamp set that I haven’t used since last Fall, French Foliage, and got busy.  The leaves in this set are gorgeous, and just beg to be used with different techniques.  I took a sponge dauber and applied different colors to each stamp. 

This was a fun card to make.  Enjoy your weekend, and thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  French Foliage, Tiny Tags
Ink:  Cajun Craze, Early Espresso, More Mustard, Raspberry Ripple, Crumb Cake
Paper:  Very Vanilla, Early Espresso
Embellishments:  sponge daubers, Houndstooth Embossing Folder, Jewelry Tag punch, Early Espresso Baker’s Twine, 5/8″ Crochet Trim, Color Spritzer Tool

Birthday Ribbon

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I haven’t used one of my favorite sets, Blue Ribbon, in a while so I pulled it out today.  This stamp set makes me think of the World Spectacular designer paper because they just go together so well, so I pulled it out too.  The designer paper made me think of one of the stamps in the Border Banter set, which was on my desk, so I used it on this card too.  (Does anyone else with small children think this post is starting to sound like If You Give a Pig a Pancake) 🙂

Enjoy your Friday!  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Blue Ribbon, Border Banter
Ink:  Island Indigo, Cherry Cobbler
Paper:  Island Indigo, Cherry Cobbler, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, World Spectacular dsp
Embellishments:  2-3/8″ Scallop Circle punch, 1-1/4″ Circle punch, 3/16″ Corner punch, Bitty Banners framelits

I Know It’s Way Too Early for This, But…

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I know it’s way too early for Christmas cards, but I’ve had these Christmas papers, stamps and dies staring at me for a few weeks now since we pre-ordered from the Holiday catalog.  And when I saw the sketch over at the Freshly Made Sketches site and the banner challenge at The Paper Players site, I just instantly knew what I wanted to do with it.  And that so rarely happens to me.

So you see, I couldn’t help but make a Christmas card today.

I covered the snowflake with Dazzling Diamonds glitter and the Very Vanilla looking card stock is actually the Shimmery White card stock — I just can’t get it to shimmer for the camera.

This was a fun sketch and it was fun to make a square card again.  I don’t make many of them.

Enjoy your Wednesday!  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Border Banter
Ink:  Cherry Cobbler
Paper:  Shimmery White, Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla (snow flake), Be of Good Cheer dsp
Embellishments:  Snow Flurry Bigz die, Dazzling Diamonds glitter, Large Pearl Basics Jewels